MADISON -- Tiffany Volk scored on Amber Moen's single in the seventh inning to give Lac qui Parle Parle Valley a 4-3 win in the opening game of a West Central South Conference doubleheader with Atwater-Cosmos-Grove City Thursday.
The Falcons used an 11-hit attack in the second game to win 9-6.
Tiffany Schultz, Ashley Schmeling, Bethany Nelson and Stephanie Nelson all had two hits apiece in Game 2 for ACGC (2-4, 3-5).
Moen went 3-for-4 and Beth Brustuen doubled in two runs in the opener for LQPV (4-2, 7-4).
Game One
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LQPV 4, ACGC 3
LQPV 000 300 1 - 4 5 3
ACGC 003 000 0 - 3 4 2
HITTING - Lac qui Parle Valley: Amber Moen 3-for-4, rbi; Madeline Gail 1-for-3; Beth Brustuen 1-for-3, 2b, 2 rbi .... Atwater-Cosmos-Grove City: Rachel Wright 1-for-3, 2b; Ashley Schmeling 1-for-3; Kayla Dallman 1-for-3, rbi; Bethany Nelson 1-for-3
PITCHING (ip-h-r-er-bb-so) - Lac qui Parle Valley: Amanda Kraft (W) 7-4-3-2-2-2 .... Atwater-Cosmos-Grove City: Ashley Schmeling (L) 7-5-4-3-2-3
Game Two
ACGC 9, LQPV 6
ACGC (2-4, 3-5) 002 250 0 - 9 11 2
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LQPV (4-2, 7-4) 102 002 1 - 6 8 2
HITTING - Atwater-Cosmos-Grove City: Tiffany Schultz 2-for-4, 2 rbi; Ashley Schmeling 2-for-3; Kayla Dallman 1-for-4; Bethany Nelson 2-for-4; Kalina Blackwell 1-for-3; Kathy Lamecker 1-for-4; Stephanie Nelson 2-for-4 .... Lac qui Parle Valley: Mindy Clark 2-for-3; Madeline Gail 1-for-2; Beth Brustuen 3-for-4, 2 2b's, 3 rbi; Katie Schlieman 1-for-3; Kelly Splonskowski 1-for-3, rbi
PITCHING (ip-h-r-er-bb-so) - Atwater-Cosmos-Grove City: Kalina Blackwell (W) 7-8-6-5-4-5 .... Lac qui Parle Valley: Amanda Kraft (L) 5-10-9-8-2-1; Nicole Streich 2-1-0-0-1-0
Morris 4, Montevideo 3
Megan Brandt hit a two-out single to drive in the winning run for Morris (1-3, 3-5).
Montevideo (3-3, 6-4) tied the game in the sixth with two runs.
Neither team had an extra-base hit.
Whitney Riley went the distance for the win. She allowed three runs on four hits, struck out seven and walked five.
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Betsy Zacharias allowed four runs on seven hits, struck out two and walked three in the loss.
Montevideo (3-3, 6-4) 001 002 0 - 3 4 1
Morris (1-3, 3-5) 002 010 1 - 4 7 1
HITTING - Montevideo: Brooke Moseng 1-for-3; Wendy Macziewski 1-for-3, rbi; Betsy Zacharias 1-for-3, 2 rbi; Jennifer Buseman 1-for-3 .... Morris: Jonna Beyer 1-for-1; Megan Brandt 1-for-3, rbi; Courtney Tiegs 3-for-4, rbi; Sarah Burkel 1-for-3, 2 rbi; Whitney Riley 1-for-3
PITCHING (ip-h-r-er-bb-so) - Montevideo: Betsy Zacharias (L) 7-7-4-2-3-2 .... Morris: Whitney Riley (W) 7-4-3-1-5-7
Game One
Benson/Hancock 15, Yellow Medicine East 0
Benson/Hancock's Katie Razink tossed a one-hit shutout, striking out one without walking a batter.
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Jenny Noordmans and Britta Fennell recorded three RBI each for Benson/Hancock. Emily Jensen and Ashley Lindahl had two hits each.
Audrey Formo had the only hit for the Sting.
YME 000 00 - 0 1 3
Benson/Hancock 423 6x - 15 12 1
HITTING - Yellow Medicine East: Audrey Formo 1-for-2 .... Benson/Hancock: Emily Jensen 2-for-3, 3b; Tillie Paulsrud 1-for-3; Tara Thielke 1-for-3; Ashley Lindahl 2-for-3; Jenny Noordmans 1-for-2, 3b, 3 rbi; Britta Fennell 1-for-4, 2b, 3 rbi; Courtney Frank 1-for-3, 2b, 2 rbi; Sarah Ahrndt 1-for-2; Katie Razink 1-for-2; Jenny Flaten 1-for-3
PITCHING (ip-h-r-er-bb-so) - Yellow Medicine East: Ashley Vikander (L) 22/3-10-15-10-7-1, Kristen Hegna 11/3-2-0-0-2-2 .... Benson/Hancock: Katie Razink (W) 5-1-0-0-0-1
Game Two
Benson/Hancock 10, Yellow Medicine East 1
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Razink allowed only two hits with seven strikeouts and one walk.
Tara Thielke led Benson/Hancock with three hits, including a double, and four RBI.
Bens./Han. (4-1, 8-1) 003 500 2 - 10 10 1
YME (2-4, 3-6) 000 100 0 - 1 2 2
HITTING - Benson/Hancock: Tara Thielke 3-for-3, 2b, 4 rbi; Emily Jensen 1-for-4; Tillie Paulsrud 1-for-3; Amber Thompson 1-for-4; Jenny Noordmans 1-for-3; Britta Fennell 1-for-1; Sarah Ahrndt 1-for-3; Katie Razink 1-for-3 .... Yellow Medicine East: Audrey Formo 1-for-2, rbi; Cheri Fjermestad 1-for-3; Emma Vosltad 1-for-2
PITCHING (ip-h-r-er-bb-so) - Benson/Hancock: Katie Razink (W) 7-2-1-1-1-7 .... Yellow Medicine East: Kristen Hegna (L) 5-7-8-3-4-4, Ashley Vikander (L) 2-0-2-2-2-3
West Central North Minnewaska 9, NL-Spicer 2
Minnewaska (6-0, 10-0) recorded 15 hits and two pitchers combined to two-hit New London-Spicer (0-7, 0-9).
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Kasie Rust threw the first four innings, giving one hit for the win. Teri Paulzine finished the game, allowing two runs on two hits.
Laura Tvrdik smacked a three-run home run for the Lakers and Ashley Olson had three hits.
NL-Spicer (0-7, 0-9) 000 000 2 - 2 3 1
Waska (6-0, 10-0) 440 001 x - 9 15 2
HITTING - New London-Spicer: Alyssa Wachter 1-for-2, Kelsey O'Fallon 1-for-3; Samantha Steffl 1-for-3 .... Minnewaska: Sara Gregersen 1-for-3; Ashley Chan 1-for-3; Laura Tvrdik 2-for-3, 2 runs, 3 rbi, 3-run HR; Teri Paulzine 2-for-2; Ashley Olson 3-for-4, 2 rbi; Erika Olson 2-for-2; Kasie Rust 2-for-3, rbi; Hannah Heidelberger 1-for-1, 2 rbi
PITCHING (ip-h-r-er-bb-so) - New London-Spicer: Deb Warren (L) 6-15-8-8-0-0 .... Minnewaska: Kasie Rust (W) 4-1-0-0-1-4; Teri Paulzine 3-2-2-1-1-1
Paynesville 15, LPGE 5
The Bulldogs (4-3, 7-5) rocked LPGE pitching to the tune of 16 hits. The Thunder were previously unbeaten in conference action.
Jess Engler threw a five-inning three-hitter, striking out seven and walking four.
Melanie Mages and Laura Schaefer had three hits apiece. Schaefer drove in six runs and Mages two.
Paynesville (4-3, 7-5) (10)30 40 - 10 16 4
LPGE (5-1, 6-4) 230 00 - 5 3 3
HITTING - Paynesville: Melanie Mages 3-for-4, 3 runs, 3b, 2 rbi; Laura Schaefer 3-for-4, 2 runs, 6 rbi; Amanda Skalicky 1-for-2, 2 rbi; Jess Engler 2-for-4, rbi; Ashley Ogdahl 3-for-3, 2 rbi; Chelsey Kalkbrenner 1-for-4; Chelsea Hansen 1-for-4; Alyssa Klenke 1-for-2, 3 runs; Carissa Utsch 1-for-2, 2 runs, 2 rbi .... Long Prairie-Grey Eagle: Blummel 2-for-3, 2 runs; Bodel 1-for-2
PITCHING (ip-h-r-er-bb-so) - Paynesville: Jess Engler (W) 5-3-5-4-4-7 .... Long Prairie-Grey Eagle: Kendra Nies (L) 5-16-15-15-2-3
