Heather McKinnon belted home runs in each game for Kennedy and the Cougars split a Mississippi Valley Conference softball doubleheader Tuesday with Dubuque Wahlert.

Kennedy won the opener, 14-3, but lost the nightcap, 2-1, in eight innings.

Kennedy had 13 hits in the opener. Lauren Kubovec was 4-for-4 with a pair of doubles and five RBIs for the Cougars. McKinnon homered and tripled and drove in three runs. Kassi Nunnikhoven spun a three-hitter. All three Wahlert runs were unearned.

McKinnon's third-inning home run in the nightcap was the only offense the Cougars (2-4, 2-4 MVC) could muster. Kennedy had only four hits. Taylor Sohn scattered 11 hits but took the loss.

GAME 1

WAHLERT (3)
Megan Rokusek, 3b, 3 0 0 0, Kelli Koppes, p, 3 0 0 0, Ana Schmitt, 2b, 3 0 0 0, Alex Bahl, c, 3 0 0 0, Maddy Nilles, ss, 3 1 1 0, Katlyn Burds, lf, 2 0 1 1, Gabby Tath, 1b, 3 0 1 2, Emily Duve, dh, 2 0 0 0, Jesse Bahl, cf, 0 0 0 0, Angel Moore, rf, 2 0 0 0, Jessica Link, pr, 0 1 0 0, Mary McAllister, pr, 0 1 0 0. Totals 24 3 3 3.

KENNEDY (14)
Lauren Kubovec, c, 4 0 4 5, Maddie Flesner, ss, 3 1 1 1, Erin Coker, 1b, 3 1 0 0, Tanner Rathjens, rf, 4 1 1 2, Heather McKinnon, lf, 3 3 2 3, Amanda Gaffey, 3b, 3 2 2 1, Kassi Nunnikhoven, p, 2 0 1 0, Taylor Steffans, dh, 1 1 0 1, Allie McQuiston, cf, 0 0 0 0, Taylor Wagner, 2b, 3 2 2 1, Madeline Crist, cr, 0 2 0 0, Ashley Geels, cr, 0 1 0 0. Totals 26 14 13 14.

Wahlert   000 300 -- 3  3
Kennedy 030 425 -- 14 13

Holly Klein, Brittney Rogers (6) and A.Bahl. Nunnikhoven and Kubovec. W-Nunnikhoven. L-Koppes.
2B-Kubovec 2, Rathjens, Gaffey. 3B-McKinnon. HR-McKinnon.

GAME 2

WAHLERT (2)
Rokusek, 3b, 3 0 2 0, Schmitt, 2b, 1 0 0 0, Nilles, ss, 4 0 2 0, A.Bahl, c, 4 0 0 0, Tath, p, 4 0 1 0, Burds, dh, 3 0 3 0, McAllister, cf, 0 0 0 0, Koppes, rf, 4 0 1 1, Rogers, 1b, 4 0 1 1, Moore, lf, 4 0 1 0, Link, pr, 0 1 0 0, Lynsi Nauman, pr, 0 1 0 0. Totals 31 2 11 2.

KENNEDY (1)
Kubovec, 4 0 0 0, Flesner, 4 0 1 0, Coker, 4 0 1 0, McKinnon, 3 1 1 1, Rathjens, 4 0 1 0, Nunnikhoven, 2 0 0 0, Gaffey, 3 0 0 0, Taylor Sohn, 2 0 0 0, Wagner, 3 0 0 0, Geels, 0 0 0 0. Totals 29 1 4 1.

Wahlert    000 001 01 -- 2 11
Kennedy  001 000 00 -- 1   4

Tath and A.Bahl. Sohn and Kubovec. W-Tath. L-Sohn
2B-Burds, Koppes. HR-McKinnon.