BOX SCORE VS. COLORADO SCHOOL OF MINES
BOX SCORE VS. REGIS
TOURNAMENT BRACKET
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. - No. 1-seeded Augustana gained revenge on No. 4-seeded Regis (Colo.) on Saturday with a 7-3 victory to advance to the Central 1 Regional championship. The Vikings had home runs from
Theresa McMahon and
Lindsay Spanton on its way to a 6-0 victory over No. 3-seeded Colorado School of Mines earlier in the afternoon.
Augustana improves to 47-9. The Vikings gave CSM (36-24) and RU (33-24) its second losses of the tournament to be eliminated from play.
No. 7 Augustana was upset by Regis 5-0 on Friday to open the regional tournament.
Ashley Meyer pitched the complete game for the win against RU to improve to 27-5. She had three strike outs and allowed five hits.
Brittany Coufal's three RBI's off two hits led the team. Augustana had a total of 14 hits in the game. Nikki Haberkorn picked up the loss for RU in 2.0 innings in the circle.
With the bases loaded in the top of the second, Coufal doubled to score Augustana's first two runs.
Chelsey Durland then reached home off a single from
Taylor Kapsch for the final run of the inning.
RU put one run on the scoreboard in both the second and third innings.
It wasn't until the top of the seventh that the Vikings further advanced their lead to clench the win. With the bases loaded,
Kelsey Kalkman belted a single up the middle to bring home
Traci Fransen and
Elizabeth Murray. Spanton was able to advance home on a wild pitch and Coufal had her second single of the afternoon to bring in the 7th Viking run.
RU's Emily Anderson had a homer to open the bottom of the seventh in an effort to make a comeback. It was not enough however, as it was the only hit Meyer allowed in the inning.
Augustana had 11 hits against CSM.
Jenny Brown had three hits for one RBI and McMahon's homer gave her two RBIs to lead the team.
Meyer was in the circle for 5.0 innings with the win, allowing four hits and striking out five batters.
Kelly Unkrich (21-10) had the loss for CSM.
Fransen hit a single scoring McMahon in the top of the first.
Singles from Brown and Murray added two runs for the Vikings in the second.
Spanton belted the first home run for Augustana in the tournament to put the Vikings up 4-0 in the top of the third.
Augustana's final two runs were scored in the sixth off McMahon's homer to left field. She leads the team with 16 on the season and is tied with two for the Viking season record.
Augustana will face undefeated Minnesota Duluth in the Central 1 Regional championship at Bowden Field in Sioux Falls, S.D., Sunday at noon. If the Vikings win, the two teams will play again for the tournament title at 2:30 p.m.
