03/12/2023
This weekend we played in the USA Luck Of The Irish tournament. It was originally a 2-day. Then it was condensed to a 1-day. Then it was canceled by the park (thanks to the Friday rains). Then it was back…. but at a different park. The day started cold and windy with muddy infields. As the day warmed up, the fields began to dry. It turned out to be a great day for some softball.
We went 2-1 in our pool in a tie with two other teams. The run differential dropped us to the silver bracket where we hit and pitched our way into the championship game against the EC Bullets 08 - Gravley team. We got them earlier in the day in pool play but they jumped on us early and held on for the win in the championship game, 7-5. We learned a lot about ourselves yesterday and how competing until the end pays off. Stepping up and playing tough competition makes us stronger.
We had several offensive and defensive standouts from this weekend.
Hitting:
RBI - 6, A . Teems
RBI - 2, P. Uhlis, E. Stevenson, K. Bleisath, A. Stroud, L. Smith
HR - A. Teems
3B - A. Teems
2B - A. Teems, K. Bleisath, L. Smith
Multiple hits - K. Bleisath, R. Dooley, E. Stevenson, P. Uhlis, K. Redd, M. Tucker
Defensively, we had several outstanding plays made in the outfield. Sliding catches (Olivia), on the fly catches (Abi, MB, Laila), on the money throws gunning down runners and some diving stops on the dirt.
Pitching:
K’s - L. Smith (7), A. Teems (4)
Runs Allowed - R. Dooley (0), A. Teems (2)