NTL SOFTBALL: NEB TO FACE STRONG UNION AREA TEAM IN STATE FINAL (2025-06-12)

Northern Tier Sports Report
NEB softball made history to start the week, now they’ll look to make more to end it at the PIAA, Class A State Title game against Union.

The game is at 11 a.m. on Penn State’s Beard Field in State College.

Union comes into the game 22-2 and hasn’t allowed a run in the playoffs, beating teams a combined 56-0 over six games. Their closest game was a 3-0 win over Carmichaels in the District VII title game.

In the west semifinal they defeated Cambridge Springs 8-0.

They boast two players that are hitting over .500 - Olivia Williams (.525) and Olivia Benedict (.523). Williams has a team high 47 runs scored, 19-RBI, eight doubles, and four home runs, while Benedict has 35-RBI, 34 runs scored, and nine home runs.

Other key hitters are Mia Preuhs (.438) with 38-RBI, 21 runs scored, eight doubles, and nine home runs, and Irelyn Fisher (.470), who has a team high 13 home runs and 41-RBI to go with 26 runs, and eight doubles.

Seven of their nine starters boast an average over .300.

Their starter Preuhs is 16-2 on the year with 221 strikeouts against 34 walks, and a 0.73 ERA.

NEB (15-7) comes in on a 7-game win streak stretching back to the end of the regular season. Their last six games have been their biggest of the year, with the 7-6 win over Wellsboro to end the regular season clinching the NTL Small School title.

In their five playoff games they’ve out scored opponents 35-6.

Hannah Berger, Orissa Gardner, and Kelsea Moore are all hitting over .400 for the season, with Toni Herb, Makenna Callear, and Kiarra DeLancey all batting over .300.

Their 2-headed pitching attack of Moore and Callear have over 200 strikeouts on the season between them.

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