Sussex Academy softball drops to 2-1 following loss to IR

As inhospitable as the weather was in Dagsboro on a cold, windy day March 26, the Indian River softball team was just as unwelcoming to a 2-0 Sussex Academy squad in a 14-0 win over the Henlopen South rival.

IR scored one run in the first before an offensive explosion in the second led to seven more runs crossing the plate for the home team. The two-out rally got started when Jillian Coulbourn doubled to score Gracie Hoban and Jazmin Mayfield. As IR batted around, the home team led 8-0 before the Seahawks could record the final out.

With Megan Daisey in the circle for IR, Sussex Academy was unable to put enough consecutive hits together to properly respond. The senior allowed just two hits, striking out nine and walking two over her five innings of work. Grayce Glover, a freshman, registered both hits for the Seahawks.

Following a scoreless third, IR reopened the floodgates to score seven more runs in the bottom of the fourth. Down 14-0, the Seahawks needed to score to keep the game going. Unfortunately for Sussex Academy, Daisey continued to dot the strike zone, picking up two of her nine strikeouts in the fifth to send the Seahawks home with a 2-1 record.

Sussex Academy will play two games over spring break, both at home, welcoming Lake Forest at 4:15 p.m., Thursday, April 4, and Newark Charter School at 12 p.m., Saturday, April 6.