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Bryant senior Macy Hoskins competes in a 2-0 win over Benton on Saturday. On Monday in Jonesboro, Hoskins hit two home runs in a 20-0 win over the Lady Hurricane to open 6A Central Conference play.
Bryant senior Macy Hoskins competes in a 2-0 win over Benton on Saturday. On Monday in Jonesboro, Hoskins hit two home runs in a 20-0 win over the Lady Hurricane to open 6A Central Conference play.
BRAEDEN BOTTS//Special to The Saline Courier
JONESBORO – After shutting out the No. 1 team in the state and one of the best in the country in the two-time 5A state champion Benton Lady Panthers in a 2-0 victory this past Saturday, Bryant junior Aly White and the Lady Hornets kept their shutout streak going Monday to open 6A Central Conference action. Bryant blasted the Jonesboro Lady Hurricane 20-0 for their fourth consecutive shutout as White gave up just one hit and one walk, striking out 10 in five complete innings.
Not only was Bryant (5-0, 1-0) dominant in the circle, but also at the bat as the Lady Hornets pounded out 18 hits led by senior Macy Hoskins’ huge game, going 4 for 4 with two home runs, four runs and three RBIs.
After a scoreless first inning, Bryant broke through in the top of the second with three runs, and after White pitched a 1-2-3 bottom of the frame with two strikeouts, an RBI ground out by junior Leah Hicks, who had a team leading five RBIs, in the third made it a 4-0 game before freshman Payton Stueart doubled in another for the 5-0 lead.
Bryant broke it open in the fourth frame with Hoskins’ first homer, a 2-run shot, and Hicks’ RBI double had the Lady Hornets up 10-0. Freshman Makalia Easterwood doubled another in with two outs before Bryant scored three more for the 14-0 lead.
Hoskins started the fifth with a solo homer, and after junior Kallee Nichols doubled, Hicks singled her in for the 16-0 lead. Stueart and and Easterwood singled, with Easterwood’s scoring one, while senior Abby Gentry ended the scoring with a 3-run homer for the 20-0 advantage. White pitched a 1-2-3 fifth with two Ks to end it.
Hicks finished 3 for 4 with three runs and five RBIs, Gentry 2 for 3 with three runs and three RBIs, and Easterwood 2 for 4 with two runs and three RBIs. Sophomore Kloie Lovell and Stueart both had two hits and an RBI apiece, with Nichols 2 for 4 with four runs scored. White added a hit, RBI and two stolen bases, with Gentry and sophomore Makenleigh “Specs” Easterwood also swiping two bags.
The Lady Hornets will now head to Murfreesboro, Tennessee, to take on some of the best competition in the country at the Southwest Classic. Bryant begins play on Wednesday, March 22.
