Davis, Lynch provided scoring while Lynch records 15Ks in win

Kelley Lynch and Olivia Davis were the "dynamic duo" in the top of the eighth
inning for the East Coweta Lady Indians as each had an RBI that led to the 2-0 win.
Lynjch was also solid on the mound allowing two hits and recording 15 strikeouts.

COLUMBUS- Olivia Davis and Kelley Lynch accounted for the only runs of the game Thursday and the latter tossed a two-hitter with 15 strikeouts as the East Coweta Lady Indians defeated South Forsyth War Eagles 2-0 in a first round game of the AAAAAAA Elite eight state tournament at the South Commons Complex.

The Lady Indians improved to 29-4 and will face the Lassiter Lady Trojans in a Friday morning winner’s bracket game at 9 AM while the War Eagles fell to 18-13 and will face the Lambert Lady Longhorns in a loser’s bracket game at 1:00.

Should the Lady Indians win, they would not have to play again until Saturday morning at 9:00, however, a loss would mean a possible 5:00 contest with the winner of Lambert/South Forsyth. 

The game was scoreless through the first seven innings as Lynch and Katherine Huey were getting outs when needed particularly Huey who retired the Lady Indians in order once in the game.

Meanwhile, the War Eagles’ batters were befuddled by Lynch as she seven of nine batters via strikeout despite a suspect strike zone that led to a number of full counts.

In the top of the eighth inning, Carmen Prior was on second as the base runner under the International Tie Breaker rule with Lindsay “Lulu” Warren coming to the plate to start the frame.

After fouling off the first pitch, Warren laid down a sacrifice bunt that was mishandled in the infield and Prior was able to moved to third with the potential go ahead run.

Meanwhile, Warren was able to reach first on the play with Davis coming to the plate.

During the at the at bat Warren easily reached second with a stolen base then Davis lined a shot off the War eagles’ shortstop allowing Prior to score the first run of the game while Warren took third on the play.

Lynch was at bat when Davis stole second base and on an 0-2 offering from Huey, Lynch hit a groundball to short and Lynch was barely cut down at first but on the play Warren came home with an insurance run and Davis went to third.

The inning would come to an end as Davis was caught in a rundown and tagged at third and the stage was set for the Lady Indians to pick up the win.

In the bottom of the frame, the War Eagles had a runner on second base with Huey coming to the plate.

As in the case of the early innings, Lynch befuddled the War Eagle hitters as she retired Huey and pinch hitter Ginny Grice on strikes.

Lynch didn’t need a strikeout on the final out  but she did record an assist as Emily Harris hit a ball back to the pitching rubber and the sophomore tossed the ball to Rachel Vaughan at first to end the game.

The Lady Indians will face a Lassiter Lady Trojan squad that improved to 27-5 defeating the Lambert Lady Longhorns (25-4) 6-2 in the earlier first round game.

Lassiter scored three runs in the top of the third inning on an outfield error and two run home run before adding to the lead later in the game.