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Heatwave win National League
The QAS Heatwave has defeated the NSWIS Firestars in a close game, 3-1, at the National Women’s League at Blacktown Olympic Park to win the Audrey McLaughlin Cup. Jodie Bowering proved why she gained a spot in the national team by smashing the ball over the centre field fence for a home run to get the Heatwave off to an early lead. Nicole Bennett hit a triple with her bat and a hard drive to left field from Kylie Cronk scored Bennett which increased the Queenslanders lead to 2-0. The Firestars hit back in the top of the fourth to close the gap to one after Belinda Wright scored with the help of her team mates. Zara Mee was relieved on the pitching mound by Tatiana Holodnow in the bottom of the fourth innings for the Firestars. Tracey Mosley responded by hitting a home run to score the Heatwave’s third and final run. McCallum didn’t let her team mates down winning the game and the overall pitching award for the National League, facing 114 batters, 33 strike outs with and earned run average of 0.183. Her team mate and Heatwave captain, Sandra Allen dominated the competition over the four months winning the batting and MVP awards. QAS Heatwave also took out the Blacktown Cup with pitcher, Sandra Avery winning the pitching award facing 65 batters and not giving up any walks or runs. In other awards, Brenda De Blaes, Belgian international with the Diamonds, was outstanding with her bat, winning the batting award with an average .636. The MVP went to Belinda Wright from the Firestars who also dominated the competition with the bat. The VIS Titans finished in third place after going down to the Firestars 9-6 in the preliminary final and the Diamonds defeated the WAIS Coastals 8-0 with the help of three-time Olympian Melanie Roche who pitched a shut out.
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