WINONA, Minn. — Saint Mary's University's Ryan Wolfe (Wabasha, Minn.) came as close to perfection as you can get without actually tossing a perfect game Saturday afternoon.
 
The Cardinal right-hander faced just 22 batters — one over the minimum — and limited Augsburg to just a third-inning single in tossing a complete-game, one-hit shutout in Saint Mary's 3-0 victory over Augsburg in the opening game of their Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference doubleheader.
 
And Wolfe's Herculean effort did not go unnoticed, as the senior was named MIAC Pitcher of the Week, the league office announced Monday afternoon.
 
Wolfe set down the Auggies in order in their first two at-bats, before surrendering a lead-off single to Tye Gage to open the third. Wolfe induced a groundball double play and a strikeout to end the third and retired 11 straight before a fielding error allowed the lead-off runner to reach in the bottom of the seventh. A strikeout and a pair of flyouts later, and Wolfe had locked up his third career shutout and fifth career complete game.
 
Wolfe — whose line against the Auggies read: 7.0 IP, 1 hit, 0 runs, 0 walks and 9 strikeouts — and the Cardinals are back in action on Wednesday, traveling to Saint John's Becker Park in Collegeville, Minn., for a 2:30 p.m. conference doubleheader against the Johnnies.