RIPON, Wis. – Cornell pitchers Daelynn Rhoades and Alyssa Pearson tossed back-to-back complete-game shutouts in Saturday's 8-0, 4-0 Midwest Conference softball sweep over Ripon at Tracy Field.
 
Cornell's first shutout wins of the season capped an undefeated trip to the Badger State, moving the Rams to 9-11 overall and 4-0 in the MWC.
 
The Rams produced 24 hits in the doubleheader, giving them 57 over a four-game stretch that includes Friday's sweep of Lawrence. Freshman Peyton Souhrada continued her hitting tear, going 6-for-6 Saturday with three doubles and two RBIs.
 
Rhoades (6-3) won her third consecutive start in the five-inning opener. The first-year right-hander allowed six hits and struck out seven, while walking just one.
 
Souhrada tallied three hits – including two doubles – from the No. 6 slot in the lineup. Freshman Monet Roelle went 2-for-4, highlighted by a bases-loaded triple in Cornell's six-run fourth inning.
 
Erin Puck and Claire Gugerty added two RBIs apiece in the opener.
 
Pearson (2-7) recorded her second pitching win in as many days, firing seven scoreless innings in Game 2. The senior left-hander gave up eight hits and struck out two.
 
Puck and Souhrada paced the Rams with three hits apiece. Puck doubled twice and scored a run. Gugerty and Addy Bowman also posted multi-hit games.
 
The Rams gave Pearson all the support she needed in the first inning on RBI doubles from Roelle and Souhrada. Cornell added two insurance runs in the fourth.
 
Coming up – Cornell travels to Eureka for a 2 p.m. nonconference doubleheader Thursday in Eureka, Ill.