Katie Manecke swings at a pitch during a 2021 Augsburg softball game.
Kelly Anderson Diercks
7
Winner Macalester College MAC 4-3, 4-3 MIAC
5
Augsburg University AUG 3-16, 0-7 MIAC
Winner
Macalester College MAC
4-3, 4-3 MIAC
7
Final
5
Augsburg University AUG
3-16, 0-7 MIAC
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
Macalester College MAC 0 1 5 0 0 1 0 7 12 1
Augsburg University AUG 0 0 2 0 0 0 3 5 8 2

W: Elsa Church (1-1) L: Passmore, Sabriya (2-8)

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Winner Macalester College MAC 5-3, 5-3 MIAC
1
Augsburg University AUG 3-17, 0-8 MIAC
Winner
Macalester College MAC
5-3, 5-3 MIAC
3
Final
1
Augsburg University AUG
3-17, 0-8 MIAC
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
Macalester College MAC 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 3 7 0
Augsburg University AUG 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 5 0

W: Joia Simonson (4-2) L: O'Connor, Olivia (0-8)

Game Recap: Softball |

Augsburg drops close pair to Macalester

MINNEAPOLIS -- Katie Manecke (FY, Shoreview, Minn./Mounds View HS) had four hits and scored a run in the Augsburg University softball team's doubleheader loss to Macalester College in Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference action on Thursday afternoon.

THE BASICS
SCORES: Macalester 7, Augsburg 5; Macalester 3, Augsburg 1
LOCATION: Edor Nelson Field, Minneapolis
RECORD: Augsburg 3-17 overall (0-8 MIAC), Macalester 5-3 overall (5-3 MIAC).

GAME 1 HIGHLIGHTS
• Macalester built a 7-2 lead after six innings before Augsburg staged a seventh-inning rally, scoring three runs. Kayla Hanson (JR, St. James, Minn./St. James HS) and Manecke scored on wild pitches, and Mackenzie Evenson (SR, St. Louis Park, Minn./St. Louis Park HS) singled home Sara Deming (FY, Bloomington, Minn./Jefferson HS).
• The Auggies plated two runs in the third inning, as Sabriya Passmore (SO, Apple Valley, Minn./Apple Valley HS) hit a single to drive home Hanson, and Deming hit an RBI single to drive in Passmore.
• Pattmore had three strikeouts against two walks in 2.2 innings pitched. Bella Kallas (SR, Big Lake, Minn./Big Lake HS) pitched 4.1 innings of relief, allowing just one unearned run while striking out one.

GAME 2 HIGHLIGHTS
• Olivia O'Connor (FY, White Bear Lake, Minn./White Bear Lake HS) started and pitched well, striking out three against one walk and seven hits in a complete-game effort. The Scots scored all of their runs in the fourth inning.
• Augsburg's lone run came in the bottom of the fourth, as Olivia Dynneson (FY, Minneapolis, Minn./South HS) led off the frame with a walk, moved to second on a groundout, and scored on a single by Chloe Stockinger (FY, Sauk Rapids, Minn./Sauk Rapids-Rice HS).
• Manecke went 3-for-3 at the plate in the second game to lead the Auggies.

FOR THE FOES
• Regan Brodine went 3-for-4 with a triple and two RBI in the first game, while Jessica Katzin hit two doubles, driving in a run and scoring a run.
• Joia Simonson struck out five while walking four and allowing five hits in a complete-game win in the second game.

UP NEXT
• Augsburg hosts Hamline on Saturday (4/17) at 1 p.m. at Edor Nelson Field.
• Macalester travels to face Concordia-Moorhead on Saturday at 1 p.m.
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