St. Cloud State Softball Outscores Minnesota Crookston 16-3 in Doubleheader Sweep

Wednesday, March 26

St. Cloud, Minn.

2 p.m.

St. Cloud State

23-8, 0

Minnesota Crookston

13-19, 0

Minnesota Crookston

St. Cloud State

Photo by: Nathaly Delgado

St. Cloud State Softball Outscores Minnesota Crookston 16-3 in Doubleheader Sweep

3/26/2025 9:08:00 PM | Softball

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Huskies take game one, 8-3, shut out Golden Eagles, 8-0 (5 inn.) in game two

ST. CLOUD, Minn. – St. Cloud State Softball (24-8, 3-1 Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference) swept its first midweek conference series on Wednesday against Minnesota Crookston (13-20, 1-5 NSIC). The Huskies won game one 8-3, before earning an 8-0 run-rule (5 inn.) win game in game two in the Husky Dome.

GAME ONE: ST. CLOUD STATE 8, MINNESOTA CROOKSTON 3

The Huskies opened the scoring in the second inning after sophomore outfielder Bree Beck (Lakeville, Minn.) hit an RBI-single and senior catcher/outfielder Reese Holzhueter (Shakopee, Minn.) hit a 2-RBI single during the ensuing at bat.

SCSU extended its lead to five in the fourth after sophomore infielder Brooke Holmes (Savage, Minn.) and sophomore catcher/infielder Bethany Weiss (Forest Lake, Minn.) each drove in a run. Each team scored once in the fifth inning and the Huskies added their final two runs in the bottom of the sixth with an RBI-triple from Weiss and an RBI-fielder's choice from junior infielder/catcher Sydney Roe (Davenport, Iowa). UMC added two runs in the top of the seventh.

TOP HUSKIES

· Junior right handed pitcher Macey Clark (Winneconne, Wis.) – W (10-3), 6.0 IP, 2 H, 0 ER, 3 K, 1 BB

· Beck – 2-2, 2 R, SB

· Holzhueter – 2-3, 2 RBI, SB

· Weiss – 3B, 2 RBI

· Redshirt sophomore infielder Grace Frechette (Forest Lake, Minn.) – 2 SB

NOTABLES

· The Huskies improved to 36-2 all-time against Minnesota Crookston, extending their winning streak to seven games against the Golden Eagles.

· SCSU improved to 7-2 at home this season

· The Huskies scored 8+ runs for the 11^th time this season and recorded 9+ hits for the 20^th time.

· SCSU hit a triple for the fifth consecutive game and drew 5+ walks for the 11^th time this season.

· The Huskies stole 4+ bases for the third time this season.

· SCSU held its opponent to five or less hits for the 11^th time this season and held its opponent to three or less runs for the 21^st time.

· Clark won her team-leading 10^th game and lowered her season ERA to 2.01.

· Beck recorded her fourth multi-hit game of the season. She moved to 5-for-5 on stolen base attempts this season.

· Holzhueter tallied her 13^th multi-hit game of the season which ranks second on the team. She also posted her fourth multi-RBI game. She stole her eighth base of the season to move to a perfect 8-for-8 on the season.

· Weiss hit her second triple of the season which is tied for second most on the team.

· Frechette stole her eighth and ninth bases of the season, which leads the team. She extended her on-base streak to a season-best 10 games.

GAME TWO: ST. CLOUD STATE 8, MINNESOTA CROOKSTON 0 (5 INN.)

SCSU erupted for seven runs on five hits in the bottom of the first inning. Weiss opened the scoring with an RBI-single, Roe followed that up with an RBI-single of her own, redshirt freshman Kaylee Collins (Lakeville, Minn.) knocked in a run on a fielder's choice, Beck hit a 2-RBI double and in the next at-bat, Holzhueter hit a 2-RBI double of her own. Beck drew a bases loaded walk in the bottom of the fifth inning to bring home the Huskies eighth run, trigging a run-rule win.

TOP HUSKIES

· Senior right handed pitcher Emma Eickhoff (Becker, Minn.) – SHO W (10-0), 5.0 IP, 3 H, 0 R, 5 K, 1 BB

· Weiss – 2-3

· Beck – 2B, 3 RBI

· Holzhueter – 2B, 2 RBI

· Holmes – 2B

· Freshman catcher Morgan Honeycutt (Rosemount, Minn.) – 1-2, 2B

NOTABLES

· The Huskies improved to 37-2 all-time against Minnesota Crookston, extending their winning streak to eight games against the Golden Eagles.

· SCSU improved to 8-2 at home this season

· The Huskies scored 8+ runs for the 12^th time this season and recorded 9+ hits for the 21^st time.

· SCSU hit 4+ doubles for the sixth time this season and its streak of five straight games with a triple was ended.

· The Huskies drew 6+ walks for the seventh time this season.

· SCSU posted its sixth shutout of the season and held a team to three or less hits for the third time this season.

· The Huskies struck out 5+ batters for the 19^th time this season and did not allow an extra base hit for the 10^th time.

· Eickhoff remained undefeated and retied the team lead for wins with 10. She also posted her third shutout of the season (most on the team) and fifth complete game (second most). She lowered her season ERA to 2.40 and reached 300 career strikeouts.

· Weiss recorded her 12^th multi-hit game of the season which ranks third on the team.

· Beck hit her fifth double of the season and posted her first multi-RBI game of the season and first 3+ RBI game of her career.

· Holzhueter hit her team-leading 11^th double of the season and posted her fifth multi-RBI game of the season, which is tied for fourth on the team.

· Holmes hit her 10^th double of the season which ranks second on the team.

· Honeycutt hit her first collegiate double and improved her career-best on-base streak to seven games.

· Frechette extended her on-base streak to a season-best 11 games

UP NEXT

The Huskies travel for their first road conference games of this season this weekend. SCSU plays No. 10 Augustana (24-6, 6-0 NSIC) on Friday at 1 p.m. and 3 p.m. at Bowden Field in Sioux Falls, S.D. and Wayne State (17-11, 2-2 NSIC) on Saturday at noon and 2 p.m. at the Pete Chapman Softball Complex in Wayne, Neb. Links to each coverage option will be available on the SCSU Softball schedule page.

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