MINNEAPOLIS -- The Augsburg College softball team was swept by the College of Saint Benedict at home in Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference action on Thursday afternoon. 

THE BASICS
GAME SCORES: Saint Benedict 8, Augsburg 4; Saint Benedict 12, Augsburg 1 (6 inn.)
LOCATION: Edor Nelson Field, Minneapolis
RECORDS: Augsburg 15-13 overall (4-6 MIAC), Saint Benedict 16-9 overall (4-3 MIAC)

GAME 1 HIGHLIGHTS
• The Auggies scored four runs on four hits and were in a tie game through five innings, but Saint Benedict scored one run in the sixth and three more in the seventh to pull away for the 8-4 win.
• Brianna Cline (SO, St. Clair, Minn.) tallied two RBI on a double in the fourth inning to tie the game. 
• Sarah Buckner (SR, Duluth, Minn./East HS) and Jenna Orth (SR, Melrose, Minn.) both hit a doubles. Buckner added an RBI as well. 
• Ashley Anfinson (SR, Watertown, Minn./Watertown-Mayer) finished 1-for-2 with a walk and a run scored. 
• Samantha Anderson (FY, Coon Rapids, Minn.) pitched a complete game for the Auggies in game one and allowed eight runs on nine hits and two walks while striking out eight. 

GAME 2 HIGHLIGHTS
• The Blazers really got their bats going in game two as they recorded 16 hits on their way to 12 runs.
• Augsburg tallied another four hits in game two, plating one run in the first inning. 
• Buckner finished 2-for-3, while Meghan Springborn (SO, Oakdale, Minn./St. Croix Lutheran HS) went 1-for-3 with an RBI. 
• Taylor Mattice tallied the only other Auggie hit and went 1-for-3. 
• The Auggies were locked in a 1-1 tie until the fourth inning when the Blazers exploded for five runs on four hits and three Auggie errors. 
• Saint Benedict added six more runs in the sixth inning on seven hits and one Augsburg miscue.

UP NEXT
• Augsburg travels to St. Paul, Minn. for a MIAC doubleheader against St. Catherine on Saturday (4/16) at 1 p.m.
• Saint Benedict travels to Northfield, Minn. for a MIAC doubleheader against St. Olaf on Saturday (4/16) at 1:00 p.m.