By Ryan Davenport, WSON Sports Correspondent 

The Henderson County Lady Colonels faced off against the Fort Campbell Lady Falcons in the opening round of the 2nd Region Tournament in Madisonville.

The Lady Colonels would score 11 runs in the bottom of the 2nd inning to take an early 11-0 lead over the Lady Falcons heading into the top of the 3rd inning.

The Lady Colonels would score 3 more runs in the bottom of the 3rd inning with 2 runs scoring on an inside the park home run by 7th grader Jersey Gardner as the Lady Colonels would have a 14-0 lead over the Lady Falcons heading into the top of the 4th inning. 

In the top of the 4th inning Lady Colonel sophomore pitcher Ava Eblen would impressively strike out the side as the Lady Colonels for 1 more run in the bottom of the 4th inning to run rule the Lady Falcons.

The Lady Colonels would score that 1 run on an error by the Lady Falcons third baseman in the bottom of the 4th inning to give the Lady Colonels the 15-0 win in 4 innings over the Lady Falcons advancing the Lady Colonels to the 2nd Region Softball Tournament Semifinals on Monday night. The Lady Colonels improve to (28-5) on the season while the Lady Falcons season ends with a record of (7-15).

 

Lady Colonel’s freshman pitcher Mackenzie Burczyk was 2 for 2 with a double and 3 stolen bases on the night. 

 

Lady Colonels pitching in 4 innings only allowed 1 hit and 0 runs while walking 0 batters and recording 8 strikeouts on the night. 

 

As a team, the Lady Colonels scored 15 runs and recorded 6 hits, 11 RBI’s, 3 doubles, 1 inside the park home run, and 6 stolen bases on the night.\

 

As a team, the Lady Falcons recorded 1 hit and committed 7 errors on the night.

 

Player of the game for the Lady Colonels was freshman pitcher Mackenzie Burczyk. I asked Mackenzie how she felt like she performed in the game and how her team played and she responded with this, “Our team definitely played great. Coming from either from faster pitching the night before (against Union County) and then having to come and face a little bit slower pitching, making the adjustments at the plate. Even our JV team coming up and also coming in and stepping (up) and hitting. Pitching was amazing also from Anna Kemp, and then myself, and even Ava Eblen who came in.”

Henderson County Lady Colonels head coach Shannon Troutman talked about his team’s performance, “The girls were not really dialed in. We think there’s problems with getting up early in the tournament. So I think we’ll be ready come Monday, I think they’ll have more enthusiasm and ready to play Monday.”

 

The Lady Colonels will play in the 2nd Region Softball Tournament Semifinals on Monday night, May 22nd, at 7:30 P.M. in Madisonville against the winner of the Madisonville North-Hopkins Lady Maroons Vs. the Lyon County Lady Lyons.