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Winner of four straight Sixth Region championships, the Pleasure Ridge Park High School softball team appears to be peaking at the right time once again.Paige Murphy went 4 for 5 with a double and the Lady Panthers pounded out 17 hits in a 10-0 victory over Bullitt Central in Monday’s regional quarterfinals at Southern.
“We’ve been hitting the ball really well here lately,” PRP coach Megan Miller said. “Hopefully we can keep rolling with it.”
PRP (22-11) advanced to face Butler in today’s 5:30 p.m. regional semifinal at the University of Louisville’s Ulmer Stadium. It’s a rematch of last year’s regional final, which PRP won 7-6.
Bullitt Central (24-10) had defeated PRP 4-2 on April 25, but Monday’s rematch was all Lady Panthers.
“We had a little bit of vengeance on our minds,” Miller said. “We’re a pretty focused group right now.”
PRP scored once in the first and five times in the second to take a 6-0 lead. Sophomore pitcher Kailyn Rucker took care of the rest, allowing just one Bullitt Central hit.
Tabitha Mikel and Cheyanne Mercer both added three hits for PRP.