SUNDAY, JULY 22:

CHAMPIONSHIP GAME:   Pearl River, 7 - Stony Point, 1:  Katherine Gilbride of PR threw a 3-hitter and struck out 12 in leading Pearl River to the ABMT Championship. Maria Stokes, who carried a big bat for the entire tournament, had two hits and two RBI.  Sarah Vinci had a hit and scored three times.  Courtney Ocasal got things going by leading off the game with a base hit and scoring the first run. Maggie Davin hit the ball hard, lining out to the second baseman, then singling and scoring in the fourth inning. The entire lineup put the bat on the ball, as the PR team only struck out once in the game.  Samantha Dowen, who played well all tournament long, had two hits for Stony Point.  Alyssa Williams scored the SP run, and pitched a good game, keeping the ball in the strike zone and not giving up a single walk.  Mia Mancuso had the other SP hit.
         Pitching:  PR: Gilbride (6 innings);   SP: Williams (5 innings).

SATURDAY, JULY 21:

SEMI-FINAL:  Stony Point, 15 - Clarkstown, 14:  The two teams traded big inning after big inning, and, with Clarkstown leading, 13-10, after 4 innings, Stony Point put up its last markers with 5 runs in the top of the 5th inning, taking a 15-13 lead.  At that point, their task was to stop Clarktown's potent offense.  A tired SP pitcher Samantha Dowen reached down and threw her best inning of the game, retiring Clarkstown 1-2-3, with a little help from her left fielder Krissy Johnson, who ran back to make a terrific catch off the bat of Mallory McFadden.  When SP failed to score in the 6th, they again had to hold onto the tenous two-run lead, but once again Dowen responded, giving up only singles to Clarkstown's Mary Kechejian (who had two hits and scored three runs in the game) and Kelsey Smith, but then retiring the side with a narrow margin of victory. 
           Linda Mullin (2 hits) scored three runs for SP, and Kim Sand, Dowen and Alyssa Williams each had three hits and scored two runs. For Clarkstown, Erin Kelly had three hits, and McFadden and Kechejian each scored 3 runs and had 2 hits.
          Pitching:   SP: Dowen (5 innings);   Clarkstown: Sarah Semmel (5 innings); Melanie Lerche (1 inning).

FRIDAY, JULY 20, 2007:

Nanuet, 15 - South Orangetown, 11:  After South Orangetown ran up an 8-3 lead, Nanuet came storming back with seven runs in the fifth inning, and added five in the sixth inning to earn the win.  Meghan Corson and Anna Stein (the winning pitcher) scored three runs each in the game, and Kaitlyn Strickland had a big double in the sixth inning rally.  Jesenia Tejada led the team with three hits. For Stony Point, Delaney Sheridan and Erin Von Dollen each scored twice.  Victoria Hernandez and Von Dollen had the key hits in SO's third-inning five-run outburst that gave them the early lead. SO loaded the bases in the first inning, but failed to score, as nanuet third baseman Corson snared a line drive to kill the rally. There were several other good defensive plays by both teams, including Jenna Conroy of Nanuet and Meagan Trozzo of SO.

Clarkstown, 19 - Stony Point, 9 (5 innings):  Clarkstown applied steady offensive pressure, scoring either 3 or 4 runs in every inning (except the fifth, when they scored 5 runs).  Erin Kelly and Carly Glazer scored four runs each.  Linda Mullen of Stony Point had a double and scored 2 runs. 

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THURSDAY, JULY 19, 2007: 

Clarkstown, 12 - Nanuet, 2:  Sarah Semmel pitched a 3-hitter, and Malory McFadden scored three runs to lead Clarkstown to victory.  Clarkstown had two 5-run innings, the first and the fifth.  Alana Vezza doubled for Nanuet.
         Pitching:  Clarkstown: Semmel (6 innings);    Nanuet: 

Pearl River, 16 - Stony Point, 1 (four innings):  Pitcher Courtney Ocasal allowed only one hit over four innings, and the Pearl River offense exploded for 6 runs in the first inning, paced by consecutive doubles from Katherine Gilbride, Maria Stokes and Angela Rendina, and singles by Emma Burnett and Katie Vinci.  Julia Wojiechowski scored the Stony Point run.
        Pitching:  PR: Ocasal (4 innings);   SP: Samantha Dowen (4 innings).

WEDNESDAY, JULY 18, 2007:

Stony Point, 7 - South Orangetown, 6:   A last-inning three-run rally, capped by a game-winning base hit by Brooke Strieter, carried Stony Point to a 7-6 win.  SP lost a 4-3 lead in the top of the sixth inning when South Orangetown scored three times, on key hits from Kathleen Skelly, Jennifer Sullivan and Brianna McCleary.  Samantha Dowen had 2 hits, including a double for SP.  Both pitchers, Alyssa Williams of SP and Sullivan (9 strikeouts) of SO, held the opposing offense in check until the bats erupted in the sixth inning. 
         Pitching:  SP: Williams (6 innings); SO: Sullivan (6 innings).

Pearl River, 10 - Clarkstown, 0 (4 innings):  PR's 8-run fourth inning backed up the 2-hit pitching of Katherine Gilbride (who also had 2 hits at the plate).  Maria Stokes, Emma Burnett, Fiona Murphy, Alexa Murphy, Katie Vinci, Courtney Ocasal and Maggie Davin also had key hits for PR. Sarah Semmel and Jenna feinberg had the Clarkstown hits.
        Pitching:  PR: Gilbride (4 innings); Clarkstown:  Melanie Lerche (4 innings).

MONDAY, JULY 16, 2007:

Stony Point, 15 - Nanuet, 1 (4 innings):  Stony Point posted two six-run innings en route to a 15-1 win over Nanuet.  SP pitcher Sam Dowen scattered six hits, and the SP defense did the rest.  Dowen also had a double and two runs scored.  Kim Sano scored three times for Stony Point.  Annah Stein scored Nanuet's only run on base hits from Brooke Madry and Kaitlyn Strickland. 
          Pitching:  SP: Dowen, (4 innings);   Nanuet: Stein, 4 innings.

Pearl River, 20 - South Orangetown, 6 (4 innings):  An 8-run third inning broke the game open for PR.  Courtney Ocasal scored four runs, and Maria Stokes pounded the ball all game and scored three times, as well.  Osasal was the winning pitcher, striking out the side in the first inning, but then relying on ground balls and defensive plays by the fielders.
          Pitching:  PR: Ocasal, 4 innings;  SO: Allyson Irrizarry, 4 innings.

SUNDAY, JULY 15, 2007:

Pearl River, 10 – Nanuet, 0 (5 innings):   Katherine Gilbride struck out 13 batters in pitching a one-hit shutout.  Nanuet’s Alana Vezza broke up the no-hitter with a fifth inning single, and stole second and third bases.  Maria Stokes (double, 3 RBI) and Courtney Ocasal (3 runs scored) each had 3 hits for PR.  Gilbride (3 walks and an error-assisted homerun) scored 4 runs.  Angela Rendina (double, 2 RBI) had 2 hits, and was robbed of a third hit on a sparkling defensive play by Nanuet shortstop Brooke Madry (the second of her two great plays in the game).  The Nanuet defense also featured fine plays by second baseman Nicole Vitale (line drive), first baseman Kaitlyn Strickland (scoop), pitcher Maeve Dooley (knocked down two line drives, which then became outs) and centerfielder Nicole Coiro (alert force play of a PR runner at second, after a hit).
         Pitching:  PR: Gilbride, 5 innings;  Nanuet: Dooley, 5 innings.

Clarkstown, 21 – South Orangetown, 11:  (5 innings);  Clarkstown broke open a close game with 5 runs in the fourth inning and 10 runs in the fifth.  Mallory McFadden stroked two doubles in the big fifth inning, and Carly Glazer scored 4 runs in the game, while Olivia Cortes scored three times.  South Orangetown mounted a fifth inning rally with 7 runs, but fell short.  Jillian Lynch and Kathleen Skelly scored two runs each for SO, and Meagan Trozzo and Delaney Sheridan added two hits each. 
            Pitching:  Clarkstown:  Sarah Semmel, 5 innings;  SO: Jennifer Sullivan, 4 innings;  Trozzo, 2 innings.

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