Hello Friends and Family!
A lot has happened since our debut in Clermont, Florida. The weather has finally broke in Pennsylvania and it is now time to play some ball! Since our spring trip we have had so many nice days to play and practice. The sun and being outside has been delightful. We have been preparing for our conference play and can’t wait to be a contender.
In preparation, we have been playing non-conference teams such as Penn State Beaver and La Roche College. I am happy to say that we have swept both doubleheaders and now we have a record of 6-6! Coach Schafer told us that this was the first time that the softball team has swept their home opener! Our home opener was last Saturday against Penn State Beaver. The game turned into a nail biter going 9 innings with a lot of risky plays, such as the suicide squeeze bunt that scored the tying run in the bottom of the 8th inning. Karen Wolfe was up with 2 strikes and 2 outs with Melissa Rankin on 3rd. Karen laid down the bunt perfectly beating out the throw to first and scoring Melissa. It was a great win and we couldn’t have fought harder to win the game. In the next game, we took our adrenaline and intensity to the next level, beating Penn State Beaver 8-2.
Yesterday, in another non-conference match-up, we played La Roche College who was 7-2 coming into the games yesterday. Emily Batiz had thirteen strikeouts in game one! Our bats were alive and we tallied 11 hits to beat La Roche 6-0. The second game was another nail biter…we like to entertain our family and friends in case you were wondering. La Roche tied up the score 6-6 in the top of the seventh inning. We answered back in the bottom of the seventh when Melissa Rankin had a lead-off double and Emily Batiz traded her places when she belted one to right field scoring the game-winning run.
It took every last one of us to win these last 5 games and we are excited for the rest of the season. We are still practicing hard and the intensity and drive is there. We are looking forward to our first conference game next Thursday vs. Westminster. However, we will be back in action tomorrow in another non-conference match-up against Ursuline College and then again on Monday at Penn State Behrend. By then we will be ready to take on the conference play at full force.
We would like to thank all of you that have come out and supported us in these past few games at home. We could not have pulled off those nail biters without you! We appreciate your support and can’t wait to see you in games to come!
Love,
TCSB
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