By TYLER HENRY
Salina Post contributor
The Southeast of Saline softball team closed out their regular season in a doubleheader decimation of the Russell Broncos, putting the exclamation mark on their impressive campaign.
With two identical run-rule-shortened wins of 18-0, the Lady Trojans wrap up the regular season at 18-2 and 9-1 in league play, sharing the NCAA title with Beloit, who swept Republic County on Thursday.
SES will enter regional play on a seven-game winning streak, having won 15 of their 20 games by mercy rule and eight by shutout, and close out the campaign with a +231 run differential.
The Lady Trojans wasted no time pouring it on in game one, striking for six runs in the first and twelve in the second en route to their first 18-0 victory.
Bryna Baird was on another level in the circle, facing nine batters and striking out each and every one in a no-hit shutout effort.
Four different Lady Trojans recorded multi-RBI games, led by Chase Gilpin, Savannah Sutton, Bryna Baird, and Jayci Burghart.
Game two saw more of the same as SES piled on ten runs in the first and eight in the second en route to yet another 18-0 win.
This time around it was Carly Commerford and Aba Pearson who dominated in the circle combining to toss three more innings of no-hit ball, walking just one and striking out six.
The Lady Trojans will be back in action to kick off their postseason run on May 15th at the Lyons Regional.