No. 1 sub-section seed Southland eliminated No. 8 seed Spring Grove, 16-1 in a run-rule-shortened four-inning playoff softball game on May 22 at Rose Creek. After the first nine Lion batters had been retired with strikeouts, Maggie Lile opened the fourth inning by being hit by a pitch and came around to score when the next batter Jada Strinmoen spoiled a no-hitter with a single and Rebel outfield error. Southland pitcher Laney Weis struck out 11 of the 14 batters she faced and walked no one.
The Rebels (16-1) needed only five hits while taking advantage of 10 walks and one hit batter. The season ended for Spring Grove (6-10) with a second run-rule loss to the Southeast Conference champions.
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SG 1, Southland 16
SG 000 0 = 0–1–5
Sou 308 5 =16–5–1
LOB: SG 1, Sou 3
Stolen bases: SG 0, Sou 9
SG 1 hit (single): Jada Strinmoen 1-2
Sou 5 hits (triple, 4 singles):
Pitching SG: 3 IP, 5 H, 16 R, 10 ER, 1 HBP, 10 W, 0 K
Pitching Sou: 4 IP, 1 H, 1 R, 0 ER, 1 HBP, 0 W, 11 K
Records: SG 6-10, Sou 16-1
SG LINEUP: p Jada Strinmoen & Brinley Middendorf, c Sydney Holland,1b Lydia Solum, 2b Addyson McHugh, ss Katelyn Kraus, 3b Izabel Kaufmann, lf Emerson Ingvalson, cf Maggie Lile, rf Siri Konkel, dp Kendal VanMinsel
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Spring Grove Softball 2023
>>6 wins, 10 losses
L at Plainview-Elgin-Millville 3-18
L at Fillmore Central/Lanesboro 7-17
L vs. Southland 2-17
L vs. La Crescent-Hokah 0-25
L vs. Houston 1-13
L at Mabel-Canton 0-15
L at Houston 5-12
W vs. Lyle/Pacelli 6-4
W vs. Lyle/Pacelli 6-2
L vs. GMLOK 0-8
L at Rushford-Peterson 10-20
W vs. Rushford-Peterson 7-6
W vs Schaeffer Academy 6-4
W vs Schaeffer Academy 16-7
Sub-section 1A East #8 seed
W vs. #9 Schaeffer Academy 14-9
L at #1 Southland 1-16