Luverne softball team dominates Adrian

The Luverne High School softball team opened its season against Adrian Tuesday, April 11, beating the Dragons 15-2 on the road.
The Cardinals opened their season with an easy win over the Dragons following a first-inning push of six LHS runs.
Sophomore Payton Behr started the game with a triple off a fly ball. Junior Elizabeth Smidt then singled a ground ball to shortstop, scoring Behr from third.
Smidt stole second on a pitch to senior Carly Olson, who swung on a full count, driving a hard ground ball to right field. Smidt and Olson both crossed home plate to make the score 3-0.
Junior Anika Boll scored the Cardinals’ fourth run from third base off an errant Adrian throw.
Junior Tori Serie and sophomore Regan Mehlhaff finished the scoring from third base and second base in the first inning when Behr hit a line drive to center field.
The Dragons scored once in the first inning when an Adrian runner stole third base and then made it home after an error by Luverne.
After the first inning the score was Luverne 6, Adrian 1. 
With the score at LHS 6, AHS 1, the second inning featured Cardinal Ella Reisdorfer scoring from third base on a Dragons throwing error.
Adrian scored in the bottom of the second after a walk that advanced to second on a wild pitch. Adrian then bunted and reached first on an error at first, scoring the runner from second. 
LHS closed the second inning leading Adrian 7-2.
In the third inning Luverne scored one more run after Behr was hit by a pitch, stole second and then advanced to third on a wild pitch.
Smidt hit a hard ground ball to right field to score Behr.
The Cardinals held Adrian from scoring and took the third inning with an 8-2 lead.
In the top of the fourth inning junior Kenedee Franken scored on a walk after reaching first base on a line drive to center, then being awarded second after a passed ball, went to third on a walk and reached home on another walk by the AHS pitcher.
With Serie at third and Mehlhaff on second base, Behr singled on a ground ball to center and reached second on an error. Serie scored on the single and Mehlhaff scored on the error.
Reisdorfer hit a grounder to score Behr from third base, bringing the fourth-inning score to 12-2, Luverne.
In the fifth inning Serie walked to first, and then advanced to second and third on AHS errors, ending up scoring for Luverne.
Later in the inning Reisdorfer hit another grounder to score Lenz from third base.
A few plays later Behr, at third, scored after junior Anika Boll was hit by a pitch when the bases were loaded.
Luverne finished the game with 15 points, 10 hits and four errors.
“I thought that we had some very nice at bats and were aggressive at the plate,” head coach Brooks Maurer said.
“We had a few more walks and errors than we would like, but it was good to play and see what we need to work on going forward.” 
The Cardinals are scheduled to host Jackson County Central April 20 and will travel to Fairmont April 24.
 
BOX Score
AHS   1  1  0  0  0   3
LHS   6 1 1 4 3   15
 
BATTING
Luverne AB R H RBI
Behr         3  4  3  3
Smidt       4  1  2  2
Olson       2  1  1  2
Reisdorfer 4  1  0  2
Boll.         3  1  1  1
Cowell.    2  0  0  0
Franken.  3  1  1  0
Serie        1  3  1  0
Nath        1  0  0  0
Mehlhaff  0  2  0  0
Lenz        2  1  1  1
Stegenga 0  0  0  0
 
Triple: Behr Home Run: Olson Total Bases: Franken, Olson 4, Boll, Serie, Smidt, Lenz, Behr 5 Stolen Bases: Behr 1, Reisdorfer, Smidt 2 Left On Base: 12
 
PITCHING
Luverne     IP   H   R ER  SO
Nath          3   4   3   3   5
Reisdorfer 2   0   0   0   4
 
Win: Nath, Pitches-Strikes: Nath 58-30, Reisdorfer 32-17, Batters faced: Nath 15, Reisdorfer 8