Finishing pool play with a record of 1-1-1, the 12U-Cotton Diamond Girls entered Sunday needing to win 3 games to claim the 2011 Evans Memorial Day Classic Softball Game. In Game 1 Sunday, the girls' bats were working hard and they quickly jumped out to the lead behind timely hits by Heather Haberman and Ali Gandy among others, including Erin Hufford - whose innocuous bunt late in the game turned into a run with a couple of overthrows and some high quality base running...
Karsen Cotton pitched wonderfully and the girls won that game 6-0. Just like that, we were in the semi-finals where it was Jordan Stando's turn to shine on the mound - and shine she did. The infield was in full rhythm as Amanda Stockman and Megan Meyer collaborated to make the right side of the infield a trap for all hitters - nothing got by them. The girls were able to advance to the finals after a good game, with the final score 4-2.
As all teams know, you can't make it through "playoff sunday" without solid, deep pitching and a great supporting cast. We are fortunate enough to have both. Alex Sheehy got the nod at pitcher for the finale, and she pitched wonderfully... the opponents' bats were stymied throughout much of the game. A couple deep balls were met with fierce resistance by Jess Weaver in the outfield. Maggie Vesneske led the infield at shortstop with some timely plays, and a great tag-out at third base, Despite holding a 3-2 lead into the 4th inning, their opponents were just too much, and the 12U Diamond Girls lost a great game to a good Hamburg X-Treme squad.
We are looking forward to our next tournament adventure - Lancaster - June 3, 4, 5. Won't you join us?
