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March
14, 2001 - It
was the type of game you would expect from two of the District 20-5A top
contenders, Fort Bend Austin and Clements High School.
Clements came into the game with a 10-2 District record sitting in 1st
place. Austin was back at third place with a 9-3 record.
The
game was tied 0-0 in the 6th inning, as Clements came up to bat.
Senior Amanda Oliphant got
things started for Clements by hitting a line drive with some air under it to
right field. Austin right fielder, Leah Gwosdz made an acrobatic catch but
couldn't hang on to the ball. As
Leah was gaining her balance and looking for the ball, Amanda took advantage of
the situation and reached 2nd base.
Lauren Hudson immediately hit a double in the gap between left and center
field and the score was 1-0 in Clements favor. Shannon Allen was thrown out at first base on a bunt for the
first out. Then Lauren Connell hit
a double to left field scoring Lauren Hudson to make it 2-0.
Kelly Ann Schrock then hit a hard grounder to Lauren Gobar and reached
first base on an error. The next Clements batter struck-out looking and the
Sarah Sioman grounder out to the second baseman to end the inning.
It
look like Austin wasn't through, as Heather Houlihan hit a double over the left
fielder. Leah Gwosdz then stroke a
similar ball but this time the left fielder came up with the ball for the first
out. Tricia Winston struck-out for
the 2nd out and Natalie Hewitt flew out to center for the game's last
out!
Cheri
Wood was the winning pitcher going the whole distance for Clements.
Cheri improved her record to 14-2. Cheri
used an assortment of movement and off-speed pitches to keep Austin batters off
balance. Cheri had 4 strike-outs, three of them coming from very well
disguised change-ups. Cheri
scattered Austin's 6 hits.
Junior
Nicole Ouzoonian (19-8) went the whole distance for Austin and had an equally
impressive pitching performance. Nicole
had 2 strike-outs but gave up only 4 hits.
Unfortunately, two of the hits were in the 6 inning.
Freshman
Natalie Hewitt and senior Nickie Vork led the Austin hitting attacking, each
with a single and double. Also,
junior Heather Houlihan had a double and
senior Kristen Godfrey a single. Heather
also had a good defensive game picking-off a runner at 1st base with
two outs from her catcher position. Kristen
had a good defensive game, fielding several flys that looked like they were
going to be hits.
The
doubles by Lauren Hudsen and Lauren Connell led the Clements attack.
Sarah Sioman and Shannon Allen added singles.
Clements
is 20-8 for the season and 11-2 in district.
Austin is 22-9 for the season and
9-4 in district.
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