The tournament was cancelled Sunday morning before the final two pool play games and championship game could be played due to rain and poor field conditions.

Tournament Champion – Lady Explorers based on 3-0 record

Tournament Runner-Up – Line Drive Express based on 3-1 record (win percentage of .750 which was better than Ice Cubes .667 win percentage with a 2-1 record)

Official Order of Finish
1) Lady Explorers – Midland – 3-0 record

2) Line Drive Express – Midland – 3-1 record

3) Ice Cubes – Auburn – 2-1 record

4) Hooters – Kalamazoo – 2-2 record

5) Michigan Misfits – Jackson – 0-3 record, 18 runs allowed

6) Michigan Ropes – Farmington Hills – 0-3 record, 32 runs allowed

Individual Awards:

Outstanding Pitcher – Sarah Patterson, Line Drive Express (3-1 record)

Outstanding Hitter – Amy Knapp, Hooters (6-8, .750 avg)

Outstanding Infielder – Allison Allen, Lady Explorers (6-10, .600 avg)

Outstanding Player – Lynsay Weaver, Ice Cubes (5-7, .714 avg)

Tournament Director Notes: Hosting a tournament in Petoskey at the waterfront is becoming the official rain dance of the year as we had some type of weather issues for all three of our weekend tourneys to date. This was the second tournament to be cancelled on Sunday prior to completion due to weather.

As expected, the teams in the Ingalls Memorial tournament were very high caliber and we had the pleasure of some excellent games. Starting right off Friday night, we set up a rematch of the 2009 championship game which was true to form as the game went 7 innings with a 0-0 tie as the pitching and defense dominated. The Lady Explorers came out on top in that one. Line Drive Express turned in an outstanding performance for the weekend as they went 3-1 defeating Hooters 5-4 in 10 innings and losing to the Lady Explorers 5-4 in the battle of the unbeaten teams Saturday night. We had players from numerous division one and two schools in Michigan as well as Petoskey's own Meghan Friske who played as a pick-up player for the Michigan Misfits as she made some outstanding defensive plays. Meghan is the daughter of Pam Hodge, MASA Hall of Famer, who was a regular at the waterfront for 20 years.

Game Results:

Game 1: Lady Explorers – 2 (6 hits) over Hooters – 1 (8 hits) in 8 innings

WP – Casey Hanes (5 K’s, 0 BB’s), LP – Lauren Kramer (12 K’s, 0 BB’s) 

Lady Explorers – Lauren Histed had 2 hits with a double, Alison Allen had 2 hits, Reba Williams and Sam Cain each singled.

Hooters – Jame O’Bryant had 2 hits with a double, Amy Knapp had 2 hits, singles by Michelle Bendewald, Lauren Kramer, Lexi Jager and Brett Williams.

Notes –  This game featured the two teams from the championship game of 2009. This game ended in a 0-0 tie after 7 innings. The international tie breaker went into effect in the top of the 8th inning. For the Lady Explorers, Lauren Histed led off the inning with an RBI double, was sacrificed to third and then scored on Reba Williams’ 2 out RBI single to make it 2-0. In the bottom of the 8th inning for Hooters, Jame O’Bryant led off with an RBI double but was stranded as the next 3 hitters went down in order.

Game 2: Line Drive Express – 6 (11 hits) over Michigan Ropes – 4 (8 hits)

WP – Sarah Patterson (4 IP, 3 R’s, 5 H’s, 7 K’s, 2 BB’s) in relief of Sam Pierce (3 IP, 1 R, 3 H’s, 2 K’s, 1 BB), LP – Sarah Fisher (6 K’s, 1 BB)

Line Drive – Marlene Packer had 2 hits with a double, Jaclyn Crummy and Brogan Darwin each had 2 hits, Steph Dusendang tripled, singles by Molly Coldren, Kari Altof, Alison Ivelle and Alexa Knicely.

Michigan Ropes – Ashley Coffin had 2 hits, Kailah Happ doubled, singles by Natalie Wellman, Dana Velzy, Kaitlyn Kenyon, Allison Jaskulka and Katie Smith.

Game 3: Ice Cubes – 8 (8 hits) over Michigan Misfits – 1 (5 hits)

WP – Tricia McGillis (10 K’s, 3 BB’s), LP – Abbie Richardson (0 K’s, 3 BB’s)

Ice Cubes – Kim Biskup and Lauren Clark each had 2 hits, singles by Jacque Benedict, Amanda Jensen, Kerri Jonas and Lynsay Weaver.

Misfits – Gracie Barsted had 2 hits, Abbie Richardson doubled, singles by Jessica Bracamonte and Marissa Everett.

Game 4: Line Drive Express – 5 (8 hits) over Hooters – 4 (7 hits) in 10 innings

WP – Sarah Patterson (8 K’s, 2 BB’s), LP – Alexa Gehris (13 K’s, 2 BB’s)

Line Drive – Molly Coldren and Allison Iuelle each had 2 hits, singles by Jaclyn Crummy, Brogan Darwin, Steph Dusendang and Jessica Page.

Hooters – Amanda Kloosterman had 2 hits with a double, Brett Williams had 2 hits, singles by Amy Knapp, Megan Gregory, Jame O’Bryant.

Notes – After 7 innings the game was tied at 2 and went to the international tie breaker. Each team scored one in the 8th and then neither team was able to score in the 9th inning. In the bottom of the 9th inning, Line Drive Express had runners on 2nd and 3rd with one out and was able to get the 2nd out of the inning on an attempted squeeze play where Jayme O’Bryant, 3rd baseman for Hooters, scooped the bunt attempt with her glove to the catcher for the tag out. Hooters scored one run in the top of the 10th inning on two infield ground outs that advanced the runner to 3rd and then home on the 2nd out. In the bottom of the 10th inning, Line Drive Express scored the tie breaker runner from 2nd base on Molly Coldren’s lead-off single and she was able to move to 2nd base on the overthrow to the plate. With one out, a throwing error allowed the winning run to score from second base.

Game 5: Lady Explorers – 3 (6 hits) over Michigan Misfits – 0 (5 hits)

WP – Sam Cain (9 K’s, 3 BB’s), LP – Marisa Everett (3 K’s, 1 BB)

Lady Explorers – Jess McKeith had 2 hits, Allison Allen doubled, singles by Reba Williams, Courtney Rousseau and Jess Chatterton.

Misfits – Gracie Barsted had 2 hits with a double, Abbie Richardson had 2 hits, Jessica Bracamonte singled.

Game 6: Hooters – 5 (10 hits) over Ice Cubes – 1 (7 hits)

WP – Lauren Kramer (5 K’s, 1 BB), LP – Jenny Mackson (5 K’s, 2 BB’s)

Hooters – Lauren Kramer had 3 hits with a triple, Jamie O’Bryant and Lexi Jager each had 2 hits, Megan Gregory and Brett Williams each doubled and Kristen Larsen singled.

Ice Cubes – Two hits each by Kim Biskup, Lauren Clark and Lynsay Weaver and Kerri Jonas singled.

Game 7: Line Drive Express – 7 (9 hits) over Michigan Misfits – 5 (12 hits)

WP – Sarah Patterson (5 IP, 2 R’s, 7 H’s, 2 K’s, 1 BB) in relief of Sam Pierce (2 IP, 3 R’s, 5 H’s, 1 K, 0 BB), LP – Abbie Richardson (2 K’s, 2 BB’s)

Line Drive Express – Molly Coldren had 2 hits with a triple, Brogan Darwin had 2 hits, singles by Marlena Packer, Alison Iuelle, Jessica Page, Keri Austhof and Alexa Knicely.

Michigan Misfits – Jessica Baremonte, Marissa Everett and Gracie Barsted each had 2 hits with a double, Abbie Richardson and Kolee Spink had 2 hits apiece, Kalie Lamb and Kelsey Hinkle singled.

Game 8: Ice Cubes – 12 (12 hits) over Michigan Ropes – 0 (3 hits) in 4 innings

WP – Jenny Mackson (3 IP, 0 R’s, 3 H’s, 2 K’s, 2 BB’s) with relief from Tricia McGillis (1 IP, 0 R’s, 0 H’s, 1 K, 0 BB’s), LP – Dana Velzy (0 K’s, 6 BB’s)

Ice Cubes – Amanda Jensen had 2 hits with a triple, Jacque Benedict had 2 hits with a double, Rachel Mueller and Lynsay Weaver each had 2 hits, singles by Kim Biskup, Lauren Clark, Kerri Jonas, Bri Catardella.

Michigan Ropes – Katie Smith, Kallah Happ and Natalie Wellman singled.

Game 9: Lady Explorers – 5 (12 hits) over Line Drive Express – 4 (6 hits)

WP – Casey Hanes (8 K’s, 0 BB’s), LP – Sarah Patterson (3 K’s, 0 BB’s)

Lady Explorers – Makell Barski and Alison Allen each had 3 hits, Lauren Histed had 2 hits with a double, singles by Jess McKeith, Jess Chaterton, Sam Thacker and Reba Williams.

Line Drive Express – Molly Coldren had 2 hits with a double, Jaclyn Crummy had 2 hits, singles by Mary Kate Divirgilio and Keri Althof.

Game 10: Hooters – 14 (12 hits) over Michigan Ropes – 2 (4 hits) in 6 innings

WP – Alexa Gehris (4 2/3 IP, 2 R’s, 4 H’s, 6 K’s, 2 BB’s) with relief from Laura Kramer (1 1/3 IP, 0 R’s, 0 H’s, 2 K’s, 1 BB), LP – Kaitlyn Kenyon (5 IP, 7 R’s, 9 H’s, 2 K’s, 3 BB’s) with relief from Devon Eley (1 IP, 7 R’s, 3 H’s, 0 K’s, 4 BB’s)

Hooters – Britt Williams had 3 hits with a double, Megan Gregory and Lauren Kramer each had 2 hits, Michelle Bendewald doubled, singles by Jayme O’Bryant, Amanda Klosterman, Jessica Kohloff and Kristen Larsen.

Michigan Ropes – Kailah Happ had 2 hits, Ashley Coffin and Dana Velzy singled.

The tournament was cancelled Sunday morning due to heavy rains that made the field unplayable.