Lexi Sisum crosses the plate in recent action for the Union County varsity softball team.
BLAIRSVILLE, GA – The Lady Panthers are headed to the Class AA state playoffs.
After taking down Region 8-AA opponent Rabun County, 3-2, Tuesday, Sept. 17, in Blairsville, the Union County varsity softball team earned the No. 2 seed from the region heading into the postseason.
The Lady Panthers (10-10, 6-1) will face the No. 3 seed from Region 5-AA
Senior Megan Bright earned the win from the circle. She threw six innings, giving up four hits and two runs – one earned – while striking out three.
Rebekah Kelley steps forward into a pitch for the Union County varsity softball squad.
Union County got on the board first in the bottom of the first inning.
After a 1-2-3 inning from Bright in the circle, the combination of Mary Wischmeyer and Lexi Sisum went to work for the Lady Panthers. The combination of the two players at the plate provided the first of two big innings.
Wischmeyer started the inning with a single to left field, and she followed that by stealing second base.
Sisum stepped to the plate and slammed an 0-1 home run over the right-field wall, driving in Sisum and giving the Lady Panthers the 2-0 lead.
After back-to-back, 1-2-3 innings from Bright, Wischmeyer and Sisum went to work again in the bottom of the third.
Facing a 1-2 count with one out in the inning, Wischmeyer hit a hard groundball to the Rabun County shortstop, who fumbled the ball.
Krysten Hodges waits to swing for the Lady Panthers softball team.
The error eventually allowed Wischmeyer to end up at third base.
Sisum, with an 0-1 count, then drove a triple into centerfield, scoring Wischmeyer.
Sisum was caught at home plate trying to stretch the triple into an inside-the-park home run.
The damage was done, however, as Union County took a 3-0 lead.
The visiting Lady Wildcats managed runs in the top of the fifth and sixth frames, but it wasn’t enough as the home team Lady Panthers dug deep and preserved the win.
Trinity Queen came on to pitch the seventh inning. She got one batter to ground out and struck out two more to earn the save for Union County.
The Lady Panthers earned their second-straight trip to the state playoffs with the win.
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