CLERMONT, Fla. – The Bemidji State University Softball team splits its first day at The Spring Games in Clermont, Fla., Saturday afternoon. The Beavers began the day with a 6-5 victory over Montana State University-Billings but fell 15-1 to West Virginia Wesleyan College.
 
The Beavers scored six runs off eight hits in their victory over MSU-Billings with Aimee Christenson and Jackie Larsen each collecting two hits. Christenson paced the Beavers with two RBI, drew a walk and stole a base. Aubrey Aukerman and Grace Gumiela each drove in a run with RBI singles.
 
Senior Stella Dolan (4-3) earned her fourth win of the season and pitched her sixth complete game going all seven innings allowing five runs, four earned, off 1- hits and struck out two.
 
The Beavers will be back in action tomorrow evening and face California-Pennsylvania and Queens College at 3:00 p.m. and 5:30 p.m. CT to continue play at The Spring Games.
 
For more information on the Bemidji State softball program, follow the Beavers on X (@BSUBeaversSB), like them on Facebook (facebook.com/BemidjiStateSoftball) and follow them on Instagram (@BSUBeaversSB).
 
Located on the shore of Lake Bemidji, Bemidji State University sponsors 15 varsity athletic programs with NCAA Division I men's hockey in the Central Collegiate Hockey Association and women's hockey in the Western Collegiate Hockey Association, while its 13 NCAA Division II programs hold membership in the Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference (NSIC).
 
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