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LADY SHARKS IN THE NEWS
Here is the latest news about our current and former players.
KELLY COLKER
Cougars' Colker has a mound of talent
By Kyle Bonagura, STAFF WRITER
Article Last Updated: 04/28/2007 02:40:39 AM PDT
NEWARK — Kelly Colker is the type of pitcher every coach would love to have. That's not just because she entered the week with an undefeated record in Mission Valley Athletic League play or because her ERA sits comfortably below one run a game — it's also because of the way she approaches the game.
While most pitchers are happy with just getting outs, Colker has an idea what she wants to do with every batter.
"I just want to strike them all out," she said.
While her strikeout per/inning ratio may not be the most dominant in the league, she is averaging more than one an inning.
The intense demeanour Colker brings to the field has paid huge dividends for Newark so far.
Before the week began, she had allowed just two earned runs while compiling a 6-0 record — not bad for a pitcher who was a relative unknown going into the season.
"I coached her when she was a freshman, and she has come so far since then," said Newark's first-year varsity coach, Clare Alcott.
Having a dominant pitcher has become commonplace at Newark. Cougars fans were spoiled with play of Letty Olivares the past four years and now have another star in Colker.
Against Irvington on Tuesday, she limited the Vikings to just one run, and it was unearned.
Outside of MVAL play, Newark has been in some hotly contested battles. Colker and Foothill's Cal-bound Val Arioto engaged in a 1-0 duel in the first game of the year, putting Colker on the map.
DANIELLE LOWE
Tahoe Daily Tribune
Lowe fulfills dream
South Tahoe High player signs with Sonoma State
April 20, 2007
By Jeremy Evans
All Danielle Lowe ever wanted to do was play college softball. Now she'll get her chance.
The South Tahoe High senior signed a national letter of intent on Thursday with Sonoma State University, a NCAA Division II school in Rohnert Park that is rebuilding under second-year coach Jaime Wallin. An all-Sierra League outfielder last year, Lowe is receiving a partial athletic scholarship to play for the Seawolves.
"I always wanted an opportunity to play in college and up here not many people get that chance," said Lowe, who had an on-base percentage of over .700 last season. "I went down there in the fall, played with the team, met the coach and I loved the school right away."
Lowe is the first STHS player since 2002 graduate Jill Barna to receive a softball scholarship. Coming from a small town in the Sierra Nevada, it has been a difficult road for the speedy Lowe to get noticed by colleges.
Lowe also drew interest from Division I St. Mary's College in Moraga.
"I want to start next season, but what I'm really looking forward to is getting better," said Lowe, who will play for the Bay-Area based San Jose Lady Sharks' traveling team this summer. "I didn't want to go to a huge school and that's why I think Sonoma State is a great fit. It's a smaller school so I think I'll fit in."
JESSICA BELLUOMINI
5/7/07 San Mateo Times
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Mercy (15-6, 8-1) clinched at least second place and an automatic CCS berth with an 8-4 win over Notre Dame of San Jose. Jessica Belluomini provided the big hit, a two-run single in the fifth inning.
4/24/07 San Mateo Times
Mercy (12-6, 5-1) got a three-hitter with six strikeouts from pitcher Kim Matthews in a five-inning game and defeated visiting Harker (11-7, 3-3), 12-2, at Cuernavaca Park. Jessica Belluomini smashed a home run and a double and finished with four RBIs.
Jessica Belluomini
By Simi Lee, CORRESPONDENT
Article Last Updated: 04/18/2007 02:36:55 AM PDT
In the West Bay Athletic League, Jessica Belluomini, who leads Mercy of Burlingame with a .479 batting average, belted a single and a triple for Mercy (10-5, 3-0) in an 8-3 win over Notre Dame of San Jose (5-5, 2-1). The win put the Crusaders in first place.
CAITLIN LOWE
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Off to Sac State
Apache to play softball for Hornets
By KEN HART/Times-Herald sports editor
Article Launched: 04/13/2007 08:03:42 AM PDT
Lowe: Signed letter of intent with Sacramento State on Thursday.
Caitlin already has her life planned out.
The Vallejo High senior will go to law school - Bowling Green, Stanford or the McGeorge School of Law to be exact - and will become a highly-paid corporate lawyer (a company like IBM will do).
But first things first; She's got to get her BA. And she just found the college that will give her one. Lowe signed a letter of intent Thursday to play softball at Sacramento State University beginning next year.
"It feels awesome," she said. "It feels really good to just sit back and wait for college to start and for the season to begin."
Lowe's .438 batting average has helped get them there. So has her blazing speed, which has led to four home runs and 10 runs scored.
"She's just really killing the ball right now. When we need that extra base hit - or any kind of base hit - she's really come through for us," Vallejo coach Nick Solovieff said. "She could be the fastest baserunner that I've coached in my seven years at Vallejo High."
That speed also netted her the scholarship, which is based on both her athletic prowess as well as her abilities in the classroom. She also has a 3.5 grade point average.
While playing for the San Jose Lady Sharks ASA team last summer, she caught the eye of Sacramento State head coach Kathy Strahan.
"I just turned my head and she was flying around second base headed for third. And I thought, 'Who is that young lady?' " Strahan recalled.
Though she made the Times-Herald All-Region team as a catcher last season, Lowe has taken on a new position this year. She has been moved from behind the plate to centerfield, mainly to take pressure off a bothersome hurt knee.
"That's the neat thing about her: she's so versatile," Strahan said. "She can play outfield, she can catch, she can do a number of things and that's really attractive."
"I'll miss playing with my high school teammates. I've known most of them since I was 10 or 11," Lowe said. "But it'll be nice to play with some new people I've never met before."
ARIANNA ROACH
I wanted to let you know that her high school team took second in the Cloverdale tournament last weekend and she made the All Tourney team. She actually hit well also going 3 for 5 in two games with a 2 run double.
AUDREA LOPEZ
Girls Athletes Of Week
Compiled by the Mercury News
Article Launched: 04/04/2007 01:50:10 AM PDT
Audrea Lopez, Branham softball: The senior hit a home run against Sobrato and was 3 for 4 with a double, two triples and an RBI and scored the winning run in a victory over Santa Teresa.
JESSICA BELLUOMINI and MIRANDA HOLETON
HMB advances on Garcia's two shutouts
By Simi LeeCORRESPONDENT
Article Last Updated: 04/04/2007 02:35:10 AM PDT
Half Moon Bay won two games Tuesday in the second day of the 12th annual Burlingame High Softball Invitational to finish first in pool play.
Miranda Holeton had three hits against El Camino, while Meggan Marshall cracked a triple and two doubles and a single for the Cougars against Mercy.
Mills qualified for the playoffs with a 13-7 win over Mercy in a game that featured 28 hits. The Vikings offense was paced by three hits each from Sammy Pacheco and Jaime Gauci, who belted a solo homer, and by three hits each from Mercy slugger Jessica Belluomini and Kim Matthews. Belluomini ripped two triples.
JESSICA BELLUOMINI
Jessica recently completed the Watsonville tournament and went 8-10 with two walks, a grand slam, a triple and 8 RBIs!
From the San Mateo Times:
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Mercy of Burlingame (9-2, 2-0) had to wait until the ninth inning to plate the winning run in a 5-4 victory over Harker.
In the ninth, Rachel McGuigan doubled and scored on a two-out single from Jaime Parres. Jessica Belluomini tripled and singled, and McGuigan and Parres each had two hits.
MIRANDA HOLETON
Athlete of the Week--Miranda Holeton
Miranda Holeton, a junior at Half Moon Bay High School and a Montara resident, was named Most Valuable Player of the San Lorenzo Valley Softball Tournament on March 3. She collected four hits in 10 at bats, scored three runs and tripled in a run.
Regina Sena and Miranda Holeton
HMB takes CCS pitching duel
By Simi Lee, CORRESPONDENT
Article Last Updated: 05/17/2007 02:39:02 AM PDT
REDWOOD CITY — Batter after batter from both dugouts kept trudging back to the benches Wednesday night as Castilleja freshman Sammy Albanese and Half Moon Bay sophomore Leah Garcia got all wrapped up in a softball pitching duel.
Albanese, a Belmont resident, struck out 12 in six innings, but Garcia fanned a season-high 15 in seven innings to lead Half Moon Bay (18-10) to a 2-1 win over Castilleja (14-8-1) in a first-round Central Coast Section Division III playoff game at Hawes Park.
"All my pitches were working pretty well tonight, but the curveball was the best," Garcia said. "My catcher, Regina Sena, called a great game, and the defense did the job."
Sena was a catalyst on offense as well. With a 1-2 count, she got all of a fastball and drove it to the fence in left-center for a solo home run for the Cougars' first run.
Cougars win softball tourney
It might take some time for coach Naomi Patridge to say what went right for Half Moon Bay High School at Saturday's San Lorenzo Valley Softball Tournament.
The short answer is nearly everything.
The Cougars won the four-team tournament, defeating Oak Grove, 2-0; Pacific Grove, 4-1; and San Lorenzo Valley, 2-1.
Miranda Holeton was named the tournament's MVP. She collected four hits in 10 trips to the plate, scored three runs, tripled in a run and played a solid third base
Half Moon Bay took the lead for good in the fourth. Regina Sena singled in Holeton. Meagan Marshall doubled to score Christina Myles and Sena.
Holeton and Myles scored in the win over San Lorenzo Valley.
Amanda Reyes
WINTER HAVEN, Fla. (March 3, 2007) – Tallahassee Community College went 2-1 in the opening day of the Polk Tournament. Reyes (5-3) pitched a complete game no-hitter and recorded six strikeouts.
Eagles go 4-1 at Polk Tournament
WINTER HAVEN, Fla. (March 4, 2007) – Tallahassee Community College defeated tournament host Polk Community College 7-0 and St. Clair (Mich.) County Community College 10-0. Amanda Reyes pitched a complete game shutout with four strikeouts and allowed two hits to improve to 7-3 on the mound.
NEW PORT RICHEY, Fla. (March 5, 2007) –
Amanda Reyes picked-up the mound victory, allowing one run off five hits and recorded seven strikeouts to improve to 8-3.
Alex Shaeffer
Last at-bat heroics earns Ladies split
Contact: Dain McKee
Assistant Sports Information Director
DELAWARE, Ohio -- (April 17, 2007) Tied at 4-4 after six innings in game two of a North Coast Athletic Conference doubleheader with Ohio Wesleyan University, the Kenyon College Ladies softball team scratched out a run in the top of the seventh and held on for an exciting 5-4 win.
Senior Kate Zdrojeski (Wethersfield, CT/Loomis-Chaffee) scored what proved to be the winning run for KC after reaching on a fielder's choice. She advanced to second on a single by freshman Alex Shaeffer (Novato, CA/St. Vincent) and scored on an RBI-single off the bat of junior Alisha Fletcher (Utica, OH/Utica).
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