Lady Pointers get sectional win, OVC softball title in one game
Published 12:00 am Saturday, May 14, 2005
SOUTH POINT - It was a two-for-one sale.
Not only did the South Point Lady Pointers beat the Coal Grove Lady Hornets for a Division III sectional tournament win, but they used the game for an Ohio Valley Conference makeup game.
And what a makeup game it proved to be.
Ashley Patrick and Alison Queen combined on a no-hitter and the OVC win gave the Lady Pointers the league championship outright.
South Point, 17-7 overall and ending 9-1 in the league, will host Rock Hill at 5 p.m. Thursday in the sectional finals.
The Lady Pointers pounded out 14 hits en route to the win. Summer Malone, Nicole Nichols, Chelsi Plants and Patrick all went 2-for-3 while Maria Viglianco and Jessi Craft were 2-4.
South Point led just 1-0 after four innings, then erupted for eight runs in the fifth inning.
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Caymie Collier, Hannah Willis (5) and Hannah Willis, Tracy Tackett (5). Ashley Patrick, Alison Queen (5) and Summer Malone. W-Patrick. L-Collier. Save-Queen. 2B-South Point: Maria Viglianco, Ashley Patrick, Chelsi Plants. Hitting-South Point: Maria Viglianco 2-4, Jessi Craft 2-4, Ashley Patrick 2-3, Summer Malone 2-3, Nicole Nichols 2-3, Chelsi Plants 2-3.