Lake’s Taylor Duncan showed Taylorsville why she is a Division I softball signee.
Duncan won games 1 and 3 of the series, throwing a no-hitter on Friday and allowing two hits in the decision game 3 and also hitting a grand slam to break open the game and secure the series for the Lady Hornets.
Lake, now 28-7 on the season, advances to the Class 2A championship series, which will begin on Wednesday at 4 p.m. at Mississippi State. Game two of the series will be on Thursday and game 3 would be on Friday at a time to be determined.
Lake 11, Taylorsville 0
The Lady Hornets didn’t allow a hit as they opened the series with a shutout win over the Lady Tartars on Friday.
Lake scored two in the first, four in the second and five in the fourth.
Lake had 11 hits in the contest as Kate Gladney was 3-for-3 with three runs scored. Josie Gibbs was 3-for-3 with three RBIs while Abbie McGee was 2-for-2 with a double and two RBIs. Brantlee McGee tripled and drove in three runs while Tra’Shaylah Wilson and Taylor Clark each scored twice.
Taylor Duncan started in the circle and pitched all five innings and gave up just three walks while striking out seven.
Taylorsville 2, Lake 1
The Lady Tartars scored in each of the first two innings and held on to take a one-run win over the Lady Hornets on Saturday in game 2 of the series.
Lake scored in the top of the first but Taylorsville answered with single runs in the first and second innings.
Taylorsville outhit Lake 6-5 in the contest. Laurel Breland was 2-for-3 at the plate to lead Lake while Abbe McGee also doubled.
Kate Gladney started in the circle and gave up two runs on six hits and four walks while striking out two.
Lake 11, Taylorsville 1
The Lady Hornets broke open a tie game with a big fifth inning and took a six-inning, run-rule in game 3 of the series on Saturday.
The game was scoreless the first three innings before each team scored a single run in the fourth inning. Lake then exploded for seven runs in the fifth with a grand slam by Taylor Duncan breaking the game open. Lake added three in the sixth for the final margin.
Lake outhit Taylorsville 15-2 in the contest. Kate Gladney was 3-for-4 with a double and two runs scored. Laurel Breland was 2-for-4 with a double while Brantlee McGee was 2-for-4 with two RBIs. Laneisha Palm was 2-for-3 with two runs scored while Gracie McKee was 2-for-3.
Duncan started in the circle and pitched all six innings, giving up one unearned run on two hits and two walks while striking out five.
