Minnesota Duluth continued to ravage the school record book for offense with an NSIC doubleheader sweep at Sioux Falls on Sunday.
The Bulldogs (33-8 overall, 15-3 NSIC) won 10-6 and 13-12 at Bowden Field.
UMD senior Becky Smith homered and doubled and drove in four runs in the opener. Leadoff hitter Hannah Schmoll had two of the team's 11 hits and scored three runs. Natalie Wright and Sammi Sadler each added two RBIs, while Ashley Taipale of Duluth earned the win in 4 2/3 innings of relief pitching.
The Bulldogs scored eight runs in the third inning of the second game, only to allow six in the third to fall behind 10-8. UMD rallied to extend its winning streak to 11 games.
Schmoll, Smith and Jordyn Thomas of Hermantown each had three of the team's 16 hits and combined for eight RBIs.
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• Martin Luther College scored five sixth-inning runs, aided by two St. Scholastica errors, to beat the Saints 5-2 in the second game of a UMAC doubleheader Sunday at Saints Field, ending a 22-game losing streak in the series and winning in Duluth for the first time in 20 years.
Maggie Schley homered in the second inning and Toni Bishop had two hits, but the Saints (12-11 overall, 6-2 UMAC) left runners on base in the fourth, fifth and sixth innings.
St. Scholastica won the opening game 5-3 behind Heidi Shelton's seven-hitter and Schley's two RBIs. Alexa Bremer and Cindi Rydlund, who reached base for the 18th straight game, each had two hits.
• Wisconsin-Superior extended its winning streak to seven by sweeping North Central University 13-0 and 2-1 on Saturday night at a neutral site in St. Paul.
Macy Hanson and Damara Theis combined on a five-inning one-hitter in the opener. Katie White was 2-for-4 with four RBIs and three runs scored; Maggie Cragg belted three hits, including two doubles, drove in three runs and scored three times; and Gabby Gidley had two hits and two RBIs.
Hanson went the distance in the second game, allowing four hits - including a seventh-inning homer - and striking out eight. UWS (13-13) scored both its runs in the second inning on RBI singles by Bobbijean Miller and Ciarra Stavang of Duluth.
