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Emma Nibaur was perfect on Thursday.

Thanks to Nibaur Regina kept its record spotless as well.

Nibaur tossed a five-inning perfect game against Bellevue on Thursday retiring 15 consecutive batters in an 11-0 win over the Comets in a River Valley Conference cross-divisional matchup in Iowa City.

The win was the sixth straight to open the season for Class 2A No. 11 Regina while Bellevue dropped to 0-5 on the season.

Nibaur threw 40 of 51 pitches for strikes and fanned eight of the 15 batters she faced while not allowing a single comet to reach base.

The junior right-hander improved to 4-0 on the season with the win.

Courtney Kessler provided all the offense Nibaur would need going 3-for-3 with a triple, a home run, four RBI and three runs scored.

Annie Gahan tripled, and drove in a run while Gabby Sueppel had two hits and scored a run.

Jaelyn Ernst had a triple, scored a run and drove in two and Kate Milder had a hit, scored a run and drove in a run.

Nibaur had a hit and scored twice and Emma Sueppel had a hit, drove in a run and scored a run.

Bellevue         000  00  –  0  0  4

Regina            102  8x  –  11  10  0

W – Emma Nibaur                  L – Erin Sprank

3B – ICR: Annie Gahan, Courtney Kessler, Jaelyn Ernst

HR – ICR: Courtney Kessler

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