ST. CLOUD, Minn. – The Augustana softball team swept Minnesota Duluth on Friday by scores of 4-1 and 3-2. The Vikings are now 20-13 on the year and 5-1 in the NSIC. Minnesota Duluth, the team tabbed second in the preseason coaches' poll behind AU, is 19-10, 0-4.
 
Game One: Augustana 4, Minnesota Duluth 1
The Vikings scored four runs on five hits while aided by a home run by Ashton Dorman for the victory.
 
Grace Glanzer picked up her ninth win of the season while tossing seven innings for the complete-game victory. She struck out nine batters in the victory.
 
With Liz Dierks standing on second base in the third inning, Desi Cuevas doubled down the right-field line to score Dierks.
 
The fourth inning saw Gracey Brink cross home plate thanks to a Stella Harber single. Brink scored from second base after doubling into center field.
 
A ground-rule double by UMD cut the Vikings' lead in half at 2-1 in the bottom of the fifth.
 
Leading off the sixth inning, Brink worked a walk. The next batter, Dorman, then connected on the ball and sent it flying out of the field of play over the left-center field fence for a 4-1 lead.
 
Of Augustana's five hits, all five came from different spots in the batting order.
 
Game Two: Augustana 3, Minnesota Duluth 2
Lexi Lander carried a perfect game into the seventh inning as the Vikings prevailed 3-2 over Minnesota Duluth.
 
The Vikings scored two quick runs in the first inning thanks to the first three batters reaching base. Andrea Cain drew a walk and was promptly sent to third base on a ground-rule double by Desi Cuevas. After Kennedy Buckman was hit by a pitch, Torri Chute singled up the middle to score Cain and Cuevas for the early 2-0 lead.
 
A third run was scored in the top of the fifth inning as Cuevas tripled down the left-field line to score Hailey Houston. Houston was pinch running for Stella Harber who had reached base on a single.
 
The Bulldogs ended the no-hit bid in the bottom of the seventh with a home run over the right-field fence. After UMD was able to scratch a second run across home plate, the final score settled at 3-2.
 
Lander tossed 6.1 innings of two-hit ball while striking out nine. Ella Cooper pitched the final two outs to earn the save. Of Augustana's four hits, two came from Cuevas' bat.
 
Up Next
Augustana remains in the Husky Dome for a doubleheader on Saturday against St. Cloud State. First pitch is slated for 2 p.m.