ST. PAUL, Minn. – The Macalester College softball team swept Concordia College, 3-0 and 8-0 in six innings in a MIAC doubleheader Saturday afternoon at the Macalester Softball Complex. The first win of the day marked the 100th victory at Macalester for head coach Jody Gabriel. The Scots improve to 16-10 overall and 4-4 in the conference, while the Cobbers drop to 8-16, 0-8 MIAC.

The two wins give Gabriel a record of 101-122 in five-plus seasons at Macalester. Earlier this season, she picked up her 200th career coaching victory. Gabriel is now 209-182 in nine-plus seasons as a head coach.

In the Game 1 victory, junior pitcher Morghan Bean (Muscatine, Iowa/Muscatine) earned her first career shutout, blanking Concordia on five hits while walking two and fanning six in seven innings. Macalester tallied all the runs they would need in the bottom of the first, when first year Julia Carpenter (Stevensville, Mich./Lakeshore) led off with a bunt single, stole second, moved to third on a groundout and scored on a bunt by first year Kaela Jackson (Seattle, Wash./James A. Garfield). Then in the third, junior Natalie Platt (Boulder, Colo./Boulder) singled home first year Kai Perket (San Diego, Calif./Francis W. Parker) for a 2-0 lead. Jackson made it 3-0 in the fifth with a single that plated Platt.

Senior Nikki Caicedo (Clinton Twp., Mich./Chippewa Valley) went 2-for-3, while Carpenter was 1-for-1 with two walks and a run.

The Scots struck early in the second game, with Jackson singling home junior G.G. Gunther (San Francisco, Calif./Lowell) in the bottom of the first inning. Then in the third, Jackson hit a two-run single to score Platt and Carpenter for a 3-0 advantage. With Caicedo and sophomore Claire O'Connor (Piedmont, Calif./Piedmont) on first and third in the fifth, sophomore Makaya Resner (Missoula, Mont./Loyola Sacred Heart) blasted a home run to left to put Macalester ahead, 6-0. Back-to-back RBI doubles in the sixth by Jackson and Bean ended the game, 8-0.

Bean started in the circle and shut out the Cobbers on three hits over four innings of work. Resner, who was playing in her first game since Mar. 4 due to injury, came on in relief and pitched two scoreless innings with three strikeouts. Jackson had the hot hand at the plate, going 3-for-4 with a run, a double, four RBIs and a stolen base. Carpenter again proved to be a difficult out, as she was 3-for-3 with a run and a stolen base. Caicedo delivered two hits for the second straight game.

Macalester hosts Gustavus Adolphus College on Sunday, Apr. 9 in another MIAC doubleheader. The first game is scheduled to start at 1:00 p.m. at the Macalester Softball Complex.