Tough Loss to a Quality Team

In a Non League Game against 1st Place Plainedge Oceanside Takes an Early 1-0 lead on Nicole Mialano's Homerun in the 1st Inning. Plainedge comes back to tie the game 1-1 in their half of the 1st, which could have been worse except for a beautiful Kambic to Katz to Milano relay to get the out at home and end the inning. Plainedge takes a 3-1 lead on some hard hit balls by Plainedge, but Davis settles in as Coach Lamonte starts to incorporate an effective change-up into her repertoire. In addition to Nicloe's Homerun, Ari Demarzo was 1-3, Deanna Viola was 1-3, Cindy Guerrero was 1-3, and Lexi Katz had a sacrifice and 2 Stolen Bases. Overall Defense was very Good with solid play all around. An outstanding play was made in the Outfield by Ashley Davis, going back and making an over the shoulder catch and then turning and throwing a strike to 1st to almost Double the runner off 1st, as well as a Diving stop by Cindy Guerrero to save another run. The game was closer than the final 8-1 loss indicated and I think Oceanside believes they will definitely be able to compete with this team when playoff time comes.

Date: April 8, 2011     Time: 4:30pm      Venue: PLAINEDGE HIGH SCHOOL