Rochester, Mn:

The warm weekend of April  7-8-9 allowed several MCAC softball programs to compete, both in league play as well  non-conference action.

The festivities began on Friday, April 7th, with Ridgewater College dropping a pair of games to Minnesota State Fergus-Falls by 9-0 and 7-4 scorelines.

Mesabi Range College enjoyed one of the best weekends of league schools, defeating Vermilion Community College 11-1 on Saturday as well as dispatching Hibbing 12-1 in their second game on the day.  Hibbing came back for more on Sunday against Mesabi, only to fall 12-4 and 19-11 in the twinbill.  Overall, Mesabi scored 54 runs on the weekend.

Itasca Community College earned a non-conference split with Dakota College - Bottineau, winning game one 6-5 but dropping the second game 12-7.  Central Lakes College fell to Anoka Ramsey Community College,  6-1 and 12-11.  Anoka has won their last 12 games and have a key series with St. Cloud Tech on Tuesday.   Minnesota State-Fergus Falls continued their winning ways from Friday, taking two wins from Minnesota West, with the Spartans earning 2-1 and 11-1 wins over the LadyJays. 

Earlier in the week, Rainy River Community College picked up two wins over Northland CTC, taking game one 13-10 and game two, 9-1, with those contests occuring on Tuesday, April 4th.

For more information on statistics, standings and schedules of MCAC softball programs, please visit:  www.mcacsports.org

Story courtesy of MCAC Sports