Victoria fought hard on Day 3 of the 2023 Australian Youth Women's Championship but ultimately fell just short of victory.
During the morning game vs. Queensland, Lily McKenner had 2 RBIs and Ruby Benne singled and scored two runs. Victorian pitchers held QLD to three hits with Emma Sullivan, Eden Neave, Phoebe Martin, and Chelsea Nunn sharing duties on the mound.
In their second game of the day, Victoria took an early 1-0 lead over New South Wales, but the opposition fired back with seven runs in the second. Victoria did get three runs back in the third and another three in the fourth, but NSW put the game out of reach.
The final score was 12-7 to NSW, although Victoria outhit them 9-6. Eden Neave and Lily McKenner both hit big doubles and had 2 RBIs, while Amelia Wright and Emma Sullivan had two base hits. Ruby Benne and Billie McCulloch recorded one hit each.
McKenner, Wright, Morgan McConville, and Mackenzie Prentice-Evans put in work on the mound as well.
Victoria plays Western Australia at 12pm on Tuesday.
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