Austin shortstop Shayley Vesel flips the ball to third baseman Lisa Stundahl to get the force out in the third inning against Simley Friday afternoon during the first day of the Elks Invite at Todd Park. Eric Johnson/photodesk@austindailyherald.com

The Austin softball team got its first win of the season Friday defeating Dover-Eyota 10-2 in the first day of the annual Elks Invitational at Todd Park.

Jaidyn Bastian picked up the win, going the distance with seven strikeouts and walking three.

Austin scored in three different innings but confined most of its damage to one inning.

“We really came alive in the fourth inning,” said head coach Cindy Owen.

Austin scored six in the inning to take control of the game completely.

Shayley Vesel was 2-for-3 in the game with three RBIs while Bastian helped her own cause with a single and RBI.

Abby Bickler, Laura Siegfried and McKenna Gleisner all had two hits in the game with Abbey Ball getting a single as well.

“We did a nice job,” Owen said. “When you can hit the whole game improves. We just need to take care of the little things.”

Austin first baseman Kallie Hart pulls in a short popfly in the first inning against Simley Friday during the Elks Invitational at Todd Park. Eric Johnson/photodesk@austindailyherald.com

Simley 4, Austin 1

Austin lost its first game of the day, 4-1 to Simley.

Ball pitched that game giving up three hits with four strikeouts and four walks.

Austin had five hits total with catcher Sydney Murphy getting the game’s only extra-base hit and Vesel getting the RBI when she drove Murphy in on a single in the sixth inning.

Look for results from Saturday’s games at the invite in Monday’s Austin Daily Herald