PERFECT PITCHER GOING TO FINAL MATER DEI OUTLASTS CAMARILLO IN EIGHT MATER DEI 1, CAMARILLO 0.Byline: Vincent Bonsignore Staff Writer CAMARILLO - Tia Bollinger walked out of the Mater Dei Mater Dei is Latin for "Mother of God", referring to the Virgin Mary. The term has been used to name various institutions, often Catholic, including:
thigh n. The part of the leg between the hip and the knee. Also called femur. and ankle. Bollinger, Mater Dei's dominating senior pitcher, smiled, glanced over her body then shook her head. ``Thirty games later, this is how it is,'' Bollinger said. Make it 31, the latest being an eight-inning perfect game she threw against Camarillo on Tuesday in a 1-0 victory in the Southern Section Division I softball softball, variant of baseball played with a larger ball on a smaller field. Invented (1888) in Chicago as an indoor game, it was at various times called indoor baseball, mush ball, playground ball, kitten ball, and, because it was also played by women, ladies' semifinals. The win pushes the Monarchs List of monarchs may refer to:
Across the field, there weren't any ice packs for the Scorpions (23-7), just tears, frowns and frustration. For the second time in three years, their postseason run ends in a semifinal loss to Mater Dei. This time it was their own doing - the inability to deal with Bollinger, then a defensive lapse (language) LAPSE - A single assignment language for the Manchester dataflow machine. ["A Single Assignment Language for Data Flow Computing", J.R.W. Glauert, M.Sc Diss, Victoria U Manchester, 1978]. in the eighth in which two errors led to the only run of the game. Camarillo pitcher Kathryn Nevard deserved better. She kept the Scorpions in it with another effective outing, limiting the Monarchs to three hits. And she had nothing to do with the errors in the eighth, both throwing gaffes that allowed pinch-hitter Desiree Gutierrez to reach base then score the winning run. ``It's tough when you lose on errors,'' Nevard said. ``I told my coach I'd much rather them hit a home run off me than lose like that.'' However, with Bollinger and Nevard both pitching well, it was just a matter of who got a break. ``We weren't hitting, at all,'' Nevard said. ``It had to come down that way. You could see it.'' Camarillo had no answer for Bollinger, who improved to 30-1. The Scorpions tried bunting bunting, common name for small, plump birds of the family Fringillidae (finch family). Among the American buntings are the indigo bunting, in which the summer plumage of the male reflects sunlight as a rich, metallic blue; the painted bunting, or nonpareil ( , slapping slapping, n massage technique that uses the flat palms of the hands percussively; a form of tapotement. See also tapotement. , working the count and swinging aggressively early. Nothing worked. ``That's probably the best pitching we've seen all year,'' Camarillo coach Miki Mangan said. It's been a special year for Bollinger, who missed the playoffs last year after hurting her back in a car accident at the end of the regular season. Intent on making the most of her final opportunity to pitch the Monarchs to a title, Bollinger has been focused throughout the year. Still, it isn't often someone throws a perfect game in the Division I semifinals. ``I was not even thinking about that, I was just making sure they didn't get on base and weren't getting base hits,'' Bollinger said. ``To throw a perfect game against a team like this is really something spectacular.'' Nevard was just a little less spectacular, but that's how it's always been against the Monarchs. ``I don't like them,'' she said, laughing. ``I mean, they're a good team, that's what they do. They play those games, 1-0. I've faced better (hitting) teams, but they just put the ball in play and make you make the mistakes.'' CAPTION(S): photo Photo: Camarillo's Jaclyn Victoria, left, and Beth Boskovich comfort each other after Tuesday's loss to Mater Dei. Michael Owen
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