GROVE CITY -- Montevideo held off Atwater-Cosmos-Grove City in the bottom of the seventh to claim a 10-8 win in West Central South softball on Monday.
Shelby Monahan pitched the first five innings and left with a 10-3 lead. After ACGC rallied against reliever Calie Roggatz, pulling within 10-8 and having the tying run on second with one out, Monahan returned and got the last two outs on a grounder and pop-out.
Emily Blauert had two hits and drove in three runs for Montevideo. Jordan Kline had two hits and drove in two runs. Kayla Berget scored four times and Karie Blommel three.
Stephanie Nelson was 3-for-4 with a double and an RBI for the Falcons.
Montevideo 10, ACGC 8
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Montevideo 023 230 0 -- 10 8 0
Atwater-Cos-GC 010 202 3 -- 8 8 4
HITTING - Montevideo: Gretchen Allickson 1-for-5, rbi; Jaci Clauson 1-for-3, Kayla Berget 1-for-3, 4 runs, 2 bb; Karie Blommel 1-for-3 1-for-3, 3 runs; Emily Blauert 2-for-4, 3 rbi, 2b; Jordan Kline 2-for-4, 2 rbi ... Atwater-Cosmos-Grove City: Kathy Lamecker 1-for-5, rbi, 3b; Stephanie Nelson 3-for-4, 2 runs, rbi, 2b; Mary Larson 1-for-2, 2 rbi; Kayla Dallmann 2-for-3, Megan Daun 1-for-2
PITCHING (ip-h-r-er-bb-so) -- Montevideo: Shelby Monahan (W) 5Xc-6-3-3-1-2, Calie Roggatz 1Zc-2-5-5-8-3 ... Atwater-Cosmos-Grove City: Jazmin Petersen (L) 4-5-7-6-7-1, Brittany Bolton 3-3-3-1-2-4
Morris 6, LPGE 4
Morris won its sixth in a row after an 0-5 start.
Kelsey Amundson pitched into the seventh inning, but Sara Beyer was called on to extinguish a no-out, bases-loaded fire. After getting one out, she gave up a bases-loaded single but then got the next two Thunder batters for the save.
Beyer also doubled twice and drove in three runs. Britney Greenwaldt also had two hits.
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Morris 120 300 0 -- 6 5 5
LPGE 100 100 2 -- 4 6 4
HITTING - Morris: Sara Beyer 2-for-4, 2 2b's, 3 rbi; Britney Greenwaldt 2-for-4, Brianna Neuman 1-for-3, rbi ... Long Prairie-Grey Eagle: Hailey Sprenger 2-for-4, 2b; Cari Blommel 1-for-2, 3b; Jen Harvey 1-for-4, Kelsey Kaiser 1-for-4, Michele Laumeyer 1-for-3
PITCHING (ip-h-r-er-bb-so) -- Morris: Kelsey Amundson (W) 6-5-4-2-3-4, Sara Beyer (S) 1-1-0-0-1-1 ... Long Prairie-Grey Eagle: Rosalie Miller 3Xc-5-6-2-3-4, Carie Blommel 3Zc-0-0-0-0-2
Benson/Hancock 11, Lac qui Parle Valley 7
Lac qui Parle Valley rallied for four runs in the bottom of the fifth to tie the score 6-6 but Benson/Hancock answered with one in the sixth and four more in the seventh.
Debbie Reardon had three hits and Courtney Frank a pair of doubles to lead the 15-hit offense against Eagles' pitcher Nicole Streich.
Tiffany Volk's triple drove in two runs in the LQPV fifth.
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Maria Hanson got the win with three innings of relief after Taylor Semler went the first four.
Benson-Han. 002 221 4 -- 11 15 0
Lac qui Parle Vly 000 240 1 -- 7 8 1
HITTING - Benson-Hancock: Debbie Reardon 3-for-5, 2 rbi; Keri Mikkelson 2-for-4, rbi; Jenny Noordmans 2-for-4, 2b; Courtney Frank 2-for-3, 2 2b's, rbi; Sarah Ahrndt 1-for-4, Sarah Rajewsky 1-for-2, 2 rbi; Taylor Semmler 1-for-3, rbi; Bre Holleman 1-for-2, Emily Rajewsky 1-for-1, Megan Jepma 1-for-2 ... Lac qui Parle Valley: Tiffany Volk 1-for-4, 3b, 2 rbi; Whitley Strei 1-for-3, rbi; Kayla Henneberg 1-for-4, rbi; Ellissa Schmidt 2-for-3, 2b, rbi; Megan Sampson 1-for-4, 2 rbi; Amy Lhotka 1-for-2, Ashley Splonkowski 1-for-2
PITCHING (ip-h-r-er-bb-so) -- Benson-Hancock: Taylor Semler 4-7-6-6-1-8, Maria Hanson (W) 3-1-1-1-2-1 ... Lac qui Parle Valley: Nicole Streich (L) 7-15-11-11-2-3
First game
Minnewaska 6, BOLD 2
Kali Cordes of Minnewaska held BOLD to two hits, while striking out nine and walking three. Cordes and Allison Blair led the team with two hits each.
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Kristy Gass had the only RBI for the Warriors.
Minnewaska 130 110 0 -- 6 8 0
BOLD 000 200 0 -- 2 2 6
HITTING - Minnewaska: Kali Cordes 2-for-3; Aimee Chan 1-for-5, rbi; Alicia Pfeninger 1-for-4; Cassie Jacobs 1-for-3, 2b, rbi; Erika Olson 1-for-3, rbi; Allison Blair 2-for-4 ... BOLD: Kristy Gass 1-for-3, rbi; Brittany Dahlk 1-for-3
PITCHING (ip-h-r-er-bb-so) -- Minnewaska: Kali Cordes (W) 7-2-2-2-3-9 ... BOLD: Kristy Gass (L) 7-8-6-5-5-6
Second game
Minnewaska 1, BOLD 0
Alicia Pfeninger's single was only one of two Minnewaska hits, but drove in the game's only run in the third.
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BOLD's Kristy Gass had the team's only hit in the seventh.
Pfeninger collected the shutout for the Lakers (8-0, 12-1). She struck out seven and didn't walk a batter.
Brittany Dahlk allowed just two hits for BOLD (1-7, 1-8). She walked three.
BOLD 000 000 0 -- 0 1 1
Minnewaska 001 000 x -- 1 2 1
HITTING - BOLD: Kristy Gass 1-for-3 ... Minnewaska: Alicia Pfeninger 1-for-3, rbi; Cassie Jacobs 1-for-3
PITCHING (ip-h-r-er-bb-so) -- BOLD: Brittany Dahlk (L) 6-2-1-1-3-0 ... Minnewaska: Alicia Pfeninger (W) 7-1-0-0-0-7
