Not much offense to be spoken for there- a formula that ultimately favored the prevailing Bulldogs. But Dixon managed to escape the inning and push the game into the seventh.

All of the sudden, it was 3-2, UMD's lead down to just a single run.

Courtney Settles singled to bring Irene Travis home, and shortly thereafter, McKenzie Lamos came in to score off of a wild pitch. In the bottom of the sixth, the Tritons would deliver a bit of an offensive scare of their own. Another shutout effort from Dixon in the bottom of the third helped set the stage for a Kat Burkhardt triple in the top of the fourth, one that scored Corrie Weise to make it 3-0. That'd be the end of the Bulldogs' scoring for now- but it wouldn't take them too long to fortify things a little more. Not long after, the Bulldogs' lead would receive a little support, as Julia Gronholz drew a walk with the bases loaded to bring Dea Deleon home and leave UMD up 2-0. Kiana Bender blasted out her third home run of the year to put UMD up a score.

But it was in that third inning that the game's scoring started- and with a bang. Lauren Dixon had done the honors of keeping the Tritons scoreless to that point. It took some time for the offense to truly get going in game one against UMSL, as both sides were still knotted up at 0 heading into the top of the third. The wins improve UMD's overall record to 10-2 on the season. The Bulldogs beat the Tritons 3-2 at Washburn before defeating the Hawks 5-1 at Shawnee Lake Field.

Louis and Quincy on Saturday as part of day two of the Emporia State Classic. Topeka, Kan.- The University of Minnesota Duluth softball team bounced back with two big wins against Missouri-St.

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