Alumni Update: Area grads hit the softball diamonds
Published 7:54 pm Tuesday, April 3, 2018
- Grace Mindrup is in her sophomore season with UW LaCrosse this season. Photo by Jim Lund.
Austin grad Sydney Murphy and Hayfield grad Grace Mindrup have both begun their second season together on the University of La Crosse softball team.
Murphy, who is starting at third base, and Mindrup, who is starting at first base, were both active in a sweep over Dubuque, Iowa by scores of 6-2 and 2-1 on March 29.
Austin grad Sydney Murphy is in her junior season with UW La Crosse this spring. Photo by Jim Lund.
Murphy was 1-for-6 with a walk in the two games and Mindrup was 2-for-7 with two RBIs and a run scored. Murphy is hitting .313 with three doubles and nine RBIs on the season for the Eagles (11-9 overall) and Mindrup is hitting .352 with three doubles, two homers and 11 RBIs.
Hayfield grad Dani Wagner started in her first two home games of her senior season for the Minnesota Gophers (20-13 overall).
Wagner went 3-for-8 with three RBIs and two runs scored as Minnesota swept Illinois with a pair of 6-0 wins.
On the season, Wagner has started 13 games and she is hitting .342 with three homers, four doubles and 13 RBIs.
Austin grad Shayley Vesel has played in three games for the St. Mary’s University in Winona this season.
Vesel is 0-for-3 on the season.
