ST. PAUL, Minn. -- The St. Catherine University softball team went 1-1 with the visiting Carleton College Knights on a cold rainy Saturday at St. Kate's Field. The series put St. Kate's at 8-2 in the Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (MIAC) with an overall record of 14-12. 

GAME ONE | St. Catherine 9, Carleton 4
Senior catcher, Julia Azure highlighted the Wildcats first game securing her first career home run securing a grand slam in the bottom of the fourth inning. Carleton struck first in the top of the third before the Wildcats posted a seven run inning in the bottom of the fourth. Rookie Kylee Kohout scored first for St. Kate's walking in after junior Lynae Doty took first after getting hit by the pitch. Kaitlin Boyles was next to cross the plate while first-year Sam Aronson was also hit by the pitch walking in the team's second run. First-year Helen McKinnon scored the team's third run drove in from fellow rookie Natalee Sigfrids and loading the bases again. Azure's home run brought in Sarah Posey, Sigfrids and Aronson going up 7-1. 

Carleton answered with a solo home run in the top of the fifth but the Wildcats remained hot adding two more in the bottom frame. The Knights same player scored a second homer in the top of the sixth with one on base for the final two runs of the contest. 

Junior Erica Pronschinske picked up the win in the circle allowing four runs and striking out two for her fifth win of the season. 

GAME TWO | Carleton 10, St. Catherine 8
The second game was scoreless until the top of the fourth with Carleton scoring a three-run home run but the Wildcats followed it up with a five run inning with runs coming in from first-year Emma Loretz, fifth-year Jasmine Ziegler, Aronson, Posey and senior Taylor Brunn with Azure driving in the last two to take the lead. The Knights knotted it up at 5-5 in the top of the fifth before the Wildcats took back the lead at 6-5 in the bottom of the fifth. 

Junior Lynae Doty hit her first career home run in the bottom of the sixth driving in Boyles to give St. Kate's a three run lead with an inning to play. The Knights weren't ready to give up though adding five runs in the top of the seventh claiming the win. 

Pronschinske took the loss after entering the game in the top of the fifth inning with the start going to rookie Riley Leonhardt. 

Next up for St. Kate's is the MIAC series against #11 Bethel University on Tuesday, April 18 with the the first pitch of the doubleheader scheduled for 3:30 pm.