Our pitchers were great today. They put the ball over the plate and we played solid defense behind them.
We did not play as well as I had hoped. But the competition was strong and we know what we have to do to get back to our early season form.
Since we have not played in more than a week, I thought it would take awhile to get our motors going but we scored two runs in each of the first three innings.
We hit the ball well all night. We just could not get the big hit when we needed it.
We played well from the start of the first game. We were eager to play and we played with passion from the start. I was very pleased with our pitching and our defense was solid.
The things we've been doing well, we didn't do well today. The defense wasn't as solid and although we put a lot of people on base, we couldn't get the big hit when we needed it.
Offensively, we are playing very solid softball - getting people on, moving them over, and getting the big hits when we need them.
This was a good way to end the tournament for us. We were very aggressive at the plate. Everyone got a chance to play. We got outstanding performances from both Lauren (Hyland) and Val (Hackett).
Our defense was key - Natalie Hackett had three big catches to save us runs in both games. Our pitching was not as sharp, but it was good enough to keep us in the game.
We've been hitting the ball well all season and that continued today.
