ST. CLOUD — Things didn’t go the Alexandria Technical and Community College baseball team’s way in the NJCAA Region XIII/North Plains District Tournament as it lost 12-4 to Northland Community and Technical College on Friday, May 9, 2025, in St. Cloud.
But the Legends bounced back, winning their next three games to advance to the region/district final four.
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Alexandria College defeated Minnesota North College-Itasca, 11-7, on Friday, then beat Western Technical College 12-0 in five innings on Saturday and Northland CTC 11-4.
Alexandria College trailed 3-0 to Northland CTC heading to the bottom of the fifth inning, but outscored Northland CTC 11-1 from then on out to seal an 11-4 win.
Connor Davis, Jonah DeJong, and Jaden Drill each hit a home run in this four-game span for the Legends.
The Legends play Riverland Community College at 5 p.m. on Thursday at the MAC in St. Cloud. In the other matchup, Century College takes on St. Cloud Technical and Community College.
The winner of these games plays in the district/region semifinal at 11 a.m. on Friday, while the loser of the games plays an elimination game at 2 p.m. on Friday. The winner of the elimination game plays the loser of the first semifinal game at 5 p.m. on Friday.
The NJCAA DIII Region XIII/North Plains District Championship is set for Noon on Saturday at the MAC in St. Cloud. Since the final four has a double-elimination tournament, a winner-takes-all game two is set to follow the Noon game on Saturday if necessary.
Alexandria College – 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 – 4 10 5
Northland CTC – 0 2 1 0 5 2 2 – 12 12 0
ALEXANDRIA PITCHING – DaShaun Robinson – 4.2 IP, 8 H, 8 R, 2 ER, 2 BB, 1 SO; Blake Melsa – 2 IP, 4 H, 4 R, 2 ER, 3 BB, 1 SO
ALEXANDRIA OFFENSE – Connor Davis – 3/4, HR, R, RBI; Jaden Drill – 0/4; Devin Gutierrez – 0/4; Gabriel Cabrera – 1/3, R; Jonah DeJong – 2/3, 2B, HR, 2 R, 2 RBI; Hunter Brodina – 1/3; Josmer Ortiz-Aponte – 3/3, 2B, RBI; Isaac Hamann – 0/3; Cooper Dack – 0/3;
MNC-Itasca – 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 3 0 – 7 10 4
Alexandria College – 0 0 3 1 2 2 3 0 0 – 11 18 2
ALEXANDRIA PITCHING – Jalen Vorpahl – W – 6 IP, 5 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 5 BB, 6 SO; Jonah DeJong – 2.2 IP, 4 H, 4 R, 4 ER, 5 BB, 3 SO; Zach Anderson – 0.1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 0 SO
ALEXANDRIA OFFENSE – Connor Davis – 2/6, 2 R, RBI; Jaden Drill – 4/5, HR, 2 R, 2 RBI; Devin Gutierrez – 2/4, 2 R, RBI, SB; Gabriel Cabrera – 1/2, 2B, R, RBI, 2 BB; Cooper Dack – 0/1; Jonah DeJong – 1/4, 2B, RBI, BB; Hunter Brodina – 2/4, R, RBI, SB; Josmer Ortiz Aponte – 3/4, 2B, 3B, R, RBI; Brenden Boesen – 0/2; Isaac Hamann – 2/2, R, RBI, SB; Caden Evers – 1/3, R
Western Technical – 0 0 0 0 0 – 0 4 1
Alexandria College – 10 1 1 0 X – 12 7 0
ALEXANDRIA PITCHING – Devin Gutierrez – 2 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 2 SO; Zach Anderson – W – 3 IP, 4 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 2 SO
ALEXANDRIA OFFENSE – Connor Davis – 1/4, R, RBI; Jaden Drill – 1/2, 2 R, 2 RBI, BB; Devin Gutierrez – 1/2, 2B, 2 R, RBI; Jonah DeJong – 2/2, 2B, R, RBI, BB; Gabriel Cabrera – 0/1, R, BB; Hunter Brodina – 1/3, R, 2 RBI; Josmer Ortiz Aponte – 0/2, R, RBI, BB; Cooper Dack – 0/1, 2 R, RBI, BB, 2 SB; Isaac Hamann – 1/2, R, RBI, BB, SB
Northland CTC – 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 – 4 7 5
Alexandria College – 0 0 0 0 4 1 2 4 X – 11 14 2
ALEXANDRIA PITCHING – Jaxon Schoenrock – 4 IP, 5 H, 3 R, 2 ER, 4 BB, 1 SO; Devin Gutierrez – W – 5 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 3 BB, 4 SO
ALEXANDRIA OFFENSE – Connor Davis – 2/5, 2 2B, 2 R, 2 RBI; Jaden Drill – 3/5, 2 R, RBI; Devin Gutierrez – 3/5, R, 2 RBI; Jonah DeJong – 2/4, 2 R, BB; Gabriel Cabrera – 1/4, R, 2 RBI, BB; Hunter Brodina – 1/4, RBI, SB; Josmer Ortiz Aponte – 1/5, RBI; Steve Heber – 0/1; Cooper Dack – 0/3, R; Isaac Hamann – 1/3, 2 R, BB
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