ARDEN HILLS, Minn. – The Augsburg University softball team dropped a Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference doubleheader at No. 9-ranked Bethel University on Saturday afternoon, falling 9-1 and 2-0.

THE BASICS
SCORES: Bethel 9, Augsburg 1 (6 innings), Bethel 2, Augsburg 0
LOCATION: Ona North Athletic Complex, Arden Hills, Minn.
RECORD: Augsburg 19-15 overall (5-11 MIAC), Bethel 27-3 overall (16-0 MIAC)

GAME 1 HIGHLIGHTS
• Bethel sent 11 batters to the plate in the fourth inning, scoring seven runs. The Royals added a pair of runs in the sixth inning to end the game early via the NCAA eight-run rule.
• Katie Manecke (JR, Shoreview, Minn./Shoreview HS) hit an RBI triple, plating Torrie Rehder (SO, Goodhue, Minn./Goodhue HS) in the sixth inning. 
• Jaime Olson (FY, Minneapolis, Minn./South HS) had Augsburg's other base hit in the game, a single in the second inning.

GAME 2 HIGHLIGHTS
• The Royals scored single runs in the first and second innings, but were held scoreless the rest of the way against Augsburg pitcher Olivia O'Connor (JR, White Bear Lake, Minn./White Bear Lake HS). O'Connor had two strikeouts against a walk and nine hits.
• Jayden Evenson (FY, Mosinee, Wis./Mosinee HS) and Grace Syson (JR, Oshkosh, Wis./Lourdes Academy HS) had two hits each for the Auggies.
• Evenson had two of Augsburg's four hits in the second game.

FOR THE FOES
• Jordyn Rudolph hit a two-run homer for the Royals, and Allie Fauth-Kilgore went 2-for-4 with a triple and three RBI in the first game.
• Fauth-Kilgore went 3-for-4 with a double and run scored in the second game.

UP NEXT
• Augsburg travels to face Gustavus in a MIAC doubleheader on Sunday (4/30) at 1 p.m. in St. Peter, Minn.