Softball results for Thursday, May 25, 2023

OWATONNA — No. 6 seed Century had won its Section 1AAAA tournament opener, but the Panthers suffered a pair of close loses in the second round and were eliminated.

No. 2 seed Owatonna pushed across a run with one out in the bottom of the ninth to slip past Century 7-6 in the winner's bracket in the first game of the day. No. 4 Northfield then blanked Century 2-0 in the elimination round.

Samantha Bogen and Zoie Roush both hit a home run and drove in three runs for Owatonna in the win over Century.

Morgan Erickson went 3-for-5 with an RBI for Century, Ava Frost was 2-for-4 and Madelynn Feakes drove in two runs.

Owatonna 7, Century 6
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No. 6 Century: Madelynn Feakes 1-for-5, 2 RBI; Morgan Erickson 3-for-5, 1 RBI, 1 R; Ava Frost 2-for-4; Kennedy Stewart 1-for-4, 1 R. Pitchers: Morgan Erickson (LP) 8 1/3 IP, 7 H, 7 R, 6 ER, 4 BB, 16 K.
No. 2 Owatonna: Katelyn Bentz 1-for-4, 1 R; Elizabeth Radel 1-for-5, 2 R; Paiton Glynn 1-for-3; Samantha Bogen 1-for-5, 1 HR, 3 RBI, 1 R; Averie Roush 1-for-3, 1 R; Zoie Roush 2-for-4, 1 HR, 3 RBI, 2 R. Pitchers: Kennedy Hodgman 9 IP, 7 H, 6 R, 4 ER, 3 BB, 5 K.

NORTHFIELD — No. 4 seed Northfield broke open a 6-3 game with seven runs in the bottom of the sixth and went on to defeat No. 8 John Marshall 13-3 in a Section 1AAAA elimination game.

Courtney Graff went 2-for-3 with a double, home runs, three RBIs and three runs scored for Northfield and Jaime Triplett went 3-for-4 with a double and an RBI.

Taylor Adams went 1-for-2 and scored two runs for JM, which finishes the season 2-18.

Northfield 13, John Marshall 3
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No. 8 John Marshall: Taylor Adams 1-for-2, 2 R; Jordan Marlow 1-for-2; Makenna Red Hill 1-for-3; Nevaeh Young 1-for-3, 1 RBI. Pitcher: Makenna Red Hill (LP) 5 2/3 IP, 13 H, 13 R, 9 ER, 3 BB, 1 K.
No. 4 Northfield: Olivia Hohrman 2-for-4, 1 RBI, 1 R; Ruby Holman 2-for-3, 2 R; Courtney Graff 2-for-3, 1 2B, 1 HR, 3 RBI, 3 R; Jaime Triplett 3-for-4, 1 2B, 1 RBI, 1 R; Lindsey Stanton 2-for-4, 1 RBI. Pitcher: Courtney Graf (WP) 6 IP, 4 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 5 BB, 6 K.

LAKEVILLE — No. 3 seed Lakeville South received strong pitching to slip past No. 7 Mayo 2-1 in a Section 1AAAA elimination game.

Mayo was limited to three hits in the contest.

The Spartans scored in the top of the first when Tiegan Mancuso singled, stole a base and then came around to score. Mancuso finished 2-for-3 with a pair of stolen bases.

South tied the game in the bottom of the first and then scored the final run of the game in the third.

Meagan Putzier pitched the first 5 2/3 innings for Mayo and she allowed two earned runs on nine hits.

Lakeville South 2, Mayo 1
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No. 7 Mayo: Tiegan Mancuso 2-for-3, 1 R, 2 SB; Chelsea Putzier 1-for-3. Pitchers: Meagan Putzier (LP) 5 1/3 IP, 9 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 0 BB, 0 K; Alexa Carlstrom 2/3 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 K.
No. 3 Lakeville South: No stats provided.

Winner's bracket

Wabasha-Kellogg 11, Goodhue 10
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Goodhue: Madison Ferguson 2-for-5, 1 R; Emma Voth 3-for-5, 1 2B, 1 3B, 4 RBI, 2 R; Ava Wallaker 3-for-4, 1 3B, 2 RBI, 0 R.
Wabasha-Kellogg: Ella Stark 1-for-4, 1 2B, 2 R; Eve Pavelka 2-for-4, 1 2B, 3 RBI, 2 R; Else Graner 1-for-3, 1 2B, 1 R; Lexi Metcalf 2-for-5, 1 3B, 1 RBI, 2 R; Mackenzie Paddock 3-for-4, 1 2B, 1 3B, 2 RBI, 1 R. Pitchers: Eve Pavvelka (WP) 8 IP, 13 H, 10 R, 5 ER, 4 BB, 6 K.

Elimination bracket

Southland 2, Houston 0
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Houston: Olivia Beckman 2-for-4, 1 2B; Emily Botcher 2-for-4; Ellasyn Carrier 1-for-1, 1 SB; Julia Swenson 2-for-3. Pitchers: Emily Botcher 6 IP, 2 H, 2 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 8 K.
Southland: no stats available.

Southland 10, Goodhue 0
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Goodhue: Abby Opsahl 1-for-3; Emma Voth 1-for-2; Izzy O’Reilly 1-for-3; Ava Wallaker 1-for-2. Pitchers: Emma Voth (LP) 2 IP, 2 H, 5 R, 2 ER, 0 BB, 3 K; Shelby Vogel 4 IP, 2 H, 5 R, 0 ER, 4 BB, 0 K.
Southland: Bria Nelson 2 RBI, 2 R, 1 SB; Maren Wehrenberg 2-for-3, 1 R, 1 SB. Pitchers: Laney Weis 6 IP, 4 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 12 K.