East Peoria, Ill. - The Illinois Central College softball team started off their fall season by hosting two exhibition games last week against Kirkwood (Sept. 10) and Southeastern Iowa (Sept. 12). Per NJCAA rules, scores are not able to be reported but individual stats can be. Below are the leaders from both contests.

vs. Kirkwood
Hitting Leaders
Cora Ellison | RBI, double
Kylea Seidell | HR, RBI
Danni Neppl | 2-4, 2 RBI, triple
Kailynn Gore | RBI, double
Abbie Lohman | HR, RBI

vs. Southeastern Iowa
Hitting Leaders
Cora Ellison | 5-8, 6 RBI, 2 HR, 2 doubles
Samantha Verstraete | 5 RBI, HR, double
Ryan Coombs | 3 RBI, HR
Kylea Seidell | double
Danni Neppl | 3-8, RBI, double
Sophia Revello | RBI
Faithe Sampson | RBI
Avery White | RBI

Pitching
Kaitlyn Atkinson | 2 IP, 0 R, 0 H
Kailynn Gore | 2 IP, 0 R, 0 H
Schyer Meinders | 3 IP, 0 ER, 4 K
Cora Ellison | 3 IP, 5 K, 1 ER

WHAT'S NEXT FOR THE COUGARS
The Cougars will take a weekend road trip to play two four-year schools where there are two ICC softball alums on the roster. On Sat, Sept. 19 they'll play at Eastern Illinois University (home of Class of '26 grad Cassidee Bauer) at 12pm in Charleston. On Sunday, Sept. 20 they'll play at McKendree University (home of Class of '26 alum Meadow Terry) in Lebanon at 12pm.