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SOFTBALL: Du Quoin wins Marissa Tournament with 30th victory

Posted May 07, 2012 11:00 pm

Patricia Ferrari

</element><element id="paragraph-1" type="body"><![CDATA[The DuQuoin Indians Softball Team brought home more hardware from the Marissa Tournament on Saturday winning first place without surrendering a single run in three games.

The path to the championship went through Mascoutah (9-0), Red Bud (6-0), and Breese Mater Dei (6-0). The Indians are now 30-2 overall.

DuQuoin defeated Mascoutah 9-0 in five innings on Friday. Cassidy Rice got the win moving her record to 13-1. She went all five innings, allowing no runs, two hits, and had 8 strikeouts.

Aubrey Davis was 1-2. Kelsey Robinson was 2-3, including a home run, and had 2 RBI. Cassidy Rice was 2-3 including a double, and two RBI. Magen Edwards was 1-3 with an RBI. Amanda Williams was 2-2 including a double and an RBI.

In the second game of the tournament, DuQuoin squared off against Red Bud beating them 6-0.

Jessica Hirsch was 2-4. Kelsey Robinson was 1-4, a triple, and an RBI. Cassidy Rice was 2-4. Alexis Kohrs was 1-1. Magen Edwards was 1-3 with 2 RBI. Amanda Williams was 1-3. Katrina Whitley was 1-2. Kate Toler was the flex on defense.

Kohrs was the winning pitcher for DuQuoin. Her record is now 16-1 overall. Kohrs allowed no runs, on two hits, and had 10 strikeouts.

In the championship game, DuQuoin defeated Breese Mater Dei 6-0 to win first place. Rice got the win moving her record to 14-1. Rice went all seven innings allowing no runs, three hits, had 7 strikeouts, and 2 walks.

DuQuoin pounded out eight hits in this game. Jessica Hirsch was 1-1 with a double and three walks. Aubrey Davis was 1-3 with two RBI. Kelsey Robinson had 3 RBI in the game on a ground out and two sacrifice flies. Cassidy Rice was 1-4 with a double. Hadley Marek was 1-3. Magen Edwards was 1-2. Amanda Williams was 1-3. Katrina Whitley was 2-3, including a triple.

Coach Jason James was very happy with his team's performance. "Rice and Kohrs pitched outstanding. They only allowed one runner to reach second base, and that was the first batter of the first game. We only gave up 7 hits all weekend, and they were all singles. We played awesome defense behind them. We did not commit an error all weekend."

"We were patient at the plate, and came up with some big at bats. Robinson hit her 5th home run of the season, while driving in 6 runs with some productive at bats. We are very proud of our girls, and how they show up ready to go every day."

"Thirty wins is just outstanding, and we are not sure how many teams have ever reached that total in DuQuoin (boys or girls). We still have several goals that we want to accomplish, and we will give it our all to reach those goals!"

DuQuoin is scheduled for a JV game with Murphysboro on Monday at home. Tuesday is a home game for the Varsity with Carlyle. Saturday will have DuQuoin at Harrisburg playing Harrisburg at 11:00 and Cobden at 12:30. The Regional will start the week of the 14th at Herrin. DuQuoin is seeded No. 1 in the Regional.

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