Whether it was with a hit, strikeout, or stolen base, each member of the senior class on the softball team contributed to the Bombers sweep of St. John Fisher College on Saturday that earned them the Empire 8 regular season conference title.
Freshman designated player Jackie Branco steps up to the plate with two outs and the game tying run 60 feet away. With a quick flick of her wrists, she crushes a sinking pitch over the left center-field fence.
An entire regular season of doubleheaders reveals whether a team can not only win games but play consistently.
The responsibilities of a catcher on the softball field are endless.
Screams of “Bunt!” echo off the walls of Ben Light Gymnasium as the softball team’s corner infielders charge toward a plastic pentagon taped to the wooden floor used to simulate home plate.
The age-old motto in sports is, “It’s not whether you win or lose, it’s how you play the game.”
After clinching at least a tie for the Empire 8 regular season title with a sweep over Elmira College on Saturday, the softball team’s fate as the potential No. 1 seed in the conference tournament lay in the hands of St. John Fisher College.
