*Story courtesy of www.bannergraphic.com*
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| Sarah Land
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ELLETTSVILLE -- The Greencastle softball team was
defeated by 11th-ranked Edgewood 12-2 on Thursday.
"We have to be at the top of our game and play mistake-free ball for seven
innings against an opponent of that caliber," GHS coach Dave Keller said.
Greencastle scored both of its runs in the top of the fourth but the Mustangs
were too much for the Tiger Cubs to overcome. Edgewood collected 14 hits on the
night.
Cassie Alspaugh, Mallory Miller, Sarah Land, Briana Baker and Veronica Sawyer
accounted for Greencastle's five hits. Land and Sawyer recorded RBI for GHS.
GHS used three pitchers, Baker, Alspaugh and Miller, with Baker picking up
the loss.
"We will learn a lot more from a loss like this than if we were to win a game
like this," Keller said. "I saw bright spots in play of some of the girls last
night but we were kind of shell shocked after the first couple of innings and we
were fighting an uphill battle."
With a possible showdown against the Mustangs come sectional time, Keller
believes that his Tiger Cubs can use the loss as a measuring stick.
"With Edgewood being in our sectional, we know where we need to be in a
couple of months, and we will make every effort to improve as a group," he said.
The Tiger Cubs will host Eminence at noon today.
At Edgewood
Greencastle 000 200 -- 2 5 2
Edgewood 332 103 -- 12 14 1
WP -- Ernst
LP -- Baker (1-1)
Next game -- The Tiger Cubs will host Eminence at noon today.