GREENVILLE, NC – The Lake Mary Little League All-Stars stayed alive in the 2025 Little League Softball World Series, defeating the Washington team 5-3 in seven innings.
Cornered in a must-win situation, Lake Mary hung in there with the Northwest region champs through four scoreless innings. The pitchers’ duel stalled after Lake Mary’s Alanna Luu sent one back up the middle to score Rachel Lester and give the All-Stars a 1-0 lead.
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Washington answered back in the bottom of the fifth and tied it up 1-1 with a line-drive RBI ripped to left.
Tied after five, the teams headed to extras.
In the top of the seventh, a tough ground ball to second allowed Lester to score Lake Mary’s go-ahead run. Then, Luu poured it on with a bases-clearing three-run triple. The team allowed two runs in the bottom of the seventh but eventually capped off the rollercoaster win 5-3.
Lake Mary gets the day off tomorrow and then takes the field 4 p.m. Friday in another elimination game. They will face either Tulsa, Oklahoma or Johnstown, Pennsylvania.