Staff photo by Travis Rosenau Springfield’s Faye Williams (16) is unable to beat the catch by New Ulm Cathedral’s Madelyn Haala at first during the first game of a Tomahawk Division softball doubleheader on Monday at Harman Park.

By Jeff Meder

sports@nujournal.com

NEW ULM — New Ulm Cathedral swept Springfield Monday at Harman Park in a Tomahawk Division softball doubleheader.

It was the regular-season finale for Springfield.

In Game 1, Cathedral won 8-0. Game 2 saw the Greyhounds win 16-2 in five innings.

Game 1 had solid pitching by Greyhounds starting pitcher Jayde Altermatt, good defense behind her and runs when the Greyhounds needed them to keep the momentum.

An example of this is Altermatt struck out all three batters she faced in the first and third innings. She pitched seven innings, gave up no runs on four hits, walked one and she struck out 12 batters.

In the bottom of the second, Abbey Hillesheim and Madelyn Haala each reached on an error. Ava Brennan’s double brought home Abbey Hillesheim and Haala, which made it 2-0.

The Greyhounds added five more runs in the bottom of the fourth. Haala got an infield single and Brennan walked. Ava Schmid’s single scored Haala and Brennan. Hartness drove in the fifth run on a single and Schmid scored on a sacrifice fly from Margo Finstad and it was 6-0 for the Greyhounds. Shay Wilfahrt scored Cathedral’s seventh run on a single by Abbey Hillesheim.

In the bottom of the sixth, Schmid singled. She went to second on a Hartness single. She moved to third on a sacrifice by Finstad. Krueger scored on a groundout by Haala for the final run.

Schmid led Cathedral at the plate in Game 1, going 3 for 4 with two RBIs.

Abby Groebner and Emma Hauger each doubled to lead Springfield in Game 1.

In Game 2, Cathedral went up 11-0 after the first two innings and ended the game in the fifth.

Schmid again led Cathedral the plate by going 3 for 4 with three RBIs, while Hartness, Finstad, Abbey Hillesheim and Brynn Wilfahrt each had two hits. Shay Wilfahrt added a triple also for the Greyhounds.

Springfield was led at the plate in Game 2 by Rachel Beadell, who was 1 for 1 with a walk. Beadell also took the loss in five innings in Game 2, allowing nine earned runs while striking out two.

Cathedral got the win in the circle in Game 2 from Abbey Hillesheim, who pitched five innings and allowed three hits and a walk for two unearned runs while striking out two.

Cathedral (17-2, 13-1), winners of 17 straight, will play at 4:30 p.m. on Friday at Janesville-Waldorf-Pemberton in the- regular-season finale for the Greyhounds. Springfield (5-15, 4-10) will next play in the Section 2A playoffs against an opponent and location to be determined.