The Whitefield varsity softball team survived a late rally by Greater Atlanta Christian to win 5-4 on senior night at Whitefield. Frances Hamilton (12th) led the offense going a perfect 2-2 at the dish. She doubled in the second inning and singled in the fifth inning.
Whitefield got the win thanks in large part to Hannah Brown's (11th) dominant, 17-strikeout performance and some key defensive plays. Hannah allowed one earned run on six hits and no walks over seven innings.
The game's last lead went to Whitefield, thanks to a second inning rally that saw two runs cross the plate on an RBI double by Frances and an RBI single by Ari Christoffersen (11th). Whitefield answered Greater Atlanta's top inning with one run of its own in the fourth. The game was close until Whitefield seemed to grab the momentum by piling on two more runs in the bottom of the fifth. A clutch bases loaded walk scored Carmyn Cosey (10th) to open the scoring in the frame. That was followed up by Megan Rose Byers's (10th) single, plating Ari. Hits were also recorded by Gabby Pinson (11th) and Sydney Burke (11th).
Greater Atlanta was poised to tie the game in the top of the seventh when Hannah came up with a timely strike out and Gabby made a diving catch to rob the last Greater Atlanta batter of a potential bunt hit and game-tying RBI.