Kirkwood Softball

Saladino tosses no-hitter for No.6 Eagles

Freshman Shy Saladino pitched a no-hitter and struck out seven batters Sunday as the Kirkwood Eagles crushed Kishwaukee, 20-0, in five innings in the Kirkwood Classic.

Amber Logemann tossed a two-hitter with 15 strikeouts and Kayla Tatge hit her 19th home run as the sixth-ranked Eagles blanked Mineral Area Community College, 4-0, in their other game Sunday.

Saladino raised her record to 8-0 and lowered her ERA to 1.69 with the no-hitter. She also had two hits and drove in two runs.

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Kirkwood's Tatge smashing record book

Kirkwood softball player Kayla Tatge says it’s just a coincidence that her uniform bears the number 1.

“There were only a few numbers available when I was a freshman, and I just picked it,” she remembers.

But you have to wonder if she had an inkling.

This past week the sweet-swinging sophomore moved into first place on Kirkwood’s career home run list when she smacked the 37th long ball of her Eagle career.

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KCC softball has 23-game win streak

Amber Logemann tossed a no-hitter Saturday and the Kirkwood Eagles swept a doubleheader from Mineral Area College, 8-0 and 4-0, at the Kirkwood softball field.

The sixth-ranked Eagles (30-3) have won 23 straight games.

Kirkwood was scheduled to host a tournament this weekend, but an unfavorable weather forecast for Sunday and an unplayable field at Prairie High School led to a change in plans.

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Tatge breaks KCC record for homers

Kayla Tatge broke the Kirkwood record for most home runs in a career Monday when she slugged her 37th roundtripper against the Mount Mercy junior varsity.

The seventh-ranked Eagles (28-3) swept the doubleheader, 8-0 and 18-0, at Kirkwood.

Tatge, a sophomore from Milan, Ill., hit 20 home runs last season and has 17 this season. She broke the old record of 36 career homers set last year by Nicole Fisher, who is currently a junior at the University of Northern Iowa.

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