Olivia Hennager gets set to take a swing during a 2024 Augsburg softball game.
Kevin Healy
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Winner Augsburg University AUG 13-2
1
Salem State Univ. SSU 2-5
Winner
Augsburg University AUG
13-2
5
Final
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Salem State Univ. SSU
2-5
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
Augsburg University AUG 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 5 13 2
Salem State Univ. SSU 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 3

W: Moore, Libby (3-0) L: Alanis Toledano (1-2) S: Paaske, Morgann (1)

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Winner Hood College HOOD 4-6
3
Augsburg University AUG 13-3
Winner
Hood College HOOD
4-6
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Final
3
Augsburg University AUG
13-3
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
Hood College HOOD 0 2 2 1 0 0 2 7 13 2
Augsburg University AUG 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 3 7 1

W: Sara Munson (1-4) L: Paaske, Morgann (5-2)

Game Recap: Softball |

Auggies finish Florida trip with split

CLERMONT, Fla. -- The Augsburg University softball team finished its trip to THE Spring Games in Florida on Thursday, topping Salem State University 5-1 and falling 7-3 to Hood College.

THE BASICS
SCORES: Augsburg 5, Salem State (Mass.) 1; Hood (Md.) 7, Augsburg 3
LOCATION: Legends Way Softball Complex, Clermont, Fla.
RECORD: Augsburg 13-3 overall

SALEM STATE GAME HIGHLIGHTS
• Augsburg pounded out a season-high 13 hits in the victory, including doubles by Olivia Funk (JR, Lewiston, Minn./Lewiston-Altura HS), Lola Pilon (FY, St. Paul, Minn./Mounds Park Academy HS) and Olivia Hennager (SO, Inver Grove Heights, Minn./Simley HS).
• In the first inning, Funk hit a double to drive in Katie Manecke (SR, Shoreview, Minn./Mounds View HS), and Hennager hit a two-run double to drive in Funk and Pilon.
• The Auggies plated two more runs in the third inning, as Pilon doubled and scored on an RBI single by Hennager, and Jaime Olson (SO, Minneapolis, Minn./South HS) hit a single to plate Zoie Johnson (JR, Carlton, Minn./Esko HS).
• Libby Moore (SR, Springville, Iowa/Springville HS) struck out two against a walk and one hit in four scoreless innings to pick up the pitching win, with Morgann Paaske (JR, Crystal Lake, Ill./Crystal Lake Central HS) pitching three innings of hitless relief, with three strikeouts, to claim the save.
• Pilon, Johnson and Hennager had two hits each for the Auggies in the win.

HOOD GAME HIGHLIGHTS
• Hood built a 5-1 lead after four innings to claim the victory, limiting the Auggies to seven hits.
• Johnson led off the second inning with a double, and scored on a double by Paaske to put the Auggies on the scoreboard.
• A two-out, two-run single by Pilon drove in Jayden Evenson (SO, Mosinee, Wis./Mosinee HS) and Manecke in the fifth inning. Evenson had two hits for the Auggies in the game.
• Paaske pitched three innings for the Auggies, with Olivia O'Connor (SR, White Bear Lake, Minn./White Bear Lake HS) striking out one in four innings of relief.

FOR THE FOES
• Payton Jeffers had the lone hit in the game for Salem State, a double.
• Jocelyn Pfleiger went 3-for-5 with an RBI for Hood. Mallorie Hetzel scored two runs.

UP NEXT
• Now 13-3 overall, Augsburg hosts North Central (Minn.) in a doubleheader next Thursday (3/21) at 4 p.m. at Edor Nelson Field.
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