Lauren Kubovec's one-out RBI single in the bottom of the seventh inning lifted Kennedy to a 5-4 win over Dubuque Wahlert and a sweep of their Mississippi Valley Conference softball doubleheader at Kennedy.

Heather McKinnon had a double and home run in the opener and led the Cougars (3-5, 3-5) to a 3-1 win.

McKinnon also had a double in the second game. It advanced Tanner Rathjens, who had singled, to third base with one out in the seventh. Kubovec followed with her game-winning hit.

Freshman Tianna Drahn had three hits and drove in two runs in the nightcap. Rathjens, Kubovec and Taylor Sohn had two hits apiece. Sohn was the winning pitcher in relief.

McKinnon, Ashley Hamilton and Peyton Baskerville had two hits apiece in the opener. Madeline Crist scattered five hits and was the winning pitcher.

GAME 1

WAHLERT (1): Link, 4 0 2 0, Nauman, 4 0 1 0, Niles, 3 1 0 0, Tath 2 0 0 0, Koppes, 2 0 0 0, Rogers 3 0 0 0, Lange 3 0 1 0, Bahl, 3 0 0 0, McAllister, 3 0 1 0. Totals 27 1 5 0.

KENNEDY (3): Hamilton, 4 0 2 1, Drahn, 3 0 1 0, Baskerville, 2 0 2 0, Rathjens, 3 0 0 0, McKinnon, 3 2 2 1, Kubovec, 3 0 0 0, Coker, 3 1 0 0, Steinke, 3 0 1 0, Sohn, 3 0 1 0. Totals 27 3 9 2.

Wahlert   100 000 0 - 1 5 2
Kennedy   000 210 x - 3 9 2

W - Crist. L - Tath. 2B - Link, Lange, McKinnon. HR - McKinnon. SB - Niles.

GAME 2

WAHLERT (4): Link, 4 1 2 0, Nauman, 3 1 1 0, Niles, 4 1 3 1, Tath, 3 0 0 0, Koppes, 4 1 1 1, Rogers, 3 0 1 0, Jochum, 1 0 0 0, Banwarth, 3 0 1 1, McAllister, 3 0 1 0, Bahl, 2 0 0 0. Totals 30 4 10 3.

KENNEDY (5): Hamilton, 4 1 1 0, Drahn, 4 0 3 2, Baskerville, 4 0 0 0, Rathjens, 4 2 2 0, McKinnon, 4 0 1 0, Kubovec, 4 0 2 2, Coker, 2 1 1 0, Steinke, 2 0 0 0, Sohn, 3 1 2 0. Totals 31 5 12 4.

Wahlert   101 001 1 - 4 10 2
Kennedy   031 000 1 - 5 12 1

W - Sohn. L - Rogers. 2B - Koppes, Banwarth, McKinnon. HR - Niles.