Seneca Powers Past Union City to Take Hold of Region

By Cody Rose

The Union City Lady Bears softball team was back on the road on Wednesday afternoon as they traveled to Seneca to take on the undefeated Lady Bobcats in another region game.

After the Lady Bears went down in order to start the game, Alara Bem led off the game for the Bobcats swinging on the first pitch that would go for a single. Bem would later score the game’s first run on a sac-fly by Haylee Farell to give the Bobcats a 1-0 lead after one inning of play.

Following a scoreless second inning, the Bobcats would send ten to the plate in the bottom of the third scoring seven runs on six hits to take an 8-0 lead through three innings.

Alivia Zielinski would deliver the Bears first hit of the game with a lead-off single in the top of the fourth. Grace Chapman would single two batters later, the Bears couldn’t make anything of it however as a strikeout would end the inning with no runs across.

The Bobcats would start their half of the fourth with a pair of singles by Alara Bem and Mallory Hammill. Sophia Primavere would then drive the runners home on a two-run RBI triple, and scoring herself to give the Bobcats an 11-0 lead through four innings.

Following a single by Alyssa Tingley in the top of the fifth, the Lady Bears would have a runner in scoring position looking to avoid the shutout. The Bears couldn’t get Tingley across however as the Bobcats would go on to win the game 11-0 in five innings.

Sophia Primavere would earn the win for the Bobcats throwing five shutout innings, surrendering three hits, along with ten strikeouts and one walk.

The win improves the Bobcats to 9-0 (3-0) on the season, while the Bears fall to 7-3 (4-1).

The Lady Bears will be back in action on Monday afternoon as they host the Cambridge Springs Lady Blue Devils in a non-region game.

Game stats:

Union City:

Batting:

CF Alissa Leech – 0/3

2B Alivia Zielinski – 1/2 single

SS Cheyenne Cummings – 0/2

3B Maddie Swan – 0/2

C Grace Chapman – 1/1 single, walk

PR Ellie Chapman

DP Desirae Brown – 0/2

LF Shaelynn Kent – 0/2

1B Alyssa Tingley – 1/2 single

P Kaegann Gregor – 0/2

RF Danica Williamson

Pitching:

P Kaegann Gregor – 4.0 IP, 11 H, 4 K, 2 BB, 11 R, 10 ER, 1 HBP

Seneca:

Batting:

CF Alara Bem – 3/3 three singles, three runs

3B Mallory Hammill – 3/3 three singles, two runs

P Sophia Primavere – 2/3 two triples, two runs, four RBIs

C Haylee Farell – 0/1 walk, HBP, RBI

PR Gabrianna Vera – run

2B Sam Primavere – 0/3 ROE, run

RF Nadia Oleski – 1/3 single, run, RBI

SS Hannah Wieczorek – 1/2 single, walk, run, two RBIs

DP Olivia Matson – 1/3 single, RBI

1B Danica Russ – 0/2

LF Kate Gottschling

Pitching:

P Sophia Primavere – 5.0 IP, 3 H, 10 K, 1 BB, 0 R, 0 ER

                1 2 3 4 5 R H E

Union City 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1

Seneca 1 0 7 3 x 11 11 0