STAC softball title to Corning courtesy of two wins Saturday
The girls from Corning avenged their lone loss of the season Saturday by defeating Maine-Endwell, 6-2, for the program’s first Southern Tier Athletic Conference softball championship.
Leadoff batter and shortstop-supreme Atalyia Rijo was 3-for-4 and Sophia Polzella 2-for-4 with a home run and four RBI for the Hawks, New York’s third-ranked Class AA team improved to an 18-1 record.
Starting pitcher Peyton Sullivan struck out eight in five innings, and Jillian Austin relieved with two innings of one-hit, two strikeout pitching.
Polzella drove in runs with a second-inning single and a third-inning homer.
Lauren Dundon was 2-for-4 with a run and an RBI for Maine-Endwell, which defeated Corning in 12 innings for the most recent available STAC title in 2019.
The semifinal brought Corning a 10-6 victory over Chenango Valley. The Hawks overcame a 3-0, top-of-the-first deficit and led by 8-3 through the fourth.
Kelsey Booker was 3-for-4 with a double, home run and six RBI in that one. Kellie Zoerb and Olivia Keegan contributed two hits each.
Kate Hope and Chloe Osteen had two hits apiece for Chenango Valley.
This article originally appeared on Binghamton Press & Sun-Bulletin: Corning captures first STAC softball championship
