Richland 12 Bellarmine 2

March 16, 2013                Columbia Playground           11:00

Bellarmine      0 0 0   0 0 2       2 -  6 - 0

Richland        5 0 1   2 0 4      12 – 17 - 0

Courtney Schwan, Rachel Barcena (3), Erica Grenlund (6) and Abby McDonald,

     Ashlynn Ota (3), Abby McDonald (5)

Paige Goulet, Abby Perryman (6) and April Utecht, Paige Liikala (5)

      Richland used five singles and a double to get five runs in the first.

      Richland used a solo home run to get a run in the third.

      Richland used two doubles and a single to get two runs in the fourth.

      Alyssa McKiernan tripled down the right field line with one out in the sixth.  Courtney Schwan grounded out to score McKiernan.  Alex DeStephano doubled to the fence in left center.  Rachel Barcena beat out an infield single to move DeStephano to third.  Erica Grenlund bounced a single to right to score DeStephano.

      Richland used a single, a home run, three more singles, and an infield out to get four runs in the sixth.

      Courtney Schwan started and pitched the first two innings and struck out two.  Rachel Barcena pitched 3 1/3 innings and struck out four.  Erica Grenlund pitched to three batters in the sixth.

      Two more milestones were reached.  Ashlynn Ota got her first varsity hit with a leadoff single to left to open the fifth and then stole her first base.  Erica Grenlund got her first varsity hit with a RBI single to right in the sixth.

      Good defensive plays were made by Celine Woo who fielded a grounder and got the runner from second in a run down and tagged her out for the first out in the 1st; by Rachel Barcena who called off the second baseman and caught a shallow fly in right center for the first out in the 2nd; by Ashlynn Ota who held on to a fouled third strike for the first out in the 4th; by Celine Woo who charged a slow roller and fired to Becca Sorensen who covered first for the second out in the 4th; and by Rachel Barcena who caught a pop-up bunt and fired to Alex DeStephano to double the runner off of first for a double play to end the 5th.