Runs and extra base hits were in short supply for the University of Minnesota Duluth Saturday afternoon, but stellar pitching wasn't. The Bulldogs touched up University of Sioux Falls pitchers for 16 hits in its home Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference doubleheader, but 15 of those went for singles. UMD also stranded 14 runners on the day and wound up settling for a split with the Cougars -- its eighth in nine league twinbills this spring.  Behind a three-hit, seven-strikeout outing by junior Cayli Sadler, the Bulldogs claimed the opener 2-0, but fell 2-1 in game two despite allowing just five hits.

In the 2-0 triumph, UMD (24-17 overall; 8-10 NSIC) scored both of its runs in the bottom of the sixth, getting RBI singles from both rookie designated player Alexia Klaas and sophomore left fielder Heather Woyak. Klaas had two of the Bulldogs' nine hits while junior right fielder Ashley Schilling's third-inning double turned out to be the only extra base knock UMD would generate the entire day. Sadler jacked her 2015 record to 13-9 and finished the week with a 1.33 earned run average in three complete-game victories.

Sioux Falls (20-16; 6-10) mustered just five hits off off UMD sophomore leftie Sam Hartmann (11-8), but did all its damage with a pair of solo home runs from Shannon Daley in the third and fifth innings. UMD's lone score came in the bottom of the fourth when Klaas's single to left center plated freshman shortstop Becky Smith. Junior third baseman Sami Schynder paced the Bulldogs with two hits.

Next up for the Bulldogs is a pair of league matchups this Tuesday at the University of Minnesota Crookston.