Two wins and a tie made up the week for the Lady Marshals softball team and they’ll look to carry that momentum into a home doubleheader on Saturday — first facing Trigg County at 9:00 a.m., followed by a matchup with South Warren to close out the regular season.
With a 24-6-1 record, the Lady Marshals head into next week’s 4th District Tournament — hosted at Marshall County — as the top seed. They’ll play for the championship on Tuesday at 6:00 p.m. against the winner of the Murray vs. Calloway County semifinal.
Monday’s game at Madisonville-North Hopkins (22-9-1) ended in a 5-5 tie when it was called after the sixth inning due to lightning.
The Lady Maroons held a commanding 5-0 lead through four innings before the Lady Marshals responded with a run in the fifth and four more in the sixth to tie it up.
Elin Denfip led off the fifth with a double and was driven in by Allicen Harris to put the Lady Marshals on the board. In the sixth, with the bases loaded, a wild pitch and an error brought in two more runs. Denfip then delivered a clutch two-run single to even the score at 5-5 before the game was halted at the start of the seventh inning.
Harris pitched six innings, allowing eight hits and four earned runs while striking out seven.
Marshall 0 0 0 0 1 4 0 | 5 5 1
Madisonville 1 0 3 1 0 0 x | 5 9 3
Marshall: Harris 1/4 (RBI), Anderson 1/2, Cavitt 1/3 (RBI), Denfip 2/2 (2B, 2 RBI)
Marshall: Harris 5.0 (8 h, 5 R, 4 ER, 2 BB 7 SO), Hayden 1.0 (1 H, 0 R)
Madisonville: Kirk 1/3, Stoltz 3/4 (2B, RBI), Skeen 1/3 (2 RBI), Killough 1/3 (2B, 2 RBI), Frailley 1/3, Harris 2/3
Madisonville: Kirk 6.0 (5 H, 5 R, 3 BB, 5 SO)
The Lady Marshals shut out Lyon County 5-0 on Tuesday, avenging a 2-0 loss to the Lady Lyons (13-14-1) from April 24.
Allicen Harris led the way in the circle, tossing a complete-game shutout. She allowed just four hits and struck out four over seven innings.
Marshall County got on the board in the second inning with a triple by Adley Poole, followed by an RBI single from Elin Denfip. The Lady Marshals added three more runs in the fifth — highlighted by a two-run double from Harris — and capped off the scoring with an RBI single by Merriel Jackson to seal the 5-0 win.
Marshall 0 2 0 0 3 0 0 | 5 10 1
Lyon 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 4 4
Marshall: McLeod 2/4, Harris 2/4 (2B, 2 RBI), Knisley 1/4, Jackson 1/4 (RBI), Cavitt 1/3, Anderson 1/4, Poole 1/3 (3B, RBI), Denfip 1/3 (RBI)
Marshall: Harris 7.0(4 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 4 SO)
Lyon: Perry 2/3, Cayce 1/3, Brasher 1/3
Lyon: Perry 7.0 (10 H, 5 R, 2 ER, 2 SO)
The Lady Marshals picked up another win Thursday on the road, defeating Caldwell County (14-14) by a final score of 7-5. Marshall County led 7-1 heading into the seventh before the Lady Tigers rallied for four late runs.
Allicen Harris earned the win in the circle, striking out eight while allowing seven hits and five unearned runs.
Emma Reynolds opened the game by reaching on an error and scored the first run on a single by Audrey Knisley. Caldwell County tied the game at 1-1 in the bottom half of the inning, but the Lady Marshals regained the lead in the second on an RBI single by Adley Poole.
Two more runs were tacked on in the third on a fielder’s choice by Merriel Jackson and an RBI single from Kadence Cavitt to make it 4-1. Another two-run inning followed in the fourth — one scoring on a sacrifice fly by Harris, the other on an error — extending the lead to 6-1. Reynolds crossed the plate again in the sixth, scoring on another Caldwell error to give Marshall a 7-1 advantage.
Another two-run inning followed in the fourth to extend the lead out to 6-1. Harris brought the first across on a sacrifice fly and the second came in on an error. Another Caldwell error in the sixth allowed Reynolds to score for a 7-1 advantage.
Caldwell County mounted a late charge with four runs in the seventh and had the tying run at the plate, but Harris shut the door with a strikeout to end the game.
Marshall 1 1 2 2 0 1 0 | 7 9 2
Caldwell 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 | 5 7 5
Marshall: Reynolds 1/4, McLeod 1/1, Harris 2/3 (RBI), Knisley 1/4 (RBI), Jackson (RBI), Cavitt 1/4 (RBI), Anderson 1/3, Poole 1/4 (RBI), Denfip 1/3
Marshall: Harris 7.0 (7 H, 5 R, 0 ER, 2 BB, 8 SO)
Caldwell: Butts 2/4, Holeman 1/4, Lewis 1/3 (3 RBI), Wood 1/4 (2B, 2 RBI), J. Palm 1/3, C. Palm 1/3
Caldwell: Wood 7.0 (9 H, 7 R, 3 ER, 3 SO)