High School Sports

Athens Drive softball upsets Cardinal Gibbons

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Athens Drive's Bianca Van Dyk ( 7) scoops up the ball during the Cardinal Gibbons Crusaders high school softball game with the Athens Drive Jaguars high school , March 27, 2017, in Raleigh, N.C. Athens Drive won the game 6-4.
Athens Drive's Bianca Van Dyk ( 7) scoops up the ball during the Cardinal Gibbons Crusaders high school softball game with the Athens Drive Jaguars high school , March 27, 2017, in Raleigh, N.C. Athens Drive won the game 6-4. Johnny Johnson newsobserver.com

Athens Drive’s softball team picked up its second win of the season in a 6-4 home victory on Monday against Cardinal Gibbons.

Senior Abigail Bennett struck out 11 batters and got the win for the Jaguars (2-10, 0-6 Southwest Wake 4A). Athens took advantage of three Cardinal Gibbons (6-7, 6-1 PAC-6 4A) errors.

Melanie Darges hit a three-run homer for the Jags while Bianca Van Dyk and Carolyn Berg added one RBI each. Darges’ home run came as part of a four-run bottom of the fifth to take the lead back after Gibbons scored all four of its runs in the top of the first.

Gibbons had seven hits. Its runs were driven in by Clare Zureich (two) and Elizabeth Eichen (one). Pitcher Sarah Austin struck out seven in the loss.

This story was originally published March 27, 2017 at 11:49 PM with the headline "Athens Drive softball upsets Cardinal Gibbons."

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