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N.D (NewsDakota.com) The Hi-Liners softball team looked impressive in a 8-3 victory over Fargo South in round one of the Eastern Dakota Conference Tournament.

The Hi-Liners started out the game hot and never cooled off. In the bottom of the first, Valley got the scoring going on a Madison McDaniel sacrifice fly that drove in Jessica Denholm. Just two batters later, Danica Digel would touch home plate on a Paula Andel single. Shortly after reaching base, Andel would come around to score on a seeing eye double struck by Sadie Klingenberg.

The Hi-Liners would add two more runs in the second taking a demanding 5-0 lead. Behind the pitching of Danica Diegel, Valley City’s defense was solid. While the Bruins would finish the game with 13 hits, the Hi-Liners mowed down the lead runners allowing South just a run a piece in the fourth, fifth, and sixth innings.

The Hi-Liners would add three more runs to the scoreboard in the fifth and sixth before shutting out the Bruins in the final frame.

Danica Diegel earned the win in the circle for the Hi-Liners, she also led the team at the plate finishing two for three at the dish with two runs and two RBIs. McDaniel and Klingenberg also drove in two runs for the Hi-Liners.

Valley City advances to the EDC Semifinals on Friday night. They will play the the winner of Fargo Davies and Grand Forks Red River at 7pm.