H.S. softball: Lyman will have to work for ECC Small Division title

Lebanon - The Lyman Memorial High School softball team was denied a chance to win the outright championship of the Eastern Connecticut Conference Small Division, following a 4-3 loss to Plainfield on Friday.

Tori Lussier went 3-for-3 and Chelsey Hussey had two hits for the Bulldogs (9-5, 7-1).

Lyman can win the title with wins over Wheeler and Montville in its final two division games.

In other games:

• Kirsten Drobiak went 4-for-4 with two doubles and three RBI as Griswold earned a share of the ECC Medium Division title with a 5-4 win over Ledyard. Drobiak was also the winning pitcher for the Wolverines (15-2, 9-0). Ledyard, which led 4-3 after six innings, is 9-7, 5-4.

• Emily Devito had two doubles and a home run to lead Norwich Free Academy to a 12-7 win over East Lyme in an ECC Large Division game. Emily Arico, Samantha Chinigo and Melissa Castillo had two hits each and Devito drove in three runs for NFA (8-9, 3-6). Ally Blanchette tripled for NFA

Shae Crosby had two hits and drove in three runs and Sydney Swanson tripled for East Lyme (8-6, 2-5).

• Julia Bondy pitched a five-hitter as Fitch beat Woodstock Academy 6-2 in an ECC Large Division game at Washington Park. Bondy struck out four and walked none. She also was 2-for-2 with an RBI and a run scored. Jackie Lewis had a double and two RBI for Fitch (14-2, 7-2).

• Shelby Grauer pitched a five-hitter and went 4-for-4 to lead Holy Family to a 21-4 win over Bullard-Havens in a Constitution State Conference game. Andrea Bird of Holy Family hit for the cycle, going 5-for-5 with four RBI and three runs scored. Sara Roberts was 3-for-3 with three runs scored and Grauer drove in four runs and scored four runs for Holy Family (8-6).

• New London lost to Killingly 3-0 in an ECC Medium Division game. Sam Overton pitched a four-hitter with six strikeouts and one walk for New London (3-12, 0-9), Diana Montalvo had two hits and Eiyona Gonzalez doubled.

• Kayla Royce went 4-for-4 with three RBI in Norwich Tech's 11-10 loss to O'Brien Tech of Ansonia. Sierra Lee had three hits and three RBI for the Warriors (9-8).