| SAINT MARY'S CARDINALS SCOUTING REPORT |
| The Cardinals home-opener against UW-Platteville marks their first home contest in 698 days, dating back to April 28, 2019 when Saint Mary's split its season-ending doubleheader with Bethel. … Saint Mary's picked up its first doubleheader sweep of the season last Sunday, taking a pair of nonconference victories from Augsburg — beating the Auggies 10-5 and 6-0. … Mackenzie Carey (Prescott, Wis.) was perfect from the plate in the opener against Augsburg last Sunday, going 4-for-4 with an RBI and a pair of runs scored. It was Carey's first four-hit game of her collegiate career. … Lexi Brooks (Searcy, Ark.) owns a team-leading .571 batting average and is one of nine SMU regulars hitting .300 or better, being joined by Hallie Schmeling (Onalaska, Wis. / .500), Lizzy Baird (Wells, Minn. / .400), Marissa Kleckler (Oregon, Wis. / .400), Carey (.375), Amy Kulaga (Riverside, Ill. / .353), Amber Chow (West St. Paul, Minn. / .350), Paige Gudmundson (Plainview, Minn. / .348), and Erin Sullivan (Wisconsin Rapids, Wis. / .316). … Carey boasts team-highs in hits (8), runs (6), doubles (4), RBIs (6), slugging percentage (.857), and on-base percentage (.650). … Twenty of Saint Mary's 69 hits have been for extra bases — including 17 doubles and three triples. … Justine Schultz (Winona, Minn.) owns two of SMU's three triples, with Schmeling accounting for the other. … Chow, Brooks, Gudmundson, and Jordan Meyers (Eyota, Minn.) have all recorded two multiple-hit games, while Chow is the team-leader with three multiple-RBI contests. … Schultz and Sullivan have each put together team-high five-game hitting streaks, with Chow's four-game run the longest current hit streak. … Kulaga has reached base safely in each of the team's last seven contests. … Chow tossed her second complete-game of the season in the nightcap against Augsburg last Sunday, throwing a four-hit shutout. … Chow (2-3, 6.56 ERA) leads the Cardinal pitching staff in innings pitched (26.2), appearances (6), starts (4) and strikeouts (12). … Saint Mary's has scored first in two of its three wins, but the Cardinals are just 1-4 when their opponent scores the game's first run. … The Cardinals' 10 runs in their Game 1 win over Augsburg last Sunday marked the second time this season SMU has scored in double figures. Saint Mary's scored a season-high 12 runs in its 14-12 Game 1 loss to St. Scholastica on March 14. … Saint Mary's 10-7, Game 2 win over Northwestern on March 11 was the first collegiate coaching victory for Cardinals' interim head coach Sam Borawski. |
| UW-PLATTEVILLE PIONEERS SCOUTING REPORT |
With their 8-4 win over Coe on Wednesday, the Pioneers snapped their four-game losing streak and moved their overall record to 2-4. After opening the year with a 5-4, Game 1 win over Concordia (Wis.), UW-Platteville dropped games to Concordia (Wis.) (5-4), MSOE (5-4, 5-0), and Coe (4-3), before beating the Kohawks in Game 2. … Shannon Gaul was the offensive leader for the Pioneers against Coe on Wednesday, going 6-for-7 with a home run and six RBIs. UW-Platteville totaled 23 hits in the two games against Coe. … Rachel Plautz is hitting a team-leading .389 through six games, while Gaul (.368), Angela Laabs (.357), Alejandra Ochoa (.350), and Abby Burns (.333) are also hitting above .300. … Burns, Gaul, Ochoa, and Plautz all share the team lead with seven hits each, while Burns and Plautz own a team-best two doubles, and Gaul and Plautz have accounted for UW-P's two triples. … Burns, Gaul, and Claire Bakkestuen have hit home runs for the Pioneers this season, while Gaul has amassed a team-high eight RBIs. … Ashton Hoeppner (2-2, 3.94 ERA) has tossed a team-leading 21.1 innings in the pitcher's circle for the Pioneers, while Bakkestuen (0-2, 7.00 ERA, 9.0 IP), Burns (0-0, 2.33 ERA, 6.0 IP), and Laabs (0-0, 3.50 ERA, 2.0 IP) have also seen time in the circle. … Hoeppner has struck out 14 batters and walked 11 in four starts. … Four of UW-Platteville's six games this season have been decided by one run, the lone exceptions a 5-0 los to MSOE and Wednesday's 8-4 victory over Coe. … The Pioneers, who scored a season-high eight run in their Game 2 win over Coe Wednesday, have plated four runs in three of their four losses.
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