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TUCSON, Ariz. – The St. Scholastica softball team won its first game at the Tucson Invitational Games on Wednesday by defeating Lakeland College (Wis.) 9-2, but fell in its second game against Augsburg College 2-1.

CSS began the day with a 9-2 victory over Lakeland College. The Saints got things going right from the start as #Erika Solin# (Sr.-Duluth, Minn./Central) scored on a #Kristin Swartz# (Sr.-Hermantown, Minn.) groundout and #Merryssa Tiedeman# (So.-Zumbrota, Minn./Zumbrota-Mazeppa) scored on a #Theresa Tauer# (So.-Plymouth, Minn./Wayzata) single to give CSS a 2-0 lead after one.

The Muskies scored two unearned runs in the top of the second to tie the game, but the Saints grabbed the lead back in the bottom half as #Betsy Wehseler# (Jr.-Ironton, Minn./Crosby-Ironton) scored on a #Kali Carlson# (So.-Duluth, Minn./Central) groundout to make it 3-2.

The Saints would get three runs across on the bottom of the third as #Shannen Schmidt# (Fr.-De Pere, Wis.), #Darcy Roach# (Fr.-East Grand Forks, Minn./Sacred Heart), and Betsy Wehseler (Ironton, Minn./Crosby-Ironton HS) all had RBI-singles in the inning to extend the lead to 6-2.

The Saints took advantage of another Lakeland error in the fourth as Erika Solin (Duluth, Minn./Duluth Central HS) scored to make it 7-2. A pair of RBI-triples in the sixth by Merryssa Tiedeman (Zumbrota, Minn/Zumbrota-Mazeppa HS) and #Sam Quenette# (So.-Spooner, Wis.) made the final score 9-2.

#Jen Falk# (Jr.-Altona, Man.) was dominant on the mound in the complete game win, striking out 15, while allowing three hits and allowing no earned runs. The 15 strikeouts are a career-high for Falk and is one shy of the program record for a seven-inning game. Sara Roberts had the loss for the Muskies. Merryssa Tiedeman (Zumbrota, Minn/Zumbrota-Mazeppa HS) was 3-for-4, just missing a home run for the cycle, to lead CSS at the plate. The Muskies fall to 4-2 overall.

Runs came at a premium in the second game of the day against Augsburg College as the Auggies prevailed 2-1.

The two runs for the Auggies came on one swing of the bat as Brittney Bruzek hit a two-run home run with two outs in the bottom of the third to make it 2-0.

The Saints got one of those runs back in the fifth when #Jannon Stewart-Garcia# (Fr.-Minneapolis, Minn./DeLaSalle) scored on an Augsburg error. CSS then loaded the bases with two outs in the top of the seventh, but could not push a run across as the Auggies hung on for the 2-1 victory.

Shannen Schmidt (De Pere, Wis./De Pere HS) pitched six solid innings in the loss, striking out five and allowing six hits. Kylee Persing earned the win for Augsburg, striking out nine. The Saints finished with three hits. Augsburg improves to 7-8 on the year.

The Saints, who are 2-6 overall, will face Dickinson College (Pa.) and Schreiner University (Texas) on Thursday. The Dickinson contest will get underway at noon local time and the Schreiner game will start at 4:30 p.m. local time.