Softball rolls Conestoga in doubleheader sweep

ETOBICOKE – Humber softball (15-3, 3rd OCAA) picked up two more wins in a doubleheader Thursday afternoon, sweeping the Conestoga Condors (3-13, 9th OCAA) at Connorvale Park. Rookie Resse Velocci drove in four runs, while Humber's pitching staff only allowed three hits over 12 innings of work.

Game One: Humber 9, Conestoga 0

Humber's offence was firing on cylinders, plating six runs through the first five innings of the game.

To end the top of the fifth inning, rookie Shade Hansen picked up her 11th strikeout of the game, hitting the century mark on the season. Hansen went the distance once again, throwing seven shutout innings while only allowing two hits.

After Shea Hilpert grounded out to score Hannah Koziolek in the sixth inning, Reece Velocci hit a two-run single down the left field line, finishing with a game-high three RBIs.

Game Two: Humber 10, Conestoga 0 – 5 innings

Sloppy defence by the Condors helped the Hawks plate three runs in the first inning. A throwing error from Morgan Stock brought in two runs, and then Michaela Tuck singled to give Humber a three-run lead.

Senior Alexis Ferreira, leading the program in hitting, recorded her 12th extra-base hit of the season in the second inning, hitting a line drive double to the right-centre gap to score Angelina Bomberry. A few batters later, Hannah Koziolek unloaded on an outside fastball, hitting a two-run home run over the wall in right field.

Megan Muir recorded her sixth win of the season, throwing all five innings while only allowing one hit and striking out seven.

Humber Highlights

• Humber improves to 39-11 all-time against Conestoga – including 11 straight wins.
• Shade Hansen became the first Hawk to record 100 strikeouts in a season and now sits 35 punchouts away from the OCAA record.
• Hannah Koziolek's four long balls is the second-best mark in the conference and the second-most in program history. Kozi is one home run shy of ten career round-trippers.
• Humber's pitching staff has combined for 142 strikeouts – 46 more than Durham, who sits second in the OCAA.
• The Hawks have won 15-plus games for six straight seasons during the Coach Bowles era.

What's Next?

Humber softball will conclude its six-game homestand on October 1 when the Mohawk Mountaineers (6-10, 4th OCAA) visit Connorvale Park. The twin bill will be streamed on the Hawks Sports Network beginning at 6 pm.