WPIAL Softball Playoff Recaps for Monday, May 20th

By: HSSN Staff
Tuesday, May 21, 2013 | 12:06 AM

The 2013 WPIAL Softball Playoffs resumed in Week Two on Monday with Round Two action in all four classifications. The top two seeds in each classification have qualified for the Final Four, but there are some surprises as well into the Semifinals. Here are recaps from all 16 WPIAL Quarterfinals Softball playoff games played Monday afternoon/evening.

A special thanks goes out to Steve Nagler, Jason Tennant, Sam Hall, Chris Lackner, Mike Azadian, Josh Rowntree, Bob Gregg, Mark Schaas and Alex Richert for their help on these recaps.

WPIAL CLASS AAAA Quarterfinals:

Canon-McMillan Big Macs 6 – Penn-Trafford Warriors 0 
Yaszmin Kotar and Tara Fowler homered as defending champion Canon-McMillan beat Penn-Trafford, 6-0.  The Big Macs (19-1) face Hempfield in the WPIAL semifinals.  The Spartans are the only team to beat Canon-McMillan this year.  Fowler singled to open the fifth in a scoreless game.  Kirsten Rush doubled to rightcenter and Fowler moved to third before being lifted for a pinchrunner.  Ally Bellaire lofted a sac fly to center, scoring Taylor Bruno  and moving Rush to third.  Kotar singled to score rush, then went to second on a passed ball, to third on a ground out and scored on Linda Rush's single, giving Canon-McMillan a 3-0 lead, move than enough for winning pitcher Alayna Astuto who tossed a complete game two-hitter and retired 12 straight Warriors at one point.  Georgiana Zeremenko singled to right with one out in the sixth and Fowler homered on the next pitch, making it 5-0.  Kotar blasted the first pitch of the seventh for a solo homer, closing the scoring.  Kotar, Linda Rush, Zeremenko and Fowler had two hits apiece for the Big Macs.  Jess Zavolta singled in the first for Penn-Trafford (13-6).  Kelsey Surmacz doubled in the seventh.  Tory Lago was the only other Warrior batter to reach base in the game, hit by a pitch in the fifth.  Astuto struck out eight in the game and did not walk a batter.  Nicole Smith took the loss but held the potent Big Mac bats in check through four, giving up two hits and one walk to that point.  But the bats awakened and the Big Macs have a chance to avenge their only loss, a 17-6 setback April 5th.

Hempfield Spartans 4 – Shaler Titans 1 
Hempfield Senior pitcher Hope Pehrson has had solid numbers all season long, but what she has done in the playoffs has been just short of perfect. Pehrson threw a no-hitter in a complete 7 innings of work, lifting No. 4 Hempfield (16-5) to a 4-1 Quarterfinal win over No. 5 Shaler (13-6) on Monday at Plum High School. Pehrson has now allowed just one hit in 12 innings of playoff pitching after allowing a first inning hit in a 14-0 win over Gateway last week. Shaler's fielders helped the Spartans in a big way, committing 6 errors in the contest, including 3 in a 2nd inning in which Hempfield scored 3 of their 4 runs. Taylor Bartlow reached on a single, advanced on a Kelly Mahoney base hit and scored on a RBI single by Maddy Knizner. Kelsie Kendrick would single and score Mahoney. Taylor Spangler, Kendrick's pinch runner, would then steal second base with Knizner standing on 3rd. Shaler catcher A.J. Nichols would overthrow 2nd base, allowing Knizner to score, extending Hempfield's lead to 3-0. Bartlow would tack on an insurance run in the 4th inning with a solo home run over the center field wall, giving Hempfield a 4-0 lead. Spantans shortstop Justyne Falbo would commit 3 errors in the 5th inning, allowing Shaler's only run to score, making it 4-1. But Pehrson would shut the door after that, retiring the last 7 batters she faced. She struck out 3 batters while walking just 1 in the game. Freshman Brianna Dobson picked up the loss for Shaler, allowing 7 hits and 2 earned runs in 7 innings of work. Hempfield will now move into the WPIAL AAAA Quarterfinals for the second season in a row and will meet top-seeded Canon-McMillan (19-1) in a rematch of the 2012 WPIAL AAAA Championship game, which Canon-McMillan won 4-1. Hempfield is the only team to defeat the Big Macs this season, a 17-6 mercy rule blasting on April 5. Shaler, a continual softball powerhouse, fails to reach the Semifinals for the first time since 2007. 

Peters Township Indians 1 – Latrobe Wildcats 0 
Carly Konopka hit a walk-off grand slam against Pine-Richland to put #7 Peters Township into this game, and her first inning single plated what turned out to be the only run of the game as the Indians upset #2 Latrobe, 1-0.  Peters Township (18-4) will North Allegheny in the semifinals.  Hannah Berardino bunted for a hit to open the game.  Two outs later, Lindsay McKnight walked  Konopka followed with a bloop single to center, scoring Berardino.  The Indians never got two baserunners on in the same inning the rest of the way. Latrobe's hardluck loser, Olivia Gumbita, held Peters Township to just three more hits, all singles, and one walk. while fanning 10, the last four batters in succession.  Winner Kellyn Perich was just enough better to get the win, the hardthrowing righthander struck out 11, allowed two singles and walked three, two in the final inning, the only frame Latrobe (15-5)  had two runners.  The Wildcats didn't get any runner to third until the second out in the seventh, a groundout the move Shelby Noel within 60 feet of tying the game.  After pinchhitter Leah Poponick walked and stole second, Perich struck out another pinchhitter to end the game. Perich retired 8 straight batters after allowing the second Latrobe basehit to Noel before walking the Wildcats' first-baseman to open the last inning.  Seven different players shared the seven combined singles in the game. Noel was the only player to reach base safely twice in the contest.

North Allegheny Tigers 7 – McKeesport Tigers 5 
The North Allegheny Tigers eliminated the McKeesport Tigers in a AAAA quarterfinal Monday afternoon, by a score of 7-5 to move to the semifinals. North Allegheny broke open a tie game with three runs in the bottom of the sixth to get the win. Pinch-hitter Mackenzie Gostomski started the inning with a bunt single off of McKeesport pitcher Jesse Beitler. Gostomski advanced to third on Emily Hogan's base hit. Gostomski would score and Hogan advance to third when Laura Comer reached base on a McKeesport error. Beitler then got a strike out of Logann Woodley, then with one out North Allegheny got the big hit from Christine Scherer who plated both runners with a two-run double, her third hit of the game. McKeesport could manage just a solo homer from Mai Gooden to start the 7th rounding out the final score to 7-5. McKeesport struck first in the game as Vanessa Falce plated Courtney Patterson with a one-out triple in the opening frame to give McKeesport an short-lived 1-0 lead. North Allegheny countered with fours runs in the home half of the fourth, the big blow Bonnie Pierson's 3-run triple. Pierson then scored on Racel Pecanis' two-out triple. Giving NA a 4-12 lead ot the end of one. Mckeesport chipped away plating a single run in the third as Falce picked up her second rbi and 2nd of three hits, scoring Patterson who had doubled. The Tigers were able to get even with a pair in the fourth this time it was Beitler starting things with a triple and Katie Berry driving her home. Berry would score when Kai Gooden laced a two-out triple down the line in right, tying the game. North Allegheny pitcher Sami Beining shut the door from there and set the stage for her teams offensive heroics in the 6th. Beining got the complete game win, working seven innings allowing five runs on eight hits and a pair of wilks while striking out ten McKeesport Tigers. Beitler took the loss for McKeesport going six innings allowing seven runs on nine hits and four walks while striking out a pair. McKeesport falls to 17-5 on the year while North Allegheny improves to 16-4 and moves into the semifinals.

WPIAL CLASS AAA Quarterfinals:

Greensburg-Salem Golden Lions 2 – Blackhawk Cougars 0 
Jayne Oberdorf pitched a complete game shutout, propelling top-seeded Greensburg Salem (19-2) to a 2-0 AAA Quarterfinal win over No. 8 Blackhawk (10-7) on Monday at Plum High School. The Golden Lions, who were nearly upset in the First Round by No. 16 Highlands last week, again got off to a slow start, not scoring the eventual winning run until the 5th inning when pinch runner Lauren McLaughlin would score on an RBI sacrifice fly by Karly Mellinger. Greensburg Salem would tack on another run in the 6th inning, as Oberdorf would single and score on an RBI single by Caitlyn Stoner, giving the Golden Lions the eventual 2-0 victory. Oberdorf, who has let up just 1 earned run in the playoffs, allowed just 4 hits, while striking out 9 batters and hitting 2 with pitches. Bridgette Shaffer picked up the loss for Blackhawk, allowing just 1 run and striking out 4 batters in her 5 innings of work. Danielle Levato, who started for Blackhawk in the 1st round, gave up a run on 3 hits in one inning of work. Greensburg Salem will move into the WPIAL AAA Semifinals and take on No. 12 West Allegheny on Thursday at a site and time to be determined. 

West Allegheny Indians 1 – Elizabeth Forward Warriors 0 
In a pitchers' duel between West Allegheny's Brianna Lach and Elizabeth Forward's Portia McBride, it was Lach's bat that ultimately made the difference as the West Allegheny Indians advanced to the WPIAL Semifinals with a 1-0 win.  As good as Lach was, allowing two hits and three baserunners through five innings, McBride was even better through five.  She shut down the first 13 batters she faced.  A single by Rachel McLaughlin in the fifth ruined the perfect game, but McLaughlin was the only baserunner McBride allowed through five.  Then came the sixth inning.  First the Warriors had chance to score as Courtney Hrabosky led off with a walk and Caitlyn Arico came up with a 1-out single.  Both runners would advance on a sacrifice bunt by Virginia Roche, but McKenna Kern popped out with two runners in scoring position to end the inning.  For West Allegheny Lexi Cogis led off the bottom of the sixth with a single and Danna Heh was inserted as a courtesy runner.  Rachel Marx bunted Heh to second and Lach stepped to the plate with a runner at second and 2 out.  Lach, who had struckout in both of her previous at bats, came through big with a double to the right center gap to score Heh.  Lach then retired the Warriors 1-2-3 in the top of the seventh to secure the win.  Lach struck out 6 and walked 2 and the loss went to McBride, who struck out 6 and did not issue a walk.  The Indians move on to face Greensburg-Salem in the Semifinals.

West Mifflin Titans 9 – Trinity Hillers 5 
Lauren Ackerman and Crystal Cook stroked three-run homers in consecutive innings as West Mifflin powered past Trinity, 9-5.  The #7 Titans will take on #3 Ambridge in the WPIAL semifinals.  With the game tied at 1-1 in the top of the fourth, Shannon Davis and Cook singled and were bunted to third.  Ackerman came to the plate looking like she might bunt, too.  After falling behind in the count, Ackerman blasted an 0-2 pitch over the centerfield fence giving West Mifflin (17-4) a lead it wound never relinquish.  In the fifth, Sydnei Zalice reached on a one-out error and Davis doubled her to third.  Cook hit the first pitch over the fence in left to push the Titans' lead to 7-1. Zalice added an rbi single in the sixth and Cook homered again, a solo shot, in the seventh.  Trinity took a 1-0 lead in the first.  Olivia Gray doubled and scored on Delaney Ellings' basehit.  Elling drove in another run in the fifth and two more in the seventh.  Just a freshman, the Trinity catcher went 8-for-8 in the two playoff games, driving in 8 runs. The middle part of the lineup, batters 3-7, went a combined 0-17 in the game.  The Titans, meanwhile, banged out 14 hits, three by Marla Small, three by Cook, two apiece for Shannon Davis and Kaylyn Andress.  Paige Flore got the win, scattering seven hits and three walks over seven innings.  Tiffany Clark went the distance for Trinity (12-5), and was charged with all nine runs and 15 hits. 

Ambridge Bridgers 4 – South Park Eagles 1 
The Eagles jumped out to an early 1-0 lead in the first on a Dana Achille single, but the Bridgers got some timely hitting and some great defense to advance to the semifinals. Hannah Smith came on and got the save in the seventh inning in relief of winning pitcher Kelly Haslett, who pitched the first six plus innings. The first defensive play came in the second inning, after Savannah Francis singled for the Eagles. Lauren Sivewright snagged a liner down the third base line and turned it into a double play, doubling off Francis at first. The Bridgers led 3-1 in the third as Ambridge was able to take advantage of two South Park errors, a run scoring single by Haslett and an illegal pitch from Achille. The double play started a good stretch for Ambridge as Haslett was able to retire eight straight batters until Francis reached on a single in the fifth. If the first double play was good, shortstop Hannah Krokonko made it look even better, skying to snag a liner hit by Katie Isenberg, she was able to throw to first to double up Jones to clear the bases. Krokonko figured in on seven of the 21 South Park outs in the game. Coach Jim Huwar said Krokonko played as an outfielder the last couple of years and it’s her first year starting at shortstop, that she is really starting to come into her own as an infielder. Ambridge scored an insurance run in the sixth, Jaymee Humbert led off with a single, Jill Loftus came in as a courtesy runner and scored on a Jones error. For South Park, Serratore  singled, bringing Huwar to make the pitching change to Smith, who got two ground outs and a pop out to end the game. The Bridgers had only six hits, Haslett was 2 for 2 and drove in a run, she allowed five hits and fanned two. Lexi Hilzendeger doubled twice. Ambridge is now 15-3 overall. Francis had two hits for South Park, now 14-6. Achille took the loss, she struck out three.

WPIAL CLASS AA Quarterfinals:

Deer Lakes Lancers 13 – McGuffey Highlanders 3 
The Lancers pounded out 15 hits and remain unbeaten at 17-0 to continue their quest to repeat as Class AA champions. Becca Babincak and Katie Gozzard combined to drive in eight runs on seven hits as the top two batters in the lineup.  McGuffey actually led 2-0 in the second, Mandy May doubled home two runs. Lancers head coach Craig Talliani said it was the first time the Lancers trailed this season, that deficit didn’t last long as Deer Lakes put up five runs in the top of the third, sending nine batters to the plate. All of the runs came with two outs as the Lancers took advantage of two errors and a wild pitch. Babincak and Gozzard both singled in runs and Hannah Blinn doubled home two to turn the two run deficit into a three run lead. Deer Lakes scored two more in the fourth from guess who, Babincak and Gozzard with run scoring singles. It would remain 7-2 until the bottom of the fifth, Meghan Schultz doubled in a run for the Highlanders. That also didn’t last long, Rachel Tanilli tripled to lead off the sixth, Babincak plated her and Gozzard followed with a run scoring double. Siera Sarver drove in a run with a fly out to left. Deer Lakes added three more in the top of the seventh. Tiffany Edwards picked up the win, she scattered just five hits and struck out three. Gozzard was 4 for 5 with five runs batted in, Babincak was 3 for 4 and three rbi’s. Blinn had two hits and drove in two, Maureen Hutchinson also had two hits. Deer Lakes has now won 23 consecutive games against WPIAL foes. McGuffey got doubles from Schultz, Marlie Mounts and May. Cassie Weiss took the loss, she fanned four of the first six batters she faced, she tallied five for the game.

Beaver Bobcats 7 – Greensburg Central Catholic Centurions 2 
The Beaver Bobcats continue to wear Cinderella's Slipper in the AA Bracket. Beaver plated four runs in the fourth inning, and three in the seventh to oust Greensburg Central Catholic 7-2 in Hamptom Monday afternoon. Ashley Kondracki's two run-triple was the big hit in the fourth for the Bobcats, who also got an rbi single from Bella Valent and an rbi groundout from Haley Champ in the fourth, flipping a 2-0 defecit into a 4-2 advantage. Ashley's sister Jennifer Kondracki added the insurance in the seventh with a two-run double as the Bopbcats tacked on a three spot, also getting a two-out rbi single from starting, and winning pitcher Casey Farkasovsky. Both Kondrackis and Farkasovsky are freshmen. The future for Beaver softball looks very bright. Farkasovsky pitched a complete game allowing two runs on five hits and striking out six, with the win her record improves to 11-6 and she has 124 strikouts on the year. GCC scored a pair of unearned runs in the second inning after Julia Lang started it off with a double, the Bobcats kicked the ball around in the infield a bit leading to GCC having a 2-0 lead. Nikki Adisey took the loss for the Centurions falling to 9-5 on the year after giving up seven runs on six hits, walking two and striking out three. Beaver improves to 12-6 on the season and moves into the semifinals. Greensburg Central Catholic falls to 11-5 on the year. The Bobcats, a 13 seed have now knocked out the four seed and the five seed in the AA bracket.

Chartiers-Houston Buccaneers 8 – Mohawk Warriors 4 
The Buccaneers remain perfect on the season and advance to the semifinals with the win at North Allegheny. Char-Houston scored one run in each of the first three innings and blew the game open after Mohawk cut their lead to a single run in the fifth.  Toni Spossy started the scoring with a ground out, scoring Kayla Briggs in the first. Briggs doubled home a run in the second and Megan Kraushaar brought home the third run with a fly out to left, plating Spossy. The Warriors were not without chances but could not capitalize, leaving two runners on base in each of the first two innings and the bases loaded in the third. Mohawk scored two in the fifth, Devin Giancola brought home Shelby Brown with a single and Hannah Morrow’s fly out to center scored Lucia Fee. Char-Houston scored three runs in the bottom of the fifth on back to back doubles by Spossy and Haley Sutton. Casey Craig’s sac fly scored Sutton, making it a 6-2 game. Mohawk got a run back in the sixth, Leah Woytek scored Victoria Pezzulo from third base with a single. The Buccaneers scored two more in the bottom of the sixth, Briggs with a single and Piper McLaughlin came home on a wild pitch. Mohawk had a rally going in the seventh, after one out, Giancola reached on an error, Morrow doubled, but Giancola was tagged out going back to third base for the second out. Back to back wild pitches by Briggs allowed Morrow to score the final run of the game. The Bucs are now 17-0, Briggs was the winning pitcher with eight strikeouts, she said she struggled early but made the necessary adjustments. Char-Houston has won back to back Class A titles and will look to make it three straight, but must get past Riverside in the semifinals. Char-Houston pounded out 11 hits, Briggs had three hits and two runs driven in, Spossy had a pair of doubles and drove in two. Kraushaar was 2-2, Kassie Kesnick scored twice. Mohawk ends the season at 14-4, with all four losses coming to playoff team, falling twice to Riverside and to South Side on the final day of the regular season. Morrow had two hits and drove in a run. Jaki Bender took the loss for Mohawk, she struck out four.

Riverside Panthers 6 – Steel Valley Ironmen 0 
Riverside and Steel Valley faced off Monday afternoon in class AA Quarterfinal action at McIntyre Square Elementary School, home of North Hills High School Softball. The teams each played in the opening round to continue their postseason, Steel Valley beat Burrell and Riverside moved past Bentworth. Riversides Kirsten Wilson stole the show on the mound and in the batter’s box. She opened the first inning striking out the side and while at bat in the first, lined a two run home run over the left field fence. Wilson struck out seven Steel Valley batters before letting up her first walk. She gave up a hit in the fourth inning, but that was all the offense Steel Valley was able to muster. Wilson added another 2 run blast in the fifth. She finished the day with 15 strike outs, two home runs and three RBI’s. Wilson and the Panthers move on to face the winner of Chartiers Houston and Mohoawk in the semifinals Wednesday. Stay tuned to MSASports.net throughout the playoffs for continuing coverage of all the WPIAL Softball Playoff action.

WPIAL CLASS A Quarterfinals:

Neshannock Lancers 14 – Serra Catholic Eagles 0 
At McIntyre Elementary School in the North Hills, in WPIAL Single A quarterfinal action the number one seed the Neshannock Lancers easily disposed of the 9th seeded Serra Catholic Eagles by a 14-0 score in 5 innings. Last year’s state Champion in AA after their improbable championship run will attempt to win A WPIAL title as they were moved down in classification due to enrollment. They lost one senior from last year’s team and return virtually their whole team.  They would bat around in the first two innings sending 11 batters to the plate in the first scoring 7 runs, on 5 hits and three crucial walks. In the second inning 9 batters reached and they scored 5 runs on 5 hits, to go along with one error. They would get single runs in the 3rd and 4th inning and would not need to bat as they were the home team and were up by 10 or more inducing the mercy rule.  The Lancers starting pitcher in her first year on the mound Madison Shaffer pitched 5 innings for the win. She surrendered three hits, 1 walk and one hit batter. She pitched out of a jam in the first inning after a leadoff walk and a hit batter, and a wild pitch put runners at 2nd and 3rd. In the 2nd inning she pitched out of trouble again and left a runner stranded at third. In the 3rd inning again she left a runner at third after a one out double. Finnally in the 5th she left a runner stranded at first. She struck out 8 walked 1, and hit a batter. and left 5 runners stranded for the shut out.  The Lancers had 14 runs on 12 hits, 4 walks and struck out just 1 time against 2  Eagle pitchers Furst went 4 for 4 with a home run, triple, and 2 singles, and had 4 RBI, with 2 runs scored. Marissa Dematteo went 2 for 2 with two triples, 2 runs scored and an RBI. Katie Burrelli was 1 for 2 with a walk a home run and an RBI. Aly Fisher was 2 for 3 with a walk, 2 runs scored, a triple and a double with 1 RBI. Missy Kirkwood was 1 for 2 with a triple and 3 RBI to pace Neshannock.  Serra ends their season at 11-7 as the third place team from section 2. The Lancers improve to 16-2 on the season and will face the Frazier Commodores in the semifinals on Wednesday May 22nd at a site and time to be determined. After the game Neshannock head coach Tracey Kimmel was asked about last year’s state title run, and this year’s attempt at a WPIAL title."We want that state title again for sure, but first want to get a WPIAL title. Losing in the semifinals of the WPIAL was tough and we have worked hard to get back here. When asked about the performance of his first year pitcher Shaffer he said. "We had her pegged to be ready for this year,we knew replacing Amanda Furst would be tough but Madison was ready for the challenge".

Frazier Commodores 9 – Shenango Wildcats 2 
The bracket in the Class A softball championship continued to fill itself in on Monday. Neshannock, Burgettstown, and Carmichaels had all punched their tickets in the final four slots of the bracket. Only one spot remained and it would go to either Shenango or Frazier as they squared off in a quarterfinal matchup Monday afternoon. The Shenango Wildcats sent out freshman Macy Rubin to oppose the ace for the Commodores of Frazier in Andrea Lash. Lash ended up being the story on this day. After giving up a leadoff base hit, walking one, and striking out two, she retired the next 9 of 11 batters scattering 3 more strikeouts in that span. In total, Lash pitched a complete game, 6 hitter, giving up just 2 runs. The real story was when the Commodores were at the back rack against Shenango's Macy Rubin. Paige Hotz led off the bottom of the 2nd inning with a strong double. After a Courtney Domonkos sacrifice, Brittany Strothers struck out. However, the Wildcat's catcher Taylor Biddle had dropped the third strike allowing Hotz to come in from 3rd base and score. The unfortunate issues continued for Shenango in the bottom of the 3rd inning. Andrea Lash singled to start it off. The very next at-bat Alexis Livingstone crushed a mammoth home run to straight away center field. The home run was estimated at about 240 feet. In all, it was a 4 run inning for the Commodores, grabbing the momentum that would last them the entire ballgame. Tack on another run for Frazier in the 4th inning. Shenango would get on the board in the 5th scoring twice on 3 base hits in the inning. The score was 6-2 Frazier leading in the 6th inning when they broke away for good. 3 more runs came across to score in the 6th on 4 hits and multiple stolen bases off wild pitches by Monica Joesph. Errors inevitably plagued Shenango as they go on to lose to Frazier by the final score of 9-2. Frazier is now set to take on a powerful Neshannock squad in the semifinals. 

Burgettstown Blue Devils 2 – South Side Rams 1 
It had been eighteen days since the Burgettstown Blue Devils had played a softball game against someone other than themselves. And, while they looked rusty, they were able to squeeze out a 2-1 victory against #10 South Side at Lind Field at Fairhaven Park. The Blue Devils would score both runs in the bottom half of the 3rd inning, benefitting from three Rams errors. Shannon Briggs led off the inning by reaching on a bunt single. After Briggs advanced to 2B on a sacrifice bunt by Caley Ritts, she scored when a ground ball hit by Sami Scopel went through the legs of Rams 3B Toni Yakoviello. Scopel would come around to score on a throwing error by Ashley Laughlin. The Rams would cut the deficit in half in the top of the 6th inning with two out, Cheyenne Seik, Sara Androlia and Connor McGaffic all singled. McGaffic's base hit scored Seik but Burgettstown starter Bry Lonick got Yakoviello to pop out to end the threat. Lonick, who retired South Side in order in the 7th inning, was masterful, scattering five hits and striking out three Rams. With the win, the Blue Devils (16-4) advance to the semi-finals and will face Carmichaels. The loss ends the Rams season with a record of 15-5.
 

Carmichaels Mighty Mikes 15 – Jeannette Jayhawks 0 
After breezing past Riverview, 10-0 in the first round, the Carmichaels Mighty Mikes made it look even easier in the Quarterfinals with a 15-0 win over Jeannette in the Quarterfinals.  The Mikes set the tone right away with a 4-spot in the top of the first inning.  They added eight in the third and three more runs in the fourth.  Shortstop Morgan Berardi was 2-for-3 with a single, a double, and a walk, driving in 2 and scoring 3.  First baseman Danielle McClellan had 3 RBI going 2-for-3 with 2 singles.  Right fielder Regina Menhart also had a couple RBI with two singles.  The only Mike not to score a run oddly enough was their leadoff hitter, Erica Burns, who went 0-for-4.  She more than made up for it pitching though, as she allowed only 2 Jeanette baserunners, striking out 8.  The only Jeannette hit was a Delaney Cortazzo double in the fourth.  Carmichaels will advance to face Burgettstown in the Semifinals.