Murfreesboro - Just before the bottom of the seventh inning started Wednesday afternoon in Munford's Class AAA State Softball Tournament opening game against Seymour, Lady Cougar head coach Glenn Goulder was nervous about his team's 1-0 lead. “It's hard to make one run stand up,Goulder said to his assistant coaches. It turned out Goulder had nothing to worry about. Senior Tara Comer retired the first two batters of the inning. The third batter, Kaitlin Atkins, singled to left, breaking up Comer's no-hitter. But Comer got Reid Ballard to ground out to Munford shortstop Maddison Welch to end the game, finishing off a dominant performance and giving Munford 1-0 win. The Lady Cougars advanced to play Dickson County in round two Wednesday night. “I'm feeling really good,said Comer, who struck out three and walked two. 的'm proud of my team. My defense really came through today.” Munford (35-9) managed just one hit off Seymour pitcher Carly Lewis, but it was all they needed. Freshman Sam Scott made the most of her first state tournament at-bat when she crushed a homer to left field. Lewis retired the next 19 batters, but took the loss. “It was crazy,Scott said about the homer, her third of the season. 的 was just like, 'Get far.' When I saw it go out, I was ecstatic. I was really happy. I've heard that pitcher was a good pitcher, so getting that hit was a big deal.” The win was Munford's second in three state tournament appearances. “The young lady we faced was a tremendous pitcher,Goulder said. 鉄he had a 0.24 ERA and 299 strikeouts this year. But we played really strong defense behind Tara. Tara threw a great game. Matched her pitch for pitch And of course the homer by Sam Scott was tremendous. That was the difference in the ball game.” Seymour (41-7) advanced a runner to second just once when runners reached second and third with two outs in the second inning, but a ground out ended the inning. In the fourth, Comer caught a line drive and doubled off the runner at first to end another threat.