From staff reports

St. Aloysius mounted a furious rally in the seventh inning from a five-run deficit, but fell short in extra innings 15-13 to Riverside on Friday at Bazinsky Park.

The Lady Flashes were down 3-2 in the fourth and mounted what would be the first of several big rallies. Taylor Ann Hasty had an RBI single and wild pitches and passed balls accounted for the rest as the Lady Flashes put four on the board to grab a 6-3 lead.

But in the fifth, Riverside struck back. Lindsey Summers had an RBI groundout and a wild pitch accounted for another run as Riverside cut the lead to 6-5.

In the bottom of the fifth, Sara Howington drove in an insurance run to put St. Al up 7-5.

In the sixth, Riverside batters touched up Hasty, who came on in relief of starter Grace Franco, and the visitors took back the lead at 12-7.

It would only set the stage for an unbelievable rally.

Howington led off the frame with a single, Franco followed with another to set the table for Haley Heggins, who drove in a run off a double. Hasty drove in a run off a single, while bases-loaded walks, an error and some wild pitches accounted for the rest as the Lady Flashes tied the contest at 12 all.

In the extra frame, Riverside (3-0)  took advantage of the international tiebreaker rule and scored the go-ahead runs off errors and got another one off an RBI single by Emily Johnson to go up 15-12 .

The Lady Flashes loaded the bases in the bottom half of the eighth, but could only get one across.