FORT MYERS, Fla.-- The Augsburg College softball team improved to 7-5 overall and 5-3 during its spring break trip to Florida for the Gene Cusic Collegiate Classic with a loss to SUNY-Brockport and a win over the University of St. Joseph on Tuesday afternoon.THE BASICSGAME SCORES: SUNY-Brockport 12, Augsburg 4 (5 inn.); Augsburg 13, St. Joseph (Conn.) 2 (5 inn.)LOCATION: Collier Park, Fort Myers, Fla.RECORDS: Augsburg 7-5 overall, SUNY-Brockport 7-2 overall, St. Joseph 4-2 overallHIGHLIGHTS VS. SUNY-BROCKPORT• Augsburg scored four runs on five hits, including a triple and five walks, while striking out six times in its first game on Tuesday.Â
• SUNY-Brockport exploded for 12 runs on 11 hits and struck out twice.Â
• Carly Dropik (FY, Alexandria, Minn.) led the Auggie offense, going 2-for-3 with a triple and two runs, while Brianna Cline (SO, St. Clair, Minn.) finished 1-for-2 with two RBI, a walk, and a run scored.
• Sarah Buckner (SR, Duluth, Minn./East HS) and Jenna Orth (SR, Melrose, Minn.) both finished 1-for-2, as Buckner added an RBI.Â
• Carrisa Struve (SO, Shoreview, Minn./Mounds View HS) fell to 1-1 as she threw four innings and allowed six earned runs on nine hits. HIGHLIGHTS VS. ST. JOSEPH• In the Auggies' second game of the day, it was their turn to get hot as they finished with 13 runs on 10 hits and eight walks, with no strikeouts..Â
• St. Joseph was held to two runs on six hits, with only two walks and one strikeout.Â
• Dropik again led that Auggies at the dish going 2-for-3 with two RBI, two doubles, two runs, and one walk.
• Cline also went 2-for-3 with one RBI, a triple, two runs and two walks.
• Six other Auggies factored into the hitting, including Orth, Samantha Anderson (FY, Coon Rapids, Minn.), Meghan Springborn (SO, Oakdale, Minn./St Croix Lutheran HS), Taylor Mattice (SO, Woodbury, Minn./Centennial HS), Haley Larson (SO, Shakopee, Minn.Prior Lake HS), and Anna Podewils (FY, Burnsville, Minn./DeLaSalle HS).• Anderson, Springborn, Podewils, andÂ
Amanda Niznik (JR, Columbia Heights, Minn.) all finished with one RBI as well.
• Courtney Larsen (SO, Little Canada, Minn./Concordia Academy HS) improved to 3-2 as she scattered six hits to allow just two runs (one earned) in five innings of work.UP NEXT•Â
Augsburg completes its spring break trip on Wednesday (3/16) against Nichols College at 10 a.m. and Suffolk University at 12 p.m.