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0
Northland NC 0-1
24
Winner St. Scholastica CSS 1-0
Northland NC
0-1
0
Final
24
St. Scholastica CSS
1-0
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 R H E
Northland NC 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5
St. Scholastica CSS 10 7 2 5 X 24 9 0

W: Howe, Olivia (1-0) L: Cheyenne Otto (0-1)

2
Winner St. Scholastica CSS 2-0
0
Edgewood EC 1-1
Winner
St. Scholastica CSS
2-0
2
Final
0
Edgewood EC
1-1
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
St. Scholastica CSS 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 7 1
Edgewood EC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1

W: Schley, Maggie (2-0) L: Bloomfield, Emily (1-1)

Game Recap: Softball |

Saints Score 26 Runs, Earn Two Shutouts to Open Season

Howe strikes out 10 in collegiate debut

Notables
- CSS opens the season 2-0 for the first time since 2016.
- CSS opens the season with back-to-back shutouts for the first time since 2005.
- The Saints were hit-by-pitch a program-record seven times against Northland, breaking the previous record of four vs. Mt. Senario on April 27, 1999.
- Howe allowed only one hit and struck out 10 batters to earn the shutout victory vs. Northland in her collegiate debut.
- Schley's shutout vs. Edgewood was the fourth of her career.

MARQUETTE, Mich. (csssaints.com) -- The College of St. Scholastica softball team scored a combined 26 runs and earned two shutouts in a pair of victories over Northland College, 24-0 in five innings, and Edgewood College (Wis.), 2-0, to open the 2019 season at the Finlandia Dome Classic late Saturday night. 

CSS 24, Northland 0 (F/5)
The Saints scored 10 runs in the first, seven runs in the second and added seven in the final three innings to blow past Northland in their season-opening contest.
 
Olivia Howe (Scandia, Minn./Forest Lake HS) (1-0) cruised to the win in the circle in her collegiate debut, striking out 10 Lumberjills and giving up only one hit in the complete-game outing.
 
CSS allowed just three runners to reach base in the win, two of which catcher Toni Bishop (Roseville, Minn./Roseville HS) tossed out at second base.
 
Bishop also paced the Saints at the plate, going 2-for-4 with a ground-rule double, a walk and three runs scored. Howe added a ground-rule double, two walks and two runs scored to help her own cause, while Hannah Thul (Superior, Wis./Superior HS) added four runs.
 
CSS was hit-by-pitch a program record seven times in the contest, breaking the previous record of four against Mt. Senario from April 27, 1999.
 
CSS 2, Edgewood 0
Maggie Schley (Mounds View, Minn./Irondale HS) (1-0) picked up her fourth-career shutout in the nightcap against Edgewood, striking out four and not giving up a walk, while allowing only four hits, in the complete-game victory.

Howe and Karissa Ratcliff (North Branch, Minn./North Branch HS) each went 2-for-3 with a ground-rule doubles, and Josie Fourre (Albany, Minn./Albany HS) added a ground-rule double and scored the game-winning run in the fifth inning. 

Fourre started the fifth frame with her double, moved to third on a fielding error and scored on Ratcliff's double. It was all the Saints would need to post the win, as Schley and the defense kept Edgewood in check. The Eagles threatened in the sixth inning, loading the bases with one out, but a strikeout from Schley and a groundout to second base helped the Saints out of the late-game jam.  
 
Up Next
The Saints (2-0) continue play at the Finlandia Dome Classic Sunday, facing host Finlandia University (Mich.) at 9 a.m. CT and Marian University (Wis.) at 11 a.m. CT.
 
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