Freshman Kara Bischoff's walk-off single in the bottom of the seventh inning of the nightcap lifted the Illinois Wesleyan softball team to a doubleheader sweep of North Park in the College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin season openers for both teams on Sunday at Holmgren Complex in Chicago. IWU improves to 14-4 overall and 2-0 in CCIW play while North Park falls to 3-19, 0-2.
The Titans rolled to a 9-1 win in the opener, jumping on North Park pitcher Hayley Jackson (2-8) for four runs in the fourth inning.
Sydney Alery had two hits and an RBI while Shelby Fulk hit a two-run double to spark IWU's 12-hit attack.