Maidens lose in Anaconda

| March 30, 2007 1:00 AM

The Daily Inter Lake

ANACONDA - Anaconda senior Maddy Walker broke a 5-all tie Thursday evening with an RBI single in the bottom of the sixth inning to help the Copperheads slip past Central A foe Ronan, 6-5.

The Maidens took a 2-1 lead in the second inning and a 5-3 lead in the fourth inning.

Anaconda out-hit the Maidens 13-10 and committed no errors. Ronan had just two errors.

Ronan's Kelsey Clairmont and Brittany Bilile each had two hits while Clairmont and Katy Sorrell each had two RBI.

Walker went 3-for-4 with a triple and two RBI's to pace Anaconda. Kirstin King belted out a triple, double and two RBI's and Brie Orrino and Brittany Sturm added two hits apiece for the 'Heads.

Ronan 020 300 - 5 10 2

Anaconda 102 201- 6 13 0

Kaylee Larson and Jordan Strozzi. Maddy Walker, Kirstin King (5) and Brie Orrino. W - King. L - Larson.

RONAN (0-1, 0-2) - Kelsey Clairmont 2-4, Kaylee Larson 1-4, Carli Starkel 0-4, Jordan Strozzi 1-3, Brittany Bilile 2-4, Kallia Orr 1-4, Chelsea Burbon 0-0, April Soukup 1-4, Katy Sorrell 1-2, Allison Crenshaw 1-3.

ANACONDA (1-0, 1-0) - Brie Orrino 2-4, Kirstin King 2-4, Maddy Walker 3-4, Maggy Green 1-4, Jessica Heim 1-3, Brittany Sturm 2-2, Kellie Lorengo 0-2, Meagan Monaco 1-3, Rachel Wagner 1-3.

RBIs - Ronan 4 (Clairmont 2, Sorrell 2), Anaconda 4 (Walker 2, King, Sturm). 3B - Anaconda 2 (Sturm, King). 2B - Ronan 4 (Bilile, Clairmont, Sorrell, Larson), Anaconda 1 (King).