Macalester vs. Bethany Lutheran box scores: Game 1 | Game 2

After taking the opener 11-2, Bethany Lutheran rallied from behind and held off a late Macalester rally in game two to complete the sweep with an 8-6 win Sunday in Mankato.

In game two, the Scots responded from their earlier setback by jumping out on top 4-0 after their first two at-bats. Mac went up 1-0 in the first frame by getting doubles from Amanda Knopf (Jr., Boulder, Colo.) and Cleo Nagy. The Scots plated three more runs in the top of the second on four hits, getting RBI's from Lily Alexander (Fy., Takoma Park, Md. / Montgomery Blair), Knopf and Katie Fuller (Fy., Boulder, Colo.).

The Vikings then scored in four of the next five innings to go up 8-4 before Macalester battled back in the top of the seventh, getting three hits, including a Fuller double and two-run homer by Nagy.

In the opener, the Scots crossed the plate twice in the first inning on RBI's from Knopf and Nagy.

The Scots (7-15 overall and 0-6 in the MIAC) return to conference play Wednesday (April 13) at Bethel.