Mary Heather White

         Missy Koenig and Mary Heather White each tossed complete-game shutouts as SIU Edwardsville swept Missouri Baptist in a non-conference doubleheader Thursday at Cougar Field. Game scores were 7-0 and 3-0.
         With the two victories, the Cougars (25-11) stretch its winning streak to a season-long six games. Missouri Baptist drops to 11-21 on the year.
         Koenig held Missouri Baptist in check in game one, scattering just three hits and striking out three. The Cougars plated four unearned runs in the first inning off of Missouri Baptist starter Jodi Obrecht. Holly Neuerburg bolted a two-run double in the inning that featured two errors and a wild pitch by Missouri Baptist.
         Shanna Waldo, Alicia DeShasier and VJ Schmidt all had two hits in game one. As a team, the Cougars tagged Missouri Baptist with nine hits in the game.
         In game two, White had a no-hitter deep into the sixth inning until Missouri Baptist's Isis Wilson singled to shortstop. Obrecht had an infield single in the seventh, and that was all the offense Missouri Baptist could muster as it advanced only one runner into scoring position the entire game.
         Schmidt scorched a two-run double to left center to put the Cougars on the board in the fourth inning. Jenny Esker later homered to left field, her second home run in as many days, to give the Cougars an insurance run in the sixth.
         White picked up her sixth win of the season after striking out 10 batters and walking three.
         The Cougars will return the Great Lakes Valley Conference play this Saturday when it plays host to Quincy University. First pitch of the doubleheader is scheduled for noon at Cougar Field.