Raiders on fire in first inning, tromp Braves

The Southridge Lady Raiders softball team got back on track last night in an impressive win over the Class 1A #5 Tecumseh Braves.

The Raiders scored 4 runs in the first inning when Mariah Ferguson was hit by a pitch, Kendyl Dearing and Allie Michel hit back to back doubles, Vanessa Kern singled, and Allison Bounds cleared the bases with a two-RBI double.

The Braves scored one run in the 2nd but the Raiders plated one additional run in the 3rd, 4th, 5th, and 6th innings for a final score of 8-1.

Eight players contributed to the 15 hit night for Southridge, led by two doubles each from senior standout Allie Michel and sophomore Kendyl Dearing. Shelby Kippenbrock hit 3 singles, Allison Bounds singled and doubled, and Mariah Ferguson and Gabby Treat both added 2 singles each. Vanessa Kern and Amy Ingle also singled for the Raiders.

Allison Bounds improved her season record to 8-3, pitching all 7 innings and holding the potent Braves offense to just 5 hits.

Defensively, the Raiders committed only one error in support of a solid pitching performance. Tecumseh pitcher Tiffany Summers struck out 11 in the losing effort.

Line Score                     R  H  E

Tecumseh  0-1-0-0-0-0-0  1  5  2

Southridge 4-0-1-1-1-1   8 15 1

Winning Pitcher Allison Bounds, Allie Michel catcher

Losing Pitcher Tiffany Summers, Kara Snow catcher

Southridge next plays tonight at home in a 6:00pm start for Senior Night, honoring out-going seniors Allie Michel, Mariah Ferguson, Vanessa Kern and Gabby Treat.