Huskies, Bennies & Johnnies All Split In Saturday Sports Recap

COLLEGE SOFTBALL

-- St. Cloud State split their doubleheader with Northern State on Saturday. The Huskies jumped out to a 3-0 lead in the top of the first only to see the Wolves take the lead in the bottom of the inning by putting up 4 runs. Both teams scored one run in the 2^nd to keep the game close at 5-4. Northern State scored three more in the 3^rd to go up 8-4. The Huskies scored once in the top of the 7^th to get to the final of 8-5. SCSU came back strong in the 2^nd game by scoring five times in the 1^st, one in the 2^nd, and three more in the 4^th to get up on the Wolves 9-0. St. Cloud added another run in the 5^th before the Wolves plated 3 in the bottom of the 5^th to cut the lead to 10-3. The Huskies added a final run in the 6^th to get to the final margin in game 2 of 11-3.

Olivia Shaw, College of St. Benedict

--In another weekend split St. Ben’s took on St. Mary’s on Saturday. In game 1, St. Ben’s took the early 2-0 lead only to see St. Mary’s score the next four runs to grab a 4-2 advantage. The two teams traded runs to get to 4-3 and then again to get to 5-4 before the Bennies rallied late. St. Ben’s scored an unearned run in the 7^th to tie it and then got another unearned run when Sammy Muetzel was hit by a pitch with bases loaded to win it. The final score was 6-5. St. Mary’s took the early 3-0 lead in game 2 in the first and then got another in the 3^rd for a 4-0 lead. St. Ben’s pushed one across in the 4^th and another in the 6^th on a homerun by Tori Benson to make it 4-2. Both teams scored twice in their end of the 7^th and St. Mary’s won game two 6-4.

-- The Gophers won their game against Rutgers on Saturday 9-6. Minnesota got off to an early 4-0 lead in large part by a 3-run Delanie Cox triple in the 1^st inning. Rutgers scored once in the top of the 2^nd and the Gophers got one in the 2^nd, two in the 3^rd, and 1 in the 4^th to hold an 8-1 lead after 4. Rutgers tried to mount a late-inning comeback getting 2 runs in the 6^th and 3 more in the 7^th but Minnesota held on for the win. The Gophers will try to win the rubber game in the three-game series on Sunday.

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Ryan Roehl, St. Cloud State University

COLLEGE BASEBALL

--Like the softball team, St. Cloud State baseball split their doubleheader with Wayne State. The Huskies were shut out in game 1 by a score of 4-0. The Warriors Corbin Kirk shut down SCSU’s offense throwing a complete game shutout, giving up only 4 hits with 5 strikeouts. St. Cloud faired better in game 2. The Huskies took a 2-0 lead in the 1^st inning on a triple by Noah Dehne and a Sac Fly by Sawyer Smith. Garrett Bevacqua’s single got two runs in the 3^rd and SCSU got 3 more runs in the 4^th to go up 7-0 before Wayne State scored twice in their half of the 3^rd to cut the lead to 7-2. The Warriors scored solo runs in the 7^th and 8^th to get to the final margin of victory of 7-4 for St. Cloud.

-- St. John’s baseball split their weekend series with St. Mary’s too. St. Mary’s scored first in game 1 plating two runs in the 3^rd and two more in the 4^th. St. John’s scored once in the bottom of the 4^th on a single by Jack Schleper to reduce the lead to 4-1. The Johnnies cut the margin to 4-2 on a Rodney Erickson fielder’s choice in the 5^th. St. Mary’s got the run back in the top of the 6^th and held on for the 5-2 win. St. John’s erupted in the late innings of game 2 to blow a close game open and cruise to the win. Up 4-3 after 6-½ innings the Johnnies put up a 4 spot in the 7^th on a 3-run homerun by Owen Dauk and a solo shot by Jordan Amundson, and then got four more in the 8^th on a grand slam by Dauk, and a passed ball to get to the 13-3 final score.

--The University of Minnesota lost 7-1 to Indiana in a Big 10 match-up on Saturday. Indiana held a 5-0 lead after 4-1/2 innings before the Gophers put up their lone run in the bottom of the inning on an HR by Drew Berkland to make it 5-1. The Hoosiers responded with a 2-run homerun by Carter Mathison to make the final 7-1. The two teams will square off again in a doubleheader on Sunday.

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