BLOOMINGTON, Ill. -- In a key regional matchup Sunday afternoon, the University of Chicago softball team split a doubleheader with 22nd-ranked Illinois Wesleyan University. Chicago won game one 1-0 before the host Titans rallied for a 6-2 victory in the nightcap.

Game 1 Summary & Highlights

• Junior RHP Kim Cygan (Lake Barrington, Ill./ Barrington) threw a four-hit shutout as the Maroons took Sunday's opener 1-0. Winning for the eighth time in nine decisions, Cygan notched her second straight shutout.
  
  
• Chicago scored the only run of the game in the top of the second inning when a bases loaded walk to sophomore DP Julia Covello (Mill Creek, Wash./ Jackson) (pictured) plated sophomore 3B Maddie McManus (Simsbury, Conn./ Simsbury), who doubled earlier in the frame.

Game 2 Summary & Highlights

• Illinois Wesleyan (12-3) scored twice in each of the first innings en route to a 6-2 win in Sunday's second game.
  
  
• 3B Emma Clark capped the Titans' scoring with a two-run home run in the bottom of the third. Clark was 3-for-4 with three RBIs in the game.
  
  
• Jessica Toth (2-0) worked the final four innings to record the victory.
  
  
• Senior RHP Sarah Neuhaus (Berkeley, Calif./ Berkeley) took the loss for Maroons. Neuhaus (4-3) allowed six runs (four earned) over three innings, before giving way to Cygan, who closed out the game with three scoreless frames.
  
  
• Covello and senior 1B Liz Payonk (Palos Heights, Ill./ Stagg) delivered run-scoring base hits for the Maroons (13-5).

Notes

• Cygan extended her scoreless innings streak to 19.0. Since Apr. 30. 2011, she sports an 11-1 record.
  
  
• Illinois Wesleyan in Sunday's second game became the first team to collect at least 10 hits off the Maroons this season.
  
  
• Chicago stands at 3-2 against nationally-ranked opponents this season. The Maroons won two of three games against top-25 rivals on their spring break trip.
  
  
• Sophomore CF Kaitlyn Carpenter (Des Moines, Iowa/ East) extended her hitting streak to seven games. She went 2-for-4 in Sunday's second game to record her 11th multiple hit performance of the year.

Up Next

• The Maroons travel to Appleton, Wis., to take on Lawrence University Friday at 3 p.m.