DC Blogs About the End of the Regular Season

This past week the DC softball team had two major conference games. We started the week on Sunday against Mount St. Joe. The expectations for these games were high and we expected to come out with a sweep. Sweeping Mount St. Joe put us in a good position to make it into the conference tournament.


We traveled to Manchester with hopes of sweeping it and giving us a better chance to make it into the tournament. Unfortunately, we had quite a few defensive errors and our offense did not come through in clutch moments. Losing both games to Manchester put us fifth in the conference standings with a record of 6-8. This does not put us into the best position. With more hard work and a sweep of Rose, we will have a better chance of making it to the tournament.


With that being said, we have two non-conference games in the next five days to help us prepare for our game against Rose.

Katie Grubbs, Morgan Williamson, Gloria Basinger, Anna Vasquez

DC Softball Blogs About Key Upcoming HCAC Games

The DC softball team is continuing to work hard as our season progresses.  We just had huge conference games this week against our rival Bluffton.  The weather was freezing and there was snow floating around as the team took the field.  The first game was a close one but the Beavers battled back in the seventh inning to go ahead 8-7.  Coach talked to us between games and got us all ready for game two.  Game two was also a battle but the Beavers again came out on top 10-7.  The team has been working very hard offensively and defensively at practice in preparation for some big conference games coming up.  We face Mount Saint Joe this Sunday followed by Manchester on the following Tuesday.  In order for us to get closer to our goal of making the conference tournament, we need to consistently execute in all phases of the game, every pitch, every out and every inning one at a time and come out with wins against all our conference match ups.  Attention fans, Sunday is alumni day so come out and support! Go Jackets! Sawmiller, Ferguson, Samples

DC Softball Blogs About A Busy Weekend in the HCAC

We made some strides in the right direction in conference this weekend with a two big wins over Hanover, and a split with Franklin.  We have been putting in a lot of extra time with our hitting with some positive reinforcement from coach.  After a rough outing with Olivet, coach decided it was time for us to take a mental break to prepare us for the big weekend that we had ahead of us.  SUCCESS!!! 

We arrived early to Hanover, which gave us plenty of time to mentally prepare for the task at hand.  After a solid warm up it was time to take the field.  We gave a solid performance which was very much needed to boost our conference as a unit.  Defense was great, hitting was great, and it resulted in two wins. 

Off to Franklin…

During the first game in Franklin, we started out scoring the first run in the first inning, and had a really good feeling about the day.  As the game progressed we had a few defensive blunders, and ended up going behind.  We had a comeback thanks to Katie Miller jacking a homerun.  Which, by the way, Katie has been hitting really well, and got hitter of the week!!!  We ended up losing the first game to Franklin, and we all realized what needed to be done in game two.

Game two also started out really well.  We scored three runs in the first, and held them scoreless in the first.  They scored one run each of the next three innings tying the score in the fourth.  It was a battle from there.  Then Katie Miller came in clutch again with a two run home run putting us ahead 5-3 in the top of the seventh.  We ended up winning that match up 5-4.

We have a great week ahead of us with four conference games, including Bluffton!  We are super excited to get this week under way and are pumped to get some big wins.

Neanen, Ridinger, Shough, Ebersole

DC Blogs About Last Week's Action on the Diamond

We started off the week with a conference game against Transy. This was a big game for us because it was not only our home opener, but it was our conference opener. During these two games the team was fired up and ready to play. There was tons of yelling and cheering and just plain excitement about being there and playing. After two hard fought games, we ended up going 1-1 for the day. After Transy, we had a couple of rough non-conference games. The outcomes of these games didn’t go in our favor, but we learned that we have to keep pushing and working hard during all games and practices because we are still 1-1 in conference. We have to now set our goals towards making it to the conference tournament by staying positive after our rough week and focusing on one game at a time. Saturday we play another good conference team, Anderson.  Being two more conference games, these two games are very important.  After 2 disappointing losses to Anderson last season in the Conference tournament, these games mean a lot, especially to the returning players.  As a team, we know what we have to do to be successful.  We’ve prepared ourselves mentally, physically, and emotionally for tomorrow’s games.

“The winners in life think constantly in terms of I can, I will, and I am.  Losers, on the other hand, concentrate their waking thoughts on what they should have or would have done, or what they can't do”. -- Dennis Waitley 

This is a good quote for our team.  As previously stated, we know what we can do.  We’ve seen ourselves step up and bring our A game.  Now we have to prove to ourselves and everyone else that we are focused and determined to be the best that we can.

Kailea, Lauren, Jessica