Baseball
On April 30 and May 1, the Baseball team traveled to Yankton, South Dakota, to compete in the Great Plains Athletic Conference (GPAC) Tournament, where they defeated Northwestern College 11-1 and fell to Mount Marty University and Morningside University by scores of 10-4 and 6-5.
In Wednesday’s game against Northwestern, junior Johnny Vulcano went 1-for-3 with three runs scored, while sophomore Taiyo Takahashi and freshman Gage Ryba each scored two runs. Earning the win was sophomore Riley Plummer (9-0), who struck out three over eight innings.
In the loss to Mount Marty, Ryba, Takahashi, sophomore Max Harris and senior Logan Amick all scored a run, and pitching for this game was junior Kaden Crawford (0-1), who struck out three over 5.1 innings.
The Tigers’ final game of the season was against Morningside, where Vulcano, Harris and Takahashi each scored a run and senior Gerald Nix went 2-for-4 with an RBI. Sophomore Brayden Jones and junior Jordan Bond both hit solo shots, while junior Nicolas Yard (0-1) pitched 5.2 innings and struck out three in the loss.
The Baseball team ended their season with an overall record of 32-15 and in conference went 18-10, which put them in third in the GPAC standings.
–Eliyah Lara-Johnson
Softball
On April 30 and May 1, the Softball team traveled to Orange City, Iowa, to compete in the Great Plains Athletic Conference (GPAC) Tournament, where they took two victories from Northwestern College (1-0) and Dakota Wesleyan University (11-3) along with two losses against Northwestern (2-4 & 2-11).
In game one against Northwestern, the only run of the game was driven in by junior Jasmine Villegas (1-for-3) and scored by sophomore Jeryn Allen. Pitching for the game was junior Faith Molina, who struck out three over seven innings in the win.
In game two against Dakota Wesleyan, senior Grace Dowding went 2-for-3 with two runs scored, while freshman Bri True went 2-for-2 with two home runs and four RBIs. Villegas also homered and drove in four. Picking up the win was junior Faith McDonald (6-13), who pitched 2.2 innings.
In game three against Northwestern, True and senior Marisa Marquez each homered, while McDonald (6-14) struck out two over three innings. In the team’s final game of the tournament and the season, True and freshman Kayla Meyer each scored a run. Molina (9-10) pitched 1.1 innings in the loss.
The Softball team finished their season with a record of 20-26 overall and 10-12 in conference, which put them in ninth in GPAC standings.
–Eliyah Lara-Johnson
