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2022: 6-9 MIAC * 13-13 Overall

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2022: 2-10 MIAC * 10-17 Overall

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SMU-AUG * LAST MEETING:

April 24, 2021 * Winona, MN

W, 5-4; W, 7-6 * Series History

SAINT MARY’S * LAST ACTION:

April 21, 2022 * Duluth, MN

St. Scholastica * L, 14-10; W, 10-7

AUGUSBURG * LAST ACTION:

April 21, 2022 * St. Paul, MN

Macalester * L, 10-2; L, 7-6

SAINT MARY’S UP NEXT:

April 24, 2022 * Winona, MN

Gustavus * 1:00

AUGSBURG UP NEXT: 

April 24, 2022 * Northfield, MN

Carleton * 1:00

• FOR THE RECORD: Saint Mary’s heads into its conference doubleheader against Augsburg sitting at 13-13 overall, while boasting a 6-9 mark through 15 games of the conference season.

• LAST ACTION: The Cardinals erupted for 20 runs in their conference doubleheader against St. Scholastica on Thursday in Duluth, Minn. — and could only salvage a split. CSS outscored Saint Mary’s 14-10 in the opener, while the Cardinals put up a second straight 10-run game en route to a 10-7 victory in the nightcap.

• SCORING IN BUNCHES: The Cardinals’ 14-10 loss to St. Scholastica in Game 1 on Thursday marked the first time since the 2012 season — when SMU fell to Cornell 13-10 — that SMU has scored 10 or more runs in a loss. … The 24 combined runs between the Saints and Cardinals Thursday were the most since Saint Mary’s and Macalester combined for 33 runs in an 18-15 SMU win on April 22, 2015. 

• AT THE PLATE: As a team, the Cardinals are hitting .308 through 26 games, and have six regulars who are hitting .300 or better this season — led by Riley Hall (Dallas Center, Iowa / .450) and Sophie Cave (Maplewood, Minn. / .386). Heather Nordlund (Byron, Minn. / .351), Allison Ciero (Glen Ellyn, Ill. / .326), Cassie Sutor (Chicago, Ill. / .309) and Mackenzie Carey (Prescott, Wis.) are also hitting above 3.00 this season.

• RUNNING WILD: The Cardinals have scored 149 runs in 26 games, led by Ciero, who has scored 22 times. Hall is second with 21 runs scored, four more than Cave, and five in front of Amy Kulaga (Riverside, Ill.). … Hall, Ciero, and Kulaga have all scored three times in a game this season — Hall against St. Catherine on April 2, Ciero vs. Concordia the following afternoon, and Kulaga against St. Scholastica on Thursday.

• HIT PARADE: Saint Mary’s boasts 10 players who have collected 10 or more hits through 26 games, including four — Hall (36), Cave (32), Ciero (29), and Sutor (21) — who own at least 20 hits. … Saint Mary’s has amassed 56 multiple-hit games, led by Hall with 13, and Cave with 10. … Sutor owns the team’s top single-game performance, collecting a career-high four hits against Rosemount on March 5. … Both Hall and Ciero lead the team with three, three-hit games this season, one more than Cave and Carey.

• EXTRA, EXTRA: The Cardinals have amassed 68 extra-base hits — 52 doubles, 11 triples and five home runs. Cave is the team-leader with 10 doubles, four more than Ciero and Sullivan. Ciero and Hall share the team lead with three triples.

• GOING DEEP: Cave, Sullivan, Sarah Kraus (Onalaska, Wis.), and Ally Wagner (Altoona, Wis.) have accounted for Saint Mary’s five home runs this season — with Cave hitting her team-leading second of the season against St. Scholastica on Thursday. Wagner belted her first collegiate HR in the second game of SMU’s doubleheader against St. Catherine on April 2, while Cave and Kraus launched their first home runs in a Cardinal uniform during SMU’s 11-game spring trip. Kraus cracked a two-run shot against Rosemont on March 3, and Cave launched a three-run bomb against Finlandia on March 4.

• DRIVING ‘EM IN: Hall has delivered a team-best 22 RBIs, followed by Cave with 20, Ciero with 16, and Sutor and Sullivan with 11 each. … Saint Mary’s has posted 28 multiple-RBI performances this season, led by Cave and Hall with five each. … Carey drove in a game- and career-high four runs in SMU’s season-opening win over Neumann on Feb. 26, while Cave matched that with her first collegiate four-RBI game against St. Scholastica on Thursday.

• TOUGH TO STOP: Hall had her season- and career-high nine-game hitting streak snapped in SMU’s 9-1 Game 2 loss to St. Catherine on April 2. Hall has posted at least one hit in 21 of the 26 games she’s played this season.

• CAN’T CATCH ME: Saint Mary’s has already stolen 64 bases this season, led by Hall and Ciero with 15 steals each. … SMU — which swiped just 26 bases in 36 games a year ago — has gotten at least one stolen base from 14 different players. 

• IN THE CIRCLE: Kraus and Amelia Spilde (Brooklyn, Wis.) have been the workhorses in the pitcher’s circle, with Kraus logging a team-high 92 1/3 innings, followed by Spilde with 43.0 innings of work. Kraus boasts a 3.03 ERA and 6-8 record in 18 appearances. She has tossed eight complete games — including a career-high nine innings in a 3-2 loss to Carleton on April 9 — and teamed with Spilde for the team’s lone shutout. … Spilde is 4-2 with a 3.91 ERA in 13 appearances, including six starts.

• PITCHING FIRSTS: Spilde, Kraus, and Hall all picked up their first collegiate pitching wins during SMU’s spring trip. Spilde tossed three innings of two-hit, shutout ball in SMU’s 14-0 win over Neumann on Feb. 26, while Kraus allowed four runs (two earned) on seven hits in a complete-game 10-4 win over Cabrini the following day. Hall allowed two runs on three hits in 3 2/3 innings of relief against Finlandia on March 4. … Ally Wagner (Altoona, Wis.) collected her first collegiate save in SMU’s 10-7, Game 1 win over St. Catherine on April 2, tossing a scoreless seventh. Kraus, meanwhile, struck out three of the five batters she faced in collecting her first collegiate save in last Sunday’s 9-5 Game 2 win over Concordia.

• FANNING THE FLAMES: Cardinal pitchers have combined to strike out 115 batters through 26 games, led by Kraus with 72 and Spilde with 22. … Kraus struck out a single-game career-high nine batters in SMU’s 6-2 win over Concordia in Game 1 on April 3. 

• FOUR’S THE MAGIC NUMBER: Saint Mary’s scored three runs on four hits in both the third and fifth innings in its 6-2 win over Hamline on April 11. In the suspended second game, the Cardinals plated two first-inning runs on … four hits.

• THIS AND THAT: Saint Mary’s has outscored its opponents 149-140 and holds a scoring advantage in every inning but the second, where the Cardinals have been outscored 26-13. … SMU has been held to five runs or less in 12 of its 13 losses — the lone exception, Thursday’s 14-10 loss to St. Scholastica. SMU owns a 13-1 record when scoring at least six runs. … Saint Mary’s has scored first 11 times — going 8-3 — while sporting a 5-8 mark when its opponent plates the game’s first run. … Saint Mary’s has scored four or more runs in an inning 11 times — including a season-high seven-run sixth inning in its 12-3 win over Rosemont on March 3.

• FOR THE RECORD: The Auggies come into their conference doubleheader against Saint Mary’s boasting a 10-17 overall record, including a 2-10 showing in their first 12 conference contests.

• LAST TIME OUT: Augsburg came up empty in its two conference games against Macalester on Thursday in St. Paul, Minn. Macalester scored three runs in the first inning and never relinquished the lead in beating Augsburg 10-2 in the opener, before the Scots completed the sweep, getting a one-out, walk-off single in the bottom of the seventh inning for a 7-6 victory.

• LIMPING IN: The Auggies’ back-to-back losses to Macalester on Thursday pushed their losing streak to five straight. Augsburg has not won since St. Scholastica 7-4 in Game 1 of the teams’ doubleheader on April 10. … Fifteen of the Auggies’ 17 losses have come during three, five-game losing streaks.

• HOME SWEET HOME: The Auggies have played 14 of their 27 games at home this season, going 7-7. Augsburg is 1-5 on the road, while sporting a 2-5 mark in neutral-site games. … Augsburg’s doubleheader against Saint Mary’s is the second of three straight road DHs for the Auggies, who play their final road games of the season at Carleton on Sunday, before hosting Bethel, Hamline and Concordia in their final three conference twinbills.

• AT THE PLATE: Meredith Taylor heads into Augsburg’s doubleheader against Saint Mary’s as the only Auggie hitting above .300, boasting a .333 batting average for a team that is hitting .241 as a group. Sabriya Passmore is second on the team with a .291 average, followed by Katie Manecke (.263) and Torrie Rehder (.256).

• RUNNING WILD: Augsburg has scored 106 runs through 26 games and has six players who have scored at least 10 times, led by Manecke (19) and Passmore (17). Taylor (13), Deming (13), Rehder (12), and Kayla Hanson (11) have also crossed home plate more than 10 times this season. …  

• HIT PARADE: Taylor has amassed a team-high 29 hits — including 14 for extra bases — and is one of five Auggies with 20 or more hits through 27 games, being joined by Passmore (25), Deming (25), Manecke (21), and Rehder (21). … Passmore owns a team-leading eight multiple-hit games, two more than Taylor and Deming. … Taylor and Deming share the single-game season-high with four hits in a game.

• EXTRA, EXTRA: Augsburg has collected 43 extra-base hits this season, including 20 doubles, 17 triples and six home runs. … Rehder leads the Auggies with six doubles, followed by Taylor with four and Passmore with three. … Taylor and Passmore have each belted six triples to account for 12 of the team’s 17 three-batters.

• GOING YARD: Augsburg’s six home runs this season have come from two players — Taylor has launched four round-trippers and Zoie Johnson has hit the other two. … Augsburg’s six home runs have come in six different games.

• DRIVING ‘EM IN: Taylor leads the Auggies with 20 RBIs, four more than Deming, with Passmore (13) and Rehder (10) also driving in 10 or more runs this season. … Augsburg owns 20 multiple-RBI games, led by Taylor, Passmore, and Deming with four each. … Deming drove in a season-high four runs against Wentworth IT on March 12.

• STREAKING ALONG: Rehder and Taylor both put together season-high six-game hitting streaks earlier this season, but Deming’s three-game run is Augsburg’s longest active streak. 

• IN THE CIRCLE: Augsburg has used four different pitchers this season, with all four logging more than 25 innings. Olivia O’Connor leads the staff in innings pitched at 81 1/3, followed by Brynn Hostettler (36.0 IP), Sherrell (30.0 IP), and Libby Moore (27.0 IP). … O’Connor (5-7, 2.67 ERA) has made a team-leading 13 appearances — all starts. Hostettler (2-5, 7.19 ERA) has appeared in nine games, while Sherrell (2-3, 4.90 ERA) and Moore (1-2, 4.93 ERA) have appeared in eight and six games, respectively.

• FINISHING WHAT SHE STARTED: O’Connor has thrown a team-high 10 complete games among her 13 starts, while Hostettler (4), Sherrell (2), and Moore (2) have combined for eight more complete games.

• FANNING THE FLAMES: Auggie pitchers have struck out 142 batters through 27 games, led by O’Connor with 57 strikeouts and Hostettler with 55. Moore and Sherrell have both fanned 15 batters.

• BY THE NUMBERS: Augsburg has been outscored 151-106, including 24-10 in the fourth and 16-5 in the seventh. … Augsburg has scored six or more runs in six of its 10 wins. On the flip side, the Auggies have allowed six or more runs 10 times. … The Auggies have been involved in six one-run games, going 2-4, while owning a 2-1 record in two-run games. … Augsburg is 8-6 when scoring the game’s first run, but just 2-11 when its opponent plates the first run. … The Auggies are 8-0 when leading after the sixth inning, but just 1-12 when tied or trailing heading into the seventh frame.