Softball Panthers split decisions in two games last week

The O'Fallon Township softball team went 1-1 last week, falling to conference foe Edwardsville on Tuesday at home , then scoring a lopsided victory in a non-conference match-up with Mount Vernon on Wednesday.

Edwardsville banged out 17 hits, including three home runs, to improve its Southwestern Conference mark to 13-0 with a 10-3 victory on May 15 at the OTHS Milburn Campus. Six Tigers had multiple-hit games. As a team, Edwardsville is hitting just over .370 on the season.

Anna Burke (3-for-5), Emma Lewis (2-for-4) and Maria Smith (3-for-4) all had home runs for the Tigers.

Miley Brunner (2-for-4) had a home run for OTHS.

Kelly Short also had two hits for O’Fallon, including a double.

Hayleigh Juenger had the only other OTHS hit, a single.

But the Panthers turned the tide the next day against Mount Vernon. OTHS had 13 hits against the Rams, including four doubles and a triple.

Short (double, two RBIs, run) and Ashley Schloer (double, triple, two runs, walk) had three hits each for the Panthers.

Brunner had two hits, including a double. She also scored twice, stole a base and knocked in four.

Caroline Keller also had two hits, including a double. She also scored twice and had an RBI.

Kaitlin Moore had two singles, a run, a walk, and a stolen base.

Others collecting singles for OTHS were Taylor VanAusdall (two runs, walk), Courtney Keller (run, RBI) and Jade Williams (RBI, stolen base).

This story was originally published May 17, 2018 at 11:09 AM with the headline "Softball Panthers split decisions in two games last week."