SMU Fastpitch Softball

**Game Notes**
The Cardinals scored 18 runs on 26 hits — and held Macalester scoreless — en route to wins of 8-0 and 10-0 during the teams’ MIAC doubleheader in Winona, Minn. … Cardinals’ pitchers Jenny Schipp and Erin Leone combined to strike out 29 Concordia batters, as the Cardinals posted a pair of 2-0 victories over the Cobbers last Saturday. Schipp allowed two hits and fanned 15 in Game 1, while Leone tossed a three-hitter with 14 Ks in the nightcap. … Macalester, meanwhile, saw its losing streak climb to 11 with a pair of nonconference losses to Viterbo on Monday. The Scots dropped the opener 9-4, then were shut out 10-0 in Game 2.

Cardinal Notes

Jenni
Gutterman
Has hit safely
in 10 straight
and 26 of 30

The Cardinals have now won three straight, nine of their last 10 and 17 of their last 20. … SMU's 3-1 loss to Gustavus last Thursday snapped its six-game winning streak — and was the Cardinals' first home loss of the season (6-1). … Eight of the Cardinals' 11 losses have been by two runs or less. … Jenny Schipp (Oakdale, Minn.) posted a season-best 15 strikeouts in SMU's Game 1 win vs. Concordia last Saturday, while Erin Leone (Farmington, Minn.) fanned a season- and career-high 14 in Game 2. … Leone earned MIAC PItcher of the Week honors last week, after posting a 0.00 ERA and a 2-0 record — including the 14-strikeout effort vs. Concordia. She allowed just three hits and did not walk a batter in 12.3 innings. … Jenni Gutterman (Shoreview, Minn.) hit safely in all six of SMU's games last week and currently boasts a 10-game hitting streak — one short of her season high. … Gutterman, who leads the team in virtually every offensvie category — including average (.411), at-bats (107), hits (44), doubles (9), total bases (60), slugging percentage (.561) and stolen bases (14) — has had at least one hit in 26 of SMU's 30 games. … The Cardinals improved to 15-2 when holding their opponents to two runs or less, and are also 15-2 when scoring first. … SMU has outscored its opponents 129-75 — including 23-14 in the first inning, 21-11 in the third and 23-7 in the third. … SMU is 17-1 when outhitting its opponents.

**Scot Notes**
With Macalester’s Game 2 loss to Viterbo, the Scots have now been shutout in three of their last four games — and 11 times on the season. … Kate Ziegler is the Scots’ offensive leader, boasting a .325 batting average (27-for-83), while Laura Meinke boasts a team-best 11 RBIs. … Kristen Mainz and Hannah Wydeven have shared the pitching duties, with Mainz posting a 6.42 ERA in 97.0 innings, while Wydeven carries a 6.61 ERA in 89.0 innings. … Scots’ pitchers have thrown 28 complete games among Macalester’s 32 games. … Macalester opponents have hit 12 home runs, while Meinke and Kaylie Burns account for the Scots’ lone HRs.