BLYTHEWOOD – Blythewood softball’s matchup with Sumter came down to an eighth inning walk-off finish. Alyssa Davis’s one-out single to centerfield scored Macie Young to secure a 3-2 win for the Bengals (11-4, 7-2).
Young ignited the eighth with a leadoff single and advanced to third on Cici Martin’s double before Davis’s game-winner. Sumter led twice, but Blythewood found answers at every turn. Rhames Weisinger tied the game at 1-1 in the first with an RBI double, and Hillary Ortiz knotted the score at 2-2 in the fourth with a clutch two-out single.
Lily Zell was dominant in the circle, throwing a complete game and holding the Gamecocks scoreless over the final five innings. Zell finished with eight strikeouts.
Sumter – 1-0-1-0-0-0-0-0 – 2 7 0
Blythewood – 1-0-0-1-0-0-0-1 – 3-11-1
WP: Lily Zell, 8 IP, 7H, 2R, 2ER, 2BB, 8K.
S – Mouradjian 2-3, 2B, 2 RBI. Ardis 2B. Shauf 2-4.
B – M Wolf 2-3, 2B. R Weisinger 2-3, 2B. C Martin 2-3, 2B. H Ortiz 2-3. A Davis 2-4.