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Softball vs. Augustana: AUGIE 7, SCSU 5 / AUGIE 10, SCSU 2
SOFTBALL: Vikings Walk-Off Homerun Leads to Sweep of Huskies
Saturday, April 25, 2009
SCSU's senior Rachel Haines hit her 2nd career homerun against Augie. |
Sioux Falls, S.D. – Augustana College (25-21, 16-5 NSIC) charted a walk-off homerun against the St. Cloud State Husky softball squad (20-35, 7-15 NSIC) in the first game of the NSIC doubleheader to gain the 7-5 win and posted a 10-2 victory in the second game to earn the league sweep on Saturday, Apr. 25, at Bowden Field.
GAME ONE: AUGIE 7, SCSU 5 – Box Score
Augustana College jumped out to a 5-0 lead after the first two innings in the initial game of the double header. The Huskies bounced back however behind the offensive power of first year centerfielder Sarah Nohrenberg (Cottage Grove) who went 3-for-3 at the plate with one run scored.
St. Cloud State jumped on the scoreboard in the top of the fourth inning following a two-run blast over the left center wall by sophomore Sara Sbragia (North St. Paul), which marked her third of the season. The following inning, SCSU knotted the game at 5-5, scoring three runs on five hits.
It came down to the bottom of the seventh frame for the Vikings to score again. With a runner on first and one out in the inning, Augie’s Ally Rutherford smacked a walk-off homer to left center to win the game for the Vikings, 7-5.
SCSU’s Brit Krieg (Hudson, Wis.) earned the start for the Huskies and went 2.0 innings before being relieved by first year Kristin Jakobsen (Elmwood Park, Ill.). Jakobsen pitched 4.1, suffering the loss and striking out two Augie batters.
The Huskies scored five runs on 10 hits and committed no errors in the field.
GAME TWO: AUGIE 10, SCSU 2 (6 innings) – Box Score
St. Cloud State found themselves trailing 6-0 after the first three innings played in the second game of the twin bill. The Huskies rallied to chart two runs in the top of the fifth inning on a two-run homer from senior Rachel Haines (Pepin, Wis.), making it just her second career home run in the Cardinal and Black.
Augustana proved to be too much for the Huskies, as the Vikings went on to score four runs in the bottom of the sixth, completing the game in six innings by a score of 10-2.
Junior Lizzy Dwyer (Kalispell, Mont.) went 3-for-3 at the plate, while junior pitcher Kaity Strever (Laurel, Mont.) suffered the loss from the circle for the Huskies, falling to 11-15 overall after going 3.0 innings.
St. Cloud State (20-35, 7-15 NSIC) will continue its road trip with an NSIC doubleheader at Wayne State (Neb.) on Sunday, Apr. 26. The first pitch is slated for 12 p.m. at WSC’s Pete Chapman Complex.
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