And the result was a 10-0 run-rule victory in six innings.

"We had three great days of practice," said Covington coach Dean Denlinger. "We didn't play well our last couple of games and we addressed some of those things this week."

In last week's narrow 8-6 win over Mechanicsburg, Covington's mistakes gave the Indians nine extra outs to work with. Tonight, the Lady Buccs played flawless in the field.

"Outside of a couple of plays, primarily base running, we played a flawless game," Denlinger explained. "Defensively, we played as well as we have all year."

And the offense wasn't too shabby either as Covington pounded the ball at will, tallying 15 hits in the contest - five for extra bases.

"We hit the ball very well tonight," said Denlinger. "We hit the ball hard and played a little small ball. We had a couple of nice sacs and squeeze plays that scored some runs. We did a lot of nice things at the plate."

And Casey Yingst was in a groove on the mound, allowing just three hits on the evening.

"Casey looked good," Denlinger praised of his junior hurler. "She had nice location on her pitches and a lot of her pitches had some movement. Connor (Schaffer) caught a nice game too."

Covington got things rolling with a run in the first as Casey Yingst connected on a sacrifice to score Jessie Shilt, who led off with a single and stole second. Morgan Arbogast then followed with an RBI single to score Cassidy Cain in the bottom of the second inning for a 2-0 Buccaneer lead.

The Lady Buccs then broke the game open in the bottom of the third with five runs in the inning. Two of those runs came with two outs as Covington batted all the way through the lineup.

"We had seven girls get hits tonight and the ones who didn't record hits also contributed with some sacs," said Denlinger. "We played good team softball, attacked both offensively and defensively."

After a scoreless fourth inning, Covington scored another run in the fifth and then sealed the game in the sixth with a walk-off two-run double by Cassidy Cain.

"This is a very nice win," Denlinger summarized. "We were focused tonight - very driven."

Connor Schaffer and Brittanie Flora had three hits each with Schaffer recording two doubles and a triple and one of Flora's hits going for a double.

Cassidy Cain, Jessie Shilt, Morgan Arbogast and Hannah Pond all recorded two hits, while Haley Adams also wrapped a single.

Covington (22-4) travels to Brookville on Saturday to play Cedarville in the District Final.

SCORING BY INNINGS:
Ansonia ................. 0 .. 0 .. 0 .. 0 .. 0 .. 0 - 0 - 3 - 3
Covington ............. 1 .. 1 .. 5 .. 0 .. 1 .. 2 - 10 - 15 - 0