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Wayne State WS 7-3
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Winner Minn. State-Mankato MSU 12-3
Wayne State WS
7-3
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Final
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Minn. State-Mankato MSU
12-3
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
Wayne State WS 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 6 1
Minn. State-Mankato MSU 0 0 0 3 0 0 X 3 10 1

W: Bracken, Katie (4-1) L: Claydon, Amy (3-1)

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Winner Augustana AUGIE 12-3
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Wayne State WS 7-4
Winner
Augustana AUGIE
12-3
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Final
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Wayne State WS
7-4
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
Augustana AUGIE 0 2 0 3 0 0 4 9 17 1
Wayne State WS 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 7 0

W: Mickschl, A. (8-1) L: Ameel, Paige (2-2)

Game Recap: Softball | | Jeff Weiss, Senior Associate Director of Athletics/Media Relations

Softball Falls to 7-4 With Two Monday Setbacks

WINTER HAVEN, Fla. – The Wayne State University softball squad (7-4 overall) dropped a pair of contests on Monday afternoon.  WSU lost 3-1 to Minnesota State-Mankato (12-3) in the opener before falling 9-2 to top-ranked Augustana (12-3 overall).

GAME ONE RECAP

The Mavericks scored three times in the bottom of the fourth to snap a scoreless draw.  After back-to-back singles to start the frame, C Potter singled to left but a Warrior miscue allowed two runs to score.  Potter then crossed the plate on a sacrifice fly.

Wayne State's lone run came via sophomore Amy Claydon's (Cambridge, Ont.) second home run in the season with two outs in the top of the sixth.

IN THE CIRCLE

Claydon (3-1) went the distance allowing three runs (one earned) on 10 hits in six innings.  She struck out one and walked four.

Mackenzie Ward started for the Mavericks and tossed three scoreless innings, allowing two hits with five strikeouts and one walk.  Katie Bracken (4-1) earned the win in relief by limiting WSU to one earned run on four hits in four innings.  She struck out three and walked one.

LEADING THE WARRIORS

Senior Rachelle Clayton (Guelph, Ont.) reached base all three times with two hits and a walk.

LEADING THE MAVERICKS

Sydney Nielsen, Hannah Hastings and Kayla Moky each had two hits.

GAME TWO RECAP

The No. 1-ranked Vikings scored twice in the top of the second on a one-out hit by pitch and back-to-back singles to load the bases.  AU scored a run as the runner from third beat the throw home on a fielder's choice and then the second run scored on another fielder's choice that resulted in an out at second base.

Augustana added three runs in the fourth on a solo home run by Mary Pardo to start the inning, along with a double, and two singles sandwiched around a walk.

The Warriors pulled within 5-2 with a pair of sixth inning runs.  Freshman Breanna Paolatto (Belle River, Ont.) had a leadoff single and went to third on a double by classmate Brooke Nadolny (Clinton Township, Mich. / L'Anse Creuse).  Junior Rainey Psenicka (Guelph, Ont.) had an RBI single, with Nadolny scoring on a throwing error.

The Vikings tacked on four runs in the seventh on four hits and a walk.

IN THE CIRCLE

Sophomore Paige Ameel (Marysville, Mich.) started for the Warriors and allowed five earned runs on 11 hits in 3.1 innings.  She had one strikeout and one walk.  Classmate Raechel Carroll (Southgate, Mich. / Anderson) pitched the final 3.2 innings and surrendered four earned runs on six hits with one strikeout.

Ashley Mickschl (7-1) went the distance for Augustana.  She limited WSU to two earned runs on seven hits in seven innings.  Mickschl struck out 10 and did not walk a batter.

LEADING THE WARRIORS

Nadolny had two hits and scored once.

LEADING THE VIKINGS

Abbie Lund went 4-for-4, while Kendall Cornick had three hits and three RBI.  Mickschl had three hits and two runs scored as each of the top three hitters in AU's lineup scored twice.

UP NEXT

Wayne State will play Bloomfield at 1:30 p.m. on Tuesday, followed by a 3:30 p.m. contest against Bridgeport.


 
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