Martin County West is seeded eighth for the Section 2A softball tournament and will host a first-round game at 5 p.m. Tuesday at the Fox Lake Sports Complex.
The Mavericks, 8-9, will face ninth-seeded Gibbon-Fairfax-Winthrop (6-13). The teams did not meet during the regular season.
Tuesday's winner will advance to play at top-seeded New Ulm Cathedral (17-2) at 5 p.m. Thursday. The Greyhounds have a first-round bye.
Buffalo Lake-Hector-Stewart is the number two seed, followed by Nicollet and Springfield.
After Thursday, the remainder of the tournament will be played at Caswell Park in North Mankato.
SECTION 2A
Tuesday
First round
Seed number in parenthesis
All gams at 5 p.m.
New Ulm Cathedral (1) has bye
Gibbon-Fairfax-Winthrop (9) at Martin County West (8)
Granada-Huntley-East Chain/Martin Luther/Truman (13) at Springfield (4)
Minnesota Valley Lutheran (12) at Sleepy Eye St. Mary's (5)
Janesville-Waldorf-Pemberton (14) at Nicollet (3)
Mountain Lake Area/Comfrey (11) at Cleveland (6)
Sleepy Eye (10) at Madelia (7)
Buffalo Lake-Hector-Stewart (2) has bye