Knights take conference win with 10 run rule
By Mike Miazga
Correspondent
The IC Catholic Prep softball team pounded out 16 hits in a recent 12-2 Metro Suburban Conference Blue Division win against Riverside-Brookfield.
The Knights jumped out to an 8-0 lead after three innings thanks in part to a five-run second inning. The Knights scored three runs in the bottom of the sixth to trigger the 10-run rule.
Josie Lytton went 4-for-4 in the game. She tripled in the first inning and then singled in the second, fourth and sixth innings. Lytton scored the team’s first run.
In the five-run second inning, singles by Brooklyn Campos, Kaitlyn Falduto and Lytton helped trigger the outburst.
Kayla Faber-Cournane was the winning pitcher. She struck out four and scattered six hits in a six-inning complete-game effort.
Lytton, Natalie Murillo, Daniela Murillo, Alessandra Eccardt and Faber-Cournane had multiple hits in the contest.
