GLEN ELLYN, ILL. - Riding their longest win streak of the season, the Madison College women's softball team extended it to eight games before watching it come to an end with a doubleheader split at College of DuPage on Tuesday. The WolfPack took the opener 16-9 behind 17 hits, including a home run, but fell in the nightcap, 10-2, against the #3 Chaparrals (NJCAA DIII) in five innings. 

Game #1: Madison College 16, College of DuPage 9

From the opening pitch it was quite obvious the first game would be a hit parade for both squads. Madison College struck first with three runs on four hits in the opening half inning. Brenna Seeber led off with a double to left and eventually scored on back-to-back singles by Breanna Bollig and Brooke Heck. After both moved up 60 feet, Lindsey Bollig drove them in with a two-RBI single to left for a 3-0 advantage.

DuPage got one run back against starter Hannah Jensen in the bottom half before both teams plated two runs in the second inning. The WolfPack's runs came on a two-out, two-RBI double to center for Heck.

After another Chaparrals run in the third brought the score to 5-4, Madison College went back on the offensive, and did it again with two outs. Breanna Bollig started the rally with a single, then scored on Heck's second double of the game. It was followed by the biggest swing of the day, as Cheyenne Holmes blasted a pitch beyond the left field wall, a two-run smash to make it 8-4. The Sun Prairie, Wisconsin, native had homered in three straight games and has 15 home runs in her career.

The WolfPack pushed two more runs across in the fifth before exploding for a six-spot in the sixth to put the game out of reach.

Brooke Heck finished 4-for-5 at the plate to lead the charge. The freshman from Beaver Dam HS scored three times and set a career-high with six runs driven in. Brenna Seeber and Breanna Bollig each finished with three hits, scoring three and four runs, respectively. The top four hitters in the lineup, including Cheyenne Holmes, combined to go 12-for-16 with four extra base hits, ten RBI, and 11 runs scored.

In the circle, Hannah Jensen (5-5) picked up her second straight win and third in her last four starts. The freshman from Watertown allowed five runs - three of which were earned - on five hits with four strikeouts over four innings. Elizabeth Wahl and Samantha Yaeger pitched in relief to close out the win. Yaeger surrendered just one hit in 1 2/3 innings.

Game #2: College of DuPage 10, Madison College 2 (5 innings)

Game Two had a completey different storyline as the #3 Chaparrals got after WolfPack starter Elizabeth Wahl (3-4) early and often. The righthanded freshman gave up eight runs on eight hits and five walks in her three innings of work. DuPage plated two runs in the first, and three each in the second and third, forcing Wahl from the game with her team behind 8-0.

At the same time, the Madison College bats went quiet, scattering five hits through four innings. The WolfPack was only able to get runners into scoring position on two occasion before finally denting the scoreboard in the fifth. The visitors had two aboard after a single and a walk when Cheyenne Holmes stepped to the plate and double to center to score Seeber and Heck.

DuPage (14-5, 4-3) tacked on two more runs against reliever Samantha Yaeger in the home half of the fifth to win via the run rule, snapping the WolfPack's eight-game win streak.

The 'Pack finished with seven total hits, led by Brenna Seeber and Bailey Kratt's matching 2-for-3 efforts.

Madison College (14-12, 5-2) are off until Saturday when they travel to Elgin Community College (3-5) in Elgin, Illinois. The doubleheader begins at 12:00 p.m.