Check out the recaps for SOL softball teams in action Tuesday.
SOL National Conference
NESHAMINY 7, COUNCIL ROCK SOUTH 5
Sophomore Kylee Jones ripped a no-doubt-about it home run in the bottom of the seventh, plating a pair of runs and propelling the Redskins to the walk-off win.
“There were so many reasons why we could have walked in and said, ‘We beat ourselves today. With three outs and down two runs, let’s just pack it in,’” said Neshaminy coach Dave Chichilitti, whose team trailed 5-3 heading into the bottom of the final inning. “To respond the way they did was amazing. You’re a great defensive team and you mess up the way we did – you might say, ‘Oh well, we didn’t play well today,’ but they refused to not fight today. It was awesome.”
The Redskins led for the better part of Tuesday’s SOL contest only to watch the Golden Hawks rally to take a 5-3 lead in the top of the seventh. The Redskins had an emphatic answer, plating not one or two but four runs.
“The message was, ‘We’re down two runs, not one, so no one swing of any bat is going to tie this game so we need to get on base,’” Chichilitti said.
Leadoff batter Asia Barnard singled, and then it was Olivia Fee legging out a bunt single that sent Barnard to third. Fee stole second, and the Redskins had a pair of runners in scoring position.
Lianna Jones took care of business, ripping a double that plated a pair and knotted the score, setting the stage for the late-game heroics of Kylee Jones.
Fee’s 3-for-4 effort led the Redskins.
Earlier, the Golden Hawks benefitted from a Redskin error to plate a single run in the second without so much as collecting a hit. Neshaminy scored a pair in the top of the third to go on top 2-1. A solo home run from Gianna Pickens to lead off the fourth inning made it a 3-1 game. The Golden Hawks plated single runs in both the fifth and sixth innings to knot the score. In the top of the seventh, Olivia Zoldi collected a leadoff single. A walk put a pair on board, and Alex Hopko delivered a two-run double to give the Golden Hawks a 5-3 lead that turned out to be anything but secure.
Freshman Amanda Slabecki earned her second win of the season while Danielle Walters was charged with the loss.
Neshaminy (2-0, 1-0 SOL) will travel to Bensalem on Thursday, and Council Rock South (0-2) will host Harry S Truman on Thursday.
Council Rock South 010 011 2 5-8-2
Neshaminy 002 100 4 7-7-2
COUNCIL ROCK NORTH 7, WILLIAM TENNENT 6
The Panthers trailed by three heading into the seventh inning. They trimmed the Indians’ lead to one but would get no closer.
The Panthers took a 4-0 lead in the second, but the Indians answered with five runs in the third. Julianna Shields delivered the big blow – a bases-clearing double. Abby Seiple followed with an RBI double.
Shields finished the day 1-for-3 with a double, three RBIs and two runs scored. Rachel Lorence was 1-for-2.
Sophomore Mackenzie Clee and Hannah Reimel both had two hits to lead the Panthers, who held a 7-5 advantage in hits. Clee had a double in the Panthers four-run uprising in the second. Reimel had a pair of doubles and an RBI.
Lauren Begg earned the complete game win, allowing seven hits and six runs (five earned) in seven innings of work.
Council Rock North (1-1 SOL) will host Pennsbury on Thursday, and William Tennent (0-1) will host Upper Moreland in a non-league contest Wednesday.
William Tennent 040 000 2 6
Council Rock North 005 020 x 7
Non-league
PENNRIDGE 4, HATBORO-HORSHAM 1
The visiting Rams erased an early 1-0 deficit with a three-run third and went on to earn the non-league win.
“One of our biggest things this year is just coming out ready to play, playing clean softball,” Pennridge coach Wendy Iadonisi said. “We definitely didn’t play clean softball, but the errors didn’t seem to hurt us. We’re going to keep working to play a clean game, being aggressive up to bat. We didn’t have good discipline with some of the pitches we were swinging at.”
In the Rams’ three-run fourth. Mac Owens delivered the big blow – a two-run double.
“We thought it cleared the fence, but the wind held it up,” Iadonisi said.
Victoria Moscariello also contributed an RBI single in the fourth. The Rams added an insurance run in the sixth. Carolyn Thrush singled and drove in a run in a contest that saw the Rams manage just four hits.
Makenna Patterson earned the complete win in the circle, allowing five hits and one run (unearned) while striking out seven and walking one.
“Makenna pitched really well,” Iadonisi said. “She sprinkled their hits – they couldn’t group them together, and we let her finish the game because she was doing so well.”
Kendal Leitner absorbed the loss for the Hatters, allowing just two hits and three runs (all unearned) in four innings while fanning six and walking four.
“She did a really nice job on the mound today – kept us off-balance, had us chasing pitches out of the zone a little bit,” Iadonisi said. “We just ended up getting timely hits. We were fortunate to be able to do that.”
Megan Mills threw the final three frames, allowing two hits and one run while striking out one.
Pennridge (1-0) will host Avon Grove on Saturday at 2 p.m. in a non-league contest, and Hatboro-Horsham (0-1) will host Upper Dublin in Thursday’s SOL opener.
Pennridge 000 301 0 4-4-3
Hatboro-Horsham 100 000 0 1-5-1
PENNSBURY 14, ABINGTON 9
The Falcons erupted for eight runs in the third inning and led 13-2 lead after four, but the visiting Ghosts scored five runs in the top of the fifth to ensure there would be no early ending to the SOL opener for both squads.
“We both kind of played like it was our first game,” Pennsbury coach Frank McSherry said of a contest that saw each team commit three errors. “We said to the kids – a W is a W is a W. We’re happy with the results, but we’re not happy with some of the things that occurred. It was a little too sloppy, but it was the first game, so you have to be happy.”
Leading the Falcons’ attack were freshman shortstop Caitlyn Martell, who was 2-for-3 with two runs scored and two RBIs, and senior Karli Haines, who was 2-for-3 with a triple, two RBIs and two runs.
Freshman Ainsley McClure earned the win in the circle for the Falcons. She allowed two runs in four innings – only one earned – and struck out eight.
“She doesn’t throw that hard, but she’s got a lot of movement on her pitches,” said McSherry, who used three pitchers in Tuesday’s opener that saw all 19 of his player get into the game.
Freshman Sydney Steiner was 3-for-4 with a double to lead the Ghosts. Junior, Sam Marasheski was 2 for 4 with a walk and 4 stolen bases.
Pennsbury (1-0 SOL) will travel to Council Rock North on Thursday, and Abington (0-1) will host Springfield Township on Thursday.
Abington 000 252 0 9-9-3
Pennsbury 318 110 x 14-8-3
UPPER DUBLIN 11, UPPER MERION 8
In the resumption of a game that was suspended in the top of the second inning due to weather and field conditions, the Flying Cardinals plated 10 runs in the first two innings and then held on for the non-league win.
Leading UD’s offense was Korynn Bischoff, who was 3-for-5 with an RBI and three runs scored. Lauren Carboni was 2-for-4 with a double, two RBIs and a run scored, and Bela Soriano was 2-for-2 an RBI and run scored. Meghan Muth was 2-for-5 with two RBIs and a run scored.
Chloe Foster earned the complete game win for the Cardinals, allowing eight hits and eight runs (five earned) while striking out six and walking a pair.
Upper Dublin (1-0) will travel to Dock Mennonite Academy Wednesday for a non-league game.
Upper Dublin 551 000 0 11-11-4
Upper Merion340 001 0 8-8-1
BOYERTOWN 5, CENTRAL BUCKS SOUTH 3
The Titans suffered their second loss in as many days at the hands of a Pioneer Athletic Conference squad, this time coming up short against Boyertown.
After the Titans plated a first inning run, the Bears scored five unanswered runs to go on top 5-1 before the Titans scored a pair of runs.
Maddie Rowley (2-for-3, 2B, RBI) and Nicole Pilla (1-for-3, 2B) led the Titans.
Olivia Zoolalian absorbed the loss, striking out six and walking none in six innings.
Central Bucks South 100 001 0 3-5-1
Boyertown 101 120 x 5-10-1
UPPER MORELAND 10, POTTSGROVE 0
ACADEMY PARK 5, CHELTENHAM 3
VILLA MARIA 1, CENTRAL BUCKS EAST 0
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