"Our other two pitchers have been out a while, so Amy's been carrying the load," said Canton coach Jim Arnold. "What a kid. She did a heckuva job today. She's been keeping us in ballgames. She plays very hard and, for a sophomore, you can't ask for anything more than that."
Canton loaded the bases with nobody out in the sixth when Dunleavy - the team's lead-off batter - walked, Lauren Leskovitz reached on an error and Miranda Rysdorp reached on a fielder's choice play.
The next batter, freshman Kaitlin Mattson, ripped a hard grounder between second and third, but Plymouth shortstop Stacey Klonowski vacuumed it up and fired the ball home to get the force on Dunleavy.
After the next batter popped up to third, Canton junior outfielder Sam Podorsek walked on a 3-2 pitch to bring home the contest's lone run.
Plymouth appeared to take a 1-0 lead in the top of the first when Klonowski walked with two outs and came all the way around on Amanda Burnard's long single that rolled to the fence.
However, the run was wiped off the board when the Chiefs appealed that Klonowski missed third base and the umpire agreed.
"Meghan threw a great game," said Plymouth coach Val Canfield. "She dominated the plate and kept them off-balance. Our defense was sound until the end when we broke down a little.
"That hurt when they took that run away from us. What happened was Stacey tripped over the base, but she didn't miss it.
"I thought we played great and we're getting ready for Districts."
The Wildcats mounted a mini-rally in the seventh when pinch-hitter Ally Ciotti singled with two outs. However, Dunleavy induced the next hitter to ground out to shortstop Shelby Anthony.
Anthony was solid the entire game, accounting for five put-outs.
Plymouth's hits came off the bats of Burnard, Jill Brennan, Klonowski and Ciotti.
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