M State Lady Spartans get the victory in game one of their home opener vs Ridgewater College
After a difficult start to the season, the M State Lady Spartans were finally able to play on their home field and came away with a split of a doubleheader against Ridgewater College. The Lady Spartans opened the season with six games on the road against some very good competition and came out of that stretch 0-6. The Lady Spartans play in the Southern Division of the Minnesota College Athletic Conference and, once again, it is loaded with very good teams.
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After a difficult start to the season, the M State Lady Spartans were finally able to play on their home field and came away with a split of a doubleheader against Ridgewater College. The Lady Spartans opened the season with six games on the road against some very good competition and came out of that stretch 0-6. The Lady Spartans play in the Southern Division of the Minnesota College Athletic Conference and, once again, it is loaded with very good teams.
Against Ridgewater, the Lady Spartans continued to improve as the day went on. In Game one, they fell behind 3-0 before cutting the lead to 3-2. The Lady Spartans took advantage of a couple of errors to score a run in the third and in the fourth inning Kaisa Jones led off with a double and scored on an RBI sacrifice fly by Kacey Fredrickson.
Freshman Lady Spartan pitcher Alivia Haas pitched well for the Lady Spartans but a couple of hits and defensive mistakes in the late innings allowed Ridgewater to add to their lead, as they scored two in the fifth and four in the seventh to win the game 9-2.
Abby Tysdal and Keely Foley also had hits for the Lady Spartans.