THIS WEEKEND IN PEACOCK SOFTBALL…

Upper Iowa (11-23, 3-9 NSIC) will takes its three-game winning streak to St. Paul, Minn. for a midweek doubleheader at Concordia University, St. Paul on Wednesday, April 12 at 12 p.m. before hosting four games on Strikeout Melanoma Weekend in Fayette. The Peacocks will take on St. Cloud State at the Eischeid Softball Complex on Friday, April 14 at 1 p.m. and will host Minnesota Duluth to round out the weekend on Saturday, April 15 at 12 p.m. This weekend's games will be broadcast online on UIU TV and will both be available in eastern Iowa on KCRG TV 9.3. Wednesday's games were originally scheduled for 2 & 4 p.m., but weather in Minnesota forced the games to be moved up to 12 & 2.
 

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GAMES 35-36	GAMES 37-38	GAMES 39-40
AT CONCORDIA-ST. PAUL	VS. ST. CLOUD STATE	VS. MINNESOTA DULUTH
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 12	FRIDAY, APRIL 14	SATURDAY, APRIL 15
12 P.M.	1 P.M. || KCRG TV 9.3	12 P.M. || KCRG TV. 9.3
ST. PAUL, MINN.	FAYETTE, IOWA	FAYETTE, IOWA

 

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PEACOCK STORYLINES...

BUILDING MOMENTUM: The Peacocks split their six-game road trip last week, picking up the final three games to build their first winning streak of the conference season. After losing the first three games of the week, UIU bounced back with a big game two win at Bemidji State to snap its ten-game losing streak. UIU then swept Minnesota Crookston to build a three-game winning streak on Sunday behind outstanding pitching and timely hitting. Upper Iowa tallied 45 hits in the four games over the weekend after struggling with the bats at Augustana in the midweek. UIU never trailed UMC on Sunday in one of its best performances of the season.

BEST OUTINGS: Starting pitchers Erin Drahozal and Courtney Clayberg put together their best performances on Sunday in the circle. Drahozal did not give up a hit until the fourth inning of game one, and scattered just four hits all game to earn the win. The sophomore from Cedar Rapids, who usually gets the start in game two, was given the ball in game one and improved to 3-7 on the season. Drahozal allowed just two runs on the day as well. Clayberg got the start in game two for Upper Iowa, and put together one of her best performances in the circle this season as well. The sophomore from Ankeny, Iowa improved to 3-5 on the season after allowing just four hits and two runs in the complete game, and took a no-hit bid into the sixth.
 

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ABOUT THE OPPONENTS…

CONCORDIA-ST. PAUL: The Golden Bears (11-22, 3-9 NSIC) hit .249 as a team last week against SMSU, UMD, and SCSU. Senior pitcher Linzy Heim struck out a season-high six batters in 4-2 win over the Mustangs. CSP held a one run lead heading into the sixth of game two at Minnesota Duluth before the Bulldogs scored four runs in the bottom of the inning. The Golden Bears then held a 7-3 lead in game two against St. Cloud State after five innings of play before SCSU scored eight runs in the final two innings. 

ST. CLOUD STATE: The Huskies (23-15, 7-5 NSIC) had a 3-3 week with a win over Northern State and two over Concordia-St. Paul.  Jaiden Lund hit .500 on the week with six runs, nine hits, three doubles, a home run and four RBIs plus 15 total bases, while Alexis Jacobs totaled three pinch hit knocks including the game-winning pinch hit grand slam against CSP in the second game.

MINNESOTA DULUTH: The Bulldogs (26-10, 10-2 NSIC) are now 8-2 at home this season after splitting a doubleheader with Minnesota State this past Saturday. UMD is hitting .285 as a team and have five starters sporting batting averages of .327 of better. The Bulldogs are now 5-1 against NFCA II Top 25 clubs this season, with the latest victory coming against No. 18 Minnesota State. UMD has outscored the opposition 31-14 in the first inning and has scored first in 19 of its 36 games to date (going 17-2 when it has done so)picked up a 2-1 victory over MSU Moorhead to pick up their 11th win of the season and tie their win total for the 2016 season.