Lady Pointers bounce back with win over Lady Panthers

SOUTH POINT — After suffering a heartbreaking loss on Monday, it was uncertain what kind of recovery time the South Point Lady Pointers would need.

Looks like less than 24 hours.

After a 6-5 loss on Monday at Ironton, the Lady Pointers bounced back quickly with a 10-0 Ohio Valley Conference run rule win over the Chesapeake Lady Panthers on Tuesday.         

South Point (16-7, 9-3) collected 13 hits and Kota Copley pitched a 3-hitter in the win.

Copley struck out 8 and walked just one in getting the win. She also went 4-4 with 2 runs batted in at the plate to pace the offense.

Also contributing to the South Point offense were Kyleigh Castle who was 3-3 with an RBI, Chloe West 3-3, Adyson Copley 1-3 with an RBI, Raygen Yates 1-3 with 2 RBI, Kaylee Stidham 1-3 and Brinly Stamper had an RBI.

Chesapeake (7-15, 1-9) was led by Madelyn Frye who went 2-2 and KJ Collins who was 1-2.

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Madelyn Frye and Felicity Bellomy. Kota Copley and Natilyn Spears. W-Copley (IP-5.0, H-3, R-0, ER-0, K-8, BB-1). L-Fry (IP-4.1, H-13, R-10, ER-3, K-4, BB-3). Hitting–Chesapeake: K.J. Collins 1-2, Madelyn Frye 2-2; South Point: Kota Copley 4-4 2-RBI, Adyson Copley 1-3 RBI, Kaylee Stidham 1-3, Raygen Yates 1-3 2-RBI, Kyleigh Castle 3-3 RBI, Chloe West 3-3, Brinly Stamper RBI.