By RICK PETERSON
TopSports.news
Afer opening its 2026 season with a 4-1 record in last weekend's Lone Star Classic in Mansfield, Texas, Washburn softball team is back on the road for five games at the Alvy Early Memorial Classic in Bentonville, Ark.
Kate Ediger is hitting a team-high .625 for 4-1 Washburn softball with six runs and five RBI. [Photo courtesy of Washburn Athletics]The Ichabods wrapped up its 4-1 start to the season with a pair of Sunday run-rule wins, with Washburn taking an 11-3 win over Lubbock Christian and a 10-2 over Texas A&M-Kingsville, both in five innings.
Senior Kate Ediger leads Washburn with a .625 batting average, stroking 10 hits with two doubles, six runs scored and five runs batted in.
Sophomore Makenzie Sais is hitting .526 with 10 hits, four RBI and 10 stolen bases in 11 attempts.
Maddie McGee, Dalaney Anderson and Aspen Burghart are all hitting .400 or higher.
Junior Kierra Goos has a pitching record of 2-0 with a 1.00 earned run average and 14 strikeouts in 14 innings.
Senior Sadie Walker is also 2-0 with a 2.15 ERA and 16 strikeouts in 13 innings.
On tap this weekend are games against Missouri S&T (11 a.m. Friday), Harding (1:30 p.m. Friday), William Jewell (11:30 a.m. Saturday), Southeastern Oklahoma State (2 p.m. Saturday) and Truman State (11 a.m. Sunday).
Missouri S&T went 3-1 last weekend, including a win over No. 11 Central Oklahoma in a 5-4 victory.
Harding went 2-2 at the Lone Star Classic, with wins over Maryville and Texas Woman's.
William Jewell will be opening its 2026 season this weekend.
Southeastern Oklahoma was 2-3 last weekend at the D2 First Pitch Invitational.
William Jewell will be opening its 2026 season this weekend.
Southeastern Oklahoma was 2-3 last weekend at the D2 First Pitch Invitational.
Like William Jewell, Truman State will be opening its season this weekend in Arkansas.
Brenda Holaday is 283-169 in her 10th season as the Ichabod softball coach and is the all-time winningest coach in program history.
Holaday coached 19 seasons at Washburn Rural, compiling a 351-93 (.791) record.
The Ichabods will return to the road next week for five games at the Cherokee Classic in Tahlequah, Okla. before opening up their home slate with the Washburn Invitational, starting Feb. 20 with six home games over the weekend.
