IAC SOFTBALL: NEWARK VALLEY TOPS NEWFIELD IN HIGH-SCORING AFFAIR (2024-04-15)
Tioga County Sports Report
NEWARK VALLEY — Newark Valley and Newfield combined to score 38 runs in Monday’s IAC softball game. Fortunately for the Cardinals, they found their way across home plate more often in a 22-16 victory.
NV racked up a dozen runs in the bottom of the first inning, batting through the order twice for a 12-1 lead, taking advantage of seven walks and five hit batters, as well as singles by Laura Ludwig, Kayden Rockwell and Jenna Vosburgh.
The Trojans came back with three runs in the second, but NV countered with four in its half of the inning. Four walks, a hit batter, two stolen bases, a wild pitch and a pair of errors helped the Cardinals make it 16-4.
Newfield got back in the game in the fourth on five base hits, three hit batters and a walk, scoring eight runs to close the gap to 16-12.
Newark Valley got a run back in the bottom of the inning, then got outscored 3-2 in the fifth, making it a 19-15 contest.
The Trojans failed to plate a run in the sixth despite having a runner on third and NV extended its advantage to 22-15 in the home half of the inning. Consecutive singles by Haven Aylesworth, Ludwig and Kaitlyn Keith, a base on balls to Rockwell and a single to Vosburgh highlighted the team’s final surge.
The Trojans managed just one run in the seventh.
NV finished with 15 hits and 14 walks. Keith went 3-for-3 with four runs and two RBI; Rockwell went 2-for-3 with five runs and four RBI; Vosburgh was 3-for-5 with four RBI and; Ludwig was 3-for-5 with three runs and one RBI.
Aylesworth added a hit, four runs and an RBI; Wright had a hit, two runs and one RBI; Hattie Hines contributed one run and drove in three more; Rosie Wandell had a hit, two runs and an RBI; and Lexi Rosengrant tacked on a hit,a run and two RBI.
Wandell took the circle for all seven innings, giving up 14 hits and six walks while striking out two.
Isabella Robbins pitched for Newfield, giving up 15 hits and 14 walks, and striking out three.
Newark Valley (4-1) visits Newfield on Wednesday.
