The Gee-Gees picked up a pair of wins over the Waterloo Warriors on the road this weekend.  Emily Ernst got two wins after a two very strong performances. The team jumped to an early lead with a bunt single from Jillian Taylor and a pair of walks before Laura Skiperis drove in a pair of runs with a double.  The offence went quiet until the 5^th inning were the team pushed across 5 runs to invoke the run rule.  Mallory Watson had a great day at the plate with 3 RBI’s to lead a Gee-Gees offence that saw every starter contribute with a hit.  Emily Ernst was very strong in a winning cause scattering 4 hits while picking up 6 strikeouts.

The offence kept rolling in the second half of the twin-bill as they exploded for 14 runs in 4 innings as the run-rule was invoked again. Emily Ernst again picked up the win as she was deadly over 5 innings allowing only 2 hits and no runs.  She was supported by great defense in CF by Radha Khosla and a key pick-off from backstop Mallory Watson.  Emily helped her own cause with 3 RBI’s as the whole team had a strong day at the plate.  Diana Snow picked up a pair of RBI’s and 2 hits and Amanda Toll chipped in with a hit. Mallory Watson drove the nail in the coffin with a 3 run triple in the 4^th inning.

The University of Ottawa Softball Gee-Gees boasted a record week at the National Championships in August.  No less than 7 Gee-Gees helped lead the Orleans Rebels to a strong 6th place finish at the Jr Nationals in Summerside PEI, while Vanessa Homiak was the lynchpin in the Pickering Heat's silver medal at the same Championship.  Vanessa drove in 4 game-winning runs over the week including a clutch 2-out, 2-RBI double in the bottom of the 7th to beat BC on Friday night to propel Pickering into the Gold Medal Game. The Summerside Journal Pioneer quoted Vanessa as saying " Definitely, it could be the TSN Turning Point," said Pickering right-fielder Vanessa Homiak, who delivered the game-winning hit in the bottom of the seventh inning. "Hats off to B.C. "They gave us a great game yesterday (a 4-0 Pickering win Thursday) and gave us another great game today (Friday).   Homiak connected for a solid two-out line drive to right field to score Joey Lye as Pickering overcame a 3-2 deficit in its last at-bat.

The Rebels who already boasted a strong contingent of Gee-Gees with Head Coach Scott Searle, along with Jillian Taylor, Emily Ernst, Elissa Sivel, Sam Pantalone, Erin Durant added to their strength by picking up Laura Skiperis from the Guelph Midget team. With these additions the Gee-Gees had the strongest representation of any OIWFA team at Nationals.

 This reputation will carry over to the Sr. Women's Championships next week as Lauren Dufort will lead the Port Perry Angels in Winnipeg.

The Gee-Gees off-season success carried through to last weekend as Laura Skiperis led her Guelph Gators Midgets to the Ontario Summer Games Championship and Allie Rutherford led the Coborg Angels to a Provincial Championship.  Allie was named Top Batter for the tournament.

Vanessa Homiak and Jillian Taylor were awarded Team MVP awards. Jillian was also recognized for her efforts in the “Run for the Cure” in Ottawa for raising over $2000 to cure Breast Cancer. Emily Ernst received recognition for throwing a no-hitter against Queens and the entire team was congratulated for twin efforts to Support Canadian Troops and “Strike Out Breast Cancer” The Gee-Gees are also very proud to note that they received an impromptu “Best Dressed Award” for their efforts at the Banquet.