Section 2A softball
Mavs open postseason vs. Chargers
Third-seeded Martin County West is scheduled to host 14th-seeded Minnesota Valley Lutheran in the single elimination first round of the Section 2A softball tournament at 5 p.m. Tuesday at the Fox Lake Area Sports Complex in Welcome.
The Mavericks have a 17-3 record, while the Chargers are 3-17. The teams met on April 12 in New Ulm, with MCW winning 3-0.
Maddie Carlson threw a no-hitter for the Mavericks that day, walking two and striking out five.
Martin County West lost its most recent game, falling 11-0 to New Ulm Cathedral in the Tomahawk Valley Conference championship game. That ended an 11-game winning streak for MCW.
MVL has lost 11 in a row. The most recent games for the Chargers were last Thursday, when they were swept by Le Sueur-Henderson 15-0 and 13-1.
Tuesday’s winner advances to the double-elimination portion of the tournament that begins Thursday, again at the site of higher-seeded team.
If MCW wins over MVL, the Mavericks would be at home on Thursday, hosting the winner of the game between sixth-seeded Nicollet and 11th-seeded Red Rock Central/Westbrook-Walnut Grove.
The remainder of the tournament will then be played at Caswell Park in North Mankato.
United South Central is seeded first in the tournament and New Ulm Cathedral is second.
Section 2A
Tuesday, May 20
First round
Number in parenthesis indicates seed number
All games at 5 p.m.
United South Central (1) has bye
Springfield (9) at Janesville-Waldorf-Pemberton (8)
Sleepy Eye Saint Mary’s (12) at Sleepy Eye (5)
Alden-Conger/Glenville-Emmons (13) at Cleveland (4)
Heron Lake-Okabena/Fulda (15) at New Ulm Cathedral (2)
Madelia (10) at Mountain Lake Area/Comfrey (7)
Minnesota Valley Lutheran (14) at Martin County West (3)
Red Rock Central/Westbrook-Walnut Grove (11) at Nicollet (6)
Season results
MARTIN COUNTY WEST (17-3)
Tuesday, March 25: at Janesville-Waldorf-Pemberton, W 17-3
Thursday, April 3: Nicollet, W 10-8
Thursday, April 10: at Cleveland, L 3-2
Friday, April 11: at Heron Lake-Okabena/Fulda, W 19-0
Saturday, April 12: at Minnesota Valley Lutheran, W 3-0
Monday, April 21: at Mountain Lake Area/Comfrey, W 14-2
Thursday, April 24: Windom, W 11-10
Friday, April 25: United South Central, L 6-2
Tuesday, April 29: Cleveland, W 6-2
Friday, May 2: at Madelia, W 12-0
Friday, May 2: at Madelia, W 13-3
Saturday, May 3: Adrian/Ellsworth, W 9-2
Saturday, May 3: Hayfield, W 11-5
Tuesday, May 6: Sleepy Eye St. Mary’s, W 19-0
Thursday, May 8: at Nicollet, W 10-9
Saturday, May 10: Yellow Medicine East at Walnut Grove, W 6-5 (8 innings)
Saturday, May 10: at Red Rock Central/Westbrook-Walnut Grove, W 17-0
Saturday, May 10: Lakeview at Walnut Grove, W 12-0
Tuesday, May 13: Sleepy Eye, W 8-1
Thursday, May 15: New Ulm Cathedral at Caswell Park, L 11-0
Tuesday, May 20: Minnesota Valley Lutheran, 5 p.m.
MINNESOTA VALLEY LUTHERAN (3-17)
Thursday, March 27: at Madelia, L 4-3
Friday, March 28: United South Central: L 8-0
Friday, April 4: at Janesville-Waldorf-Pemberton: L 16-1
Friday, April 11: at Martin Luther/GHEC/Truman, W 7-6
Saturday, April 12: Martin County West, L 3-0
Tuesday, April 15: Sibley East, W 17-14
Tuesday, April 15: Sibley East, W 25-8
Tuesday, April 22: at Lake Crystal Wellcome Memorial, L 10-0
Tuesday, April 22: at Lake Crystal Wellcome Memorial, L 21-1
Friday, April 25: at St. James Area, L 10-0
Friday, April 25: at St. James Area, L 17-0
Tuesday, April 29: St. Clair/Loyola, L 22-3
Tuesday, April 29: St. Clair/Loyola, L 17-6
Friday, May 2: at Gibbon-Fairfax-Winthrop, L 12-3
Tuesday, May 6: Maple River, L 10-1
Thursday, May 8: at Buffalo Lake-Hector-Stewart, L 15-5
Tuesday, May 13: at LeSueur-Henderson, L 15-0
Tuesday, May 13: at LeSueur-Henderson, L 13-1