SALEM, Va. — The Lynchburg Hornets added one other walk-off winner to their 2026 resume with a dramatic victory over the Roanoke Maroons, 3-2, within the first contest of the ODAC Championship Tournament Friday evening.
With the tying run already dwelling and the profitable run 60 ft away within the backside of the seventh, Sarah Watts delivered the decisive swing, lining a single to middle discipline to carry dwelling Kourtney Kidd and elevate the University of Lynchburg softball group to a 3-2 walk-off victory over Roanoke in sport two of pod one on the ODAC Championship.
Lynchburg (25-16) totaled seven hits within the win, with Alex Love and Bryanna Orange every recording two-hit performances. Watts drove within the game-winning run and completed with an RBI, whereas Orange additionally added an RBI. Helen Maddux scored as soon as and doubled, and Zoë Elliott crossed the plate because the tying run within the seventh after being hit by a pitch. In the circle, Kate Charlton went the space, permitting two runs, one earned, on six hits with two walks and one strikeout.
Roanoke (20-19) struck first within the opening inning, capitalizing on a Lynchburg error to take a 1-0 lead. The Hornets answered within the second, as Maddux doubled and later scored on an RBI single from Orange to even the sport at 1-1.
The Maroons regained the lead within the fifth inning, utilizing a double from Carsyn Michaels to plate a run and transfer again in entrance, 2-1. Charlton labored out of additional hassle within the body and settled in, retiring the aspect so as within the sixth earlier than stranding a runner within the seventh to maintain the deficit at one.
Lynchburg’s last body started with Elliott reaching through hit by pitch, adopted by a single from Orange. A sacrifice bunt by Layla Lietzan pressured a Roanoke error that allowed Elliott to attain the tying run, whereas Kidd superior to 3rd. After an intentional stroll loaded the bases, Watts got here by with a single to middle, scoring Kidd and sealing the walk-off win.
With the win, Lynchburg advances to face Virginia Wesleyan tomorrow within the subsequent spherical of the ODAC Championship.
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