Johnnies Sweep DH To Move Into 2nd In Sat. Sports Recap

COLLEGE BASEBALL

-- St. John’s moved into 2^nd place in the MIAC with their doubleheader sweep of St. Scholastica. Down 1-0 in game 1 the Johnnies tied things up in the bottom of the 1^st on an RBI double by Joe Becker.  Reed Marquardt’s double in the 4^th followed by Owen Dauk’s 2 RBI single gave St. John’s a 4-1 lead.  St. Scholastica got an unearned run in the 5^th for their only other score and St. John’s took game 1 by a 4-2 final. Connor Hartley threw a complete game for the win with 4 strikeouts and no walks.  The Johnnies wasted no time in game 2 putting up 3 runs in the 1^st for an early 3-0 lead. Marquardt’s 2-run HR in the 2^nd made it 5-0 before St. Scholastica put up 2 in the 4^th to cut the margin to 5-2. St. John’s answered back in their half of the 4^th with 3 more runs for an 8-2 lead.  Then they got two more in the 5^th on a wild pitch and a Rodney Erickson double, and one more in the 6^th on Blake Mellgren’s single up the middle to reach the final 11-2 score. Carter Theisen picked up the win tossing 5 innings and giving up just one earned run and 2 strikeouts.

-- St. Cloud State swept their Saturday doubleheader with Minot State on Saturday. In Game 1, the Huskies broke out the big lumber in the 2^nd inning with a 2-run HR by Garrett Bevacqua and a solo shot by Ben Clapp for a 3-0 lead.  Minot got one back in their half of the 2^nd cutting it to 3-1.  The Huskies got a run in the 6^th on an RBI single by Bevacqua and another in the 7^th on a double by Sawyer Smith to get up 5-1. Minot pushed one across in the bottom of the 7^th before St. Cloud ended it for the 5-2 win.   After three scoreless innings to start game 2, the Huskies took an early 1-0 lead on a solo HR in the 4^th by Cal James. SCSU pushed two more runs across in the 5^th for the 3-0 lead.  Minot got 2 in the 6^th to cut the lead to 3-2. The Huskies answered with 2 in the 7^th and 1 in the 8^th for a 6-2 lead. Minot wasn’t done though and closed the margin to 6-5 with a 3-Run HR by Colton Bagshaw in their half of the 8^th. St. Cloud got 3 insurance runs in the 9^th and shutdown Minot in the bottom of the inning to take home the 9-5 win. The two teams wrap up their series on Sunday.

--The Gophers hung on and picked up a conference win by beating Penn State.  The Nittany Lions held a 1-0 lead going into the top of the 6^th when Josh Fitzgerald singled to center to drive in Weber Neels to tie the game.  They picked up two more runs in the inning on a Sac. Fly by Sam Hunt and an RBI single from Jack Spanier.  Hunt picked up an RBI single in the 8^th giving the U a 5-1 lead going to the 9^th and they needed it. Penn State mounted a comeback and plated 3 runs before Kyle Remmington recorded the last out and the Gophers hung on to win 5-4. The two teams wrap up their 3-game series on Sunday.

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COLLEGE SOFTBALL

-- St. Cloud State closed out their final home series at Selke Field with a split in their doubleheader with the University of Mary. SCSU didn’t waste any time in game 1 jumping out on the Marauders in the first inning.  Brooke Holmes got an RBI to start things off on a bases-loaded walk, she was followed by Rainna Stangle’s 2-RBI Single putting the Huskies up 3-0 but the scoring wasn’t’ done yet. Lydia Krueger singled to drive in the 4^th run, then Grace Frechette reached on a fielder’s choice scoring an unearned run for a 5-0 lead. Reese Holzhueter finished the scoring with a 2-RBI single to left field giving SCSU a 7-0 lead after 1.  The seven runs were all the Huskies needed and they finished with a 7-3 win.   Game 2 didn’t go as well. Mary reversed the early scoring putting up 4  in the 2^nd and three more in the 3^rd for the early 7-0 lead. The Huskies scored one in their half of the 3^rd on a Sac. Fly by Krueger making it 7-1. Maggie Fitzgerald got another Sac. Fly for SCSU in the 5^th but that was it for scoring and the Marauders took game 2 by a 7-2 final.

--St. Ben’s split a doubleheader with St. Scholastica on Saturday. The Bennies took the lead in game 1 in the 1^st on an RBI double by Megan Erickson. They got three more in the 3^rd on a HR by Olivia Tautges for a 4-0 lead. That was all Ellie Peterson needed as she was dominant in securing her 12^th win of the season. Peterson threw the complete game 1-hit  shutout with 7 strikeouts.  Game 2 was a tight battle that came down to the end. Tautges gave the Bennies the early 1-0 lead with a Sac. Fly in the 3^rd. St. Scholastica tied things up in their half of the 3^rd on an RBI single to right field by Kari Breuer. It remained knotted until the bottom of the 7^th when Olivia Wallace beaned Scholastica’s Breuer with based loaded forcing in the winning run and 2-1 Bennies loss.

-- The University of Minnesota picked up a conference win by downing Iowa 7-5. The Gophers grabbed the lead in the 3^rd on a Taylor Karpf HR, added 4 more runs in the 4^th, and then Krapf hit her 2^nd HR of the game, a 2-run shot in the 5^th giving the U a 7-0 lead. The Hawkeyes tried to come back plating 3 in the 6^th on an RBI single and then two unearned runs on two throwing errors by the Gophers. Iowa was able to push across two more in the 7^th before Macy Richardson was able to record the last out for the 7-5 win.  Iowa and Minnesota will play again on Sunday, and Monday to complete their 3-game series.

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