LYNDON CENTER — Host No. 3 seed Lyndon pounded out a 17-3 victory over the No. 6 Otter Valley Union High School softball team in a June 2 Division II quarterfinal, ending the Otters’ season with a 9-8 record. The Vikings moved into the semifinal round with a 14-4 record.
OV pitcher Courtney Bushey struck out 10 batters, but Lyndon rapped 14 hits, 11 for extra bases, in the Vikings’ victory. Lyndon pitcher Riley Boivin threw a complete-game four-hitter for the win.
In a June 1 first-round game, the Otters edged No. 11 Hartford, 5-4, when Katie Coolidge singled in Gabby Poalino with the tie-breaking run in the bottom of the seventh. The 5-10 Hurricanes had scored three times in the top of the inning to knot the score. Bushey struck out 12 and earned the complete-game win for the Otters.