By JONATHAN ZWEYGARDT
Hays Post
PRATT – The TMP-Marian softball team could not overcome a six-run third inning by the Inman Teutons as the Monarchs saw their season come to an end in the first round of the 2-1A state tournament Thursday in Pratt with a 10-3 loss.
TMP opened the scoring, taking advantage of a pair of doubles from Brynn Rebel and Halle Dreiling.
Dreiling’s double that scored Rebel, put the Monarchs up 1-0. Brooke Koenigsman followed with an RBI groundout scoring Dreiling, to put TMP up 2-0 through one inning of play.
Inman was able to cut the lead in half, scoring a run in the bottom of the second inning. The Teutons then blew the game open scoring six times in the third inning. That included a two-run homerun that gave them a 3-2 lead.
After scoring six in the inning, Inman never trailed again.
They had built an 8-2 lead when TMP got a run back in the sixth inning, a Bria Windholz RBI single, but Inman got that run back and added a second in the bottom of the sixth on their way to the 10-3 victory.
Five different Monarchs collected one hit each and three different Monarchs drove in one run.
Brynn Rebel suffered the loss for the Monarchs in the circle.
She allowed six runs, two earned on five hits in two innings of work. She struck out three with two walks.
TMP finished the season 21-9.
Inman will take on the top seed McLouth in the semifinals on Friday morning.