(Pictured above: Westfall's Josie Williams and Marcy Dudgeon)
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Westfall's Lady Mustangs broke open a 2-2 game with 4 runs in the top of the 7th to propel them to a 6-2 win at Unioto and hand them their third consecutive undisputed SVC Softball Championship. Westfall has not lost an SVC softball game since late in the 2017 season, winners now of 30 straight SVC games.
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While that was being decided in softball, the SVC Baseball title chase got crazy, with Westfall beating Unioto 2-0 to sweep their regular season series. That coupled with Zane Trace's 7-6 win over paint Valley, creates a three-way tie for first place between Westfall, Unioto and ZT, with only one conference game to play.
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SOFTBALL
WESTFALL 6, UNIOTO 2
Unioto jumped-out to a 1-0 lead with a run in the bottom of the first inning and held that lead until the top of the fifth when Westfall scored twice for a 2-1 lead. Josie Williams drove in one of her two RBI's in the game with a run producing single in a Lady Muistangs' two-run fifth inning. She later added an RBI single in the 7th.
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Trailing 2-1 in the bottom of the 6th, Unioto's Avery Miller lined a solo homer over the left field fence to tie the game at 2-2. But, Westfall answered with a four-run top of the 7th, thanks to an RBI single by Williams for the 3-2 lead, a Sami Tackett RBI double to make it 4-2, then Maddie Mullens crushed a two-run homer for the 6-2 advantage. Ayzia Fullen also had two doubles in the contest for the Lady Mustangs.
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Marcy Dudgeon got the win on the mound, scattering 7 hits over the course of the game. While Jocie Fisher started the game for Unioto, Hallie Pinkerton suffered the pitching loss as she came on in relief to give up the go-ahead runs for Westfall. The Lady Mustangs had 10 hits for the game.
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Westfall improves to (13-0) in the SVC and concludes their SVC season against Zane Trace on Friday, needing a win for a Gold Ball season. Unioto drops to (10-3) in the SVC.
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BASEBALL
WESTFALL 2, UNIOTO 0
For the second time this season, the Westfall Mustangs have picked up a big win over Unioto, only this time creating a three-way tie for the SVC lead. Zane Trace shares the top-spot after beating Paint Valley 7-6.
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Westfall pitcher Lucas Blackburn was "spot-on", firing a 3-hit shutout while and at the plate, collected and RBI single in the second inning to give the Mustangs the 1-0 lead. Westfall added another run in the top of the third.
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Unioto threatened to score, but stranded base runners at third in the in the fourth.
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Westfall, Unioto and Zane Trace are all now (10-3) in the SVC, with the big match-up Friday being Zane Trace at Westfall, where one of those teams will be knocked out of the title hunt. Unioto travels to Adena on Friday.
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