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Thursday, July 3, 2008
Comet softball take No. 1 ranking into postseason
Staff Photo By Sam Martin
Sarah Purcell calls for time after stealing second base against South Hardin on June 24. The Comets went on to win, 6-1, their 30th win of the season.
Monumental weekend for BCLUW softball
Win No. 35 nets milestone for coach Lee
Special to The Record
NEVADA — With four wins at last weekend’s Nevada Softball Invite, the BCLUW softball team accomplished several huge tasks.
The second-ranked Comets won the NICL West title, set a new school record with 35 wins on the season, and gave longtime head coach David Lee his 800th career victory.
The Comets clinched the conference title with a 5-0 win over East Marshall. Jamie Fisher struck out 14, allowing only two hits and one walk. Kris Penick and Nicole Fisher were each 2-for-3 with one RBI, and Haddie Vawter recorded two hits, including a double, and two RBIs while swiping three bases.
Jamie Fisher added another 10 strikeouts in a two-hit complete game against Ames that the Comets won, 5-1. Ames pushed across a run in the second inning to tie the game at 1 and BCLUW answered right back with a run in the third and three more in the fourth to put the game out of reach.
Penick had a three-hit game, scoring twice and driving in one. Alli Sharp had two hits and two RBIs, and Kylee Button recorded a two-hit performance.
The Comets also took down I-35 in nine innings, 9-4. The Comets’ six-run ninth inning propelled them to victory over a hard-hitting Roadrunner team. The Comets notched five singles and two walks in the inning, helping put the game out of reach.
Penick finished the game 3-for-5 with two runs and three RBIs. Sharp had two RBIs on two hits, and Sarah Purcell was 2-for-4 with a run scored.
The Roadrunners’ four runs and 12 hits were both season highs for a BCLUW opponent. Jamie Fisher pitched all nine innings, striking out 13 and walking two.
BCLUW’s final game of the weekend was a 3-0 blanking of Colo-NESCO for No. 800 in Lee’s career. Nicole Fisher delivered her 10th home run of the season, a two-run shot in the third inning that scored plated Sharp. The Comet left fielder also accounted for the third run of the game, when she singled home Vawter in the seventh inning.
Penick picked up her fourth win of the season, allowing only three hits in seven innings of work. She struck out nine and walked three.