Bellarmine 7 Central Kitsap 2

May 9, 2013       SERA          1:00

Central Kitsap      0 0 0   0 0 2   0      2 -  4 - 2

Bellarmine          2 4 0   0 0 1   x      7 – 10 - 1

Caylee Coulter, Hope Lawrence (2) and Tristine Vandeman

Courtney Schwan and Abby McDonald

      Courtney Schwan walked with one out in the first.  Madison Covell courtesy ran for Schwan.  Alyssa McKiernan crushed a 2-1 pitch way over the left fielder’s head all the way to the fence for an inside the park home run scoring Covell before her.

      Ashlynn Ota was safe on an infield error to open the second.  Abby McDonald pinch ran for Ota.  McDonald took second on a wild pitch.  After an out Becca Sorensen singled to right to score McDonald.  Courtney Schwan singled to right to move Sorensen to second.  Madison Covell courtesy ran for Schwan.  Alyssa McKiernan was hit by a pitch to load the bases.  After a second out Alex DeStephano singled to left center to score Sorensen and Covell and to move McKiernan to third.  DeStephano took second on the throw to the plate.  Rachel Sorensen singled to left to score McKiernan.

      Central Kitsap used a walk, a single, and a triple to get two runs in the sixth.

      Courtney Schwan walked on a full count to open the sixth.  Madison Covell again courtesy ran for Schwan.  Alyssa McKiernan grounded out short to first to move Covell to second.  After a second out Alex DeStephano walked.  Rachel Sorensen singled to right to score Covell.

      Courtney Schwan started and celebrated her birthday by going the distance for the win.  She struck out three and threw only 78 pitches.

      Good defensive plays were made by:  Celine Woo who charged and dove to catch a bunt and then threw to Becca Sorensen covering first to double up the leadoff runner in the 1st; by Rachel Sorensen who raced back into right field and stuck up her glove to make a back handed catch of a would-be triple for the first out in the 2nd; by Celine Woo who went in front of short to field a grounder and threw the batter out for the second out in the 2nd; by Rachel Sorensen who this time charged in and to her right to catch a sinking liner for the third out in the 2nd; by Courtney Schwan who went to the first base line to field a bunt and threw the batter out for the first out in the 3rd; by Alex DeStephano who went to the fence to catch a foul pop up to end the 4th; by Becca Sorensen who fielded a grounder to second, tagged the runner from first, and threw to Alex DeStephano for a double play in the 5th; by Alexa Ostrander who with runners on second and first fielded a grounder and tagged the lead runner for the second out in the 6th; by Rachel Sorensen who chased down a two-run triple to right center, threw a strike to her sister Becca Sorensen who relayed to Alex DeStephano to keep the batter at third instead of scoring in the 6th; by Alexa Ostrander who fielded a grounder and forced the lead runner at second for the first out in the 7th; and by Abby McDonald who caught a foul pop up for the second out and then caught a fair pop up to end the game.

      This win means that Bellarmine will play Olympia next and guarantees that the Lions will go on to District.

Bellarmine 3 Gig Harbor 2

May 6, 2013           RAC (Lacey)            4:00


Gig Harbor      0 2 0   0 0 0   0      2 – 4 - 2
Bellarmine      0 0 0   0 2 1   x      3 – 5 - 1


Anna Hitt, Megan Riggs (5) and Gracen Malich
Courtney Schwan, Rachel Barcena (5) and Abby McDonald


    Gig Harbor used a walk, two stolen bases, another walk, another stolen base, and a ground single to right to get two runs in the second.
    Alexa Ostrander grounded to the shortstop and was safe when the throw to first was high to open the fifth.  Alyssa McKiernan singled to center to move Ostrander to second.  Becca Sorensen was down 1-2 in the count but battled through an 11-pitch at bat.  She finally walked to load the bases.  Courtney Schwan was the first batter to face the relief pitcher.  Schwan walked on four pitches to score Ostrander.  After an out Rachel Barcena walked on a 9-pitch at bat to score McKiernan.
    Alexa Ostrander set the table again by walking to open the sixth.  Alyssa McKiernan grounded to short to force Ostrander at second.  McKiernan then stole second.  Becca Sorensen worked the count to 2-2, fouled off two more pitches, then singled to center to score McKiernan.
    Courtney Schwan started and pitched the first four innings.  She struck out three.  Rachel Barcena pitched the last three innings to get the win.  She struck out five.
    Good defensive plays were made by Celine Woo who charged a sacrifice bunt and threw to Becca Sorensen covering first for the first out in the 1st; by Rachel Sorensen who fielded a single to right, hit (the cut off) Alex DeStephano who relayed (too late to get the second runner scoring from second) to Abby McDonald who then fired a strike to Alexa Ostrander who tagged the batter out (attempting to take second) for the first out in the 2nd; by Courtney Schwan who raced almost into foul territory to catch a sinking pop up for the second out in the 2nd; by Becca Sorensen who caught a line drive for the first out in the 3rd; by Alex DeStephano who fielded a bunt and fed to Becca Sorensen covering first to end the 4th; by Becca Sorensen who charged a sinking line drive and caught it off her shoe tops for the second out in the 5th; by Abby McDonald who held on to a foul-tip third strike to end the 6th; and by Celine Woo who charged almost to the fence to catch a pop foul for the first out in the 7th.
    This win gives the Lions the third seed in the Narrows League.  The Lions will play Central Kitsap on Thursday in the Sub District Tournament.

Bellarmine 20 Mt. Tahoma 5

March 28, 2013         Mount Tahoma              4:00

Bellarmine        6 3 8   1 2      20 – 25 - 1

Mount Tahoma      0 0 0   5 0       5 -  3 - 5

Erica Grenlund and Abby McDonald

Nancy LaPointe-McCloud and Bailee Larson

      Becca Sorensen beat out an infield single to open the game and then stole second.  Rachel Barcena was safe on an error.  Alyssa McKiernan singled to load the bases.  Ashlynn Ota lined a single to left to score Sorensen and Barcena and to move McKiernan to third.  Celine Woo was safe on an error to score McKiernan and to move Ota to second.  Rachel Sorensen singled to right to score Ota and to move Woo to third.  Erica Grenlund singled infield to score Woo and to move Sorensen to second.  Abby McDonald singled infield to load the bases.  After an out Becca Sorensen hit a sacrifice fly to left to score her sister Rachel Sorensen.

      Alyssa McKiernan singled to left to open the second and took second when the throw to second was wild.  Ashlynn Ota singled to center to score McKiernan.  Celine Woo singled to right to move Ota to second.  Rachel Sorensen singled to right to score Ota and to move Woo to third.  Erica Grenlund beat out an infield single to load the bases and Woo (who had held at third) scored when the third baseman’s throw to first was wild.

      Becca Sorensen singled to left to open the third.  Rachel Barcena singled to center to move Sorensen to second.  Alyssa McKiernan was hit by a pitch to load the bases.  Ashlynn Ota doubled to center to score Sorensen, Barcena, and McKiernan.  Celine Woo doubled to left center to score Ota.  After two outs Abby McDonald tripled to right center to score Woo.  Mikaela Kelly singled infield to score McDonald.  Becca Sorensen singled to left to move Kelly to second.  Rachel Barcena singled infield to load the bases.  Alyssa McKiernan singled to left to score Kelly and Sorensen.

      Celine Woo singled to center to open the fourth.  Madison Covell grounded out third to first to move Woo to second.  Erica Grenlund was hit by a pitch.  Abby McDonald singled infield to load the bases.  Mikaela Kelly hit a shot to left to score Woo.

      Mount Tahoma used an error, two walks, a single, another walk, and a triple to get five runs in the fourth.

      Rachel Barcena beat out an infield single to open the fifth.  After an out Ashlynn Ota doubled to left center to move Barcena to third.  Celine Woo was hit by a pitch to load the bases.  Madison Covell singled to left to score Barcena.  Erica Grenlund hit a fly to left to score Ota.

      Erica Grenlund started and went the distance for the win.  She struck out eight and all five runs were unearned.

      Three milestones occurred:  Mikaela Kelly got her first varsity hit an RBI single in the third, Madison Covell got her first varsity hit an RBI single in the fifth, and Erica Grenlund won her first varsity game.

      Good defensive plays were made by Ashlynn Ota who scooped up a low throw to first for the second out in the 3rd and by Becca Sorensen who went to her right to field a screamer up the middle and fed to Alyssa McKiernan to force the runner at second for the first out in the 4th. 

Bellarmine 4 North Thurston 3

March 27, 2013           RAC Lacey                 4:00

Bellarmine          1 1 0   1 0 1   0      4 – 13 - 2

North Thurston      0 0 0   1 2 0   0      3 -  5 - 3

Rachel Barcena, Courtney Schwan (5) and Abby McDonald

Sarah Davis and Alicia Feliciano

      Becca Sorensen walked to open the first.  After an out Alyssa McKiernan singled to left to move Sorensen to second.  Courtney Schwan’s grounder to third was fumbled to load the bases.  Rachel Sorensen grounded out second to first to score her sister Becca Sorensen.

      Celine Woo singled to left to open the second and took second when the ball got by the left fielder.  After an out Woo took third on a wild pitch.  After a second out Becca Sorensen singled to left to score Woo.

      Becca Sorensen ripped a single to left with one out in the fourth.  Rachel Barcena doubled to left center to move Sorensen to third.  Alyssa McKiernan beat out an infield single to score Sorensen.

      North Thurston used a single, a walk, a wild pitch, and an error to get a run in the fourth.

      North Thurston used a first pitch leadoff home run followed by another first pitch home run to get two runs in the fifth.

      Becca Sorensen rifled a double off of the third baseman with one out in the sixth.  Rachel Barcena singled to left on the next pitch to score Sorensen.

      Rachel Barcena started and pitched 4+ innings.  She struck out 10 including the side in both the third and fourth innings.  Courtney Schwan came on in relief with the game tied in the fifth.  She struck out the side in the fifth.  She retired all nine batters that she faced on a mere 27 pitches to get the win. 

      Good defensive plays were made by Celine Woo who raced to the fence to catch a foul pop up for the second out in the 1st; and by Courtney Schwan who went toward third to field a grounder and threw to Ashlynn Ota at first for the first out in the 7th. 

Bellarmine 2 Gig Harbor 1

March 25, 2013                Leone Field                   4:00

Gig Harbor      0 0 0   1 0 0   0      1 – 5 - 2

Bellarmine      0 0 1   0 0 1   x      2 – 3 - 1

Anna Hitt and Gracen Malich

Courtney Schwan and Abby McDonald

      Abby McDonald worked the count full and then walked to open the third.  After an out McDonald took second on a wild pitch.  After a second out Alyssa McKiernan singled to right to score McDonald.

      Gig Harbor used three singles to get a run in the fourth.

      Alyssa McKiernan walked with one out in the sixth.  McKiernan stole second on the next pitch and then took third on a wild pitch.  With a 2-0 count Courtney Schwan took a strike and then singled to center to score McKiernan.

      Courtney Schwan started and again went the distance for the win.  She struck out five, walked two (one intentionally) and threw only 91 pitches.

      Good defensive plays were made by Becca Sorensen who fielded a grounder that got by the first baseman and still beat the batter to the bag for the first out in the 1st; by Ashlynn Ota who caught a line drive for the second out in the 3rd; by Courtney Schwan who fielded a shot to the mound and threw to Celine Woo to get the lead runner out at third for the second out in the 4th; by Rachel Sorensen who charged a RBI single to center and fired the ball back to the cut-off person where the throw was mishandled but Courtney Schwan alertly backed up the throw and fired to Celine Woo who tagged the runner out trying for third to end the 4th; by Courtney Schwan who fielded a come-backer and fired to Celine Woo to nail the runner trying to take third for the first out in the 5th; by Rachel Barcena who backed up an overthrow of first and held the runners to second and third with no outs in the 6th; by Abby McDonald who caught a towering foul pop up for the first out in the 6th; by Becca Sorensen who caught a line drive to second for the second out in the 6th; by Courtney Schwan who fielded a bases loaded come-backer and threw the batter out at first to end the 6th; by Celine Woo who fielded a sacrifice bunt and threw to Becca Sorensen covering first for the first out in the 7th; by Erica Grenlund who came in from left field on the bunt to cover third which stopped the base runner half way to third in the 7th; by Becca Sorensen who then ran at the runner and threw to Alyssa McKiernan covering second who threw to Celine Woo at third who threw back to Becca Sorensen (now covering second) who threw back to Celine Woo who tagged the runner out to complete a FANTASTIC double play.  Courtney Schwan fielded another come-backer and threw to Ashlynn Ota at first to end the game.