ROCHESTER — The Ridgewater softball team opened the season with a pair of losses in the Minnesota College Athletic Conference Crossover Tournament on Friday at the Rochester Regional Stadium and Bubble.
Ridgewater lost 25-1 to Rochester Community & Technical College in five innings, then fell to Central Lakes Conference of Brainerd 6-5 in its second game.
Zoey Salvador, a sophomore center fielder from Redwood Valley, had the Warriors’ lone hit against Rochester (6-8).
Ridgewater picked up six hits in the Central Lakes game. The Raiders (2-10) scored two runs in the bottom of the seventh inning for the victory. Marissa Callahan, a sophomore right-hander from Browerville, got the complete-game pitching victory, striking out 16 and walking one. She allowed five earned runs.
Ridgewater plays Minnesota North-Rainy River at 8 a.m. Saturday, then faces Minnesota North-Vermilion at 2 p.m. to conclude its participation in the tournament.
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Game 1:
Central Lakes 6, Ridgewater 5
Ridgewater 010 040 0-5 na na
Central Lakes 000 121 2-6 8 2
Hitting - Ridgewater: Stats not available … Central Lakes: Zakia Herron 2-3 r bb 3b, Emma Tautges 2-4 r-2 rbi 2b, Halle Zupan 1-3 r bb, Marissa Callahan 1-3 bb, Jill Thompson 1-3 rbi bb, Hailey Wright 1-2 rbi bb 2b
Pitching (ip-h-r-er-bb-so) - Ridgewater: Stats not available … Central Lakes: Callahan (W, 1-3) 7-6-5-5-1-16
Game 2:
Rochester 25, Ridgewater 1
Rochester 718 27-25 18 2
Ridgewater 000 10-1 1 5
Hitting - Rochester: Bailey Johnson 2-3 r-4 rbi-2 bb-2 hr sb-3, Jada James 2-3 r-4 rbi-3 bb 2b hr, Mia Hiber 4-5 r-3 rbi, Kelsey Grunewald 2-2 r-4 rbi-2 bb-3 2b sb-2, Bella Mehrkens 2-4 r-3 rbi-3 bb 2b, Tarrin Stephans 2-4 r-2 rbi-3 bb 2b, Isabelle Hahn 2-4 r-3 rbi bb 3b sb, Alexa Miller 1-5 rbi-2 2b, DJ Berg 1-3 r-2 sf … Ridgewater: Jasmine Knick 0-1 bb, Hallie Redding 0-2 r sb, Zoey Salvador 1-2 rbi
Pitching (ip-h-r-er-bb-so) - Rochester: Stephans (W, 4-1) 5-1-1-1-1-8 … Ridgewater: Angie Weller (L, 0-1) 4.1-15-23-20-8-3, Abby Clancy 0.2-3-2-2-1-1
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