The Dubuque Hempstead softball team arrived in Cedar Rapids Monday with a sparkling 13-0 record and the No.12 spot in the new IGHSAU softball rankings.

The Mustangs (13-2, 8-2) went home with a headache.

The Xavier Saints (8-3, 7-3) swept Hempstead, 2-1 and 7-6, in a pair of Mississippi Valley Conference squeakers at the Xavier field.

Emily Walton drove in the winning run for Xavier in the first game with a fifth-inning double. Tyler Sampson hit a home run for the Saints (8-3, 7-3) in the second inning.

Abby Bedard went 3-for-4 and drove in a run in the second game for Xavier. Sydney Galligan was 2-for-3 with an RBI.

Game 1

HEMPSTEAD (6)

Hovind 2 2 1 0, Grutz 4 1 2 0, Hailey Koerperich 4 1 2 0, Gronen 4 1 1 0, Reidl 3 0 2 0, Hope Koerperich 3 0 0 0, Kelleher 4 1 2 0, Albrecht 4 0 1 0, Thein 0 0 0 0. Totals 32 6 11.

XAVIER (7)

Colston, rf, 3 0 0 0, Kuba-Tresnak, cf, 1 2 0 0, Bedard, 3b, 4 1 3 1, Winter, 2b, 4 1 1 2, Sampson, ss, 4 1 2 2, Schulte, 1b, 4 1 0 0, Walton, c, 4 0 1 0, Drahozal, p, 3 0 1 2, Christensen, pr, 0 0 0 0, Galligan, dp, 3 1 2 0, Ireland, lf, 0 0 0 0. Totals 30 7 10 7.

W - Drahozal. 2B - Grutz, Reidl, Bedard, Winter, Sampson. SB - Hovind, Colston, Kuba-Tresnak, Schulte, Drahozal.

Game 2

HEMPSTEAD (1)

Hovind, rf, 4 1 1 0, Grutz, 2b, 4 0 1 0, Hailey Koerperich, cf, 2 0 0 0, Hannah Koerperich, p, 3 0 2 0, Gronen, ss, 3 0 1 0, Reidl, 3b, 2 0 0 0, Hope Koerperich, c, 2 0 0 0, Thein, 1b, 2 0 0 0, Albrecht, dp, 3 0 0 0, Kramer, 3b, 0 0 0 0. Totals 25 1 5.

XAVIER (2)

Colston, rf, 2 0 0 0, Kuba-Tresnak, cf, 3 0 0 0, Bedard, 3b, 3 0 1 0, Winter, 2b, 3 0 0 0, Sampson, ss, 2 1 1 1, Schulte, 1b, 1 0 0 0, Walton, c, 1 0 1 0, Schwach, pr, 0 1 0 0, Deutmeyer, dp, 2 0 0 0, Galligan, lf, 2 0 1 0, Wiebold, p, 0 0 0 0. Totals 19 2 4 1.

Hannah Koerperich and Hope Koerperich. Wiebold and Walton. W - Wiebold. L - Koerperich. 2B - Walton. HR - Sampson.