MONROE, La. — Led by the pitching of Kolby Godfrey and an outstanding defensive play in the bottom of the seventh inning, the Trinity Episcopal Saints held on for a 3-2 win over the Glenbrook Apaches Friday afternoon.

With the win, Trinity (13-12) advanced to the semifinals of the MPSA Class A South State Playoffs and will take on District 5-A champion Heidelberg Academy in Game 1 of the best-of-three series Monday at 7 p.m.

Godfrey held Glenbrook to just two runs on four hits while the defense behind him committed just one error, which did not hurt the team.

“Kolby had a great game today,” Trinity head coach Matt Mason said. “He hit his spots. He had command of all his pitches. The defense was perfect. We played error-free baseball.”

With Trinity holding on to a 3-2 lead, Glenbrook’s Hunter Leppert led off the bottom of the seventh with a double and moved to third on Tyler Pearce’s sacrifice bunt. Then with one out, Chandler Singleton hit a ground ball to Kent King, who looked the runner back to third and threw to Jordan Dossett for the second out.

Leppert then tried to score from third base, but Dossett threw the ball to Parker Brumfield, who tagged out Leppert on a close play at home plate to preserve the win for the Saints.

“I’m proud of this team,” Mason said. “They don’t know the meaning of the word quit.”

Trinity once again put the pressure on Glenbrook by scoring the first run of the game. Clint Easom led off with a single, stole second and later scored thanks to a pair of passed balls.

Glenbrook (10-10) tied the game at 1-1 in the bottom of the first when Preston Wise led off with a walk, moved to second on a sacrifice bunt and scored on a Chase Wentz double.

The Saints retook the lead in the top of the second inning. Matt Barnes walked and later scored on an RBI single by King. They added a key insurance run in the top of the fourth inning when Kyle Ketchings reached first on a fielder’s choice and scored on an error by Glenbrook’s shortstop, who booted a ground ball by Easom.

“We didn’t swing the bats that bad,” Mason said. “We put the ball in play, but we left a couple of runners on that could’ve scored.”

That run was important because the Apaches cut the lead to 3-2 in the bottom of the sixth inning when Wentz singled and scored on a double by Jake Byrd.