Storylines
• No. 12 Augustana softball will take its 20-game winning streak on the road on Tuesday, April 14, for a doubleheader at Southwest Minnesota State University (20-18, 9-7 NSIC). 
• First pitch between the Vikings and Mustangs is set for 2 p.m. at Mustang Field in Marshall, Minn. 
• Augustana enters this week at 37-5 on the season, including 18-0 in NSIC play. 
• The Vikings are the only unbeaten team in conference play. 
• After Tuesday's game, the Vikings return home to host Minnesota Duluth and St. Cloud State on Saturday and Sunday. 
• Augustana and Minnesota Duluth (24-17, 8-10 NSIC) will get underway at noon on Saturday, April 18 at Bowden Field. 
• First pitch between Augustana and St. Cloud State (22-20, 8-10 NSIC) is set for noon on Sunday.

The chase is on -- Augustana's home run Queen tracking down NCAA record
• Senior Jenelle Trautmann leads all players in the NSIC with 19 home runs this season. 
• Trautmann, Augustana's all-time leader in home runs, has now hit 74 in her career which ranks third all-time in NCAA Division II history. 
• Trautmann is now just one home run shy of moving into a tie for second all-time. 
• Kutztown's Steph Denlinger (2006-09) is the NCAA Division II leader in career home runs with 79.
• Trautmann currently ranks 11th all-time in NCAA history (all divisions) in career home runs.
• With a three-run home run against Upper Iowa on March 31, Trautmann became just the fourth non-Division I player in NCAA history to hit 70-plus career home runs.  
• Trautmann is one of three active players chasing the NCAA home run record, including Courtney Albritton of Valdosta State (Division II) and Lauren Chamberlain of Oklahoma (Division I).

National news
• Augustana is ranked 12th in the NFCA Top 25 Poll.
• The Vikings spent the two previous weeks at No. 18.
• Augustana opened the season ranked 14th in the Preseason NFCA Top 25 Poll.
• Augustana spent 13 weeks in the NFCA Top 25 in 2014, being ranked as high as fifth for three straight weeks. 
• The Vikings were ranked 15th in the final NFCA Top 25 Poll in 2014.   
• The complete list of the NFCA Preseason rankings can be found on page 4.

The 20-game win streak
• Augustana is currently riding a 20-game win streak heading into this week's games. 
• This marks the fifth time Augustana softball has won 20 straight games during a season, and the first since winning 20 straight during the 1999 season. 
• Augustana won 20 straight games in 1999, 22 straight in 1991 and a program-high 27 straight in 1994.
• During the 20-game win streak, the Vikings have hit .399 as a team with 42 doubles and 35 home runs. 
• Augustana has out-scored its opponents 168-30 and has allowed just 16 extra-base hits during the streak. 

Augustana in NSIC Statistics
• Augustana ranks high in multiple team and individual categories in the NSIC. 
• Augustana leads all NSIC teams in batting average (.353), slugging percentage (.582) and on-base percentage (.462). 
• The Vikings also lead the NSIC in runs scored (303), hits (403), RBI (284), doubles (75) and home runs (61).
• Augustana ranks second with a team 2.21 ERA, third in opponent batting average (.230).
• Augustana leads the NSIC in batters struck out (328) and saves (5). 
• Sarah Kennedy leads the NSIC in batting average (.542), hits (78) and doubles (20).
• Kennedy ranks second in the conference with 54 RBI, a .944 slugging percentage, a .564 on-base percentage.
• Jenelle Trautmann leads the NSIC with 19 home runs and 61 RBI.
• Trautmann also leads the NSIC with a 1.081 slugging percentage and a .616 on-base percentage. 
• Trautmann ranks third in the NSIC with a 2.03 ERA and third in opposing batting average (.212). 
• Trautmann has struck out 204 batters, ranking second in the NSIC. 
• Trautmann leads all pitchers in the NSIC with 22 wins.
• Caitlin Nichol ranks third in the NSIC in batting average (.489), slugging percentage (.852), on-base percentage (.562) and second with 13 home runs.  

NSIC Player of the Week
• Jenelle Trautmann was named the NSIC's player of the week for the third time this season on April 13. 
• Trautmann batted .737 with 14 hits, including three doubles and four home runs, compiling a 1.526 slugging percentage. 
• Jenelle Trautmann was named the NSIC's pitcher of the week on March 31 and April 6 of this season, earning the honor back-to-back weeks. 
• Trautmann has been named the NSIC's Pitcher of the Week twice this season and five times in her career. 
• She has been named the NSIC's Player of the Week three times in her career, all this season.
• Sophomore shortstop Sarah Kennedy was named the NSIC's Player of the Week on March 31. 

Scouting the competition
Southwest Minnesota State
• Southwest Minnesota State enters the week with a record of 20-18 on the season, including 9-7 in NSIC play. 
• The Mustangs have won six of their last 10 games, including three straight. 
• SMSU swept St. Cloud State on Sunday after splitting at Minnesota Duluth last Saturday. 
• SMSU is batting .285 as a team and has hit 48 doubles, seven triples and eight home runs this season. 
• Jazmyne Neely leads SMSU batting .342 with 40 hits, including six doubles and a home run.
• SMSU has five batters batting over .300, including Madisson Chadwick who has five doubles, one triple, one home run and a team-high 27 RBI.
• Alex O'Connor leads SMSU's pitching staff with a 14-10 record and a 3.28 ERA on the season. 
• O'Connor has struck out 101 batters in 151.2 innings this season. 
• Jaime Dunn is in her second season as the head coach at SMSU. She owns a career record of 35-48-1.

Minnesota Duluth
• Minnesota Duluth enters the week with a record of 24-17, including 8-10 in the NSIC. 
• The Bulldogs split a pair of doubleheaders at home last weekend, splitting with SMSU and USF. 
• Minnesota Duluth will take on Minnesota Crookston on Tuesday in Crookston, Minn. 
• The Bulldogs are batting .309 as a team with 53 doubles, six triples and 37 home runs on the season. 
• Hannah Schmoll leads the team with a .400 batting average and has hit four doubles, two triples and one home run. 
• Becky Smith has a team-high 17 doubles, 10 home runs and 45 RBI on the season and is batting .385. 
• Cayli Sadler leads the Bulldog pitching staff with a 2.90 ERA and a 13-9 record. 
• Sadler has struck out 111 batters in 142.1 innings of work for UMD.
• Jen Banford is in her 10th season as the head coach at UMD. She owns a career record of 297-191.

St. Cloud State
• St. Cloud State brings a 22-20 record into this week, including an 8-10 mark in NSIC play. 
• The Huskies lost three of four home games last weekend, splitting with USF before losing twice to SMSU on Sunday.
• SCSU is batting .299 as a team with 49 doubles, 13 triples and 19 home runs. 
• Jessica Goerger leads the team with a .385 batting average and 12 doubles to go with four triples, five home runs and 26 RBI.
• Kelly Franks owns a 9-4 record in the circle to go with a 2.64 ERA. She has struck out 135 batters in 100.2 innings.
• Paula U'Ren is in her 18th season as the head coach at St. Cloud State. She owns a career record of 581-390.

One streak ends, another starts
• Sophomore shortstop Sarah Kennedy is currently riding a career-long 23-game hitting streak.  
• Kennedy had a 23-game hitting streak come to an end in the first game of the Missouri Western Tournament on March 20. 
• Kennedy ended the 2014 season on a five-game hitting streak and had a hit in the first 18 games of the season in 2015. 
• Kennedy has a hit in 41 of 42 games this season. 
• Kennedy has reached base safely in all 42 games this season. 
• Kennedy enters the week leading the NSIC with a .542 batting average on the season.
• Kennedy also leads the NSIC and the NCAA with 20 doubles. 
• Kennedy also leads the NSIC with 78 hits on the season.
• She ranks second in the NSIC with 54 runs batted in. 
• Kennedy has two or more hits in 28 games this season and has driven in two or more runs in 17 games. 
• During Augustana's 20-game winning streak, Kennedy is batting .580 with 10 doubles, 10 home runs and 36 RBI. 

The pitching staff
• Jenelle Trautmann leads the Vikings pitching staff with a record of 22-1 on the season. 
• Trautmann leads all pitchers in the NSIC and ranks 19th in the country with 22 wins. 
• Trautmann has compiled a 2.03 ERA in 22 starts and 30 appearances. 
• Trautmann has struck out a team-high 204 batters in 141.1 innings of work. 
• Trautmann went 3-0 last week, striking out 25 batters in 15 innings pitched. 
• She held opponents to a .173 batting average and allowed just nine hits. 
• Trautmann has struck out a season-high 14 batters in two games this season. 
• Carley Pickett owns an 11-3 record on the season in 27 appearances (16 starts).
• She leads the NSIC and ranks eighth in the country with four saves on the year.
• Pickett led all of NCAA Division II in saves in 2014 with nine.
• Pickett has tossed two complete games and is holding batters to a .253 batting average. 
• She has struck out 94 batters in 88 innings pitched. 
• Karlee Koopman owns a 4-1 record and a 1.94 ERA on the season in the circle for the Vikings. 
• Koopman has four starts in 22 appearances and has struck out 30 batters in 39.2 innings of work. 
• Augustana's pitching staff owns a combined ERA of 2.21 and has struck out 328 batters in 269 innings.

Setting the table
• Senior third baseman Caitlin Nichol is batting .489 out of the leadoff spot for the Vikings this season. 
• She has 66 hits in 135 at-bats, including 10 doubles and 13 home runs. 
• She has been hit by a pitch a team-high 10 times and ranks second with 15 walks. 
• She owns a .562 on-base percentage, which ranks third in the NSIC behind Sarah Kennedy and Jenelle Trautmann.
• Nichol has scored a team-high 62 runs on the season, which leads all players in the NSIC. 
• During Augustana's 20-game winning streak, Nichol is batting .554 with eight doubles and nine home runs. 
• She has compiled a 1.092 slugging percentage, a .618 on-base percentage and has scored a team-high 38 runs over the last 20 games. 

Loved by Augie, feared by all
• Senior Jenelle Trautmann is batting .495 on the season with 55 hits in 111 at-bats. 
• Trautmann has eight doubles and a league-high 19 home runs on the season.
• She tied her own single season record with her 19th home run of the season in game two against Bemidji State last weekend.  
• Trautmann also leads the NSIC with a career-high 61 RBI on the season. 
• Trautmann has been walked a league-high 31 times.
• Trautmann was intentionally walked four times in game one of a doubleheader at Northern State last Friday. 
• Trautmann tied her own single-game record for intentional walks. 
• She was intentionally walked four times against Concordia-St. Paul on April 18 of last season, after hitting three home runs against the Golden Bears in the first game of the doubleheader. 
• In six games last week, Trautmann batted .737 with three doubles and four home runs while driving in 14. 
• She became Augustana's all-time leader in RBI last weekend and has now driven in 226 career runs.