Tournament Champion – Lady Explorers from Midland

Pool Play Order of Finish:
1) Blue Chips – Kentwood (3-1 record, 6 RA, 28 RS) Unable to play in championship game due to players needing to leave for U of M softball camp in Ann Arbor and left with only 6 players.
2) Hooters / KAM – Kalamazoo (3-1 record, 13 RA, 23 RS)
3) Lady Explorers – Midland (2-2 record, beat Blue Dogs who also had 2-2 record, 5 RA, 20 RS)
4) Blue Dogs – Port Huron (2-2 record, lost to Explorers who also had 2-2 record, 29 RA, 23 RS)
5) Petoskey Northern Lights – Petoskey (0-4 record, 45 RA, 4 RS)
RA = runs allowed; RS = runs scored

Individual Awards:
Outstanding Pitcher – Ali Pettit / Blue Chips (2-0 record, 14 IP, 2 R’s, 8 H’s, 10 K’s, 1BB)
Outstanding Hitter – Kim Cozat / Lady Explorers (.600 batting average)
Outstanding Infielder – Laura Crower / Lady Explorers (.467 avg & outstanding defense)
Outstanding Outfielder – Megan Gregory / Hooters (solid hitting & defense)

Game Results:

Game 1:  Hooters – 3 (6 hits) over Blue Chips – 1 (8 hits)
WP – Kelly Zache (1 K, 1 BB), LP – Elizabeth Milion (3 K’s, 1 BB)
Hooters – Monica Gathright had 2 hits, Stephanie Sabo doubled, singles by Ashley Strauss, Heather Han and Stephanie Crews.
Blue Chips – Tracy Kratz and Rebecca Milion each had 2 hits, singles by Raya StClair, Teddy Ewing, Shandon Smith and Katie Greenman.

Game 2: Blue Dogs – 12 (17 hits) over Northern Lights – 3 (6 hits)
WP – Hanna Hewitt (5 K’s, 2 BB’s), LP – Andrea Hoeksma (3 K’s, 2 BB’s)
Blue Dogs – Tracy Davis had 4 hits, Erin Brockart had 3 hits with a triple and double, 2 hits each by Ann Rohm, Lisa Schultz, Brooke Hall and Cindy Moore, singles by Stephanie Mathew and Jill McNitt.
Northern Lights – Tiffany Yarrington had 3 hits, singles by Lydia Aulgur, Molly Valleau and Jane Zimmerman.

Game 3: Hooters – 3 (4 hits) over Midland Explorers – 2 (9 hits) in 8 innings
WP – Kyla Sullivan (4 IP, 1 R, 4 H’s, 1 K, 0 BB’s) in relief of Melissa Truidian (4 IP, 1 R, 5 H’s, 2 K’s, 0 BB’s), LP – Stacy Delaney (8 K’s, 0 BB’s)
Hooters – RBI singles by Megan Gregory, Ashley Strauss, Heather Han and a single by Monica Gathright.
Explorers – Kim Cozat had 2 hits with an RBI, Jacque Benedict had 2 hits with an RBI, Jessica LeFevre had 2 hits, Sam Macleer had 2 hits with a triple and Amber Olejniczak singled.

Game 4: Blue Chips – 10 (17 hits) over Blue Dogs – 1 (4 hits)
WP – Ali Pettit (5 K’s, 1 BB), LP – Stacey Barber-Walker (0 K’s, 0 BB’s)
Blue Chips – Rebecca Milian had 4 hits, Roya St. Clair had 3 hits, Annie Stuedemen had a triple and double, Katie Greenman had 2 hits with a triple, Tracy Kaatz and Jill Schultz each had 2 hits, Teddy Ewing and Shannon Smith each singled.
Blue Dogs – Singles by Tracy Davis, Aimee Smith, Erin Brockert and Brooke Hall.

Game 5: Lady Explorers – 8 (8 hits) over Northern Lights – 0 (2 hits)
WP – Kristin Shumaker (4 IP, 0 R’s, 1 H, 9 K’s, 1 BB) with relief from Lisa Shepard (1 IP, 2 K’s), LP – Molly Valleau (4 K’s, 0 BB’s)
Explorers – Jacque Benedict and Stacey Kraatz each had 2hits, Laura Crower doubled, singles by Marissa Dickey, Suzie Giroux and Chelsea Graff.
Northern Lights – Singles by Stephanie Woodward and Lydia Aulgar.

Game 6: Blue Dogs – 10 (9hits) over Hooters – 7 (9hits)
WP – Erin Brockert (3 K’s, 2 BB’s), LP – Jordan Goske (2 2/3 IP, 5 R’s, 3 H’s, 2 K’s, 1 BB), Sharon Palma (2/3 IP, 3 R’s, 1 H, 1 K, 5 BB’s), Kyla Sullivan (2 2/3 IP, 2 R’s, 5 H’s, 3 K’s, 3 BB’s)
Blue Dogs – Erin Brockert had 2 hits with a triple, Anne Rohm had 2 hits, singles by Lisa Schultz, Brooke Hall, Stephanie Matthew, Cindy Moore and Jill McNitt.
Hooters – Stephanie Sabo and Amanda Harrington each had 2 hits, Megan Gregory and Amber Affholter each doubled, singles by Ashley Strauss, Heather Han and Katie Grens.

Game 7: Blue Chips – 15 (9 hits) over Northern Lights – 1 (3 hits) in 3 innings
WP – Elizabeth Milian (7 K’s, 0 BB’s), LP – Stephanie Woodward (2 IP, 11 R’s, 6 H’s, 4 BB’s) with relief from Andrea Hoekesma (1 IP, 4 R’s, 3 H’s, 1 K, 1 BB)
Blue Chips – Roya St. Clair had 2 hits with a double, Teddy Ewing had 2 hits, Katie Greenman and Annie Stuedeman each doubled, singles by Rebeka Milian, Elizabeth Milian and Shannon Smith.
Northern Lights – Allie Smart tripled, singles by Andrea Hoeksema and Jenny Vetter.

Game 8: Blue Chips – 2 (6 hits) over Lady Explorers – 1 (4 hits)
WP – Allie Pettit (5 K’s, 0 BB’s), LP – Stacey Delaney (4 IP, 2 R’s, 4 H’s, 1 K, 1 BB) with relief from Lisa Shepard (2 IP, 0 R’s, 2 H’s, 1 K, 1 BB)
Blue Chips – Jill Schultz had a game winning 2 RBI double in the 4th inning, singles by Tracy Kaatz, Roya St. Clair, Elizabeth Milion, Teddi Ewing and Shannon Smith.
Explorers – Stacy Kraatz had 2 hits with an RBI in the 5th inning and Laura Crower had 2 hits with a triple.

Game 9: Hooters – 10 (12 hits) over Northern Lights – 0 (2 hits)
WP – Melisia Truidan (4 IP, 0 R’s, 2 H’s, 2 K’s, 0 BB’s) with relief from Sharon Palma (1 IP, 2 K’s), LP – Andrea Hoeksema (0 K’s, 2 BB’s)
Hooters – Stephanie Crews had 2 hits with an inside the park homerun and a triple with 6 RBI’s, Katie Grens had 2 doubles, Ashley Strauss had 2 hits with a triple, Stephanie Sabo had 2 hits, Jordan Goslee had 2 hits, Heather Han doubled, singles by Amber Affholter and Julie Dinalo.
Northern Lights – Jessie Raber doubled and Tiffany Yarrington singled.

Game 10: Lady Explorers – 9 (14 hits) over Blue Dogs – 0 (3 hits) in 5 innings
WP – Lisa Shepard (5 K’s, 5 BB’s), LP – Erin Brockert (3 K’s, 1 BB) with 2/3 IP relief from Casie Parker.
Lady Explorers – Laura Crower and Sam Thacker each had 3 hits, Amber Olejniczak, Kim Cozat and Stacey Kraatz each had 2 hits, Jacque Benedict and Suzie Giroux singled.
Blue Dogs – Tracy Davis had 2 hits, Aimee Smith singled.

Tournament Director Note: Blue Chips finished with a 3-1 record and allowed only six runs in their four games of pool play to take 1st place from the round robin portion of the tournament. Several of their players needed to leave after their 8:00 am Sunday game to make it to Ann Arbor in time for a University of Michigan softball camp. This left them with only six players and unable to compete in the championship game, so the next two teams in the order of finish for pool play were entered into the championship game.

Game 11 – Championship Game: Lady Explorers – 7 (8 hits) over Hooters – 2 (4 hits)
WP – Krysten Shumaker (7 K’s, 6 BB’s), LP – Kelly Zache (2 1/3 IP, 3 R’s, 4 H’s, 1 K, 2 BB’s), with relief from Kyla Sullivan (1 2/3 IP, 3 R’s, 3 H’s) and Sharon Palma (2 IP, 1 R, 1 H, 2 K’s, 1 BB)
Explorers – Sam Thacker had 2 hits with a double, Laura Crower doubled, singles by Jessica LeFevre, Jacque Benedict, Stacy Kraatz, Kim Cozat and Amber Olejniczak.
Hooters – Heather Han had 2 hits with a double, Megan Gregory and Katie Grens each singled.