Prairie Softball

Prairie splits with No.4 Rams

DUBUQUE - The Prairie Hawks pushed across a run in the top of the 10th inning Monday and trimmed No.4 Dubuque Senior, 4-3, in the first game of a Mississippi Valley Conference softball doubleheader in Dubuque.

Dubuque Senior won the second game, 8-2.

Katie Kuch tossed all 10 innings in the first game for Prairie (9-7, 5-5). She did not allow a run in eight of those innings and finished with five strikeouts.

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Warriors gain split with Prairie

Prairie's Katie Kuch fired a one-hit shutout in the opener, but Washington used a four-run second inning to win the nightcap and the teams split a Mississippi Valley Conference doubleheader Thursday night at Washington.

Malia Gudenkauf had three hits for Prairie (8-6, 4-4) in the opener. Mallory Jones had two hits and drove in two runs.

Payton Bruner scattered six hits for Washington (2-9, 1-6) and was the winning pitcher in the nightcap. She also had three hits.

Emily Oler and Megan Jonas had two hits apiece and each drove in a run for the Warriors in the nightcap.

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Prairie girls suffer 2 tough losses

IOWA CITY - The Cedar Rapids Prairie softball team lost a pair of one-run games at Iowa City West Tuesday.

Iowa City West captured the first game, 5-4, in eight innings. The Women of Troy won the second game, 1-0, with a run in the bottom of the seventh.

Prairie fell to 7-5 overall and 3-3.

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Prairie splits with No.8 J-Hawks

Halle Lueck drove in the game-winning run with a walkoff single in the bottom of the seventh Monday as Prairie upset No.8 Jefferson, 3-2, in the first game of a Mississippi Valley Conference softball doubleheader at Prairie.

Jefferson rolled in the nightcap, 12-2.

Katie Kuch pitched a complete game for Prairie (7-3, 3-1) in the opener. Malia Gudenkauf went 2-for-2 with a double.

Maddie Koolbeck was 2-for-3 with a double and an RBI for Jefferson in the opener.

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