Softball: Woodgrove Claims Dulles District Tournament Title with 1-0 Win Over Briar Woods

Purcellville (May 26, 2012) - A Dulles District softball rivalry that went all the way to the AA state title game last year was renewed Friday night with Woodgrove High School ending Briar Woods' three-year Dulles District tournament run with a 1-0 win in the finals.

Briar Woods won the Dulles tournament and AA state tournament in 2011 with win's over Woodgrove while the Wolverines took the Region II tournament over Briar Woods. Woodgrove (21-2) and Briar Woods (20-3) split in the regular season but the Wolverines took the regular-season title by a game.

Woodgrove tallied the lone run of the game in the fourth on an infield single, a wild pitch, a stolen base and a sacrifice fly.

Briar Woods had runners on second and third with one out in the first and later put runners on first and second with one out in the sixth but came away empty both times. The Falcons also had the tying run at second with two outs in the seventh but couldn't pull even.

Next up for both teams are Region II quarterfinals on Tuesday:

Region II Softball Tournament
First Round - Mon. May 28
Note: 4 districts are seeded A, B, C, D according to district champs records; Dulles get two additional teams in playoffs for 10 teams total
Potomac Falls (Dulles #4) at Powhatan (C2), 2 p.m.
Loudoun County (Dulles #3) at Sherando (D2), 6 p.m.

Quarterfinals - Tues. May 29
Potomac Falls/Powhatan winner at Fauquier (A1), 7 p.m.
Briar Woods (B2) at Skyline (D1), 6 p.m.
Sherando/Loudoun County winner at Woodgrove (B1), 7 p.m.
Liberty (A2) at Louisa (C1), 7 p.m.