St. Clair College Women's Softball Settle for Silver at Home
| Final (9) | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |
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St. Clair | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 12 | 1 |
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Durham | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 12 | 4 |
| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | R | H | E | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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Humber | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 6 |
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St. Clair | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 8 | 0 |
Windsor, ON – Durham College (Oshawa) was able to hold off host St. Clair College for their 21st gold medal Saturday with a 9-inning 8-7 victory at the Ontario Colleges Athletic Association Women's Softball Championship. This was the 9th time the two schools have met in the championship final since 2005.
The Saints needed a 10-0 win over Humber College (Etobicoke) in a mercy shortened five innings on Saturday morning to advance to the gold medal round. St. Clair scored four runs in the 1st inning and never looked back tacking on two runs in the 4th along with the deciding four runs in the 5th. The Saints allowed just four hits but six errors by Humber led to their demise.
Amy Claydon (Cambridge, ON) clubbed two homeruns to pick up Player of the Game honours for St. Clair as part of her three RBI's. Judy Lafleur (Essex, ON) proved to be a catalyst with two hits adding two RBI's and scored three times for the Saints. Allison Dufour (Amherstburg, ON) spread out four hits over her five innings with a walk and a strikeout to pick up the pitching win for St. Clair. Jorja Berney (Mississauga, ON) had a hit for Humber on her way to Player of the Game award for Humber.
In the afternoon gold medal final Durham jumped ahead 5-0 after two innings forcing the Saints to get into comeback mode. St. Clair scored twice in the 4th inning, but Durham added a run in their half for a 6-2 lead. The Saints pulled within 6-3 in the 5th inning setting the stage for some late game heroics. Just when they needed it most St. Clair produced five hits in the 7th inning with the big blow coming from Jacklyn Yewchyn (Windsor, ON) who drove in a pair on a double to the wall that tied the game at 6-6. The teams traded runs in the 8th inning, but St. Clair was held scoreless in the top of the 9th. In their bottom half Durham loaded the bases and were able to manufacture a sacrifice fly to score the go-head walk-off run.
Yewchyn was named St. Clair's Player of the game finishing with two hits and three RBI's. Shae-Lyn Murphy (Windsor, ON) had two singles and a double with an RBI while teammate Lafleur also collected three hits to go with an RBI.
Natalie Clemens (Mormora, ON) was the Durham Player of the Game after scoring twice on a single and a walk, but teammate Alexis Pereira (Newmarket, ON) was five for five including a double with an RBI while Grace Hearns (Napanee, ON) was three for four with an RBI and a run scored.
The OCAA Championship awards are listed below.
All-Star Team Selections
Alexis Ferreira (Humber College)
Amy Claydon (St. Clair College)
Shae-Lyn Murphy (St. Clair College)
Abi Suffel (Durham College)
Grace Hearns (Durham College)
Championship Most Valuable Player – Alexis Pereira (Durham College)
Fair Play Award – Cassey Leader (Conestoga College)
See below the final tournament schedule and results.
3:00pm - Game 1: Durham (11) vs. Seneca (1)
Players of the Game
Seneca – Chloe Ferko 1-2, R
Durham – Alexis Pereira 2-4, 2R, 3RBI
6:00pm - Game 2: Fanshawe (1) vs. Conestoga (2)
Players of the Game
Fanshawe - Sara Reading 2-3, R
Conestoga - Alexis Volckmar 2-3, RBI, R
October 22
11:00am - Game 3: Humber (3) vs. Durham (5)
Players of the Game
Durham - Nicole Mancini 3-4, RBI, R
Humber - Alexis Ferreira 1-2 HR, RBI, 2R, BB
1:00pm - Game 4: St. Clair (9) vs. Conestoga (2)
Players of the Game
St. Clair - Tiana LaChance 4-4, 2R
Conestoga - Makenna Ross-Porter 1-2, BB, R
4:00pm - Game 5: Conestoga (0) vs. Humber (7)
Players of the Game
Humber - Megan Muir 7.0 IP, 2H, 0R, BB, 9K
Conestoga - Sierra Sheehy 1-2
6:00pm - Game 6: Durham (5) vs. St. Clair (4)
Players of the Game
St. Clair - Judy Lafleur 1-3, 3B, 2RBI, 2R. SB
Durham - Grace Hearns 2-3, 2B, RBI, R
October 23
10:00am – Game 7: OCAA Bronze Medal Game: Humber (0) vs. St. Clair (10)
*Loser awarded Bronze, winner advances to Gold Medal Game
Players of the Game
St. Clair – Amy Claydon 2-2, 2HR, 3RBI, 2BB, 2R
Humber – Jorja Berney 1-2, 1B
1:00pm – Game 8: OCAA Gold Medal Game: St. Clair (7) vs. Durham (8) – 9 Innings
Players of the Game
St. Clair – Jacklyn Yewchyn 2-4, 1B, 2B, 3RBI
Durham – Natalie Clemens 1-3, 1B, BB, 2R