Davianne Croasmun yanked one out of the park, but it wasn’t enough for Magnolia to get past John Marshall, 4-1 in girls softball action, April 23 in New Martinsville.

Audrey Gibb smacked a single for the only two hits by the Eagles, while Abbey Durig struck out four in taking the loss from within the circle.

The Blue Eagles knotted the score at 1-1 in the top of the second as Davianne Croasmun led it off with a home run.

“I thought both teams played well,” Magnolia coach Dillon Mangino said. “The two pitchers that John Marshall had, we couldn’t catch up to the fastball and obviously that was the difference in the game.”

Abbi Namath led the third inning off with her second hit of the game. The power hitter got a hold of one that hit the outfield fence on the fly which was good for a double. A Jessica Kinnick single brought Namath across the plate to give John Marshall the lead for good, 2-1.

Namath finished with a single and two doubles. Her other double also hit the fence on the fly.

Abby Durig struck out four John Marshall batters. Audrey Gibb had the other hit for the Blue Eagles with a single.

“We can really build on this,” Mangino said. “If we play this well in terms of our defense against some of our other opponents, we should be in pretty good shape. We play Robert C. Byrd next week and then get ready sectionals after that.”

Audrey Gibb singled in both games of a double-header, but it wasn’t quite enough to get past Cameron 9-0 and 17-9 April 21 at New Martinsville Hydro Field.

Gibb had the only two hits in game one, as the Dragon hirler Linda Hall struck out five and walked two in the opener of the twin-bill. Hall helped herself at the plate as well, hitting two doubles.

Abby Durig took the loss from the mound for the Lady Eagles with seix strikeouts and holding the Dragons to only four-hits.

In the night cap, the Eagles held a 9-6 lead after three and a half, but Cameron pushed across 11 runs in the last three innings to get the win, 17-9.

Kasey Hilpert led off the second game with a single, and scooted to second on a single by Gibb. Durig hit into a fielder’s choice, but Davianne Croasmun was hit by a pitch then stole second. Gibb raced home on a wild pitch to give the Lady Eagles their first runs of the night.

Cameron scored five runs in the bottom half, but the Eagles tallied four runs to pull to within a run in the second frame. After a ground out to start the second, Kenna Petin walked, Emily Shank was hit by a pitch and Hilpert singled to load the bases. Gibb singled home Petin and Shank scored on a fielder’s Choice.

Durig then cleared the bases with a shot off the centerfield fence for a head-first slide into third base for a triple. Croasmun reached on an error and Katie Blatt added an RBI single that gave the home team a 9-5 lead.

However, the Dragons pushed across four runs of their own in the bottom half and seven more in the bottom of the sixth, with a walk-off single for the mercy-rule shortened game.

The Blue threw Logan Spencer and Mackenzie Ash, with Spencer tossing five innings and Ash one. Spencer struck out one and walked five, while Ash finished the final inning without a walk or strike out.

Gibb had a pair of singles in the night cap, while Durig was a home run shy of hitting for the cycle. Blatt and Hilpert each pounded out a pair of singles, while Croasmun and Petin each belted a single.