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Don Stoner
2
Augsburg University AUG 7-4
7
Winner Stevens Tech STEV 3-3
Augsburg University AUG
7-4
2
Final
7
Stevens Tech STEV
3-3
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
Augsburg University AUG 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 8 1
Stevens Tech STEV 3 2 1 0 1 0 X 7 11 0

W: Christine LaRochelle (1-0) L: Malley, Morgan (2-4)

11
Winner Cornell College CCSB 9-5
0
Augsburg University AUG 7-5
Winner
Cornell College CCSB
9-5
11
Final
0
Augsburg University AUG
7-5
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 R H E
Cornell College CCSB 7 1 0 2 1 11 11 2
Augsburg University AUG 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 1

W: Haley Harmon (5-1) L: Malley, Morgan (2-5)

Game Recap: Softball |

Auggie softball drops pair in Tucson

TUCSON, Ariz. -- The Augsburg University softball team fell in a pair of contests at the Tucson Invitational Games on Wednesday, falling to the Stevens Institute of Technology (N.J.) 7-2 and to Cornell College (Iowa) 11-0 in five innings.

THE BASICS
SCORES: Stevens Tech (N.J.) 7, Augsburg 2; Cornell (Iowa) 11, Augsburg 0 (5 inn.)
LOCATION: Lincoln Park, Tucson, Ariz.
RECORD: Augsburg 7-5 overall

STEVENS TECH GAME HIGHLIGHTS
• Augsburg led after the first inning, as Samantha Anderson (JR, Coon Rapids, Minn./Coon Rapids HS) hit an RBI single to plate Anesia King (SO, Cambridge, Minn./Cambridge-Isanti HS). But Stevens Tech scored three runs in the bottom of the first, two more in the second and another in the third to take a commanding lead.
• Carly Dropik (JR, Alexandria, Minn./Alexandria HS) led off the fifth inning with a double, then scored on a single by Taylor Mattice (SR, Woodbury, Minn./Centennial HS).
• Anderson went 3-for-4 in the first game, while also striking out five in 6.0 innings of relief in the pitching circle. Mattice went 2-for-4 in the game.
• For Stevens Tech, Corrine Loncar went 3-for-4 with three RBI, while Farryl Groder went 3-for-3 with a pair of runs scored. Melissa Alfonso hit a solo home run.

CORNELL GAME HIGHLIGHTS
• Cornell sent 11 batters to the plate and scored seven runs in the top of the first inning, then scored a run in the second, two more in the fourth and one in the fifth to end the game early via the NCAA eight-run rule.
• Augsburg was limited to five hits -- singles by Anderson, Mattice, Katie Parker (SR. Lakeville, Minn./Lakeville North HS), Shannon Dale (SO, Watertown, Minn./Watertown-Mayer HS) and Nell Gehrke (SO, Northfield, Minn./Northfield HS).
• Anderson struck out four while walking three in three innings of relief, with Bella Kallas (FY, Big Lake, Minn./Big Lake HS) allowing a hit and unearned run in 1.2 innings in her first collegiate pitching appearance.

UP NEXT
• Augsburg finishes its week of action in Arizona on Thursday (3/15), facing Case Western Reserve (Ohio) at 11 a.m. Central time (9 a.m. Arizona) and Hood (Md.) at 1 p.m. Central time (11 a.m. Arizona).
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