During the Regular Season
St. Thomas vs. Saint Ben's
April 30, 2006 / Details
Game 1: St. Thomas 10, St. Ben's 1
Game 2: St. Thomas 5, St. Ben's 0
This and That: Janet Nagle laced a pair of three-run homers and threw a two-hit shutout with 15 strikeouts in the nightcap as the Tommies swept St. Ben's. … UST banged out 22 hits — including six home runs — vs. the Blazers. … CSB, meanwhile, was held to five hits and one run in the doubleheader.
St. Thomas vs. Saint Mary's
April 8, 2006 / Details
Game 1: St. Thomas 3, SMU 1
Game 2: St. Thomas 9, SMU 4
This and That: Carrie Embree went 5-for-7 on the day with four runs, four stolen bases and three RBIs to lead the No. 1-ranked Tommies to the MIAC sweep. … Nikki Conway and Janet Nagle homered in Game 2 to lead a 12-hit St. Thomas attack. … SMU's Jenny Schipp struck out 11 in the Game 1 loss, while also going 2-for-4 in the nightcap.
St. Thomas vs. Gustavus
April 26, 2006 / Details
Game 1: St. Thomas 2, Gustavus 1
Game 2: Gustavus 3, St. Thomas 2
This and That: GAC snapped UST's win streak at 49 and its MIAC win streak at 28 with the Game 2 win. … UST's Janet Nagle had her Division III record win streak halted at 35 decisions. She lost her first MIAC decision of her career (41-1). … Gustavus' Joyce DeWitz pitched both games and held the Toms to four runs over 14 innings.
Gustavus vs. Saint Mary's
April 20, 2006 / Details
Game 1: Gustavus 3, Saint Mary's 1
Game 2: Saint Mary's 5, Gustavus 4
This and That: SMU battled back from a 3-1 deficit, scoring two runs in the bottom of the seventh inning — the second on a bases-loaded, two-out walk to Erin Leone — to salvage an MIAC split. … The Gusties scored single runs in the first, third and fifth inning en route to the Game 1 win.
Gustavus vs. Saint Benedict
May 2, 2006 / Details
Game 1: Gustavus 4, Saint Ben's 0
Game 2: Gustavus 5, Saint Ben's 2
This and That: Julie Mahre belted a pair of home runs and Joyce DeWtiz tossed a one-hitter in GAC's Game 1 win. … The Gusties tied a school record for wins (27) with the Game 2 win over the Blazers and earned the No. 2 seed in the MIAC Tournament.
Saint Mary's vs. Saint Benedict
April 13, 2006 / Details
Game 1: SMU 5, Saint Ben's 2
Game 2: SMU 3, Saint Ben's 1 (10)
This and That: Jenni Gutterman went 4-for-9 with a pair of RBIs, while Nikki Jung was 4-for-8 with an RBI in SMU's sweep. … Gutterman and Jenny Schipp delivered RBI singles in the top of the 10th in the Cardinals' Game 2 win. … The 10-inning was the second-longest of the season for the Cardinals.
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Tournament Schedule
Friday's Games:
G1: #1 St. Thomas 4, #4 St. Benedict 0 / Recap
G2: #2 Gustavus 2, #3 Saint Mary's 1 (8) / Recap
G3: #1 St. Thomas 6, #2 Gustavus 2 / Recap
G4: #3 Saint Mary's 7, #4 St. Benedict 0 / Recap
Saturday's Games
G5: G3 loser vs. G4 winner, 11:00
G6: G3 winner vs. G5 winner, 1:30
G7: G6 winner vs. G6 loser, 4:00 (if necessary)
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Tommie Notes
Janet
Nagle
43-1 all-time
vs. MIAC foes
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St. Thomas starts the playoffs with a 20-game postseason win streak. … The Tommies are looking to become the first D-III softball team to win three consecutive NCAA titles in the 25-year history of the event. … Coach John Tschida is the lone coach in NCAA softball to win national championships at two different institutions (Saint Mary's and St. Thomas). … Janet Nagle (Minnetonka, Minn.) threw a five-inning perfect game and St. Thomas won the outright MIAC softball championship with Tuesday's 9-1 and 9-0 sweep of fourth-place St. Catherine Nagle struck out 12 of 15 batters she faced as she improved to 43-1 on her career vs. conference foes. … UST outscored MIAC foes 180-11, with 16 shutouts in 22 games. … St. Thomas hit five home runs last Tuesday to shatter the NCAA Division III season record. The old mark of 51 home runs was set in April 2006 by Lynchburg (Va.), which concluded its season last week. The Tommies now have 54 homers in 40 games, including 11 in four games last week. … The Tommies' 38-2 start is the best in school history. … St. Thomas softball stayed atop the NFCA poll released April 27. … St. Thomas is 76-2 vs. conference opponents since April 2003 and 152-8 vs. MIAC teams since 2000. … The Tommies have won six of the last seven and 13 all-time regular-season conference titles. They've also won both playoff titles since the format began in 2004..
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Cardinal Notes
Jenni
Gutterman
Has hit safely
in 18 straight
and 30 of 34
games
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The Cardinals' Jenny Schipp (Oakdale, Minn.) tossed her fifth career no-hitter in last Tuesday's win vs. Carleton. She struck out seven and did not walk a batter. Schipp's fourth career no-hitter last Thursday in SMU's 3-1 Game 1 win over UW-La Crosse. … Schipp struck out 13 batters in that opening-game win vs. UW-L, marking the seventh time this season that the SMU senior has struck out 10 or more batters. … Jenni Gutterman (Shoreview, Minn.) went 8-for-8 vs. Carleton Tuesday, then added a hit in each game vs. UW-River Falls the next day, extending her season-high hitting streak to 18 straight. … Gutterman has now hit safely in 34 of SMU's 38 games. … Gutterman leads the team in virtually every offensive category, including average (.423), at-bats (137), runs (37), hits (58), doubles (12), triples (5), slugging % (.606), on-base % (.451) and stolen bases (22). … SMU's 11-inning Game 2 loss to the Eagles last Thursday was its longest game of the season. … SMU's Game 2 loss to the Eagles also snapped its six-game winning streak. … UW-L's fourth-inning Game 1 run ended SMU's scoreless streak at 34 straight innings. … The Cardinals have outscored their opponents in every inning but the second (11-8) and eighth (5-3). … SMU is 11 when scoring in the first inning and 20-3 when scoring first.
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Gustie Notes
Audrey
Lenoch
..553 BA,
10 2B, 8 3B
3 HR, 46 RBI
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The Gusties come into the tournament as one of the hottest teams, having won seven straight — including a 3-2 win over top-ranked St. Thomas — and 11 of their last 12. … GAC's last two losses — 2-1 to St. Thomas on April 26 and 5-4 to Saint Mary's on April 20 — have come vs. MIAC tournament opponent. … The Gusties set a school record for wins this season with 29. … After opening the season with four straight losses — the only time this season that GAC has lost more than one game in a row — the Gusties have gone 29-3. … Audrey Lenoch (Pine Island, Minn.) has been GAC's offensive leader, boasting a .553 BA (52-for-94), while also putting up team-bests in doubles (10), triples (8), RBIs (46), slugging percentage (.926), walkks (21) and on-base percentage (.638). … Lenoch enters the tournament with a 14-game hitting streak and 10 multiple-RBI games. … Julie Mahre (White Bear Lake, Minn.) has belted six of GAC's 12 home runs, has scored a team-high 46 runs and leads the team with 14 multiple-hit games. … Joyce DeWitz (Good Thunder, Minn.) has been GAC's workhorse on the mound, compilng a 19-4 record and a 1.45 ERA in 140.1 innings. She has struck out 154 batters and posted 12 complete games. … The Gusties have outscored their opponents in every inning — including 75-7 in the first inning — and are 22-4 when scoring first and 24-4 when scoring in the first ining.
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Blazer Notes
Chrstina
Gardner
Has hit safely
in 18 straight
and 30 of 34
games
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The Blazers' tournament fate was not decided until the final game of the season. CSB and St. Catherine were tied for the final playoff spot through the first two MIAC tiebreakers, a split between St. Olaf and Augsburg in Thursday's final game gave the berth to CSB. … The Blazers have been a team of streaks, opening the season with a nine-game losing streak, then rebounding to win 15 of their next 20, only to enter the tourney on a five-gmae losing streak. … CSB has been outscored 32-4 during its current five-game slide, which includes 10-1, 5-0 losses to first-round opponent St. Thomas. … Kristin Beranek (New Ulm, Minn.) has been the Blazers' offensive leader, hitting .301 from the lead-off spot. … Beranek also leads the team in at-bats (113), runs (16), hits (34) and triples (2). … Christina Gardner (Arvada, Colo.) boasts a team-best 22 RBIs and has hit two of CSB's six home runs this seaosn. … Gardner (4-11, 2.80 ERA) and Monica Eiden (Maple Grove, Minn. / 10-5, 2.44 ERA) have carreid the brunt of the pitching duties this season, with Eiden striking out 104 batters in 103.1 innings, while Gardner has fanned 80 in 97.1 innings of work.
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