Women's Softball Wraps Up Season With Heartbreaker at Corning

The game was exciting as the score was back and forth. The game remained tied until Corning scored on a Herkimer error in the bottom of the 6th inning. The Lady Generals didn't go away quietly as they came back and scored 3 runs in the top of the 7th inning. Lindsay Johnson got on first with a basehit bunt, then Lauren Quigan moved her over on a sacrifice bunt. Katelyn Van Eron had a single to scored the run to tie the game. This was followed by 2 singles in a row from Courtney Roberts and Nikki Lippert to make the score 4-2. In the bottom of the 7th, Herkimer got the first 2 outs right away before Brittany McKerrow singled to get on and then Liz Gorges hit a 2 run homerun to tie the game. In the eighth inning, Herkimer had runners in scoring position but came up short. Corning then got a run to end the game on a close play at the plate. Herkimer ends their season with a 19-11 record.

Herkimer CCC vs. Corning CC

HCCC- 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 0- 4 runs, 6 hits, 2 errors

CCC-   1 0 0 0 0 1 2 1- 5 runs, 8 hits, 5 errors

winning pitcher: CCC- Megan Myers- 10 K's, 0 BB's

losing pitcher:HCCC- Katelyn Van Eron(10-5)- 4 K's, 4 BB's

extra base hits:

HCCC- double- Misty Mathis

CCC- double-Brittany McKerrow

       Homerun- Liz Gorges