Aberdeen, S.D.  – The Northern State University softball team was swept by the University of Mary on the road earlier today. The Wolves are now 2-6 in Northern Sun action, with 22 games left in the 2-19 league schedule.
 
THE QUICK DETAILS
Game 1 Final: NSU 1, MARY 2
Game 2 Final: NSU 0, MARY 8 (5 inn)
Records: NSU 10-20 (2-6), MARY 13-15 (4-4)
 
GAME 1
HOW IT HAPPENED

• The two teams were scoreless through the first three innings of play, before the Marauders took a 1-0 lead in the bottom of the fourth
• Northern State tied things up in the sixth, as Courtney Sjerven doubled to left center field and came around to score on a single by Kennady Thompson
• Mary however took the lead for the second time in the bottom of the sixth and held the Wolves in the top of the seventh
• Northern tallied one run on four hits with one error defensively
• Jamie Fisher suffered the loss for NSU giving up one earned run on four hits with two walks and a strikeout
• Makenzie Merritt entered for one inning of relief giving up just one hit

 
NORTHERN STATE STATISTICAL STANDOUTS

• Courtney Sjerven: 1-for-3, 1 run, double
• Rachel Reinke: 2-for-3, double
• Kennady Thompson: 1-for-3, RBI

 
GAME 2
HOW IT HAPPENED

• The University of Mary jumped out to a 5-run lead in the first inning, and tacked on a combined three runs in the third and fifth which sealed the run rule win
• Northern was unable to push a run across, notching just three hits in the contest
• Andrea Cherney suffered her seventh loss of the season

 
NORTHERN STATE STATISTICAL STANDOUTS

• Kaitlyn King, Kennady Thompson, Jen Martin: 1-for-2

 
UP NEXT
Northern State remains on the road this weekend versus Minnesota Crookston and Bemidji State. First pitch is set for 1 p.m. each day with the Wolves facing the Golden Eagles on Saturday and Beavers on Sunday.