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Kevin Healy
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Augsburg College AUG 15-14, 4-7 MIAC
13
Winner St. Catherine Univ. SCU 21-3, 8-3 MIAC
Augsburg College AUG
15-14, 4-7 MIAC
1
Final
13
St. Catherine Univ. SCU
21-3, 8-3 MIAC
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 R H E
Augsburg College AUG 0 0 0 1 0 1 4 0
St. Catherine Univ. SCU 3 6 0 4 X 13 11 1

W: Krista Flugstad (10-1) L: Larsen, Courtney (5-9)

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Augsburg College AUG 15-15, 4-8 MIAC
8
Winner St. Catherine Univ. SCU 22-3, 9-3 MIAC
Augsburg College AUG
15-15, 4-8 MIAC
0
Final
8
St. Catherine Univ. SCU
22-3, 9-3 MIAC
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 R H E
Augsburg College AUG 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 4
St. Catherine Univ. SCU 0 0 1 2 3 2 8 12 1

W: Megan Lindenfelser (10-2) L: Larsen, Courtney (5-10)

Game Recap: Softball |

No. 17-ranked St. Catherine scores sweep of Auggies

ST. PAUL, Minn. -- The Augsburg College softball team was swept by No. 17-ranked St. Catherine University in Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference action on Saturday afternoon. 

THE BASICS
GAME SCORES: St. Catherine 13, Augsburg 1 (5 inn.); St. Catherine 8, Augsburg 0 (6 inn.)
LOCATION: St. Kate's Field, St. Paul, Minn.
RECORDS: Augsburg 15-15 overall (4-8 MIAC), St. Catherine 22-3 overall (9-3 MIAC)

GAME 1 HIGHLIGHTS
• St. Catherine built a 9-0 lead after two innings, then after Augsburg scored a run in the top of the fourth inning, the Wildcats scored four runs in the bottom of the frame and ended the game via the NCAA eight-run rule in the fifth inning.
• Brianna Cline (SO, St. Clair, Minn.) hit a double and scored on an RBI single by Sarah Buckner (SR, Duluth, Minn./East HS) for the Auggies' lone run in the fourth inning.
• Taylor Mattice (SO, Woodbury, Minn./Centennial HS) and Samantha Anderson (FY, Coon Rapids, Minn.) had the other Auggie hits in the game.
• Three Auggie pitchers worked in the game, with Alyssa Kaiswatum (SR, Regina, Saskatchewan/Thom Collegiate HS) striking out three while walking three in two innings of relief.

GAME 2 HIGHLIGHTS
• Augsburg was limited to three hits in the game -- singles by Cline, Buckner and and Jenna Orth (SR, Melrose, Minn.).
• St. Catherine scored all its runs in the final four innings of the game, which ended in the sixth inning due to the eight-run rule.
• Courtney Larsen (SO, Little Canada, Minn./Concordia Academy HS) and Carissa Struve (SO, Shoreview, Minn./Mounds View HS) pitched for the Auggies.

FOR THE FOES
• Megan Lindenfelser hit two home runs and drove in five runs in the first game, then struck out eight while not walking a batter in a complete-game pitching effort in the second game.
• Robyn Rohr went 2-for-3 with three RBI in the first game, then hit two doubles in going 4-for-5 with three RBI and two runs scored in the second game.

UP NEXT
• Augsburg hosts St. Olaf on Sunday (4/17) at 1 p.m. at Edor Nelson Field.
• St. Catherine travels to face Hamline on Sunday at 1 p.m.
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