Notre Dame bounced back after suffering its first loss of the season Friday to beat Kennett in the consolation bracket of the SEMO Conference baseball tournament Saturday.
The No. 1 Bulldogs (17-1) fell behind 4-0 after just a half inning, but staged a 10-4 comeback win over No. 7 Kennett to advance to play Kelly at 4 p.m. on Monday.
The winner of the Notre Dame vs. Kelly game, which will take place at Notre Dame, will advance to play Dexter at 6:30 p.m. Monday in the fifth-place game, also at Notre Dame.
Dylan Drury earned the win on the mound to improve to 6-0. He also went 2-for-4 with a double.
Austin Greer stroked two triples while going 2-for-4. Trenton St. Cin was 3-for-3 with a double.
Kennett 400 000 0 -- 4 5 1
Notre Dame 110 080 x -- 10 14 1
WP -- Dylan Drury, 6-0. LP -- Wallace. 3B -- Greer 2 (ND), Grantham (K), Jackson (K). 2B -- Colton Young (ND), Dylan Drury (ND), Trenton St. Cin (ND), Jeremy Essner (ND). Multiple hits -- Notre Dame: Young 2-4, Drury 2-4, Greer 2-4, St. Cin 3-3; Kennett: Grantham 2-3, Luck 2-3. Records -- Notre Dame 17-1.
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