SMSU SOFTBALL: SMSU takes on undefeated SCSU in non-conference doubleheader today
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MARSHALL -- The Southwest Minnesota State University softball team (7-3) continues non-conference play today with a doubleheader versus St. Cloud State University (8-0) inside the Husky Dome in St. Cloud, Minn., with first pitch slated for 1 p.m.
•This will be SMSU's third trip to the Husky Dome this season and is a perfect 6-0 in the facility.
•Following today's games, SMSU will have its final non-conference games prior to league play starting with a doubleheader versus UMary in Aberdeen, S.D. on March 19.
•SMSU will open conference play on Tuesday, March 30, at Sioux Falls.
Game coverage
•Live video and stats for both games will be available at SMSUmustangs.com.
About
St. Cloud State
•St. Cloud State, picked fourth in the NSIC Preseason Coaches' poll, is 8-0 this season.
•SCSU is led by Jasmin Estrada and Megan Conrads, who are both batting .571 with a combined five doubles and three home runs.
•SCSU is batting .435 and averaging 9.7 runs per game, while the pitching staff has a 1.37 ERA with 48 strikeouts in 51 innings.
Series history vs.
St. Cloud State
•SMSU and SCSU have meet 99 times since the 1973 season with SCSU holding a 52-46-1 all-time series advantage.
•SCSU has won five of the last six games, including sweeping a twinbill in the last meeting during the 2019 season in St. Cloud.
•From 2011 to 2017, SMSU held a 12-1-1 advantage in the series.
•SMSU's last victory in the series came on May 4, 2018, at the NSIC Tournament.
SMSU
diamond notes
•SMSU is coming off a doubleheader split versus Northern State last Sunday afternoon inside the Presentation Dome in Aberdeen, S.D.
•In the opener, NSU scored the winning run in the bottom of the seventh to secure a 2-1 victory. Mustang pitcher Megan Cull tossed the complete allowing two runs on six hits with six strikeouts.
•SMSU's lone run in the game occurred in the first inning on an RBI single by Lileya Kebos.
•In game two, the SMSU offensive exploded with 11 hits in earning an 11-3 run-rule victory. Kali Tomlinson and Madison Krog each belted three-run homers in the victory.
•Tomlinson finished the game 3 for 3 with three runs scored and set a career-high with five RBIs.
•Shelby Bloemendaal earned the win in the circle allowing three runs on seven hits in five innings.
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