ESTHERVILLE - The fifth-ranked Kirkwood softball team swept Iowa Lakes, 13-0 and 10-0, in the ICCAC conference opener in Estherville Sunday.

Sam Belz (9-3, 0.74 ERA) pitched a two-hit shutout in the opener with nine strikeouts. Shy Saladino (8-0, 0.67 ERA) tossed a two-hit shutout with seven strikeouts in the second game. Both contests lasted only five innings.

Krysta Tutsch hit a home run in each game for Kirkwood (19-4, 2-0) and drove in seven runs in the doubleheader. She also had a triple in the opener.

Erin Weno hit a home run and drove in three runs and Jenna Schulte was 2-for-4 with a homer in the opener. Chasney Jenkins, Tara Walls and Brittney Lash had two hits.

Walls drove in two runs in the second game.