Championship Game – Hooters over Lady Explorers 5-2 in 8 innings

Tournament Champion – Hooters from Kalamazoo

Tournament Runner-Up – Lady Explorers from Midland 

Pool Play Order of Finish
1) Lady Explorers – Midland – 3-1 record, 6 RA, 17 RS

2) Hooters – Kalamazoo – 3-1 record, 9 RA, 23 RS

3) Blue Chips – Livonia – 3-1 record, 19 RA, 22 RS

4) Line Drive Express – Midland – 2-2 record, 21 RA, 19 RS

5) Ice Cubes – Auburn – 2-2 record, 24 RA, 24 RS

6) Southgate Pirate BABS - Southgate – 1-3 record, 18 RA, 19 RS

7) Hilirigers – Tustin – 0-4 record, 35 RA, 8 RS

RA = runs allowed; RS = runs scored

Individual Awards:

Outstanding Pitcher – Nikki Nemitz from Hooters, 3-0 record, 21 IP, 2 R’s, 4 H’s, 36 K’s, 5 BB’s

Outstanding Hitter – Katie Brandt from BABS, 8-12 .667 avg, 5 RBI’s

Outstanding Infielder – Allison Allen from Lady Explorers, 9-18 .500 avg

Outstanding Outfielder – Amanda Jensen from Ice Cubes, 7-14 .500 avg

Tournament Director Notes:

Nikki Nemitz, pitcher for Hooters in this tournament, will be participating with the USA National Team for the Pan Am Games 7/31-8/9/09 in Venezuela. She also has one more year to play at University of Michigan. We wish her well and appreciate her participation in our tournament in Petoskey.

This tournament was one of the overall strongest fields we have seen in years. The fact that no team went undefeated in pool play says a lot with this level of competition. We would like to thank the grounds crew from the City of Petoskey for doing a great job in preparing the field Sunday morning after an overnight thunderstorm left the field with several pools of standing water. The field was in great shape and there were no delays. We did play games in the rain Saturday night as the intermittent showers rolled through for about three hours. Temperatures were in the high 70’s to low 80’s and there was a nice incoming breeze off the bay all day on Sunday with temps in the high 70’s once again.

Game Results:

Game 1:  Line Drive Express – 11 (10 hits) over Hilirigers – 0 (1 hit) in 4 innings

WP – Rebecca Rodger (4 K’s, 1 BB), LP – Ashley White (2 K’s, 3 BB’s)

Line Drive – Stephanie Morong had 2 hits with a double, Stephanie Dusendang and Courtney King each had 2 hits, Kim Cozat tripled, singles by Rachel Wade, Brogan Darwin and Rebecca Rodgers.

Hilirigers – Brandy Badertsher singled.

Game 2: Lady Explorers – 3 (5 hits) over Southgate BABS – 2 (5 hits)

WP – Casey Hanes (6 K’s, 1 BB), LP – Jessica Wojick (7 K’s, 7 BB’s)

Explorers – Allison Allen had 2 hits with 2 RBI’s, singles by Courtney Rouseau, Sam Thacker and Jess McKeith.

BABS – Katie Brandt had 3 hits with a triple, Ashleigh Inman doubled and Jessica Pawlske singled.

Game 3: Hooters – 7 (11 hits) over Blue Chips (2 hits) in 6 innings

WP – Nikki Nemitz (11 K’s, 0 BB’s), LP – Elizabeth Milian (6 K’s, 1 BB)

Hooters – Christina Novak had 3 hits with a triple and double, Nikki Nemitz had 3 hits with a double, Heather Han doubled, singles by Megan Gregory, Chelsea Westenburg, Katie Duncan and Brit Williams.

Blue Chips – Jill Shulz had a double and single for the only hits.

Game 4 – Ice Cubes – 9 (14 hits) over Hilirigers – 6 (10 hits)

WP – Shannon Roney (9 K’s, 2 BB’s), LP – Tricia McGillis (1 K, 3 BB’s)

Ice Cubes – Jacque Benedict had 3 hits with a triple, Sarah Mueller had 2 hits with a double, Meredith Moody, Amanda Jensen and Kim Biskup each had 2 hits, singles by Becky Manson, Kerris Jonas and Brittany Decker.

Hilirigers – Whitney Stratton and Peggy Darmer each had 3 hits, Tricia McGillis had 2 hits, Brandy Badertscher and Ashley White singled.

Game 5: Lady Explorers – 9 (15 hits) over Hooters – 1 (4 hits)

WP – Casey Haines (6 IP, 1 R, 4 H’s, 1 K, 0 BB) with relief from Kendra LaBair (1 IP, 1 K, 1 BB), LP – Tammy Filkins (6 2/3 IP, 9 R’s, 15 H’s, 0 K’s, 2 BB’s) with relief from Megan Gregory (1/3 IP to get the final out of the 7th inning)

Explorers – Courtney Rouseau had 3 hits, Allison Allen had 2 hits with a double, two hits each by Angie Kaiser, Marsha Beaboin, Jess Chatterton, triple by Jess McKeith, singles by Danny Williams, Lauren Memmer and Reba Williams.

Hooters – Nikki Nemitz tripled, singles by Megan Gregory, Chelsea Westenburg and Katie Duncan.

Game 6: Blue Chips – 7 (11 hits) over Ice Cubes – 6 (8 hits)

WP – Katie Osburn (5 K’s, 2 BB’s), LP – Shannon Roney (0 K’s, 5 BB’s)

Blue Chips – Kate Greenman had 3 hits, Summer Knoop had 2 hits with a triple, Britney Merchant had 2 hits with a double, Ashley Gilson had 2 hits, Elizabeth Milian and Jess Liebner singled.

Ice Cubes – Amanda Jensen and Shannon Roney each had 2 hits, singles by Jacque Benedict, Becky Manson, Kerri Jonas and Ellie Neidhamer.

Game 7: Southgate Pirates BABS – 6 (10 hits) over Hilirigers – 2 (5 hits)

WP – Megan Cook (4 K’s, 6 BB’s), LP – Ashley White (1 K, 1 BB)

BABS – Ashleigh Inman had 3 hits with 2 doubles, Kady Cooper had a triple and double, singles by Rachel Hall, Katie Brandt, Katie Baker, Jessica Pawllske and Megan Cook.

Hilirigers – Singles by Abigail Colinge, Katie Ward, Brandy Badertser, Tricia McGillis and Hilary England.

Game 8: Hooters – 6 (10 hits) over Line Drive Express – 0 (1 hit)

WP – Nikki Nemitz (14 K’s, 5 BB’s), LP – Stefanie Morong (4 IP, 5 R’s, 7 H’s, 1 K, 1 BB) with relief from Courtney King (2 IP, 1 R, 3 H, 1 K, 0 BB’s)

Hooters – Katie Duncan had 2 hits with an over the fence homerun (1st and only of the tournament), Krystle Bailey had 2 hits, Kristin Larsen doubled, singles by Megan Gregory, Chelsea Westenburg, Nikki Nemitz, Bret Williams and Heather Han.

Line Drive Express – Jenny Elliot singled to lead off the second inning for the only hit.

Game 9: Line Drive Express – 4 (7 hits) over Southgate BABS Pirates – 3 (7 hits)

WP - /Courtney King (5 K’s, 1 BB), LP – (5 K’s, 5 BB’s)

Line Drive Express – Rachel Mueller had 2 hits with a double, Kim Cozat doubled, singles by Rachel Wade, Courtney King, Stephanie Dusendang and Brogan Darwin.

BABS – Jessica Powalske had 2 hits with a triple, Kady Cooper had 2 hits with a double, Jessica Wojick had 2 hits and Katie Brandt singled.

Game 10: Lady Explorers – 3 (6 hits) over Ice Cubes – 0 (4 hits)

WP – Lauren Memmer (4 K’s, 2 BB’s), LP – Sarah Mueller (1 K, 2 BB’s)

Lady Explorers – Allison Allen and Danny Williams each had 2 hits, Reba Williams and Sam Thacker singled.

Ice Cubes – Becky Manson doubled, singles by Jacque Benedict, Amanda Jensen and Meredith Moody.

Game 11: Hooters – 9 (11 hits) over Hilirigers – 0 (2 hits) in 5 innings

WP – Tammy Filkins (0 K’s, 0 BB’s), LP – Ashley White (1 K, 0 BB’s)

Hooters – Nikki Nemitz had 2 hits with a double, Kristin Larsen had 2 hits, Megan Gregory tripled, Brit Williams doubled, singles by Chelsea Westenburg, Katie Duncan and Heather Han.

Hilirigers – Tricia McGillis and Hilary England singled.

Game 12: Blue Chips – 12 (14 hits) over Line Drive Express – 4 (9 hits)

WP – Elizabeth Milian (6 K’s, 0 BB’s), LP – Stefanie Morong (2/3 IP, 7 R’s, 6 H’s, 0 K’s, 1 BB) with relief from Rebecca Rogers (4 2/3 IP, 0 R’s, 1 H, 0 K’s, 0 BB’s) with additional relief from Jenny Elliot (2/3 IP, 1 H)

Blue Chips – Katie Osburn had 3 hits with a double, Summer Knoop, Elizabeth Milian and Kate Greenman each had 2 hits with a double, Macy Merchant had 2hits, Ashley Gilson tripled, Jill Schulz doubled and Brit Merchant singled.

Line Drive Express – Kim Cozat had 2 hits with a double, Rachel Wade had 2 hits, Jenny Elliot tripled, Stephanie Dusendang and Rebecca Rogers each doubled, Rachel Meuller and Brogan Darwin.

Game 13: Ice Cubes – 9 (6 hits) over Southgate Pirate BABS – 8 (8 hits) in 8 innings

WP – Shannon Roney (6 K’s, 6 BB’s), LP – Jessica Wojick (3 K’s, 8 BB’s)

Ice Cubes – Amanda Jensen had 2 hits, Kerri Jonas tripled, singles by Kim Biskup, Lauren Clark and Meredith Moody.

BABS – Katie Brandt had 3 hits with a double, Kady Cooper had 3 hits, singles by Ashleigh Inman, April Brandt and Megan Cook.

Game 14: Blue Chips – 3 (5 hits) over Lady Explorers – 2 (4 hits)

WP – Katie Osburn (2 K’s, 1 BB), LP – Casey Haines (5 K’s, 0 BB’s)

Blue Chips – Brit Merchant had 2 hits, singles by Summer Knoop, Katie Osburn and Kate Greenman.

Lady Explorers – Singles by Courtney Rouseau, Allison Allen, Sam Thacker and Lauren Memmer.

Pool Play Final Results – Lady Explorers, Blue Chips and Hooters each had 3 wins and 1 loss during pool play. According to the tie breaker rules, fewest runs allowed was used to determine that Lady Explorers finished 1st in pool play with 6 runs allowed and Hooters was in 2nd with 9 runs allowed with Blue Chips 3rd with 19 runs allowed.

Game 15: CHAMPIONSHIP GAME – Hooters – 5 (9 hits) over Lady Explorers – 2 (4 hits) in 8 innings

WP – Nikki Nemitz (11 K’s, 0 BB’s), LP – Casey Hanes (5 K’s, 0 BB’s)

Hooters – Brit Williams had 2 hits with a double, Megan Gregory had 2 hits, Heather Han and Christina Novak each doubled, singles by Nikki Nemitz, Kristin Larsen and Krystle Bailey.

Lady Explorers – Allison Allen had 2 hits, Jess Chatterton doubled and Lauren Memmer singled.

Notes: Hooters scored one run in the 1st inning when Megan Gregory singled, moved to 2nd on a sacrifice bunt, third on a ground out and scored on an error. Lady Explorers tied the game at one in the 4th inning when Allison Allen singled with 2 outs and was driven in by Jess Chatterton’s double. In the bottom of the 7th inning, Allison Allen led off for the Lady Explorers with a triple, Nemitz struck out the next batter, there was a dropped pop up in the infield but the runner was unable to advance, and then Nemitz struck out the next two batters to quiet the threat. In the bottom of the 8th, Hooters scored 4 runs on 5 hits with the aid of the international tie breaker where a runner starts the inning at 2nd base. In the bottom of the 8th, Lady Explorers were able to score the tie breaker runner on a sacrifice fly to make the final score 5-2.