Altamont scored early and then held on in the later innings to get a 3-2 win over Dieterich in the quarterfinals of the National Trail Conference softball tournament on Tuesday. Pitcher Grace Lemke struck out the side in the top of the first inning and in the bottom half, the Indians quickly got going with a leadoff bunt single from Claire Boehm followed by a second bunt single by Lemke. After courtesy runner Ella Nelson would come in for Lemke, both runners would be in scoring position at second and third with a single by Laila Hankins would bring both Boehm and Nelson in to score for a 2-0 Altamont lead. Dieterich would score one run in the top of the second to cut the Indians lead to 2-1. After a scoreless third inning, Altamont would edge their lead out to 3-1 in the bottom of the fourth as Boehm would reach base on an error and that Dieterich error would also allow Peyton Osteen to score. Another scoreless inning would go by in the fifth, but a Dieterich run in the top of the sixth would again cut the Altamont lead to one, 3-2. Altamont would be held scoreless in the bottom of the sixth and would in turn hold Dieterich scoreless in the top of the 7th to close out the 3-2 win. Lemke would amass 20 strikeouts on the mound in the game while allowing just 2 runs on 2 hits in her seven innings of work. Altamont is now 12-8 on the season and they advance into the Championship Semifinals of the tournament where they will have to face top seed St. Anthony on Wednesday at 4:15pm after the Bulldogs beat North Clay 12-0 in the Quarterfinals on Tuesday.
Altamont Offense:
Claire Boehm – 2-4, R
Grace Lemke – 1-3
Laila Hankins – 1-3, 2 RBI
Madison Tonn – 1-2
Peyton Osteen – 1-2, BB, R
Ella Nelson – R
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