YOUTH
The 2019 Australian Youth Women’s Championship got underway this morning with Victoria and Indonesia opening tournament proceedings.
The campaign didn't start well for Victoria who saw games defined by one high-scoring dig. Victoria let Indonesia claim their first win at the AWYC event, going down 13-6. Later in the day, Victoria slumped to a 0-2 record with a 16-1 loss.
Victoria play once tomorrow against New South Wales.
YOUTH
The 2019 Australian Youth Women’s Championship got underway this morning with Victoria and Indonesia opening tournament proceedings.
The campaign didn't start well for Victoria who saw games defined by one high-scoring dig. Victoria let Indonesia claim their first win at the AWYC event, going down 13-6. Later in the day, Victoria slumped to a 0-2 record with a 16-1 loss.
Victoria play once tomorrow against New South Wales.
YOUTH: IND v VIC ǀ BOX SCORE
Indonesia recorded their first ever victory at the Australian Women’s Youth Championships after a 13-6 win over Victoria.
They plated a massive 13 runs in the first innings of the game and survived a third innings fightback by Victoria to claim victory.
Five walks between Cassie Jurkic and Lauren Romanin in the first inning, and some costly errors in the field made life difficult for Victoria who did well to come back from that margin and bat in some runs of their own in the proceeding innings.
Five Indonesia players scored twice as Siti Aisyah Nadia Putri kicked things off with an RBI single.
Three pitching errors and three walks gifted the Indonesian team six more runs.
Indonesian starting pitcher Nawra Salma Fatima was solid on the mound, going for zero runs off two hits and striking out five in two innings.
The Victorians staged a mini-comeback at the top of the third, with a pitching error from Fatima letting in one run.
Victoria’s Madeleine Thiel then doubled off a flyball, scoring three and bringing the score to 13-4.
Catcher Maddi Weller was excellent in the field with three putouts from three chances as was first base Aspen McGovern with three from three. Weller also had three at-bats for two hits, driving in two runs herself overall.
Two more runs came in the fourth, but it wasn’t enough for Victoria.
YOUTH: VIC v QLD ǀ BOX SCORE
A stellar third inning from Queensland ensured their victory over Victoria in the last game of Day 2.
Queensland plated an astonishing 12 runs at the top of the third to go ahead 16-1, racking up 15 hits.
Their offense was its peak, with Brianna Ragua and Isabella Ramirez each hitting three runs.
Hannah Marshall also finished the game with four RBIs.
A single from Marshall at the top of the first opened the scoring for Queensland, giving them an early 2-0 lead.
They scored two more at the top of the second before the monster 12 runs in the third.
Felicity Clissold was the only scorer for Victoria from a Lilian Bell-Tanner single to left field having a two for one day while Weller continued her excellent form with two hits from her two at-bats.
Weller had another four putouts from four attempts and Ruby Dale had three from three too with just one error in the match, coming from Clissold.
Mila Bender started on the mound for Queensland, laying a solid platform and finishing up with one run off five hits and two strikeouts from her two innings.
Victorian starter Chelsea Stewart finished her two innings with four runs off five hits, with three strikeouts and two walks.
OPEN
Victoria Blue have started the 2019 Australian Women’s Championship strongly, winning three games to be unbeaten throughout the first two days of the tournament while Victoria White are sitting with a 1-2 record to end Day 2.
Blue won their matchup on Day 2 against Queensland by 10 runs, while White endured a high-scoring innings at the hands of Western Australia, going down 23-3.
Blue come up against a strong team in Western Australia tomorrow and White will look to not concede too much and ultimately win against South Australia in the first game of the morning.
OPEN
Victoria Blue have started the 2019 Australian Women’s Championship strongly, winning three games to be unbeaten throughout the first two days of the tournament while Victoria White are sitting with a 1-2 record to end Day 2.
Blue won their matchup on Day 2 against Queensland by 10 runs, while White endured a high-scoring innings at the hands of Western Australia, going down 23-3.
Blue come up against a strong team in Western Australia tomorrow and White will look to not concede too much and ultimately win against South Australia in the first game of the morning.
OPEN: VICB v QLD ǀ BOX SCORE
Victoria Blue continued their dominant ways on day two, defeating Queensland 10-0 on the opening game on diamond one.
The Vic side slugged four runs in the third inning, leaping to a commanding lead.
Abbey Kelly opened the scoring for Victoria Blue following a fly ball double from Leslie Anglin to centrefield.
An Abbey McLellan doubled allowed Anglin and Shae Lillywhite to score. McLellan also tallied four RBIs in her three of four batting.
Lillywhite was instrumental for her side during the match, recording three hits, two runs and stealing three bases for the Victorians. Anglin also found her way around twice.
Victoria Blue put the result beyond doubt in the fifth inning, piling on four runs to lead 10-0.
Morgan Doty, Maddy Patrick, Jamie Bastian and Emily Devine all crossed home plate for Vic Blue in the fifth, as they cruised to their third win of the tournament from three starts.
Doty and Gabby Bevan were excellent on the mound, pitching five innings between them for three hits, three strikeouts and zero base on balls.
Belinda Cannington and Kelly were very useful in the field, Cannington having nine putouts from nine chances, while Kelly also went at 1.000 from her seven fielding attempts.
Victoria Blue continue their AWC2019 campaign on Tuesday as they come up against Western Australia at 1pm on Diamond 1, while Queensland will look to get back on the winner’s list when they play New South Wales on Diamond 2 at 10:30am.
OPEN: WA v VICW ǀ BOX SCORE
An enormous 19-run first innings effort from Western Australia saw them cruise to a convincing 23-3 win over Victoria White.
Giving up 19 hits didn’t end well for White who used three pitchers within the first innings alone before settling on Kayla Adams. While Adams did give up 10 runs, she gave up less walks than Becky Petty and Rebecca Wright and the only strikeout for her side.
Kaila Borgomastro and Rebecca Torpy were the pick of the bunch from the Western Australian players, registering five and three runs respectively.
Megan Everitt was fantastic in WA’s early batting frenzy, producing four hits and four RBIs.
Hanami Campbell, Jasmine Bentley and Annette Curnow added some consolation for the Victoria White side scoring at the top of the third, however it wasn’t enough to close the gap, meaning the game finished early due to the mercy rule.
Campbell and Curnow recorded the only two hits of the game for White, two singles, whereas it was Bronwyn James and Adams who brought the runs in.
Western Australia face a huge challenge tomorrow as they look to beat the table-topping Victoria Blue side at 1pm. While Victoria White and South Australia look to charge back up the Women’s Championship rankings in their matchup.