MINNEAPOLIS -- The Augsburg University softball team suffered a nonconference sweep at the hands of Saint Mary's University on Sunday afternoon, falling 10-5 and 6-0.

THE BASICS
SCORES: Saint Mary's 10, Augsburg 5; Saint Mary's 6, Augsburg 0
LOCATION: Edor Nelson Field, Minneapolis
RECORD: Augsburg 3-7 overall, Saint Mary's 3-5 overall

GAME 1 HIGHLIGHTS
• Augsburg took an early 1-0 lead, but Saint Mary's responded with two runs in the fourth inning. The Cardinals then sent 12 batters to the plate and scored seven runs in the fifth. 
• Augsburg scored in the bottom of the first, as leadoff batter Katie Manecke (FY, Shoreview, Minn./Mounds View HS) reached on a walk, moved up on a single and groundout, then scored on a wild pitch.
• In the fifth inning, Sabriya Passmore (SO, Apple Valley, Minn./Apple Valley HS) hit a run-scoring triple, while Olivia O'Connor (FY, White Bear Lake, Minn./White Bear Lake HS hit an RBI single. Passmore then hit a two-run double in the sixth inning.
• Passmore went 4-for-4 with three RBI and a run scored, while Manecke scored three runs, reaching base on a single and two walks.
• Passmore started in the pitching circle, striking out one against two walks and seven hits in four innings of work. Bella Kallas (SR, Big Lake, Minn./Big Lake HS) had two strikeouts against two walks and six hits in relief.

GAME 2 HIGHLIGHTS
• Augsburg was limited to just four hits -- singles by Manecke, Mackenzie Evenson (SR, St. Louis Park, Minn./St. Louis Park HS), Sara Deming (FY, Bloomington, Minn./Jefferson HS) and Kallas -- in the second game. The Auggies stranded six runners on base in the game.
• O'Connor pitched a complete game for the Auggies, striking out six against six walks and seven hits.

FOR THE FOES
• In the first game, Mackenzie Carey went 4-for-4 with two doubles, an RBI and two runs scored, while Amber Chow had two hits and drove in two runs. Paige Gudmonson also went 2-for-3 with a run scored.
• Chow pitched a complete-game win in the second game, striking out five while walking one. Hallie Schmeling weng 2-for-3 with a double, triple and three RBI, scoring a run, while Jordan Meyers went 2-for-3 with a run scored.

UP NEXT
• Augsburg travels to face St. Scholastica in a nonconference doubleheader on Saturday at 3:30 p.m.
• Saint Mary's hosts Wisconsin-River Falls in a nonconference doubleheader on Wednesday (3/24) at 2 p.m.