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Panther 14U Blue Squad, Cops Fourth Tournament
Indian Mills, NJ, July 8 &
9, 2001
The NY Panthers 14 under Blue team won six of
seven games over the weekend to win the Indian Mills Mystics
Tournament, the fourth title the Blue squad has taken this year.
Pitchers Kim Keshecki, Christine Petridis and Allison
Castellucci each won two games, backed by Alyson Slattery (eight
hits, five RBI), Kristine Knuth (seven hits) and Nicole Losito
(five RBI).
Diana Ruddy and Marianne Tepedino had key hits in the
championship game and Jennifer Pomponio and Amalia DiTrapani
sparkled defensively.
SCORES:
Panthers 11, PA Springford Sting 2. DEL Orange
Crush 5, Panthers 4. Panthers 7, Jersey Heat 2. Panthers 4,
Jersey Heat 2. Panthers 3, Hopewell Hornets 0. Panthers 3,
Mystic White 0.
Championship Game:
Panthers 2, Delaware Orange Crush 1.
Panther 14U Blue, Wins Third
Pony Tournament
ESSEX, Conn. June 30, July 1, 2001
The 14-and-under New York Panthers Blue team
won the CT Shock PONY National Qualifier for
their third tourney championship of the season.
On Saturday, Nicole Losito earned the win
during game one's 5-1 victory over the
Connecticut Avalanche. The Panthers, then beat
the New Jersey Rampage 8-4 as Christine Petridis
won game two. Jennifer Pomponio was the winning
pitcher in the Panthers 10-1 win over the
Connecticut Hornets in the day's finale.
On Sunday, the Panthers defeated the
Connecticut Eliminators 10-2 in the
quarter-finals, then beat the Long Island
Chargers 5-3 in the semis and took the
championship by edging the Rhode Island Thunder
2-1 on Amalia DiTrapani's winning RBI single in
the top of the seventh inning.
Christine Petrides, Dianna Ruddy earned wins
in the first two games and Nicole Losito pitched
a three hitter for the win in the championship
game. Allison Castellucci picked up two saves.
Allison Slattery (seven hits, seven runs), Losito
(eight hits, eight RBI) and Kristine Knuth (six
hits, seven runs) were the big hitters over the
weekend while Tori Smith sparkled defensively.
Panther
Blue Finish 3rd
Sayreville,
NJ, June 23, 24, 2001
The Panther 14u Blue team went 3-0
in the rained shortened Sayreville Stingray
Pony tournament.
Pitcher Kim Keshecki beat the Rockaway Rampage
8-1 and the Clifton Cobras 4-3, Nicole Losito
beat the NJ Skylanders 7-2. Offense for the day
was provided by Chris Petridis a 2 RBI triple and
Amalia DiTrapani 2 hits 2 RBI , Alyson Slattery 5
runs, 4 RBI's, Kristin Brennan 3 hits, 4 runs and
Kristine Knuth 3 hits, 2 runs.
Three teams finished with 3-0 records, the order
in which the teams finished was decided by runs
against.
Panther
14U Blue, Wins Pony
Qualifier
Belleville,
NJ, April 28, 29 2001
The Panther 14u Blue team won the
North Jersey Diamond Girl Classic fastpitch
tournament, qualifying for the Pony Nationals to
be held in Sterling Virginia this coming July.
Saturday, April
28, 2001:
The first game saw
the Panthers beat the Sayreville Stingrays 4-0
behind the pitching of Allison Castellucci (two
hits, nine strikeouts). Kristin Brennan (single,
double, 2 RBI) provided the offense.
The Host team defeated the Panthers 5-3 in the
second game but the Panthers bounced back and
defeated the Clifton Cobras 9-2 in the third game
behind pitcher Christine Petridis and some stella
defense by the Panthers. Alyson Slattery
collected three hits, while Jennifer Pomponio
reached base four times and scored three runs.
Sunday,
April 29, 2001:
The Panthers
defeated the NJ Skylanders 7-1 in the first game
of single elimination play. Winning pitcher
Allison Castellucci (2 hits, 9 strikeouts)
retired the first 13 batters before surrendering
a single in the fifth inning. With the Panthers
ahead 1-0 in the fifth, the Skylanders had
runners on first and third and two outs, catcher
Laura Meisner picked off the runner at third to
end the threat, the next inning the Panthers
platted six runs to put the game away and send
the Panthers to the championship game. Kristin
Brennan, 2 RBI, Christine Petridis, 2 RBI and
Alyson Slattery, 2 runs scored, single and triple
provided the offense.
In the
championship game the Panthers defeated the
Clifton Charmers 8-0 behind pitcher Nicole
Losito. Losito helped her own cause with 2 RBI
while Christine Petridis also platted two.
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Panther Blue Finish 2nd Elizabeth, NJ, June 16, 17,
2001
The Panther 14u Blue team won three
and lost one in an ASA Regional Qualifier.
Kim Keshecki won twice, no-hitting the NJ Hot
Shots 6-0 and then two-hitting them 6-1.
Chris Petridis was the winning pitcher as the
Panthers beat the Walden Blue Sox 9-0.
The Panthers lost to the Binghamton Rebels 2-1.
Kristin Brennan, 4hits, 3 RBI, 6 runs scored,
Nicole Losito, 7 hits, 5 runs scored and Alyson
Slattery, 7 hits, 5RBI and 7 runs scored provided
the offense.
The Semi- Final game between the Rebels and
Panthers was rained out as was the rest of the
tourney. The final standings were:
1) Glen Falls (NY) Lady Bulldogs
2) Panthers
3) Binghamton (NY) Rebels
Panther
Blue Finish 3rd
Jefferson, NJ, June
9, 10 2001
The Panther 14u Blue team won 2 of 3
games on Saturday in the NJ Halos Courtney Fund
tourney. After losing the first game 4-3 to the
PA Blue Devils the Panthers beat the LI Bandits
Black 12-2 behind winning pitcher Kim Keshecki.
The Panthers won the third game 5-3 against the
Rockaway Rampage 6-5 in extra innings behind
pitcher Nicole Losito. Amalia DiTrapani and
Alyson Slattery made saved the game for the
Panthers in the last inning with two great
defense plays.
On Sunday the Panthers (4 seed) beat the North
Jersey Diamond Girls 4-3 behind winning pitcher
Nicole Losito (12K's.) Diana Ruddy pitched the
semi final game against the #1 seed, LI Bandits
Silver and lost 2-1. Ruddy pitched a great game
giving up only one earned run. Kristin Brennan
tied the game in the seventh wit a run scoring
single with two outs. Offense for the weekend was
provided by Kristine Knuth 6 hits, 6 runs scored,
Alyson Slattery 8 hits, 5 RBI, Nicole Losito 5
hits, 6 RBI, Marianne Tepedino 4 hits, 5 runs
scored, Diana Ruddy 4 hits, 2 RBI. Also on
Sunday, Jennifer Pomponio sparkled on defense in
right field.
Panther
14U White, Qualifies For
Nationals
Lincroft, NJ, May 26
,27 2001
The Panther 14u White team won the Memorial Day Classic,
qualifying for the Pony Nationals to be held in
Sterling Virginia this coming July with a 3-0
record.
The Panthers blanked the Freehold Tornadoes White
8-0 behind Nicole Pignatelli's three-hit
pitching, upended the Long Island Chargers 8-1 as
Pignatelli allowed only four hits, and edged the
Freehold Tornadoes Black 5-4 as Amanda Sosa
smacked a two-run double with two outs in the
seventh. Tara Ciccione had five hits, Amanda
Grasso had for hits, and Amanda Sosa also had
four hits on the day.
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