St. Cloud State Drops Series Finale to Augustana

Sunday, March 20

Sioux Falls, S.D.

12:00 p.m. CT

St. Cloud State

9-8, 0

Augustana

12-4-1, 0

St. Cloud State

Augustana

3/20/2022 11:11:00 PM | Baseball

Box Score

Huskies leave the bases loaded twice in series finale against VIkings

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. – Augustana (12-4-1, 2-1 NSIC) executed in key situations on both sides of the ball to take game three and the series over St. Cloud State (9-8, 1-2 NSIC) with a 6-3 win in the rubber match Sunday. Both teams picked up a run in the first inning and from there, starters senior Trecor Koenig (3.2 IP, 5 H, 3 R, BB, 4 K's) and Caleb Sarri for the Vikings really settled in. Koenig had his start cut short because of an injury. The Vikings scored the next two runs in the bottom of the fourth to take a 3-1 lead. St. Cloud was held off the board until the seventh to cut the lead down to one, but that's as close as it got. The Vikings added insurance in the seventh in eighth to extend their lead and close out a series win with a 6-3 victory.

KEY MOMENT

The Huskies had the bases loaded twice within the game and did not score a run in either of those opportunities, going0-for-3 with the bases loaded in the game.

TOP HUSKIES

Redshirt sophomore John Nett (4-for-5, R, 2 2B, RBI) had his second four hit game of the season.
Senior Paul Steffensen (1-for-3, 2B, RBI, BB) doubled in the top of the first to give the Huskies a 1-0 lead early.
Redshirt sophomore Max Gamm (1-for-3, Solo HR) hit an opposite field blast for his second home run of the season in the top of the ninth.

NOTES

Nett extended his hitting streak to five games and is 12-for-21 in his last five games.
True freshman Ethan Lanthier (3.1 IP, 2 H, 2 R, BB, 4 K's) came in and recorded four strikeouts in his seventh appearance of the season
The Huskies left a total of nine runners on base to the four for the Vikings.

QUOTABLES

Head Coach Pat Dolan

"It was nice to get a split on Saturday against a team like Augustana, because you know you're not going to come in here and win three games easily. If we continue to get better each day we should be just fine and I think we'll be happy where we are towards the end of the year."

UP NEXT

St. Cloud State will now prepare for a midweek double header against Winona State (2-9, 0-0 NSIC) on Wednesday, March 23. The first conference series of the year for the Warriors was canceled, but scheduled to be made up Monday, March 21. The Huskies and Warriors will play a doubleheader at Loughrey field with game times of 1:30 p.m. CT and 3:30 p.m. CT. Coverage will be on the NSIC Network and KVSC Sports Stream.

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