Game Results and coaches comments for 2007-08 Season

3-10 1st game of year against 4A School Todd Beamer HS and a little trepidation is in the air based on the way Fife played in the Opening Jamboree games at Auburn Mtn View. After a scoreless 1st inning Fife scored the 1st run of the game on a rbi fielders choice from Jessica Maden, in the 3rd the lady trojans erupted for an unanswerable 15 runs. These runs were capped off by big hits from Ami Gran , Amanda Roselli, and Sammy Faust. Kristina Stadelman's pitching dominated the hitters as she had 7 k's with 0 walks in the 5 inning contest. Final Score Fife 16 Todd Beamer 0. Next game is home on weds 3/12 against Cascade Christian

3-12 - First home game of the season , started off with Cascade Christian (CC) getting 3 hits and scoring 2 runs in the top of the 1st inning. Not  to be outdone, the Fife ladies answered back with 12 runs of their own in the same inning. Amanda Roselli had a HR, Double and walk in the big inning. Fife followed up with 6 more in the 2nd. Final score was Fife 21 CC 3. Kilcup & Haelle each had 3 hits. Next game is 1st league game at Steliacoom which will be a big game.   Final Score Fife 21  Eatonville 3  

3-14- Fife at Steilacoom, Rainout, Reschedule, next game home with Foster on 3-17

3-17- Foster at Fife,  Rainout, will reschedule

3-18 Bethel (4A Non League) game on tues. Finally back at playing softball & it turned out to be a great game. The Bethel Braves eecked out 2 hits in the top of the 1st , then scored a 2 out run on a "illegal pitch call". The lady trojans had multiple opportunities to score runs in the game, but just couldn't get it done. We left 10 runners on base, including the critical 4th inning , of which we had the bases loaded and nobody out and couldn't score. Fife has to pick it up if we're going to contend for a league title. Final Score Bethel 1 Fife 0. Next game 3-21 at home against league opponent Washington High School

3-21 Due to a league scheduling mixup, the game with Washington at Fife will have to be rescheduled. Next game 3-24 at Eatonville (League Game)

3-24 The Lady Trojans went on the road for their 1st league game at Eatonville and came out with a big 13-1 win. Fife started in the top of the 1st with a single run courtesy of the "old small ball " Gran got a hit, Stadelman  sac bunted her to 2nd, Ami then stole 3rd and scored on a sac fly by Kilcup. Stadelman closed down a early rally by the crusaders with 2 k's of the 4 and 5 hitters with 2 runners on. Fife scored 3 runs in the 2nd, due to key hits by Faust, Colburn, and Gran. Stadelman gave up the only run of the game on a HR by the number 7 hitter on a 0-2 count (???). the Fifesters scored 4 more in the 3rd which included a over the fence HR by #4 hitter Amanda Roselli, the 4th inning was hitting domination again when fife scored 5 more to put the game away. A good way to start the league schedule but many more games to follow  Final Score Fife 13 Eatonville 1   Next game 3-26 at Washington

3-26  Rain

3-27  Rain

3-28  Rain

3/31 Fife went on the road monday to face rival steilacoom.  Fife came out on top 3-0 against the sentinals. Stadelman pitched a fantastic game shutting down steilcoom to only 2 hits and no runs. The game started out promising for Fife but the ladies just couldn't push across a run. We stranded 7 baserunners in the 1st 3 innings. In the 4th we had the bases loaded with no outs. We tried a squeeze play with no success, had a pop-out. Then Amanda Roselli came up with a big 2 out double to score 2. Fife added one more in the 5th and that was all we needed. Kristina struck out 6 in the last 3 innings to make a total of 11 on the game. Fife had some outstanding defense from Kilcup (2b) and Faust (1b). Kirsten Schumacher (C) went 2 for 2 and was on base 4 times. This game had a district level feel to it and we played a nearly flawless game. We'll need that same effort again on weds which will be against Steilacoom again.  Final Score Fife 3 Steilacoom 0 

4-2  The Lady Trojans won a big game against steilacoom in a night game at Columbia JH. The game had huge league implications and both teams played like it. Fife started out the scoring in the 1st with Faust and Roselli hitting back to back doubles and triples. Fife came back with 2 big runs in the 3rd with a big 2 run single by junior Faust. Stadelman had retired 9 straight to start the game then gave up a solo HR to the No.1 batter. Fife answered back with their final run on a bases loaded walk rbi by Faust. In the 5th the sentinals scored one on 2 hits. Kristina shut down their 1-2-3 hitters in the 6th only to have the bases loaded in the seventh and only scoring one to finish the game. The game had a lot of emotion and it was nice to see the trojans step up and win 2 big games early in the season.  Final Score Fife 4 Steilacoom 3

4-3 Fife finished up the week with a nice win over (4a) Bellarmine Prep. Sophmore Tessa Wagner started and pitch 4 strong innings of scoreless ball. The trojans scored 2 in the 1st on a opening leadoff triple by Amy Gran, Amanda Roselli and Amy scored on a single by Wagner. In the 2nd senior Karissa Haelle hit a triple and junior Kilcup knocked her in with a rbi single. In the 3rd Wagner scored on 3 consecutive hits. Fife added 2 more in the 6th with a 2 rbi hit by Gran. Bellarmine slipped in 2 runs in the 5th. Wagner picked up her 1st career win. Fife will be on spring break next week and return to play on Mon the 14th at league opponent Foster  Final Score Fife 6 Bellarmine 2

4-14 Rain - Makeup game tomorrow

4-16 Fife played a league night game at Columbia and it turned out to be "lights out" for the Foster bulldogs. Fife dominated the game with superior pitching and hitting in a 17-0 win. Senior Left Fielder Karrisa Haelle hit a home run and scored 3 runs. Sammy went  2-4 with 2 triples. Roselli scored 3 runs going 2-4 and was "robbed" of a sure homerun on a spectacular catch by their centerfielder

4-16 Fife finally played played league opponent Washington. It was decided to play a doubleheader to makeup a previous game. These games turned out to have huge implications in the league standings due to Washingtons defeat of Steilacoom 3 days earlier.  The lady trojans didn't dissapoint. In game 1, we came out with 3 runs in the 1st inning, thanks to a homerun by junior centerfielder Amanda Roselli. Fife followed up with 3 more in the 3rd and the 4th. Stadelman again showed why she is a player to watch with another strong effort. Junior 1st baseman Sammy Faust went 3-3 and had 3 runs, Kristina had 2 key kits as Fife pounded out 14 hits to gather a 11-0 victory. Tessa Wagner came in to pitch the 5th and 6th inning to seal the deal.    Final Score Fife 11 Washington 0

4-16 Game 2 was quite a different story as the Patriots had to win to make any chance of a league title. Fife ended up winning 2-0 on another strong effort by Stadelman. Kristina pitched 7 shutout innings and had 2 critical sacrifice bunts to move leadoff  hitter Gran into scoring position. Clutch hits by Sammy Faust in the 1st and Amanda Roselli in the 6th led to the 2 runs. We again showed a good defensive effort on the day (2 games) with outstanding play by 3rd baseman Amy Gran, 2nd baseman Shelly Kilcup, OF Karissa Haelle. 2 great defensive plays (in critical time) included a diving foul ball catch by Faust and a great "against the backstop" catch by senior catcher Kirsten Schumacher. With this win the Fife girls look like their on the way to a another league championship, but there is still a lot of ball to be played including 4 games next week which includes 3 league games. Stay tuned..... Final Score Fife 2 Washington 0

4-21 Non League home game with (1A) Orting proved to be another stepping stone to a successful season. The lady trojans came out with the ideal 1st inning. 3rd baseman Gran slapped a hit to left and following a passed ball, Stadelman sacrifice bunted her over to third with only 1 out where she scored on a misplay at 2nd base. A classic case of manufacturing a run. The cardinals pitcher shut us down in the 2nd and 3rd, of which we left the bases loaded in both innings. Fife busted the game open in the 4th with 5 runs on 4 consecutive hits by our 3-4-5-6 hitters. Stadelman had ortings number with her great control only allowing 1 baserunner 4 innings. Orting scored their only run in the 5th on a single followed up by a error in the outfield. Amanda Roselli (cf) opened up the 6th with a double and was knocked in by a single from senior left fielder Karissa Haelle. Fife had 9 hits on the day, which included a 3-3 day by senior catcher Schumacher. Kristina gave up 6 hits but had 12 k's on way to her 10th win of the season. Next game tomorrow against Washington

Final Score Fife 7 Orting 1

4-22 Ready to get on the bus to go to Washington only to find out they goofed up the reschedule again. No game today. Next game Fri (4/25) at Steilacoom

4-25 For the 1st time all spring we played a game in good weather. The 3rd meeting at Steilacoom turned out to be just what everyone expected. Fife came out on top with a 2-1 win on solid defense and a gutsy pitching performance by sophomore Tessa Wagner. The sentinals came out and scored 1 unearned run in the 1st using their typical small ball game. Fife looked flat in the 1st two innings and finally got things going in the 3rd when senior SS Jessica Maden reached 1st on an error. Gran got a hard single followed up by Stadelman hitting a rbi single. In the bottom of the 3rd Wagner settled into a groove  as she only allowed 1 hit over the next 3 innings. In the 5th with 2 out and nobody on, leadoff  hitter Gran roped a triple and scored on a bad throw at third. Steilacoom had 2nd and 3rd with 2 outs in the 6th but Wagner shut them down for no runs. Wagner had 8 k's in a nice league game win. Fife had seven hits but struck out 8 times also. We'll have to pick up our hitting if we're going to be successful in districts against the tough olympic division. Next game will be a night home game on monday against eatonville. It will be "senior day". Stay tuned Final Score Fife 2 Steilacoom 1

4-28   We start out the week with "Senior Day" with Eatonville. Fife was not on the top of their game and in the 1st inning eatonville jumped out on top with 4 runs. Fife played some sloppy defense and they had some timely hits. In the bottom of the 1st fife came back with 2 runs. Gran hit a double and Kilcup knocked her in with a sac fly.  Fife settled down and had a key out at home for the 3rd out. We scored 4 big runs in the 2nd to take the lead and never looked back after that. Eatonvilles pitcher had control problems in the 2nd, walking 4 and we had 3 hits including 2 doubles by Faust and Roselli back to back. Stadleman got in a groove striking out 4 of the next 6 batters. In the 5th, the game took an interesting twist when our pitch hit consecutive batters ??  Fife opened the flood gates with another 5 runs on 5 hits. Fife ended with 10 hits Final Score Fife 14 Eatonville 4

4-30  We traveled to eatonville and we were back to our normal cold, rain, wind, hail type of game. Even the weather gods couldn't help the cruisers as fife went back to dominating with a 11-0 win. Stadelman had a perfect game going midway through the fourth when she gave up an infield single. Fife had trouble adjusting to a slower pitcher but the second time through the lineup they scored 5 runs capped off by a bases loaded triple by cacther Schumacher. Stadleman and Roselli had doubles in the game. Final Score Fife 11 Eatonville 0

5-2  We travel to make up a rainout game with foster. We brought the entire JV team and gave our seniors the day off. (prom preperation). Fife started out slow again (lets hope this isn't a trend) Junior Allison Beardsley started pitching and gave a run in the 1st and one in the 3rd, they had a few bloop hits and a couple of stolen bases. Fife was only leading 5-2 in the top of 4th when there hitting started taking over. Sammy Faust hit a triple, Colburn had 2 hits as well as Ducshel and Poole on the day. Sophmore Schneider had the big hitting day going 4-4. Poole came in to pitch the 4th and shut the door on the bulldogs. At one point in the game we had every jv player on the field at once. Next game is wednesday at Fife against orting. Final Score Fife 15 Foster 2

5-7  Due to a scheduling issue at Orting, this game was played at Fife. The weather was yet again cold, and windy. This game turned out to be another dominating pitching performance by Stadelman. She threw a 2 hit shutout striking out 11. The cardinals got their 1st baserunner  with 2 outs in the 3rd on a solid single. Fife scored 3 unearned runs in the bottom of the 3rd  hit on some solid hitting  by our 3-4 hitters Faust & Roselli,. In the 5th Schumacher had a big 2 out , 2 rbi hit to extend the lead to 5-0. Kristina finished the game retiring 11 of the last 12 hitters for her 12th win of the season. With the Districts just around the corner, we will need to pick up our hitting if we're going to extend our season. Final Score Fife 5 Orting 0

5-12  Fife went on the road for their last game of the season to play Cedar Park (1a) of Bothell. They have been to state the last 5 straight years including winning one year. The Fife machine came and conquered with a strong 10-0 win. Stadelman overmatched bothell with 13 strikeouts in the 5 inning game.

Schumacher again stepped up to have a big game, she went 3-4 with a double and a triple, Faust kept her hot bat going 3-4 with a triple. This game was originally scheduled to be a tune up for districts next saturday & lets hope that we can keep the mommentum going. Stay tuned for hightlights... Go Fife.

Final Score Fife 10 Cedar Park 0

5-17  Fife went into the district tournament as the number 1 seed from the nisqually league. We recieved a bye the 1st round of games and faced the winner of klahowya and washington. Klahoya won 6-4. This was the last win they would have on their season as Fife went on to shut them down 10-0 in 6 innings.

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