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<div dir="ltr">The Wilfrid Laurier Golden Hawks women's fastpitch team moved to 15-5
on the season and remains tied for second place with the Windsor
Lancers in <a href="http://www.oiwfa.org/">Ontario Intercollegiate Women’s Fastpitch Association</a>.
The Golden Hawks went 3-1 over the weekend and will close out the
regular season against those very same Lancers this Friday in Windsor.<br><br><br>Saturday
afternoon Laurier travelled to Hamilton to take on the McMaster
Marauders who are fighting for the final playoff spot in the OIWFA. The
Hawks started early and often in game one as freshman <a href="http://laurierathletics.com/peopleprofile.php?PeopleID=9349&PCID=20893" class="PL">Kristen Van Den Neucker</a> (2-3, 2RBI) led off the second inning with a single to right and was quickly cashed in from the bat of fourth year captain <a href="http://laurierathletics.com/peopleprofile.php?PeopleID=8284&PCID=20883" class="PL">Alicia Helmond</a> (2-3, 2RBI) who blasted a triple to left-centre. She would also score off a single to left from <a href="http://laurierathletics.com/peopleprofile.php?PeopleID=9355&PCID=20900" class="PL">Amy Campagnolo</a>
(3-3, 2RBI). That same duo of Helmond and Campagnolo would be good for
another pair of runs in the fourth inning as the Hawks led 4-0 early.
The Golden Hawks continued with the offence in the top of the fifth with
back to back singles from <a href="http://laurierathletics.com/peopleprofile.php?PeopleID=9353&PCID=20896" class="PL">Alanna Hentges</a> (3-3) and <a href="http://laurierathletics.com/peopleprofile.php?PeopleID=8282&PCID=20895" class="PL">Rachel Warmington</a>
(1-3) who would score easily when Van Den Neucker blasted a triple to
right field and a clutch sacrifice fly from Helmond gave the Hawks a 7-0
mercy win. A number of Laurier bats were soaring as Hentges and
Campagnolo were both perfect, going 3-3, Helmond was 2-3 with two RBIs,
and freshman shortstop <a href="http://laurierathletics.com/peopleprofile.php?PeopleID=9352&PCID=20890" class="PL">Lyndsey Allingham</a> was 2-3 with two singles. Campagnolo was lights out on the rubber pitching five shutout innings, only allowing two hits.<br>The
Marauders came out and stunned the Golden Hawks in game two, never
giving the Laurier squad who was searching for six straight wins for the
second time this season an inch. Uncharacteristic errors on the defence
and quiet bats led the Marauders to the 9-3 upset. McMaster scored two
in the first, five in the second and would add two more later in the
game and it was all too much for the Laurier offense to come back to.<br><br><br>Sunday
morning the Golden Hawks were looking to rebound against the Brock
Badgers in St Catherines. Game one was a back and forth affair won by
the Golden Hawks in thrilling fashion. Brock opened with a 1-0 lead
however the Hawks would answer right back with one in each of the second
and third innings before blowing open a 5-1 lead in the fourth. Lauren
Campbell (1-3) led off with a single followed by a walk from <a href="http://laurierathletics.com/peopleprofile.php?PeopleID=8682&PCID=20881" class="PL">Marissa Woodburn</a>
as Warmington (2 RBI) stepped up and tripled deep into right field to
score two followed up by the bigtime bat of Van Den Neucker who singled
her in as well. The Badgers were pesky on Sunday morning and they came
back with four of their own in the fifth inning to draw even with the
Hawks. Nothing across would take the opener into extra innings when
timely hitting and taking advantage of a key Badger error put the Golden
Hawks in a position to steal the win. Campbell would sacrifice-bunt <a href="http://laurierathletics.com/peopleprofile.php?PeopleID=9354&PCID=20897" class="PL">Emma Scanlon</a>
over to third for Woodburn who simply put the ball in play and Scanlon
forced a throwing error from the Badger’s shortstop which gave Laurier
the lead. Woodburn took advantage and moved up to second base on the
play and was scored off a seeing eye single from starting pitcher
Campagnolo who gave herself some insurance to work with in the bottom of
the eighth. The Hawks played shutdown in the Badger’s half and squeaked
out the 7-5 win. Helmond was 3-3 with the bat with an RBI and
Campagnolo got her 11th win on the mound.<br><br><br>Fifth year pitcher
Warmington was nearly perfect through six innings in game two throwing
her best game of the season. Mixing speeds and locations saw her
throwing a one-hitter going into the seventh. Laurier opened the scoring
in game two with back to back doubles from Campbell (2-4) and <a href="http://laurierathletics.com/peopleprofile.php?PeopleID=9350&PCID=20884" class="PL">Nicole Gagnier</a>
(2-3, 1RBI). Warmington (1RBI) would help her own cause with a
sacrifice fly to score Gagnier for the 2-0 lead. Two more were added in
the fourth as Helmond (2-3, 1RBI) blasted her fourth hit of the day
scoring Van Den Neucker and was later scored from a single up the gut by
<a href="http://laurierathletics.com/peopleprofile.php?PeopleID=9064&PCID=20882" class="PL">Sheena Haines</a>.
The Badgers managed to score two in the seventh but it was too little,
too late, suffering the two game sweep to the Golden Hawks.<br><br><br>Laurier
will travel to Windsor to finish off the 22 game regular season in a
one-on-one battle for second place in OIWFA action. The two teams will
take part of a league wide You Can Play event, taking a united stance
against homophobia in sport and both teams will sport a new look to
educate the softball world to ensuring equality, respect and safety for
all athletes, without regard to sexual orientation. Follow Laurier
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