By Herald staff (Contact) | Austin Daily Herald

The Riverland softball team kept its season alive in the first round of the Region 13A Tournament when it beat Madison Tech 2-1 in eight innings of the first round in Rochester Friday.

The Blue Devils (18-17 overall) lost to Rochester 9-4 in the second round and will play Madison again in the consolation round on Saturday at 10 a.m. with the winner taking on Rochester at noon.

In the win against Madison, Danielle Lynch, a freshman from Houston, knocked in a run with a two-out double in the bottom of the eighth to win it, right after Madison had tied it up at 1 in the seventh inning. RCC scored it’s other run on a two-out, one run double by Liz Triplett in the fourth.

RCC fell behind early in the second game and never recovered.

Laura Meyer extended her season-long hitting streak to 32 games with hits in both contests.

RCC 2, Madison 1

RCC pitching: Kaylee Newmann (W), 8 IP, 6 H, 3 BB, 1 ER, 4 K

RCC hitting: Jill Radke, 2-for-4; Danielle Lynch, 3-for-4, double, RBI

Rochester 9, RCC 4

RCC pitching: Kaylee Newmann (L), 2 1/3 IP, 4 H, 1 BB, 3 ER; Anna Breault, 3 1/3 IP, 10 H, 5 ER

RCC hitting: Triplett, 3-for-3, RBI; Meyer, 1-for-4; Lynch, RBI