Lady Hornets top Jersey Shore in 10th
By: Ed Weaver | NTL Sports | May 17, 2016
The Wellsboro Varsity Softball team need extra innings, but defeated Jersey Shore 1-0 in the 10th on Monday, May 16.
The Lady Hornets struggled at the plate as they were held to just 4 team hits. With the score tied at 0-0 heading into the 10th inning, senior Darci Warriner started the inning out on second base. Senior Alexa Singer put down a sacrifice bunt to move Warriner to third, then sophomore Alyssa Yungwirth flew to right. Once Shore's right fielder caught the ball, Warriner made her way towards home plate and forced a bad throw allowing her to score the game's only run.
In the bottom of the 10th, Jersey Shore moved their lead runner over to third base on a sacrifice bunt, but the next batter popped up to sophomore Brianne Keane, then Yungwirth struck out Shore's final batter with a 3-2 count.
Singer started on the mound for Wellsboro, and pitched the first 6 innings. Singers struck out 5, walked one, and allowed 3 hits on 64 pitches. Yungwirth came on in relief for the final 4 innings, giving up 2 hits and striking out 7 batters to pick up the win.
Sophomore Sydney Tremper went 2-for-4 to lead Wellsboro at the plate and Keane and Yungwirth added Wellsboro's other 2 hits.
The win improves the Lady Hornets' record to 14-3 and locks up their second straight NTL Division 1 title. The Lady Hornets will be back in action this afternoon as they host Northeast Bradford on Senior Night.
Ed Weaver is the owner of Circle W Sports in Wellsboro, PA, is the Sports Director for The Home Page Network and the creator of WellsboroAthletics.com and WellsboroFootball.com. You can follow him on Twitter or friend him on Facebook.
