.png)
The Lady Wildcats varsity softball team came up with an impressive five-inning run-rule victory against Pflugerville Connally last week, 17-3, before losing their next test to East View 15-11.
Elgin fell to 5-15-1 overall and 2-4 in district play with the split week. The team faced Marble Falls after press time Tuesday and will return to action at home against Hendrickson Friday, March 27, at 6 p.m.
CONNALLY
Elgin took down the Cougars March 17 behind a nine-run fifth inning.
Senior Bianca Galindo led the team at the plate, going 3-for-4 with four RBIs. Freshman Madilyn Wildy had a breakout performance, finishing 4-for-4 with three RBIs.
Junior utility player Katelyn Anderson earned the win in the circle, pitching five innings while allowing three runs and striking out five.
Galindo opened the scoring with a two-run home run in the top of the first. Elgin added two more runs later in the inning on an error to extend that lead.
Connally answered with two runs in the bottom half of the inning to cut the deficit to 4-2. The Lady Cats quickly responded with an RBI single from Wildy and a dropped third strike that brought in another run.
Elgin continued to pull away, outscoring the Cougars 11-1 the rest of the way. Galindo added her second home run of the game in the fifth inning, a two-run shot.
Junior Jaylen Barker delivered the final blow with a bases-clearing triple to make it 17-3. Barker finished 2-for-4 with four RBIs.
EAST VIEW
The Lady Cats fell in a high-scoring contest as East View used a sixrun fifth inning to secure the win.
Senior Trinity Martinez led Elgin with two RBIs. East View’s offense surged early, building a 6-0 lead after the top of the second inning. Elgin answered in the bottom half, scoring six runs on four consecutive singles and an error to tie the game.
East View added a run in the fourth to take a one-point lead, but Elgin responded once again immediately.
The Lady Cats took their first lead of the game on an RBI single from Anderson and later drew a bases- loaded walk to make it 8-7.
The game shifted in the fifth inning when East View scored six runs to take a 13-8 lead. Elgin battled back with three additional runs across the fifth and sixth innings, but the deficit proved too much to overcome.
Anderson took the loss, allowing 13 runs on 13 hits while recording one strikeout.
