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The start to the MIAC season was a tough one for the Royals, who opened MIAC play against St. Thomas and Gustavus — which finished 1-2 in the MIAC a year ago — and the two teams did not go easy on Bethel, as UST won 10-0 and 11-3, while the Gusties rolled to wins of 13-5 and 8-0. All four games were shortened to five innings by the eight-run rule. … Since that 0-4 MIAC start, the Royals have gone 2-4 — splitting vs. Concordia and Augsburg, before dropping both games vs. Saint Benedict last Saturday. … Nine of the Royals’ 26 games have gone the scheduled seven innings — Bethel has played seven extra-inning games (going 3-3-1 in those seven games), while 10 have been shortened by the eight-run rule (the Royals are 3-7 in those 10 games). … Lauren Habisch boasts team-bests in batting average (.383), hits (31), and doubles (8), while Molly Trombley has scored a team-leading 17 runs and Amber Beasley has driving in a team-best 18 runs. … Trombley also leads the team in walks (14) and stolen bases (8), and shares the team lead in home runs (2) with Laura Naig. … Nea Harkness and Charitey Rowden have been the workhorses on the mound for Bethel. Harkness has pitched 77 inning, going 8-5 with a 4.09 ERA and 49 Ks, while Rowden is 3-6 with a 5.48 ERA in 69 innings. She has also struck out a team-high 56 batters.
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The Cardinals failed to hold a seventh-inning, Game 2 lead for the second straight day, as Hamline rallied for a run in the bottom of the seventh to beat SMU 2-1 in Game 2 Saturday. SMU opened the MIAC doubleheader scoring four times in the top of the seventh to beat the Pipers, 4-1. Nikki Jung (Inver Grove Heights, Minn.) and Jenny Giannini (River Grove, Ill.) both drove in two runs in the Game 1 win, while the Cardinals managed just six singles — all by different players — in the Game 2 loss. … Bethel, meanwhile, dropped both ends of an MIAC DH vs. St. Benedict, falling 3-1 and 8-0.
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The Cardinals went to both ends of the spectrum to post their MIAC sweep of Bethel. In Game 1, the Cardinals scored two runs in the top of the first inning — and then held on for dear life en route to a nail-biting 2-1 victory. In Game 2, the Cardinals scored in four of the five innings they batted and coasted to a five-inning, 11-1 triumph.
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