It was just a great game."īritton gave it everything she had to give Allegany a chance, allowing just one run on three hits with 16 strikeouts and one walk in seven innings pitched.Ĭatoctin put runners in scoring position in the sixth and seventh innings with a pair of infield singles, but the Penn State commit made sure they didn't advance further. Her catcher (Meghan Gray) was working her butt off behind the plate getting her some of those calls. "That's the best I've seen her," Catoctin head coach Jessica Valentine said of her star pitcher. Allegany adjusted to lay off it, beginning with Johnston's walk in the third, and Smith brought it down into the zone to catch hitters watching. Smith didn't have the same velocity as Britton (the Allegany ace hit 66 miles per hour on the gun compared to 63 for Smith), but she commanded the zone well.Įarly on, the Campers chased too many rise balls. The pitch that gave Allegany the most trouble was the rise ball. "I enjoy having the pressure on my shoulders, but knowing that last inning they had the two, three and four batters coming up, I had just had to stay calm and confident in myself," Smith said. Smith fanned the first two and got Looker to fly out to Ohler in center field for the final out. Smith retired the final 13 Campers to put her team into the state semifinals for the 22nd time in school history.Īllegany had who it wanted up in the last inning down 1-0 with its 2-3-4 hitters (Riley Gallagher, Britton and Olivia Looker). That was the furthest Johnston would get, and a half-inning later, Smith was pitching with a lead after Ohler's solo home run with two outs. Smith was every bit as advertised and then some, striking out the side in 5 of 7 innings and allowing just one base runner all game - a one-out walk to Alexis Johnston in the third frame. This time around, it was Catoctin (19-3), fueled by a sophomore fireballer of its own, that turned back the titleholders. It was a role reversal for Allegany (18-2) Friday, as last season's Campers, led by a sophomore ace, unseated a dominant Patterson Mill team in College Park that was riding a 44-game winning streak for their third title in school history. They got one hit off Abi that was a long ball, and we didn't get one."
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