Softball

2009 Intramural Softball Championships

Although delayed by four days because of rain, the first intramural season of 2009-10 finally wrapped up today at Bobby Jones field. The hopes and dreams of many softball players were suddenly dashed after today's matches, but for a lucky few their hard work and dedication to the game were finally rewarded when presented the orange and blue championship t-shirts on a sunny yet chilly October afternoon in south-central Pennsylvania.

The first game featured a matchup of fundamentally-sound yet potentially explosive lineups with the Goon Squad facing off against the Choppers of Lambda Chi Alpha. The game was a pitcher's duel early on, though the hurlers were aided by web-gems in the field from both defenses. Goon Squad opened the top of the third inning with two runs, but the Choppers responded with three of their own off of a lucky three-run homerun from sophomore Graham Harkins. From there, the Choppers never looked back, adding on in the next frame and minimizing the damage from Goon Squad's best hitters, eventually triumphing 9-5.

There was no time for a victory celebration for the Choppers, as they had to assist the girls and teammates of LCA Coed in their own quest for an intramural championship. Standing in their way were THE DIRTY DOZEN, the scrappiest (and some say... dirtiest...) team to come through the sandlots and back alleyways of Gettysburg in some time. Would the men and women of LCA Coed have enough left in the tank after half their roster just played their hearts out in the men's game? They answered that question with an emphatic yes, putting up sixteen runs en route to a 16-2 rout of The Dirty Dozen, who suddenly seemed much tamer and cleaner than they had previously. It was an all LCA sweep in softball, but many more challengers await as the weather gets colder on the intramural fields of dreams of Gettysburg College...

Thank you to all of our participants for making our first IM season of 2009-10 a great success. See you all in the Spring for the end-of-the-year softball tournament!

Schedule

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