SIOUX FALLS – A dominating win in the first game of the day over Southwest Minnesota State gave way to a tight, extra inning, contest in the second, but the Augustana softball team prevailed in both, getting a Maggie Dunnett walk-off single in the nightcap for a 3-2, eight inning win, which followed an 11-1, five inning victory in the opener.
 
The sweep gives the Vikings a 28-8 record on the season overall, and a 10-2 mark in the NSIC, while the Mustangs head home with a 10-19 record, 5-9 in conference play.
 
Ashley Mickschl kept the Mustangs off the board in the first, and then got all the support she would need in the bottom of the first, as the Vikings plated seven runs on seven hits to take a commanding 7-0 lead. Augustana got an RBI single from Kylie Rome and two-RBI hits from both Maggie Kadrlik and Abbie Lund, along with runs on a wild pitch and a passed ball to build the big lead.
 
SMSU got on the board with a solo homerun from Mackenzie Clouse in the second, but the Vikings bounced back with two more runs in the bottom of the frame on a Christina Pickett double for a 9-1 Augie lead.
 
Still 9-1 in the fourth, Kadrlik smashed a solo shot over the right field fence for a 10-1 lead, and then Pickett delivered again with a RBI single to cap the scoring at 11-1.
 
Mickschl surrendered just two hits in four innings, both to Clouse, and finished with two each in strikeouts and walks to improve to 12-3 on the season. Olivia Wolters finished the game with a hitless fifth.
 
SMSU drew first blood in Game 2, scoring a single unearned run in the first and in the third to take a 2-0 lead into the fourth, when the Vikings got on the board with a Mickschl home run to left which halved the Mustangs lead to 2-1.
 
Still 2-1 in the sixth, Kadrlik opened the inning with a solo homer to knot the game at 2-2, which held until the bottom of the eighth, when Dunnett delivered with a bases loaded, one out single to shallow center that scored Samantha Eisenreich, who pinch ran for Kadrlik after she drew a walk to open the inning.
 
The Vikings now wait on the weather, as it looks like it may force more changes to the schedule. The Vikings may try to move Saturday's scheduled doubleheader with MSU Moorhead to Friday, so stay with GoAugie.com for the latest changes.