SOUTH CHARLESTON – Little Creek Park may feel like Mylan Park for some on Thursday afternoon, as the Mohawk Bowl takes center stage in the Class AAAA state softball championship.
The University and Morgantown High School softball teams will clash for the chance to take home a state championship back to Monongalia County after the Hawks defeated No. 3 George Washington on Thursday morning in the final elimination game of the week.
UHS senior Maddie Campbell pitched and hit the Hawks past the Patriots with a complete-game shutout in the circle, allowing seven hits with four strikeouts.
She also accounted for two of the Hawks’ three hits and had a direct impact on all three runs with two runs scored and an RBI double in the bottom of the second inning.
Campbell is now batting .500 for the tournament through four games and has been nearly untouchable in the circle.
“We are happy to get the win, but we know we aren’t done yet,” Campbell said. “It’s fun that we will be playing against a team we know so well and that either way the trophy is coming back to Morgantown.”
After Campbell’s double in the second gave UHS a 2-0 lead, a sacrifice fly by Madi Shaver gave the Hawks a 3-0 lead.
Campbell continued to spin the ball in the circle and continued shutting down the George Washington offense.
A lead-off single in the top of the seventh didn’t faze the UHS defense at all as it earned three outs on the next three batters to secure the contest.
Morgantown and University will square off for the Class AAAA state softball championship at 1:30 p.m. on Thursday afternoon.
BOX SCORE
University 3, George Washington 0
GW 000 000 0 – 0 7 0
UHS 120 000 X – 3 3 0
University – Campbell 3221 Shaver 2001 Lehosit 3000 Masoner 2000 Brown 2000 Elza 2001 Casino 2000 Voithofer 2110 Cox 2000 TOTALS 20 3 3 3
2B: Campbell
George Washington – Graley 3010 Tomblin 3000 Armstrong 3010 Long 3020 Verdula 2000 Tetrick 1010 McKinley 3000 Campbell 3010 Martino 3010 Bellamy 2000 TOTALS 26 0 7 0
3B: Campbell
W: Campbell 7.0ip 7h 0er 0bb 4k
L: Bellamy 6.0ip 3h 3er 2bb 2k
