Softball | 2/16/2024 7:28:00 AM

The Lady Arrows Softball team won a thriller by a score of 10-9 on Thursday night at Arrow Field over the Lady Vikings of Warren Central.  The Lady Arrows scored 6 runs in the final 2 innings to come from behind and win on a walk-off hit by Junior Estrella Constancio.  The win pushes the Lady Arrows to a record of 2-0 on the young season.

The Lady Vikings struck first with a crooked number in the top of the opening frame.  3 runs were scored on one hit for the Lady Vikings.  The Lady Arrows responded with 3 of their own in the bottom of the 2nd inning.  Hayden Leigh-Holifield walked to lead off the inning, followed by a 1 out single from Ashlen Albritton.  Anna Raines then earned an RBI with a 2-strike ground ball to the 2nd baseman.  Keelyn Constancio then tripled to left to bring home a run before Estrella Constancio reached on a Lady Vikings error to drive home her sister and tie the game. 

The Lady Arrows took the lead in the bottom of the 4th after a Raines leadoff single followed by a K. Constancio single and a Madison Nelson groundout to bring home the go-ahead run.  

The Lady Vikings tied the game in the next half-inning on a Lady Arrows error, and then took the lead on an infield single to make the score 5-4.  The Lady Vikings followed that up with another RBI hit to center field to make the score 6-4.

The Lady Vikings struck again in the top of the 6th with another run on a 2-out hit to left field to make the score 7-4.  

The Lady Arrows fought back in the bottom of the 6th with their backs against the wall.  With 2 outs, Estrella Constancio drove home Madison Rhodes on a single to left before Makenzie Cooley doubled to left to score 2 runs and tie the game at 7.  Destiny Funchess followed that up with a triple to right field to score Cooley and take the lead 8-7.

The fireworks show was not complete, yet, however, as the Lady Vikings stormed back for 2 more runs in the top of the 7th.  A leadoff walk was followed by a double to center.  After pitcher Ashlen Albritton got a ground ball for the first out without conceding a run, the Lady Vikings got a single to center followed by an RBI groundout to shortstop to take the lead back at 9-8.

In the bottom of the 7th, Kaelyn Thames led off with a double followed by a single from Anna Raines and another single from Keelyn Constancio to tie the game at 9 before Estrella Constancio got a hit to left field to bring home Madison Nelson for the walk-off win.

Head Coach Rachel Hurley said of her team's effort, "I'm super proud of how resilient we were. They came out and scored 3 in the first inning and we could've laid down then, but instead we found a way to answer back. That's what it's about, finding a way to dig deep to pull out the win. It took everyone to get it done and each player played a role in some way., and that's what I'm the most proud of. Overall it's still early in the season but as long as we keep fighting we always have a chance."

The Lady Arrows return to action on Saturday morning as they travel east on I-20 to Lake High School.  They will play Enterprise-Clarke at 9:30 AM, followed by Lewsiburg at 11:30 AM.