Ansonia softball wins WOAC opener over Dixie

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Dale Barger / Publisher
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Ansonia sophomore Lilly Perry was hot at the plate, going 3-for-3 with an inside the park grand slam and nine RBIs in the Tigers WOAC win over Dixie. (Dale Barger photo)

ANSONIA – The Lady Tigers softball team opened up WOAC league play with a 26-2 win over the Lady Greyhounds of Dixie.

Ansonia started the season with two tough losses at Eaton and Covington and is now on a 3-game win streak with a good win over Russia 5-4, Versailles 11-10 and now Dixie.  The Tigers are now 3-2 in the year and 1-0 in WOAC play.

Dixie dropped their first two games of the year and then split with East Clinton before playing their first league game at Ansonia.  The Greyhounds are 1-4 overall and 0-1 in the league.

Ansonia put a lot of runs up on a windy, chilly afternoon of softball.  They chased off Dixie junior starting pitcher Beth Himan by scoring 7 runs in the first inning.

The Ansonia bats were hot and Kaylie McConnell of Dixie came in to relieve Beth Himan in the 2nd inning but it didn’t slow down the Tigers. (Dale Barger photo)

Dixie sent in junior Kaylie McConnell in the 2nd inning and the beat went on for the Tigers as they added 9 runs to go up 16-0 after two innings

Sophomore Bre’ ana Walker was in the circle for Ansonia and after two scoreless innings she would get touched up for two runs at the top of the 3rd inning.

Freshman catcher Ella Kreitzer led off the inning with a base hit … but Walker would retire the next two batters.  She then gave up a walk and the Hounds had runners on 1st and 2nd.   Beth Himan would rap a double into right center going to the fence that would bring home two runs for Dixie … but they would end being their only runs in the game.

Dixie junior Beth Himan connects for a double to drive home the only two runs the Hounds would score in game with Ansonia. (Dale Barger photo)

The Tigers dented the plate again in the bottom of the 3rd with seven more runs and then added three more in the bottom of the 4th inning.

Walker would finish out the game for Ansonia to record the win by throwing 5 innings, giving up 5 hits, 2 unearned runs, 1 walk and 6 strikeouts.

Ansonia would get a big game from sophomore Lilly Perry.  She had an in the park grand slam in the 1stinning and went 3-for-3 with 9 rbi’s in the game to lead the Tigers offensively.  Junior Kylie Caldwell had 2 rbi’s and Shyann McKenna (2-2, 3 runs), Jayda Mangen, Lydia Klingshirn (2-2, 3 runs), Ava Thatcher (4-4, 5 runs), Addison Geyer, Miley Walls (2-2, 2 runs), Dani Gibbs, Lillian Kaiser (3-4. 3 runs), and Ava Erwin all contributed with rbi’s as well.

Junior Lillian Kaiser would go 3-for-4, scored 3 runs in win over Dixie. (Dale Barger photo)

The Tigers return to action at Greenville while Dixie travels to Arcanum on Thursday 4/10/25.

Bre’ana Walker picked up the win for Ansonia in the circle.  She pitched five innings & had six strikeouts in the game. (Dale Barger photo)