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Lady Spartans Drop Two at Home

By Steve King, 04/24/22, 1:00PM CDT

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The M State Fergus Falls Lady Spartans dropped a pair of home games Saturday to Rochester Community and Technical College (RCTC). The Lady Spartans battled but could never catch RCTC in a 17-7 loss and never quite got on track in an 8-0 loss in game two.

In game on the Lady Spartans hit the ball well but their fielding, which had been so solid in the Friday doubleheader sweep, was not as sharp. RCTC is a good team and was able to take advantage of those mistakes for a 17-7 win. RCTC scored three in the first, but the Lady Spartans answered back with two of their own for a 3-2 RCTC lead. RCTC added two in the third and six in the fourth for an 11-2 lead. The Lady Spartans found some life in their bats and put three on the board in the bottom of the fourth. With two outs, Carly Fuentes clutched up with a two run double and Mackenzie Foss followed that with an RBI single to make the score 11-5. RCTC added one in the top of the sixth for a 12-5 lead, but the Lady Spartans once again put together a string of good at bats to battle back. Maddy Shjerve had a great at bat and finished it with a single. She would score on a Hannah Scherr double. Fuentes doubled to score Scherr. Foss singled up the middle, but Fuentes was thrown out at the plate trying to score and the inning ended 12-7. The Lady Spartans made a couple of fielding errors in the top of the seventh and RCTC scored five runs for a 17-7 lead. The Lady Spartans went down in order in the bottom of the seventh and RCTC had a 17-7 win.

The Lady Spartans were overmatched at the plate in game two, as RCTC cruised to a very efficient 8-0 five inning victory.

The Lady Spartans have a very busy two week stretch ahead of them and hope to have their next home game Wednesday, April 27 against Minnesota West Community and Technical College. Game time is 3:00.