Bellarmine 3 Shelton 1

April 20, 2012                 MCRA                         4:00

Bellarmine      0 0 0   1 1 0   1     3 – 9 - 0

Shelton         0 0 0   0 0 1   0     1 – 3 - 1

Courtney Schwan and Abby McDonald

Morgan Mitchell and Jordan Krumpols

      Alex DeStephano singled to center to open the fourth.  Rachel Sorensen singled to right to move DeStephano to second.  Alexa Ostrander put down a nice sacrifice bunt to move the runners to third and second.  Becca Sorensen followed with another nice sacrifice bunt to score DeStephano.

      Kelly McLaughlin beat out an infield single to open the fifth.  McLaughlin then stole second.  Rachel Barcena grounded out second to first to move McLaughlin to third.  Haley Dusek hit a sacrifice fly to center to score McLaughlin.

      Shelton used a walk, a single, a force at second, a stolen base, and an infield out to get a run in the sixth.

      Haley Dusek singled to center to open the seventh.  Courtney Schwan doubled to right center to score Dusek.

      Good defensive plays were made by Alex DeStephano who charged a bunt and threw to Haley Dusek who covered first for the first out in the 3rd; by Alexa Ostrander who charged in on a slow roller and threw the batter out at first for the first out in the 5th; by Haley Dusek who (with runners on first and second) outran a ground ball up the middle and flipped to Alexa Ostrander who covered second for the first out in the 6th; and by Alexa Ostrander who with runners on third and second went way to her left to field a grounder headed into center and gunned the batter out at first for the second out in the 6th. 

      Courtney Schwan started and again went the distance for the win.  She struck out 9 including the side in the seventh.  She gave up only one run and three hits.