Lady Dukes trying to take momentum into post season

Momen­tum is a con­ta­gious sports dis­ease. Luck­ily for the Welling­ton girls var­sity soft­ball team, there does not seem to be an cure in sight.

The lady Dukes soft­ball team has gone 6-1 in its last seven games, with the lone loss com­ing from a divi­sion two Key­stone team that is ranked sev­enth in the country.

The Welling­ton soft­ball team has outscored their oppo­nents 44-14 dur­ing that seven game stretch. Power hit­ting and smart play have been big con­tribut­ing factors.

In two vic­to­ries, Welling­ton hung 15 runs on Luth­ern West on April 30, fol­lowed by putting up 11 against Buck­eye two days later.

Then there was the chance for sweet revenge on May 3 against Black River. Ear­lier in the sea­son, the Pirates grinded out a low-scoring win against Welling­ton, 2-0. A stand-out game from Olivia Wulfhoop, who scored 3 runs and had 2 RBIs, along with solid hit­ting from Regan Moitoret with 2 RBIs, the Dukes avenged the pre­vi­ous loss by a score of 5-1.

Wellington’s next task on May 3 was even harder. The matchup against Fire­lands ear­lier in the year was a low-scoring defen­sive bat­tle, with Welling­ton pre­vail­ing, 3-1. Round two was much the same.

A timely home run by Emily Benko and solid pitch­ing by Olivia Wul­foop lead the Dukes to a 2-0 win over Firelands.

A lot of war­ranted opti­mism sur­rounds the #2 seeded Welling­ton girls var­sity soft­ball team as they pre­pare for their tour­na­ment run. Let’s hope the win­ning sick­ness continues.

Posted by Jason Hawk on May 9 2012. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS Feed. Both comments and pings are currently closed.