August 23, 2009

Lady Tide blasts Vancleave 9-2

by Carey Meitzler

Picayune-- Picayune scored five runs in the bottom of the first inning and went on to record a 9-2 victory over Vancleave at the

Picayune Lady Tide Softball Complex.  The win moved the Lady Tide's record to 3-3 on the year and avenged a 3-0 loss to the

Lady Bulldogs on August 15th.

All photos by John Young

Jessica Rancifer singles to left field in the first inning.

Jessica Rancifer singled to left field and scored on Tiffany Devore's triple to right center.   Hillary Dickens reached on an error

allowing Devore to score.  Brandi Rabion doubled to center field pushing Dickens to third base.  Taylor Seals tripled to drive in

both runners and made it 4-0.  Seals scored on Brooke Ladner's single to push the lead to 5-0.

Picayune pushed the lead to 7-0 in the second when Brandi Rabion doubled to drive in Rancifer who had singled and Devore

who reached on an error.

Brooke Ladner singles in the first inning.

Taylor Seals doubled to start the third inning and scored on Bethany Crawford's double with two outs to make it 8-0.

In the bottom of the sixth, Bethany Crawford reached on a fielder's choice and scored on Sharonda Jackon's pinch-hit

single to make it 9-0.

Sarah Dodd allowed only four hits through the first five innings.  Vancleave (1-2) scored two runs in the top of the

sixth inning on four hits.

Picayune plays a varsity doubleheader at South Jones on Tuesday.