Worth County’s softball season came to an end Wednesday night as they couldn’t solve the pitching of Lauren Krohn and fell 2-0 to Princeton. Worth County had beaten the Blue Tigers on the same field earlier in the season, but they didn’t pitch Krohn that game.
Princeton was a totally different team with Krohn on the mound, striking out even the good hitters. Worth County did all they could on the other end to stay in the game, but Krohn used a devastating change to strike people out when she needed one.
Worth County quashed several Princeton threats to stay in the game. In the first, Krohn shot a single off pitcher Braidy Hunt’s glove to lead off the Princeton first, but Hunt promptly struck out Emma Spencer and Faith Siemer and Jill Hardy made a running catch of Makenzie Dunklin’s pop fly behind second.
In the second, Princeton threatened as Jasmine Allen singled and went to second and third on wild pitches. But pitcher Braidy Hunt shut them down as she struck out Grace Kelly and Carsey Brown and got Alison Allen to ground out back to the mound.
Worth County got its first baserunner in the third as Aivry Griffin singled down the right field line and Autumn Cousatte bunted her over to second. But Hailey Adwell struck out and Braidy Hunt grounded out to end the third.
Princeton broke through in their half of the third when Emma Walkup walked and Lauren Krohn singled. Megan Spencer grounded out to advance them to third, and then Faith Siemer singled to bring them both home to put Princeton on the board 2-0.
Those turned out to be the game winning runs, but Worth County was able to make things interesting until the end and make some strong defensive plays to stay in the game. In the fourth, Morgan Beagle shot a single past the second baseman, but Krohn promptly struck out the next two to get out of the inning.
With one out in the fifth, Lauren Krohn hit a screamer to right. Hailey Adwell tried for a shoestring catch and missed, and it dropped in for a triple. But then Worth County got a bang-bang double play when Spencer hit a grounder to Braidy Hunt, who threw to Autumn Cousatte at first; she promptly threw home to Megan Cassavaugh to tag Krohn out at the plate.
Princeton made some noise in the sixth when Faith Siemer walked. Makenzie Dunkin struck out and Jasmine Allen popped out, but Grace Kelly walked and Carsey Brown loaded the bases with a single. Alison Allen hit a screamer that looked like trouble, but left fielder Aivry Griffin made a running catch to end the threat.
Worth County led off the seventh with a scratch hit as Morgan Beagle beat out a slow roller to short. But then Megan Cassavaugh struck out, Jill Hardy grounded out, and Kara Staton struck out to end the game.
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