Softball

• The Scots split a doubleheader against Hamline University on April 9, 7-4 and 8-2. Emily Pederson ’24 had a home run and three RBIs in Game 1, with all 8 innings pitched by Kaitlyn Pistorius ’25.
• Macalester swept St. Catherine’s University on April 10, 4-2 and 12-8, behind impressive games from Regan Brodine ’23 and Mackenzie Clarke ’22. In Game 2, the Scots posted 8 runs in the top of the final inning to take the lead.
• Gustavus Adolphus College swept Macalester on an April 13 home doubleheader, 6-2 and 10-7. Sophie Futchko ’25 tallied three doubles over the two games and Renee Nicholson ’25 scored three runs behind impressive baserunning. 
• The Scots are now 9-15 on the season and 3-5 in the MIAC. 

Women’s tennis

• The Scots dropped two tough conference matches to Gustavus Adolphus College and Bethel University on Saturday and Monday, losing 9-0 and 6-3. 
• Amalin Sorajja ’23 and Avery Munster ’23 had the closest match to start in doubles, losing 8-3 at the #2 spot. 
• Against Bethel, the Sorajja and Munster were able to capture their doubles match in a tiebreak, winning 8-7 (9-7). 
• Meg Ulrich ’24 and Amanye Reynolds ’24 had two standout wins in singles, winning 3-6, 6-2 (10-4) and 6-3, 6-1, respectively. 

Baseball

• Baseball went 1-2 this past week, losing two in a doubleheader against Gustavus and winning a lone game against the University of Northwestern (Minn.). 
• After holding a 1-1 draw late into Game 1 against Gustavus before falling, the Scots pitching gave up plenty of runs in a Game 2 loss, 14-3. Joe Margolis ’23 and Michael Moreno ’22 led the night on the offensive side.
• The Scots rallied to beat UNW in 10 innings, thanks to a last-inning run from Matt Odom ’24. Odom also had two home runs, five RBIs and three runs altogether.

Men’s golf

• The Scots finished fifth out of five teams at the Bethel Spring Invitational, racking up a two-day total team score of 634, or 58 over par. Tommy Hayes ’23 shot the low scores for Macalester with a two-day score of 153, 9 over par.

Men’s track and field

• Macalester placed fourth out of six teams at the University of Wisconsin-River Falls Falcon Invite with a team score of 71 on April 9.
• Caleb Williams ’24 placed first in both the long jump and triple jump. Williams set personal records in both events with a long jump of 6.82 meters and a triple jump of 13.79 meters. He is now ranked 18th in Division III in the triple jump.
• Jeff Wang ’25 won the 400 meter hurdles with a time of 56.99 seconds.
• On April 13, Macalester competed at St. Thomas TomCat Twilight meet, attended by several Division I programs. Reece McKee ’25 finished fifth in the 3000 meter steeplechase. Arlo Heiter ’25 won the 400-meter dash with a time of 49.55 seconds.

Women’s track and field

• On April 9, the Scots placed third out of six teams at the University of Wisconsin-River Falls Falcon Invite with a team score of 68. 
• Hannah Grosse ’22 broke the school record of 3.43 meters in pole vault, which had been set by Grosse last spring. Grosse placed first in the pole vault with a mark of 3.60 meters, which is 19th best in all of Division III. 
• Maria Blaesing ’24 took first in the 800 meter with a personal record of 2:20.92. Lena Stern ’22 took second in the 800 meter and also set a personal record.
• At the St. Thomas TomCat Twilight meet, Blaesing finished fifth in the 1500-meter run with a time of 4:53.04. Journey Amundson ’23 won the triple jump with a jump of 11.20 meters. Grosse placed second in the pole vault, tying her school record.

Water polo

• On April 9, the Scots lost to Austin College, 16-4, and to Augustana College (Ill.), 13-8. Against Austin College, Riley Waters ’22 led Macalester with two goals. Against Augustana College, Eleanor Michaud ’23 scored three goals.
• On April 10, the Scots defeated Carthage College, 16-4, and Wittenberg University, 10-9. At Carthage, Annika Krueger ’22  scored five goals, while Waters added four. Against Wittenberg University, Laurel O’Hare ’24 recorded 11 saves.
• The Scots are now 4-11 overall and 3-4 in their conference. 

Men’s tennis

• The Scots lost to Gustavus Adolphus College on April 9, 9-0. Alexander Poland ’22 and Liam Lynch ’25 had a strong performance at #3 doubles before falling 8-4. This was Macalester’s first MIAC loss this season.
• On April 13, Macalester defeated Bethel 8-1. The Scots won  #1, #2 and #3 singles in third-set tiebreakers and won #1 and #3 doubles. The Scots are now 8-5 (4-1 in the MIAC) on the season.

Upcoming events

Friday, April 15:

Baseball @ Carleton College (Northfield, Minn.) (2:30 p.m.) 

Softball vs Augsburg University (4:30 p.m.)

Baseball @ Carleton College (Northfield, Minn.) (5:00 p.m) 

Softball vs Augsburg University (6:30 p.m.)

Saturday, April 16:

Baseball @ Saint Mary’s University (Minn.) (Winona, Minn.) (1:00 p.m.

Softball vs Saint Mary’s University (Minn.) (1:00 p.m.)

Softball vs Saint Mary’s University (Minn.) (3:00 p.m.)

Baseball @ Saint Mary’s University (Minn.) (Winona, Minn,) (3:30 p.m.)

Water polo vs Carthage College (7:00 p.m.) 

Monday, April 18:

Baseball @ St. Olaf College (Northfield, Minn.) (2:30 p.m.) 

Baseball @ St. Olaf College (Northfield, Minn.) (5:00 p.m.)

Tuesday, April 19:

Baseball vs Augsburg University (2:30 p.m.)

Softball @ College of Saint Benedict (St. Joseph, Minn.) (3:30 p.m.)

Baseball vs Augsburg University (5:00 p.m.)

Women’s tennis vs Hamline University (5:00 p.m.)

Softball @ College of Saint Benedict (St. Joseph, Minn.) (5:30 p.m.)

Wednesday, April 20:

Baseball vs North Central University (Minn.) (3:30 p.m.)

Thursday, April 21:

Water polo vs CWPA DIII Championship (CWPA DIII Championship) (Grove City, Penn.) (TBA)

Men’s tennis vs Hamline University (5:00 p.m.)