Lady Hornets top South in extras
By: Ed Weaver | NTL Sports | May 20, 2016
The Wellsboro Varsity Softball team needed 8 innings to beat South Williamsport 1-0 for their fifth straight win on Thursday, May 19.
The Lady Hornets struggled at the plate as they only mustered 6 hits on the night, but came through in the clutch for the third time this week. With the game tied 0-0 heading into the bottom of the eighth, senior Jenny Young and sophomore Sydney Tremper had back-to-back singles to get on base. Young then scored the winning run on an error by South Williamsport on a grounder by senior Darci Warriner.
Sophomore Alyssa Yungwirth picked up her third win of the week as she threw a two-hit complete game with 2 walks and 9 strikeouts. Yungwirth is now 9-3 on the year and has struck out 118 of the 310 batters she's faced this year.
Tremper and senior Sarah Ingerick each had two hits on the night, with Ingerick's being a double, while Young and Yungwirth added the Lady Hornets' other two hits.
Wellsboro improves to 16-3 overall on the year with the win and has locked up the No. 3 seed when District IV AA playoffs start next week. The Lady Hornets are back in action for their final regular season game later today as they resume a rain-stopped game against Coudersport.
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.
