Softball: Splash win District IV Travel Sox title

MISSION VIEJO - The Pacific Coast Bobby Sox Splash, a girls under

10 fastpitch softball travel team concluded the 2000 Travel Sox season in

first place by sweeping the Mission Del Norte Wild Things, 10-5, and,

12-2, Saturday.

The Splash finished the regular season with a record of 14-4 and will

play in the Travel Sox Championship Tournament in Perris Nov. 25-26.

The pitching trio of Jessica Knight, Rachel Parker and Elena

Redelsheimer kept the Mission Del Norte batters off-balanced in the

opener.

Kristen Benjamin pitched a complete-game gem in game two, holding the

Wild Things to only two runs.

Robin Gautschi, Alexandra Elias and Clea O’Kieffe each made stellar

plays on defense for the Splash, while the offense was sparked by Lindsay

Fry, Hailey McCarter and Cicily Lewis.

In other fastpitch softball action:

The Riptide Blue girls 12 and under softball team swept the Bellflower

Crushers, 3-0, and, 12-2, to earn the division championship with a 15-3

record.

Darci Pennington drove in two runs in the seventh inning to support

pitcher Christie Hamers’ 10-strikeout performance in the opener. Hits by

Ronni Briggs, Kelly Topps and Debbie Yoder-Lee each added key hits to

spark the offense.

In game two, Katie Daniels had three hits, scored twice and knocked in

four runs, while Andrea Dort, Michele Allred, Katelin Patterson and K.T.

Molinaro each had big hits.

On defense, Meagan McCollough had two diving catches in right field,

while Briggs pitched her second consecutive two-hitter.