March 19, 2012 SERA 3:45
Bellarmine 0 4 2 7 1 14 – 16 - 0
Lincoln 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 1 - 7
Sarah Sorensen and Abby McDonald
A. Patrick and C. Davis
Alexa Ostrander beat out an infield single to open the second and then stole second. After an out Celine Woo tripled to left to score Ostrander. Rachel Sorensen grounded to short to score Woo. When the throw to first was wide, Sorensen was safe. Sorensen took second on a wild pitch. Alexis Mendez grounded to short. When the ball caromed off the shortstop, Sorensen took third. When the carom got by the left fielder Rachel Sorensen scored and Mendez wound up at second. After a second out Haley Dusek doubled to center to score Mendez.
With two out in the third Sarah Sorensen was safe when the first baseman dropped the throw. Sorensen took second on a passed ball. Celine Woo doubled to left center to score Sarah Sorensen. Rachel Sorensen singled to center to score Woo.
Abby McDonald singled to open the fourth. After an out Kelly McLaughlin singled to right to move McDonald to second. Rebecca Sorensen pinch hit and singled to left to score McDonald and to move McLaughlin to second. Alexa Ostrander grounded a ball through the third baseman which allowed McLaughlin to score and Sorensen to go to second. Both runners moved up on a wild pitch. Sarah Sorensen singled to right to score Rebecca Sorensen and to move Ostrander to third. Sorensen took second on a wild pitch. Celine Woo singled to right to score Ostrander and Sarah Sorensen. Kylie Ostrander pinch hit and singled to move Woo to second. Madeline Lilly pinch hit and singled to score Woo and to move Ostrander to third. Abby McDonald grounded out second to first to score Kylie Ostrander.
Kelly McLaughlin singled to open the fifth. Rebecca Sorensen singled to center to move McLaughlin to second. Alexa Ostrander’s grounder to short forced out McLaughlin at third. Sarah Sorensen was safe on an error to load the bases. Celine Woo grounded to short to score Rebecca Sorensen as Ostrander was forced out at third.
Good defensive plays were made by Haley Dusek who went way to her right to get a ground ball and then threw to Alex DeStephano who scooped the throw out of the dirt for the second out in the 1st and by Alexis Mendez who made a nice catch on the line in right for the first out in the 3rd.
Sarah Sorensen started and went the distance for the win. She struck out six and walked none. She threw only 52 pitches in the one-hit shutout.
