TERRE HAUTE, Ind. (Interstat) — Kamryn Link went 3 for 5 with a home run and four RBIs to lead Western Illinois to a 13-3 victory over Indiana State on Wednesday, May 6, at Bob Warn Field. The Leathernecks improved to 15-29 while the Sycamores fell to 26-22.

Link homered to right field in the second inning to open the scoring. Western Illinois added two unearned runs in the same frame. The Leathernecks broke the game open with six runs in the sixth inning, highlighted by Link’s two-run single, Isaiah Monge’s RBI double and Josh McClintock’s two-run double. Western Illinois finished with 14 hits, including three each by Link, Monge and McClintock.

Billy Humphrey tossed two scoreless innings with two strikeouts in relief. Karsten Stotlar added a scoreless inning with one strikeout. Brett Buchanan, Harrison Dubois and Jason Buhl each worked an inning. Buhl allowed one earned run.

Indiana State managed six hits and scored its three runs on a sacrifice fly by Mason Roell in the fifth and a two-run seventh featuring singles by Roell and Nick Sutherlin. Breyllin Suriel pitched three innings, allowing four hits and one earned run while striking out two.