[0] SAUGUS PULLS A FAST ONE : SAUGUS 1, WOODBRIDGE 0.Byline: Scott Wolf Scott Richard Wolf (born June 4, 1968) is an American actor. Born in Boston, Massachusetts to Steven Wolf and Susan Enowitch, Wolf was raised in West Orange, New Jersey. He graduated in 1986 from West Orange High School. Daily News Staff Writer Nicole Giordano has played center field and shortstop, and pitched for the Saugus High School Saugus High School may refer to:
But no matter what position Giordano plays, the fleet-footed junior has made her reputation with speed. So it was appropriate that Giordano's legs were responsible for the biggest play in school history during Friday night's Division II championship game, as she stunned stun tr.v. stunned, stun·ning, stuns 1. To daze or render senseless, by or as if by a blow. 2. To overwhelm or daze with a loud noise. 3. Woodbridge by scoring from second base on a routine ground out. Giordano's run was enough to propel the Centurions to their first softball title in a 1-0 victory over Woodbridge on Friday night at Mayfair Park in Lakewood. ``I was just running my butt off,'' Giordano said. ``I thought the ball went into center field. I didn't know it went to the shortstop.'' It didn't matter. The Woodbridge infield never expected that Giordano would try to score on the play. ``I knew that was probably the only chance to score,'' Giordano said. Giordano led off the fifth inning with a bunt single and took second on a fielder's choice field·er's choice n. Baseball A play made on a ground ball in which the fielder chooses to put out an advancing base runner, thus allowing the batter to reach first base safely. Noun 1. . Amanda Melton mel·ton n. A heavy woolen cloth used chiefly for making overcoats and hunting jackets. [After Melton Mowbray, an urban district of central England.] grounded to shortstop Natasha Watley Natasha Watley (born November 27, 1981) is an American professional softball player currently with the USA Softball Women’s National Team.[1] She plays the position of shortstop and first base, and helped her team to win the gold medal for softball at the 2004 and was thrown out at first, but in the meantime Adv. 1. in the meantime - during the intervening time; "meanwhile I will not think about the problem"; "meantime he was attentive to his other interests"; "in the meantime the police were notified" meantime, meanwhile , Giordano raced to third and never stopped running. By the time first baseman Ashley Boone's high throw reached the plate, Giordano had scored easily. With coach Ron Hilton waving her home, Giordano never hesitated. ``We knew she had good speed and (Hilton) made a wise decision sending her,'' Woodbridge coach Alan Dugard said. Saugus (27-4), ranked No. 1 by the Daily News, avenged a·venge tr.v. a·venged, a·veng·ing, a·veng·es 1. To inflict a punishment or penalty in return for; revenge: avenge a murder. 2. a 2-1 loss to Woodbridge in the 1992 championship game and erased the memory of a 3-0 loss to the Warriors (28-6) in a nonleague game this season. ``I'll take it and I'm not letting it go either,'' Hilton said as he clutched the championship trophy after the game. Hilton had guided Saugus to the semifinals or finals three previous times before winning his first title Friday night. Although Saugus committed two errors, unusual for its stellar defense, it got a typical performance from star pitcher Jamie Gillies (24-3). She had only one strikeout but limited Woodbridge to three hits. Woodbridge pitcher Christy Robitaille (21-5), who had pitched three straight shutouts in the playoffs, gave up only four hits and struck out 11, but was done in by Giordano's speed. Throughout the game, Robitaille appeared frustrated by the umpire's strike zone. ``I thought the umpire was very difficult for both teams,'' Dugard said. Woodbridge, the 1995 Division II champion, was going for its fifth softball title. It was fitting that Giordano scored the winning run. She had stolen safely in 51 of 52 attempts this season, with Woodbridge's Lindsay Cohan the only catcher to throw her out, during the teams' first meeting. Cohan then proved it was no fluke by picking Giordano off first after she led off the game with a walk. But Giordano made up for that lapse. |
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