Versailles couldn’t sustain with Covington bats in street loss

By Drew Terhall

DailyAdvocate.com

COVINGTON — Versailles softball put up a combat in opposition to a 16-3 Covington squad, however fell 14-5 on the street.

Versailles bought the lead early, however couldn’t preserve momentum for lengthy within the sport. Head coach Mark Voisard mentioned the crew has to determine preserve momentum once they bounce on opponents early within the sport.

“Covington is an effective hitting crew. I simply bought achieved speaking to the women and mentioned, ‘Hey, they hit gaps after we bought the momentum again.’ Within the fifth inning after we had it down two runs, we simply allow them to get hits right here and there and allow them to put the runs again up on the board that we labored onerous to get to,” Voisard mentioned.

Within the high of the primary inning, Jenna Dirksen hit a two-run shot to place the Woman Tigers up 2-0. Then within the backside of the second inning, Covington confirmed off their energy. Senior Meg Rogers led off with a double after which senior Nigella Reck drove her in with a RBI double. Later within the inning, the Woman Buccs drove in two extra runs to go up 4-2.

Covington then scored two extra runs within the second and yet another within the third to go up 7-2. Within the high of the fourth inning, Versailles bought the bases loaded with one out. Colleen Hiestand drove in a run to make it a 7-3 sport.

Whereas the Woman Tigers didn’t rating extra runs, they began to realize some momentum. Within the backside of the fourth, Cassie Leach made a pleasant catch on a pop fly shifting away from her. She then flipped it to second base to get the inning-ending double play.

Then within the fifth, Alayna Henry had a two-run double with two outs to make it a 7-5 sport. However then, Covington got here again with a vengeance.

The crew scored 4 runs within the backside of the fifth. Freshman Whitney Burns had a RBI double. Rogers drove in one other run and senior Mara Newhouse had a two-run double.

Versailles was shut to creating a couple of defensive performs to cease the Covington offense, however simply couldn’t get to the ball in time. The Woman Buccs added three extra runs within the sixth to increase their lead.

Dirksen and Henry completed the sport with two RBI every. Rogers had 4 hits and two RBI whereas Reck had three hits and three RBI for Covington.

Voisard mentioned the crew did alright this sport, however they’re nonetheless working onerous in the direction of that aim of getting and conserving momentum from the beginning of video games.

Versailles is now 9-10 with a 2-2 convention report. Event draw is developing this weekend on April 30 and Voisard mentioned he expects the crew to be in the course of the pack by way of seeding.

He additionally mentioned he believes his group could make a run within the match in the event that they put their thoughts to it.

“This group has the potential of creating a protracted match run. It’s only a matter if they need it or not,” Voisard mentioned.

Versailles will host Coldwater on April 25 at 5 p.m. after which go to Tri-County North on April 28 for a 5 p.m. first pitch.

Contact Day by day Advocate sports activities editor Drew Terhall at [email protected]