Colfax softball comes alive against Spring Valley

by Samuel Ripp

COLFAX — The Colfax softball team was in action on Monday, April 18 against Spring Valley and won by a score of 11-0 in five innings.

With the win, Colfax is now 2-2 in conference and 2-3 overall. They played a complete game in the win over Spring Valley with pitching and hitting doing their job.

Colfax started the game off with a bang by scoring four runs in the bottom of the first inning. They would go quiet for a couple innings before pouring it on in the fourth and fifth inning. They scored three more runs in the fourth and four more in the fifth to end it with the ten run rule.

Senior pitcher Lakken Meredith was on the mound for the Lady Vikings and threw a complete game shutout in five innings. She allowed four hits and two walks on the afternoon. She also struck out three during the course of the game.

On the afternoon, the Lady Vikings picked up seven hits to help them to a victory and picking up those hits included: sophomore catcher MiKaela Leibfried with two; sophomore third baseman Hailey Durand with two; freshman centerfielder Kaitlyn Field with two; and Lakken Meredith.

With those seven hits the Lady Vikings also collected nine RBIs for their eleven runs on the afternoon. Picking up the RBIs were: MiKaela Leibfried; Hailey Durand with three; Kaitlyn Field with three; and Lakken Meredith with two.

The Lady Vikings will look to build on this win as they move towards the middle of the season with big conference games coming up. They will try to catch up to Elk Mound and Durand who are currently undefeated in conference play.