PHOTOS: Bethel baseball and softball teams swept in MIAC home openers Sunday
April 3, 2019
Mariah Uphoff comes around the base paths to score on Sunday against St. Thomas.
After successful spring break trips, both Royals teams Royals opened conference play with the tall task of facing MIAC superpower St. Thomas
Photos by Carlo Holmberg
Baseball: Bethel fell to the Tommies by scores of 6-4 and 3-1. Left fielder Mitch Butvilas collected two RBIs in the first game while pitcher Jake Marsh went the distance of nine innings giving up just six hits.
Softball: The Royals lost in two six-inning games on Sunday, both by a score of 10-2. on Sunday. Kayla Hokanson grabbed a single RBI in the opener and shortstop Jamie Axelberg went 2-for-3 with two RBIs in the closer.
Junior third baseman Joey Fredrickson watches a pitch go by against St. Thomas on Sunday afternoon. Fredrickson drove in the only Bethel run in the second game of the MIAC doubleheader.The Bethel infield huddles for a mound visit during the game on Sunday afternoon.Second baseman Parker Mullenbach makes contact on the ground with a Tommie delivery. The Royals recorded eight hits compared to St. Thomas’ 10 in the first game of Sunday’s doubleheader.Second baseman Allie Fauth covers the first-base bag in a close play.Junior pitcher Jake Marsh delivers a pitch in the second game of Sunday’s doubleheader. Marsh threw a complete game, surrendering six hits and two earned runs in the 3-1 loss.Freshman Cortney Hokanson eyes up a delivery in Bethel’s second game of the doubleheader against St. Thomas Sunday.
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