| The Cardinals head into their doubleheader against Hamline sitting at 5-11 overall, after picking up a pair of 8-3 wins over Hamline on Saturday. … Saint Mary's scored half of its 16 runs in the fourth inning against the Pipers — plating four fourth-inning runs in each game. … Amber Chow (West St. Paul, Minn.) blanked Hamline on one hit, while not walking a batter and striking out six in five innings of relief to get the win in Game 1 Saturday, before throwing a complete game in winning Game 2. … Justine Schultz (Winona, Minn.) went 3-for-3 in Game 1 against Hamline Saturday, while adding a 2-for-3 effort in the nightcap. … Schultz has now posted two or more hits in a game in three straight contests — and has collected at least one hit in 12 of the team's 14 games. … Saturday's games against Hamline marked just the third home date for the Cardinals, who played 10 of their first 14 games away from the Saint Mary's Field. … Schultz owns a team-leading .380 batting average and is one of six SMU regulars hitting above .300 through 16 games. Lexi Brooks (Searcy, Ark. / .370), Chow (.359), Jordan Meyers (Eyota, Minn. / .357), Marissa Kleckler (Oregon, Wis. / .333), and Cassie Sutor (Chicago, Ill. / .321) are the others. … Schultz owns a team-leading 11 runs scored, while Chow leads the team in doubles with five. … Schultz has accounted for two of the Cardinals' three triples this season, and Chow boasts the team lead in RBIs with 11. … Sutor belted her first collegiate home run — the Cardinals' first of the season — in the third inning of Game 2 against Hamline Saturday. … Schultz and Paige Gudmundson (Plainview, Minn.) have each stolen a team-high five bases. … Twenty-five of Saint Mary's 121 hits have been for extra bases — including 18 doubles, three triples, and Sutor's home run. … Schultz holds the team lead with six multiple-hit games — and Chow is the team-leader with five multiple-RBI games. … Schultz and Erin Sullivan (Wisconsin Rapids, Wis.) have each put together team-high five-game hitting streaks this season, but no Cardinal has a current hitting streak longer than two games. … Mackenzie Carey (Prescott, Wis.) was perfect from the plate in the opener against Augsburg on March 21, 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. … Chow tossed her fourth complete-game of the season in Game 2 against Hamline. … Chow has thrown all four of the Cardinals' complete games this season. … Chow (4-6, 5.19 ERA) leads the Cardinal pitching staff in innings pitched (54.0), appearances (13), starts (6) and strikeouts (27). … Sutor (1-3, 7.66 ERA) has thrown 34.0 innings in 11 appearances and has also struck out 20. … Saint Mary's has scored first in three of its five wins, but the Cardinals are just 1-10 when their opponent scores the game's first run. … The Cardinals' 10 runs in their Game 1 win over Augsburg on March 21 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. … The Cardinals home-opener against UW-Platteville on March 26 marked their first home contest in 696 days, dating back to April 28, 2019 when Saint Mary's split its season-ending doubleheader with Bethel. … 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. |
The Scots' doubleheader against St. Thomas Saturday was just its second twinbill of the season. Along with their 4-2 win and 11-0 loss against the Tommies, Macalester also dropped both ends of its season-opening doubleheader at St. Olaf on April 3, falling 10-2 and 7-6. … Macalester's 4-2 Game 2 win over UST Saturday snapped its season-opening three-game losing streak. … Kate Lawhead leads the Scots's with a .625 batting average, while Mackenzie Clarke (.364), Jessica Katzin (.333), and Elisa Church (.333) are also hitting above .300. … Along with her-team-leading batting average, Lawhead also leads the Scots in hits (5), while Clarke has scored a team-high three runs. … Mandy Morrical owns Maclaester's lone home run this season and shares the team lead in RBIs (4) with Katzin. … The Scots have stolen three bases on three attempts, with Church, Regan Brodine, and Olive Tambou all 1-for-1. … Joia Simonson has tossed 16.0 of the team's 24.0 innings in the pitcher's circle, compiling a 1-2 record and 4.38 ERA. … Simoson has made three starts, completing two of them, and owns six of the team's eight strikeouts.
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