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Huskies have rough start to NCC season
Softball team has rough trips to Mankato and Colorado for the start of the NCC schedule
By Ben Dunsmoor
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Tuesday, April 15, 2003
The North Central Conference season didn't start off as the Husky softball team would've liked.
St. Cloud's conference opening doubleheader in Mankato Wednesday saw the Mavericks sweep the Huskies 3-2 and 1-0.
SCSU was playing catch-up the entire first game as MSU, Mankato scored all three of their runs in the first inning. Senior pitcher Megan Grimes allowed all three runs in that inning and was replaced by junior Nicole Webb for the rest of the game.
The Huskies didn't score until the third inning when sophomore right fielder Abby Velta scored from second base off an Abby Bourman single. The other SCSU run was in the fourth inning when third baseman Megan Fuches scored off first-year Laurel Bauer's double. That was all the Huskies could muster as the subsequent three innings ended in a scoreless stalemate.
Webb remained the Huskies' pitcher for the second game as both teams failed to get on the board in the first five innings. The Mavs scored in the sixth inning on an unearned pop out, which was the entire scoring for the game.
SCSU had a chance to redeem themselves though during the weekend. Saturday and Sunday St. Cloud traveled to Greeley, Colo., for the first of two NCC North-South Classic Tournaments. A slate of four tough conference games in two days awaited the Huskies in the Rocky Mountain State.
Saturday had the Huskies playing the University of South Dakota, No. 11 Nebraska-Omaha and the host University of Northern Colorado Bears.
The Huskies started off the tournament on a great note with an impressive 10-1 five-inning affair with South Dakota, gaining their first NCC victory of the season.
The second game wasn't going to be as easy for St. Cloud as they had to play UNO. The first three innings were rough on the Huskies as they allowed the Mavericks to score all six of their runs off nine hits in that span. SCSU scored three runs in the game off RBI's by Bourman, Webb and sophomore Jessica Swartout. However, it all was in a losing effort as the Huskies dropped the second game 6-3.
First baseman Brooke Gentzler and shortstop Angie Berg both went two-for-three at the plate for the Huskies in the final game of the night against UNC. All the runs were scored in the fourth and fifth innings as SCSU dropped their second straight game of the day, 6-4 to the Bears.
Sunday proved to be better for the Huskies as they won their only game of the day, 10-1 over Augustana. Gentzler, Berg and Fuches accounted for six of the Huskies 10 hits in the game. Webb threw a complete game allowing three runs, one hit and struck out two Augie batters.
Six games into the NCC season, the Huskies have a 2-4 record and are 22-12 overall. Coming up this week, SCSU will play two doubleheaders on the road. The first will be against Concordia-St. Paul Tuesday in nonconference action. They'll continue their NCC schedule Thursday against the University of North Dakota.
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