The Columbia softball program has never had a winning season. That all changed this year and in the final game of the regular season, the Tide girls had some fin in winning their 13th game overall and 10th league game by a 13-0 score over Lancaster Mennonite.
The Tide finishes the regular season with a 13-7 record and they were 10-6 in Section 5.
Columbia has qualified foe the District 3 Class AA playoffs, which open Wednesday, Feb.19 at a site, time and opponent to be announced.
Monday, which was designated Senior Day, the Tide had no problem. All the team’s seniors – Sara Burke, Allison Michener, Victoria Kuhn and Kayla Ortman contributed to the win, especially in tje second inning when the Tide sent 16 girls to the dish and scored 12 runs.
In that inning, Burke, who started the inning with a neatly bunt single, also walked; Michener singled and circled the bases on two Mennonite errors; Kuhn drove in a run on a ground out, while Ortman reached on an error and scored.
In that second inning, Columbia ripped seven hits, had four girls walk and Mennonite had five errors in the inning. Ripping extra base hits were Ashlyn Phillips, Emily Detz and Vallesa Carollo. Burke, Emily Detz, Phillips, Nobile and Carollo each reach base twice in the inning.
All of this offense coming for the Tide after they left the bases juiced in the first.
Columbia added to their run total in the fourth when Nobile reached after striking out the Mennonite catcher misplayed the third strike, moved to second on a wild pitch, to third on an error and scored on another wild pitch.
Detz was her usual steady stuff in the circle. She didn’t allowed Mennonite a hit until the fourth and that runner was erased trying to go to second. She also allowed the Lady Blazers a hit in the fifth. She struck out eight.
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Links to story on COLUMBIA girls' softball game
with all the excotement last night, I was unable to post anything on the Columbia girls' softball game with Annville-Cleona. Here are some links.http://highschoolsports.pennlive.com/news/article/7884435254533629746/annville-cleona-clinches-lancaster-lebanon-softball-berth-with-convincing-win-over-columbia/
http://www.ldnews.com/ci_15042290?source=rss
Hope to see everyone out at Glatfelter this morning at 10 a.m.
http://www.ldnews.com/ci_15042290?source=rss
Hope to see everyone out at Glatfelter this morning at 10 a.m.
Wednesday, May 5, 2010
Tide girls drop key game
For the Columbia girls’ softball team heading into the final four games of the regular season, the mission was simple. Win out and they make the Lancaster-Lebanon League playoffs for the first time in school history.
They entered the week tied with Annville-Cleona tied for second place in Section 4 – a game behind section leading Pequea Valley.
The cards seemed to be lined up for the Tide. They went through the first half of the Section 4 season unbeaten. Monday they won the first of their final four games over Lebanon Catholic. Today at Glatfelter Field, the Tide hosted Lancaster Catholic.
And now there is a bump in the road for the Tide as Lancaster Catholic scored a 3-2 win over Columbia.
The loss dropped the Tide to 10-4 in league play, a game behind Annville-Cleona, who they play on Friday and two games behind Pequea Valley, who plays A-C on Monday. (Columbia also has a non-league game at 10 a.m. Saturday morning with Reading Central Catholic in am American Cancer Society benefit).
So if the Tide beats A-C on Friday and Lancaster Mennonite on Monday and A-C falls to PV on Monday, the Tide gets second place. So, Friday is now the biggest game of the season.
Wednesday’s game can best be described as frustrating for the Tide. They left 14 runners on base, including the bases juiced in the third and fifth innings.
Here’s how it went at the dish for the Tide:
First inning – Jenna Plastino and Ashlyn Phillips walked with two outs and didn’t score.
Second inning: Columbia trailing 2-0 rallied to tie the game. Alexis Eckman led the inning off with a walk, moved to second on a wild pitch and made it to third on a bunt single off the bat of Emily Groft. With two outs and Emily Detz at the dish, the Tide hurler launched a long drive to center for a triple. The next batter, Valessa Carollo walked, but the two runners were left stranded.
Third inning – Phillips led the inning off with a single and with two outs, Eckman and Kayla Lambert walked to load the sacks, but Catholic was able to get out of the inning.
Fifth inning – With one out, Allison Michener reached on a bunt hit, was sacrificed to second by Eckman. Lambert then reached on an infield hit and Brittany Germer was hit by a pitch. But Catholic got out of the jam when Groft bunted into a fielder’s choice with Michener just getting tug out at the plate.
Sixth inning – Trailing 3-2, Detz and Plastino walked and with one out, Phillips ripped a sinking liner to left, which the Catholic fielder turned into a “web gem” catching the ball before it hit the grass. Then Catholic got a huge break. Michener hit a ground ball to short, it kicked off the shortstop’s glove right to Catholic third baseman, forcing Detz at third.
Seventh inning – Eckman reached on a bunt hit and Kayla Ortman batting for Lambert was hit by a pitch. Again, luck or fate was on Catholic’s side. Catholic got a fielder’s choice grounder for a force and then ended the game with a strike out and ground ball out to pull off the upset.
As for Catholic, they took advantage of their breaks in the second inning when they took a 2-0 lead.
With one out, Catholic had a batter reach on a walk and then next batter reached on a Tide error.
They plated their two runs in the inning when a batted ball went back through the box off Detz’ glove into centerfield for a hit and two runs.
Catholic didn’t get anything else going at the dish until the fifth. Two infield hits, a sacrifice an d a single to right pushed aross the go ahead run.
They entered the week tied with Annville-Cleona tied for second place in Section 4 – a game behind section leading Pequea Valley.
The cards seemed to be lined up for the Tide. They went through the first half of the Section 4 season unbeaten. Monday they won the first of their final four games over Lebanon Catholic. Today at Glatfelter Field, the Tide hosted Lancaster Catholic.
And now there is a bump in the road for the Tide as Lancaster Catholic scored a 3-2 win over Columbia.
The loss dropped the Tide to 10-4 in league play, a game behind Annville-Cleona, who they play on Friday and two games behind Pequea Valley, who plays A-C on Monday. (Columbia also has a non-league game at 10 a.m. Saturday morning with Reading Central Catholic in am American Cancer Society benefit).
So if the Tide beats A-C on Friday and Lancaster Mennonite on Monday and A-C falls to PV on Monday, the Tide gets second place. So, Friday is now the biggest game of the season.
Wednesday’s game can best be described as frustrating for the Tide. They left 14 runners on base, including the bases juiced in the third and fifth innings.
Here’s how it went at the dish for the Tide:
First inning – Jenna Plastino and Ashlyn Phillips walked with two outs and didn’t score.
Second inning: Columbia trailing 2-0 rallied to tie the game. Alexis Eckman led the inning off with a walk, moved to second on a wild pitch and made it to third on a bunt single off the bat of Emily Groft. With two outs and Emily Detz at the dish, the Tide hurler launched a long drive to center for a triple. The next batter, Valessa Carollo walked, but the two runners were left stranded.
Third inning – Phillips led the inning off with a single and with two outs, Eckman and Kayla Lambert walked to load the sacks, but Catholic was able to get out of the inning.
Fifth inning – With one out, Allison Michener reached on a bunt hit, was sacrificed to second by Eckman. Lambert then reached on an infield hit and Brittany Germer was hit by a pitch. But Catholic got out of the jam when Groft bunted into a fielder’s choice with Michener just getting tug out at the plate.
Sixth inning – Trailing 3-2, Detz and Plastino walked and with one out, Phillips ripped a sinking liner to left, which the Catholic fielder turned into a “web gem” catching the ball before it hit the grass. Then Catholic got a huge break. Michener hit a ground ball to short, it kicked off the shortstop’s glove right to Catholic third baseman, forcing Detz at third.
Seventh inning – Eckman reached on a bunt hit and Kayla Ortman batting for Lambert was hit by a pitch. Again, luck or fate was on Catholic’s side. Catholic got a fielder’s choice grounder for a force and then ended the game with a strike out and ground ball out to pull off the upset.
As for Catholic, they took advantage of their breaks in the second inning when they took a 2-0 lead.
With one out, Catholic had a batter reach on a walk and then next batter reached on a Tide error.
They plated their two runs in the inning when a batted ball went back through the box off Detz’ glove into centerfield for a hit and two runs.
Catholic didn’t get anything else going at the dish until the fifth. Two infield hits, a sacrifice an d a single to right pushed aross the go ahead run.
Monday, May 3, 2010
Tide girls top Beavers
Going into Monday’s L-L League softball game with Lebanon Catholic, there were two concerns.
First, all the Tide had to do was win their final four league games and they would earn the school’s first league playoff berth.
Second, would there be any letdown by the Tide girls following Friday’s 5-4 loss to Pequea Valley.
Well, on the first point, the Tide girls knocked down the Lady Beavers, 8-2, to keep those league playoff hopes alive.
As for the second point, the letdown lasted until the sixth inning when the Tide finally broke the game open with five runs.
The Tide will host Lancaster Catholic on Wednesday, then travel to Annville-Cleona on Friday before closing out the week with a 10 a.m. Saturday non-league American Cancer Society benefit game with Reading Central Catholic. Columbia will close the regular season on Monday at home with Lancaster Mennonite.
The Tide jumped out to an early 1-0 lead, scoring in the first inning on a trio of hits by Emily Detz, Vallesa Carollo and Jenna Plastino. However, the Tide left two stranded.
Detz was in the circle for the Tide and was in control until the fourth. The Beavers scored a run with two outs on a single and double. But Detz buckled down and got one of her 15 strikeouts to end the threat. It was the first hits of the game for LC.
Columbia got two more runs in their half of the fourth. Alexis Eckman led off with a bunt single and moved to third when Brittany Germer reached on an error by Lebanon Catholic. Eckman scored when pinch-hitter Sara Burke laid down a perfect bunt and Germer scored on a wild pitch.
The Tide was now ahead 3-1, but the Beavers did not go away, pulling within 3-2 with a single tally in the sixth.
That’s also when the Tide put this one away.
Germer started the inning with a double, Kayla Lambert reached on an error and Emily Groft drove in the second run of the inning with a single. After Detz walked to load the sacks, Plastino and Allison Michener singled to score three more to end any hopes of a Lebanon Catholic win.
First, all the Tide had to do was win their final four league games and they would earn the school’s first league playoff berth.
Second, would there be any letdown by the Tide girls following Friday’s 5-4 loss to Pequea Valley.
Well, on the first point, the Tide girls knocked down the Lady Beavers, 8-2, to keep those league playoff hopes alive.
As for the second point, the letdown lasted until the sixth inning when the Tide finally broke the game open with five runs.
The Tide will host Lancaster Catholic on Wednesday, then travel to Annville-Cleona on Friday before closing out the week with a 10 a.m. Saturday non-league American Cancer Society benefit game with Reading Central Catholic. Columbia will close the regular season on Monday at home with Lancaster Mennonite.
The Tide jumped out to an early 1-0 lead, scoring in the first inning on a trio of hits by Emily Detz, Vallesa Carollo and Jenna Plastino. However, the Tide left two stranded.
Detz was in the circle for the Tide and was in control until the fourth. The Beavers scored a run with two outs on a single and double. But Detz buckled down and got one of her 15 strikeouts to end the threat. It was the first hits of the game for LC.
Columbia got two more runs in their half of the fourth. Alexis Eckman led off with a bunt single and moved to third when Brittany Germer reached on an error by Lebanon Catholic. Eckman scored when pinch-hitter Sara Burke laid down a perfect bunt and Germer scored on a wild pitch.
The Tide was now ahead 3-1, but the Beavers did not go away, pulling within 3-2 with a single tally in the sixth.
That’s also when the Tide put this one away.
Germer started the inning with a double, Kayla Lambert reached on an error and Emily Groft drove in the second run of the inning with a single. After Detz walked to load the sacks, Plastino and Allison Michener singled to score three more to end any hopes of a Lebanon Catholic win.
Friday, April 30, 2010
Tough loss knocks Tide out of first
The Columbia girls’ softball team has done the unexpected this season.
Not only have they won 10 games for the first time in school history, but have also qualified for the District Three playoffs for the first time in school history. And, they still have a chance to qualify for the Lancaster-Lebanon League playoffs. To do that, in the immortal words of the Oakland Raiders, all they have to do is “Just Win Baby!”
But as the team grows in terms of experience and gets into position to win consistently, they still have moments where they revert back to their old ways of not making the plays.
That was the key Friday afternoon in Kinzers as the Tide battled Pequea Valley for first place in Section 4 of the L-L League. Columbia didn’t make the plays at the end and lost to the Valley Braves, 5-4 to fall out of first place.
First place now belongs to Annville-Cleona, who is 9-3 and the Braves, who are 8-3. The Tide fell to 8-4 in league play and 10-5 overall.
The Tide and Valley Braves were deadlocked entering the bottom of the seventh. With Emily Detz settling in for the Tide and the Brave mound combo of Kayla Wallace and Kasey Williams holding off the Tide, there was a strong possibility the battle for first place might be going to extra innings.
But...
Pequea Valley used some small ball to win the game. They opened the inning with their first three batters using the bunt to make the Tide field the ball. The first batter reached on a base hit and moved to second when the throw from Tide catcher Ashlyn Phillips sailed past first. Now with the winning run on second, the next PV hitter was called out for being out of the batter’s box on another bunt. Hitter number three also laid a perfect bunt down and moved to second on another error. Tide coach Brad Brubaker elected to intentionally walk the fourth batter of the inning to load the sacks. But the fifth batter of the inning found a hole over first for a bloop hit to win the game.
That wasn’t where the Tide lost this one.
They had bigger problems in the first inning as well.
Junior fireballer Emily Detz walked the first batter she faced and that, along with a couple of mistakes by the Tide, gave Pequea Valley three runs and an early lead.
The next Brave hitter laid down a perfect sacrifice bunt, allowing the previous runner to move to third. Next, a PV batter hit a ground ball to shortstop Allison Michener, who wasn’t sure what to do with the ball allowing the Braves to score. That batter, along with anther batter, who got the only hit of the inning scored, following an error by Tide second sacker Kayla Ortman.
All three runs in the inning were gift wrapped by the Tide.
In a big game such as this one, three runs might be tough to overcome. But it was no problem for the Tide against PV hurler Wallace in the second.
Freshman Phillips slugged a triple to right to start the inning. Columbia got on the board when Michener singled. Next up, Ortman reached on an error by the PV second baseman. Kayla Lambert then reached on an error to load the bases. Emily Nobile then reached on a bunt as a run scored. Alexis Eckman made the first out of the inning, grounding to second, but a run scored and the Tide was ahead, 4-3. It could have been worse, but the Tide had a runner thrown out at third.
The game started to settled down.
PV tied the game at 4-4 in the fourth on a walk and double.
In the fifth, Detz doubled and moved to third with one out, but the Tide couldn’t score.
Columbia got another runner in the sixth when Michener walked, but was left stranded.
And then it all came down to the bottom of the seventh.
Not only have they won 10 games for the first time in school history, but have also qualified for the District Three playoffs for the first time in school history. And, they still have a chance to qualify for the Lancaster-Lebanon League playoffs. To do that, in the immortal words of the Oakland Raiders, all they have to do is “Just Win Baby!”
But as the team grows in terms of experience and gets into position to win consistently, they still have moments where they revert back to their old ways of not making the plays.
That was the key Friday afternoon in Kinzers as the Tide battled Pequea Valley for first place in Section 4 of the L-L League. Columbia didn’t make the plays at the end and lost to the Valley Braves, 5-4 to fall out of first place.
First place now belongs to Annville-Cleona, who is 9-3 and the Braves, who are 8-3. The Tide fell to 8-4 in league play and 10-5 overall.
The Tide and Valley Braves were deadlocked entering the bottom of the seventh. With Emily Detz settling in for the Tide and the Brave mound combo of Kayla Wallace and Kasey Williams holding off the Tide, there was a strong possibility the battle for first place might be going to extra innings.
But...
Pequea Valley used some small ball to win the game. They opened the inning with their first three batters using the bunt to make the Tide field the ball. The first batter reached on a base hit and moved to second when the throw from Tide catcher Ashlyn Phillips sailed past first. Now with the winning run on second, the next PV hitter was called out for being out of the batter’s box on another bunt. Hitter number three also laid a perfect bunt down and moved to second on another error. Tide coach Brad Brubaker elected to intentionally walk the fourth batter of the inning to load the sacks. But the fifth batter of the inning found a hole over first for a bloop hit to win the game.
That wasn’t where the Tide lost this one.
They had bigger problems in the first inning as well.
Junior fireballer Emily Detz walked the first batter she faced and that, along with a couple of mistakes by the Tide, gave Pequea Valley three runs and an early lead.
The next Brave hitter laid down a perfect sacrifice bunt, allowing the previous runner to move to third. Next, a PV batter hit a ground ball to shortstop Allison Michener, who wasn’t sure what to do with the ball allowing the Braves to score. That batter, along with anther batter, who got the only hit of the inning scored, following an error by Tide second sacker Kayla Ortman.
All three runs in the inning were gift wrapped by the Tide.
In a big game such as this one, three runs might be tough to overcome. But it was no problem for the Tide against PV hurler Wallace in the second.
Freshman Phillips slugged a triple to right to start the inning. Columbia got on the board when Michener singled. Next up, Ortman reached on an error by the PV second baseman. Kayla Lambert then reached on an error to load the bases. Emily Nobile then reached on a bunt as a run scored. Alexis Eckman made the first out of the inning, grounding to second, but a run scored and the Tide was ahead, 4-3. It could have been worse, but the Tide had a runner thrown out at third.
The game started to settled down.
PV tied the game at 4-4 in the fourth on a walk and double.
In the fifth, Detz doubled and moved to third with one out, but the Tide couldn’t score.
Columbia got another runner in the sixth when Michener walked, but was left stranded.
And then it all came down to the bottom of the seventh.
Thursday, April 29, 2010
Tide girls gear up for final stretch
There’s no doubt the Columbia girls’ softball team has been the biggest surprise of the Lancaster-Lebanon League this season.
The former cellar dwellers have gone from the outhouse to the penthouse so to speak. In last place for most of the 26 years the school has played softball, the Tide finds itself in an unusual spot. Heading into the final five Section 4 games of the season, coach Brad Brubaker’s team is tied with Annville-Cleona with an 8-3 record, followed closely by Pequea Valley with a 7-3 (Pequea Valley still has a make-up game with Lancaster Mennonite) record.
Columbia can take a giant step toward a possible Section 4 title tomorrow when they open the second half of Section 4 play with a game at Pequea Valley.
The Tide scored its first win of this special season earlier by a 3-2 score over the Valley Braves.
Thursday, the Tide put themselves in position to play for first place with a 7-1 win over Northern Lebanon at Glatfelter Field. The big win came a day after the Tide was blanked by Donegal, 8-0.
The win over the Lady Vikings helped the Tide complete crossover games with a 3-3 record and improve their overall record to 10-4, which is three more wins than any CHS team ever had.
First, we’ll start with the bats. After being no hit a day earlier by Donegal’s Kelsey Hannold, the Tide banged out nine hits in the win, which was their most in their last seven games.
The “hittin inning” for the Tide Thursday was the second. They banged six hits in the inning, which helped them score six runs.
Freshman Ashlyn Phillips started the frame off with a single. Allison Michener then reached on a fielder’s choice, when the Vikings couldn’t make a play on her bunt. Now with one out, Kayla Lambert singled to score one, allowing Michener to move to third. Kayla Ortman then walked to load the sacks. Columbia almost made it 2-0 as Michener was thrown out at the dish attempting to score on a wild pitch.
No problem however.
Alexis Eckman stepped to the dish and delivered a single, which plate two runs, which was followed by a three bagger off the bat of Emily Detz to score Ortman and Eckman. Detz scored when Vallessa Carollo singled and she came home on a double off the bat of Jenna Plastino, who was thrown out at third trying to stretch the hit into a triple.
All the sudden, it was 6-0 and with sharp shooter Detz rebounding from an off game the day before against Donegal in the circle, all was well with the Tide.
Well, a bunt single and double in the third got one run back for the Vikings, but that’s all they would get.
Detz struck out 17 (two reached on strike out/wild pitches and walked two. Northern Lebanon thanks to some loose defense by the Tide got two more runners on in the fourth, but didn’t score. They also got two runners in the sixth on a Tide error and strike out/wild pitch, but didn’t score.
At the plate, the Tide was “oh so” close to breaking this one open.
In the fourth, Ortman singled with one out and moved to third on a couple of wild pitches. Detz then walked but was thrown out trying to go to second for the third out following the walk.
Columbia scored its seventh run in the fifth. Carollo singled and scored, but Columbia loaded the bases o a couple of walks and a hit batter, only to have another runner cut down at the plate, attempting to score on an infield out.
But in the seventh, Detz strongly closed the game with her final two strikeouts and a pop out to Michener at short.
After playing PV tomorrow, the Tide has winnable games Monday and Wednesday with Lancaster Mennonite and Lancaster Catholic, both at home, before traveling to Annville-Cleona next Friday.
Depending upon what happens tomorrow, there may never be a bigger game in Columbia softball history.
The former cellar dwellers have gone from the outhouse to the penthouse so to speak. In last place for most of the 26 years the school has played softball, the Tide finds itself in an unusual spot. Heading into the final five Section 4 games of the season, coach Brad Brubaker’s team is tied with Annville-Cleona with an 8-3 record, followed closely by Pequea Valley with a 7-3 (Pequea Valley still has a make-up game with Lancaster Mennonite) record.
Columbia can take a giant step toward a possible Section 4 title tomorrow when they open the second half of Section 4 play with a game at Pequea Valley.
The Tide scored its first win of this special season earlier by a 3-2 score over the Valley Braves.
Thursday, the Tide put themselves in position to play for first place with a 7-1 win over Northern Lebanon at Glatfelter Field. The big win came a day after the Tide was blanked by Donegal, 8-0.
The win over the Lady Vikings helped the Tide complete crossover games with a 3-3 record and improve their overall record to 10-4, which is three more wins than any CHS team ever had.
First, we’ll start with the bats. After being no hit a day earlier by Donegal’s Kelsey Hannold, the Tide banged out nine hits in the win, which was their most in their last seven games.
The “hittin inning” for the Tide Thursday was the second. They banged six hits in the inning, which helped them score six runs.
Freshman Ashlyn Phillips started the frame off with a single. Allison Michener then reached on a fielder’s choice, when the Vikings couldn’t make a play on her bunt. Now with one out, Kayla Lambert singled to score one, allowing Michener to move to third. Kayla Ortman then walked to load the sacks. Columbia almost made it 2-0 as Michener was thrown out at the dish attempting to score on a wild pitch.
No problem however.
Alexis Eckman stepped to the dish and delivered a single, which plate two runs, which was followed by a three bagger off the bat of Emily Detz to score Ortman and Eckman. Detz scored when Vallessa Carollo singled and she came home on a double off the bat of Jenna Plastino, who was thrown out at third trying to stretch the hit into a triple.
All the sudden, it was 6-0 and with sharp shooter Detz rebounding from an off game the day before against Donegal in the circle, all was well with the Tide.
Well, a bunt single and double in the third got one run back for the Vikings, but that’s all they would get.
Detz struck out 17 (two reached on strike out/wild pitches and walked two. Northern Lebanon thanks to some loose defense by the Tide got two more runners on in the fourth, but didn’t score. They also got two runners in the sixth on a Tide error and strike out/wild pitch, but didn’t score.
At the plate, the Tide was “oh so” close to breaking this one open.
In the fourth, Ortman singled with one out and moved to third on a couple of wild pitches. Detz then walked but was thrown out trying to go to second for the third out following the walk.
Columbia scored its seventh run in the fifth. Carollo singled and scored, but Columbia loaded the bases o a couple of walks and a hit batter, only to have another runner cut down at the plate, attempting to score on an infield out.
But in the seventh, Detz strongly closed the game with her final two strikeouts and a pop out to Michener at short.
After playing PV tomorrow, the Tide has winnable games Monday and Wednesday with Lancaster Mennonite and Lancaster Catholic, both at home, before traveling to Annville-Cleona next Friday.
Depending upon what happens tomorrow, there may never be a bigger game in Columbia softball history.
Wednesday, April 28, 2010
Tide girls are no hit
A wind-swept field was the least of Columbia's problems as Tide hitter after hitter faced Donegal ace Kelsey Hannold Wednesday afternoon in Mount Joy.
The Indians' junior pitcher hurled a 10 strikeout no-hitter against Columbia and went 3-4 from the plate, including two RBI as Section 3 frontrunner Donegal shutout Columbia 7-0.
One bright spot on the afternoon was freshman Valessa Carollo, who entered the game in fourth relieving Emily Detz in the pitching circle. Carollo struck out 3 and did not yield an earned run in relief.
Columbia concludes its Section 3 / 4 crossover schedule on Thursday when the Tide hosts Northern Lebanon at 4:15 pm.
The Indians' junior pitcher hurled a 10 strikeout no-hitter against Columbia and went 3-4 from the plate, including two RBI as Section 3 frontrunner Donegal shutout Columbia 7-0.
One bright spot on the afternoon was freshman Valessa Carollo, who entered the game in fourth relieving Emily Detz in the pitching circle. Carollo struck out 3 and did not yield an earned run in relief.
Columbia concludes its Section 3 / 4 crossover schedule on Thursday when the Tide hosts Northern Lebanon at 4:15 pm.
Friday, April 16, 2010
A lesson learned in loss
The Columbia girls’ softball is young, with a lot of inexperience at the varsity level.
There’s no denying that through the first seven games of the season, they’ve done well, winning six of those games.
For the first time in school history, the rest of the Lancaster-Lebanon League is taking notice.
Through the first half of Section 4 play, the Tide went 5-0, beating a couple of traditional powers.
Friday afternoon at Glatfelter Field, coach Brad Brubaker’s team started crossover play with a game against Lampeter-Strasburg, one of top teams in Section 3.
And it was a dandy of a game, with the Pioneers holding off the Crimson Tide for a 2-1 win.
Columbia is 5-1 in league play and 6-2 overall. Monday, the Tide travels to Manheim Central for another tough non-league game.
The difference in this one was that the Tide, despite an 11-strikeout performance by junior Emily Detz, didn’t come up big in the field and two runners thrown out at the dish attempting to score.
The Pioneers scored first. Their lead-off batter tripled just wide of the glove of Tide right fielder Emily Nobile. Despite striking out the side in the first, the Pioneers got the jump in the scoring column, scoring on a passed ball.
Columbia got its first chance to score in the third when Allison Michener reached on an infield hit and moved to third on a stolen base and a ground out. With two outs, Emily Groft worked a walk to give the Tide two base runners, but Vallesa Carollo was called out on a questionable third strike call to end the threat.
With two outs in the fifth, the Pioneers reached Detz for another run, capitalizing on a solid single to right, two stolen bases and a little infield nubber that went for a hit.
At that points, the two runs looked big for the Pioneers as the Tide wasn’t doing much at the dish.
But in the fifth, the Tide got something going.
With one out, Nobile reached on a bunt hit and Detz with a single to right, allowing Nobile to scurry to third and Detz eventually ending up on second. A golden opportunity for the Tide. Next up was Groft, who bunted, but Nobile was gunned down at the plate, keeping the Tide off the board.
After a scoreless sixth, this one went down to the final three outs.
Michener led off the seventh with a solid single to center and pinch-hitter Kayla Lambert came off the pines to rip a gapper to left-center scoring Michener. All the sudden, it was 2-1 with no one out and the top of the order up.
Rather than give up a big hit to the Tide’s best player Detz, L-S threw four balls out of the strike zone, with one problem. Ball four sailed wide of the plate past the L-S catcher, allowing Lambert to move to third.
With the game on the line, Groft hit a hard liner to second, which was caught and nearly doubled Detz off first. With one out, Carollo hit one to third, but Lambert was cut down at the plate. Still, there was at least one more chance for the Tide, but the comeback ended when Jenna Plastino popped out to end the game.
Despite the loss, the Tide still leads Section 4, just ahead of Pequea Valley and Annville-Cleona.
There’s no denying that through the first seven games of the season, they’ve done well, winning six of those games.
For the first time in school history, the rest of the Lancaster-Lebanon League is taking notice.
Through the first half of Section 4 play, the Tide went 5-0, beating a couple of traditional powers.
Friday afternoon at Glatfelter Field, coach Brad Brubaker’s team started crossover play with a game against Lampeter-Strasburg, one of top teams in Section 3.
And it was a dandy of a game, with the Pioneers holding off the Crimson Tide for a 2-1 win.
Columbia is 5-1 in league play and 6-2 overall. Monday, the Tide travels to Manheim Central for another tough non-league game.
The difference in this one was that the Tide, despite an 11-strikeout performance by junior Emily Detz, didn’t come up big in the field and two runners thrown out at the dish attempting to score.
The Pioneers scored first. Their lead-off batter tripled just wide of the glove of Tide right fielder Emily Nobile. Despite striking out the side in the first, the Pioneers got the jump in the scoring column, scoring on a passed ball.
Columbia got its first chance to score in the third when Allison Michener reached on an infield hit and moved to third on a stolen base and a ground out. With two outs, Emily Groft worked a walk to give the Tide two base runners, but Vallesa Carollo was called out on a questionable third strike call to end the threat.
With two outs in the fifth, the Pioneers reached Detz for another run, capitalizing on a solid single to right, two stolen bases and a little infield nubber that went for a hit.
At that points, the two runs looked big for the Pioneers as the Tide wasn’t doing much at the dish.
But in the fifth, the Tide got something going.
With one out, Nobile reached on a bunt hit and Detz with a single to right, allowing Nobile to scurry to third and Detz eventually ending up on second. A golden opportunity for the Tide. Next up was Groft, who bunted, but Nobile was gunned down at the plate, keeping the Tide off the board.
After a scoreless sixth, this one went down to the final three outs.
Michener led off the seventh with a solid single to center and pinch-hitter Kayla Lambert came off the pines to rip a gapper to left-center scoring Michener. All the sudden, it was 2-1 with no one out and the top of the order up.
Rather than give up a big hit to the Tide’s best player Detz, L-S threw four balls out of the strike zone, with one problem. Ball four sailed wide of the plate past the L-S catcher, allowing Lambert to move to third.
With the game on the line, Groft hit a hard liner to second, which was caught and nearly doubled Detz off first. With one out, Carollo hit one to third, but Lambert was cut down at the plate. Still, there was at least one more chance for the Tide, but the comeback ended when Jenna Plastino popped out to end the game.
Despite the loss, the Tide still leads Section 4, just ahead of Pequea Valley and Annville-Cleona.
Monday, April 5, 2010
Tide wins, Tide wins
It only took new Columbia softball coacah Brad Brubaker two games to get his first win and it was a big one at that.
"We opened Section 4 play today with a 3-2 win over three-time defending Section 4 champion Pequea Valley," Brubaker said.
Emily Detz recorded 14 strikeouts and just two walks, and scored the winning run.
"It was Columbia's first\ever win against Pequea Valley," the coach said.
The Tide will host Eastern in a non-league game on Tuesday at 4:15 p.m.
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"We opened Section 4 play today with a 3-2 win over three-time defending Section 4 champion Pequea Valley," Brubaker said.
Emily Detz recorded 14 strikeouts and just two walks, and scored the winning run.
"It was Columbia's first\ever win against Pequea Valley," the coach said.
The Tide will host Eastern in a non-league game on Tuesday at 4:15 p.m.
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Friday, April 2, 2010
Columbia girls drop opener
The softball season for new coach Brad Brubaker got of to a bad start yesterday at Columbia High School as the Crimson Tide lost to District Three Class AA power Upper Dauphin, 12-1, at Glatfelter Field.
"On surface that looks bad. However, it was our first game of the year against a team that has advanced to the last three District Three AA finals and starts seven seniors," Brunbaker said.
"A year ago we lost 14-4 in five innings and had two hits and 11 strikeouts. This year our kids battled very well against a top flight pitcher. We had six hits and only struck out six times," Brubaker said.
Here were the highlights for the Crimson Tide.
* Emily Detz had seven strikeouts and no walks.
* Freshman Ashlyn Phillips went 2-3 with a double.
* Five players registered at least one hit.
"Our thre drag bunters, with whom we have spent a lot time this winter, put the ball in play seven out of eight times at the plate, had a hit, reached on an error and had a sacrifice. Very pleased with that," Brubaker said.
"UDA recorded 13 hits and made us pay for each of our 6 errors. Defense continues to be a concern. We must make the "normal" play, and today we let too many of them get away without an out," the new coach said.
"We move forward and will continue to improve. We won't see the likes of UDA in Section 4," he said.
"On surface that looks bad. However, it was our first game of the year against a team that has advanced to the last three District Three AA finals and starts seven seniors," Brunbaker said.
"A year ago we lost 14-4 in five innings and had two hits and 11 strikeouts. This year our kids battled very well against a top flight pitcher. We had six hits and only struck out six times," Brubaker said.
Here were the highlights for the Crimson Tide.
* Emily Detz had seven strikeouts and no walks.
* Freshman Ashlyn Phillips went 2-3 with a double.
* Five players registered at least one hit.
"Our thre drag bunters, with whom we have spent a lot time this winter, put the ball in play seven out of eight times at the plate, had a hit, reached on an error and had a sacrifice. Very pleased with that," Brubaker said.
"UDA recorded 13 hits and made us pay for each of our 6 errors. Defense continues to be a concern. We must make the "normal" play, and today we let too many of them get away without an out," the new coach said.
"We move forward and will continue to improve. We won't see the likes of UDA in Section 4," he said.
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