Pioneers Softball Kicks Off Fall Season This Weekend
9/15/2005 12:00:00 AM | Softball
Sept. 15, 2005
Fairfield, CT - The Sacred Heart Pioneers softball team will begin three weeks of fall ball competition Sunday when they compete in the CW Post Tournament in Brooklyn, NY. The Pioneers will play three consecutive games starting against Caldwell at 9:30 am. They will also play host CW Post before finishing the day against Stony Brook.
Head Coach Elizabeth Luckie has announced that seniors Chrissy DeMott (Levittown, NY/Island Tress), Dana Jusino (Rutherford, NJ/St. Mary's) and Jen Place (Latham, NY/Shaker) will serve as tri-captains for the Pioneers this season.
Sacred Heart returns two of their top three hitters from last season. Juniors Caitlin Carroll (Burlington, MA/Burlington) and Jazzeline Perez (Medford, NY/Patchague Medford) and led the Pioneers offensively. Carroll hit .282 with a team high five home runs and 15 RBI. She also had the most doubles of any returning players with six. Perez was third on the team in batting average, hitting .267 with a .333 slugging percentage.
On the mound the Pionners welcome back their ace, sophomore Megan Spehar (Thousand Oaks, CA/Thousand Oaks H.S.). Spehar went 6-4 with a 2.64 ERA last year, including four complete games. Opponents only hit .205 off her and struck out sixty times.
The Pioneers recruiting class includes five freshmen who signed National Letters of Intent. Amanda Bradley (Langley, BC/Brookswood Secondary), Ashley McDonough (Lompoc, CA/Lompoc), Sarah Stack (Fall River, MA/Durfee), Jessica Perez (Santa Maria, CA/St. Joseph), and Betsy Harvey (Unionville, CT/Farmington) all will join the Pioneers lineup for 2005-06.
After spending this weekend in Brooklyn, the Pioneers will head to Queens for the St. John's tournament next weekend. They will conclude the fall season with a home tournament. The SHU tournament will take place October 1st.
The Pioneers will open their spring season March 4th at the Rebel Games in Osceola, FL.
