MANKATO, Minn.-- The Bethany Lutheran softball team (19-15 overall) begins competition at the UMAC Tournament Thursday, May 13. The Vikings are the No. 2 seed and will face No. 3 seed Northwestern (15-21) at 12 p.m. St. Scholastica will serve as hosts. 

Spectator Policy
All spectators are welcomed to attend the UMAC Softball Tournament. It is recommended that spectators adhere to social distancing guidelines and are recommended to be masked at all times. Interaction between spectators and tournament participants is prohibited at the field and in the venue area. No tickets required, and there will not be an admission charge.
Tournament Bracket
Thursday, May 13
Game 1: 10 am ‐ #4 Northland College vs. #5 UW‐Superior, UWS won 7-2
Game 2: 12 pm ‐ #2 Bethany Lutheran College vs. #3 University of Northwestern; UNW won 5-2
Game 3: 2 pm ‐ #1 College of St. Scholastica vs. #5 UW-Superior
Game 4: 4 pm – #4 Northland vs. #2 Bethany Lutheran

Friday, May 14
Game 5: 12 pm – #3 Northwestern vs. Winner of Game 3
Game 6: 2 pm – Loser of Game 3 vs. Winner of Game 4
Game 7: 4 pm – Loser of Game 5 vs. Winner of Game 6

Saturday, May 15
Game 8: 12 pm – Winner of Game 5 vs. Winner of Game 7
Game 9: 2 pm – If necessary game (if undefeated team entering game 8 would lose in game 8).

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The Series
UNW owns the series lead at 35-11. The teams split the regular season UMAC doubleheader on April 21.

Bethany Lutheran
BLC is 9-8 in the UMAC Tournament. The Vikings most recently advanced to the Championship game in 2019

Junior Zoe Kinakin (Victoria, British Columbia) leads the team with her .400 batting average. Sophomore Katelyn Halbach (Osage, Iowa) follows at .379, and freshman Ana Christofferson (Mankato, Minn.) is at .340. Christofferson has a team-high 12 stolen bases.

Junior Kassidy Cunningham (Portage La Prairie, Manitoba) has pitched a team leading 105.0 innings pitched, with 68 strikeouts, and 11 wins, for a 3.80 ERA.

Career Record Watch
Senior Morgan Mashlan (Brandon, SD) is tied for fifth in triples (5) and tied for sixth in stolen bases (17). Senior Eden Ambrose (Hugo, Minn.) is third in stolen bases (23) and walks (42), seventh in hits (103), eighth in runs (67), and ninth in doubles (22), total bases (138) and RBI (61). Stockman is tied for seventh in triples (4). Kinakin is second in double plays (19) and fourth in putouts (527), eighth in doubles (24), and 10th in hits (98).

Kosta is tied for third in saves (1) and tied for eighth in shutouts (2). Cunningham is ninth in games started (26), 10th in wins (10), innings pitched (146.0), strikeouts (80) and complete games (14).

Season Record Watch
Stockman is third in triples (4). Kinakin is second in putouts (224), is tied for sixth in double plays (8), tied for seventh in doubles (12), and ninth in RBI (26). Christofferson is tied for fourth in stolen bases (12), and tied for sixth in home runs (4). Freshman Jenna Wahl (Holmen, Wis.) is tied for sixth in stolen bases (11) and ninth in assists (72).

Kosta is tied for sixth in shutouts (2). Cunningham is tied for fifth in wins (11).

NCAA Stat Rankings
Bethany Lutheran ranks in the top 100 of 10 national stat categories, the NCAA released Sunday.

The Vikings are: 40th in doubles (63), 43rd in walks (97), 48th in fielding percentage (.967), 54th in stolen bases (57), 75th in doubles/game (1.85), 77th in stolen bases/game (1.68) and triples (8), 79th in runs (187), 83rd in double plays (9), and 99th in home runs (14).

Individually, four players rank in the top 100.

Kosta is 89th in complete games (11) and Stockman is 31st in triples (4). Cunningham is 71st in wins (11) and 80th in saves (1),

Northwestern
Ellie Ronning leads the team with her .574 batting average. Briggs Carlson follows at .393 and Telma Roesler at .345.

Briggs Carlson leads the pitching staff with her 4.58 ERA in 93.1 innings pitched. She has seven wins and 50 Ks.