Lady Pioneers drop third straight
The Lady Pioneer softball team suffered their third loss in a row this week, falling to Oakland 10-0 Thursday at home.
Oakland got on the board in the first when their leadoff batter reached on an error then scored on a base hit.
The Lady Patriots went down in order in the second and third innings while WCHS managed one hit in each frame, but the Lady Pioneers weren’t able to string together enough offense to produce a tying run.
In the fourth Oakland exploded for nine hits, plating seven runs to break the game open. The Lady Pioneers weren’t able get any offense going, connecting for only four more hits over the next three innings. Oakland added two runs in the seventh to secure the win.
WCHS had just five hits and committed eight errors. Pitchers Erica Warren and Brittany Bowdoin had one strikeout each. The Lady Patriots picked up 15 hits and struck out six WCHS batters, while committing no errors in the field.
For the Lady Pioneers Lacey Griffith and Crystal Jones were 1-for-3, Cornelius and Tracy Medlen were 1-for-2 and Misti Darnbush went 1-for-1. The Lady Pioneers fell to 7-17 on the season heading into a weekend tournament at Cookeville.