Gee-Gees Softball in Orleans

[Al's Fastball News]

Received: 9/23/08 10:22:39 PM 
From:  scottsearle at rogers.com 

   
Subject:  Gee-Gees Softball in Orleans  
 

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Solid Weekend for Gee-Gees

 

A resurgent Gee-Gees squad won 4 games on the weekend with sweeps
of both Guelph University and the University of Toronto .  This
was a very impressive feat for a very young and inexperienced
Gee-Gee squad and a complete turnaround from last year when the
team was 0-4 against the same two opponents.

 

The Gee-Gees sent Jillian Taylor to the circle in the first game
against Guelph and saw one of her finest performances in the
Garnet and Grey.  She tossed a 3 hit shutout over 7 innings but
the Gees offence couldn¢t keep up and the game went in to extra
innings. It would take 12 innings to decide a winner as the Gee-Gees
took home a 4-3 victory over a very strong Gryphons team.  Jillian
was supported by some sparkling defence up the middle from Laura
Gallant and Emily Ernst who turned two double plays.

 

In the second game of the day the Gees displayed their offensive
prowess as they roared to a 6-2 victory over the same Gryphons.
 Laura Skiperis was a leader with 2 hits and 3 RBI¢s in her home
park in Guelph and Vanessa Homiak continued a strong season with
3 hits of her own.

 

The Gee-Gees travelled to Toronto for a re-match of last years
bronze medal game with the Varsity Blues.  In what has become
one of the more exciting games of the year, the Gee-Gees romped
to a 6-0 victory behind a stellar performance from Jillian Taylor.
 The team jumped to a 3-0 lead in the first behind a double from
Mallory Watson and never looked back.

 

Emily Ernst took the ball in the second game of the double-header
and picked up her 2nd win of the weekend in a great performance.
 The team fell behind 2-0 after a strong U of T start but showed
great resiliency in crawling back to score runs in the 5th, 6th
and 7th innings to take a 3-2 win.  A two-out game winning double
in the bottom of the 7th from Mallory Watson was the difference
maker.

 

The team comes back to Ottawa for their home-opener this weekend
and will host their 3rd Annual Bridge to the Future Clinic on
Saturday morning at Pierre Rocque Park in Orleans from 10-12
AM .  The clinic is free for minor athletes of all ages.  All
athletes are encouraged to stay and watch the team take on Brock
and McMaster University at 2 and 4 PM on Saturday and 12 and
2 on Sunday.  All games are at Pierre Rocque Park in Orleans.

 

For more information contact Scott Searle at Scottsearle(at)rogers.com

 

Scott Searle
 

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