Bridgeport Box Score
Shepherd Box Score
The Augustana softball team got back on the winning track by defeating Bridgeport 4-0 and Shepherd 6-0 Friday at the Rebel Spring Games in Kissimmee, Fla.
The 22nd-ranked Vikings improved to 15-2 on the season as they rebounded from losing their first two games of the season on Thursday.
Augustana got strong starting pitching from
Ashley Meyer and
Britt Stewart. Meyer tossed a 2-hit complete game shutout against Bridgeport to get the Vikings off to a good start. She also struck out 7 hitters.
Stewart followed by pitching 6 scoreless innings against Shepherd. Stewart allowed 4 hits and struck out 3.
Mickey Anderson capped the day by pitching a scoreless inning of relief, striking out 1 and allowing 1 hit.
Augustana struck for 2 runs in the second inning against Bridgeport.
Chelsey Durland belted a 2-run double that scored
Kelsey Kalkman and Stewart.
The Vikings added insurance runs in the fifth and sixth innings on RBI singles by
Traci Fransen and
Brittany Coufal.
Overall, the Vikings tallied 8 hits against Bridgeport with Fransen and Kalkman each collecting 2 hits.
Against Shepherd, the Vikings took advantage of 5 Shepherd errors. Augie plated unearned runs in the first and second innings to take an early 2-0 lead. The Vikings broke open the game with a 4-run fourth inning.
Jenny Brown delivered the big blow with a 2-run double.
Brown led the Vikings with 2 of the team's 7 hits to go along with her team-high 2 RBI. Kalkman and
Taylor Kapsch each scored 2 runs.
Augustana faces its toughest test of the season on Saturday when the Vikings take on fifth-ranked Wayne State (Mich.) in a doubleheader beginning at 10 a.m. EDT.
