Cathedral Softball

The Cathedral softball team finished off the season with a 3-1 win over St. Agnes Friday afternoon at Caswell Park in North Mankato.

Cathedral softball lost 8-3 to Lake Crystal Welcome Memorial Thursday in the Class 2-A State Tournament Semifinals in North Mankato at Caswell Park.

Cathedral defeated Kimball 3-2 Thursday night in Waite Park. The Crusaders scored 3 in the first inning with CJ Jerzak and McKenna Buckentine driving in runs.

The Cathedral and ROCORi softball teams both lost in the consolation semifinals Thursday night in North Mankato at the state tournament. In Class AA Cathedral lost 4-1 to Maple Lake in the morning before falling 5-4 to Pipestone last night.

The Cathedral softball team is seeded 5th in the upcoming Class AA state tournament to be played this week in North Mankato. The Crusaders will play 4th seeded Maple Lake at 9 a.m. Thursday in the quarterfinals.

The Cathedral softball team has won 22 straight games after losing their first game of the year to Pierz. Cathedral head coach Todd Dingmann and the four senior captains joined me on WJON today. They are Katherine Bell, Rachel Dingmann, Kailee Falconer and Rachel Voit.

Softball: Cathedral 12, Albany 2 (Megan Voit struck out 11 batters over five innings for the win.  Megan Zniewski had three hits, including a home run and two doubles.  Marissa Gaetz and Julia Meyer also homered for the Crusaders) Apollo 11, Little Falls 1 Boys Tennis: Cathedral 7, Litchfield 0

Prep Softball Tech 11, Apollo 0 Tech 5, Apollo 4 Brainerd 2, Sauk Rapids-Rice 1 Brainerd 8, Sauk Rapids-Rice 0 Sartell-St. Stephen 8, Fergus Falls 4 Sartell-St. Stephen 5, Fergus Falls 2 Rocori 4, Willmar 1 Rocori 7, Willmar 2 Milaca 6, Cathedral 1 Milaca 4, Cathedral 2

Cathedral 4, Milaca 3 (10 innings) (Carolyn Gruenes had the game-winning 2-run double for Cathedral in the 10th inning) Alexandria 6, Sauk Rapids-Rice 1 Sauk Rapids-Rice 8, Fergus Falls 1 (Sauk Rapids is 9-6 this season)

Prep Softball: Mora 1, Cathedral 0 (Maria Bastin threw all 7 innings with 3 hits and 1 earned run allowed but takes the loss for Cathedral. Bastin had 13 strikeouts. Cathedral is 5-6) Rocori 7, Sartell-St. Stephen 4