University of St. Thomas Athletics
Augsburg
Softball gets two close road wins, now 27-3
4/14/2009 12:00:00 AM | Softball
Freshman pitchers Christy Gries and Angela Phillips got some big outs and Colleen Owen and Kaitllyn Wightman homered in game two as No. 2-ranked St. Thomas edged host Augsburg, 4-1 and 3-2, in Tuesday's MIAC softball play in Minneapolis.
The second-place Tommies (27-3 overall, 11-1 MIAC) kept pace with first-place Gustavus (10-0 MIAC), which swept Bethel. UST outhit Augsburg 14-7 on the day but left 11 on base and had four errors in game two.
UST never trailed on the day as it took leads of 4-0 in the opener and 3-0 in game two. Gries allowed no earned runs, one walk and four hits in the complete-game win in the opener. Freshman Sydney Marquardt went 3-for-3 and Alison Wright had two hits and two RBI.
Trailing 3-0, Augsburg scored two runs off three pitchers in the fifth inning of game two but stranded the tying and go-ahead runs. Starter Marta Radcliffe left after 4 1-3 innings as she allowed no runs, one hit and three walks. Gries allowed a hit and two walks to load the bases. Phillips came on with the bases loaded and gave up an RBI ground out and an RBI double before retiring the last seven batters of the game.
Owen's homer in the second inning staked UST to a 1-0 lead. Wightman's two-run homer in teh fifth made it 3-0. Wightman now has a hit or run scored in 51 consecutive games.
St. Thomas plays two Thursday at Concordia-Moorhead and is home Saturday for two against Carleton.
Click here for Game 1 box score:
http://athletics.augsburg.edu/custompages/statistics/softball/2009/041409G1.HTM
Click here for Game 2 box score:
http://athletics.augsburg.edu/custompages/statistics/softball/2009/041409G2.HTM
