Late challenge comes up short for Lady Colonels at Blessed Trinity

Alexis Woods

The Cass softball team challenged late, but came up a run short in a 4-3 Region 7-AAAAA loss Wednesday evening at Blessed Trinity.

The host Titans grabbed a 3-0 lead through the first three innings. Blessed Trinity utilized a pair of singles, a ground out, and a wild pitch to score a run in the first. The Titans then added two runs in the third on three hits and an infield error.

Cass cut the lead to 3-2 in the top of the fourth taking advantage of an error, a hit batsman, and a pair of singles including Savannah Tatum’s two-RBI single.

Blessed Trinity added a run in the bottom of the fourth on a walk and two hits to make the score 4-2.

Cass loaded the bases with one out in the sixth inning but a strikeout and a ground out ended that threat. The Lady Colonels then produced three hits in the top of the seventh to make the score 4-3, but the game ended on a strikeout with the potential tying run at third base. Ally Fleck earned the pitching win for Blessed Trinity by scattering six hits across seven innings. She issued no walks and struck out eleven.

Rachael Lee (6 IP, 4R, 3ER, 10H, 1BB, 1K) suffered the pitching loss for the Colonels.

Victoria Spencer and Katelin Lanier combined for five of the Titans ten hits.

Haylee Dishmon had two hits and one RBI for Cass. Tatum followed with a hit and two RBIs. Alexis Woods, Eryn Lee, and Ansley Hight added one hit each.

Blessed Trinity improved to 12-6 overall and 7-2 in Region 7-AAAAA.

Cass (8-10, 5-8) hosts Darlington Thursday at 5 p.m. and Allatoona Saturday at 11 a.m. in non-region games. The Colonels will close out their region slate Thursday, October 7 with a doubleheader at Hiram.