BOX SCORE 1 | BOX SCORE 2 WINTER HAVEN, Fla. – The Augustana softball team is leaving Florida having won six-straight games. The Vikings topped Caldwell 9-0 in the opening game and prevailed 5-1 over Wayne State (Mich.) in the second game of the day Sunday.
 
Augustana is 13-4 on the year while Caldwell is 1-1. Wayne State (Mich.) is 3-3.
 
Game One: No. 8 Augustana 9, Caldwell 0
Full stats are not available at this time, but Amber Elliott earned the win in the circle while Delaney Young and Kennedy Buckman each recorded home runs. The contest was a five-inning run-rule victory.
 
Game Two: No. 8 Augustana 5, Wayne State (Mich.) 1
Four first inning runs caried the Vikings in the finale in Florida. It was 3-0 just four batters into the game thanks to a home run off the bat of Torri Chute. Both Delaney Young and Liz Dierks were on base for Chute's four-bagger.
 
It went 4-0 on a Gracey Brink double, scoring Kennedy Buckman.
 
The visitors on the scoreboard got a run back in the top of the second on a sacrifice fly.
 
Augustana added the final run of the game in the fifth inning on a Buckman single. Young, who was on second base, rounded third and crossed home plate for the run.
 
Ashley Mickschl pitched five innings, giving up five hits and just the lone run while striking out three. Olivia Hazelbaker twirled the final two innings, giving up no hits.
 
Buckman led AU in the batter's box with a 2-for-3 outing while Chute recorded three RBI, all on the home run. The Vikings tallied nine hits in the contest.
 
Up Next
Augustana travels to St. Joseph, Missouri, for six games as part of the Missouri Western Tournament. Action gets underway Friday with two games, Saturday two games and Sunday for two games.