Bellarmine 10 Yelm 1

March 21, 2013                Leone Field                   4:00

Yelm            0 0 0   0 1 0   0       1 -  7 - 2

Bellarmine      0 0 2   3 5 0   x      10 – 13 - 1

Megan Mendonca, Jessilyn Enlow (5) and Cavannah Brown

Courtney Schwan and Abby McDonald

      Becca Sorensen walked to open the third.  Alyssa McKiernan singled infield to move Sorensen to second.  When the throw to second was wild, Sorensen took third.  McKiernan then stole second.  After an out Alex DeStephano worked her way back from an 0-2 count (on her way to a 10-pitch at bat) and drove a ball to the fence in left for a triple scoring Sorensen and McKiernan.

      Rachel Sorensen singled to left to open the fourth.  Celine Woo singled to left to move Sorensen to second.  Ashlynn Ota grounded to the third baseman to force Sorensen at third.  Becca Sorensen ripped the first pitch down the left field line for an inside the park home run scoring Woo and Ota before her.

      Yelm used a one out walk, a stolen base, and a two out single to get a run in the fifth.

      Alex DeStephano doubled to left to open the fifth.  Rachel Barcena put down a perfect sacrifice bunt to move DeStephano to third.  Erica Grenlund tripled to the fence in left to score DeStephano.  Rachel Sorensen again singled to left to score Grenlund.  Celine Woo singled infield to move Sorensen to second.  Ashlynn Ota was hit by a pitch to load the bases.  After a second out Alyssa McKiernan dropped a single into right to score Sorensen and Woo and to move Ota to third.  Courtney Schwan singled to right to score Ota.

      Courtney Schwan started and went the distance for the win.  She struck out eight and walked two.  She retired the first Yelm batter in six out of seven innings.

      Another milestone happened.  Tri-captain Alexa Ostrander was back (on the bench) with the team despite still being sick.

      Good defensive plays were made by Rachel Sorensen who ran down a drive to right center to save a run and end the 2nd; by Courtney Schwan who knocked down a grounder up the middle and recovered in time to still get the batter for the second out in the 3rd; and by Becca Sorensen who went behind first to catch a shallow fly to end the game.