SPRING SEASON BEGINS…

March 27, 2008 at 5:25 pm | In General

The Lady Blue Knights opened the 2008 season in Gadsden, AL on March 13th. The Lady Knights held their own in facing a squad that was 12-13 on the season while OCC was playing their first game of the year…and had only gotten outside once due to the Illinois weather.

South Spencer graduate Katie Harmon got the nod in the first game and pitched well. She threw four innings, giving up 10 runs, yet only 5 of them were earned. Olney native Chelsie Cowman pitched the final two innings, giving up one earned run as Gadsden State won the first game 11-4. Sophomore Ashley Roberts led the Knights at the plate by going 3-4 with 2 runs scored and 2 RBI. Robinson High School graduate Jamie Lytle also started well at the plate by going 2-3 with an RBI.

The second game saw a much better defensive effort turned in by the Lady Knights, only to come up short, 5-2. Freshman Teia Nidey got the start for the second game and, after allowing five earned runs in the first, shut down Gadsden State for the remainder of the game. She retired GSCC in order in the 2nd, 3rd, 4th and 5th innings, and allowed only one extra base runner in the 6th. However, the Knights could not score the runs needed for the win. Flora sophomore Jackie Daugherty went 2-3 at the plate with a double, run scored and RBI and Ashley Roberts went 2-4 with an RBI as well.