ST. PAUL, Minn. — After kicking off its home schedule with a Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference split against St. Olaf on Thursday, the Saint Mary's University fastpitch softball team is back on the road on Saturday, traveling to Macalester for a 1 p.m. conference doubleheader against the Scots.
The Records:
Saint Mary's Cardinals: 1-1 MIAC / 4-10 Overall
Macalester Scots: 1-5 MIAC / 5-19 Overall
Last Action:
The Cardinals rebounded from a disappointing
10-4 Game 1 loss to St. Olaf on Thursday, getting an RBI infield single from
Hanna Schmitt (Rosemount, Minn.) in the bottom of the sixth inning en route to a
3-2 win in the nightcap at SMU Field. Macalester, meanwhile, is also coming off a home Thursday split, falling to Carleton
4-2 in the opener of their conference DH, before bouncing back with a
10-2 victory in Game 2.
Last Meeting — April 22, 2009:
The Cardinals picked up a pair of convincing wins over the Scots a year ago, as SMU collected back-to-back shutouts —
7-0 and
8-0 — in Winona, Minn.
Saint Mary's Cardinals Around The Horn:
Thursday's games vs. St. Olaf were the first home games of the year for SMU, which opened with 12 straight road games. …
Erin Stenseth (Eau Claire, Wis.), who went 5-for-7 with three RBIs against UW-Eau Claire on Wednesday, picked up right where she left off against St. Olaf Thursday, going 3-for-7. … Stenseth and
Katy Gannon (Roselle, Ill.) each had two hits in the opener vs. St. Olaf, while
Hanna Schmitt (Rosemount, Minn.),
Mallory Betzold (Farmington, Minn.) and
Julianne Bartosz (Mokena, Ill.) allo had two hits in the nightcap. … With his three hits vs. the Oles, Stenseth pushed her team-leading batting average to .452. She also leads the team in hits (19), doubles (6), total bases (25), slugging percentage (.595) and on-base percentage (.489). … With her efforts vs. St. Olaf, Stenseth has now collected five multiple-hit games and enters today's DH vs. Maclaester riding a season-high seven-game hitting streak. She has hit safely in 12 of the team's 14 games. … …
Julianne Bartosz (Mokena, Ill.) and
Kellie Simons (Richfield, Minn.) are also hitting above .300 — .351 and .341, respectively — heading into today's conference DH vs. Macalester. … With her two RBIs vs. St. Olaf, Schmitt pushed her team-leading RBI total to eight. …
Jaci Prondzinski (Ettrick, Wis.) scattered nine hits en route to her team-leading third pitching win of the season. … The Cardinals have allowed five or more runs in nine of their 10 losses. … SMU has scored three of more runs in all four of their wins, while scoring two runs or less in eight of their 10 losses. … The Cardinals have been outscored 11-2 in the first inning and 17-3 in the first two combined.
Macalester Scots Around The Horn:
The Scots snapped a season-high nine-game losing streak with their 10-2, Game 2 win over Carleton on Thursday. … Carly Klingensmith went 5-for-8 with three runs scored from the No. 9 spot in the batting order to fuel the Scots' offensive attack vs. Carleton. … Macalester banged out a season-high 16 hits, while equaling a season high for runs with 10, in winning game two vs. the Knights. … Crystal Barriga enters today's DH vs. Saint Mary's as the Scots' offensive leader, boasting team highs in batting average (.451), at-bats (71), runs (16), hits (32), home runs (3), RBIs (23), total bases (48), slugging percentage (.676) and on-base percentage (.494). … Allison Phillips and Olivia Abbott are also hitting above .300 for the Scots, compiling .394 and .307 averages, respectively. … Olivia Abbott, who tossed a pair of complete games vs. Carleton Thursday, has pitched all five of Macalester's wins, while compiling a 3.83 ERA in 75.0 innings. Abbott has also struck out a team-high 41 batters and thrown nine complete games. … Macalester has been outscored in every inning but the seventh, where the Scots holds a 12-4 scoring advantage. … The Scots have been held to two runs or less in nine of their 19 losses.
