DANSVILLE — One of the constants this spring for the Dansville softball team has been pitching .
The junior pitching duo of Ryker Graf and Laci Neal has been dominant in the circle and given the Aggies a chance to win each time they take the field.
That again it was the case in the Division 4 regional on Saturday, June 6.
Graf delivered a strong performance in the circle in the championship game and finished with 13 strikeouts. But the Aggies just couldn’t generate enough offense while seeing their season end with a 3-1 loss to Summerfield on their home field.
The loss was the first for Dansville since late April and coach Bill Sherwood couldn’t be more proud with what his team accomplished this spring..
“This team they are tight and they have a good time they hang out together,” Sherwood said. “They just jelled. We had a little rough start and then they went on a big winning streak and kept winning and playing well and having fun. And they have fun and I just told him to keep having fun.”
Saturday’s loss ended a 24-game winning streak Dansville. The Aggies struggled to piece together any offense outside of an opening inning that featured a solo home run from Neal. Dansville also got a single by Katie Hamel in that first inning, but did not get another hit the rest of the way
“We just ran into a little bit of a buzz saw today,” Sherwood said. “We couldn’t really score. We got one in the bottom of the first And then I thought maybe we would go on a roll. She was just a little bit different a lefty and maybe through a little bit of junk. We just couldn’t adjust and came up a little short.”
Contact Brian Calloway at bcalloway@lsj.com. Follow him on X @brian_calloway.
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