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ROCK ISLAND, Ill. – Augustana scored nine runs to end Saturday's doubleheader opener after five innings and got a shutout from Ashley Anderson (Sherrard HS, Viola, Ill.) in the nightcap, sweeping Carthage 9-1 and 4-0 on Strike Out Cancer Day at Carver Field. Coach Kris Kistler's 18th-ranked Vikings improve to 20-7-1 on the year and 4-2 in the CCIW, while the Lady Reds fall to 9-15 overall and 2-4 in the league.
 
AUGUSTANA 9, CARTHAGE 1
 
Augustana put together two big innings to win the opener in just five frames. Senior Christie Wiersema (Morrison HS, Morrison, Ill.) allowed three hits and no walks in four innings to pick up her fourth win against just one loss. Freshman Shelby Grandt (Broomfield HS, Broomfield, Colo.) came on in relief to start the fifth and set the Lady Reds down in order.
 
Senior Chelsea Lavin (Downers Grove South HS, Downers Grove, Ill.) started a five-run Viking second by lining a one-out single off shortstop Olivia Scott's glove and into left field. Freshman Lauren Severson (Morris HS, Morris, Ill.) hit a liner that handcuffed the Carthage second baseman and junior Jordan Marshall's (Galesburg HS, St. Augustine, Ill.) bunt single loaded the bases. Senior Jenna Teson (Jacobs HS, Algonquin, Ill.) gave the hosts a 1-0 lead with an RBI single to center and junior Emily Rasche (Moline HS, Moline, Ill.) followed with a two-run single to left. Ashley Anderson knocked in the final two runs of the inning with a single to center.
 
The Lady Reds got their only run in the third on a two-out homer to left off the bat of pitcher Makenzie Walker. It looked as if the next batter, Kate Lelek, was going to go back-to-back, but senior left fielder Laura Behnke (St. Francis HS, Roselle, Ill.) brought her shot back in over the fence to keep the score at 5-1.
 
Augustana ended it with four in the bottom of the fifth. Ashley Anderson singled to short and moved to second on a throwing error. Grandt reached on an error as did the next batter, Kassandra Anderson (Geneseo HS, Silvis, Ill.), driving in pinch runner Jennifer Gray (Lincoln-Way East HS, Mokena, Ill.) in the process. Lavin's infield hit loaded the bases and pinch-hitter Allie Bettenhausen (Lincoln-Way East HS, Mokena, Ill.) doubled to the gap in left center, scoring Kassandra Anderson and Grandt to make it 8-1. One batter later, senior Jenna Teson (Jacobs HS, Algonquin, Ill.) drove a ball over the first baseman's head, plating Lavin with the game-ending run.
 
Rasche went 2-for-2 with two RBI. Ashley Anderson and Teson were each 2-for-3 with two driven in and Lavin went 2-for-3 with two runs scored.
 
AUGUSTANA 4, CARTHAGE 0,
 
Rasche got the Vikings started off on the right foot in the top of the first. After fouling off several Darian Pelsor offerings, Rasche crushed a leadoff homer over the fence in left field. Teson followed with a single to left center, stole second and came around to score on Brittany Kellett's (The Woodlands HS, The Woodlands, Texas) RBI single.
 
As it turned out, that would be all the scoring that game two starter Ashley Anderson would need. The junior left-hander gave up just three hits in a complete game shutout. Only twice did Carthage advance a runner past first. In the third, Kate Lelek drew a two-out walk and moved to second on a wild pitch. Tiffani Palmatier followed with a single to right, but Gray fired a strike to Kellett, cutting down Lelek at the plate to end the inning. Sam Phelps led off the fifth by reaching second on an error. She moved to third on a groundout, but was stranded there when Anderson retired the next two batters.
 
Augustana added insurance runs in the fifth and seventh. Teson drew a two-out walk in the fifth, stole second and came all the way around to score on an infield hit by Ashley Anderson. Junior Taylor Ambrozi (Moline HS, Moline, Ill.) led off the seventh with an infield hit, moved to third when Gray doubled of the third baseman's glove and scored on a passed ball.
 
Ambrozi was the only Viking with multiple hits, finishing 2-for-3. Anderson gave up just three singles, walked two and fanned three in earning her seventh win in 10 decisions.
 
Augustana is on the road on Wednesday, April 15, traveling to Elmhurst for a 3:00 p.m. doubleheader with the Bluejays.