Saints win 10th Straight

ST. BONIFACIUS, Minn. (csssaints.com) – The St. Scholastica softball team swept Crown College on Friday, winning game one 10-0 in five innings and then scoring 14 unanswered runs to defeat the Storm 15-8 in game two.

Game 1: CSS 10, Crown 5 (F/5)
The Saints scored all 10 of their runs in the top of the first to win game one 10-0 in five innings.

In the top of the first, Rendi Johnson (Bonney Lake, Wash./Bonney Lake HS) had a bases-clearing three-run double. Kara Warren (Duluth, Minn./Duluth Denfeld HS) also had a pair of RBIs on two separate at-bats. Tiff Hudack (Ashland, Wis./Ashland HS), Molly Jazdzewski (Duluth, Minn./Duluth Central HS), Chrisi Mizera (Frankfort, Ill./Lincoln-Way East HS), Sydney Gordon (International Falls, Minn./Falls HS) and Micah McGuiness (Forest Lake, Minn./Forest Lake HS) all had RBIs in the inning.

Mizera also was in control on the rubber, striking out nine in five innings to earn the win. Jazdzewski was 3-for-3 at the plate to lead CSS offensively.

Game 2: CSS 15, Crown 8
The Storm jumped out to an 8-1 lead after three innings in game two before the Saints scored 14 runs over the last four innings to win 15-8.

After the Saints scored an unearned run in the top of the first, the Storm scored three runs in the bottom of the frame to take a 3-1 lead.

Crown scored four more runs in the second and added another in the third, making it 8-1 after three innings. The Storm scored the eight runs without recording a single extra-base hit.

The CSS offense woke up in the top of the fourth. After a Crown error began the inning, Kasandra McCabe (St. Peter, Minn./St. Peter HS) roped a double to make it 8-2. Another Storm error brought in another run and two batters later Hudack had a two-run single to make it 8-5. McGuiness drove in another run and Hudack scored on a double steal to make it 8-7. Nikki Logergren (Duluth, Minn./Duluth Denfeld HS (Northern Stars)) had a sacrifice fly and McCabe had another RBI to give CSS a 9-8 lead after the inning was over.

The Saints tacked on six more runs in the final three innings. Logergren had a pair of RBI doubles and McCabe drove in a third run during that stretch to make the final score 15-8. The Storm did not get a hit the final four innings.

McGuiness pitched six innings in relief and struck out five, while allowing only three hits. Logergren and McCabe each had three hits and three RBIs. Warren also had three hits in the win.

The Saints (16-10, 10-0 UMAC) are scheduled to play in Ashland on Tuesday against North Central University and the University of Northwestern, but those games may be moved to Duluth and Saints Field. Please check csssaints.com for updates.