For the fourth season in a row, and fifth time in the past six years, the Mudhens will head into the District 7 legion Final Four in Montevideo. And they do so riding a seven game winning streak which culminated with three agme sweep in the Southern Division playoffs. The 5-4 victory in the division final over Madison marked the fifth straight game in which BOLD trailed but came back to win. The win over Madison came in dramatic fashion where a two run deficit entering the seventh inning was erased when Austin Weis doubled home Ben Steffel (walk) and Lane Stadther (single) to tie the score. Weis eventually scored on a sacrifice fly off the bat of Max Buchtel for what proved to be the winning run. Stadther (3-1) picked up the win pitching the first six innings. Steffel picked up his second save pitching a scoreless seventh.
The division title sends BOLD to the Final Four as a number one seed. They will take on the nuimber two seed from the North Division (NLS, Glenwood, or Wheaton) in a 5:15 game back at Montevideo. BOLD would need at least three wins to earn a trip to the State Division II tournament in Morris.
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