The Forester softball team defeated visiting Lawrence University twice on Sunday, taking the opener 13-5 in five innings and games two 8-2.

Lake Forest junior Paige Ratliff was 5-for-6 with a triple, home run, two stolen bases and seven runs batted in on the day. After going 2-for-3 with an RBI single and run-scoring triple in game one, she belted her second home run of the season in the second inning and had two-run singles in the third and fifth in game two. Ratliff leads the tem with 27 runs batted in this year.

Senior Kyla Chevalier also cleared the fence for the second time this spring in game two. The three-run shot in the third inning was the 26th round-tripper of her career, matching Sally Snarski for the second-highest total in team history.

Also continuing to make history on Sunday was junior Kaia Mismash, who had three singles in the opener and one more in game two. She now has at least one base hit in all 24 of her appearances this season after doing so in each of the final eight games of 2025. The 32-game hitting streak is easily the longest by a Forester and matched the sixth-best run in NCAA Division III history entering the season. Mismash also stole five bases in the first contest and another in the second to raise her total for the season to 36. With 123 career steals in her third season at the College, Mismash has already entered the top 30 in NCAA Division III history in that category as well.

The Foresters' 12 stolen bases in the opener were the second-highest single-game total in team annals until they tied the record with 13 in game two. In addition to Mismash's six, juniors Jolie Devalk and Lia Taglia swiped five and four bases, respectively.

Mismash and Ratliff were joined by sophomore Nicole Marceau and sophomore Vanessa Burke with multi-hit performances in the opener. Marceau tripled in a pair of runs in the first inning and doubled in the third.

Lawrence actually took the early lead with two runs in the top of the first inning in both games. Lake Forest answered with four in the bottom of the first and added four more in the third in game one. The Vikings closed to within three with a three-run fourth but the home team plated four in the bottom of the frame and a bunt single by Buske brought home sophomore Bella Antonucci with the game-ending run in the fifth.

Senior pitcher Riley Stiles went the distance in the opener and recorded seven strikeouts, including her 100th as a Forester.

Buske was in the circle for all of game two and allowed just two hits. She kept the visitors off the scoreboard throughout the final six innings while her team scored once in the second, five times in the third, and twice in the fifth.

The sweep raised the Foresters' overall record this season to 18-12 and Midwest Conference mark to 10-4. Lawrence, meanwhile, fell to 12-22 overall and 4-10 in the league.

Lake Forest will host Dominican University in a non-conference doubleheader on Tuesday at 3:00 p.m.