By TYLER HENRY
Lead Sportswriter - Salina Post
The Southeast of Saline baseball team steamrolled Sylvan Lucas in Thursday’s quarterfinals, eliminating the Mustangs in a 15-0 drubbing in Ellsworth.
With this win, the Trojans (14-9) advance to the semifinals to face Ellsworth (15-4) while Sylvan-Lucas’ season draws to a close at 6-12.
SES wasted no time triggering a mercy-rule victory, scoring nine runs in the first, five in the second, and one more in the fourth to close the contest early.
On the hill, Treytan Olson and Killian Vaughn looked unhittable, splitting four scoreless innings, and allowing just two hits and one walk while striking out five.
At the plate, the whole platoon got in on the fun, with twelve different Trojans recording at least one at-bat, and eight members of the order posting at least one hit in the win.
Southeast will have the weekend off to prepare for the Bearcats, who manhandled Minneapolis by an identical 15-0 score on Thursday.
The two teams shared second place in the NCAA, splitting their season series with a 5-0 Ellsworth victory, and a 13-0 SES win back in April.
First pitch for this semifinal contest is scheduled for 2:00 at Marysville High School next Tuesday.