SP girls pound out win over RV

Published 4:41 am Thursday, April 30, 2009

CHESHIRE — A little bit of everything created a whole lot of runs.

The South Point Lady Pointers used an all-around performance to beat the River Valley Lady Raiders 14-0 Wednesday in an Ohio Valley Conference game.

“Everything came together tonight. The hitting, the pitching and, most importantly, the defense,” said South Point coach Steve Baise.

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Hannah Huron — who went four innings — and Rachel Murnahan combined to limit River Valley to just two hits.

Ericka Leighty was 2-3 with a double and a home run to lead a 15-hit attack. Courtney Koukos, Tausha Collins and Huron each went 3-4 while Ashlee Kleinman was 2-3.

South Point took a 2-0 lead in the first inning.

Koukos singled, went to third base on a ground out and passed ball, and scored when Huron singled. Huron moved up on the throw home scored on a hit by Collins

The lead went to 5-0 in the second inning and the Lady Pointers blew the game open with four runs in the fourth inning and five more in the fifth to create a mercu rule.

Leighty started the inning with a home run. Koukos, Lien and Huron all singled for a run and Collins doubled. Katelyn Leonard grounded out to score a run.

South Point hosts Ironton on Thursday.

South Point 230 45 = 14 15 2

River Valley 000 00 = 0 2 3

Hannah Huron, Rachel Murnahan (5) and Ashlee Kleinman. Birchfield and Rose. W-Huron (1-K,0-BB, 2-H). L-Birchfield (2-K, 3-BB). Murnahan 1-K. 2B-SP: Courtney Koukos, Ericka Leighty, Ashlee Kleinman, Tausha Collins, Hannah Huron. HR-SP: Ericka Leighty. Hitting-South Point: Courtney Koukos 3-4, Amy Lien 1-2, Hannah Huron 3-4, Tausha Collins 3-4, Ashlee Kleinman 2-3, Ericka Leighty 2-3, Ashley Goodall 1-3; River Valley: Carter 1-2, Rose 1-2.