BOXSCORE 1 | BOXSCORE 2 MINNEAPOLIS -- Jacquline Nicols (FY, Royalton, Minn.) and her Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference leading eighth home run of the season was not enough to overcome St. Olaf on Monday evening at Edor Nelson Field. The Augsburg College softball team lost two games to the Oles by scores of 7-3 and 6-4. 

THE BASICS
GAME SCORES: St. Olaf 7, Augsburg 3; St. Olaf 6, Augsburg 4
LOCATION: Edor Nelson Field, Minneapolis, Minn.
RECORDS: Augsburg 9-23 overall (3-11 MIAC), St. Olaf 11-21 overall (6-8 MIAC)

SERIES HIGHLIGHTS
• Lauren Torborg (SO, Brooklyn Park, Minn./Park Center HS) went 4-for-7 with a double and a walk to improve her season's batting average to .356
• Jenna Orth (JR, Melrose, Minn.) and Nichols both finished with three hits in the doubleheader, while Nichols added a home run and three RBI. Orth added one RBI and a run scored. 
• Brenna Nakonechny (JR, Grand Forks, N.D./Red River HS), Lindsay Helbach (SR, Amherst, Wis.), Meghan Springborn (FY, Oakdale, Minn./St. Croix Lutheran HS) and Brianna Cline (FY, St. Clair, Minn.) all recorded two hits on the day, while Nakonechny and Springborn each added an RBI.

GAME 1 HIGHLIGHTS
• Augsburg took the early lead, scoring one run in the bottom of the second inning after Helbach led off the inning with a double, and Orth later singled to bring her home. The Oles answered in the third with two runs to take a 2-1 lead. 
• The Auggies took the lead again in the fourth as they scored two runs on three hits and one costly throwing error. 
• Once again the Oles had the answer and scored once in the fifth then four more times in the sixth to wrap up the game at 7-3. 
• The Oles' scoring came mostly from the bat of Jessica Bentley, who finished 2-for-4 with two home runs and five RBI. 
• Lindsay Helbach was dealt the loss for the Auggies, as she pitched 5.2 innings, giving up 10 hits and seven earned runs. 

GAME 2 HIGHLIGHTS
• The St. Olaf bats didn't cool off going into the second game of the doubleheader as they put up a crooked number in the top of the first, scoring six runs on five hits.
• The Auggies scored two of their own in the bottom of the first. Torborg started the inning with a walk, Sarah Buckner (JR, Duluth, Minn./East HS) grounded out to second, then Nichols stepped to the plate and blasted a homer to centerfield -- her MIAC leading eighth of the season -- to cut St. Olaf's lead to 6-2. 
• After a rough first inning Courtney Larson (FY, Little Canada, Minn./Concordia Academy HS) settled down for Augsburg in the circle and didn't allow a single run, pitching a complete game. 
• Augsburg scored two more runs in the fifth -- Torborg doubled to center field, and Nichols singled to center to score the first run, then Springborn tripled down the right field line to bring around the pinch runner Mindy Nguyen (JR, Austin, Minn./Pacelli HS) for the score -- but it wasn't enough as the Oles were able to hold on for the 6-4 victory. 


FOR THE FOES
• Jessica Bentley went 3-for-5 with two home runs and a double on her way to 10 total bases, six RBI, three runs scored and three walks. 
• Brooke Paradise also had a nice day at the plate for St. Olaf as she finished 3-for-6 with one home run, one RBI, two runs scored and one walk.
• Jenna Boudreau finished with three hits as well, going 3-for-8 with a double and an RBI.  

UP NEXT
• Augsburg returns to MIAC action on Thursday (4/16) at 3:30 p.m., with a doubleheader on the road against Bethel University.
• St. Olaf hosts a MIAC doubleheader against Concordia College - Moorhead on Thursday (4/16) at 3:30 p.m.