2007-08 Softball Archives

April 15, 2008-CAC Downs De Queen

April 14, 2008-CAC Stuns Central

April 12, 2008-Lady Mustangs Beat Baptist

April 11, 2008-Errors Cost Lady Mustangs

March 17, 2008-Nashville Nips Mustangs in Eight

March 15, 2008-Softball To Play Nashville Monday

March 11, 2008-Softball Run-Rules Oak Grove

March 6, 2008-Lady Mustangs Beat Bauxite

January 23, 2008-Dreher to Play College Softball

February 1, 2008-Lady Mustangs Return Experience

Go Lady Mustangs!

Dreher to Play College Softball

Wednesday, January 23, 2008

Senior Lauren Dreher signed a softball scholarship Thursday to further her athletic and academic careers at Southwest Tennessee Community College in Memphis, Tennessee.

Dreher, an outfielder and catcher for the Lady Mustangs, has started three years and hit over .500 each season. She was the starting left fielder on CAC's 2006 state championship team and started at catcher last season for a team that lost in extra innings in the 4A state quarterfinals.

Friday, February 1, 2008

With no seniors on last year's squad, the Lady Mustangs return everyone from a young squad that gained momentum throughout last season to go on a late-season run before ending with an extra-innings one-run loss in the state quarterfinals.

Staci Sullivan and Edie Hamby return on the mound and will swap off at first base with newcomer Steffany Starks joining senior Lauren Dreher behind the plate and in center field. Freshman Megan McCullough looks to start at third base while All-State shortstop Jordan Fisher returns for her junior season. Courtney Burleson and Morgan Kirk look to take second-base duties. In the outfield, sophomore Jenny Fisher returns and will switch to left field from center field while junior Jessica Hammond looks to take over in right field. Freshmen Fulton Partlow and Victoria Harvey and sophomore Macy Martindale could all see playing time in the outfield and sophomore Destiny Spruill could be a factor as a designated hitter.

The Lady Mustangs look to return to the state tournament for the third year in a row after winning the state title in 2006 and making it to the quarterfinals last season. This will be CAC's final year in the 7-4A as they move to the 5A-West next season.

Thursday, March 6, 2008

In their first game of the season featuring their entire team, the Lady Mustangs were led by senior Lauren Dreher's five RBI to take a 17-8 victory at Bauxite.

Senior Edie Hamby picked up the complete-game win on the mound for CAC while giving up only two hits and one earned run. With a wind-chill temperature below freezing for most of the game, the Lady Mustangs committed ten errors for the game but used hot bats to supply 19 hits.

With two outs in the top of the fifth and holding a a slim 8-7 lead, CAC got singles from Steffany Starks and Jordan Fisher, Dreher took first base on a HBP and Hamby singled to give the Lady Mustangs an 11-7 cushion. Then in the top of the sixth, Dreher tripled to the left center field wall with the bases loaded to extend the lead and CAC cruised the rest of the way.

With the Mount St. Mary's tournament postponed over the weekend due to snow, CAC next plays Oak Grove Tuesday in their first conference game of the season. First pitch is scheduled for 5:00 p.m. in Maumelle.

Tuesday, March 11, 2008

In the first 7-4A conference game of the season, the Lady Mustangs used five RBI from senior Lauren Dreher to take a 13-3 victory over Oak Grove in five innings of play.

Junior Staci Sullivan picked up the complete-game win on the mound for CAC while striking out six and giving up only two earned runs. The Lady Mustangs made the most out of 12 hits as Edie Hamby and Jenny Fisher both had two RBI and Jordan Fisher and Steffany Starks combined to score six runs.

Entering the bottom of the fourth inning with a narrow 4-3 lead, the Lady Mustangs scored five runs as Megan McCullough led off with a single and CAC capitalized on two errors and a walk before Dreher hit a double to the right-center field wall and later scored on a passed ball.

CAC plays in the Roark Classic tournament Saturday at the Sherwood Sports Complex.

Saturday, March 15, 2008

The softball team comes off an undefeated weekend to play the Nashville Scrapperettes Monday at Burns Park with first pitch scheduled for 4:30 p.m.

Participating in an abbreviated tournament at the Sherwood Sports Complex Saturday, the Lady Mustangs came away with two ties and a victory but did not advance after tying Lonoke. Tournament officials ruled that the tie break would be based on “runs scored against”, after initially indicating that the tie break would be based on “runs scored” which would have allowed CAC to advance.

Monday, March 17, 2008

The Lady Mustang softball team fought back from an early deficit to tie the game in the bottom of the fourth inning before dropping a 4-3 decision in extra innings to the Nashville Scrapperettes in a 7-4A conference game Monday at Burns Park.

CAC gave up a run in the top of the first as Nashville scored on a slow grounder that enabled a runner to score from third after a triple. Then in the top of the fourth inning, the Scrapperettes doubled and put another runner on first with a walk before two passed balls scored one run and a Lady Mustang error allowed the other to give Nashville a 3-0 lead.

But CAC battled back in the bottom half of the fourth as Steffany Starks singled, Jordan Fisher's grounder moved her to third and Lauren Dreher's chopper back to the pitcher drove Starks home to put the Lady Mustangs on the board. Edie Hamby and Staci Sullivan then hit back-to-back singles and Morgan Kirk's double to right field scored both to tie the game.

The Lady Mustangs staged a rally in the bottom of the seventh with two outs as Starks drew a walk and Jordan Fisher singled, but the Scrapperettes got the last out on a line drive to force extra innings. With a runner starting on second base under tiebreaker rules, Nashville used a sacrifice bunt to move the runner to third before a single gave the Scrapperettes the winning score. In the bottom of the inning, the Lady Mustangs moved Lauren Dreher to third with a groundout to shortstop, but Staci Sullivan's sacrifice bunt was fielded and thrown to first for out number two and Dreher was caught between third and home for the final out.

The Lady Mustangs are now 1-1 in conference play and host Fountain Lake Thursday with first pitch scheduled for 5:00 p.m. at Burns Park.

Friday, April 11, 2008

Playing their first game in over three weeks due to rainouts, the Lady Mustang softball team dropped a 2-1 decision in conference play at Mena Friday as the Lady Bearcats took advantage of several CAC errors on the bases.

With runners on first and third and only one out in the top of the sixth inning the Lady Mustangs looked to tie or take the lead, but a double play ended the inning and the Bearcats tagged another runner out at third in the seventh to end CAC's comeback hopes.

The Lady Mustangs travel to Arkansas Baptist Saturday in a 7-4A conference game with first pitch scheduled at 3:00 p.m.

Saturday, April 12, 2008

The Lady Mustang softball team took a 7-1 decision in conference play at Arkansas Baptist Saturday as Lauren Dreher drove in two runs before scoring on Morgan Kirk's single in the top of the first inning. CAC completed the scoring in the top of the sixth inning as Jenny and Jordan Fisher each drove in a run.

Staci Sullivan got the win on the mound for the Lady Mustangs as she scattered seven hits and finished with six strikeouts and no earned runs.

The Lady Mustangs travel to Little Rock Central Monday in a nonconference action with first pitch scheduled at 5:00 p.m.

Monday, April 14, 2008

Avenging a loss to Little Rock Central earlier in the season, the Lady Mustang softball team took a 12-2 victory over the Lady Tigers Monday at Interstate Park.

Edie Hamby took the win on the mound for CAC while the offense provided five runs in the first two innings before exploding for six more runs in the top of the sixth to invoke the mercy rule. Edie Hamby went 3-for-4 with three doubles and Lauren Dreher added another double that drove in two runs to spark the offense.

The Lady Mustangs travel to De Queen Tuesday in 7-4A conference action with first pitch scheduled at 4:00 p.m. and a junior varsity game to follow.

Tuesday, April 15, 2008

Overcoming a slow start and an early deficit, the Lady Mustang softball team scored three runs in the top of the fourth inning to take a lead they would never relinquish on the way to a 6-4 conference victory Tuesday at De Queen.

Courtney Burleson led the offense with three RBI on 3-for-3 hitting and Staci Sullivan got the win on the mound while striking out nine batters and scattering six hits.

De Queen struck first as the Lady Mustangs committed two errors in the first inning and were down 2-0 after two innings of play. But Burleson singled to start the top of the third, moved to second on the throw from left-center field and scored two batters later on a Lady Leopard error.

Down 2-1 entering the fourth inning, Lauren Dreher led off with a single, Edie Hamby got on with an error and Dreher scored on a single by Morgan Kirk. Macy Martindale, pinch-running for Hamby, and Kirk scored two batters later as Burleson doubled to the right-center field fence.

In the top of the fifth, the Lady Mustangs' Jenny Fisher got on with an error and scored on Dreher's double to the left-center wall, but De Queen would use three hits to score two runs in the bottom of the inning to narrow the CAC lead to 5-4.

But the Lady Mustangs would add an insurance run in the top of the sixth inning as Kirk reached first on an error, stole second base, moved to third on Fulton Partlow's sacrifice bunt and scored on another clutch Burleson single.

The Lady Mustangs play a double-header Friday, taking on Ashdown at 4:30 p.m. and Fountain Lake at 6:30 p.m. to complete 7-4A conference play.