SVU Wins Opening Game At USCAA Tournament
May 6, 2009DECATUR, IL. - Southern Virginia University defeated St.
Joseph’s College of Brooklyn in the first round of the USCAA
National tournament by the score of 5-2.
St. Joseph started the scoring with a run in the first inning on a
walk and a double. They added to their lead in the third with
another run on a single, a sacrifice and another single for a 2-0
lead. The Lady Knights didn’t hit the scoreboard until the
bottom of the fourth when Amanda Otto (Cy-Fair HS, Cypress, TX) and
Abby Baxter (W Jessamine HS, Nicholasville, KY) led off with
singles, and Emma James (Boron HS, N Edwards, CA) doubled them both
home to knot the score up at the end of four innings.
In the SVU fifth, Ali Krebs (Lebanon, OR) and Chloe Stephens (El
Segundo, CA) led off with singles and were sacrificed up a base by
Cara Joyner (Columbia Academy, Columbia, MS). Team captain, Abbie
Fisher hit a two strike pitch out of the park for a dramatic three
run homerun and a 5-2 lead for the Lady Knights. Then freshman
pitcher Amanda Otto shut down the Lady Bears on no hits in the
sixth and seventh innings to preserve the victory for SVU. For the
game she allowed seven hits, walked one, and struck out six en
route to pitching a complete game.
Offensively, the Knights had ten hits as Stephens, Fisher, Baxter,
and Otto had two hits each; and Krebs and James each had a hit. The
Knights are now 19-10 for the season.
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