Tri-Valley Girls Defeat Chapel Field 6-4

  PINE BUSH--The Tri-Valley Lady Bears varsity softball team behind the strong pitching of Freshman Kacie Allison and the offensive hitting of Sophomore Katie Jester opened the 2014 season with a 6-4 victory over Chapel Field Christian High School at Pine Bush Wednesday afternoon.

  Allison pitched  the full seven innings striking out 12 in this non-league opener for both teams and allowed one earned run.

  Jester had two hits, went two for four at bat, scored two runs and had one RBI.

  Designated hitter Jester and Senior Emily DiToro got the Bears s

coring machine started in the first inning crossing the plate for two runs off singles and several Chapel Field errors.

  The top of the third inning produced four runs for Tri-Valley off hits by Mikayla Clearwater, Jester, Liz Hannold, Megan Bantin and Robyn Dymond as the Bears took a 6-0-lead going in the bottom of the fourth.

  The Lions scored one run in the fourth, added one run in the bottom of the sixth and closed out the bottom of the seventh with two runs.

  Allison was at her best when she needed it and pitched her way out of trouble several times with big strike outs.

  The win puts Tri-Valley at 1-0 and Chapel Field at 0-1.

  Tri-Valley was scheduled to play a non-league game Thursday at  home against Livingston Manor and will open OCIAA league play Monday April 21 at Tuxedo and will play host to Chester Wednesday April 23 in another league game.

  Tri-Valley Coach Mary Feusner commenting on the opening game for the 2014 season said, "victory is sweet to open up the season  and our girls jumped on the pitches early on and Chapel Field had to play out of the hole the whole game."
  Feusner added, we didn't get rattled when they scored one or two and we stayed solid had lots of good at bats and good hustle."

  The Tri-Valley coach had high praise for pitcher Kacie Allison calling the pitcher's efforts as "marvelous and impressive for her first varsity game."

  Chapel Field coach Michael Bonagura said, opening games produce different results and today  we were not ready to compete and when you nervous your not ready to compete."

  Bonagura added, we were not into the flow of the game and we just were not ready to compete.                           

                                                                 

                                                                      

                                                             

TOP PHOTO IS TRI-VALLEY PITCHER KACIE ALLISON WHO RECORDED 12 STRIKEOUTS IN TLHE BEARS 604 WIN WEDNESDAY OVER CHAPEL FIELD AT PINE BUSH. SECOND PHOTO IS OF DESIGNATED HITTER KATIE JESTER WHO HAD TWO HITS, SCORED TWO RUNS, WENT TWO FOR FOUR AT BAT AND HAD ONE RBI.