Lady Spartans Drop Two

The M State Fergus Falls Lady Spartan softball team travelled to Cambridge Tuesday to take on the #9 ranked team in NJCAA DIII softball, the Anoka Ramsey Golden Rams. The Lady Spartans lost game one 12-3 and game two 20-1.

In game one, the Lady Spartans came out fast in the top of the first, grabbing a 3-0 lead. Good, patient at bats led to three walks and a hit batter. Lydia Baker picked up and RBI as did Abby Tysdal on a ground out. After that, it was all Golden Rams as they added two in the bottom of the first, three in the second and broke the game open with a five run third inning. The Lady Spartans missed a couple of plays in the field and, as good teams do, the Golden Rams capitalized for the 12-3 win. Maddy Shjerve pitched well and Kenna Kehoe, Lydia Baker and Abby Tysdal each had a hit a piece.

The Lady Spartans have a stretch of 10 games in 12 days ahead of them, so in game two they tried to mix and match some pitching to get some players that normally do not pitch some innings. The strike zone was hard to find, and the game got away from the Lady Spartans, but the experience was valuable. The Lady Spartans continued to compete until the final out, scoring their only run of the game in the final inning on a single by Hannah Scherr and an RBI single by Foss. Foss had three hits for the game along with a stolen base and RBI.

The Lady Spartans have a busy stretch ahead of them as they will host Ridgewater at 3:00 Thursday, Riverland Friday at 3:00, Rochester Saturday at noon, St. Cloud Monday at 2:00, travel to St. Cloud Tuesday have a home game against Minnesota West Wednesday, April 27 at 3:00.