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(PHOTOS) Lakers Softball Takes First Season Loss

Edina one-hits Minneapolis Southwest in a 2-0 defeat on Tuesday night.

The Minneapolis Southwest softball team lost its first game of the season on Tuesday night, 2-0, against Edina at Fort Snelling's Nieman Sports Complex.

After starting the spring with 11-straight victories, the Lakers managed just one hit—a fifth-inning double from Megan Leverenz—in the loss. Kieski also walked once, with Rachel Polland walking twice.

Southwest pitcher Melissa Mosher earned the hard-luck loss despite giving up just one earned run on the night.

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The Lakers, now 11-1 on the year, host St. Paul Johnson at 4:15 p.m. Thursday at the Nieman complex.

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