MURFREESBORO, Tenn. -- Trinity Christian pushed across three runs in the top of the eighth and held on for a 5-2 victory here Tuesday night over Silverdale Baptist.
Silverdale will play again Wednesday at 11 a.m. eastern against Moore County, which lost to Coalfield, 2-0, Tuesday night.
"We had a really good chance to win the game in the bottom of the seventh,'' Silverdale coach Tim Couch said. "We just couldn't make it happen.
"This is a young group that has overachieved all year. We're going to keep fighting.''
;Allison Meadows and Sloane Woodard had two hits each for Silverdale. Brianna Leffew and Bryce Killingsworth each had an RBI.
TRINITY CHRISTIAN AC at SILVERDALE BAPTIST A
May 22, 2012 at MURFREESBORO,TN (STARPLEX #4)
TRINITY CHRISTIAN AC 5 SILVERDALE BAPTIST A 2
Player AB R H BI Player AB R H BI
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SUMMER CROSS ss............ 4 0 0 0 ALLISON MEADOWS cf......... 4 0 2 0
ANNA RENFROE p............. 4 0 0 0 SLOANE WOODARD dh.......... 4 1 2 0
AMANDA BOND 1b............. 4 0 0 0 LOREN HILTON 1b............ 4 1 1 0
ALLIE CARPENTER cf......... 4 2 2 0 KATIE HENDERSON p.......... 3 0 0 0
SHELBY SPURGEON 2b......... 4 2 3 2 BRIANNA LEFFEW ss.......... 4 0 0 1
MEG RUSHING c.............. 3 0 0 0 BRYCE KILLINGSWORTH 3b..... 3 0 0 1
KERI MORFORD pr........... 0 1 0 0 MICHAELA HARRISON c........ 3 0 0 0
ALEXA RAY JORDAN dh........ 4 0 1 1 KATELYN COUCH rf........... 3 0 0 0
MAKENZIE PENDERGRASS 3b.... 4 0 1 1 SAVANNAH CLAY 2b........... 3 0 0 0
KYLIE KUYKENDALL rf........ 1 0 0 1 KIRBY HOWARD lf............ 0 0 0 0
MALLORY DODD rf........... 2 0 2 0
RACHEL CARSON rf.......... 1 0 0 0
CASSIE LAYMAN lf........... 0 0 0 0
Totals..................... 35 5 9 5 Totals..................... 31 2 5 2
Score by Innings R H E
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TRINITY CHRISTIAN AC 020 000 03 - 5 9 3
SILVERDALE BAPTIST A 000 002 00 - 2 5 1
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E - CROSS; RUSHING; PENDERGRASS; HARRISON. LOB - LADY LIONS 7; SEAHAWKS 6. 2B -
CARPENTER 2; SPURGEON; MEADOWS. SB - CARPENTER; WOODARD; HILTON.
TRINITY CHRISTIAN AC IP H R ER BB SO WP BK HP IBB AB BF FO GO
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ANNA RENFROE .............. 8.0 5 2 1 1 6 0 0 0 0 31 32 3 14
SILVERDALE BAPTIST A IP H R ER BB SO WP BK HP IBB AB BF FO GO
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KATIE HENDERSON ........... 8.0 9 5 5 1 4 0 0 0 0 35 36 11 9
Strikeouts - CROSS; CARPENTER; JORDAN; PENDERGRASS; MEADOWS; WOODARD; HENDERSON;
KILLINGSWORT; COUCH; CLAY. Walks - RUSHING; HENDERSON.
(E-mail Stan Crawley at wscrawley@earthlink.net)
Silverdale's Katelyn Couch beats the throw to first.
- Photo2 by Greg Davick