CURWENSVILLE – In a match-up of two 5-1 area softball powers on Tuesday afternoon it was the Lady Vikings of Glendale coming up with a big early season win over Curwensville, 5-0, in Moshannon Valley League (MVL) action.
Glendale is now 6-1 overall and 3-0 in MVL play while the Lady Tide drop to 5-2 on the year and 1-1 in league action.
The Lady Vikings would score all of the runs it would need for the win with three tallies in the top half of the third inning. Glendale then added two more in the seventh to complete the shutout victory behind freshman pitcher Alexis Mullhollen who surrendered just three singles while walking just one Lady Tide batter.
Lady Tide head coach Allen Leigey said afterwards, “Glendale is a good, decent team and they play small ball very well, as they did today. I know that down the line we will benefit from playing a team like Glendale and the knowledge we gained today.”
Makenzie Lukehart had three hits for the Lady Vikings while Ellie Leyo had two.
Lady Tide pitcher Rylee Young took the loss but once again did not walk a batter while striking out nine.
Young, in seven complete games, has not walked a batter since game one of this season when she intentionally walked two.
Leigey finished by saying, “We just didn’t have the sticks behind Rylee today, who I thought pitched another good game. But I was very pleased with our overall defense this afternoon, we just didn’t hit well.
The Lady Tide return to their home field on Thursday against Brockway with the starting time set for 4:15 pm.
GLENDALE – 5
Ellie Leyo 2b 4220, Makenzie Lukehart rf 4031, Anna Fowler cf 4011, Sydney Gallaher 1b 4000, Kristen Hewitt lf 3000, Alexis Mullhollen p 3010, Kennedy LeMaster 3b 3000, Keneisha Gustafson ss 3100, Lauryn Clarkson c 3211, TOTALS – 31 5 8 3
CURWENSVILLE – 0
Hannah Dixon ss 4000, Rylee Young p 3000, Kaylee Harnett 2b 3010, Emily Miller d 3010, Keisha Maines flex/lf 0000, Haley McGarry c 2000, Kaylee Sedgwick 1b 3000, Kelsi Bumbarger pr 0000, Teghan Jacobson rf 3000, Chloe Tubbs 2000, Madison Bumbarger cf 2010, TOTALS – 25 0 3 0
SCORE BY INNINGS: R H E
GLENDALE 003 000 2 5 8 0
CURWENSVILLE 000 000 0 0 3 2
ERRORS – Tubbs 2. LOB GLENDALE – 5 CURWENSVILLE – 4. SB – Leyo, Lukehart 2, Clarkson.
PITCHING
GLENDALE
Mullhollen 7 IP, 3 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 8 K
CURWENSVILLE
Young 7 IP, 8 H, 5 R, 2 ER, 0 BB, 9 K
WP – Mullhollen LP – Young (5-2)
UMPIRES: Jim Pullman, Scott Viehdorfer
Lady Tide Scoreboard:
| Date | Opponent | Score | Record |
| 3/24 | CLARION | 3 – 1 | 1 – 0 |
| 4/04 | JOHNSONBURG | ppd. | 1 – 0 |
| 4/05 | JOHNSONBURG | 3 – 2 | 2 – 0 |
| 4/06 | @ Elk County Catholic | 10 – 6 | 3 – 0 |
| 4/09 | @ Moshannon Valley | ppd. | 3 – 0 |
| 4/11 | GLENDALE | ppd. | 3 – 0 |
| 4/13 | @ Purchase Line | 2 – 4 | 3 – 1 |
| 4/14 | KANE | 10 – 0 | 4 – 1 |
| 4/18 | @ Harmony | 4 – 1 | 5 – 1 |
| 4/19 | GLENDALE | 0 – 5 | 5 – 2 |
| 4/21 | BROCKWAY | ||
| 4/25 | PURCHASE LINE | ||
| 4/27 | @ Johnsonburg | ||
| 4/29 | @ DuBois Central Catholic | ||
| 5/02 | ELK COUNTY CATHOLIC | ||
| 5/04 | @ Sheffield | ||
| 5/04 | @ Sheffield | ||
| 5/05 | CLEARFIELD | ||
| 5/09 | @ West Branch | ||
| 5/10 | @ Kane | ||
| 5/12 | DUBOIS CENTRAL CATH. | ||
| 5/16 | @ Moshannon Valley | ||
| 5/17 | @ Brockway |