The Southland baseball team advanced with an 8-2 win over No. 8 Goodhue in the first round of the Subsection 1A West Division playoffs Wednesday.

The top-seeded Rebels (17-4 overall) took a 3-1 lead in the fifth when Alan May scored on a double steal and Connor Mielke knocked in a run with a two-out single.

“It’s been a long time since our last game and Goohue didn’t play like an eight seed, they played good,” Southland head coach Scott Retterath said. “I think we started off a little rusty and hopefully we get going faster on Thursday.”

Southland will host No. 4 Kenyon/Wanamingo (8-12 overall) Thursday at 5 p.m.

Goodhue 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 — 2 2 3

Southland 0 0 0 1 2 5 X — 8 9 2

Southland pitching: Adam Kiefer (W), 7 IP, 2 H, 3 BB, 2 R, 1 ER, 6 K

Southland hitting: Alan May, 2-for-3, RBI, 2 R; Kiefer, 1-for-4, 2 RBIs, R; Connor Mielke, 2-for-4, RBI, R; Mitch Nagele, 2-for-3, 2 RBIs; Trevor Emanuel, 1-for-3; Grant Hegge, 1-for-3