OCTOBER 23 UPDATE
COMMITMENTS
Ashley Brignac, LA Voodoo Gold, committed to Louisiana-Lafayette.
Brandi Escarzaga P (2007) So Cal Xplosion 18 Gold has committed to Georgia Southern
Christy Jones, 2007- Wichita Mustangs Gold, Committed to Georgia Tech
BATBUSTER/SURF CITY SCORES
AZ Hotshots Gold 4 - Victory USA 3
WP - Katie Dennis - Bridget DelPonte 2 for 3 2 RBI's
AZ Hotshots Gold 3 - NJ Beach Girls 2
WP - Erin Arevalo - Casey Willow 2 for 2, Bre Ensminger 2 for 3
Mary Spiel 3B Game winning 3B w/ 2 RBI's
AZ Hotshots Gold 6 - SD Breakers 6
Bridget DelPonte 2 for 3 w/ 3 RBI's, Lauren Kemp 2 for 3 w/2 RBI's
AZ Hotshots Gold 5 - Cal Breeze 0
WP - Talor Haro - Katelyn Boyd HR w/ 3 RBI's
AZ Hotshots Gold 4 - Worth Firecrackers (Rico) 1
WP - Erin Arevalo - Bridget DelPOnte 2 for 3 w/ 3B, Talor Haro 2 for 3
Washington Bulldogs Gold 1 - NJ Beach Girls 0
Bulldogs Gold 3 - Grapettes Gold 1
Bulldogs Gold 2 - Mizuno Pride 0
Bulldogs Gold 1 - OC Diamonds 4
Bulldogs Gold 2 - Valley Breeze 1
Bulldogs Gold 3 - SJ Sharks 5
Bulldogs Gold 2 - WB Nuggets 0
So Cal Xplosion 7 Arizona Ice 1
So Cal Xplosion 8 Mize Diamonds 0
So Cal Xplosion 7 Pirettes 5
So Cal Xplosion 10 Las Vegs Rage 3
So Cal Xplosion 1 TNT 1
Filly's Gold 8 San Jose Sting 0
Filly's Gold 4 Minor's Gold 5
Filly's Gold 1 Utah Pegasus 0
Filly's Gold 5 Irvine Sting 2
Filly's Gold 5 Arizona Suncats 1
Fillys Christine Hiner pitched 16 shutout innings giving up only 5 hits this weekend.
PA Tuff-n-Tuffer Gold "9" over Absolute Blast "0"- Winning Pitcher Pam DelPizzo (Verbal Elon), relief Jo Krasnisky, For TNT Gold both Lindsey Ciresa Jo Krasnisky went yard, & Jess Hirschbuhl was 3-3
PA Tuff-n-Tuffer Gold "8" over Lil Saints "2" - Winning Pitcher Ali Henry, Jo Krasnisky in relief, for TNT Gold both Lindsey & Jo went 2-2
SD Breakers "4" over TNT Gold "2" - for TNT Gold Lindsey Ciresa went yard
TNT Gold "4" tie MN Sting "4" - for TNT Gold Molly Illenburger (verbal Pitt) & Lauren Fry 2-3 & both collected rbi's, Pitchers Ali Henry, Lindsey Ciresa-relief
TNT Gold "5" over SoCal Choppers "1" - winning pitcher Ali Henry, for TNT Gold Allison Kuchar hit a big 2 run shoot and Kirstin Allen &
Sarah Landes went 2-2
Explosion 18U Gold went 5-0 this past weekend outscoring their opponents 20-4.
Game #1 Explosion 7 NW Bullets 0. Michelle Tait (2008) was very impressive as she threw a two hitter with no walks. Offensively, Jennifer Meinheit (2007 - unsigned) went 3-3. ASU bound Mandy Urfer (2007) continued to hit the ball hard all over the field while knocking in 3 runs. Megan Bush (2007) and Shaunice Harris (2007), both headed to Florida next year, and Heather Gerritse (2007-Wichita St.) each had an RBI.
Game #2 Explosion 4 Pumas 3. Alyssa Freight (2007-unsigned) gave up 5 hits and 0 earned runs to the good hitting Pumas team. Priscilla Curiel (2007-unsigned) put Explosion ahead early with a RBI sacrifice fly. The Pumas came back and scored three unearned runs. Explosion won the game in the last at bat with Shaunice Harris 2 RBI single and Megan Bushs walk-off RBI single as Explosion battled back before time ran out.
Game #3 Explosion 1 Sorcerer 0. Alyssa Freight, allowing only 2 hits through 4 innings, and Michelle Tait combined to throw a shutout over the previously unbeaten Sorcerers. Dani Manko (2007 North Carolina) had the only RBI of the game scoring Elizabeth Santana (2009). The Sorcerers finally got on the scoreboard scoring several runs in the top half of the 6th inning but time expired before the inning could be completed.
Game #4 Explosion 4 Cal Breeze 0. Alex Holmes (2007 UC Davis) dominated the Breeze throwing a 5 inning perfect game. Offensively, Explosion continued their impressive hitting with Mandy Urfer going 2-3 with a long triple, here second of the day. Both would have cleared fences easily. Elizabeth Santana (2009) had 2RBIs with a line drive single threw the right side of the infield. Gerritse also knocked in a run.
Game #5 Explosion 4 Corona Angels (Marty Tyson) 1. Michelle Tait (2008) allowed 4 hits and 1 run in picking up the win for Explosion. Alex Holmes threw the last inning to secure the win. Elizabeth Santana continued her impressive hitting with a solo homerun to tie the score at 1-1. Priscilla Curiel (2007) followed up with a 3 run homerun, her third homerun in the last two weeks, to win the game for Explosion.
Irvine Sting Gold 5- Pegasus,UT 3
Irvine Sting Gold 1- Az. Suncats 7
Irvine Sting Gold 2- SJ Sting 0
(time called w./2 outs in top of 6th SJ Sting leading 3-2)
Irvine Sting Gold 3- Minors Gold 2
Irvine Sting 2- Fillys 5
Mizuno Pride Surf City October Showcase Scores
Friday
Pride 6 Minnesota Sting 1 WP Petty (08)
Pride 1 AZ Killer Bees 1
Saturday
Pride 0 WB Nuggets 0
Pride 5 SJ Sharks 1 WP Panter (07)
Pride 0 Washington Bulldogs 2 LP Panter (07)
Sunday
Pride 3 Valley Breeze Gold (Tommy) 0 WP Petty (08)
Pride 2 So Cal Diamonds Gold 0 WP Turner (07)
San Diego Legacy 9, Arizona Hot Shots 2
Alexa Datko (07 P/IF) threw 6 striking out 6 along the way while only giving up 1 hit. Both Hot Shot runs were unearned and scored in the first after a walk, fielders choice, hit batter, and error.
Lindsey Grosch (07 OF) led off the game with a triple and then scored promptly on a single by Alexa Datko. Alexa then scored on a triple by Adie Nau (08 OF) followed by single from Sterling Hoham (08 SS/P) which pushed Adie across the plate. Sterling then scored on an error by the right fielder on a shot to right field by Amber Reardon (08 SS). Brittany Fenn (08 C) led off the 4th with a walk followed by Amber Reardon reaching on another error. Christina Datko (08 OF) singled in one run, followed by Alyssa Rosales (07 IF/OF) driving in one more on a drive to CF. Lindsey Grosh then followed up with a 2 RBI single. Jennie Auger (verballed to Georgia) doubled in the 6th and scored on a single by Jill Upchuch (08 OF).
San Diego Legacy 0, Fresno Force 3
#25 of the Force did an excellent job of keeping our bats quiet the entire game working both speeds and locations very well. Backed up by some excellent defensive plays by SS #2.
San Diego Legacy 4, American Athletics 4
Chanel Rose struck out 2 in 4 innings giving up 3 earned runs.
Jennie Auger singled in the 1st followed by a walk to Tara Chenier (07 C) who both scored on a 2 out double by Adie Nau. The 3rd inning saw Lindsey Grosch lead off with a single where she then promptly stole 2nd. Lindsey moved to 3rd on a single by Jaymie Jarvis (08 OF) who then stole 2nd herself and both scored on another double by Adie Nau.
LANCASTER SCORES
Arizona Storm 3 (Sappington) vs Washington Blaze 2
Arizona Storm 8 vs Oregon Sherwood Fireballs 1
Arizona Storm 4 vs California Grapettes 1
Arizona Storm 3 vs Vancouver Posse 1
Arizona Storm 2 vs Rhonert Park Rebels 0
CAL BLASTERS 3 CAL FLAMES 2
CAL BLASTERS 1 SAN DIEGO RENEGADES 0
SC SLIDERZ 7 CAL BLASTERS 0
CAL BLASTERS 6 SC INFINITY 0
CAL BLASTERS 3 NJ INTENSITY 1
DOMINICAN UNIVERSITY
Dominican University (IL) is in need of a couple of transfers for the spring season. If interested, please contact Cristina Lukas at clukas@dom.edu or (708) 524-6237.
POLITICAL PARADOX
Three big stories on tonights news: Barack Obama scrambling the Democratic maneuvering for 2008; Peyton Manning shredding the Redskins; and our Muslim service problem. Seems many baggage handlers at Dulles and Reagan airports are Muslim. More, the Washington Airport Authority awarded the exclusive taxi rights at both airports to Washington Flyer Corp and 95% of its drivers are Muslim. Today is a Muslim holy day so none of these people showed up for work. News reports said travelers waited in long lines for taxis after waiting 90 minutes or more for baggage.
Not surprisingly, the holy day didnt stop anti-American activities in Iraq, crowned by the kidnapping of an American serviceman.
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