The Carthage College softball team swept a College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin doubleheader from Wheaton (Ill.) Thursday, taking the first game 5-0 and the second game 8-1 at Kenosha.

In the first game, the Lady Reds scored four runs in the bottom of the sixth inning, two on a double by Kari Peterson, to support the two-hit pitching of Kelsey Epping. Stephanie Noel and Nikki Soreng each singled in a run in the inning. Epping (10-2) struck out seven and didn't walk a batter and pitched to just two batters over the minimum.

In the second game, the offense struck early for Carthage (16-6, 5-3 CCIW) with five runs in the top of the first inning. Peterson hit a one-out, bases-loaded double to drive in two runs, Alyssa Schrader singled home another run and after reloading the bases, Soreng hit a two-run single to knock Wheaton starter Mandy Brockman out after 1/3 of an inning. The Lady Reds added three more runs in the top of the seventh on Schrader's three-run home run, her third of the season. Schrader went 3-for-4 with three RBIs and Peterson went 2-for-4 with two RBIs.

Carthage also turned a triple play in the nightcap. With runners on second and third for Wheaton (10-14, 0-4) in the fifth inning, Stephanie Noel made a tumbling catch of a soft liner in center field, threw to second baseman Meghan Roman to double up one runner and Roman threw to third baseman Stephanie Hueramo for the third out. Allie Benthusen (6-4) got the victory.

Men's golf

UW-PARKSIDE: The Rangers are sixth after the first two rounds of the Great Lakes Valley Conference Tournament at the Otter Creek Golf Course in Columbus, Ind.

Parkside has a total of 616 strokes, 28 shots behind leader Indianapolis. Bellarmine is second at 595 and Northern Kentucky is third at 596.

Andy Hansen had the best day, shooting rounds of 76 and 75 for a total of 151 to tie for 13th place. Bob Tierney (77-77-154) is tied for 22nd and Keith Buntrock (77-79-156) is tied for 30th.

Justin Hueber of Indianapolis (69-72) and Eric Meier of Bellarmine (71-70) are tied for the individual lead at 1-under-par 141.

The field played 36 holes Thursday and are scheduled to play the final round today, but the weather forecast calls for rain and the tournament may be shortened to 36 holes.