ST. PAUL, Minn. — The Saint Mary's University of Minnesota fastpitch softball team returns to Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference play on Wednesday, as the Cardinals travel to Macalester for a 4:30 p.m. doubleheader against the Scots.
 
The Matchup:
• Saint Mary's Cardinals (8-10 MIAC | 14-16 Overall) at Macalester Scots (7-11 MIAC | 19-16 Overall)
 
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Last Action:
• Saint Mary's: x | Recap
• Macalester: The Scots picked up a pair of conference wins on Saturday, dropping Concordia 4-3 and 3-0 in an MIAC doubleheader in Moorhead, Minn. | Recap
 
Saint Mary's vs. Macalester—Their Last Meeting:
• April 27, 2014: Ashley Betzold (Farmington, Minn.) was good in leading Saint Mary's to back-to-back wins over Concordia. And the freshman was even better a day later. Betzold, coming off back-to-back shutout performances against Concordia, tossed her second straight two-hitter—and her third straight shutout—in guiding the Cardinals to a 6-0 Game 1 victory over Macalester in the first game of the teams' Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference doubleheader at the Rosemount (Minn.) Dome. The Scots put an end to Betzold's 38-inning scoreless streak with a pair of runs in the top of the fourth in the nightcap, but it was not enough as Betzold & Co. completed the sweep with a 3-2 victory in Game 2 | Recap
 
Up Next:
• Saint Mary's: The Cardinals close out their regular-season schedule at home on Saturday, as Saint Mary's entertains Concordia in a 1 p.m. conference doubleheader at the Saint Mary's Field.
• Macalester: The Scots return home on Saturday, hosting St. Catherine in the teams' regular-season finale. Opening pitch in the conference doubleheader is set for 1 p.m.
 
Scouting The Saint Mary's Cardinals:
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With their 2-1 Game 1 win against league-leading Hamline, the Cardinals snapped their three-game losing streak. It was just the second time this season Saint Mary's had lost three consecutive games. … Tuesday's doubleheader against UW-Eau Claire is the Cardinals second straight home DH. Saint Mary's is 5-5 on its home diamond this season. … Saint Mary's five hits in their Game 1 win over Hamline came from five different players, while Stazy Snyder (Johnston, Iowa) went 3-for-3 with two RBIs and three runs scored and Alex Raske (Chicago, Ill.) was 2-for-4 with three runs scored in Game 2. … Kathi Opsahl (Elk River, Minn.) had a hit in both games vs. Hamline last Saturday and has now had a hit in nine of the Cardinals' last 10 games—including two hits four times. … Raske belted her second home run of the season vs. Saint Benedict last Tuesday. … Saint Mary's boasts three players who have hit their first collegiate home runs this season—Snyder Ashley Betzold (Farmington, Minn.), and Sam Borawski (Stickney, Ill.). … Snyder and Opsahl enter Saint Mary's doubleheader against UW-Eau Claire leading the team in batting average at .382 and .375, respectively. … Opsahl also leads the team with 36 hits, two more than Snyder, and 23 RBIs. … Snyder boasts team-highs in doubles (9), triples (2), total bases (50), slugging percentage (.562), walks (14) and on-base percentage (.476). … Raske scored three runs in Saint Mary's DH vs. Hamline last Saturday, pushing her team-leading run total to 25. She has scored 17 times in Saint Mary's last 19 contests. … Opsahl has recorded a team-best 12 multiple-RBI and five multiple-RBI games. … Opsahl's five RBIs in Game 2 vs. Carleton on March 31 marked the second time in her collegiate career the sophomore has driven in five runs in a game. … Snyder had her season- and team-high nine-game hitting streak snapped in Game 2 vs. St. Thomas on April 8. … Betzold tossed her team-leading 15th complete game in Saint Mary's 2-1 Game 1 win over Hamline last Sunday. … Betzold has been the Cardinals' workhorse in the pitcher's circle, logging 161.0 of the team's 203.2 nnings. The sophomore right-hander has compiled an 11-12 record and a 2.83 ERA in a team-high 28 appearances. … Betzold has struck out a team-best 81 batters, including a season-high nine against Augsburg in Game 1 on April 11—one shy of her career-high—and owns both of the team's shutouts. … Katie Homan—who notched her first collegiate pitching win with a complete-game three-hitter in a 4-1 win over Misericordia on March 2—is 2-4 with a 3.91 ERA in 34.0 IP. … Abbey Killian (Fountain City, Wis.) collected her first collegiate win with 2/3 innings of hitless relief in Game 2 against Gustavus on April 6. …  The Cardinals have held their opponents to two runs or less in nine of their 14 wins. … The Cardinals' 13 runs in their 13-4 Game 1 victory over Saint Benedict last Tuesday marked the third time this season they have plated 10 or more runs—and was just one run shy of their season-high 14-run effort in a 14-5 triumph over Carleton on March 31. … Saint Mary's has outscored its opponents 14-6 in the second inning and 15-7 in the third. … Two of the Cardinals' last four wins have been walk-offs—Betzold belted a three-run home run in the bottom of the seventh inning of Saint Mary's 3-1 Game 1 win over St. Olaf on April 10, while Allie Borawski (Stickney, Ill.) delivered a game-ending RBI single, capping a two-run seventh inning in the Cardinals' 5-4 Game 2 win over Augsburg a day later. … Saint Mary's 14-5, six-inning Game 2 victory over Carleton on March 31 was its second win shortened by the eight-run rule. … Thirteen of Saint Mary's 30 games have been decided by one run. … With their 4-1, 5-4 sweep of Gustavus on April 6, the Cardinals snapped a pair of lengthy streaks against the Gusties. The Game 1 victory ended Saint Mary's 11-game losing streak vs. GAC—dating back to an identical 4-1 win on May 2, 2011. And the sweep-clinching 5-4 win in the nightcap completed the Cardinals' first sweep of the Gusties since winning 5-3 and 9-1 on April 12, 2005—a span of nine years and 18 regular-season games.
 
Scouting The Macalester Scots:
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Wednesday's doubleheader at Saint Mary's is the final road DH of the regular-season for the Scots, who host St. Catherine in the teams' regular-season finale on Saturday. … Saturday's 4-3 Game 1 win over Concordia snapped the Scots' five-game losing streak. … Macalester has been held to four runs or less in its last 13 straight games—the Scots are 5-8 in that span. … Macalester enters its doubleheader against Saint Mary's boasting six players who are hitting above .300—led by Sarawati Wilson (.402), Abby Cox (.365), and Miranda Stokes (.348). … Along with her team-best .402 batting average, Wilson also leads the team in at-bats (127), runs (32), hits (51), home runs (7), total bases (78), and slugging percentage (.614). … Stokes has belted a team-best 12 doubles and is second to Wilson with six home runs. … Cox has induced a team-leading 12 walks and owns a team-leading .436 on-base percentage. … Wilson has put together 17 multiple-hit games this season, while joining Cox as team team leaders with seven multiple-RBI games. … Stokes posted a season-high six RBIs against UM-Morris on March 1, while Cox delivered five RBIs against Plattsburgh State on March 18. … As a team, Macalester has hammered 33 home runs in 35 games. … Brittany Ehmann tossed a complete-game one-hit shutout in Macalester's 3-0 Game 2 win over Concordia last Saturday—losing her no-hitter with two outs in the bottom of the seventh inning. … Ehmann's effort against Concordia was her team-leading 11th complete game and her first shutout of the season. … Ehmann owns a 9-8 record and a 3.48 ERA in a team-leading 108.2 innings of work, while Stokes is 8-8 with a 3.98 ERA in 89.2 IP. … Stokes has struck out a team-high 69 batters, two more than Ehmann. … The Scots have scored 10 or more runs twice this season—plating a season-high 14 runs in a 14-0 win over UM-Morris on March 1, while scoring 10 in a 10-0 victory vs. Martin Luther on March 26.