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sports:
softball
49ers end year
on positive note
By Jamie Rogers
On-line Forty-Niner
The careers of
junior Jaclyn Fredrickson, seniors Jennifer Spigner and Kelly
Nasrawi ended on a positive note this weekend after a three-game
sweep against Cal State Sacramento at the 49er Softball Complex.
"[The women]
played well as a team," Head Coach Pete Manarino said.
"They hit the ball well. It is nice to end the season
on a positive note."
Game one ended
4-1 for The Beach Saturday after the 49ers scored three runs
in the first inning. The bases were loaded when Christina
Zepeda and Fredrickson scored off a wild throw home. Jamie
Farnworth came up to bat next to earn a RBI.
The Hornets scored
its only run in the fifth inning. By the sixth inning, Nasrawi
started showing signs of fatigue and gave up six more hits.
Knoff stepped in for the save, striking out the next thee
batters.
The twilight game
ended after only five innings when the 49ers enforced the
eight-run rule. In the first inning, LBSU posted two runs
in the first inning and seven in the second. In both the first
and second innings, freshman Darcey Brown hit two-run doubles.
In the second inning, sophomore Kristina McCarty produced
a three-run double. CSU Sacramento earned its only run in
the top of the second on a RBI by Amber Dragomir.
The 49ers came
back late in the sixth inning Sunday when Farnworth hit a
drive past Hornet pitcher Jillian Bivert and second baseman
Lori Meixner, bringing Brown in from second base. Spigner
then hit a single, bringing a runner in from third and tying
the score at 2-2.
Cassie Preece later
hit a line drive past relief pitcher Gina Steenburgen, bringing
in Farnworth and Spigner. Knoff picked up another save after
Nasrawi gave up only two runs, one in the third and one in
the sixth.
This year, which
The Beach finished 24-29 for the regular season and 12-9 in
Big West Conference play, was Manarino's first losing season
in the 18 years he has coached for the 49ers. On Sunday, he
bid farewell to the players who will not return next year.
"We had senior
day with a nice ceremony before the game. Everything was very
positive," he said. "We have a good nucleus of players
coming back from this season, good leaders. And we will be
signing six freshmen in the fall. We are looking forward to
next season."
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