Maple River overpowers Knights softball

Published 8:32 am Wednesday, April 8, 2009

The Alden-Conger softball team issued 12 walks Tuesday night against Maple River and the Eagles stung the Knights for 17 runs in an 17-1 victory in Alden.

Maple River had just seven hits in the game, but the bases were jammed full of Eagles with the 12 walks Alden-Conger handed out.

While the Knights set them up, Mandi Stencel knocked them in for the Eagles. The junior catcher had four hits, including two doubles and a triple and drove in seven runs on the evening.

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Alden-Conger starter Krista Mathiason was tagged for 16 runs in four innings of work.

The Knights managed one run in the fourth inning when Alyssa Maras scored on a Nikki Schultz single.

“We didn’t swing the bats for the first three innings,” said Alden-Conger head coach Gary Nelson.

Maple River 17, Alden-Conger 1

Alden-Conger 000 10x x — 1 2 1

Maple River 250 28x x — 17 7 0

LP — Krista Mathiason 4 IP, 6 H, 16 R, 16 ER, 12 BB