Late rally pushes Wyalusing past Lady Hornets
By: Ed Weaver | NTL Sports | May 10, 2022
A 7th inning rally by Wyalusing pushed the Lady Rams past Wellsboro, 10-9, on Monday, May 9.
Wellsboro found themselves leading 9-0 after the 1st four innings. An early home run by freshman Alexandra Urena scored her and junior Jordyn Abernathy put the Lady Hornets up 2-0 in the first. Urena homered again, this time a grand slam to center field, that scored Abernathy, junior Molly Ingerick, and senior Abbye Cavanaugh to put the Lady Hornets in front, 6-0.
After a scoreless 3rd, Wellsboro added 3 more runs, two of them on a double by junior Madaline Bordas that scored Urena and junior Rylie Boyce, and the third as Bordas scored on a wild pitch to make it 9-0. In the bottom half of the inning, however, that's when things started to unravel. The Lady Rams scored once in the bottom of the 4th but added 6 runs in the 5th to make it a two-run game.
A run in the bottom of the sixth cut Wellsboro's lead to one before the Lady Rams would go on to win in the bottom of the 7th. A base hit by Ashlyn Neiley got things started for Wyalusing. After two consecutive outs a double by Dakota Hugo scored Neiley to tie the game up at 9-all then in the next at bat Laci Norton hit a line drive that scored Hugo for the walk-off win.
Bordas and Urena combined for 6 of Wellsboro's 9 hits on the afternoon, both going 3-for-4. Ingerick, Cavanaugh, and Abernathy had the other 3 hits. Boyce and Urena both spent time in the circle, with Boyce starting and earning the loss. She pitched 6 & 1/3 innings allowing 6 runs (4 earned) on 10 hits with 3 walks and 5 strikeouts. Urena pitched the final 1/3 of an inning, giving up 4 runs on 1 hit with 3 walks.
The loss drops the Lady Hornets' record to 6-11 (4-9 NTL Large School Division). The team is back in action later this afternoon for a non-league game at Coudersport.
Ed Weaver is the owner of Circle W Sports in Wellsboro, PA, is the Sports Director for The Home Page Network and the creator of WellsboroAthletics.com and WellsboroFootball.com. You can follow him on Twitter or friend him on Facebook.
