The Boiling Springs Bulldogs softball team spent the first few days heading into spring break competing at the 23rd Annual Eastman Invitational Tournament in Kingsport, TN that included a competitive field of thirty-nine teams from all over the southeast including some of the best teams in Tennessee. The Bulldogs finished pool play with a 2-2 record and were part of bracket play, that included the best sixteen in the tournament, where they fell to the overall number one seed in the tournament Morris East.
The Bulldogs started off their tournament by defeating Patrick Henry (VA) 2-1 on Friday afternoon. Boiling Springs fell behind 1-0 in the bottom of the second inning but were able to tie the game up in the fifth inning when Grace McKinney reached on a double and later came around to score on an error by Patrick Henry. The Bulldogs took the lead for good when Abbie Threatt led off the sixth inning with a homerun to left field giving Boiling Springs the victory. In game two the Bulldogs had a little bit of their luck from their previous game go against them as they fell to the #14 ranked team in Tennessee, Knoxville Halls 2-1, on a walk-off single in the final game on Friday night. After trailing Knoxville-Halls going into the sixth inning the Bulldogs were able to tie the game at 1-1 when Ragan Bristol singled to centerfield scoring Abbie Threatt. Boiling Springs started day two of the tournament with a loss to the #11 ranked team in Tennessee, Morristown-East, 2-0 on Saturday morning. The Bulldogs were unable to get the bats going in game three as they were only able to get two hits in the game as Brianna Stanley and Jaycie Osment were the only Boiling Springs players to record a hit. Boiling Springs defeated Cherokee (TN) 3-2 in the final game of pool play as Katie Philbeck singled home Sammy Quintero in the bottom of the sixth inning to give the Bulldogs the victory. The Bulldogs jumped on the board early in the bottom of the first inning when Hailey Owens scored on a Ragan Bristol hit to the shortstop to grab a 1-0 lead and allowed Zoey Stewart to advance to third base. Stewart would score on the next play when Brianna Stanley hit a sacrifice fly to centerfield to give the Bulldogs a 2-0 lead after the first inning. The Bulldogs got a strong pitching performance at the tournament as their pitchers registered twenty-four strikeouts as Olivia Hall recorded sixteen strikeouts for the tournament while Brianna Stanley recorded five strikeouts and Hailey Owens recorded three strikeouts. Boiling Springs was led offensively by Ragan Bristol who went four of twelve from the plate with two RBIs and Abbie Threatt who went two for eight from the plate with a home run and a run scored. Boiling Springs will return to action after spring break when they travel to Mauldin on April 9. Comments are closed.
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