March 11, 2003

Sports

Phoenix rains on Thunderbird parade
Women’s softball posts loss in doubleheader

By Danny Alcocer
Mesa Legend

PHOTO BY DANNY ALCOCER/MESA LEGEND Ashley Wisecarver digs in at the plate. Wisecarver bats clean-up for the thunderbirds, with a batting average of .347 thus far this season.

"Rain, Rain go away come again another day."

Softball players may have been reminded of this childhood rhyme, due to the poor weather conditions.

The rain minimized the team’s practice time prior to their double header against Phoenix College on March 1.

Mesa lost the first game by the score of 1–0.

Laura Chomokos pitched a great game, allowing no earned runs.

The Thunderbirds just could not string any hits together to put some points on the board.

The only run of the game came on a double steal.

With runners on first and third Thunderbird catcher, Jen Wright, threw for the runner attempting to steal second, which allowed the runner on third to sneak in for one run and the ball game.

Chomokos, who has been pitching brilliantly this season, discussed her success, "I just try to get three up and three down every inning and let my defense take care of the rest. I know that my team will back me up.

I have confidence in our offense too, I know if I allow a hit our team will answer back with a couple of hits."

The second game was more exciting, yet yielded the same result, a one run loss.

Jen Wright made up for her error in the first game by sending one ball screaming over the fence.

"We needed some runs, and I just wanted to get on base," Wright said about her homerun.

It didn't prove to be enough though as Mesa dropped the second game by a final score of 3–2.

Wright talked about the team's performance, "We didn't have a full week of practice due to the rain, and I think that hurt us because we could not get our bats going."

Ashley Wisecarver agreed saying, "we just couldn’t get any hits, they (PCC) just out hit us when it counted."

The Ladies are not going to let this brief storm slow them down though.

"All these losses are going to do is make us come back even stronger against Eastern Arizona," stated Wright.

The women began the season at an lighting fast pace of 7–1.
The two losses to Phoenix dropped them to 7–3, and will give coach Dewight Byron the first look at how his team handles diversity.

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Sport:
Basketball

Age:
19 years old

Born:
Little Rock, AR

High School:
Corona Del Sol

Game Stats:
21 Points
9 Rebounds

Field Goal Percentage:
53.9%

Season Averages:
18.6 points
9.4 rebounds

Favorite Position:
Forward

Favorite Cartoon:
Road Runner &
Wile E. Coyote

Favorite Food:
Fried Chicken

Favorite Athlete:
Derek Fisher

Team Goal:
“Go to Nationals”

Personal Goal:
“Trying to get looked at by as many schools as possible.”