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Top-ranked and top-seeded Augustana of Sioux Falls, S.D., lost 3-0 to Biola University in the winners' bracket of the NCAA Division II softball tournament Friday in Denver.

Cardinals win playoff title, earn NCAA bid (5/26/2021) It wasn’t supposed to end this way.  The Saint Mary’s University (SMU) baseball team had its sights set on its first-ever Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (MIAC) Playoff title — and the Cardinals’ first NCAA Division III National Tournament appearance since 1993. If you asked coach Nick Winecke what his favorite number was, he might have answered number one — the number he wore during his playing days at Saint Mary’s University. Following Saturday’s Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Co...

(5/5/2021) If Saint Mary’s University baseball coach Nick Winecke was concerned that his squad might show any ill effects after dropping the first two games of their three-game Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference series against St. Olaf College, the Cardinals quickly put those fears to rest. Saint Mary’s erupted for five, third-inning runs and their offense never showed signs of letting up, as the Cardinals scored in each of the final five innings they batted en route to an 11-0 victory at Mark Almli Field. The Cardinals, coming off 8-4 and 14-6 losses to the Oles at...

Cardinals battle Crown College to split (4/7/2021) The Saint Mary’s University (SMU) baseball team scored 20 runs in its non-conference doubleheader against Crown College last week — including at least one run in 11 of the 13 innings. Saint Mary’s scored in every inning in the opener, rolling to a 10-4 victory. And in the nightcap, the Cardinals put together a second straight 10-run performance, only to have Crown — propelled by a seven-run second inning — hold off a wild SMU comeback attempt to earn the split with a 12-10 victory. The Cardinals were nothing...

SMU pitchers steal show in sweep of Luther (3/17/2021)   In their first home game in 683 days, Saint Mary’s University’s Ryan Wolfe turned in a pitching masterpiece. And Taylor Anderson made sure the senior right-hander was rewarded for his efforts. Anderson delivered a one-out, walk-off double — preserving Wolfe’s four-hit, complete-game gem, and lifting the Cardinals to a 2-1, non-conference win over Luther College. The Cardinals didn’t get another complete-game pitching performance in the nightcap — but they definitely got another pitching Picasso, as ...