Bellarmine 4 Stadium 3

April 5, 2012 Peck Field 3:30

Bellarmine 0 1 0 2 0 0 1 4 – 6 - 4

Stadium 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 – 3 - 1

Courtney Schwan and Abby McDonald

Sam Townsend and Roo Townsend

Stadium used a four-base error, a triple, and a sacrifice bunt to get two runs in the first.

Courtney Schwan drove the first pitch to the center field fence for a triple to lead off the second. Rachel Sorensen courtesy ran for Schwan. After an out Rachel Barcena singled to left to score Sorensen.

Stadium used a two-out infield single, a stolen base, an error on the steal to go to third, and an error on the throw to third to get a run in the third.

Alex DeStephano walked to open the fourth. Rachel Barcena sacrificed DeStephano to second. Alexa Ostrander beat out an infield single to move DeStephano to third. Ostrander then stole second and DeStephano stole home on the back end of the double steal. Ostrander took third on a wild pitch. Alexis Mendez grounded a ball through the third baseman to score Ostrander.

With two out in the seventh, Rachel Sorensen ripped the first pitch she saw into center for a triple. Kelly McLaughlin singled to left to score Sorensen.

Good defensive plays were made by Abby McDonald who threw a runner out trying to steal second for the final out in the 1st; by Alexa Ostrander who fielded a grounder and threw out Stadium’s fastest runner at first for the second out in the 6th; and by Alexa Ostrander who fielded a grounder and made a perfect feed to Haley Dusek who made a great turn and fired a strike to Alex DeStephano for a 6-4-3 double play in the 7th.

Courtney Schwan started and again went the distance. She struck out 11 (including the side in the second inning and the side again in the fifth inning) and walked no one. She retired 12 of the last 13 batters she faced. The three runs that she gave up in the win were all unearned.

Gig Harbor 9 Bellarmine 4

April 4, 2012 Leone Field 4:00

Gig Harbor 0 1 1 4 0 3 0 9 – 15 - 3

Bellarmine 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 4 - 6 - 4

Anna Hitt and Gracen Malich

Courtney Schwan and Abby McDonald

Kelly McLaughlin singled to center to open the first. Sarah Sorensen laid down a perfect sacrifice bunt to move McLaughlin to second. When the pitcher threw the bunt into right, the runners wound up at third and second. After an out Courtney Schwan tripled to the fence in center to score McLaughlin and Sorensen.

Gig Harbor used two errors, a wild pitch, and an infield out to get a run in the second.

Alexa Ostrander singled to right to open the second. Rachel Sorensen sacrificed Ostrander to second. Alexis Mendez drove a shot to the fence in right center for an inside-the-park home run scoring Ostrander before her.

Gig Harbor used a triple and an infield out to get a run in the third.

Gig Harbor used two singles, a triple, another single, a wild pitch, an error, and another wild pitch to get four runs in the fourth.

Gig Harbor used a single, a walk, and three more singles to get three runs in the seventh.

Good defensive plays were made by Rachel Barcena who came in and went to her left to catch a blooper for the first out in the 1st; by Alexa Ostrander who stayed with a hard grounder and threw the batter out at first for the second out in the 1st; by Courtney Schwan who fielded a come backer, faked to first to hold the runner at third, and then threw the batter out at first for the first out in the 3rd; by Abby McDonald who dove to catch a bunt for the first out in the 4th; by Kelly McLaughlin who played a ball off the fence in right center and relayed to Alexa Ostrander who threw a strike to Rachel Barcena to nail the batter trying to stretch a double into a triple for the second out in the 7th; and by Alex DeStephano who dug a throw out of the dirt at first for the final out in the 7th.

Courtney Schwan started and again went the distance. She struck out 6 and walked only two. She gave up six earned runs in the loss.

Central Kitspa 4 Bellarmine 3

March 23, 2012 Linder Field 3:50

Bellarmine 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 3 – 8 - 2

Central Kitsap 0 1 0 0 2 0 1 4 – 8 - 3

Courtney Schwan and Abby McDonald

Caylee Coulter and Tristine Vandeman

Central Kitsap used a single, an error, and another single to get a run in the second.

With one out in the fourth, Sarah Sorensen singled to left and took second when the ball got by the left fielder. Celine Woo grounded to short to move Sorensen to third. When the shortstop overthrew first Sorensen scored.

With one out in the fifth, Haley Dusek doubled to right. Kelly McLaughlin drove the next pitch over the right center field fence for a home run scoring Dusek before her.

Central Kitsap used a one out walk, an infield single, a double steal, a throwing error, and a wild pitch to get two runs in the fifth.

Central Kitsap used a leadoff home run in the seventh to win the game.

Good defensive plays were made by Rachel Sorensen who raced to the line in left to catch a sinking liner for the first out in the 2nd and by Sarah Sorensen who threw the lead runner out at second on what should have been a single to right for the first out in the 4th.

Courtney Schwan started and again went the distance. She struck out seven and walked two. She suffered the loss despite giving up only one earned run.

Bellarmine 10 Shelton 0

March 21, 2012 Leone Field 4:00

Shelton 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 1 - 0

Bellarmine 3 6 0 1 x 10 – 11 - 1

M. Mitchell and J Krumpols

Courtney Schwan and Abby McDonald

Kelly McLaughlin singled to center with one out in the first. Alex DeStephano doubled over the left fielder’s head to move McLaughlin to third. Courtney Schwan singled to center to score McLaughlin and DeStephano. Schwan took second on the throw to the plate. Alexis Mendez courtesy ran for Schwan. Alexa Ostrander singled to center to move Mendez to third. Ostrander then stole second. Sarah Sorensen grounded out pitcher to first to score Mendez.

Rachel Sorensen was hit by a pitch to open the second inning and then stole second. Rebecca Sorensen singled to left to move her sister Rachel to third. Rebecca then stole second. Haley Dusek doubled over the left fielder’s head to score Rachel Sorensen and Rebecca Sorensen. Kelly McLaughlin singled to center to score Dusek. Alex DeStephano grounded to third to force McLaughlin at second. DeStephano then stole second. Courtney Schwan grounded out third to first to move DeStephano to third. Alexa Ostrander walked. Sarah Sorensen crushed a triple to left center to score DeStephano and Ostrander. Celine Woo doubled to right to score Sarah Sorensen.

Courtney Schwan singled to center to open the fourth. Madeline Lilly courtesy ran for Schwan. Alexa Ostrander grounded to short to force Lilly at second. Sarah Sorensen walked moving Ostrander to second. Celine Woo flew out to deep center to move Ostrander to third. On the first pitch to Rachel Sorensen, Sarah Sorensen stole second. When the pitch got away from the catcher, Ostrander alertly scored.

Good defensive plays were made by Alex DeStephano who back handed a ground ball and got the cleanup batter at first to end the 1st, by Sarah Sorensen who made a nice catch in right field for the first out in the 4th, and by Abby McDonald who threw a strike to Alexa Ostrander who tagged out the runner trying to steal second to end the game.

Courtney Schwan started and went the distance for the win. She struck out 9 including the side in order in the second and walked only one. She threw only 65 pitches in the one-hit shutout.

BPS 14 Lincoln 0

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.

2010 Season About to Begin

Hello everyone, as the 2010 is just about upon us, I thought I would begin updating this blog again. I will try to update this regularly during the season. Things that I will post on here are practice schedules, game schedule changes, varsity stats, game recaps, etc.

Things upcoming to be aware of:

March 1: First day of tryouts, which will take place for three days
March 4: First day of team workouts. Practice will begin at 3:15pm for both varsity and JV teams. Players must be ready to START at 3:15, not show up at 3:15. Varsity will end practice between 5:15 and 5:30.
March 6: 9am Saturday practice for varsity
March 13: Varsity Jamboree. Begins at 11am, players must arrive at 10am

LA Trip

The Varsity Fastpitch team will be traveling to LA during Bellarmine's Spring Break to play 3 non-league games. Dates of the trip will be April 7-11. Varsity players please do not plan any personal trips during these dates.

Thanks!

Coach Coovert