Xavier Softball

Xavier girls swept by Waterloo West

The Xavier girls softball team lost a pair of Mississippi Valley Conference games to Waterloo West on Monday, 6-4 and 7-4, at Xavier.

The Saints, who began the day with a nine-game winning streak, fell to 17-11 overall and 11-9 in the conference. Waterloo West raised its records to 16-9 overall and 13-7 in the conference.

Maria Steffen suffered the loss for Xavier in the 6-4 setback. Kylie Oldridge was the losing pitcher in the 7-4 defeat.

Claire Christianson and Jamie Feltes scored twice for the Saints in the nightcap.

Hot Saints win Linn-Mar tourney

The closer Nikki Gahring comes to giving birth to her own child, the better her kids on the Xavier softball team keep playing.

The Saints finished an impressive week by topping Center Point-Urbana, 8-6, in the championship game of the Linn-Mar softball tournament Saturday afternoon.

Xavier swept Linn-Mar on Tuesday, swept Cedar Falls on Thursday, won two games in the Linn-Mar tournament Friday and won two more games Saturday for eight victories in five days.

The Saints, now riding a nine-game winning streak, have raised their record to 17-9 as they get closer to the postseason and closer to Gahring's due date in two weeks.

The Saints beat some good teams in the Linn-Mar tournament with a 2-1 victory over Waverly-Shell Rock (ranked No. 8 in Class 4A), a 2-1 victory over Linn-Mar (ranked No. 10 in 5A last week) and the 8-6 verdict over Center Point-Urbana (ranked No. 7 in Class 3A).

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Xavier softball wins twice at tourney

The Xavier Saints won both of their games at the Linn-Mar softball tournament Friday to reach the semifinals of the 16-team event.

The Saints topped Monticello, 7-3, in their first game and trimmed Waverly-Shell Rock, 2-1, in the quarterfinals.

Xavier will meet Linn-Mar in the semifinals Saturday at 11:45 a.m.

Erin Drahozal went 3-for-4 with two RBIs in the 7-3 victory over Monticello. Jamie Feltes and Kailee Becker had two hits. Maria Steffen was the winning pitcher.

Hannah Helms went 2-for-3 and socked a home run in the 2-1 victory over Waverly-Shell Rock, which is ranked No. 8 in Class 4A. Drahozal got the victory in the circle.

The Linn-Mar Lions reached the semifinals with a 9-0 victory over Vinton-Shellsburg and a 7-4 verdict over Bettendorf in eight innings.

Xavier softball team sweeps Tigers

CEDAR FALLS - The Xavier Saints climbed into the thick of the Mississippi Division softball race Thursday night by sweeping a twinbill from Cedar Falls, 9-1 and 14-4.

Xavier pulled into a tie for second place with Waterloo West in the division with 11-7 league records, just one game behind Prairie (12-6) with eight games left in the Mississippi Valley Conference season.

Cassie Himmelsbach went 2-for-3 with a home run and scored twice in the 9-1 victory. Jamie Feltes was 2-for-4 with a double. Erin Drahozal got the victory.

Morgan Breitbach went 2-for-3 in the second game. Drahozal was 2-for-4 with a double and scored twice. Kylie Oldridge got the victory.

Xavier is 13-9 overall. Cedar Falls fell to 7-13 in the MVC and 11-16 overall.