Macalester vs. Hamline box scores: Game 1 | Game 2

Hamline turned a 6-6 tie to win the second game 8-6 and earn a doubleheader sweep over hostpener 9-1 and improve to 27-9 on the season. Macalester to clinch the No. 3 seed in next week's four-team MIAC tournament. The Pipers won the o

All-MIAC catcher Crystal Barriga (Jr., Broomfield, Colo. / Legacy) went 3-for-4 in the nightcap with two RBI and two runs scored to lead the Macalester attack. Twenty-two runners were left stranded on base by the two teams in the two-hour contest.

Each team scored once in the first inning in game one and Hamline opened up a commanding lead with five runs in the top of the third.

The Scots played well in the second game against one of the MIAC's top teams, but came up short as the Pipers scored the winning run in the top of the fifth inning. In addition to getting three hits and two runs driven in by Barriga, Macalester received RBI hits from Kate Ziegler (Sr., Oak Park, Ill. / Oak Park-River Forest), Chloe Souza (Fy., Los Angeles, Calif. / Windward) and Olivia Abbott (Jr., Lakewood, Colo. / Green Mountain)

The Scots close out the season Wednesday (April 29) at home against Martin Luther at 4 p.m.