The University of Wisconsin-Whitewater softball team earned a sweep of the University of Chicago Saturday in their first two home games of the season.

UW-W is now 11-5 overall after posting a 10-2, five-inning victory in game one, and a 9-1, five-inning triumph in game two.

The Warhawks sped out to a 5-2 lead after three innings in game one, highlighted by a three run third that included a Caitlin Catino (Arlington Heights, Ill./Buffalo Grove) triple, a Nicole Neitzel (Verona, Wis./Verona Area) double and a Meg Cohrs (Elburn, Ill./Kaneland) single.

Two innings later, UW-W notched five more runs. The first run of the inning came on a bases loaded wild pitch. The second on a pop-up, the third on another wild pitch, and the last two on a walk-off double by Sam Lattner (La Grange, Ill./Lyons Township). Lattner entered the game in the top half of the inning as a defensive substitution.

Game two started with a bang as the Warhawks drove in six runs on three hits in the opening frame. Doubles by Kaleigh O'Brien (Crystal Lake, Ill./Prairie Ridge) and Kelly Berglund (Menomonee Falls, Wis./Menomonee Falls) highlighted the inning.

The Maroons got one back in the top of the fourth on a solo homer, but UW-W got that run back, and another, in the bottom half of the inning to take an 8-2 lead after four.

O'Brien doubled again in the bottom of the fifth and was lifted for pinch runner Alexa Blasczyk (Green Bay, Wis./Ashwaubenon). Blasczyk came around to score the final run one batter later on a double by pinch hitter Megan Schetter (Manitowoc, Wis./Lutheran).

Bella Matthias (Greenfield, Wis./Greenfield) tossed all five innings for the Warhawks in game one, and Julia Camardo (Arlington Heights, Ill./Buffalo Grove) did the same in game two. Matthias posted six strikeouts while Camardo added one more.

Emily Rux (Chicago, Ill./Mother McAuley) and Caitlin Catino (Arlington Heights, Ill./Buffalo Grove) college three hits apiece in the doubleheader to lead the Warhawks in hits at the plate, but five different players posted two RBIs each: Sam Lattner (La Grange, Ill./Lyons Township), Nicole Neitzel (Verona, Wis./Verona Area), Nikki Mikosz (Wheeling, Ill./Wheeling), Mattie Klingenmeyer (Mayville, Wis./Mayville) and Kaleigh O'Brien (Crystal Lake, Ill./Prairie Ridge).

Saturday was also Alumni Day for the Warhawks who recognized all alumni in attendance between games of the doubleheader.

UW-W will travel to Carroll University on Sunday for a non-conference doubleheader beginning at 10 a.m.