Gilroy
– Amanda Rosevear dug up an article written prior to the women’s
softball season and showed it to coach Nikki-Dequin Thompson.
Gilroy – Amanda Rosevear dug up an article written prior to the women’s softball season and showed it to coach Nikki-Dequin Thompson.
In the article, Dequin-Thompson talked about how she believed Gavilan would not only show improvement from last year but actually compete successfully with several Coast Conference teams.
The Rams catcher and coach discussed the subject several days ago as Gavilan was in the midst of a losing streak that reached six games Thursday. Dequin-Thompson assured Rosevear that she still believed in the Rams and that she wasn’t discouraged about the recent slump.
If there was one inning that lended credence to Dequin-Thompson’s faith in her team, it was in the fifth frame Friday of Gavilan’s 10-2 win over Mission College.
The Rams, leading 6-2 entering the fifth, quickly got two outs and Amanda Perez fell into an 0-2 hole. And then something happened that Dequin-Thompson could only think about last season but knew her team was not capable of accomplishing.
Perez singled and stole second. Rosevear had an RBI double. Megan Smart got an RBI single, continued to second on the throw to the infield and stole third. Jen McBain delivered an RBI single. An error put runners at first and third. Tiffany McIntosh followed with an RBI single.
The game ended by the mercy rule. Gavilan, which had been shut out in two straight games, finished with 11 hits in five innings.
“We definitely believe we can win,” said Smart, the speedy outfielder who contributed two hits, two stolen bases, two RBIs and three runs scored. “Sometimes it doesn’t go our way. But we know that if we keep the momentum going, we’re going to get hits and sooner or later the breaks will happen for us.”
The Rams (8-19 overall, 3-10 conference) fell in a non-conference tilt Saturday to College of the Siskiyous, 13-1.
Gavilan took a 1-0 lead on McBain’s first-inning RBI single. The Eagles scored four times in the third highlighted by Jessica Shiery’s two-run home run.
The Rams kept it close until College of the Siskiyous scored eight runs on eight hits in the sixth inning.
Smart and Rosevear had two hits apiece for Gavilan, which had six hits and left eight on base. Shiery was 4 for 5 with three RBIs for the Eagles.
“We played very well (until the last inning),” Dequin-Thompson said. “Haylie Cloud was very effective for five innings. We didn’t hit the ball like we needed to. We’re still trying to come through with that clutch hit with runners in scoring position.”
Gavilan is at Ohlone for a 3pm game today.
