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April 15: vs. Southwest Minnesota State (3 p.m.)
April 18: vs. Concordia-St. Paul (12 p.m.)
April 19 vs. Minnesota State (12 p.m.) |
| Location | Sioux Falls, S.D. |
| Stadium | Bowden Field |
| Live States | Augustana |
| Game Notes | Augie / SMSU / CU / MSU |
| On Twitter | @AugieSoftball |
Storylines• No. 13 Augustana softball (31-8, 14-4 NSIC) returns to Bowden Field on Tuesday, April 15 to start a six-game homestand.
• The Vikings will open the six-game stretch with Southwest Minnesota State (11-22-1, 8-9-1 NSIC) on Tuesday at 3 p.m. at Bowden Field.
• The Vikings will then play its final home games of the season on Friday and Saturday hosting Concordia-St. Paul and Minnesota State.
• Augustana and Concordia-St. Paul (12-24, 7-9 NSIC) will hit the field at noon on Friday.
• Minnesota State (32-6, 16-0 NSIC) visits Bowden Field on Saturday with first pitch set for noon.
• Augustana's 31-8 record marks the sixth straight season of 30-plus wins for the Vikings, all under the direction of eighth-year head coach
Gretta Melsted.
Senior Day• Augustana softball will recognize its lone senior,
Lindsay Spanton, between Saturday's doubleheader with Minnesota State.
• Spanton is a four-year letterwinner for the Vikings and owns a career .349 batting average.
• She has played in 208 career games, making 200 career starts and has 210 career hits, including 48 doubles, one triple and 23 home runs.
• Spanton has driven in 133 runs in her career and stolen seven bases in eight attempts.
• She is having one of the best hitting years of her career in 2014, batting .416 with 13 doubles, four home runs and 30 RBI.
• She currently ranks second all-time with 88 career walks, fourth with seven career sacrifice flies, sixth with 48 career doubles, seventh with a .441 career on-base percentage, ninth with a .983 career fielding percentage and 10th with 133 career walks.
National news• Augustana is ranked 13th in the latest National Fastpitch Coaches' Association Top 25 poll.
• The Vikings were ranked 22nd in the NFCA preseason poll.
• The Vikings are 3-2 against ranked opponents this season.
• In the first game of the season, Augustana took down the defending national champion and No. 1 ranked team in Central Oklahoma.
• The complete list of the NFCA Preseason rankings can be found on page 3.
Last time out• Augustana went 3-1 over the weekend splitting a twinbill at Minnesota Duluth on Friday and sweeping another at St. Cloud State on Saturday.
• The Vikings opened the weekend with a 4-1 loss at Minnesota Duluth before taking down the Bulldogs 9-2 in the nightcap.
• In the UMD series, Nichol went 4 for 8 at the plate with two home runs and four RBI.
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Carley Pickett struck out a season-high seven batters in the nightcap with the Bulldogs to earn her eighth win of the season.
• Augustana picked up wins 30 and 31 in a sweep over St. Cloud State pouring on the runs with a 10-0 game-one win and a 7-1 victory in the finale.
• The Vikings jumped all over the Huskies in game one scoring five runs in the second inning.
• Nichol continued to swing a hot bat picking up a career-high four hits while going 4 for 4 with a double and a home run.
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Jenelle Trautmann smacked a home run in game one to give her 42 career dingers to bring her within one of tying the career record.
• She also snagged her 20th win of the season moving to 20-3 while striking out six batters.
• Trautmann then went 3 for 4 with two RBI in game two as the Vikings overcame a 1-0 deficit after one inning going for six runs on eight hits in the top of the fourth inning.
Closing in on a record •
Jenelle Trautmann has hit 42 career home runs at Augustana, bringing her one shy of tying the career record of 43 which was achieved by her former teammate and current coach
Theresa McMahon (2010-13).
• Trautmann hit 38 home runs in two seasons, blasting 18 during her freshman campaign and 18 more last season as a sophomore.
• Trautmann, a junior, is on pace to hit 70-plus career home runs, which would shatter the current record.
About Southwest Minnesota State• Southwest Minnesota State enters the mid-week doubleheader with an 11-22-1 record on the season, including 8-9-1 in the NSIC.
• The Mustangs are batting .248 as a team with 30 doubles, eight triples and four home runs.
• Kaley Scearcy leads SMSU at the plate with a .333 batting average with five doubles and a triple.
• Chelsey Rodenkirch is batting .305 with a team-high six doubles and two home runs and has driven in 14 runs.
• Rachel Hoeppner owns a 4.02 ERA with a 6-10 record and has struck out 74 batters.
• Jamie Dunn is in her first season as the head coach at SMSU.
About Concordia-St. Paul• Concordia-St. Paul enters the week at 12-24 on the season, including 7-9 in conference play.
• The Golden Bears lost four straight home games last weekend and are playing Minot State at home today.
• CU is batting .284 as a team and has scored 154 runs with 44 doubles, seven triples and 17 home runs.
• Alicia Meiser leads CU with a .378 batting average with a team-high seven doubles and two triples.
• Bekah Roth is batting .367 with a team-high 44 hits, including five doubles, two triples and two home runs while driving in a team-high 33 runs.
• Stephanie Kappes owns a 5-14 record in the circle for CU with a 3.74 ERA while striking out 85 batters.
• Bob Bartel is in his 10th season as the head coach at Concordia-St. Paul.
About Minnesota State• Minnesota State is 32-6 on the season and is currently riding a 22-game win streak and is in first place wat 16-0 in the NSIC.
• The Mavericks have scored 271 runs on the season while allowing just 102.
• MSU is batting .351 as a team with 59 doubles, 11 triples and 32 home runs.
• Samantha Holien leads MSU with a .481 batting average and has 11 doubles, one triple and seven home runs.
• Lindsay Erickson is batting .446 with 10 home runs, eight doubles and has driven in 47 runs.
• Coley Ries leads the MSU pitching staff with a 15-2 record and 138 strikeouts while compiling a 1.74 ERA.
• Brittany Lauterbach has complied a 15-4 record and a 2.58 ERA with 105 strikeouts for the Mavericks.
• Lori Meyer is in her 30th season as the head coach at Minnesota State.
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