On June 15 & 16, 2013, the 10U Travellers participated in the USSSA June Hustle in Medford, NJ.  On Saturday, the 10's went 2-0 with wins over the SJ Lady A's 7-3 and Philly Flash 12-0.  In the Philly Flash game, Teagan Bradley hit her first career home run over the right center field fence.  The 10's were the top seed heading into Sunday play.  In the semi-finals on Sunday, the 10's defeated the Newtown Rock 9-3 to head to the finals.  In the finals, the 10's faced the second seed Jersey Intensity.  After giving up three runs in the top half of the first, the 10's settled in and got two runs back in the bottom of the first.  The girls played solid defense behind their pitching and shut the Intensity down.  In the bottom of the fourth with the score still 3-2, the 10's failed to score a run with bases loaded and no outs.  In the bottom of the fifth, the 10's first batter, Annie Penrod, reached second base on a dropped third strike and throwing error.  The next batter, Maddie Wallace, hit her first career home run over the left field fence giving the 10's a 4-3 lead.  The 10's manufactured another run that inning and headed into the top of the sixth with a 5-3 lead.  After getting first two batters out, the Intensity had runners at first and second but the 10's ended the game with a throw to first on a dropped third strike.  Congratulations 10's!!!

On June 1 & 2, 2013, the 10U Travellers played in the Orange Crush Summer Pony Qualifier in Wilmington, DE.  On Saturday, the 10's went 2-0-1 tying their first game with the Banshees 2-2.  The 10's won their next two games over the Swoop 11-1 and Delaware Magic 12-1.  After Saturday's games, the 10's were seeded second going into Sunday.  The 10's opened Sunday play with a 12-3 win over the Philly Flash.  In the semi-finals, the girls played the third seeded SJ Gators.  With solid defense and strong pitching, the 10's defeated the Gators 6-1.  In the finals, the 10's faced the top seeded Orange Crush.  The Travellers defeated the Crush 6-4 to win the Summer Qualifier.  All weekend the 10's showed a great TEAM effort including clutch hitting and error free softball.  Congratulations 10's!!!!!!

On April 27 & 28, 2013, the 10U Travellers participated in the 11th Annual Smyrna Qualifier.  The 10's offense outscored their opponents 38-3 which included Maddie Wallace's two home runs in one inning.  Defensively, the girls played error free softball all weekend especially the right side of the diamond with Chloe Sylvester and Kristen Haroldsdottir.  In the finals, the Travellers faced the Swoop and won a close game, 2-0, behind the pitching/catching duo of Teagan Bradley and Skye Lupi. After opening the bottom of the 1st with a triple, Ashley Steiner was able to manufacture the game winning run on a stolen base. Congratulations 10's!!!

Players:
Julia Bacci
Teagan Bradley
Shannon Edelman
Sammy Fyock
Summer Gearhart
Kristen Haroldsdottir
Skye Lupi
Meghan McCullin
Annie Penrod
Danielle Sabatina
Ashley Steiner
Chloe Sylvester
Maddie Wallace
Rylee Waslyn

Coaches:
Jay Meany
Jess Meany
Tom Steiner

April 6 & 7- Orange Crush in Wilmington, DE            4-1-1 Lost in Semi's 4-1 vs Team Long Island(Tourn Champs)
April 20 & 21- Spring Tacular in Quakertown, PA       4-1   Lost in Finals 11-8 vs Phantoms Fastpitch
April 27 & 28- Smynra Tournament in Smyrna, DE     5-0  Tourn. Champs Defeated Swoop 2-0 in Finals
May 11- Rock2K No Play on Sunday Newtown, PA.   Cancelled
May 18 & 19- Banshees Bash in Horsham, PA.         3-0  Sat Pool Play & Sun Cancelled   
June 1 & 2- Orange Crush Tournament in Wilm. DE    5-0-1 Tourn. Champs Defeated Orange Crush 6-4 in Finals
June 15 & 16- June Hustle in Medford, NJ.                4-0 Tourn Champs Defeated Intensity 5-3 in Finals
July  21-27-  Pony Nationals in Newtown,PA

Friday 5:30-730pm at Brandywine High School
Sunday 4-6pm at Brandywine High School

This past weekend, the 10U Travellers played in the USSSA 2012 Summer Splash WSQ in Medford, NJ. The tournament consisted of nine “B” rated teams. On Saturday, the 10’s went 2-1 losing their first game to the EW Thunder 5-4. The girls won their next two games over the Jersey Flames 12-0 and the Staten Island Saints 15-4. After Saturday’s games, the 10’s were seeded third going into Sunday. On Sunday, the 10’s played the 6th seeded Jersey Flames. The girl’s bats came alive late to break a 5-5 tie to take a 10-5 win. In the semis, the 10’s faced the the second seeded EW Thunder. The game was hard fought by both teams and included several lead changes. The 10’s bats came alive again to take a 9-5 lead only to have the Thunder tie it up in the bottom of the 6th as time expired. This forced the game to go into the International Rules Tie Breaker, the game goes into extra innings with the previous innings last batter being placed on 2nd base with no outs. The 10’s were able to score 6 runs in the top half of the inning which included a double by Jameson Volko. The Thunder was only able to manufacture 1 run in the bottom of the inning giving the Travellers a 15-10 win. In the finals, the 10’s faced the top seeded GCNJ Cyclones. The 10’s 2012 record against the Cyclones was 1-2 going into the championship game. With solid pitching from Anna Reynolds and great team defense, the Travellers put together an almost error free game to take the championship 6-3. (Not pictured Coach Jay Meany and Danielle Sabatina)