DUNDAS, Minn. - St. Olaf swept Augsburg College 4-0 and 3-0 on Sunday afternoon at the Dundas Dome on the heels of two
Julie Graf complete game shutouts. Graf set a school record for wins (22) in the process, and pushed her St. Olaf record for single-season strikeouts to 272.
St. Olaf (26-12, 15-7 MIAC) will wait for Tuesday's Hamline-St. Catherine series, which will determine the Oles' playoff fate. St. Catherine is in the four-team postseason with a win in either game on Tuesday. Should Hamline sweep, St. Olaf would make the field as the fourth seed.
The Oles' 26 wins overall and 15 league victories are the most for the program since 1997 (31-12, 18-4).
Game One: St. Olaf 4, Augsburg 0
Kristina Lodahl was 2-for-3 with two RBIs while Graf and
Lucy Fuller also drove in runs in the 4-0 victory.
Graf allowed just three hits while striking out 12 and walking none.
Game Two: St. Olaf 3, Augsburg 0
Graf, again, allowed three hits in the shutout win, her ninth of the year. She struck out six and went 1-for-3 at the plate.
Jessica Bentley homered to lead off the second, while Fuller went 1-for-2 with a run. Lodahl hit an RBI double in the second and later scored in the Oles' two-run second inning.