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Livingston is fired up as Tyisha Reikhy (4) slides safely into home plate with tying run in sixth inning during Thursday's big SEC-American Division game at The Oval where Mount St. Dominic's Ava Kelshaw (9) was strong in circle. Livingston's first baseman Alex Alteiri sees the ball into her glove, the Mount's third baseman Bella Iannitelli gets set for possible a play as Kelshaw delivers to the plate and the Mount's Gianna Stern makes contact during plate appearance. In bottom photo, the Lions' Jill Cianfrocca is out at second base as the Lancers shortstop Sophie Rothfeld follows through on her throw to first base. (Photos by Gene Nann-see http://www.genenann.smugmug.com) continued from page 1) The Lancers’ senior pitcher Sophia Mount (7 IP, 2 HA, 4 BB, 2 HBP, 3 K’s, 3 R, 1 ER) settled down nicely after her defense’s tough third inning when the Mount scored a pair of runs without the benefit of a base hit as she recovered to retire 10 of 11 batters until hitting Lions’ freshman DP Natalia Marecki with a pitch to lead off the seventh. Kelshaw, who is a superb all-around athlete, then pinch ran for Marecki, was sacrified to second by freshman Fran Cutillo and came around to score what proved to be the winning run on a hard hit, 2-out single into right off the bat of Cianfrocca, the team’s highly-productive sophomore. “I think it was a fastball and I knew that I needed to make sure I got something through the infield so we could score the go-ahead run,” said Cianfrocca. “In that situation I just try to see the ball well and drive the ball as best I can.” Kelshaw (7 IP, 3 HA, 1 BB, 1 HBP, 7 K’s, 2 R, 1 ER) retired the Lancers 1-2-3 recording a strikeout, a comebacker to the circle and a pop up in the infield. Once again, the freshman nailed down the victory for the Mount. “Ava is so good out there and if she gets into any trouble, she stays calm and does what she has to do to limit the damage and get big outs,” said Mount coach Rob Stern. “We’re fortunate that all our freshmen are helping us out there and just love to compete.” The Lions have a strong senior presence with the coach’s daughter at second base, sure-handed Naya Martinez at shortstop and steady Olivia Bibbo in center field. And for Gianna Stern, who has seen the program continue to find the necessary pieces from year to year in order to continue to thrive during her four varsity seasons, the current crop of talented freshmen around her that include Kelshaw in the circle, batterymate Brooke Mundy behind the plate, Bella Iannitelli at third base and Cutillo in left field makes it all quite enjoyable to watch. “I’m proud of our freshmen,” she said. “This is now their 16th game and they are used to high energy games like this one and playing with high pressure, and they just make the pitches, plays and get hits when we need them most.” NOTES- Kelshaw was part of a ‘Jersey Sports Now’ video package filmed after Thursday’s game to highlight her recent Player of the Week honor from the statewide website as she was interviewed and presented a ball from coach Rob Stern…Marecki, the Mount’s DP, is the fifth freshman starter for the Lions…the Mount and Livingston are seeded 1-2 in the Essex County Tournament so could very likely meet on May 18 in the ECT final at Ivy Hill Park. ”We’ll see what happens, but there certainly could be a third meeting this season,” said Stern. “(Livingston’s) Jason (Daily) is a great coach and they do a super job with their team…Livingston’s Sophia Mount, who is headed to pitch at Villanova, has pitched for Stern’s NJ Pride team on the club travel scene during the summer. MOUNT ST. DOMINIC (15-1, 10-0) 002 000 1 - 3 R 2 H 1 E Follow Steve Tober on 'X' (formerly Twitter) @Chattermeister
Livingston's Sophia Mount (14) is fired up as teammate Maddie Rothfeld (24) scores run in fifth inning as Lancers begin their comeback in Thursday's game. Livingston's Mount was strong in the circle. After the game, Mount coach Rob Stern presents a game ball to freshman pitcher Ava Kelshaw (9) as part of video package on show 'Jersey Sports Now.' Ccopyright 2005 Sideline Chatter - comments - contact the webmaster
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