Lady Bulldogs shut out Cardinals in season and conference softball opener
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SENIOR Ella Holden (#23) is shown delivering a pitch during the first innings of Boyceville’s home, season and conference softball opener against Spring Valley Monday, April 11. Holden shut out the Cardinals allowing just a single hit while striking out four and walking only two to claim the victory in Boyceville’s 11-0 win in five innings. —photo by Shawn DeWitt
BOYCEVILLE — After enduring nearly a half dozen cancellations and postponements, the Boyceville softball team finally took the field this past Monday.
What a season debut its was.
Hosting the Cardinals of Spring Valley April 11th in its season and Dunn-St. Croix conference opener, Boyceville earned an 11-0 shutout in five innings thanks to a stellar one-hit pitching performance by senior Ella Holden.
Fellow senior Harper Olson leading the Bulldogs offense collecting a pair of hits including a double in three plate appearances and three runs and a trio of RBIs. Sophomore Hannah Dunn also scored three runs and finished with a hit. Jadynn Traxler also smacked a double while Holden, Cambrie Reisimer and Olivia Ponath each had a hit for Boyceville who tallied seven in all.
Olson walked and scored in the bottom of the first to give the Bulldogs a 1-0 advantage.
With two outs in the second inning, Boyceville would push two more runs across home plate to take a 3-0 lead. Dunn singled and stole second and then scored on Olson’s single. Two batters later, Holden got a hit to drive in Olson.
In the third frame, the Bulldogs exploded for six runs highlighted by Olson’s two-run double. Ponath added a RBI-single and Holden walked to send another run home.
Boyceville, in front 9-0, added its final two runs of the contest in the bottom of the fourth when Reisimer and Dunn drew consecutive walks and eventually came in to score on a series of passed balls.
Holden struck out two of the final three batters she face to earn the mound win. She finished with four strikeouts and a pair of walks in five innings of work.
FLY BALL CATCH — Boyceville centerfielder Cambrie Reisimer (#22) caught this fly ball while teammate Hannah Dunn (#12) looks on during the Bulldogs’ Dunn-St. Croix conference softball opener played at home Monday, April 11 against Spring Valley. —photo by Shawn DeWitt
Spring Valley surrendered ten walks to Boyceville and committed four errors compared to one by the Bulldogs.
Boyceville, now 1-0, hosted Colfax yesterday and will be in Elk Mound Thursday and Grantsburg next Monday before come home to host Mondovi on Tuesday, April 19.
SV…….. 000 00 – 0 R 1 H 4 E
BOY……..126 2X – 11 R 7 H 1 E
Boyceville (11)
AB-R-H: Dunn 2-3-1, Olson 3-3-2, Bygd 1-0-0, Holden 1-0-1, Stoveren 2-0-0, Mittlestadt 1-1-0, Ponath 3-1-1, Taxler 3-0-1, Reisimer 3-2-1. Totals 19-11-7.
Spring Valley (0)
AB-R-H: Klein 2-0-0, Peabody 2-0-0, Shafer 2-0-0, Beyer 1-0-0, Eschenbach 2-0-1, Larson 2-0-0, White 2-0-0, Johnson 2-0-0, Shafer 2-0-0. Totals 17-0-1.
Pitchers: Boyceville-Ella Holden (WP), 5IP, 0R, 1H, 4K, 2BB; Spring Valley-Maddie Shafer (LP) 4IP, 7H, 11R, 0K, 10BB.