University of St. Thomas Athletics
Augsburg
Softball starts 2-0 in MIAC Playoffs
5/3/2008 12:00:00 AM | Softball
Senior Maria Bye had a three-hit shutout in the opener and hit her 36th career home run in game two to help the No. 3-ranked Tommie softball team advance to Sunday's championship round of the MIAC Tournament with a pair of eight-run victories on Saturday. Bye ran her scoreless streak to 33 innings.
The top-seed Tommies topped fourth-seed Augsburg 8-0 in five innings and beat third-seed Hamline 10-2 in six innings. St. Thomas (39-3) ran its MIAC win streak to 56 games and improved to 14-0 all-time in the MIAC softball playoffs.
The Toms play at 1:15 p.m. Sunday against the Hamline-Augsburg winner. That team must beat UST twice Sunday to win the double-elimination tourney and claim the NCAA automatic playoff berth. Alison Wright hit a two-run homer in game one and had three hits in the day. Kallie Samuelson had an RBI double in game one and a two-run homer in game two. Olivia Graham had three hits on the day and Steph Moores reached in five of six at-bats.
Marta Radcliffe fanned nine with no walks and allowed just three hits and two runs in the game-two win.
MIAC Softball Playoffs/at Shoreview & Arden Hills
Double Elimination
First Round
(1) St. Thomas 8, (4) Augsburg 0, 5 inn.
(3) Hamline 3, (2) Gustavus 0
Second Round
(1) St. Thomas 10, Hamline 2, 6 inn.
(4) Augsburg 7, (2) Gustavus 6 (Gustavus out)
Sunday's Games
11 a.m.: (3) Hamline vs. (4) Augsburg (loser out)
1:15 p.m.: (1) St. Thomas vs. Hamline-Augsburg winner
3:30 p.m.: If needed
Click here to link to Saturday box scores:
http://www.miac-online.org/Sports/softball/2007/sbtournament08.asp
