Windsor opens tournament at #10 Antioch
The Lady Jaguars are poised to make their first North Coast Section playoff appearance in six years this week, a just reward for an outstanding 2017 campaign.
At press time the seventh seeded Jags were preparing to visit #10 Antioch in an opening round match-up on Wednesday, May 24, with the winner slated to face the survivor of #2 Redwood versus #15 El Cerrito on May 26 or 27 (date TBD).
“I’m very happy with how we’re seeded,” first-year coach Morgan Rasmason said this week. “I’ve tried to scout Antioch and they have two dominant players, but I think we’re a well-balanced squad with talent throughout our lineup rather than just relying on a couple of players.”
The list of NCS Division 2 playoff teams in seeding order is Livermore, Redwood, Concord, Montgomery, Rancho Cotate, Carondelet, Windsor, Bishop O’Dowd, Newark Memorial, Antioch, Northgate, Petaluma, Las Lomas, Ukiah, El Cerrito and San Lorenzo.
The road to the NCS playoffs began with question marks in February with a largely untested team, but the emergence of talented freshmen Gracie Hernandez, Kasandra Jaramillo and Averie Gehrett helped forge a playoff contender.
Other key players have been senior Maddie Pellman, juniors Alyssa De Casas and Camille Kahnberg, and sophomores Anis Acevedo and Caitlyn Murphy. Sophomore pitchers Kayla Scott and Sydney Hage have been solid and the defense has made all plays behind them.
Jags fall in NBL playoffs
The Lady Jags (17-7-1) finished the North Bay League season in second place behind only Rancho Cotate with an 11-3 record, playing host to number three seeded Montgomery in the NBL playoffs on May 16.
After sweeping the Vikings during the regular season, the third game between teams belonged to Montgomery, which pounded out 21 hits in powering to a 14-4 win.
Hage (4 IP, 11 hits, 7 runs, 6 Ks) took the loss, while Scott (3 IP, 10 hits, 7 runs, 1 K) closed it out in mop-up duty. Pacing the Windsor attack were Pellman (2 for 4, run), Jaramillo (2 for 4, 2B, RBI), Murphy (2 for 3, 2B), Scott (1 for 3, 3B, run), Hernandez (1 for 4), Kahnberg (1 for 4, run), Hage (1 for 4) and De Casas (1 for 4).
