Ryan Stangl

Popup to short and Hacker squeezes it to send the Cougars to the Championship Thursday at 5, looking for back to back to back to back section titles.

Harper Stangl leadoff double, Kenley Staunton RBI single ties the game, Staunton then steals second and third. 1 out for Emily Hacker

Former Mankato East Cougar and current Minnesota Gopher Kylinn Stangl has committed to play for the @KatoHabaneros this summer.

Eloise Fry walks, Aubrey Bobby sacrifices her to 2nd, Harper Stangl delivers 2 out RBI single. Harper is 2 for 2 and East leads 3-2

Gretta Melsted has been named Minnesota’s new head softball coach. Melsted comes to @GopherSoftball after 20 seasons as the head coach at Augustana University, where she built one of the top Division II softball programs in the country. She guided the Vikings to 14 NCAA Tournament appearances, the 2019 NCAA Division II National Championship Melsted was inducted into the National Fastpitch Coaches Association Hall of Fame in December 2024.

Welcome to Minnesota, Coach Melsted! 〽️ Gretta Melsted has been named the new head coach of Gopher Softball! 🔗: z.umn.edu/bbvn

Section 2AAA softball seeds/match ups: #1 Mankato East - Bye #2 St Peter vs #7 Albert Lea #3 Mankato West vs #6 Marshall #4 New Ulm vs #5 Jordan We roll on Thursday at Caswell Park in Mankato. 5pm first pitch.

Great week for the team going 6-1! Our only loss coming from #1 ranked Farmington. Here are clips from the week of games! @SpeedCoachHolt @CoachPinkerton @BadgerHealy @dzym6 @StacyMayJohnson @FranStrub @allymiklesh @Hey_Coach_Bobby @coachapjackson

In the 2nd round tonight, Mankato East defeated LeSueur-Henderson 14-3 in 5 innings, Harper Stangl hit her 4th and 5th home runs of the season in the game with 4 RBIs, Kenley Staunton went 3-3 and Carlie Wendinger went 2-3 to lead the Cougars. Chloe Grahms pitched both Wins.

East softball wins big over West. WATCH: keyc.com/2026/05/08/eas…

How we START the B1G Tournament! ⤵️

Regular season finale starters! ⤵️

Sunday night softball 🥎💥 🆚 Northwestern ⏰ 5:00 PM CT 🏟 The Ballpark at Rosemont 📊 GopherSports.com 📺 B1G+ #GSB | #SkiUMah

WE’RE IN 🥎〽️ With today’s results around the conference, we are officially Big Ten Tournament bound! #GSB | #SkiUMah

𝐁𝟏𝐆 DUBBB 👐 #GSB | #SkiUMah

THREE-RUN first has us in front! 🔥 📺: B1G+

HUGE 3-0 win on Tuesday against cross-town rivals Mankato West! I caught another girl stealing, stole 3rd, and had a heads up play to score the first run of the game. @SpeedCoachHolt @CoachPinkerton @BadgerHealy @dzym6 @StacyMayJohnson @FranStrub @Hey_Coach_Bobby @allymiklesh

Tough loss last night losing 4-2 but we showed a lot of grit. Here are two of my throw outs from the game.@SpeedCoachHolt @CoachPinkerton @BadgerHealy @dzym6 @StacyMayJohnson @FranStrub @allymiklesh @Hey_Coach_Bobby