Winless weekend puts Southern Pride out of women’s national league

[Al Doran]

Date: Sun, 27 Nov 2005 17:34:02 +1300
From: Vance <vance(at)vanf-graphics.co.nz>
Subject:
  Winless puts Southern Pride out of women’s
  n/league



Winless weekend puts Southern Pride out of women’s national league
Sunday November 27th 2005

A weekend of losses has ended the hopes of Southern Pride in the New 
Zealand Community Trust women’s National League.

Home advantage at Saxton Park, Nelson has not been enough for the Southern 
team as they have suffered two losses today against the defending champions 
Hutt Valley 7-2 and 6-1. Today’s losses came on the back of two defeats 
yesterday against Central Vikings 8-4 and 6-4.

Going into this weekend Southern Pride were well aware of their need for 
victories as today’s games were their last in round robin play. Despite the 
need for wins the best Southern Pride could manage was a close loss against 
Central Vikings to give them one bonus point.

In the games today against Hutt Valley it was a familiar story for Southern 
Pride as they struggled to deny runs and then scored too few of their own.

Hutt Valley took control of game one in the second inning when they scored 
two runs courtesy of a home run by Katrina Stockford. The defending 
champions added another run in the fifth inning and then closed the game 
out in the sixth inning with a further four runs.

Southern Pride pegged back two runs but it was never going to be enough as 
they only managed to string together two hits in the game.

The Southern Pride batters struggled against Hutt Valley pitcher Jana 
Vacikova, the Czech Republic hurler faced 25 batters giving up just two 
hits and one walk while taking three strikeouts.

Courtney Maihi was on the mound for Southern Pride she faced 28 batters 
conceding six hits and four walks while taking three strikeouts.

Game two of the double header followed a similar pattern to the first game 
with Hutt Valley being the first to score. The home side pulled one run 
back in the second inning but then Hutt Valley went into overdrive scoring 
a further five runs in reply and extinguishing any hopes Southern Pride may 
have had.
With the two victories today the defending champions Hutt Valley join 
Auckland at the top of the points table with one weekend of round robin 
play still to go.

NEW ZEALAND COMMUNITY TRUST WOMEN’S NATIONAL LEAGUE RESULTS:
Sunday November 27th –
Hutt Valley 7 Southern Pride 2, Hutt Valley 6 Southern Pride 1.
Saturday November 26th -
Central Vikings 8 Southern Pride 4, Central Vikings 6 Southern Pride 4.

Points Table (after week two)

Team    Games Played    Won     Lost    BP 1    BP 2   Total
Auckland        4       4       -       -       -       20
Hutt Valley     4       4       -       -       -       20
Wellington      4       2       2       -       -       10
Central Vikings4        2       2       -       -       10
Southern Pride  8       -       8       -       1       1

*BP 1 = Bonus point one represents two points awarded when a team loses a 
game in tie breaker.
*BP 2 = Bonus point two represents one point awarded when a team losses by 
two runs or less where the losing team has scored a minimum of one run.
* Note: Five points are awarded for a win.

By SNZ Media Liaison: Kelly Mitchell
*  mailto:kelly.mitchell(at)xtra.co.nz

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