The Estherville Lincoln Central freshman softball team swept Emmetsburg in a doubleheader on Thursday.

ELC won game one 8-5.

Melissa Gjerde pitched four innings, giving up five runs, one earned with two hits, five strikeouts and two walks.

At the plate, seven players had one hit: Kelly Christensen, Sadie Winter, Alyssa Johnson, Morgan Schichtl, Ashley Weston, Tessa Bernholtz and Kendall Bosch.

ELC shut out the E’Hawks 7-0 in game two.

Bosch pitched four innings, giving up one hit and striking out seven.

Christensen was 3-3 with a single, double and triple.

Also, Ashton Reisner pitched the last inning in each game. She gave up three hits in two innings of work.