An unbeaten season doesn’t come easily.

Alex Logelin ripped a bases-loaded single up the middle with one out in the bottom of the ninth inning, giving Waconia a victory 2-1 victory over upset-minded Mahtomedi in the Class 3A quarterfinals Thursday at Siebert Field.

“I was looking for something over the middle of the plate, and wanted to stay within myself,” said Logelin, who went 3-for-5 with a double. “I wanted to do what I do best, and that’s drive the ball hard up the middle.”

Logelin appeared to have the game-winning RBI four innings earlier. He delivered a sacrifice fly to center field with one out, but Mahtomedi (14-11) appealed the runner leaving third base early and he was called out.

Waconia (24-0) also squandered an opportunity to win it in the eighth. It loaded the bases, with Logelin on third and one out. But a pop up to third and strikeout ended the frame.

“Still being unbeaten is surreal,” said Loeglin, a senior. “We are lucky to still have it going.”

The Wildcats tied it at one-all in the fourth. Austin Friedrich hit a double off the right-center field fence and Jacob Hendricks followed with run-scoring single to right. It was Hendricks’ second hit of the day.

“It took us a little while to get our hitting going,” Waconia coach Mark Grundhofer said. “I was waiting for one of our big hitters to come through with a big hit.”

Mahtomedi opened the scoring in the first. Charlie Bartholomew’s RBI single to left field scored Jamie Berg, who started the inning with a fly ball double that was misplayed by the left fielder. Bartholomew went 3-for-3 with a sacrifice bunt.

The Zephyrs had a chance to add to their lead in the third, but Waconia center fielder Jake Stoddard kept the score at 1-0. With runners on second and third and two outs, Stoddard made a diving catch in left-center field to rob Lincoln Rock of a base hit.

“Jake does that all the time,” Grundhofer said. “He’s made a few of those for us over the last two years. The nice thing about these kids is they don’t get rattled.”