Division II-AA sub-state series
BAYLOR 5, BRIARCREST CHRISTIAN 2
Baylor 200 003 0 — 5 9 2
Briarcrest 000 100 1 — 2 5 2
WP: Kaitie Sims (10-1), 11 Ks. LP: Rachel Carter. 2B: Lauren Lybrand (Bay). Highlights: Lybrand 2-4, 2 RBIs, run; Nina Davenport 2-5, RBI, run (Bay).
BAYLOR 12, BRIARCREST CHRISTIAN 2
Briarcrest 002 00 — 2 5 5
Baylor 312 33 — 12 9 1
WP: Tory Helton (4-6), 7 Ks. LP: Rachel Carter. 2B: Kaitlyn Phillips (Bay); Provence (Briar). Highlights: Alex Card 2-3, 4 RBIs, run (Bay). Record: Baylor 18-11.
Division II-A sub-state three series
ST. ANDREW’S-SEWANEE 7, ST. GEORGE’S 2
St. George’s 100 001 0 — 2 0 3
SAS 001 051 X — 7 8 1
WP: Kelsey Pearson, 7 Ks, 3 BB. LP: Mary Hattie McAlister. 3B: Hannah Barry, Nikki Bridges (SAS). 2B: Barry. Highlights: Barry 2-3, Keely Stewart 2-3.
ST. ANDREW’S-SEWANEE 10, ST. GEORGE’S 6
SAS 302 010 004 — 10 13 0
St. George’s 001 000 500 — 6 10 1
WP: Pearson (9-8) 8 Ks, 4 BB. LP: Mary Hattie McAlister. HR: Hannah Barry (SAS). Highlights: Kate Wiley 4-5, Rachel Pope 2-4, Barry 3-4 (SAS). Record: SAS 9-8.
Baylor defeated Briarcrest Christian 5-2 and 12-2 in a best-of-three sub-state series Friday at Memphis and will advance to next week’s Division II-AA high school softball state tournament in Murfreesboro.
Lauren Lybrand was 2-for-4 with a double, two RBIs and a run scored for Baylor (18-11) in the first game and Nina Davenport was 2-for-5 with an RBI and a run scored. Winning pitcher Kaitie Sims gave up five hits and struck out 11.
Alex Card’s two-run single sparked a three-run first in the second game, when the Lady Red Raiders scored in all five innings. Card was 2-for-3 and drove in four runs. Baylor’s Tory Helton allowed five hits and had seven strikeouts.
* Division II-A: At Sewanee, St. Andrew’s-Sewanee beat St. George’s 7-2 and 10-6 and is moving on to its first state tournament in softball.
The Lady Mountain Lions were one out away from clinching the second game with no one on base, but St. George’s rallied for five runs and a tie. Hannah Barry, who hit for the cycle over the course of the day, singled in the tiebreaking run in the top of the ninth inning and SAS tacked on three more runs.
Kate Wiley was 4-for-5 in the second game for SAS (9-8). The first game was tied at 1 until a five-run fifth, highlighted by NIkki Bridges’ two-RBI triple.
Kelsey Pearson was the winning pitcher in both games. She totaled 15 strikeouts.
* Class A: At Lebanon, customary state-tournament team Friendship Christian prevented Whitwell from earning its third consecutive berth by edging the Lady TIgers 1-0 on Laurel Burroughs’ double to right-center in the sixth inning.
Winning pitcher Brooke Klinefelter held Whitwell (14-10) to two hits with a walk and six strikeouts. FCS (25-14) had eight hits and left nine on base.
* Class AA: At Madison, Sequatchie County scored in the top of the first inning of its state sectional, but Goodpasture Christian responded with three consecutive two-run innings and defeated the Lady Indians 6-1.
Goodpasture (37-3-1) will move on to the state tournament where it has won six straight titles. Sequatchie County ends its season 18-6.
Kelsey Cartwright and Mackenzie Long each homered for the Lady Cougars. Winning pitcher Cheyanne Knepper allowed one hit and struck out seven.
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