After taking their lumps on Monday against Rock Falls the Softball Panthers got back in the win column with a 10-0 run-rule win over TRAC West opponent Monmouth-Roseville. Aylah Jones held the Lady Titans to one hit as EP picked up the win.
The Panthers got their offense rolling in the first inning with Paezleigh Hudgin tripling to centerfield. That was followed by four consecutive base hits capped off with a two run double by Hannah Ryan to put the Panthers up 3-0.
After Jones recorded her sixth strikeout of the game to end the second inning the Panthers offense went back to work. A pair of doubles by Hannah Kirkpatrick and Hudgin pushed the Panther lead to 5-0 with a fielder’s choice by Jones making it a 6-0 game after two.
The Panthers added three more runs in the third with a Cydney Davis double, a Sydney Schwartz single, and a Jaylynn Hamilton double all plating runs to make it 9-0 after three innings.
The Panthers ended the game in the bottom of the fifth with a Hamilton double scoring Schwartz to make the final 10-0.
Aylah Jones recorded a sparkling win limiting the Titans to just 1 hit, striking out 12 and walking 1.
The Panther bats collected 15 hits with 7 going for extra bases including a triple and a double by Paezleigh Hudgin and a pair of doubles from Jaylynn Hamilton. Both hitters had three knocks on the day and pushed across five runs.
The Lady Panthers will go back-to-back with the Lady Titans on Thursday as they travel to Monmouth- Roseville to try and improve on their 5-4 (3-0) record.
