Momentum can be what causes a team to peak at the right moments, or crumble when the spotlight intensifies.
Right now the Pace Setters softball team’s momentum is going the wrong way.
The Setters dropped the first game of their double header against the Assumption Greyhounds 3-1 this afternoon. The defeat marks the second game in a row the Setters were defeated.
The Greyhounds pounced on the Setters in the fifth inning, scoring all three of their runs. Right fielder Nikki Boris blasted a home run over the right center field wall to drive in three runs.
The Setter who surrendered the blast was starting pitcher Caitlin McCann. The freshman knew she was in trouble from the moment the pitch left her hand.
“I could just feel that there was something off about that pitch,” McCann said. “It just did not feel right leaving my hand and as soon as she hit it I knew it was going a long way.”
McCann pitched well for the first four innings, relinquishing no runs on four combined hits. But as the game wore on and her pitch count increased, McCann’s pitches lost their sharp movements.
On the other side, the Greyhounds got a dominating performance from their starter Jennifer Lowrey. The senior from Assonet Massachusetts
Pace’s offense looked overmatched against Lowrey after the second inning. Coach Claudia Stabile was frustrated throughout the back half of the game.
“After the second inning we couldn’t buy a hit,” Stabile said. “We weren’t patient, and when we lost our patience, we lost the momentum.”
The Setters got on the board in the second inning thanks to a home run from their catcher Natalie Gellos. But after that point, the well of runs dried up and the Lady Setters struggled to put anyone on base.
The home team only managed three hits in four innings after the home run by Gellos. Right fielder Samantha Garcia made it clear that her team did not hit when they needed to.
“She was really good today,” Garcia said. “But at the same time, there were mistakes that we made that good we can’t make if we want to win.”
The Setters did not win, yet they have a chance to break their negative momentum momentarily. The Greyhounds and Setters will square off in the second game of a double header at 5:00 this afternoon.
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