SOUTH POINT – The key to beating the South Point Lady Pointers is hitting Tara Layne.

Sunday, April 16, 2000

SOUTH POINT – The key to beating the South Point Lady Pointers is hitting Tara Layne.

So if you don’t hit her, you’re chances are pretty much zero.

The Tolsia Lady Rebels chances were at zero Thursday when the amount of hits Layne allowed were the same.

Layne, a junior righthander, pitched a no-hitter as the Lady Pointers cruised to a 15-0 five-inning mercy rule win over the Lady Rebels.

While Tolsia was unable to get a hit, South Point had no trouble making contact. The Lady Pointers banged out 15 hits including a 4-for-4 day by Nikki Lewis that included a double and a home run.

Sarah Stevens was 3-4, Whitney Morrison 2-2, and Shannon James and Erica Griffith each went 2-4.

Three walks and a two-run double by Lewis helped South Point to a 3-0 first inning lead.

Lewis had a three-run home run and Morrison a two-run double to highlight a six-run second inning that put the lead at 9-0.

An error, a walk, and singles by James, Morrison, Lewis, and Sarah Baise produced four more runs in the third inning and it was 13-0.

The final two runs came in the fifth inning when Lewis and Erica Griffith singled and Stevens tripled.

Tolsia 000 00 – 0 0 2

South Point 364 02 – 15 15 1

Ross and Salmons. Tara Layne and Nekka Mains. W-Layne. 2B-SP: Nikki Lewis, Whitney Morrison. 3B-SP: Sarah Stevens. HR-SP: Nikki Lewis. Hitting-South Point: Shannon James 2-4, Whitney Morrison 2-2, Sarah Baise 1-2, Nikki Lewis 4-4, Erica Griffith 2-4, Brandi Thacker 1-4, Sarah Stevens 3-4.