MINNEAPOLIS -- The Augsburg University softball team dropped a pair of games in a Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference doubleheader to Hamline University on Monday afternoon, falling 10-2 and 11-1 in five innings.
THE BASICS
SCORES: Hamline 10, Augsburg 2; Hamline 11, Augsburg 1 (5 inn.)
LOCATION: Edor Nelson Field, Minneapolis
RECORD: Augsburg 11-24 overall (3-17 MIAC), Hamline 18-14 overall (9-10 MIAC)
GAME 1 HIGHLIGHTS
• Augsburg kept the game close through the first four innings, but Hamline scored seven runs in the final three frames to claim the victory.
• Augsburg scored in the first inning, as
Katie Manecke (SO, Shoreview, Minn./Mounds View HS) led off the frame with a double to right field and scored on a single by
Sabriya Passmore (JR, Apple Valley, Minn./Apple Valley HS).
• Another run came across in the third inning, as
Sara Deming (SR, Bloomington, Minn./Jefferson HS) hit a double to right-center and scored on a single by
Torrie Rehder (FY, Goodhue, Minn./Goodhue HS).
• Pitcher
Olivia O'Connor (SO, White Bear Lake, Minn./White Bear Lake HS) struck out two against three walks in a complete-game effort.
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Zoie Johnson (FY, Carlton, Minn./Esko HS) hit a double for the Auggies in the second inning.
GAME 2 HIGHLIGHTS
• Augsburg was limited o four hits in the game -- singles by Manecke, Deming, Johnson and
Meredith Taylor (FY, Randolph, Minn./Randolph HS).
• The Auggies scored a run in the fourth inning, as Deming and Taylor hit one-out singles, and Deming scored on a groundout by Rehder.
• Augsburg used three pitchers in the game --
Saryn Sherrell (JR, Minneapolis, Minn./South HS),
Libby Moore (FY, Springville, Iowa/Springville HS) and
Myia Sarff (SO, South St. Paul, Minn./South St. Paul HS).
FOR THE FOES
• Kira Krueger went 3-for-4 with two doubles, three runs scored and two RBI in the first game, while Gabby Cook also hit two doubles, going 3-for-4 with three RBI and a run scored.
• Cook went 3-for-3 with two doubles, three RBI and two runs scored in the second game, while Jenna Rubbelke went 2-for-3 with two runs scored.
UP NEXT
• Augsburg finishes its 2022 season with a home doubleheader against Concordia-Moorhead on Tuesday (5/3) at 1 p.m.
