A twin bill sweep for Huskies

The Owatonna Huskies softball team took home two wins in its double header against Rochester Century on Monday.
Owatonna opened the home doubleheader against Rochester Century with a 3-1 win thanks to a strong all-around defensive display.
The Huskies started the game with an early deficit after Rochester Century scored on an RBI single in the top of the first inning.
However, the Huskies rallied back in the bottom half of the first inning with a leadoff triple from Katelyn Bentz, who later scored after Parris Hovden reached first on an RBI single tie the game at 1-1.
Both teams struggled to find offense in the following two innings, but it was Owatonna who crossed the plate next to take the lead.
In the bottom of the fourth inning, Zoie Roush hit a one-out double and Paiton Glynn knocked her home with a two-out single to give Owatonna a 2-1 lead.
Owatonna managed to hold Century scoreless the next half inning before striking again in the bottom of the fifth after a leadoff walk for Katelyn Bentz and a follow-up triple by Izzy Radel leads to a 3-1 lead for Owatonna.
The Huskies managed to hold their 3-1 lead for the rest of the game as both teams set up for the second half of the doubleheader.
Hovden earned the win on the mound and pitched all seven innings for the Huskies.
Owatonna managed to win its second game by an even larger margin, beating the Panthers 14-0 after five innings.
The Huskies struck first early in the second game of the day with two runs in the bottom of the first inning.
A single by Radel was followed by an RBI triple from Hovden, who scored on an RBI double by Samantha Bogan to give Owatonna an early 2-0 lead.
Owatonna applied the pressure again in the bottom of the second inning by scoring five runs on four hits to take a 7-0 lead.
Collecting RBIs on the four hits were Krause, Averie Roush, Bentz and Bogan.
Down 7-0 in the top of the third inning, Rochester Century threatened Owatonna with a triple, but was unsuccessful in getting the runner home to score.
Instead, it was Owatonna again finding runs scoring three more times to make the score 10-0 with Zoie Roush and Hovden collecting RBIs.
The Huskies proceeded to put the dagger in Rochester Century’s chances in the fourth inning by scoring four more runs thanks to RBIs from Bentz and Radel to make the game 14-0.
Radel’s RBI single would be Owatonna’s last score of the game with the Huskies winning by the 10-run mercy rule after five innings.Earning the win for Owatonna was Kennedy Hodgeman.
Up next for the Huskies is a home matchup against Rochester John Marshall on Thursday at 5 p.m.