MASON – The Lady Wave made the 76-mile drive to Mason to take on the Lady Comets in non-conference action, bringing home a 2-0 win over the perennial DI powerhouse.
“Great atmosphere and Great Day for Lady Wave Softball,” said Greenville coach Jerrod Newland. “Now 23-1 and Mason 24-3. Proud of the kids and the coaches. Big program win.”
Mason brought a 24-2 overall record and a perfect 18-0 Greater Miami Conference mark into the night, matching Greenville’s perfect 18-0 Miami Valley League record and the Lady Wave’s overall record of 22-1. When the dust settled, the Lady Wave made the drive home with a 23-1 record and the Lady Comets dropped to 24-3.
Greenville is the No. 1 seed in DIII Southwest District 4, and Mason is the No. 1 seed in DI Southwest District 2 in the 2025 OHSAA tournament.
“We enjoy playing the best teams we can,” Newland stated. “Big day and big win. I hope we get to play on turf again this year.”
Mason wasted a second-inning leadoff double with the Lady Wave getting a 5-3 Lily Brubaker to Zoey Burns groundout and back-to-back Ella Oswalt strikeouts looking.
The Lady Comets got a fourth-inning leadoff single, followed by a walk putting runners on first and second with no outs. An Oswalt strikeout and a Lady Wave double play ended the Lady Comets’ threat.
Greenville saved its noise for the top of the seventh with a leadoff Brubaker hard single to center, a Morgan Thompson sacrifice bunt moving Brubaker to second.
The Lady Comets mishandled a Bri Klosterman bunt, putting runners on first and third. Next up, Kylar Arnett grounded into a fielder’s choice to second, scoring Brubaker with Klosterman advancing to second.
A passed ball had Klosterman moving to third, bringing Burns to the plate with the senior knocking a run-scoring groundout to second, sending Klosterman home, giving the Lady Wave a 2-0 lead with the Lady Comets coming to the plate in the bottom of the seventh.
Greenville’s Ella Oswalt slammed the door on Mason, striking out the side in order, the first two looking and the final out coming on a swinging strikeout.
“Awesome defense and day on the mound,” said Coach Newland. “Infield was lights out and Ella was very sharp on the mound.”
Lady Wave freshman Ella Oswalt went the distance on the mound, picking up the win for the Lady Wave, tossing 7.0 shutout innings, allowing 5 hits, 1 walk, while striking out 10 Lady Comets. Oswalt threw a total of 92 pitches – 23 balls and 69 strikes.
Both teams ended the night with 5 hits. Oswalt led the Lady Wave at the plate, going 3-3 with a walk; Burns went 1-4 with an RBI; Brubaker was 1-3 with a run scored; Arnett 1 HBP, 1 RBI; Leah Force a walk; Klosterman 1 run.
“Home Thursday for the real season,” Coach Newland said of 2025 OHSAA tournament play. “It begins.”
The Lady Wave opens Division III tournament play on Thursday, May 15, 2025, when Dayton Stivers School for the Arts comes to town for a first-round game with a 5 p.m. start time at Stebbins Field, home of Lady Wave Softball.
BOX SCORE
123 456 7 R H E
000 000 2 2 5 0 Greenville
000 000 0 0 5 2 Mason
