What a difference 15 days made for the Emmaus softball team in its mini-rivalry with Nazareth.
When they last met on May 17 in the Lehigh Valley Conference semis, the Green Hornets beat the Blue Eagles 6-4 at Pates Park.
Same two teams, same location, but a different tournament and a very different result unfolded on Tuesday night.
Lead-off batter Sami Ashley had three hits and scored two runs and Kayla Kresly hit a home run to spark Emmaus to a 9-2 victory in the District 11 4A semis at Pates Park.
The win not only earned the Green Hornets (16-7) a spot in Thursday night's title game, but also secured a state playoff berth.
Emmaus was relentless offensively against Nazareth sophomore pitching star Sarah Faust, getting a baserunner in every inning.
Ashley led off the game with a double and scored on Bri Howell's sac fly.
A wild pitch scored the second run in the third inning and Kresly's home run over the fence in left made it 3-0 in the fourth. The Green Hornets then put it away with three runs apiece in the fifth and sixth.
Nazareth was shut down on two hits until it scored two runs with help from an error in the sixth.
The Blue Eagles, the LVC champs, finished 17-7.
From KEITH GROLLER
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