Rend Lake College Baseball/Softball Report

by Reece Rutland – Rend Lake College Public/Sports information 

Rend Lake College pitcher Hannah Poynter (Louisville, Ky.) and first baseman Hannah Carbonaro (Mt. Vernon) in action.   (Reece Rutland, Rend Lake College Public Information)

Rend Lake College pitcher Hannah Poynter (Louisville, Ky.) and first baseman Hannah Carbonaro (Mt. Vernon) in action. (Reece Rutland, Rend Lake College Public Information)

First of all let me start with Women’s Softball since they are in post season play. They found a break in the weather just long enough to advance to the Region XXIV Final Four when they knocked off Olney Central 5-1 at home on Wednesday.

RLC’s Hannah Poynter (Louisville, Ky.) picked up the win with batterymate Jessica Prange (Campbell Hill), throwing seven innings of six-hit ball, allowing just one earned while fanning four Lady Knights.

Breya Cooper (Henderson, Ky.) went 2-for-2 with two runs and a base on balls. Terrilyne Summers (West Frankfort) reached safely twice with a double and two RBIs. Nicole Johnson (Johnston City) also tallied a pair of hits and notched an RBI. Sammie Bright (Zeigler) is credited with the Warrior’s third RBI.

With the win, the softball team moves on to play in the final four portion of the Region XXIV tournament on Friday and Saturday at Kaskaskia College.

The Men’s Baseball team is 17-9, and they areentering the post-season strong after a grueling end to the regular season, plagued by poor weather and stiff competition, highlighted by taking two-of-three from second place Wabash Valley (18-5) and drawing level on the season series with rival and conference leader John A. Logan College (19-5).

In their 3-1 win over JALC, Warrior pitchers allowed just three hits with Jacob Kelly (Shephardsville, Ky.) earning the win. The freshman lefty tossed five and two-thirds innings, allowing one run, three hits, and striking out five. Darick Hayes (Mt. Vernon) recorded the last four outs to earn the save for RLC Warriors.
TJ Byrd (Chicago), Grant Brueggenjohann (Ballwin, Mo.), Tanner Maskey (Springfield), Jake Vernon (Elkhart, Ind.), and Sam Troyer (Goshen) all had one hit to lead RLC Warriors.
Tuesday, the Warrior staff held another powerhouse program when they notched their second win of the season against Wabash by a final of 3-2. Only RLC and JALC were able to take away two conference wins from Wabash this season.
TJ Satterly (Louisville, Ky.), earned the win for RLC Warriors. He threw six innings,

 

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