NORTHFIELD, Minn. – Senior Emily Carr became the St. Olaf College softball program's all-time leader in career RBI on Senior Day, as the Oles swept Macalester College, 4-3 and 9-5, on Saturday afternoon at Mabel Shirley Field.

After recording the 100th RBI of her career in the opener, Carr hit a first-inning grand slam in game two to break a tie with Emily Sather '95 and become the program's all-time leader in RBI. St. Olaf (23-11, 13-5 MIAC) jumped out to leads of 4-0 in the opener and 9-2 in the nightcap before holding off Macalester (14-20, 6-10 MIAC) to close out its third-straight Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (MIAC) sweep.

Prior to the games, St. Olaf celebrated its six seniors and their families in an on-field ceremony. The group of six has a career record of 86-60 and is in search of its second-straight appearance in the MIAC Playoffs.

St. Olaf 4, Macalester 3 | Box Score

Junior Julie Graf won her fifth-straight decision in the opener, striking out 16 batters with no walks to pick up her 14th victory of the season. The Oles used a three-run fifth to stake Graf to a 4-0 lead and held on despite a three-run sixth for the Scots.

St. Olaf put a run on the board in the first inning when first year Tarah DeCroock singled, moved to second on a bunt and scored on two wild pitches. From there, Sophie Migacz and Graf put up zeroes until the home half of the fifth.

In the fifth, sophomore Abby Grismer singled in senior Kate Arneson, who led off the inning with a single and moved up a base on a Macalester error. With the bases loaded and one out later in the frame, Carr lofted a sacrifice fly to right to extend the lead to 3-0 and a wild pitch allowed pinch runner Kaelin Sbrocco to score to complete the three-run inning.

After being held to one hit through five innings, the Scots got the three runs back in the top of the sixth, with one run scoring on a wild pitch and two on a two-out, two-run single by Audrey Meade. Graf got a strikeout to strand runners on first and second and maintain the one-run lead and pitched around a leadoff error in the top of the seventh.

St. Olaf 9, Macalester 5 | Box Score

Carr's first-inning grand slam down the left-field line paved way in game two for St. Olaf, which got 2.2 innings of one-hit relief from Grismer. Carr was one of three Oles with multiple hits, as DeCroock and fellow first year Andrea Conway also had two.

After Carly Dammann put up a zero in the top of the first, St. Olaf's first three batters reached to fill the bases. Following a strikeout, Carr sent a towering fly ball that stayed inside the foul pole on a 3-2 pitch to bring her total to 12 RBI this weekend.

Kaela Jackson halved the Oles' lead with a two-out, two-run double in the top of the third for Macalester to bring the score to 4-2. In the fourth, the Scots loaded the bases with one out, but Grismer came on to relieve Dammann and escape the inning with a strikeout and a ground ball to short.

After throwing a complete game for her first collegiate victory on Friday, Dammann yielded two runs on six hits in 3.1 innings with three strikeouts. Grismer surrendered just one hit and fanned three in 2.2 shutout innings before first year Sydney Robson got the final three outs.

St. Olaf tacked on five runs on just two hits in the fifth to stretch its lead to 9-2. The Oles drew five walks in the inning while scoring twice on a single by sophomore Hannah Matthies, once on a wild pitch, once on a bases-loaded walk to senior Kate Arneson and one more on a passed ball.

Trailing by seven, Macalester plated three runs in the top of the seventh. With the bases loaded and two outs, Meade provided a two-run single to right and Kate Lawhead followed with a run-scoring double down the left-field line before Robson got the final out.

St. Olaf crosses the Cannon River to take on Carleton College on Wednesday, Apr. 24 at 3:30 p.m.