Monthly Archives: April 2010

Etiwanda graduate earns national recognition on the diamond

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University of North Carolina senior Danielle Spaulding was named a finalist for the 2010 USA Softball Collegiate Player of the Year, announced by the Amateur Softball Association of America (ASA). This is the second consecutive year the pitcher/first baseman has been named to the top-25 list.

The Collegiate Player of the Year award, which is the most prestigious honor in Division I women’s softball, is designed to recognize outstanding athletic achievement by female collegiate players across the country.

Spaulding, a two-time All-America and ACC Player of the Year, currently leads Carolina’s pitchers with a 0.87 ERA, 184 strike outs and .101 opponent’s batting average. She also is in the top five in five different Atlantic Coast Conference pitching statistics.

During this season Spaulding, a graduate of Etiwanda High School, has pitched five no hitters and is the leader of all current NCAA pitchers in strikeouts per seven innings with a 11.8 rate. Spaulding, a Rancho Cucamonga, Calif. product, also leads all Tar Heel batters with a .351 batting average this season.

The Top-25 list represents 20 schools and seven different NCAA Div. I Conferences. The list is comprised of 10 seniors, seven juniors, one sophomore and seven freshmen. Four ACC players were named to the list and the Pac-10 leads all conferences with eight selections.

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Cal Poly tennis player earns weekly honor

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Cal Poly Pomona’s Jennnifer Chow has been named the Penn/CCAA Women’s Tennis Player of the Week for the week of April 5-11.

Chow, a junior from Diamond Bar,won the deciding match, defeating Valerie Tang at No. 3 singles, 2-6, 6-0, 6-4, as the Broncos snapped UC San Diego’s 65-match CCAA winning streak with a 6-3 victory on April 7.

Chow also earned a singles victory at No. 2 in Saturday’s 6-3 win over Cal State San Bernardino and teamed with Jackie Trendt to record a win at No. 1 doubles.

She has an overall record of 11-4. She is 12-5 in doubles with Trendt.

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Redlands, Pomona-Pitzer the class of the SCIAC

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The University of Redlands and Pomona-Pitzer baseball teams have separated themselves from the rest of the pack so the SCIAC title will come down to those two.

Redlands got brilliant pitching and posted wins of 6-2 and 7-1 over the Sagehens on Saturday. Pitzer was equally dominant in the opener on Friday, winning 9-2. So now all the three-game series are done and its on to round-robin play.

Each team has one game against all the others so it is a chance for the lesser teams to be the spoiler. But don’t count on it. Barring an unforseen upset the title will come down to the last head-to-head battle between the teams on April 24 at Redlands.

The highlight of Saturday’s doubleheader was a monster collision between the Bulldogs’ Nate Carlson and Sagehens catcher James Brunswick with Carlson attempting to score from second on a hit in the third inning of the second game which Redlands was leading 5-0.

Carlson is a big dude – the roster says 6-4. Brunswick is 5-11, a small 5-11 at that. Carlson barreled in and Brunswick went flying, yet made the tag and hung on to the ball for the final out of the inning. Carlsown was ejected for not sliding, which Redlands coach Scott Laverty conceded was the right call.

How many times does the guy making the great defensive play lead off the next inning? Yes most of the time. And Brunswick got a hit and later scored. But that was about the only highlight of the day for the Sagehens.

Both are quality teams. And barring something unexpected, both should make the regional tournament. And both have the potential to make a run. It is ivalry in full bloom and should only get better!

 

 

 

 

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