Box Score 1 | Box Score 2 FERGUS FALLS, Minn. (csssaints.com) – The St. Scholastica Saints softball team swept the University of Minnesota-Morris in a doubleheader this afternoon by scores of 11-3 and 4-3.

Game 1
CSS 11, Morris 3

The Saints took advantage of an early lead as the Saints took game one by a score of 11-3.

The Saints offense started rolling right away as Molly Jazdzewski (Duluth, Minn./Duluth Central HS) nailed a double to right field that would score Tiff Hudack (Ashland, Wis./Ashland HS) to give the Saints an early 1-0 lead. One batter later, Kara Warren (Duluth, Minn./Duluth Denfeld HS) would hit an infield single that would bring in Rendi Johnson (Bonney Lake, Wash./Bonney Lake HS) to make to 2-0. A couple batters later, Kasandra McCabe (St. Peter, Minn./St. Peter HS) ripped a single up the middle that would bring in Jazdzewski to increase the lead to 3-0. Later on in the inning, Sydney Gordon (International Falls, Minn./Falls HS) singled up the middle to score Nikki Logergren (Duluth, Minn./Duluth Denfeld HS (Northern Stars)) and that would end the Saints' scoring for the inning with a 4-0 lead.

Morris would get a few runs back, starting in the bottom of the first with a two-run double into center field to narrow the Saints' lead to 4-2. In the third inning, Morris would bring in one more runner but had chances to put more runs on the board the rest of the game but they would never capitalize on those chances.

CSS would extend their lead in the fourth inning as Warren doubled to right center field, scoring Jazdzewski to make it a 5-3 game. The next batter, Logergren, would then hit a ball down the right field line that would score Warren. Gordon would then bring in Logergren on a single up the middle to give the Saints a 7-3 lead at the end of the inning. Gordon would also help the Saints extend in the sixth as she hit a double that would score Shauney Moen (Oak Grove, Minn./St. Francis HS) that would increase the lead to 8-3.

The Saints would not be done as they tacked on a few insurance runs in the seventh inning. Warren started it off with a double to center field that would score Jazdzewski from first base. After a Logergren walk, McCabe would finish off the scoring for the Saints with a triple that would bring in both Warren and Logergren to score and make the final score 11-3.

Warren, Gordon, and McCabe would each have three RBIs to lead the Saints. Micah McGuiness (Forest Lake, Minn./Forest Lake HS) got the win for the Saints, going all seven innings and striking out six.

Game 2
CSS 4, Morris 3

Game 2 would be a different story as it was a back-and-forth game, with the Saints coming out on top by a score of 4-3.

Morris would get on the board first this time in the first inning with a single up the middle. After a Saints double play, Morris would load the bases with two outs. On a hit to shallow center field, Jazdzewski would make a spectacular diving catch to record the third out and get the Saints out of a jam.

CSS would even the score in the second on a McGuiness double that would score Logergren.

Morris would go back on top in the bottom of the third inning on a couple singles up the middle that would give the Cougars a 3-1 lead.

The Saints would get one back in the fourth on a Warren double to left field, which would bring in Jazdzewski to make it 3-2 Morris lead.

After an inning and a half of no scoring, the Saints would take their first and only lead of the game in the sixth. With Warren up to bat, the Morris pitcher would throw two wild pitches in a row, the first one letting Cayla Fogle (Oakdale, Minn./St. Croix Lutheran HS) come in to score and the second bringing in Jazdzewski to score and make it 4-3.

Morris would not go away though as they had the tying run on first in the bottom of the seventh inning, but Hudack would throw out the runner for the final out of the game and give CSS the 4-3 win.

Rendi Johnson (Bonney Lake, Wash./Bonney Lake HS) got the win for the Saints while going all seven innings and striking out one.

The Saints will be in action again tomorrow as they take on Crown College in a doubleheader at St. Bonifacius with the first game scheduled to start at 1 p.m.