Raiders run-rule Lady Rebs

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South Ripley softball connected on three home runs in Monday night’s game at Southwestern (Hanover). Pictured from left to right with home run balls are Mady Tompkins, Hailey Brown and Emily Campbell.

South Ripley softball got three home runs and a dominant pitching performance en route to a convincing 10-0 at Southwestern (Hanover) on Monday in an Ohio River Valley Conference game.

The win is the first for the Lady Raiders in the ORVC after dropping a decision last week at Switzerland County.

Ripley was quick to strike in Monday’s contest, scoring five runs off the get-go in the top of the first inning and following up with a run in the second to go up by a 6-0 score. After a lull in the third and fourth frames, the Lady Raiders came alive again, scoring four runs in the top of the fifth and ending the game by 10-run rule soon after.

Of the nine hits for South Ripley, three sailed over the fence as Mady Tompkins, Hailey Brown and Emily Campbell each drilled a home run. Brown and Tompkins each went 2-for-3 as Tompkins had three RBIs and two runs scored and Brown went for two RBIs and two runs. Ellie Waldron was 2-for-4 with an RBI and Brionna Linkel added a double and two runs.

Waldron limited Southwestern to just two hits and picked up the pitching win in a complete game victory. She struck out nine and walked one. Morgan Mahoney and Ashton Goode each had a hit for the Lady Rebels.

South Ripley (3-2, 1-1 ORVC) was scheduled to host Rising Sun in an ORVC game on Wednesday and hosts Trinity Lutheran tonight in a non-conference contest. They return to conference play on Friday at Jac-Cen-Del.