The W.S. Neal Lady Eagles softball team went 3-2 in the TRM Invitational over the weekend and advanced to the tournament’s semifinals before falling to Davidson. The 3-2 record for W.S. Neal improved their record to 8-4 overall this season.
“We didn’t play our best softball this weekend and was still able to finish 3-2 in the tournament against some solid competition,” W.S. Neal head coach Jeff Haney said. “We just didn’t hit the ball as well as we had been. I think we had a team capable of winning the tournament, but we just couldn’t get the bats going. We are a young team, and we still have some trouble making adjustments when necessary. As the mental part of our game improves, so will our team.”
W.S. Neal went 2-0 in pool play Friday as they doubled up Escambia County 6-3 in their opener and shut out J.U. Blacksher 6-0.
In their final game of pool play Saturday morning, W.S. Neal lost to Northview 4-0.
In the single elimination part of the tournament, W.S. Neal blanked McGill-Toolen 3-0 before falling to Davidson 6-3.

WSN 6, ECHS 3
W.S. Neal pitcher Haleigh Dubose allowed one hit in four innings to help W.S. Neal claim a 6-3 win over Atmore.
Dubose pitched four innings and allowed one hit, three runs, one earned, walked four and struck out nine.
At the plate, KeKe Floyd had three hits, Dubose had one along with Kaeli Brown and Tiffany Sawyer.
Madison Winchester and Dubose had one RBI each while Brown had two. Dubose and Floyd had a double each.

WSN 6, JUB 0
In game two, W.S. Neal blanked J.U. Blacksher 6-0.
Dubose again claimed the pitching win as she went five innings and allowed two hits, no runs, walked four and struck out five.
At the plate, Winchester had a hit while Karissa Johnson had three, Brown had two and Tori Wyatt and Christina Robinson had one each. Brown had four RBIs while Wyatt had one RBI.

Northview 4, WSN 0
On Saturday against Northview, W.S. Neal took a 4-0 loss to finish second in their pool.
Dubose pitched and took the loss going five innings and allowed seven hits, four runs, one earned, walked one and struck out five.
At the plate, Floyd had two hits while Robinson and Jasmine Crook had one each.

WSN 3, McGill-Toolen 0
Dubose once against pitched a shutout as W.S. Neal recorded a 3-0 win over McGill-Toolen in single elimination play.
Dubose pitched six innings and allowed two hits, no runs, walked one and struck out six.
At the plate, Adria Barnett, Floyd, Johnson and Robinson had one each with Robinson recording a double. Barnett, Dubose and Brown had one RBI each.

Davidson 6, WSN 3
In the semifinals of the TRM Invitational, W.S. Neal lost to Davidson 6-3 to be eliminated.
Dubose pitched five innings and allowed three hits, six runs, two earned, walked three and struck out two.
At the plate, Winchester, Barnett, Dubose, Floyd, Robinson and Sawyer all had hits with Barnett having a double. Sawyer had one RBI in the loss.