Two Senior Day wins give softball third MIAC sweep in a row

NORTHFIELD, Minn. – The St. Olaf College softball team picked up a pair of run-rule victories over Hamline University, sweeping the Pipers by scores of 11-3 and 12-4 in two six-inning games on Saturday afternoon at Mabel Shirley Field. St. Olaf (17-14, 10-5 MIAC) hit .482 (27-for-56) as a team while scoring 23 runs on 27 hits to sweep Hamline (4-25, 1-12 MIAC) for the sixth consecutive season. The sweep was the third Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (MIAC) sweep in a row for the Oles. The sweep came on Senior Day as St. Olaf celebrated its senior class of Belle…