St. Cloud State Softball Earns Split with No. 24 Warriors

Sunday, April 19

Maynard R. Johnson Field • Winona, Minn.

1 p.m.

St. Cloud State

33-12, 0

#24 Winona State

40-6, 0

St. Cloud State

Winona State

Macey Clark vs. Charleston (W.Va.) 3-6-26

Photo by: Justyce Porter

4/19/2026 7:12:00 PM | Softball

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Huskies shut out first place Winona State in game two, snapping six game winless streak against ranked teams

WINONA, Minn. – St. Cloud State Softball (34-12, 16-4 Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference) earned a split against No. 24 Winona State on Friday afternoon at Maynard R. Johnson Field in Winona. The Huskies dropped game one 4-0 before shutting out the first place Warriors (40-7, 19-3 NSIC), 5-0 in the second game.

The win was SCSU's first ranked win since March 28, 2025, against No. 10 Augustana (snapping a six-game ranked winless streak) and its first ranked shutout since March 5, 2023, against No. 8 Grand Valley State (Mich.).

GAME ONE: WINONA STATE 4, ST. CLOUD STATE 0
The game was tied at zero through four and a half innings with each team recording just two hits apiece up to that point. In the home half of the fifth, the Warrior offense scored all four of their runs on six hits to take a decisive 4-0 lead. In its final two trips on offense, SCSU was unable to register a hit and recorded just one baserunner on a walk.

TOP HUSKIES

Junior outfielder Hannah Harms (Bartlett, Ill.) - 1-2
Sophomore pitcher Madeline Nutter (Elko New Market, Minn.) - 1.2 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 1 K, 0 BB
Redshirt junior infielder Grace Frechette (Forest Lake, Minn.) - 1-3
Sophomore catcher/infielder Morgan Honeycutt (Rosemount, Minn.) - 2 BB

NOTABLES

SCSU moved to 47-62 all-time against Winona State and 3-7 in its last 10 matchups against the Warriors.
The Huskies moved to 5-6 on the road this season and 0-5 against teams ranked in the National Fast Pitch Coaches Association (NFCA) Division II Top 25 Coaches Poll.
SCSU is 0-6 in its last six games against teams in the NFCA Top 25 dating back to last season.
The Huskies were shut out for just the second time this season and the first time in conference play and held to a season-low two hits.
Harms extended her on-base streak to a season-best 14 games.
Nutter logged her second straight scoreless outing, lowering her season ERA to 2.80.
Frechette extended her on-base streak to a season-best 12 games.
Honeycutt drew her 20^th and 21^st walks of the season and she now has the second most on the team this season. It was her fourth multi-walk game of the season and her fourth straight game with a walk.

GAME TWO: ST. CLOUD STATE 5, WINONA STATE 0
The Huskies scored their first runs of the day when junior infielder Brooke Holmes (Savage, Minn.) hit an RBI-double down the left field line and Frechette hit a two-RBI double in the next at-bat, giving SCSU a 3-0 lead after two and a half innings. St. Cloud State added its final two runs of the game in the sixth with a sacrifice bunt from junior outfielder Bree Beck (Lakeville, Minn.) and an RBI-single from Holmes in back-to-back at-bats.

Senior pitcher Macey Clark (Winneconne, Wis.) was incredible in the circle, tossing her second straight shutout and her third in her last four starts, logging seven innings of one-hit ball.

TOP HUSKIES

Clark - SHO W (15-5), 7 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 3 K, 1 BB
Holmes - 2-4, 2B, 2 RBIs
Junior infielder Kennedy Palmer (Ankeny, Iowa) - 2-3, 2 R
Harms - 2-3, 2B
Beck - 1-1
Junior catcher/infielder Bethany Weiss (Forest Lake, Minn.) - 2-4
Frechette - 1-3, 2 RBIs
Honeycutt - 1-3, 2B

NOTABLES

SCSU moved to 48-62 all-time against Winona State and 3-3 in its last six matchups against the Warriors.
The Huskies improved to 6-6 on the road this season and 1-5 against teams ranked in the National Fast Pitch Coaches Association (NFCA) Division II Top 25 Coaches Poll.
SCSU recorded its first ranked win since March 28, 2025, against No. 10 Augustana (snapping a six-game ranked winless streak) and its first ranked shutout since March 5, 2023, against No. 8 Grand Valley State (Mich.).
The Huskies posted its 10^th shutout of the season and sixth of conference play.
SCSU recorded 11+ hits for the sixth time this season and third time of NSIC play.
Clark tallied her 15^th win, 13^th complete game and fifth shutout which all lead the team. She eclipsed 130.0 innings pitched this season and reached 120 strikeouts while lowering her season ERA to 1.37, WHIP to 0.92 and opposing batting average to .172. It was her second consecutive shutout and third in her last four starts.
Holmes recorded her 12^th multi-hit game and sixth multi-RBI game of the season which rank second and tied for fourth on the team respectively. It was her 10^th double of the season, and she became the fourth Husky to hit 10+ doubles this season. She extended her on-base streak to five games.
Palmer posted her seventh multi-hit game of the season and scored two runs in a game for the third time.
Harms tallied her second multi-hit game of the season and hit her fifth double of the season. She extended her on-base streak to a season-best 15 games.
Beck
Weiss notched her team-leading 15^th multi-hit game of the season.
Frechette recorded her ninth multi-RBI game of the season which is second most on the team. She extended her on-base streak to a season-best 13 games.
Honeycutt hit her 12^th double of the season which is ranks second on the team. She extended her on-base streak to five games.

UP NEXT
The Huskies travel to play Concordia-St. Paul (23-20, 12-8 NSIC) on Tuesday in another top four NSIC matchup. First pitches from Carlander Field in St. Paul are scheduled for 2 and 4 p.m. Links to each coverage option can be found on the SCSU Softball game day central or schedule page.

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