Division rivals meet Monday night with the Section V Class A2 Softball Championship on the line. Top-seeded Honeoye Falls-Lima hosts No. 2 Pittsford Sutherland. Here is the breakdown:
No. 1 seed HONEOYE FALLS-LIMA COUGARS (15-3/Monroe County) vs. No. 2 seed PITTSFORD SUTHERLAND KNIGHTS (14-4/Monroe County)
Runs scored per game: Honeoye Falls-Lima (10.8), Pittsford Sutherland (13.8)
Runs allowed per game: Honeoye Falls-Lima (3.9), Pittsford Sutherland (3.5)
Current streak: HF-L has won six straight. Sutherland has won seven consecutive.
How they got here: HF-L defeated No. 8 Geneva, 4-0, in the quarterfinals before downing fourth-seeded Canandaigua, 6-1, in the semis.
Sutherland beat No. 7 Eastridge by a 21-0 score in the quarterfinals and knocked off third-seeded School of the Arts, 13-0, in the semis.
Last time they met: The Monroe County Division IV foes split their regular season meetings with HF-L winning 6-2 on May 6th. Sutherland avenged that loss on May 24th with a 10-3 victory.
Players to Watch
HF-L: Maggie Adams Sr. SS; Quinn Adcock Sr. P .362 BA, .449 OBP, 21 R, 13 RBI; Olivia Friedlander Sr. 3B .412 BA, .500 OBP, 34 R; Megan Reinke Sr. UTL .345 BA, 14 R, 15 RBI; Mari Spitz Sr. C .516 BA, .548 OBP, 1.172 SLG, 9 HR, 40 RBI, 32 R; Ryann Tanner Jr. CF .419, .486 OBP, 27 R, 12 RBI.
Pittsford Sutherland: Maley Garcia Sr. SS .454 BA, 29 R, 22 RBI; Riley Gonzalez Jr. 3B .431 BA, 30 R, 30 RBI; Ryan Hanson Sr. C Tia Lehtonen So. UTL .453 BA; Zoe Lehtonen Sr. OF .491 BA; Julianna Lyons So. UTL .408 BA.
Coaches: Bailey Smith (HF-L), Mike Scialo (Pittsford Sutherland)
History 101: HF-L defeated Sutherland, 8-4 to win the 2019 Class A2 title.
A 4:30 p.m. first pitch is scheduled at Honeoye Falls-Lima.
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