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Show MARCH SDAY Sun Staff Writer State College handed North four embar losses this week college Rebels were in and looked mite NJCAA id loi m lonslnp contenders Schumei s a i an pitcher from put in another alar pitching per ice and her hard it as aided by more hitting throughout up to start the day it for the Rebels on DSC ended up nng a Scenic West c Conlei errce sweep h Idaho College, 7 0 t at Kai Brooks a 1 n Feb 25 jmeis allowed hits in . just and the the seven opener Rebels were just ball after ball Rebels it seemed ng ne practice was ?ame two, the Rebels MIC s early 2 0 lead bottom of the first 2 to tie the score Maglish, a freshman West Jordan who baiting der d e i i second base, leadoff double scored an RBI single s ked a SPORTS 2006 thiombiano ,bbaham Dixie , DIXIE SUN - 9 softball routes North Idaho, wins all 4 games 3C D(ie 1 by Amy Gleicher, a sopho more catcher fi om Las Vegas Schumers walked with the bases loaded to drive m another run The Rebels took a 3 2 lead m the second on an RBI bunt single bv Amv Rhoades, a fi eshman out fielder from Eagle, Idaho The Cardinals tied the score at 3 3 on an RBI sin gle by Vanessa Wood in the top of the sixth Aftei Jessie Dunn, a freshman pitcher from Lancaster Calif, denied the Cardinals any runs in the top of the seventh she led off the bottom of the inning with a walk and Whitney Larson, a fresh man outfielder fi om Cedar City, singled to right Brittany Edlefsen a freshman outfielder from Pleasant Grove ended the game there, blasting a thi ee run homer over the fence in center The pitch was low and outside, Edlefsen said I tried to stay short on the ball and got my hands out, that s what happens when you swing at good pitches DSC coach Randy Wilstead pointed to Larson as one of many examples of players who wont give in at the plate I have too many people who can hit the ball, Wilstead said It s hai d as a managei to know who to hit The games on Fi iday also ended with the Rebels coming out victoi lous The f li st game w as a l out of NIC with the linal scoi e being 8 0 The second game of the dav was a lit tie closer w it la the scoi e being 4 2 Schumei s faced just 16 NICbatteis allowing one hit and a walk while sti lk ing out seven in DSC s l un rule shoi tened fn st game w I " in Thats the best game ve hit mv sjuots in Schumei s said When I do, thev re not going to hit it hai d W'hile Schumei s w as sti aight stumping the demoralized NIC team from her pitcher s cn cle with an onslaught of light mng fast pitches the Rebel offensive at bats were warming up their awak engines and fully ened in the thn d inning Caioline Fernandez, a fi eshman center fi om Las a double Vegas, down tbe thud baseline and ad anced to thn d on a perfei t bunt single by Kailey Reed, a sophomoie outfielder from Springville Maglish gath ered two RBIs in the inning the result of a wild loi The Rebels reach first base one of many times as they stormed over NIC, winning all four games at home pitch that scoi ed Fernandez from thn d and batted Reed home while she reached on a fielder s choice to get the Rebels a lead Schumers reached on a fielders choice and 2 0 Gleichei sliced a single that pushed DSC s lead to 3 0 tdlelsen pounded the ball well over the fence in left completing her five RBI game and booslmg the Rebels lead to 6 0 Fei nandez led the fourth w'lth her second double and Reed laid down another bunt single Beth scored on Edlefsen s double over third base to give the Rebels an 8 0 lead It w'as enough to end the game alter Schumers struck out NIC s final bat ter in the fifth DSC game two starter Jessie Dunn showed the necessary nerve to battle out of jams in five of the six innings she pitched, allowing just one more NIC run in the fourth after giving up a leadoff walk The Rebels got Dunn the win writh two runs in the thud inning, one in the foul th and an insurance run m the sixth Fernandez drilled a two run single to right in the third and Maglish sent Reed to the plate with her RBI single in the fourth Schumers scored on Edlefsen s pinch hit single in the sith "We just set up really well, Fernandez said We did our jobs and I did mine We were really fired up for the games " |