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Arcanum
sophomore Elle Siculan delivers a pitch against Tri-Village
Friday as the
Lady Trojans routed the Patriots 15-0 in a Cross County
Conference game. Siculan
allowed just two hits to the Patriots, both
were doubles. CNO Photo by
Danny Stockton, stocktonstudio.com
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Trojans run
rule Patriots in conference play
Siculan two hits Tri-Village
By George Starks
NEW MADISON- Arcanum sophomore Elle Siculan may be short in stature but
the Trojans pitcher was head and shoulders above the opposition Friday
at Tri-Village.
Siculan allowed just two hits to the Patriots, a leadoff double in the
first Kloey Murphy and one in the fourth Payge Malott as Arcanum
dropped a 15-0 loss on Tri-Village in a five inning run rule contest.
“Elle did a great job tonight,” said Arcanum coach Rick Stone. “She’s
coming off a leg injury and she’s battled through it. She went out
there and threw strikes. I told her not to give out any free passes
(walks) and she’ll do fine. Tonight, she did exactly what we told her
and she shut them down.”
In the five inning affair, Siculan struck out four with the remaining
11 out being made by the defense behind her.
Arcanum scored two in the opening frame when with one down, Logan Stone
would single to left.
Brittany Kinney would then reach on a fielder’s choice with both
scoring later in the inning.
The Trojans would tack on three more in the second the blow things open
in the fourth, sending 14 to the plate and scoring nine runs, making
the score 14-0 at that point.
“The key to our success has been our offense,” Stone stated. “We’ve
been hitting the ball very well this season. We’re very aggressive on
the base paths. The girls have real good softball instincts and they
know the game very well. They don’t hesitate. The just see the game and
they go. They don’t ask me, they just do it.”
Playing errorless softball, the Trojan defense shined.
“We’ve been playing well all year long and our defense has been there
when it needs to be,” Stone stated. “We have a solid defensive team.”
Starting six freshmen and no seniors, Patriot coach Traci Barhorst is
not disappointed with what she is seeing from her team.
“I told the kids tonight that there’s been a lot of improvement and I
saw it tonight,” said Barhorst. “We’ve made a lot of steps up to become
a varsity team. We made some plays tonight that we’ve been struggling
on this season. On offense, we’re hitting the ball but they’re
just finding gloves instead of finding holes.”
With such a young team, Barhorst want to see one thing and that’s
improvement.
“Score means nothing to us right now,” Barhorst pointed out. “Two weeks
ago, a game like this was nerve-racking. Now, I think they are getting
it. They are making improvements. Our goal is to progress each game and
that’s still our goal. It’s hard! Nobody like to lose but we are
growing as a team. I’ve seen them go from nervous freshmen to starter
freshmen and I’m happy to see this. We’re getting better and we will be
fine.”
Now 10-1 (6-0 CCC) the Trojans will host Marion Local tonight as the
1-5 Patriots will travel to Yellow Springs to faceoff with the Lady
Bulldogs.
Both games are non-conference and will start at 5 p.m.
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