ALGONA—Seniors Lily Elsbecker and Lillian Etherington each rapped out a pair of hits on Monday, May 22 to lead the Algona Bulldogs softball squad to 5-2 season-opening non-conference victory over Pocahontas Area.

The red-and-black pushed across three runs in the both the first and sixth innings along with a pair of tallies in the third and fourth frames in the win.