One of the downsides of not
playing enough good teams is that when you face a (very) good team like
Marquette, mistakes that were less obvious become glaring.
You cannot make many mistakes against
a good team, and we made too many to win the game, falling to the Mustangs, 10-5, in a game that was actually much closer than the score indicated. A
dropped fly ball and then small ball allowed Marquette to tack on 5 insurance runs
in the top of the seventh, turning a one run deficit into an almost impossible
mountain to climb
The Statesmen continued to
fight, however and showed the spirit that we’re used to. Errors in the field
hurt, of course, but neither Taylor Knapp nor Kelly Collins lost their
composure in the circle and battled to keep their team in the game. But the game really turned in the fourth inning, when bad base
running slowed our threat faster than a red light during rush hour. Good teams will make you pay and Marquette did.
But that’s JV softball and it’s
time to learn and move on, hoping we use the lessons of this loss to play
better tomorrow against Festus and next week against Northwest and Summit, all
tough teams. We are giving the girls Friday off, but they’ve already made
requests for our practice agenda on Monday and Wednesday. I can’t think of
anything more positive than that.
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