[Alsfastball] Lords 3-peat

[Al Doran]

From: "Mal Swift" <malswift at rogers.com>
To: "Al Doran" <fastball at pmihrm.com>
Subject: LORDS FASTBALL MAKES IT A 3-PEAT WITH CONVINCING WIN OVER SENECAAT 
OCAA CHAMPIONSHIPS!
Date: Sun, 24 Oct 2004 13:06:37 -0500



Extra!Extra!Extra! Read all about it! DC Ontario Champions!!!

Media Release

October 24, 2004

DC Women's Fastball wins its 3rd straight OCAA Championship! Routes Seneca 
11 - 0 in Gold Medal final! Record win streak now stands at an amazing 42!

Smith ends college career by tossing a perfect game in the final!!



North York - The Durham College Lords Women's Fastball team finished what 
they set out to do during training camp in August - win a 3rd consecutive 
OCAA Championship Gold Medal.  Led by senior star pitcher Erin Smith; a 
flawless defensive effort led by ss Lenna Panou, C Vanessa Chaborek, and OF 
Kathy Glen; and timely hitting by the Lords led by Karen McWilliams, Kristy 
Kelly, Lenna Panou and Jessica Smolders the Lords went a perfect 3-0 at the 
Championships to capture the OCAA Championship. It is the Lords record 12th 
OCAA Women's Fastball Championship title. It is the 6th time the Lords have 
completed a a perfect season! Other years were: 2003, 2000, 1998, 1994, 
1991.  For DC the 3 wins push their amazing undefeated win streak to to 42 
games in a row. (the streak began the 2nd game of the 2002 season). For 
Head Coach Jim Nemish it is his 9th OCAA Championship Gold Medal in the 16 
years he has led the program.  That combined with 5 Silver medals and 1 
Bronze medal makes 15 Championship medals won under Nemish. The OCAA's 
all-time winingest coach now possess a career college W-L record of 
245W-57L. (an amazing winnning percentage of .811)  His all-time conference 
W-L record is an absolutely unheard of 167W-15L  (winning percentage of 
.918!!!)  The Women's program led by Nemish, Assistant Coach Mal Swift and 
Assistant Coach Rosemary Theriault is simply the benchmakr program for 
success!  Durham College is the pinnacle of Women's fastball in the country.

Here are the game by game summaried for the Lords road to GOLD!

Game 1  Friday, October 22nd @ Seneca College

DURHAM  8  SENECA  1

* Lords jump out to an early 3-0 lead and cruised to a convincing 8-1 
victory to open the Championship double knock out format.  Erin Smith 
tossed the complete game victory giving up only 4 hits and striking out 5. 
Kristy Kelly's 5th inning triple drove in 2 and sealed the win putting DC 
up 7-1.
Vanessa Chaborek who was exceptional behind the plate also produced big 
time hits this weekend. She was 2 for 4 in this game and drove in a run. 
Win streak moves to 40 straight!  Lords advance to the semi-finals.

Linescore
SENECA      000 100 0 - 1
DURHAM      302 021 X - 8

WP - Erin Smith  7IP 4H 1R 0W 5K  Complete game win! 41st career win (41-2)
LP - Stephanie Ozog  6IP 6H 8R 4W 6K

Lords top hitters:  Vanessa Chaborek 2 for 4, rbi; Kristy Kelly 2 for 3 
with 2 rbi; Erin Smith 1 for 4 with 2 rbi.
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Game 2  Saturday, October 23rd @ Seneca College
Semi-finals

DURHAM  2  MOHAWK  1

* Lords and starter Kristin Hurst give up a first inning run to a fired up 
Mohawk College team that was looking to end the Lords win streak and title 
hopes.  However Hurst shutdown the rally and the Lords put a run right back 
up on the board in the bottom of the first. Hurst then settled in to a 
groove and mowed down Mountaineer hitters one after another giving up only 
5 hits inher 6 strong innings.   Facing last years OCAA Top Pitcher, 
Krystal Ecekersal, the  Lords used the timely hitting and base running of 
Lenna Panou, Karen McWilliams and Kathy Glen in this game to post the 
winning run in the 5th inning.  Panou had 3 hits while McWilliams  and Glen 
ahd 2 hits apiece.  Panou scored the winning run.  Erin Smith came on in 
the 7th to close the door striking out the side to record the save! Win 
streak moves to 41 straight!

Linescore
MOHAWK      100 000 0 - 1
DURHAM      100 010 X - 2

WP - Kristin Hurst  6IP 5H 1R 0W 2K  Solid victory!
LP - Krstal Eckersal  6IP 8H 2R 2W 1K
SV - Erin Smith  1IP 0H 0R 0W 3K  (Struck out the side to seal it)

Lords top hitters:  Karen McWilliams 2 for 4; Erin Smith 1 for 3 with rbi; 
Lenna Panou 3 for 4 with GW run; Kathy Glen 2 for 3.
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Game 3  Saturday, October 23rd @ Seneca College

GOLD MEDAL CHMAPIONSHIP  GAME

DURHAM  11  SENECA  0  (Erin Smith tosses perfect game!!)

* The Lords rolled to a big 11-0 victory in the gold medal game after 
jumping Sting starting pitcher Stephanie Ozog for 4 runs in the first 
inning.  The biggest story of the final was Erin Smith closing the book on 
her remarkable College fastball career, by pitching a PERFECT GAME! What a 
story book ending.  For Smith it was her 42nd career win (42-2, #1 all-time 
at DC and the OCAA..She ends up 30-0 in conference play!!) The Sting were 
faced with the task of having to beat DC twice to capture Gold against the 
undefeated Lords.  DC was not interested in playing another game and 
proceeded to route the Sting in this gold medal game.  A big grandslam 
homerun by Jessica Smolders in the 3rd inning was the clincher for DC as 
they went up 8-0. It was over for Seneca.  Big bats of McWilliams, Kelly 
and Smith led the way offensively for DC as they cruised to their 3rd 
consecutive OCAA Championship Gold Medal! The game ended after the 5th 
inning under OCAA mercy rule regulations.  It marks the 6th perfect season 
recorded by the DC Women's Fastball program and 12th OCAA Title in Women's 
Fastball.  Win streak moves to 42 straight! Unbelievable!  (Final 
collegiate games for seniors Erin Smith and 3B Terina West)

Linescore
SENECA      000 00 - 0
DURHAM      404 3X - 11

WP - Erin Smith  5IP 0H 0R 0W 5K  A PERFECT GAME!!!! 42nd career win (42-2)
LP - Stephanie Ozog  5IP 10H 11R 3W 5K

Lords top hitters:  Karen McWilliams 2 for 3 with 2 rbi; Jessica Smolders 1 
for 3 with big Grand Slam HR and 4 rbi; Kristy Kelly 1 for 2 3 rbi.

OCAA GOLD MEDAL - Durham College Lords
OCAA SILVER MEDAL - Seneca College Sting
OCAA BRONZE MEDAL - Mohawk College Mountaineers

OCAA Tournament Top Pitcher - Erin Smith (2 wins,1 save 13IP 4H 1R 0W 13K)
OCAA Tournament MVP - Stephanie Ozog - Seneca. 2 wins. Pitched all 4 games 
for Seneca.
*Gold medal presentations took place on the field after the game! Then it 
was celebration time!  WHAT A YEAR!!! WHAT A STREAK!

DURHAM COLLEGE ONTARIO CHAMPIONS!!!

Event notes: Kudos to Linda Stapleton and the Seneca College Athletic 
Department Staff for hosting a highly successful and well organized 
Championship event. They created a special atmosphere for the event and the 
participants and fans.  Great job by Seneca's SID John Sharpe in media 
promotion and game promotion for the major event. Everything looked big 
league when you arrived at the site.  Look for a separate news release 
outlining the OCAA League Awards Banquet which took place on Friday night 
in Toronto. Be sure to check out this week's Sports Illustrated, that will 
feature Lords Erin Smith in "Faces in the Crowd". Due out on newsstands Monday.

LORDS CONFERENCE RECORD: 12-0  Pennnant Winner!!! 20th time!!!
LORDS OVERALL RECORD: 17-2
Next Games:  NEXT FALL!  DC will put in a bid to host the '05 OCAA 
Championships

Complete schedule and info visit   www.durhamlords.com
OCAA website for standings and info:  www.occa.com


From: "Mal Swift" <malswift at rogers.com>





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