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14
Winner St. Catherine SCU 1-0
0
St. Scholastica CSS 0-1
Winner
St. Catherine SCU
1-0
14
Final
0
St. Scholastica CSS
0-1
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 R H E
St. Catherine SCU 3 0 2 1 8 14 13 0
St. Scholastica CSS 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3

W: Krista Flugstad (1-0) L: Mizera, Chrisi (0-1)

2
St. Scholastica CSS 0-2
8
Winner Nebraska Wesleyan NWUS 2-0
St. Scholastica CSS
0-2
2
Final
8
Nebraska Wesleyan NWUS
2-0
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
St. Scholastica CSS 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 3 3
Nebraska Wesleyan NWUS 1 1 2 1 1 2 X 8 12 0

W: LeighAnn Novotny (1-0) L: Kohl, Vanessa (0-1)

Game Recap: Softball |

Softball Drops First Two Games of the Season

Notables
-First season-opener against a ranked team since 2011
-Bremer recorded three hits and a RBI on the night.
 
ROCHESTER, Minn. (csssaints.com) – The St. Scholastica softball team opened its 2017 season on Saturday night with a pair of losses to St. Catherine University and Nebraska Wesleyan University at the Rochester Dome.
 
#9 St. Catherine 14, CSS 0
Ninth-ranked St. Kate's scored three runs in the top of the first and never looked back to hand the Saints a season-opening 14-0 loss in five innings.
 
After the three-run opening inning, the Wildcats added two runs in the third, one in the fourth and eight in the fifth to end the game early on the eight-run mercy rule.
 
Alexa Bremer (Forest Lake, Minn./Forest Lake HS) and Olivia Bretting (Ashland, Wis. /Ashland HS ) recorded the two hits for the Saints. St. Kate's finished with 13 hits. Chrisi Mizera (Frankfort, Ill./Lincoln-Way East HS) picked up the loss.
 
Krista Flugstad earned the win and also drove in three runs. Claire Woebke was 3-for-3 with three RBIs.
 
Nebraska Wesleyan 8, CSS 2
The Prairie Wolves scored in every inning it batted in to down the Saints 8-2 in the nightcap.
 
NWU pushed a run across in both the first and second innings to take a 2-0 lead. The Saints got their first offense of the season in the top of the third. Bremer hit a one-out double to bring in Samantha Clark (Brule, Wis/Northwestern HS) to make it 2-1. Bretting then followed with a double to bring in Bremer and tie the game at 2-2.
 
However, the Prairie Wolves answered with two runs in the bottom half to regain a two-run lead. NWU then added a run in the fourth and fifth and two more runs in the sixth to make the final 8-2.
 
Bremer was 2-for-2 with a RBI and a run scored to lead the offense. Morgan Shipley and Maddy Ethen each had three hits to lead the Prairie Wolves (2-0).
 
Vanessa Kohl (Duluth, Minn./Duluth East HS) had five strikeouts in the loss for the Saints.
 
Up Next
The Saints are in action again tomorrow (Sunday) when they face off against Simpson College (Iowa) at 10 a.m. and No. 6 Luther College (Iowa) at noon.
 
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