Despite loss to Dripping Springs, Marble Falls softball grabs last playoff spot
JENNIFER FIERRO • PICAYUNE STAFF
MARBLE FALLS — Despite an 8-4 loss to Dripping Springs on April 19, the Marble Falls High School softball team still qualified for the playoffs.
With Leander Vandegrift beating Leander Rouse 8-3 on April 19, the Lady Mustangs finished fourth in the District 25-4A standings and snagged the last playoff spot.
On a two-game losing streak, Marble Falls starts the postseason against Austin Crockett at 7 p.m. April 26.
“I think (Crockett) swept (its) district,” Marble Falls head coach Tino Salazar said. “They’re going to have some ability. We’re just going to have to play and keep working hard.”
In the April 19 game, Dripping Springs struck early, scoring four runs in the first inning and three in the second. Marble Falls scored two runs in the fourth and one in the fifth.
“I thought our plan was good,” Salazar said. “But we spot them seven runs. It’s tough to come back. They mixed a few hits together. We had two errors in the first two innings.”
He said he was proud of the way his players competed from the third inning to the end of the game.
“We looked relaxed, we looked confident, we hit the ball,” Salazar said. “We gave up one run the last five innings.”
jfierro@thepicayune.com
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ON OFFENSE: Marble Falls – RBIs: Amanda Thomas, Abby Henry, Makenzie Carpenter; Dripping Springs – RBIs: Janice Burke 2, Kaitlyn Dugan 2, Amber Womack, Brandi Needham
ON DEFENSE: Winning pitcher (Dripping Springs) Brandi Needham, 2 earned runs off 8 hits with no walks and 7 strikeouts; losing pitcher (Marble Falls) Amanda Thomas, 3 earned runs off 9 hits with 2 walks and 4 strikeouts
RECORDS: Marble Falls is 20-10 overall and 5-7 in District 25-4A.
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GAME 1 – Marble Falls vs. Austin Crockett at Garrison Park, 6095 Manchaca Road in Austin, 7 p.m. April 26; GAME 2 – Marble Falls vs. Austin Crockett 1 p.m. April 27 at Scearce Field, 2101 Mustang Drive in Marble Falls; GAME 3 – if necessary, will follow 30 minutes after Game 2 concludes at Scearce Field.
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