MISSISSAUGA, Ont. - The Ontario Colleges Athletic Association
(OCAA) women's fastball regular season came to a close on the
weekend, with the top three teams earning a trip to the OCAA
Women's Fastball Championship, beginning this Friday at Durham
College in Oshawa, Ont.
With Durham (8-0), St. Clair (7-1) and Seneca (6-4) already
punching their tickets to the championship, only one invite remains
into the four-team double-elimination tournament. Fourth place
Humber (5-5) hosts fifth place Conestoga (1-9) on Tuesday in the
OCAA qualifying game.
No matter what the outcome on Tuesday is, the season can be deemed
a success for Humber. In its first season in OCAA women's fastball,
Humber has won five of its last six games to ensure it has a shot
of playing into the championship tournament. All of Humber's losses
have come against teams that finished ahead of it in the
standings.
Leading the way for Humber offensively is Quinn
Hall with a team-high 14 hits in 30 plate appearances for
a .467 batting average. Shelby Robblee has driven
in 12 runs, batting .481. Jessica O'Quinn is a
double threat for the Hawks, striking out 18 with a 2.90 ERA, while
contributing six runs and six RBI with a .308 batting average.
For Conestoga, Tuesday's play-in game marks an opportunity to
erase a six-game losing streak, and to create some positive
momentum heading into the championship tournament.
Katelyn Tilley and Brandy Hillar
lead Conestoga with 15 hits each, resulting in batting averages of
.484 and .469, respectively. Another Condor who has been strong at
the plate is Chelsea Patrizio with her .361
average. Pitcher Brooke Brenneman leads Conestoga
in strikeouts with 12.
Humber swept the two-game doubleheader against Conestoga on Oct. 5
winning 6-5 and 7-2. Conestoga's lone win of the season came
against Mohawk (1-9) on Sept. 27. By winning the run differential
in the season series split, Conestoga earns the right to play
against Humber.
First pitch of this sudden death game goes at 7 p.m. at Tom Chater
Park in Mississauga, Ont. The winner advances as the fourth seed to
the OCAA Women's Fastball Championship hosted by Durham College
this Friday and Saturday.
- OCAA -
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