Tough Loss for WA Softball in Tournament

In the opening round tournament, the ghosts had a season ending 3-2 loss against Bishop Fenwick on the road last Friday. The ghosts had been leading the entire game 2-0 until the bottom of the seventh inning. With two outs, Bishop Fenwick got a 2 run homerun to tie the game and three singles to score the winning run. WA got on the board early with  lead off batter, sophomore Kayla Murphy hitting a single to start off the game. Alexa Sullivan (2 for 3) hit a double to center, which scored Murphy. Meagan Scannell blasted a single to score Sullivan and the ghosts led 2-0. The score remained the same with both teams able to put players on base, but not able to get a player to cross the plate. Emily Chateauneuf (1 for 4) hit a single and Kaleigh McHugh also contributed two hits for the offense. Christie Raymond pitched 6 and 2/3 innings, giving up 6 hits, 3 runs, walking 2 and striking out 3.

As the ghosts wrap up the season, they are saying good-bye to four seniors. Christie Raymond, Emily Chateauneuf, Alexa Sullivan and Deanna Johnston. Co-Captain Christie Raymond was named a DCL All Star for 2014. As a starting pitcher, she earned 10 wins, had a 2.59 ERA, struck out 56 and pitched 100 innings. Emily Chateauneuf, also a DCL All Star, hit 10 homeruns, 9 doubles and had 35 RBI’s.  Senior Co-Captain Alexa Sullivan, another DCL All Star, led the team in batting with a .519 batting average with 10 doubles, 3 triples and 4 homeruns. Deanna Johnston was a strong pitcher and hitter. She was injured during the season but was a contributor to the success of the team. Junior Meagan Scannell was also named a DCL All Star for WA softball.