Softball
Lady Corsairs Drop Season Finale
By Ray Aspuria/Times-Standard
Apr 20, 2009, 14:22

The scoreboard may have shown the College of the Redwoods
softball team didn't end the 2009 season on a high note on Saturday. But the score isn't everything.

Dropping their doubleheader to Feather River by the scores of 10-4 and 8-3. ”Its been a tough road,” said Lady Corsairs head coach Maggie White.

”I really thought we'd be .500 or above. But we came a long way. We're better than we were last year.” But one thing was crystal clear about the Corsairs on Saturday.

They never give up.

Watching Feather River slap away and put up five runs in the second inning, it would have been easy for CR to lay down.

”The second (inning) was rough,” White said. “We had a couple of errors, we gave them too much. It was a tough inning for us.”

Instead, the Lady Corsairs kept their heads in the game.

Starting pitcher Caitlin Wallace's ripped a two-out RBI triple to left field in the bottom of the third, giving CR its first run, and making the score 6-1.

Feather River answered adding another run while CR brought a single runner home heading into the seventh and final inning.

That's when CR's resolve was tested again.

Loading the bases with two outs, the Golden Eagles' Amanda German blasted a deep shot to left-center field that cleared the bases as CR outfielders Mischa Meyer and Noami Ammes unable to come up with the catch.

Just like that, it was 10-2 Feather River. But there was no quit in CR.

After getting hit by a pitch, Cari Killingsworth promptly stole second, and, after Meyer popped out, Chantel Worley came up to the plate.

She cemented the notion the Lady Corsairs don't know when to hang up the cleats.

The freshman rocked the Golden Eagles' offering over the center-field fence for a two-run jack.

”I actually wanted to just hit,” Worley said of the home run. “I struck out the at-bat before and I was going up for redemption.”

While the shot appeared deep enough, it wasn't clear the ball was over the fence until it got there.

”Usually when I hit triples and doubles, they feel better than (the home run),” Worley said. “It's my fourth of the season and I wasn't expecting it.”

Its plays like Worley's that have thoroughly pleased White this year. ”I'm really happy with the freshman class,” she said. “If we can get back those players, we can build upon that.

”We've got a battery, first of all, with two pitchers and a catcher.

If we can get them back, we'll be all right.”

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