West Prairie/Southeastern jumped out to a 2-0 lead before host Abingdon/Avon rallied by tying the game in the third and scoring in each of the final four innings to down the Cyclones 8-5 in non-conference softball action Wednesday.
WP/SE managed to tie the game at 4-4 with a run in the top of the fourth, but the Tornadoes came back with two runs in the fifth and two more in the sixth to extend the lead to 8-4.
The Cyclones tried to rally late and cut into the lead with a single run in the top of the seventh to make it 8-5, but would get no closer as WP/SE fell to 2-16 on the season.
After a tough Senior Day loss to Galva on Monday, WP/SE head coach Cyle Rigg was more pleased with his squad’s performance this time around.
“Way better effort,” said Rigg. “Hitters were more aggressive and for most of the innings, we made the plays. Had one bad inning in the field, but overall, a much better performance.”
