St. Francis Fighting Saints (St. Francis, MN) backers exited the stadium thrilled Wednesday as they saw their softball squad nip the visiting Monticello Magic (Monticello, MN), 6-5 in a league challenge.

The Fighting Saints now own a 1-0 record. They take the field next when they travel to Monticello for a challenge on Friday, May 3. St. Francis will battle a Magic squad coming off a 2-1 league win over Zimmerman (Zimmerman, MN). The Magic record now stands at 5-7.

With the loss, Monticello falls to 4-7 on the campaign. The Magic travel to Zimmerman (Zimmerman, MN) to battle the Thunder in a challenge on Thursday, May 2. The Thunder enter the challenge with a record of 0-0.