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Minnesota-Morris UMM 0-3
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Winner Loras LORW 3-0
Minnesota-Morris UMM
0-3
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Final
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Loras LORW
3-0
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
Minnesota-Morris UMM 0 0 2 0 3 4 0 9 9 1
Loras LORW 2 3 0 3 1 1 X 10 14 3

W: Reilly, Emily (2-0) L: K. Wycoff (0-1)

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Winner Loras LORW 4-0
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Minnesota-Morris UMM 0-4
Winner
Loras LORW
4-0
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Final
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Minnesota-Morris UMM
0-4
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
Loras LORW 0 0 4 0 0 3 3 10 12 0
Minnesota-Morris UMM 1 0 2 0 2 0 0 5 10 1

W: Corkill, Emma (1-0) L: B. Hulett (0-2)

Game Recap: Softball |

Lentine Muscles Duhawks to Sweep of Minn.-Morris

MINNEAPOLIS (Duhawks.com) - The Loras softball team continued its dominating start to the season with a sweep of Minn.-Morris on Saturday, winning 10-9 in game one and 10-5 in game two. Leading the Duhawks was sophomore Ashley Lentine, who was 7-for-9 with nine RBIs and two home runs.

MOMENTS THAT MATTERED
Game One
  • Senior Dani Stromert and freshman McKenna Hawkins swiped a combined three bases in the first and were later brought into score on a two-RBI single by sophomore Lauren Fritz.
  • Sophomores Megan Larson and Ashley Lentine recorded back-to-back home runs in the bottom of the second for a 5-0 lead. 
  • Minn.-Morris responded with two runs in the top of third after capitalizing on a Loras error and two Cougar base hits. 
  • In the bottom of the fourth, Loras strung together four straight hits, plating three runs in the process from a trio of juniors in Regan Wolverton, Bria Lenten and Savannah Fowler. 
  • Trailing 8-2, Minn.-Morris came alive in the fifth and sixth innings at the plate, scoring seven runs to tie the game at 9-all.
  • Larson came to the plate in the bottom of the sixth and reached base on an infield hit. She later came around to score after a sacrifice fly by Stromert for the winning run.

Game Two
  • After the Cougars jumped out to an early 1-0 lead, Fowler drew a walk and came in to score after a triple by Lentine.
  • The Duhawks continued their third inning rally with a RBI double from Fritz plating both Stromert and Hawkins. 
  • In the bottom of the fifth, Minn.-Morris strung together three straight hits, including two doubles to retake the lead, 5-4.  
  • In the sixth, the Duhawks rattled off back-to-back hits by Wolverton and Lenten. After a walk to Fowler, Lentine smacked a single to right field to score Wolverton from third and tie the gave at 5-all.
  • Larson's single to center field put Loras in front by two, scoring Fowler and Lentine.
  • A 3-run blast to left center by Lentine delivered the knockout punch for the Duhawks in the top of the seventh.
 
FRIEDMAN GROUP PLAYERS OF THE GAME
Ashley Lentine | In two games on Saturday, Lentine drove in nine runs, including a solo blast and a 3-run homer. She finished the weekend hitting .625 with 10 RBIs, three home runs, a double and a triple.
 
NOTABLES
  • For the first time since 2007, the Duhawks are off to a 4-0 start. That season, Loras won its first eight games before finishing the year 19-21
  • In two games on Saturday, Lentine drove in nine runs, including a solo blast and a 3-run homer

UP NEXT
Loras travels to St. Louis, Mo. to take on Fontbonne and Eureka in a pair of doubleheaders on March 11 and 12. First pitch on Friday against the Griffins is scheduled for 2 p.m.