• 1+1: Chris Bulwa (Glenview, Ill.) teamed with Ben Kritsberg (Rosemount, Minn.), Jinwoo Jung (Morton Grove, Ill.), and Oliver Adamson (Rochester, Minn.) to win the first event of the day, the 4x100, with a first-place time of 42.54. Bulwa added a second first in the 100, stopping the clock in 10.82 for the SMU men’s track and field team at last Saturday’s Macalester Rider/Bolstorff Invitational.
• 2: Ryan Csida (Kimberly, Wis.) became the second SMU baseball player to record a two-home run game this season, lacing a pair of HRs in last Tuesday’s 13-12, 10-inning loss to UW-Stout. It’s the first time SMU has had two players hit two home runs in a game since Ben Buerkle and Jake Barry each hit two round-trippers during the 2017 season.
• 2: The Cardinal fastpitch softball team locked up its second straight MIAC Playoff berth last Saturday, sweeping both games of their MIAC doubleheader against Augsburg last Saturday, winning 7-4 and 8-0.
• 3: Riley Bauman (Stratford, Wis.) hit his third solo home run in as many games in the Cardinal baseball team’s 13-12, 10-inning loss to UW-Stout.
• 3, 4: Samantha Munson (Plain City, Utah) posted a pair of stellar efforts for the SMU women’s track and field team at last Saturday’s Macalester Rider/Bolstorff Invitational — placing third in the 200 (26.40) and fourth in the 100 (12.98).
• 4: Peyton Berg (Chatfield, Minn.) recorded her team-leading third four-RBI game in the SMU fastpitch softball team’s 8-0 Game 2 win over Augsburg last Saturday. Berg now leads the team with nine multiple-RBI games.
• 5: Riley Bauman’s (Stratford, Wis.) career-high five hits in the SMU baseball team’s loss to UW-Stout last Tuesday marked the second straight season the Cardinals have had a player record five hits in a game — Cameron Weber (Holmen, Wis.) achieved the feat last year against Bethany Lutheran.
• 7: Ryan Csida (Kimberly, Wis.) recorded a single-game career-high seven RBIs in the SMU baseball team’s 10-inning loss to UW-Stout last Tuesday. The seven runs were the most in a game since Ben Buerkle drove in seven against Hamline on May 13, 2016.
• 7: Riley Bauman (Stratford, Wis.) launched his team-leading seventh home run of the season, the SMU baseball’s team’s five-run sixth inning in last Saturday’s 6-5, Game 2 loss to Bethel.
• 8: Peyton Berg belted her team-leading eighth home run of the season — a three-run shot in the bottom of the first inning — in the SMU fastpitch softball team’s 8-0, six-inning Game 2 win over Augsburg last Saturday.
• 8-0: The Cardinal fastpitch softball team’s 8-0 six-inning win over Augsburg in Game 2 last Saturday was the Cardinals’ ninth win shortened by the eight-run rule.
• 9-9: Riley Bauman (Stratford, Wis.) and Ryan Csida (Kimberly, Wis.) combined to go 9-for-9 with three home runs and 10 RBIs in the SMU baseball team’s 13-12 loss to UW-Stout.
• 22: The Saint Mary’s track and field teams combined to post 22 Top 10 performances at last Saturday’s Macalester Rider/Bolstorff Invitational.
