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Don Stoner
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Winner Augsburg College AUG 19-18, 8-11 MIAC
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Concordia-Moorhead CC 16-19, 3-14 MIAC
Winner
Augsburg College AUG
19-18, 8-11 MIAC
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Final
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Concordia-Moorhead CC
16-19, 3-14 MIAC
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
Augsburg College AUG 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 4 0
Concordia-Moorhead CC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0

W: Anderson, Sam (12-4) L: Abigail Haraldson (11-17)

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Winner Augsburg College AUG 20-18, 9-11 MIAC
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Concordia-Moorhead CC 16-20, 3-15 MIAC
Winner
Augsburg College AUG
20-18, 9-11 MIAC
2
Final
1
Concordia-Moorhead CC
16-20, 3-15 MIAC
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
Augsburg College AUG 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 5 0
Concordia-Moorhead CC 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 6 0

W: Anderson, Sam (13-4) L: Abigail Haraldson (11-18)

Game Recap: Softball |

Auggies sweep Cobbers, reach 20 wins

MOORHEAD, Minn. -- The Augsburg College softball team recorded a sweep of Concordia College-Moorhead in Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference play on Monday afternoon, reaching 20 wins for the first time since the 2012 season. 

THE BASICS
GAME SCORES: Augsburg 1, Concordia 0; Augsburg 2, Concordia 1
LOCATION: Jake Christiansen Stadium and Athletic Complex, Concordia, Minn.
RECORDS: Augsburg 20-18 overall (9-11 MIAC), Concordia 16-20 overall (3-15 MIAC)

GAME 1 HIGHLIGHTS
• Samantha Anderson (FY, Coon Rapids, Minn.) threw a complete-game shutout, allowing just three hits and striking out 13 to lead the Auggies to a 1-0 game one win. 
• Brianna Cline (SO, St. Clair, Minn.) led the Auggies at the plate going 2-for-3 with the game's only RBI.
• Cline belted a double to left center in the top of the sixth inning to break the 0-0 tie and score Jenna Orth (SR, Melrose, Minn.), who had reached on a single and stole second. 
• Orth finished 1-for-3 with a stolen base and a run scored, while Carly Dropik (FY, Alexandria, Minn.) recorded the only other Auggie hit and also went 1-for-3. 
• Augsburg out hit Concordia in game one four hits to three. 

GAME 2 HIGHLIGHTS
• The Auggies carried their game one win momentum into game two and plated a run in the first inning.
• Cline doubled again to left center, then Sarah Buckner (SR, Duluth, Minn./East HS) doubled to left to score Cline. 
• Cline's 15 doubles so far this season are tied for the second-most in single-season school history. The record is 18, set by Kristen Lideen in 2003. 
• Augsburg extended its lead to 2-0 in the fifth inning when Dropik scored on a bunt single by Ashley Anfinson (SR, Watertown, Minn./Watertorn-Mayer HS). Dropik had reached base on a bunt single as well, stole second, then advanced to third on a sacrifice bunt by Amanda Niznik (JR, Columbia Heights, Minn.). 
• The Cobbers attempted a rally in the sixth, as they scored one run on three hits, but Anderson pitched her way out of a jam and stranded two runners. 
• Carissa Struve started in the circle for the Auggies, pitching 1.1 innings allowing no runs and two hits before being relieved by Anderson. 
• Anderson pitched 5.2 innings, earning her second win of the day to improve to 13-4. 
• Anderson allowed one run on four hits and struck out six, which brings her season total to an Augsburg single season record of 151. 

UP NEXT
• Augsburg will host Saint Mary's at the University of Northwestern-St. Paul to close out the 2016 season on Tuesday (5/3) at 5pm. 
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