SMU Fastpitch Softball

**Game Notes**
The Cardinals were a perfect 4-0 vs. the Gusties a year ago. After beating GAC 5-3 and 9-1 in St. Peter, Minn., during the regular-season, SMU shut out Gustavus 3-0 and 1-0 during the double-elimination MIAC Tournament in Arden Hills, Minn. … The Cardinals pushed their winning streak to six straight Tuesday afternoon, getting a complete-game, 11-strikeout pitching effort from Jenny Schipp in beating Bethel 2-1 in the opener, while Jenni Gutterman’s 3-for-4, 2 RBI effort led SMU to an 11-1, five-inning tirumph in the second game. … Gustavus, meanwhile, pushed its winning streak to 11, as the Gusties posted a 10-0, 6-1 sweep of Hamline Tuesday.

Cardinal Notes

Jenni
Gutterman
Team-leading
..430 average,
13 multiple-hit
games

The Cardinals’ current six-game winning streak is one short of their season-high. … SMU has not given up more than two runs during its six-game win streak, and has outscored its opponents 30-7 during that span. … SMU is now 13-2 in its last 15 games — with the Cardinals’ lone two losses coming against No. 1-ranked St. Thomas. … SMU’s 11-run outburst vs. Bethel on Tuesday was the Cardinals’ highest offensive output of the season. … Jenni Gutterman (Shoreview, Minn.) went 3-for-4 with two RBIs in the Cardinals’ Game 2 win over Bethel Tuesday, marking the 13th time this season that the SMU senior has had at least two hits in a game — and the fifth time she has had three hits in a game. … Gutterman leads the team in virtually every offensive categories, including average (.430), at-bats (93), runs (25), hits (40), doubles (8), triples (2), total bases (55), slugging percentage (.591) and stolent bases (13). … Jenny Schipp (Oakdale, Minn.) struck out 11 in SMU’s Game 1 win over the Royals, pushing her career total to a school-record 483. … The Cardinals are 13-2 when holding their opponent under two runs. … SMU is 9-1 when scoring in the first inning and 13-2 when scoring first. … The Cardinals are 14-1 when outhitting their opponent.

**Gustie Notes**
The Gusties’ current 11-game winning streak is a season best. … GAC has not lost since a 1-0 setback at Augsburg in the first game of the teams’ MIAC doubleheader on April 1. … That loss to Augsburg snapped a six-game Gustie win streak, making GAC 17-1 over its last 18 games. … The Gusties enter today’s doubleheader with an 11-1 MIAC mark, one game in front of SMU for second place — and one game back of league-leading St. Thomas, which Gustavus faces on April 26. … Joyce DeWitz pitched GAC to both wins vs. Hamline, and has been the Gusties’ workhorse on the mound all season. DeWitz has pitched 86.2 innings, posting a 1.73 ERA and an 11-3 record. She also boasts a team-best 155 strikeouts. … Offensively, Audrey Lenoch has been the team’s sparkplug, boasting a .517 batting average with 31 hits, four doubles, three triples and three home runs. She also had driven in a team-high 32 RBIs, carries an .833 slugging percentage and has struck out just twice in 76 plate appearances.