It took extra innings, but Hannah Brown (11th) threw nine shutout innings to carry Whitefield Academy to a 1-0 victory over rival, Landmark Christian on Monday.
Hannah pitched nine innings and allowed no earned runs on five hits. The Lady Pack played their best defensive game of the season. Olivia Viergeve (9th), Hannah, and Gabby Pinson (11th) made a run-saving relay to the plate to end the seventh inning. Megan Rose Byers (10th) had a run-saving, two-out, sliding catch in centerfield to end the eighth inning.
Ari Christoffersen (11th) led off the ninth inning with a bunt single that moved Olivia to third base with no outs. This set the table for Hannah, who gave Whitefield the win when she grounded into a fielder’s choice to the shortstop that scored Olivia. Megan Rose and Ari had the only two hits for the Lady Pack.