Aberdeen, S.D.  – The Northern State University softball team dropped a pair of games to No. 17 Augustana University on Friday from Manor Park.  
 
THE QUICK DETAILS
Game 1 Final: NSU 0, AU 8 (6 inn)
Game 2 Final: NSU 2, AU 8 (6 inn)
Records: NSU 17-27 (9-13 NSIC), AU 40-7 (20-2 NSIC)
 
GAME 1
HOW IT HAPPENED

• Augustana shut-out Northern in six innings of play, notching one run in the first, two in the second, one in the third, three in the fifth, and one in the sixth
• The Wolves tallied three hits and did not give up an error defensively
• Jamie Fisher suffered her 13^th loss of the season

 
NORTHERN STATE STATISTICAL STANDOUTS

• Rachel Reinke: 1-for-3
• Jen Martin: 1-for-3
• Madison Rutter: 1-for-2

 
GAME 2
HOW IT HAPPENED

• Augustana took a 5-0 lead in their first three at-bats, before the Wolves notched their first and only runs of the game in the bottom of the third
• Rachel Reinke led off the third for NSU with a walk, and came around to score the following at-bat, as Courtney Sjerven doubled to left center
• Sjerven then came around to score on Cassidy Schaar's groundout to the shortstop
• Augustana answered in the fourth with three more runs, before sealing the game with three more runs in the top of the sixth
• Northern tallied two runs on two hits with four errors
• Makenzie Merritt suffered her fourth loss of the season in the game

 
NORTHERN STATE STATISTICAL STANDOUTS

• Courtney Sjerven: 1-for-3, 1 run, 1 RBI
• Jamie Fisher: 1-for-3

 
UP NEXT
Northern State wraps up senior weekend tomorrow versus Wayne State from Manor Park. First pitch is set for 12 p.m. with the Wolves honoring their seniors between games.