I can't help but shudder a little, because the details can get
complicated. Experience has taught me that at a certain point, not
necessarily at the beginning, double-elimination kicks in. So you have a
losers bracket. Sometimes both the champion and runner-up will advance
out of sub-section.
And you'd better get all your terminology right - North and South, A or AA etc.
All that being said, let's celebrate the MACA softball team's
initial success. The Tigers won not once but twice on Tuesday
(5/22). This was in the 3AA-North tourney.
So now they're in the sub-section semis. The success pushed their season record to 16-3.
Now they're getting focused for their next post-season challenge
which will have Pipestone as the foe. Game-time is 1 p.m. on Saturday.
The location: Marshall.
In the 5/22 games, the Tigers hosted and defeated Minneota-Canby-Lincoln HI and Marshall.
My updates on Tiger baseball are on my companion website, "Morris
of Course." I invite you to read about Jake Torgerson's perfect game.
Also in that post is the review of the Tiger softball team's 4-1 win
over NL-Spicer. These games were played on May 17. Please click on the
permalink below:
The Tiger baseball team defeated Montevideo 3-1 on May 22. Click on
the permalink below to read that summary. I appreciate it. - BW
Softball: Tigers 7, Minneota-Canby-Lincoln HI 0
Coach Mary Holmberg's Tigers had a line score of seven runs, six
hits and two errors in this win. Minneota had but one hit and committed
two errors.
The pitching of Mackenzie VanBatavia was very much in the groove.
She set down eleven batters on strikes and walked just two. She pitched
all but one inning, getting spelled by Brianna Abril.
Abril fanned a batter and walked none.
The losing pitcher was Kelsea Tolk.
The Tigers scored one run in the second inning, two in the third, three in the fifth and one in the sixth.
Nicole Strobel and Holly Amundson each had two hits in three
at-bats. Sadie Fischer socked a double. Olivia Reimers had an RBI
despite being hitless, and Megan Mecklenberg had a one-for-three
showing.
Hannah Deis had the only Minneota hit.
Tigers 9, Marshall 1
The Morris Area Chokio Alberta dominance continued. Not missing a
beat, the Tigers took care of business with another one-sided score,
again with Mackenzie VanBatavia showcased in pitching. She struck out
six batters, walked two and allowed six hits and one run (earned).
Miranda Fischer was the losing pitcher.
The Tigers didn't get going with run-scoring until the fourth, when
they plated two runs. Their big inning was the fifth when they rallied
for seven.
Their line score was nine runs, seven hits and one error. The Marshall numbers were 1-6-2.
Brooke Johnson had a multiple-hit game for the Tigers. Other Tigers
hitting safely were Nicole Strobel, Jaimie Bergerson, VanBatavia, Holly
Amundson and Tracy Meichsner.
Jessica Tubbs had two hits including a double for Marshall.
- Brian Williams - morris mn minnesota - bwilly73@yahoo.com
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