[Alsfastball] University of Ottawa Softball (Women)

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Wild Weekend for Gee Gees
It was an up and down weekend for the Garnett and Grey in Jordan on 
the weekend for the Brock Tournament. The team played well in 
extending its streak to 7-0 and a lead in the Eastern Division. 
However, the good news was dampered in the first game when Gee Gee 
pitcher Lindsey Hutton suffered a break in her foot. It happened in 
the second inning of the first game as she drove in Heather Huggins 
with an RBI triple to open the scoring for the Gee Gees. As she slid 
into third base ahead of the tag she twisted her foot the wrong way 
causing it to snap. The Gee Gees are blessed with an in house medical 
staff with Jen Leppard in her third year of Medicine and Nicky Dunlop 
with a Masters in Human Kinetics. The team was very grateful to 
MacMaster University for offering their physical therapists and to 
Keith Hibbett, Allisons dad for driving Lindsey to the hospital. 
Lindsey had pitched a full game of shutout softball the week before 
against Guelph and started the game strong against Brock before her 
injury. However, the team is lucky to have a strong pitching staff 
and Jillian Taylor picked up where her teammate left off with a very 
strong outing allowing two runs on 4 hits. The offense started strong 
against Brock as well with Lindsey McLaughlin and Heather Huggins 
leading the charge. Lindsey was 2-3 with two doubles and a pair of 
RBI's while Heather Huggins turned in her best offensive performance 
of the year with a single, a double and one run scored. Shannon 
Lundrigan drove in a run in the first inning to cap the Gee Gee 
scoring. A 5-2 win against a strong Brock team was the final.

On the second half of a double header while most of the athletes and 
coaches minds still with Lindsey at the hospital the team took out 
their frustrations on another strong MacMaster team. The ground rules 
of the diamonds in Jordan left most of the team confused, several of 
the teams hitters seemed to be knocking the ball off the tree in 
Center Field, or the Fieldhouse in Right. Lynn Kearns took the ball 
for the Gee Gees and walked the first batter but settled down 
immediately. The leadoff batter scored for the Mauraders but that 
would be all the Gee Gee defense would allow. The defense and 
pitching was sparkling all weekend allowing only 3 runs in 3 games. 
Lynn pitched 5 strong innings for the team before conceding to Ashley 
Sands for the final 3 outs. The offense stayed strong and seemed to 
get stronger as the weekend went on. The theme of the weekend for the 
offense was execution and precision as the team improved their short 
game as well as situational hitting. Danna Masters was back to her 
old tricks at the top of the order with 2 singles and two runs 
scored. Sarah Thompson contributed with another pair of singles and 
runs. Jen Leppard and Lindsey McLaughlin were red hot all weekend 
causing headaches for opposing pitchers and catchers. Heather Huggins 
stayed hot with a double and a single. Erin Durant contributed with a 
pair of bunt singles. The team ran to an 8-1 win in a game that 
lasted only 6 innings.

The team woke up to dark clouds and rain on Sunday morning that 
forced the cancellation of the teams first game against cross town 
rival Carleton. The two Capital City teams will make it up either 
during the week or add it to the final league weekend in Ottawa. That 
left the team with only one game on Sunday before the long drive 
home. The team would like to thank the hosts, Brock as well as the 
entire Grounds Crew for all of their hard work on Sunday to make the 
diamonds playable. The offense peaked on Sunday with everyone 
contributing behind a gem from Ashley Sands. She allowed no runs on 3 
hits and was backed by very solid defense. Jillian Taylor set the 
tone for the game in the first inning with a leadoff single and a 
stolen base before a Jen Leppard double scored her. Jen stayed in 
high gear going 4-4 with a pair of doubles and a pair of singles to 
go along with 2 RBI's. Sam Pantlone also had a good day with a key 
sacrifice bunt to set up the teams first run and a pair of doubles at 
the top of the order. Nicky Dunlop had a great day with a ripped 
single through the inflield and a two run double in the 6th. Allion 
Hibbett drove in a pair of runs with a single in front of her 
hometown crowd. The team had its best offensive performance of the 
year as they raced to an 9-0 victory in 6 innings.

The team heads to Byron Optimist Park in London next week to take on 
the West Division as well as Queens and Carleton.  As always fan 
support is much appreciated.  See you in Byron.


Assistant Coach
Scott Searle
613-837-0787
Ottawausoftball at hotmail.com




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