In
a game that even the girls described as sloppy, the JV Statesmen played just
well enough to win. That may not be fair. The defense was actually pretty good,
for the most part. Elise Keller came oh-so-close to making three spectacular
catches and the Flyers benefitted from an absurd hop off the grass lip to
convert a single into a homerun.
Our
base-running left something to be desired on several different occasions and took
the pressure off the Lindbergh defense, which had proven itself vulnerable. We
seemed to have trouble adjusting to the Flyer pitcher, even though she was even
a little faster than the Lutheran South pitchers we saw yesterday. We just
seemed to kind of play in slow-motion.
It’s
one thing to expect to win, it’s
another to act like you don’t need to play your best to earn a victory. There
are any number of opportunities for us to learn that lesson in the next few
games, but maybe we’ll learn from today and get back to the crisp pace that we
demonstrated on the way to our 9-1 record. Festus offers that first challenge
on Thursday. We pretty much become road warriors after that.
Nevertheless,
we played well enough to defeat Lindbergh and came right back when they jumped
out to a 6-3 lead. Rebekah Riefle paced our offense with three hard hits,
including a long double to the fence, and Josie Krueger had two; she also
picked up her and our first save of the season in relief of Allyson Peters, who
did a great job in the circle. Zero walks for our sophomore pitching tandem, and only 13 for the whole staff in 10 games. Pretty remarkable for any staff (apparently even the Cardinals), much less JV softball!
As
always, thanks to Amy Jo Love for some great photos. If you haven’t ordered
your photobook yet, you might want to talk to Amy Jo or Stacey Greer.
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