April 24, 2012 Leone Field 4:00
Olympia 1 0 0
0 0 1 1 3 -
9 - 1
Bellarmine 1 0 0
1 0 1 1 4 – 11 - 3
Amanda Rupright and Adrianna
Rupright
Courtney Schwan and Abby
McDonald
Olympia used an error, a bunt single, and a ground ball to
center to get a run in the first.
Kelly McLaughlin singled to center to open the first. Alexa Ostrander put down a perfect sacrifice
bunt and beat it out for a single to move McLaughlin to second. After an out Courtney Schwan singled to left
to score McLaughlin.
With one out in the fourth Courtney Schwan doubled over the
left fielder’s head. Becca Sorensen
courtesy ran for Schwan. Alex DeStephano
tripled to the fence in left center to score Sorensen.
Olympia used two singles, a walk, and a two out error to get a
run in the sixth.
Haley Dusek singled to center to open the sixth. Courtney Schwan singled to left to move Dusek
to second. Madeline Lilly courtesy ran
for Schwan. After an out Rachel Barcena
crushed a drive deep into left center that the center fielder just outran to
make a great lunging catch which kept the runners on second and first. Becca Sorensen pinch hit. With a 2-2 count she fouled off two
pitches. Then she hit a low blooper that
the shortstop charged and dove for but couldn’t catch. Haley Dusek was not content to just take
third on Sorensen’s single. Dusek ran
hard all the way from second and just slid in safely to beat the throw to the
plate.
Olympia used a single, an error, a sacrifice bunt, and a
sacrifice fly to get a run in the seventh.
Kelly McLaughlin worked the pitcher for a walk to open the
seventh. After two outs Courtney Schwan
grounded a single to center. McLaughlin
was going to third all the way which put pressure on their center fielder. When she fumbled the ball, McLaughlin slid
into home with the winning run.
Good defensive plays were made by Rachel Barcena who went to
her knees to catch a line shot to end the 3rd; by Alexa Ostrander who went to
her left to field a grounder and while on her knees threw to first where Alex
DeStephano scooped the ball out of the dirt for the first out in the 4th; by
Kylie Ostrander who with the bases loaded and two out raced back and to the
line and reached down to catch the ball in the webbing of her glove to save
three runs and end the 4th; by Kelly McLaughlin who used every inch of her
height to catch a rising liner for the second out in the 6th; by Alex
DeStephano who alertly backed up an overthrow from the outfield in the 6th; and
by Rachel Barcena who with runners on second and first charged a bunt and
gunned the throw to Haley Dusek covering first for the first out in the
7th.
Courtney Schwan started and again went the distance for the
win. She struck out 6 and walked only
one. All three runs against her were
unearned.
