By Dan Sousa
LoudounPrepSports.com Senior Content Editor
Ashburn (May 5, 2009) - Stone Bridge High School senior softball teammates Ashley Gardner and Cassie Phillips are both headed to Lynchburg next year to play in college with Gardner at Randolph College and Phillips at Lynchburg College.
The two schools are less than three miles apart anhd Gardner and Phillips will face each other in college ball but first they will concentrate on leading the Bulldogs back to the Northern Region playoffs again.
Gardner has been on varsity for four years and Phillips for three years.
Ealier this year the duo helped Stone Bridge end Broad Run's 61-game winning streak with Phillips picking up the victory. Both Phillips and Gardner have been in the pitching circle for the Bulldogs over the years with Gardner anchoring third base the past two years.