The AHSTW Lady Vikes softball team had a well-earned 7-4 victory against the Riverside Bulldogs on Tuesday night. Tuesday’s matchup started as a stalemate as neither team was able to get past second through 2 innings of softball. Then in the top of the third Riverside had 3 straight hits and a 2 RBI Double from Kayden Schnack who went 1-4 on the night to take a 3-0 lead. Madison Kelley would tack on one more run with an RBI grounder towards third base to make the game 4-0. AHSTW would respond in the bottom of the third with an RBI triple from Bella Lamp chipping into the lead at 4-1.

The bottom of the fourth is when things turned around for the Lady Vikes thanks to an Addison Carroll sacrifice fly making the game 4-2 and a go ahead 3 RBI homer off of Kendra Hansen’s bat with AHSTW taking the lead at 5-4. Hansen would go 1-3 on the night with 4 RBI’s. The Bulldogs would manage to load the bases up in the top of the sixth with only out to try their turn at a comeback, but the Lady Vikes Etta Partlow stayed calm and retired the next two batters leaving three runners stranded. AHSTW scored two more runs in the bottom of the 6th making the game 7-4 and Riverside had no answer in the top of the 7th.  Etta Parlow secured the win pitching 7 innings, having 3 earned runs, 8 hits, 7 strikeouts, and 4 walks.

Lady Vikes Head Coach Kathleen Pace message to her players after the win was to carry this positive energy into the rest of the week.

The sharp pitching from Partlow caught coach Pace’s eye and she gave credit to her starting pitcher.

The win improves AHSTW to 7-7 on the year as they head to Treynor on Thursday. Coach Pace would like to see continual improvement throughout the year.

The Riverside Bulldogs now sit at 8-8 with the loss and will host Tri-Center on Thursday at home.