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The Scots won four of their 10 games held at the National Training Center in Clermont, Florida, over Spring Break (March 17-22) and return home with an 8-8 record on the season.  Macalester gained wins over Oswego State (N.Y.), New England College (N.H.), Framingham State (Mass.) and New Paltz State (N.Y.).

Hali Englert (So., Castle Rock, Colo. / Castle View) batted .500 and also led the team in slugging percentage (.600) and on-base percentage (.577). Saraswati Wilson (So., Olathe, Kan. / Olathe Northwest) was 15-for-35 for a .429 batting mark, while leading the team with seven runs scored from her leadoff position.

Alisha Barritt (So., Oklahoma City, Okla. / Bethany) hit .333, Miranda Stokes (So., Perry, Utah / Box Elder) hit .300 and Cleo Nagy (Jr., Eugene, Ore. / Henry D. Sheldon) led the team with seven runs driven in.

Stokes was 2-0 in the ciricle with a 2.40 ERA and Brittany Ehmann (So., Island Lake, Ill. / Wauconda)  posted a 3.41 ERA with 17 strikeouts.

Macalester plays Wisconsin-Stout Friday (March 29) at 5 p.m. at the West St. Paul Dome.

Macalester Spring Break Softball Schedule & Scoreboard

Sunday, March 17:
vs. Oswego State (@Clermont, Fla.) W 9-1 | box score
vs. New England College (@Clermont, Fla.) W 11-3 | box score
    * Macalester got the trip off to an excelent start, gaining decisive wins over Oswesgo and New England.  Saraswati Wilson went 3-for-4 from her leadoff spot against Oswego and Alisha Barritt gained the win on a four-hitter.  Anna Munson drove in three runs in the New England game and three teammates collected a couple hits.

Monday, March 18:
vs. Western New England (@Clermont, Fla.) L 0-3 | box score
vs. Framingham State (@Clermont, Fla.) W 8-4 | box score
    * After having its six-game win streak snapped earlier in the day by Western New England, the Scots bounced right back to topple Framingham State to improve to 7-2 on the season.  Down 3-2 going into the bottom of the fourth inning, Macalester took over with three runs in the fourth and three more in the fifth.  Alisha Barritt, Courtney Nussbaumer and Hali Englert each contributed a couple hits for the Scots, with Englert driving in three, and Brittany Ehmann pitched all seven frames to pick up the win.

Tuesday, March 19:
vs. Lawrence (@Clermont, Fla.) L 1-9 | box score
vs. Tufts (@Clermont, Fla.) L 2-6 | box score
   * No. 8-ranked Tufts led 3-2 and put things away with two runs in the sixth and one in the seventh.  Three Scots each picked up a pair of hits: Cleo Nagy, Hali Englert and Erin Slater.  Lawrence snapped a 1-1 tie with three runs in the bottom of the fourth, and held Mac to six hits, two each by Saraswati Wilson and Miranda Stokes.

Thursday, March 21:
vs. Dubuque (@Clermont, Fla.) L 2-12 | box score
vs. Hope (@Clermont, Fla.) L 0-8 | box score
    * The Scots were held to just a couple runs against a pair of solid opponents. 

Friday, March 22:
vs. New Paltz State (@Clermont, Fla.) W 3-1 | box score
vs. Oneonta State (@Clermont, Fla.) L 2-4 | box score
    * Miranda Stokes was strong in the circle, holding New Paltz to five hits and an unearned run while striking out eight batters.  Brittany Ehmann drove in three runs.  Mac received another well-pitched game in the trip's final contest from Ehmann and Alisha Barritt, but fell 4-2.

_{Photo above: Mac's Erin Slater.}