Storylines
• No. 9 Augustana softball continues a busy week with a big match-up against No. 19 Winona State on Wednesday afternoon. 
• Augustana (41-7, 22-2 NSIC) will take on Winona State (38-10, 20-3 NSIC) in a doubleheader beginning at 3 p.m. at Bowden Field. 
• Wednesday's doubleheader will be Augustana's regular season home finale. 
• Augustana and Winona State will battle it out for the top spot in the NSIC on Wednesday. 
• The Vikings hold a one-game lead over the Warriors in the NSIC standings. 
• Augustana opened the week taking on St. Cloud State in a doubleheader on Monday, after weekend games were moved due to weather. 
• The Vikings will continue action on Saturday and Sunday traveling to Minnesota State and Concordia-St. Paul to close-out regular season play. 
• Augustana and Minnesota State's twinbill will begin at 12 p.m. on Saturday. 
• First pitch between Augustana and Concordia-St. Paul is also set for noon. 

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).

The 40-win season
• At 41-7 on the season, Augustana has gone over the 40-win mark in a season 19 times in program history. 
• Augustana has won 40-plus games in two straight seasons after finishing 46-15 in 2014. 
• Augustana has won 40-plus games in a season five times under the direction of ninth-year head coach Gretta Melsted.  
Augustana in NSIC Statistics
• Augustana ranks high in multiple team and individual categories in the NSIC. 
• Augustana leads all NSIC teams in batting average (.350), slugging percentage (.575) and on-base percentage (.426). 
• The Vikings also lead the NSIC in runs scored (341), hits (456), RBI (321), doubles (83) and home runs (68).
• Augustana leads the NSIC in team ERA (2.05) and opposing team batting average (.228). 
• Augustana leads the NSIC in batters struck out (367) and saves (5). 
• Sarah Kennedy leads the NSIC in batting average (.524), hits (86) and doubles (22).
• Kennedy ranks second in the conference with 60 RBI, a .921 slugging percentage, a .553 on-base percentage.
• Jenelle Trautmann leads the NSIC with 19 home runs and 64 RBI.
• Trautmann also leads the NSIC with a .992 slugging percentage and a .603 on-base percentage. 
• Trautmann ranks second in the NSIC with a 1.92 ERA and first with an opposing batting average of .204. 
• Trautmann has struck out 231 batters, which is tied for the league lead with Minnesota State's Coley Ries.
• Trautmann leads all pitchers in the NSIC with 24 wins.
• Caitlin Nichol ranks fourth in the NSIC in batting average (.458), third in slugging percentage (.852), third in on-base percentage (.538) and second in home runs (17). 
• Nichol leads the NSIC in runs scored with 69 on the season. 

NSIC Player of the Week
• Jenelle Trautmann was named the NSIC's pitcher of the week for the third time this season on April 21. 
• Trautmann posted a 2-1 record, a 1.11 ERA and struck out 27 batters in 19 innings last week. 
• She has been named the NSIC's pitcher of the week six 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
Winona State
• Winona State enters the week with a record of 38-10 on the season, including 20-3 in NSIC play. 
• The Warriors sit right behind Augustana in the NSIC Standings. 
• Winona State has won five of its last seven games. 
• Winona State is batting .321 as a team with 81 doubles, 13 triples and 33 home runs. 
• Ashley Walker leads the team batting .395 with 21 doubles, five triples, three home runs and 37 RBI. 
• Walker is also 18-3 in the circle for the Warriors with a 2.22 ERA and 88 strikeouts in 141.2 innings.
• Reed Karsten is batting .383 with 18 doubles, five triples and three home runs. 
• Hanna Lythberg owns an 18-6 record in the circle and has struck out 131 batters in 143.1 innings. 
• Greg Jones is in his 14th season as the head coach at Winona State. 

Minnesota State
• Minnesota State enters the week with a record of 32-18 on the season, including 17-7 in the NSIC. 
• The Mavericks will play at SMSU on Wednesday before hosting the Vikings on Saturday. 
• Minnesota State is batting .318 as a team with 66 doubles, 23 triples and 22 home runs. 
• Tatum Klein leads the team batting .425 with a team-high 77 hits. 
• Ashley Thell has driven in a team-high 32 runs to go with a team-high 14 doubles, two triples and four home runs. 
• Coley Ries leads Minnesota State in the circle posting a 17-13 record and a 2.74 ERA. 
• Ries shares the lead with Augustana's Trautmann with 231 strikeouts on the season. 
• Lori Meyer is in her 31st season as the head coach at Minnesota State in 2015. 

Concordia-St. Paul
• Concordia-St. Paul brings a record of 16-31, including 10-14 in NSIC play into this week. 
• The Golden Bears will play Sioux Falls on Wednesday on the road before hosting Wayne State on Saturday and the Vikings on Sunday. 
• Concordia-St. Paul enters the week on a five-game losing streak. 
• The Golden Bears are batting .296 as a team with 48 doubles, five triples and 22 home runs. 
• Nicole Thompson leads the team with a .404 batting average on the season. 
• Jamie Fleischhacker leads the team with six home runs and 36 RBI to go along with seven doubles. 
• Stephanie Kappes has made 34 appearances in the circle for the Golden Bears. 
• Kappes owns a 4.97 ERA and a 10-18 record and has struck out 89 batters in 153.2 innings pitched. 
• Bob Bartel is in his 11th season as the head coach at Concordia-St. Paul.

One streak ends, another starts
• Sophomore shortstop Sarah Kennedy had a career-long 24-game hitting streak come to an end in last Wednesday's loss at Southwest Minnesota State.
• Kennedy had a 23-game hitting streak hitting streak earlier in the season.
• 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 46 of 48 games this season. 
• Kennedy has reached base safely in all 48 games this season. 
• Kennedy enters the week leading the NSIC with a .524 batting average.
• Kennedy also leads the NSIC and ranks second in Division II with 22 doubles. 
• Kennedy also leads the NSIC with 86 hits on the season.
• She ranks second in the NSIC with 60 runs batted in and 54 runs scored. 
• Kennedy has two or more hits in 30 games this season and has driven in two or more runs in 19 games. 

The pitching staff
• Jenelle Trautmann leads the Vikings pitching staff with a record of 24-2 on the season. 
• Trautmann leads all pitchers in the NSIC and ranks sixth in the country with 24 wins. 
• Trautmann has compiled a 1.92 ERA in 25 starts and 33 appearances. 
• Trautmann has struck out a team-high 231 batters in 160.1 innings of work. 
• Trautmann went 2-1 last week striking out 27 batters in 19 innings pitched to earn NSIC Pitcher of the Week honors for the third time this season.
• Trautmann has struck out a season-high 14 batters in two games this season and shares the NSIC lead with 231 strikeouts. 
• Carley Pickett owns an 13-4 record on the season in 30 appearances (19 starts).
• She leads the NSIC  with four saves on the year.
• Pickett led all of NCAA Division II in saves in 2014 with nine.
• Pickett has tossed three complete games and is holding batters to a .257 batting average. 
• She has struck out 104 batters in 104 innings pitched. 
• Karlee Koopman owns a 4-1 record and a 1.80 ERA on the season in the circle for the Vikings. 
• Koopman has four starts in 25 appearances and has struck out 32 batters in 42.2 innings of work. 
• Augustana's pitching staff owns a combined ERA of 2.05 and has struck out 367 batters in 307 innings.

Setting the table with power
• Senior third baseman Caitlin Nichol is batting .458 out of the leadoff spot for the Vikings this season. 
• She has 71 hits in 155 at-bats, including 10 doubles and a career-high 17 home runs. 
• She has been hit by a pitch a team-high 11 times and ranks second with 18 walks. 
• She owns a .538 on-base percentage, which ranks third in the NSIC behind Sarah Kennedy and Jenelle Trautmann.
• Nichol has scored a team-high 69 runs on the season, which leads all players in the NSIC. 
• Nichol has been on a tear since March 29, batting .477 with eight doubles, 13 home runs, 36 runs scored and 23 RBI in the last 20 games. 
• During that stretch she owns a 1.200 slugging percentage and a .564 on-base percentage.
• Nichol hit three home runs in Monday's doubleheader against St. Cloud State bringing her career total to 31. 
• Nichol moved into seventh on the all-time home run list at Augustana. 

Loved by Augie, feared by all
• Senior Jenelle Trautmann is batting .472 on the season with 60 hits in 127 at-bats. 
• Trautmann has nine 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 against Bemidji State on April 12.  • Trautmann also leads the NSIC with a career-high 64 RBI on the season. 
• Trautmann has been walked a league-high 38 times.
• Trautmann was walked six times in a doubleheader against Minnesota Duluth last Saturday. 
• Trautmann was intentionally walked four times in a game against Northern State on April 3, tying 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. 
• Trautmann is Augustana's all-time leader in RBI with 229 in her career.

Rounding out the order
• Carly Peterson is batting .333 for the Vikings with five doubles, one triple and three home runs. 
• Peterson leads the team with seven sacrifice hits and 14 stolen bases. 
• Jordan Schaffer is batting .293 on the season and is putting up some power numbers.
• Schaffer has 10 doubles and seven home runs on the season and ranks third on the team with 44 RBI. 
• Kylie Rome is batting .311 with three doubles and two home runs to go with 14 RBI.