MORRIS - The Dewar Lady Dragon fastpitch softball team came away with a runner-up finish at last weekend's Morris Fastpitch Softball Tournament.

The Lady Dragons suffered a first-round loss to Sperry last Thursday, then earned a spot in the tournament title game after winning three-straight elimination games in the 6-team, 2-day, event.

After the 10-4 loss to Sperry, the Dewar ladies edged past Muldrow by a 7-5 margin later in the day last Thursday then notched back-to-back 1-run wins over Liberty and Sperry, respectively, last Saturday to punch their ticket to the championship game, meeting the Drumright Lady Tornadoes and needing two wins in order to come away with the tournament crown. The Lady Dragons had their championship hopes derailed with a heartbreaking 5-3 setback to the Lady Tornadoes.

Below are summaries from last weekend's participation at the Morris Fastpitch Softball Tournament.

First Round

Sperry 10, Dewar 4

Sperry opened the scoring with a run in the top of the first. The score remained at 1-0 in favor of the Lady Pirates until the bottom of the third when the Lady Dragons plated four runs in the frame for a 4-1 margin. Sperry tied the game at 4-4 with three runs in the top of the fourth then added six runs in the top of the fifth to hand the Dewar ladies the 10-4, opening-round, loss.

Skyler Randall suffered the pitching loss for Dewar, allowing 10 runs on 11 hits with two strikeouts and three walks in five innings of work.

Offensively, the Lady Dragons were led by Randall (2 for 3, single, double, RBI) and Savannah Been (2 for 2, 2 singles) with two hits apiece. The other base hits for the Dewar squad in the first-round contest came on singles by Autumn Campbell, Staejha Mack, and Talyn Been, an RBI single by Noelani Corbin, and an RBI double by Morgan Britt.

Other baserunners for Dewar against Sperry were Campbell (fielder's choice), Corbin (dropped third strike), Randall (fielder's choice), Savannah Been (walk), and Kaley Ashlock (walk).

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Loser's Bracket First Round

Dewar 7, Muldrow 5

The Lady Dragons jumped out to an early 3-0 lead in the first inning courtesy of a 3-run home run by Skyler Randall. Muldrow made it a 3-1 contest with a run in the bottom of the first, then both teams tallied three runs in their half of the second for a 6-4 Dewar advantage. Muldrow cut the Dewar lead in half, 6-5, with a run in the bottom of the third, while the Lady Dragons tacked on an insurance run in the top of the fourth to walk away with the 7-5 victory after four innings due to the time limit having expired at the conclusion of Muldrow's at-bat in the bottom of the fourth.

Randall worked two innings of relief to earn the pitching win for Dewar. The Lady Dragon hurler gave up one run on two hits, striking out one and walking one in her relief appearance. Morgan Britt allowed four runs on two hits with three walks in two innings of work for Dewar.

Besides Randall's 3-run home run in the first, the other Dewar base hits in the elimination game came on singles by Talyn Been, Savannah Been, Noelani Corbin, and Staejha Mack and a 2-run single by Britt.

Other Lady Dragon baserunners against Muldrow were Britt (fielder's choice, error), Mack (walk), Talyn Been (walk), Savannah Been (hit by pitch), and Kobee Hewitt (walk).

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Loser's Bracket Semifinals

Dewar 6, Liberty 5

The Lady Dragons trailed 3-1 after one inning of play and 4-1 at the end of two. Dewar tied the game at 4-4 with three runs in the top of the third, then took over the lead at 6-4 with two runs in the top of the fourth. Liberty only managed one run in the home half of the fourth to give Dewar the thrilling 6-5 victory.

Skyler Randall earned the pitching decision for Dewar, allowing five runs on nine hits, striking out six and walking three in four innings of work.

Noelani Corbin led the offensive attack for the Lady Dragons, going 3 for 3 with two singles, a double, and 2 RBIs.

KiKi Carter also had a multi-hit game for Dewar against Liberty, going 2 for 2 with two singles and 2 RBIs.

The other four base hits for the Lady Dragons in the narrow win came on singles by Talyn Been, Savannah Been and Staejha Mack and an RBI single by Autumn Campbell.

Other Dewar baserunners against Liberty were Randall (walk), Campbell (hit by pitch), Talyn Been (walk), Savannah Been (walk), and Morgan Britt (walk).

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Loser's Bracket Finals

Dewar 2, Sperry 1

Sperry broke a scoreless tie with a run in the top of the second and led 1-0 until the bottom of the fourth when the Lady Dragons tallied a run in the frame to tie the game at 1-1. An RBI double by Morgan Britt with no outs in the last of the fifth provided the game-winning run for the Dewar ladies.

Skyler Randall allowed one run on two hits with four strikeouts, four walks, and one hit batter in five innings of work to earn the pitching win.

Britt also had a single to finish 2 for 2 at the plate for Dewar. Savannah Been also went 2 for 2 for the Lady Dragons with a pair of singles.

The other three Dewar base hits in the narrow win came on a single by Autumn Campbell, double by Randall, and an RBI double by Staejha Mack.

Other Dewar hitters to reach base against Sperry were Talyn Been (walk, hit by pitch), Savannah Been (walk), Noelani Corbin (fielder's choice), and KiKi Carter (walk).

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Championship

Drumright 5, Dewar 3

The Lady Dragons led 2-1 after the first inning of action. Drumright tied the game at 2-2 with a run in the bottom of the second, then plated three runs in its half of the fourth to take over the lead at 5-2. The Dewar ladies were only able to manage one run in the top of the seventh to come up on the short end of a 5-3 decision.

Skyler Randall gave up five runs on 13 hits in six innings of work, striking out three and walking three, to absorb the pitching loss for Dewar.

Noelani Corbin led the offensive attack for the Lady Dragons, going 2 for 4 with a single, double, and RBI. The other base hits for Dewar in the title game came on singles by Talyn Been, Morgan Britt, and Staejha Mack, an RBI single by Randall, and triples by Savannah Been and KiKi Carter.

Randall, Talyn Been, and Autumn Campbell were the only other baserunners for Dewar against Drumright with all reaching base on walks.