AUBURNDALE, Fla. (csssaints.com) – The St. Scholastica baseball team may have played its last game on Friday, which resulted in a 6-1 loss to Benedictine University (Ill.) at the RussMatt Invitational.
 
How It Happened
The Eagles (3-3) scored on a pair of groundouts in the second inning to take a 2-0 lead. The Saints made it 2-1 in the bottom frame when senior Braydon Hanson (Monticello, Minn./Monticello HS (UW-Whitewater)) that brought in senior Aaron Weber (Sauk Rapids, Minn./Pierz HS) with a double.
 
Benedictine added a run in the fourth and three more runs in the sixth to make it 6-1, which would be the final score.
 
Pitching
Senior Jake Sande (Hayward, Wis./Hayward HS) got the start for the Saints and struck out six in 4.2 innings. Senior Daniel Deitz (Andover, Minn./Andover HS (Anoka-Ramsey CC)) finished the game, throwing two scoreless innings.
 
What's Next
The Saints are now 4-4-1 for the 2020 season. St. Scholastica's last two opponents on the trip decided not to travel to Florida. The NCAA came out on Thursday announcing the cancellation of the Spring Championships due to COVID-19. The Upper Midwest Athletic Conference (UMAC) is still in discussions on how to proceed with the spring sport season.
 
If this was the end of the Saints' season, Lane Girtz (Pierz, Minn./Pierz Healy HS), Aaron Weber (Sauk Rapids, Minn./Pierz HS), Joey Zwak (Duluth, Minn./Duluth East HS), Eric Pearson (Champlin, Minn./Champlin Park HS), Cole Tyman (Elk Mound, Wis./Elk Mound HS), Braydon Hanson (Monticello, Minn./Monticello HS (UW-Whitewater)), Jake Sande (Hayward, Wis./Hayward HS) and Daniel Deitz (Andover, Minn./Andover HS (Anoka-Ramsey CC)) may have played their final collegiate games.
 
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