No. 6 Hermon softball eliminates #11 Oceanside in Round of 16

Hermon –The Hermon girls relied on their pitching and solid defense to take a lead and hold it, giving up just one run in the top of the seventh as the Hawks take a 4-1 win over the Mariners of Rockland.

The Hermon Hawks storm the field to start the Round of 16 play-in Game with Oceanside of Rockland. The Hawks took the 4-1 win to advance. (Photo by Ron Hawkes/MSR)

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Hermon will next either be on the road at #3 Mount Desert Island or hosting #14 Foxcroft Academy as they take on the winner of that game.

Oceanside finishes its season at 5-12 with the loss. 

In the circle for Hermon, freshman Katie Fowler got the start going three innings allowing just two hits, no walks, while striking out two. Fowler threw 27 pitches, 20 for strikes. Junior Lyndsee Reed pitched four to finish the game. She allowed one hit and one run with three walks while striking out three. 

For Oceanside, hard throwing Grace Pratt went the distance allowing seven hits, all singles, and four runs, three of them earned. Pratt walked five and struck out six. 

Hermon's pitching got some support at the plate from Molly Simcox (2 singles), Faith Coombs (2 singles), and Braelynn Wilcox, Ahrya Jelks, and Ainsley Carr (single each).

For Oceanside, A Philbrook, M Callahan, and A Colburn had a single each. 

Complete box score below