The Lady Tigers ended their 2008 season at the Class A North Sectionals in Dalton with a 1-0 loss to Hebron Christian.
Commerce got six hits and played well according to Coach Pam Canup.
“We played very, very well,” Canup said. “In the bottom of the seventh [Hebron] had back-to-back hits and scored.”
The game was scoreless until the bottom of the seventh when Hebron scored the only run of the game on single out to right field. Hebron was knocked out in its next game against Bowden.
Leading up to Saturday’s game, the Lady Tigers faced Wesleyan on Friday in the first round of the sectionals. Wesleyan swept past the Lady Tigers, putting up 10 runs over the sixth and seventh innings in a 10-shutout.
“We played very well up until that point,” Canup observed.
Wesleyan moved on after the win, only to fall to Gordon Lee.
Bumped to the losers’ bracket, Commerce faced Walker Saturday morning. Walker had lost to Gordon Lee on Friday, and was also fighting to stay in the tournament. The Lady Tigers sent Walker packing after a 10-1 victory in six innings to advance to the noon game against Hebron.
The Lady Tigers ended the season with an 11-14 record.
Looking back, Commerce started the 2008 season without a run in its first three games, improved as the season progressed and played some of their best softball as the regular season closed.
The top three Tigers in runs scored were Brittney Beauchamp, 19; CJ Wilkes, 17; and Brooklyn Stinchomb, 16.
Bekah Andrews led the team in RBIs with 27, followed by Stinchomb with 16 and Beauchamp with 14.
As a team, the Lady Tigers scored 96 runs on 123 hits in 554 at bats. They had 83 RBIs, 95 singles, 19 doubles, eight triples, one homerun and 15 stolen bases.
