Lady Tigers romp in sectional opener

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Lyndonville’s Arnie Sturtevant delivers a pitch during the Lady Tigers home field sectional victory over Hinsdale this afternoon.

Scoring runs in big bunches, top seeded Lyndonville romped to an 18-0 five inning run rule victory over No. 8 Hinsdale in the quarterfinal round of the Section V Class D2 softball tournament this afternoon at Lyndonville.

Brooke Robinson, winning pitcher Arnie Sturtevant, Emily Dill, Rylan Townsend, Braelynn Dillenbeck and Natalie Rath each banged out a pair of hits to lead Lyndonville’s 15 hit attack.

In the circle, Arnie Sturtevant allowed only 2 hits and struck out 7 in four innings of work. Kalynn Sturtevant came on to hurl the final frame and gave up no hits and struck out 2.

Lyndonville set the tone at the outset by scoring 4 runs in the first inning on triples by Robinson and Arnie Sturtevant, a pair of errors and a fielders choice play.

Keeping the momentum, the Lady Tigers tacked on 3 runs in the second inning as Townsend had a two-run single.

Lyndonville broke the game wide open in the third inning exploding for 10 runs as Robinson had an RBI triple, Arnie Sturtevant and Dill RBI doubles, Townsend a two-run single and Hannah Fox and Dillenbeck RBI singles.

Rath closed out the scoring with an RBI single in the fourth.

Improving to 17-1, Lyndonville will next face the winner of the No. 5 Hammondsport vs. No. 4 Andover-Whitesville on Tuesday.

Lyndonville’s Brooke Robinson, at left, bangs out a triple. At right, Lyndonville’s Braelynn Dillenbeck slides into third as Hinsdale third baseman Karissa Keller awaits the throw.