By Donny Nadeau
Saint Mary's Sports Information Director
 
WINONA, Minn. — Ryan Wolfe (Wabasha, Minn.) put together a career performance during the second game of the Saint Mary's University of Minnesota baseball team's conference doubleheader against St. Thomas last Tuesday.
 
• First collegiate nine-inning complete game
 
• First collegiate shutout
 
• Career-high eight strikeouts.
 
And best of all—a 1-0 Cardinal victory.
 
Monday afternoon, the sophomore right-hander added yet another collegiate first to his resume—earning his first Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Pitcher of the Week honor.
 
Wolfe was virtually untouchable on the mound against St. Thomas, limiting the high-powered Tommies to just four hits—one each in the third, fifth, sixth, and seventh innings. The hard-throwing right-hander allowed more than one Tommie base-runner in an inning just once—wiggling out of a two-out, bases-loaded jam in the fifth by ending the frame with one of his eight strikeouts.
 
Last Tuesday's effort marked Wolfe's second straight complete game, going 7 2/3 innings before surrendering a walk-off home run in a heartbreaking, 2-1, eight-inning loss to Luther on March 27.
 
With the complete-game effort against the Tommies, Wolfe improved to 3-2 and lowered his ERA to 3.34 in five appearances this season. He has thrown a team-high 29.2 innings, while striking out a team-best 24 and walking just five.