Softball rolls over New Ken, Recognizes seniors

Thanks to the wins, Fayette (11-12, 8-4) sits one game behind Penn State DuBois for second place in the PSAUC West division.

Fayette won the opener, 13-5.

The outcome was never in doubt as Fayette scored five runs in the first and another in the second.

Casey Hite (Bentleyville, PA/Bentworth HS) led the offensive attack as she had four of Fayette's 12 hits, including a double, while Katie Kelley (Fairchance, PA/Albert Gallatin HS) added a single and a double.

Ally Hawkins (Morgantown, WV/Morgantown HS) recorded a triple for Fayette while Chanel Porter (Cumberland, MD/Allegany HS), Danielle Jones (Uniontown, PA/Laurel Highlands) and Lauren Mastowski (Dawson, PA/Frazier HS) all had doubles.

Porter, Kelley and Jones each drove in two runs while Tiffany Markovitch (Brownsville, PA/Brownsville HS) went the distance in the pitcher's circle to earn her sixth win of the season.

Fayette won the second game over New Kensington (8-18, 4-10), 12-3.

New Kensington took a 1-0 lead in the top of the first but Fayette scored twice in the inning when Mastowski hit an RBI double and it added another run on a fielder's choice off of the bat of Kelley.

New Kensington took a 3-2 lead in the third, but Fayette roared back with seven runs in the bottom half of the inning.

Hite, Kelley, Hawkins and Hannah Kline (Fayette City, PA/Frazier HS) all had RBI hits in the inning with Hawkins driving in a pair.

Fayette added three more runs in the bottom of the fourth to put the game out of reach.

 Aubree Yates (Eighty-Four, PA/Bentworth HS), Mastowski and Jones all had two hits with Mastowski, Kelley and Hawkins having doubles.

Hite went the distance in the pitcher's circle to earn the win.

Fayette heads to Penn State New Kensington (8-16, 4-8) Friday for a double header.

For more information on the softball team, to go https://www.psfathletics.com/sports/sball/index. 

Written by Bill Hughes