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Prepsoftball:Tath,MohawksrollintosemisTHonline.com:LocalSports

Prepsoftball:Tath,Mohawksrollintosemis
BYMIKESTEFFENSTHMEDIA|Posted:Thursday,July9,201512:00am
BELLEVUE,IowaBellevueMarquettehasn'ttasteddefeatoftenthisseason.
Inordertokeepitsstreakofconsecutiveregionalfinalsappearancesintact,theMohawksneededto
avengeoneofthosefourlosses.
GabbyTath,whodidnotpitchinthepreviousmeeting,madeallthedifferenceonWednesdaynight.
Tath,theMohawksacewhoenteredregionalplaywithanearnedrunaverageof0.88,threwatwohit
shutoutasClass1ANo.7rankedMarquettedefeatedCalamusWheatland,20,inaregional
quarterfinalatColePark.
CalWheatdefeatedtheMohawks,21,onJuly3.MarquetteadvancedtoplayCentralCityin
Friday'sregionalsemifinalbackatColePark.
Tathcontinuedherplayeroftheyearcaliberseasonassheeasilymadeherwaythroughthe
Warriors'lineuprackingupsevenstrikeoutswithhernastydropcurve.
"MostofmypitchesItriedtokeepawayfromthemsotheywouldn'thititashard,"saidTath,the
2014THMediaCoPlayeroftheYear."Mydropcurvehelpedalot.Itwasmygotopitch."
ButTathcouldn'tdoitalone.SheneededherteammatestoputrunsontheboardtogettheW.In
recentlossesa32defeattoMonticelloandthelosstoCalWheattheMohawksstruggledwith
leavingrunnersonbase.
ItlookeddiceyearlyonWednesdayastheMohawksoffensewasheldquietthroughthefirsttwo
innings.Finally,inthethirdMarquette'stimelyhittingstartedup.
KortneyKirby,theMohawks'No.9hitter,startedthehitparadebydoublingtorightcenter.Next,
AnnaAmbrosysacrificebuntedKirbytosecond.
NikkiBlumcameupwithatimelydoubletoscoreKirby,thenlatercrossedtheplateherselfasBella
Berthelsingledherhome.BlakeBanowetzthendoubled,leadingtheWarriorstopullpitcherJenna
Diercks.
"Ithinkourhitterscameoutwhentheyneededtoandgotsomebighits,"Marquettecoheadcoach
MelissaSturmsaid."We'vebeenstrugglingalittlebitlatelywithleavingrunnersonbase.Wedon't
alwaysgetthatbighitandtheydidittonightwhentheyneededto."
BehindasoliddefensethetworunthirdinningwasalltheMohakwsneededtoholdoffCalWheat.
"Evenifthey(Warriors)puttheballinplayourdefensewasbehindherbutshethrewagreatgame,"
Sturmsaid.
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Prepsoftball:Tath,MohawksrollintosemisTHonline.com:LocalSports

Needlesstosay,thewinoverCalWheatwasasweetonefortheMohawksafterthepriordefeat.
"Itfeelsgood,"Tathsaid."Eventhoughthescorewasn'tashighasIwouldhaveliked,itfeltgoodto
win."
NowBellevueMarquettehasadatewithCentralCity,whofelloutoftheClass1Arankingsinthe
finalweekoftheseason,intheregionalsemifinals.TheMohawkspreviouslydefeatedCentralCity
140,143.
"Weneedtokeepupourdefenseandbemaybealittlebitbetterwithourbats,"saidTathonwhatit
wouldtaketomakeittotheregionalfinalforthefourthconsecutiveyear."ButIfeelconfidentthat
hopefullywe'lldobetter."
LansingKeeandTurkeyValleymeetintheothersemifinal.

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