[Alsfastball] University of Ottawa Gee Gees

[Al Doran]

From: "Scott Searle" <Scottsearle at rogers.com>
To: "Al Doran" <fastball at pmihrm.com>
Subject: University of Ottawa Gee Gees
Date: Mon, 27 Sep 2004 10:13:06 -0400


Ottawa, ON

The University of Ottawa Gee Gee's had an up and down weekend in Kingston 
in week two of the OIWFA league play. Most of the players were up hours 
before the sun as they made the long drive to Kingston to play McMaster 
University first thing Saturday morning. It was a difficult start for the 
team who appeared to be still shaking cobwebs and muscle cramps from the 
car ride out as the Maruders jumped to a 6-0 lead after two innings. Ottawa 
never did come back from that deficit, falling 8-2. Ashley Sands, pitching 
in front of a personal cheering section of friends and relatives, came in 
to the game in relief of starter Erica Chan in the third inning and was 
very sharp in allowing only 3 runs to the strong McMaster bats. The Gee 
Gee's threatened in the first, pushing one run across on a Danna Masters 
single and a sacrifice fly from Pam Hrick. Pam stayed hot for the whole 
game as she ripped a home run to lead off the third inning, but that would 
be all the offense the Gee Gees would muster.

The caffeine kicked in and the sun came out for the second game of the day 
as Ottawa solved all of their offensive struggles from the first game. They 
raced to a 2-0 lead in the first on back to back walks from Danna Masters 
and Sarah Thompson before a double from Pam Hrick scored them all. The 
offence kept rolling as the team exploded for 8 runs in the second inning. 
All players contributed to the scoring, but a bases loaded triple from 
Nicky Dunlop did the most damage. Allison Hibbett continued to be a clutch 
hitter as she drove in two runs with a pair of singles, and Erin Durant is 
quicky revealing herself as the latest Gee Gee speedster with a pair of 
bunt singles and two runs scored. Lindsey McLaughlin had a great day at the 
plate with a pair of singles and a triple that cashed 3 runs. Sarah 
Thompson continued to keep defences on their toes with two bunts and a 
couple of runs scored at the top of the order. Jessica Prot had a very 
solid day with a pair of RBI singles. Defensively the Gee Gee's were 
perfect behind Lindsey Hutton who scattered only two hits in a 5 shutout.

The third game of the day would prove to be a classic, it was a 4 point 
match up for the Gee Gees as they faced divisional rivals Queens. The Gee 
Gees opened the scoring in the first with the same old story as a solid 
single from Pam Hrick drove in Danna Masters who seemed to be on base all 
weekend. Pam picked up another RBI in the third when she drove in Erin 
Durant with a single up the middle, but that would be all the offence the 
Gee Gees could muster against a very solid Queens team. Ashley Sands 
pitched a very good game, in her hometown, against her hometown team giving 
up only two runs in 5 innings. Lindsey Hutton came in, for relief in the 
7th and was touched for a triple by Jen Otley to push across the tying run. 
In the tie-breaker, 2 uncharacteristic errors by the Gee Gee's allowed 
Queens to score their run, but the team looked in good shape with their 
3-4-5 batters due up in the home half of the inning. Their luck caught up 
to them as all three batters hit solid line drives to the outfield that 
were caught. Final score 4-3.

The drive to Kingston felt a lot longer Sunday morning for a tired group as 
they prepared to play Brock University. It was a very good game on both 
sides as Erica Chan took the ball for the Gee Gees. Three singles from 
Brock in the first inning put them up 1-0 until the 4th. The Gee Gee bats 
heated up in the 4th inning as they pushed across 6 runs. The most damage 
came from Shannon Lundrigan who ripped a triple to cash two runs. Jen 
Blakely added to the effort with an infield single, that scored a run. Jen 
Leoppard who had another great weekend defensively drove in a run with an 
RBI single and a great effort to stretch the play to second after an 
overthrow. Team hustle and good baserunning continue to be the trademarks 
of this team. Kerry Ground again showed she is one of the best clutch 
hitters in the league with a double to drive in yet another run. Erica was 
back to her old self and very sharp on the day. Another error in the 5th 
inning and a few hits allowed Brock to score two runs and Lindsey Hutton 
came in for the last 6 outs. She was again dominant as she allowed only one 
walk in 6 batters to close out the 6-2 for the Gee Gees.

Another solid weekend for the team that will take their 6-2 record to 
London next week to take on Western, Waterloo, and Windsor and also their 
rematches against Queens and Carleton. Fans interested in following the 
team can check the website at 
<http://www.eteamz.com/ottawaufastpitch>www.eteamz.com/ottawaufastpitch





Scott Searle

From: "Scott Searle" <Scottsearle at rogers.com>







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