Redondo opens softball season hosting annual tournament
Junior pitcher Kat Ung will be defending Bay League champion Redondo’s ace in the circle this season. Photo
With a strong nucleus returning from last season’s Bay League championship squad, Redondo’s softball team kicks off its 2015 campaign hosting its annual Varsity Tournament with pool play action taking place on Saturday.
Redondo opens the tournament with back-to-back Pool A games against Diamond Bar at 9 a.m. and South Torrance at 11 a.m.
Competing in Pool B will be Mayfair, West and San Pedro. Pool C teams include Warren, Bishop Montgomery and Harbor Teacher.
Teams finishing in third place in each pool compete in the Bronze Division on Tuesday. Silver Division games are scheduled for Thursday, Mar. 5 and Gold Division competition will be held on Friday, Mar. 6.
Redondo lost only four players to graduation and returns one of the area’s top pitchers with southpaw hurler Kat Ung who posted a 16-5 record last season. Opponents batted only .180 against Ung who also excelled at the plate, batting .432 for Coach Jennifer Dessert-McBride’s Sea Hawks.
Sea Hawk slugger Allison Betty batted .523 during a stellar sophomore season in 2014. Photo
“We are an experienced team and look forward to the challenge of competing in the tough Bay League,” Dessert-McBride said.
Junior Allison Betty was the team’s leading hitter last season with a .523 average. She also had 10 doubles, eight triples, three home runs, had 32 RBI and scored 43 runs.
Other key returnees include Brigid Antonelli (.452, 36 runs, 14 doubles, three home runs), Haley Reed (.423), Morgan Moczygemba (.390) and Breanna Miskimen (.357)
Mira Costa opens its season Saturday playing pool games playing in the Cypress Tournament. The tournament concludes Saturday, Mar. 7.
The Mustangs will be led by infielder Brittany Weere who is coming off a junior season where she batted .413, had 26 RBI, eight doubles, five home runs, three triples and scored 24 runs.
Dillan Boada (.310 batting average) and Haley Marschall (.323) form a reliable pitching tandem.
Sophomore Emily Eudy (.348) and senior Denise Curtis (.345) will also help supply offense for Coach Dick Amberik’s squad.