Tag: Wayzata Softball

Tough Night For Trojans

May 27th, 2009

By Matt Thomas, Wayzata.com Sports Reporter

It was a tough night full of heartbreaking losses for three different Wazyata High School athletic teams as the softball, boy’s lacrosse and girl’s lacrosse teams all saw seasons come to an end on Tuesday.

The girl’s lacrosse team was upset by third seeded Robbinsdale Armstrong by a score of 10-9 in the semifinals of section six. The second seeded Trojans had defeated the Falcons twice during the regular season.

The boy’s lacrosse team made a valiant attempt to upset Eden Prairie in its semifinal match, but came up just short by a score of 11-10.

The softball team was forced to win two games on Tuesday to stay alive in its section tournament. The Trojans defeated Edina 3-2 in the first game, but fell 7-6 in eight innings to the top seeded Richfield Spartans in the second game.

The Wayzata baseball team is still alive in its section tournament, which will play out on Thursday, May 28, and Friday, May 29. The second seeded Trojans will face the sixth seeded Bloomington Jefferson Jaguars at 4:30 p.m. on Thursday at Alimagnet Park in Burnsville. The other semifinal will feature top seeded Hopkins and fifth seeded Edina.

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WAYZATA SOFTBALL 2009: Trojans Alive in Losers Bracket

May 23rd, 2009

By Matt Thomas, Wayzata.com Sports Reporter

The Wayzata softball team lost in the semifinals of the section 6AAA winners bracket on Friday afternoon, but is still alive in the double elimination tournament.

After a 2-0 loss to Hopkins, the Trojans bounced back to defeat Park Center 3-2 later in the afternoon. Sophomore Anna Gustafson drove in a pair of runs with a double. Senior Anna Twinem had a pair of doubles and an RBI. Senior Allie Siu raised her team-high batting average to .451 with a 3-for-4 performance at the plate.

The team will now face Edina in an elimination game at 2 p.m. Tuesday, May 26. Hopkins and Richfield—the top two seeds—will play in the winners bracket final.

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WAYZATA SOFTBALL 2009: Trojans Advance With 1-0 Victory

May 20th, 2009

By Matt Thomas, Wayzata.com Sports Reporter

When the Wayzata softball team looked at the section 6AAA brackets for the first time it was probably a little nervous to see that Armstrong would be its first round opponent.

While the Falcons posted a rather harmless 8-12 record during the regular season, it beat the Trojans in two of the three games between the two teams in Classic Lake Conference play.

On Tuesday afternoon, the Falcons didn’t make things easy for the Trojans, but the Trojans managed to escape with a 1-0 victory to move into the semifinals of the winners bracket.

The shutout was the eighth of the season for senior pitcher Anna Twinem.

The Trojans will now face another familiar foe in the semifinals on Friday. The Trojans and Hopkins will play at 2 p.m. for the right to move into the finals of the winners bracket. Just like Armstrong, Hopkins beat the Trojans two out of three games during the regular season including a 5-0 victory to close out the regular season on May 13.

Top seeded Richfield and fifth seeded Edina will meet in the other winners bracket semifinal game. Armstrong, Cooper, Park Center and Benilde-St. Margaret’s are still alive in the loser’s bracket.

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WAYZATA SOFTBALL 2009: Trojans Start Section Play on Tuesday

May 18th, 2009

By Matt Thomas, Wayzata.com Sports Reporter

The Wayzata softball team received the No. 3 seed in section 6AAA and will begin postseason play 2 p.m. Tuesday, May 19, at Donaldson Park in Richfield.

The Trojans will play the winner of the game between sixth seeded Robbinsdale Armstrong and 11th seeded Minneapolis Southwest.

Richfield is the No. 1 seed in the section. Hopkins received the No. 2 seed and Park Center is the No. 4 seed.

The Trojans—who finished the regular season with a record of 13-7—will rely heavily on the arm of senior pitcher Anna Twinem. Twinem pitched every inning of every game this season for the team. She gave up only 24 earned runs in 138 innings pitched, for an earned run average of 1.22. She also struck out 169 batters and walked only 37.

Offensively, the Trojans have several standouts who can be counted upon to help produce runs. Senior Allie Siu leads the team with a .443 batting average and also has 10 RBI and six stolen bases on the season.

Senior Nina Ferguson is hitting .419 with 12 RBI and senior Sarah Laudner leads the team in RBI with 16 and is also hitting .333 for the season.

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WAYZATA SOFTBALL 2009: Regular Season Finale Slated for Wednesday

May 13th, 2009

By Matt Thomas, Wayzata.com Sports Reporter

The Wayzata softball team will look to take some momentum into the section playoffs with a win in their regular season finale on Wednesday afternoon against Hopkins.

The Trojans and Royals have split a pair of games so far this season with the Trojans winning 2-1 on April 20 and the Royals winning 5-4 on May 1.

The Royals will be playing for at least a share of the Classic Lake Conference championship as they are currently tied atop the standings with Minnetonka at 8-3. The Trojans sit two games behind the leaders at 6-5.

The Trojans went 2-1 last weekend at the Benilde-St. Margaret’s tournament with wins over Prior Lake and Visitation and a loss to Lakeville North.

Senior pitcher Anna Twinem pitched her sixth and seventh shutouts of the season in the tournament as the Trojans blanked Prior Lake 3-0 and followed it up with a 1-0 shutout over Visitation.

The Trojans will begin postseason play on May 18 in section 6AAA. The section has 12 teams including Benilde-St. Margaret’s, Edina, Holy Angels, Hopkins, Minneapolis South, Minneapolis Southwest, Park Center, Richfield, Robbinsdale Armstrong, Robbinsdale Cooper, and St. Louis Park.

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WAYZATA SOFTBALL 2009: Trojans Topple Tonka

May 8th, 2009

By Matt Thomas, Wayzata.com Sports Reporter

The Wayzata High School softball team got a clutch hit from sophomore Meg DuPuis and another sparkling pitching performance from senior Anna Twinem on Thursday afternoon to defeat Classic Lake Conference leading Minnetonka 1-0.

It was just the second conference loss for the Skippers, which fell to 8-2 in conference play. The Trojans improved to 11-5 overall and 6-5 in conference play.

Twinem threw her fifth complete game shutout of the season, by giving up just two hits and striking out eight. She has now struck out 135 batters in 111 innings pitched and has a season earned run average of 1.20.

DuPuis got the game-winning RBI when she singled in Twinem in the top of the sixth inning. DuPuis is currently second on the team in RBI with 11, which is five behind team-leader Sarah Laudner who has 16.

The Trojans will play in a tournament on Saturday at Benilde-St. Margaret’s before finishing up the regular season on Wednesday, May 13, against Hopkins.

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WAYZATA SOFTBALL 2009: Twinem Reaches 100 Strikeouts in 5-1 Victory

May 1st, 2009

By Matt Thomas, Wayzata.com Sports Reporter

Wayzata senior pitcher Anna Twinem reached the 100 strikeout mark for the season on Thursday as the Trojans improved to 9-3 on the season with a 5-1 victory over the Edina Hornets.

Twinem, who has pitched every inning of every game thus far for the Trojans, gave up five hits and struck out five in seven innings of work on Thursday. The five strikeouts gave her 101 for the season and her earned run average now sits at 1.63.

Twinem received some run support thanks in part to a pair of sophomores. Sophomore Meg DuPuis went 2 for 4 with two doubles and two RBI’s. Sophomore Bri Adams went 2 for 4 with a solo homerun.

A pair of seniors – Sarah Laudner and Allie Siu – also chipped in offensively. Laudner went 3 for 4 at the plate and now has eight hits in her last 13 at bats to raise her season batting average to .405. Siu continues to lead the team in hitting with a .488 batting average after going 2 for 3 on Thursday afternoon.

The win pulls the Trojans to within two games of first place Minnetonka, after the Skippers suffered their first conference loss of the season on Thursday, 4-0 to Hopkins. The Skippers still sit atop the conference standings at 6-1, with the Trojans and Royals lurking behind at 4-3.

The Trojans and Royals will break that second place tie on Friday when the two teams meet at Hopkins at 4:15 p.m.

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WAYZATA SOFTBALL 2009: Laudner Powers Trojans to Victory

April 29th, 2009

By Matt Thomas, Wayzata.com Sports Reporter

The Wayzata softball team shook off a tough 2-1 loss to Minnetonka on Monday and rebounded with an 11-6 victory over non-conference opponent Mounds View on Tuesday.

Senior Sarah Laudner was responsible for a good chunk of the offensive production by going 2 for 3 at the plate with a homerun and five RBI’s. Laudner is now hitting .364 on the season as has a team-high 14 RBI’s.

Sophomore Anna Gustafson also turned in a nice performance by going 4 for 5 with a double, an RBI, and three runs scored. Senior Allie Siu raised her team-leading batting average to .475 with a 3 for 4 day at the plate.

Senior pitcher Anna Twinem gave up a season-high five earned runs, but was still able to pick up her eighth win of the season while striking out nine opposing hitters.

The Trojans (8-3) will be back in action on Thursday afternoon when they travel to Edina for a 4:15 p.m. game.

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WAYZATA SOFTBALL 2009: Twinem Throws Two-Hitter in 6-0 Victory

April 23rd, 2009

By Matt Thomas, Wayzata.com Sports Reporter

Senior pitcher Anna Twinem had quite an afternoon on Wednesday. Twinem stifled the Edina Hornets as she threw a two-hitter and struck out ten batters as the Trojans won their sixth straight game with a 6-0 victory.

It was the third shutout of the season for Twinem who has now struck out 70 batters in 55 innings of work. She has given up just seven earned runs all season for an earned run average of 1.15.

While Twinem was certainly dealing from the pitching circle on Wednesday, she didn’t look too shabby in the batters box either. The senior went 3 for 3 at plate and drove in a run to improve her batting average to .450 for the season.

Senior Allie Siu was also perfect at the plate as she went 4 for 4 with two RBI’s to raise her batting average to .483 for the season. Junior Chloe Rod also had a solid day by going 2 for 4 with an RBI and a run scored.

The Trojans will try to make it seven straight victories on Friday when they travel to Robbinsdale Armstrong for a 4:15 p.m. start.

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WAYZATA SOFTBALL 2009: Trojans Extend Win Streak to Five

April 21st, 2009

By Matt Thomas, Wayzata.com Sports Reporter

The Wayzata softball moved to 5-2 on the season with an important 2-1 victory in nine innings against Classic Lake Conference rival Hopkins on Monday afternoon. The win was the fifth in a row for the Trojans after they had started the season 0-2.

Senior pitcher Anna Twinem went the distance in the pitching circle for the Trojans by going all nine innings, surrendering only four hits, walking three, and striking out 11. Twinem has now given up only seven earned runs in 48 innings pitched for a season earned run average of 1.31.

Sophomore Meg DuPuis went 1-3 at the plate with a walk and one of the two runs batted in for the Trojans. Junior Chloe Rod went 1-2 at the plate and knocked in the other run for the Trojans.

While DuPuis and Rod were the offensive spark plugs on Monday, senior Nina Ferguson is hitting the ball better than anyone on the team. Through Monday’s game against Hopkins, Ferguson is hitting an even .500 with 12 hits in 24 at bats. She has four doubles, one triple, six RBI’s, and has struck out only twice.

Senior Allie Siu is also off to a strong start with 10 hits in 25 at bats for a .400 batting average. Siu has two doubles and five RBI’s on the season. Senior Sarah Laudner has also been an offensive threat with a .318 batting average and six RBI’s to tie for the team-high with Ferguson.
The Trojans will look to extend their winning streak to six games on Wednesday, April 22 when they host Edina at 4:15 p.m.

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