One timely win helped spring the Cazenovia softball team back into the race for the OHSL Liberty division regular-season championship. The Lakers went to Solvay Monday afternoon and used a mid-game offensive surge to take control before hanging on to beat the Bearcats 7-6. Prior to that, Solvay had not lost a league game, including a 4-3 win over Cazenovia in their first encounter on April 15. Less than a month later, it was just as close, but with a different result. The Lakers scored twice in the third inning and added three more runs in the fourth to build a 5-0 lead. Solvay closed it to 5-4 in the bottom of the fourth, only to see Cazenovia score twice in the top of the fifth. Taylor Malmsheimer, Kara Stalder and Meghan Kurucz each put up three hits, while Korena Fenton belted a two-run home run. Stalder also had two RBIs as she and Abby Eschen both scored twice. Charged with protecting that lead, pitcher Nicole Chiarello nearly found trouble in the bottom of the seventh, Solvay scoring twice to pull within one. But Chiarello got the final out.