Lakeland shut out by New Kent

Published 7:12 pm Saturday, May 26, 2018

New Kent High School ended Lakeland High School’s softball season Friday evening.

The Lady Trojans shut out the Lady Cavs 9-0 Friday evening on the road in the second round of the Class 3 Region A tournament. Lakeland fell behind 6-0 after two innings and wasn’t unable to get anything going on the offensive end, as they had one hit as a team.

Sara Matthews pitched a complete game and struck out three. With a big win against Booker T. Washington High School Wednesday evening, Lakeland was able to win one game this postseason.

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New Kent 9, Lakeland 0

NKHS 1 5 0 0 0 3 0—9

LHS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0—0

NKHS: Hits 9—Peace 2, Slater 2, Cleaver, Ellis, Evans, Goode, Ricks; Runs 9—Yates 2, Evans 2, Ricks, Snyder, Cleaver, Slater, Goode; RBI 5—Slater, Ellis, Cleaver, Peace, Ricks

LHS: Hits 1–Whitley