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Junior pitcher Grace Berlage leads Prosper Rock Hill softball to the UIL Regional Semi-Finals
In their debut season, Prosper Rock Hill softball has continued to show their strengths on the diamond against every opponent. On Thursday night, the Lady Blue Hawks advanced to the UIL Regional Semi-Finals over Frisco Memorial.
The Lady Blue Hawks were able to sweep Frisco Memorial, who entered the playoffs for the first time ever this season, in two games during the UIL Regional Quarterfinals. On Wednesday, Rock Hill defeated Memorial by a score of 6-2 before moving on to Thursday night's win.
During Thursday's game, Rock Hill junior Grace Berlage tallied 10 strikeouts as the Lady Blue Hawks defeated Memorial 7-1. Sitting down ten batters marked the talented pitcher's 100th strikeout of the season.
Game 2️⃣ was one we will NEVER forget‼️@leahrinehart4 walked w bases loaded‼️@GraceBerlage stepped up in the circle with 10Ks with 💯 Ks for the year🤯🤯 pic.twitter.com/4RMW443Mqv
— 🥎Rock Hill Softball🥎 (@RockHillSBall) May 14, 2021
Rock Hill will play the winner of Hallsville and Royse City next week.
Prosper sweeps Denton Guyer, advances to UIL Regional Semi-Finals
After fighting all season to prove that they have what it takes to compete at the highest level of Texas high school softball, the Prosper Lady Eagles defeated Denton Guyer in two games during their UIL Regional Quarterfinals matchup. With a sweep over the Wildcats, Prosper moves on to the UIL Regional Finals.
During game one of the UIL Class 6A Region I quarterfinals, Prosper topped Denton Guyer by a score of 3-1. The game one win gave the Lady Eagles all the fire and confidence needed going into game two on Thursday evening. Although the Lady Eagles only recorded two hits, they were able to capitalize off of key moments and take the series.
Elizabeth Moffitt, a Fresno State commit, recorded both hits for Prosper in the 6-2 victory Thursday evening. Moffitt's first hit came. in the bottom of the third pushing runners into scoring position and allowing Prosper to score on back-to-back walks. It wasn't long before Moffitt added another hit (a two-run single) to put Prosper up 4-0.
With a handful of Guyer errors, Prosper capitalized from the plate a couple more times before the end of the game while their defense held strong allowing only two runs to score for Guyer. From the circle, Elissa Griffin pitched four innings allowing four hits and one run while sitting down five batters.
Prosper will face the winner of the Regional Quarterfinals matchup between El Paso Americas and Boswell in the UIL State Regional Finals next week.