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Don Stoner
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Winner St. Olaf College STO 9-11, 4-8 MIAC
4
Augsburg College AUG 15-16, 4-9 MIAC
Winner
St. Olaf College STO
9-11, 4-8 MIAC
5
Final
4
Augsburg College AUG
15-16, 4-9 MIAC
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
St. Olaf College STO 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 11 1
Augsburg College AUG 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 4 9 1

W: Alex Lopez (5-5) L: Anderson, Sam (8-4)

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Winner St. Olaf College STO 10-11, 5-7 MIAC
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Augsburg College AUG 15-17, 4-10 MIAC
Winner
St. Olaf College STO
10-11, 5-7 MIAC
4
Final
0
Augsburg College AUG
15-17, 4-10 MIAC
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
St. Olaf College STO 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 4 9 2
Augsburg College AUG 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0

W: Jessica Bentley (2-4) L: Struve, Carissa (1-3)

Game Recap: Softball |

St. Olaf uses extra innings to best Auggies

MINNEAPOLIS -- The Augsburg College softball team rallied to tie the first game and send it to extra innings with two runs in the seventh inning, but St. Olaf College scored one in the ninth to secure the win. The Oles went on to win game two by a score of 4-0 for the doubleheader sweep in Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference action on Sunday afternoon. 

THE BASICS
GAME SCORES: St. Olaf 5, Augsburg 4 (9 inn.); St. Olaf 4, Augsburg 0
LOCATION: Edor Nelson Field, Minneapolis
RECORDS: Augsburg 15-17 overall (4-10 MIAC), St. Olaf 10-11 overall (5-7 MIAC)

GAME 1 HIGHLIGHTS
• St. Olaf scored four first inning runs on Courtney Larsen (SO, Little Canada, Minn./Concordia Academy HS), who was injured after a line drive up the middle struck her hand, but didn't score again until the game winning run in the ninth. 
• The Auggies scored two in the fourth, then rallied to score two more in the seventh and send the game to extra innings. 
• Samantha Anderson (FY, Coon Rapids, Minn.) relieved Larsen in the first inning with two outs, pitching the remainder of the game, allowing just six hits and one run while striking out six and walking four in the loss. 
• Augsburg's four runs came on nine hits, with seven Auggies tallying a hit. 
• Brianna Cline (SO, St. Clair, Minn.) went 2-for-5 with an RBI, while Sarah Buckner (SR, Duluth, Minn./East HS) also went 2-for-5. 
• Haley Larson (SO, Shakopee, Minn./Prior Lake HS) went 1-for-3 with two RBI, while Taylor Mattice (SO, Woodbury, Minn./Centennial HS) went 1-for-4 with an RBI. 

GAME 2 HIGHLIGHTS
• Carrisa Struve (SO, Shoreview, Minn./Mounds View HS) started game two for the Auggies, and threw very well for 3.2 innings allowing three hits and one run. Anderson relieved her and allowed three more runs on six hits. 
• Augsburg was limited to three hits in the game -- a single by Cline, while Carly Dropik (FY, Alexandria, Minn.) added a single and a triple. 

FOR THE FOES
• Alex Lopez threw all nine innings in game one, allowing four runs on nine hits, while walking five and striking out four. 
• Jessica Bentley threw a complete-game three-hitter for the Oles in game two, allowing zero runs on three hits, while walking one and striking out one.
?• Jenna Boudreau went 4-for-5 with two RBI in game one, then 1-for-3 with one RBI in game two. 

UP NEXT
• Augsburg travels to Concordia College-Moorhead on Wednesday (4/20) at 4 p.m.
• St. Olaf hosts Bethel on Wednesday (4/20) at 3:30 p.m.
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