MURFREESBORO, Tenn. -- Soddy-Daisy's fans showed up at the BlueCross Spring Fling on Tuesday night wearing "That Was Nasty Skeet'' t-shirts.
Kelsey "Skeeter'' Nunley, their ace pitcher, didn't disappoint.
The University of Kentucky signee gave up only two hits, struck out 16 and led the Lady Trojans past Daniel Boone, 2-0, in eight innings. Nunley recorded the 1,000th strikeout of her career during the game.
Soddy-Daisy, ranked No. 22 nationally in the ESPN Rise FAB 50 poll, improved to 43-4. Daniel Boone, which entered the game with 43 home runs on the season, dropped to 44-5.
The Lady Trojans will play again on Wednesday at approximately 1 p.m. eastern time against Munford, which beat Mt. Juliet, 6-5, Tuesday night.
"My nerves didn't get to be before the game today,'' Nunley said. "But I just did OK. That's not exactly what I want, but I'll take it. We won the game and that's all that matters.''
Said Soddy-Daisy coach Clifford Kirk, "We did what had had to do. You have to win that first one or you won't win many up here.''
Soddy-Daisy had 10 hits off Boone's Kellie Waycaster, but stranded 10.
Finally, in the top of the eighth the Lady Trojans broke through.Olivia Williams opened with a single up the middle and Haley Reynolds followed with a hard single to left field. Savannah Moore bunted for a single, loading the bases. Soddy-Daisy took a 1-0 lead when Hannah Smith was hit-by-a-pitch.
Brittany Lanham, who has seen limited action this year due to a knee injury, followed with a line-drive single off the third-baseman's glove.
"Man, that felt good, '' said Lanham, who also had a walk earlier in the game. "My knee is feeling a lot better. I've been doing physical therapy and I'm ready to play.''
Reynolds was 3-for-4 for Soddy-Daisy and was robbed of another hit on a hard line-drive to left field. Williams was 2-for-4.
BOXSCORE
SODDY-DAISY HIGH SCH 2 DANIEL BOONE HIGH SC 0
Player AB R H BI Player AB R H BI
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CASSIDY HACKNEY 3b......... 4 0 1 0 JENNINE DUNCAN rf.......... 4 0 1 0
OLIVIA WILLIAMS 2b......... 4 1 2 0 JESSIE WHEELOCK ss......... 3 0 0 0
HALEY REYNOLDS 1b.......... 4 0 3 0 NATALIE SHEFFEY cf......... 2 0 0 0
ABBY WALKER pr............ 0 1 0 0 ANDREA ROGERS 3b........... 3 0 0 0
SAVANNAH MOORE rf.......... 4 0 1 0 KAYLA SANDERS c............ 3 0 0 0
HANNAH SMITH lf............ 3 0 0 1 KELLIE WAYCASTER p......... 2 0 0 0
JESSICA BOLES ss........... 4 0 1 0 ALLSION SHEFFEY pr........ 0 0 0 0
TORI DENAYER cf............ 3 0 0 0 KAYLA SMITH 1b............. 2 0 0 0
SHANA WARD dh.............. 2 0 0 0 MEREDITH GOOD 1b.......... 1 0 0 0
BRITTANY LANHAM dh........ 1 0 1 1 MCKENZIE FERGUSON dh....... 3 0 1 0
JORDAN DUNCAN pr/dh....... 0 0 0 0 HANNAH MONTOYA 2b.......... 2 0 0 0
MORGAN BAILEY c............ 4 0 1 0 JENNA CARMODY lf........... 0 0 0 0
BROOKE HALE pr............ 0 0 0 0
KELSEY NUNLEY p............ 0 0 0 0
Totals..................... 33 2 10 2 Totals..................... 25 0 2 0
Score by Innings R H E
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SODDY-DAISY HIGH SCH 000 000 02 - 2 10 0
DANIEL BOONE HIGH SC 000 000 00 - 0 2 0
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LOB - TROJANS 10; BLAZERS 4. HBP - SMITH,H.; WAYCASTER; MONTOYA. SH - DENAYER. SB -
WILLIAMS; DUNCAN; HALE; DUNCAN; SHEFFEY,N..
SODDY-DAISY HIGH SCH IP H R ER BB SO WP BK HP IBB AB BF FO GO
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KELSEY NUNLEY ............. 8.0 2 0 0 1 16 0 0 2 0 25 28 4 3
DANIEL BOONE HIGH SC IP H R ER BB SO WP BK HP IBB AB BF FO GO
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KELLIE WAYCASTER .......... 8.0 10 2 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 33 36 17 6
HBP - by WAYCASTER (SMITH,H.); by NUNLEY (WAYCASTER); by NUNLEY (MONTOYA).
Strikeouts - BAILEY; DUNCAN 2; WHEELOCK 2; SHEFFEY,N. 2; ROGERS 2; SANDERS 2;
WAYCASTER 2; SMITH; GOOD; FERGUSON; MONTOYA. Walks - LANHAM; SHEFFEY,N..
(E-mail Stan Crawley at wscrawley@earthlink.net)