Commissioner, Jennifer Woodland (781) 854 - 2634 (C)
This recreational league is open to women 30 years of age or older and of various abilities.
Knowledge of the game is strongly recommended.
This is a modified-pitch league.
Games are played Monday, Tuesday or Wednesday nights
June through August from 6:00 pm to dusk
at Waybright School Field in Saugus SWOT - Registration opens in February 2012! click here to download the 2012 Registration Form
THANK YOU TO ALL OUR SPONSORS FOR THEIR FINANCIAL SUPPORT,
SAUGUS DPW FOR THEIR DILIGENCE ON THE WAYBRIGHT SCHOOL FIELD,
AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST OUR FANS,
FOR SHOWING YOUR LOYALTY TO THE LEAGUE, TEAMS, AND PLAYERS.
One Pitch Results SCT TICKETS wins tournament going undefeated in three games against:
LA CLEANING, MELROSE FAMILY CHIROPRACTIC and KOWLOON
Play-off Results SCT TICKETS CAPTURES 2011 CHAMPIONSHIP
BY DEFEATINGMELROSE FAMILY CHIROPRACTIC
SCORE 11-6
TUESDAY, 8/23 SCT TICKETS DEFEATS AJ SIMBOLI REAL ESTATE
SCORE 10-0
MONDAY 8/22 - MELROSE FAMILY CHIROPRACTIC DEFEATS KOWLOON
SCORE 13-9
~ SWOT 2011 Season ~
Play-off Summary
SCT Attains a Wining Ticket!
Saugus Women's Softball season ended August 20, 2011 with playoff action
that brought fans to the field to root on their favorite players and teams.
Monday night second seed team, Melrose Family Chiropractic played third seed
Kowloon in a game that had the fans holding their breath through the last inning.
Melrose Family Chiropractic pitcher Chris Hofman struck out her first opponent then
walked the second. Kowloon's Karrie Babo stepped into the batters box and kissed
a triple to bring in the first run of the inning. Heather Irber(1 RBI), Melanie Baker,
and April Deluca (1 RBI) all followed with singles that gave the purple shirts of
Kowloon a 4 run lead. Melrose Family Chiropractic countered by capitalizing a couple
errors and a hit by Jane Heelen which brought 3 run across the plate. Melrose scored
6 more through the third inning with hits by Angel Savini (1 RBI), Linda Ayala RBI double,
Nancy Curiale, Natalie Lavoie, Maura Mulcahy, and a 2 RBI double by Jean Carr that put
the green shirts up 9 to 4. In the fifth, Mulcahy and Carr both singled and Ayala hard hit
allowed both to score giving Melrose Family Chiropractic a 7 run advantage.
Kowloon's offense remained quite until the top of the sixth when three hits, one walk and
an error produced 3 runs closing the gap to with in 4 runs. Melrose Family Chiropractic
pick up 2 insurance runs in the bottom half of the sixth courtesy of Hofman's single,
Sue Rutaowoski's RBI triple and Curiale'ssacrifice hit put the green shirts run total to
lucky number 13. Kowloon was not done with the game at the top of the seventh, patience
in the batters box produces 3 walks but there were 2 outs. A single by Deluce drove in two
run and Stephanie Alves singled to load the bases but that was the end of the road as a fly
ball to third base ended game 13-9. The win allowed Melrose Family Chiropractic to advance
to the championship game and play the winner of Tuesday night's game between AJSimboli Real Estate and SCT Tickets.
AJSimboli Real Estate struggled offensively against the first place team SCT Tickets on
Tuesday night. The red shirts bats were uncharacteristically quite with only 3 hits on the
evening by Jackie Gomez, double to left field in the second inning and a single in the sixth.
Rosie Kyes followed Jackie with her own single in the sixth but the team did not score.
Defensively AJSimboli Real Estate had only one error, was successful with a run-down
out at third base and key plays by Minervia Cruz at third base, but SCT Tickets had
15 hits that produced 10 runs to move on to Wednesday night's championship game.
The championship game set (10-1) SCT Tickets against (7-4) Melrose Family Chiropractic. Melrose was SCT's only loss on the season and each game was exciting and well matched.
Wednesday night's game was no exception. Collen Fahey got the ball rolling for Melrose Family Chiropractic by reaching first on an error. Then Nancy Curiale slapped
a single that was enought for Fahey's lightening speed to cross home plate giving the
green shirts a 1-0 lead att he top of the first. SCT Tickets matched Melrose's run in
the bottom half of the first inning with a lead off hit by Amy Dunn and Cheryl Marotta
RBI single tied the game at one apiece. Both pitchers settled into a rythum over the
next couple of innings; Chris Hofman of Melrose pitched a strong game with
4 strikeouts over the cource of the game. SCT Strung together three hits in the
third inning as the top of the batting order Dunn, and Karen Sudbey got with singles
and Marotta once again singled and picked up 2 RBI's give the Pink shirts a 3-1 edge. Melrose tapped in on SCT's pitcher, Lisa Lucas, in the fourth as Curiale smashed a beauty
to left center and a walk for NatallieLavoie set the stage for Jean Carr to single the two
across the plate. Marcia Hall Drive to first gave Carr ample time to reach home as well
and Melrose Family Chiropractic regained the lead 4-3. Melrose picked up 2 more
runs at the top of the fifth when Maura MulcahySingled to left field, Linda Ayala reached
on an error and Hofman's hit to center field drove them home. SCT slowed Melroses momentum with a 6-4-3 double play and a fly ball to short field ended the green shirts threat. SCT Tickets came out in the fifth showing their prowess at the plate as 5 hits plus three
walks turned into 8 runs. Dunn, Sudbey, Lucas, Patty Carey, and Sue Courchesne all hit
RBI singles to give SCT Tickets 11-6 lead. In the top of the 7th Melrose Family Chiropractic
did not give up an double by Lavoie gave the green shirts hope but that that was diminished
when Lavoie was caught in a run down and was tagged out at second base. Hall tried to get
things going again with a double but the side was retired and the game was over.
Lucas was tireless on the mound for SCT, she hurled 6 strikeouts and gave up 10 runs.
The pink shirts of SCT Ticket takes home their third championship in as many years.
Final score 11-6
Congratulations to all players and teams for a successful season.
Hope to see you all in 2012.
Week 8-9 Action
Melrose Family Chiropractic blemishes SCT Ticket’s record. Since last year the Pink shirts of SCT Tickets have not lost a regular season game
but all that came to an end when they faced Melrose Family Chiropractic for their
third and final match up on the season, Wednesday night. Kicking the game off in
grand style, Lisa Lucas of SCT Tickets clobbered a single shot home run in the
first inning to give SCT the lead. Melrose Family Chiropractic’s Nancy Curiale
turned it on in the third inning with a dribbler hit in front of the plate, Colleen Fahey
reach first on her turn at bat and set the stage for Natalie Lavoie, who cracks a
three run homer giving Melrose a 3-1 advantage. SCT Tickets threatened in the
fourth inning, loading the bases but could not covert them to runs. Melrose Family
Chiropractic never looked back accumulating two runs in each of the three innings
that followed on hits by Nancy Curiale (1-3), Fahey (4-4) , Maura Mulcahy (2-4),
Natalie Lavoie(2-4) both home runs, Linda Ayala (1-4), Marcia Hall (2-4),
Christine Hofman (1-4) triple, and Jane Heelen (1-4).
Melrose Chiropractic produced 17 hits to SCT Ticket’s 10 and won the game 9-1.
In games the previous week, Kowloon beat LA Cleaning, 18-2 and Melrose Family
Chiropractic won over Kowloon, 17-0. Melrose Family Chiropractic squared off
against AJ Simboli Real Estate on Monday and was again victorious. AJ Simboli
scored the first run of the game in the second inning as Maritza Rodrigues singled
to center field and Jacky Rodriguez picked up an RBI single. Then, in the third,
AJ Simboli added another run as Christina Quijuda dumped a beautiful triple to left
center and Patty Imperato singled her home to make it 2-0. With two player still on
base for the AJ Simboli, Sue Rutaowoski of Melrose ended the inning with a line
drive catch at 3rd and then tagged the runner, who left the base for an unassisted
double play. With AJ Simboli Real Estate up 2-0 in the top half of the third inning,
Melrose got on the stick. Sheree Atkinson drove in the first run with a triple and
Linda Ayala knocked her home to tie the game at 2 apiece. Christine Hofman of
Melrose was robbed of a RBI by Jackie Rodriguez with a running catch in short
field to end the third inning. The game remained quiet until the fifth when Melrose
family Chiropractic turned on the bats with singles by Colleen Fahey, Jean Carr,
a double by Linda Ayala (1RBI), and a triple by Marcia Hall (1RBI) pushing the
Green shirts of Melrose to a 7-2 lead. Melrose topped it off with one more run in
the sixth as Natalie Lavoie singled which allowed Fahey to hit her in making
Melrose Family Chiropractic the winners with a final score of, 8-5.
Other scores for week 9,
SCT Tickets won against AJ Simboli Real Estate, 10-3 and LA Cleaning 28-1. Games continue through August 17th at the Waybright School Softball Field,
6:00 pm each evening.
The standings through week 9 SCT Tickets 10 - 1 Melrose Family Chiropractic 7 - 3 Kowloon 5 - 5 AJ Simboli Real Estate 3 - 7 LA Cleaning 0 - 9
* * * * * * * * * * Play-off's start on August 22nd. Come by and cheer on your favorite team.
Week 7 Action
Three games were on tap for the 8th week in Saugus Women’s Over 30 Softball League (SWOT)
AJ Simboli Real Estate (1-5) brought their best to field this week with two match ups.
Monday night they faced (4-2) Melrose Family Chiropractic. Combining 3 walks with 5 base hits
by Maritza Rodriguez, Rosie Kyes, Ellen Giannusa, Minervia Cruz and Jackie Rodriguez, the
Red shirt of AJ Simboli Real Estate racked up 6 runs in the first inning. Melrose Family Chiropractic
went 3 up, 3 down in the bottom half of the first. AJ Simboli tacked on 4 more runs in the second
on 5 hits; singles by Giannusa, J. Rodriguez, Carmen Gonzales (RBI) and doubles each by
Lisa Ceecherini (RBI) and Christina Quijuda (2 RBI). Melrose Family Chiropractic got on the score
board in the bottom half of the second with two runs on 4 hit from RBI singles by Colleen Fahey
and Marcia Hall making the score 10-2 in favor or AJ Simboli Real Estate. Melrose Family Chiropractic
closed the gap on the score over the next couple innings producing 6 more runs, three apiece in both
the third and fourth innings. Contributing to those runs were Nancy Curiale with a two run RBI single
in the third plus an RBI single by Sheree Atkinson and a 2 RBI double by Linda Ayala’s in the
fourth brought the Chiropractors within 3 runs. Ceecherini, on the mound for AJ Simboli Real Estate,
held Melrose at eight runs until the seventh inning when the Green shirts threatened.
The balls pinged off the bats of Curiale, Hall, Natalie Lavoie (RBI) and Ayala (2 RBI) but they
could only muster up 3 more runs hence dropping to AJ Simboli Real Estate, (16 -11)
In their second outing of the week, AJ Simboli Real Estate battled Kowloon.
The Red shirts of AJ Simboli, with enthusiasm created from Monday night’s game, went up
six runs to nothing through four innings. Kowloon struggled at the beginning against the pitching
of Lisa Ceecherini but in the fifth, Kowloon was able to get a mark on the score board.
Trailing 8-1 and heading into the sixth inning, Kowloon made a grand effort stringing together
a series of hits and came within 2 of AJ Simboli 8 runs. Having the home team advantage,
Kowloon needed to hold AJ Simboli at the top of the seventh and then produce enough runs to
tie or beat the Red shirts. Kowloon kept AJ Simboli Real Estate from scoring but despite having
runners in scoring position in their last at bat, Kowloon was unable to score again thus giving
AJ Simboli Real Estate their second win (8-6) of the week and third win of the season.
LA Cleaning fell to SCT Tickets in their home game on Tuesday night.
LA generated 5 runs on 6 hits by Leslie Arsenault, Sharon Smith, Karen Snow,
Jan Moreira, Mandy Holt and Michele Squadere. SCT Tickets put together thirty three runs
and Sue Courchesne of SCT was credited for belting a grand slam home run in first inning.
The standings through week 7:
SCT Tickets 8 - 0 Melrose Family Chiropractic 4 - 3 Kowloon 4 - 4 AJ Simboli Real Estate 3 - 5 LA Cleaning 0 - 7
Week 6 Action The second half of Saugus Women’s Over 30 Softball League (SWOT)
started up last week with three games.
LA Cleaning took the field against Melrose Family Chiropractic on Monday and AJ Simboli Real Estate
on Wednesday night.Jane Heelen, lefty pitcher, of Melrose Family Chiropractic took the mound
for the first time this season and struck out her first opponent. She held LA Cleaners to no runs
through the third inning then took over at first base.
Heelen was also credited for scoring the winning run with a ground ball single to left field.
In the fourth inning with two outs, LA Cleaning's Sharon Smith and Maureen Dunn got on base
with a singles, but Heelen ended their threat of scoring with an unassisted play at first base.
The Cleaner's Sharon Smith, not to be out done on the mound, took a blistering shot off the bat of
Colleen Fahey in the 4th but was able to beat the lightening speed of Fahey, to throw her out at first.
Contributing to the 20 runs by Melrose were Maura Mulcahy 2-3 (5 RBI), Christine Hofman 2-3 (1 RBI),
Jean Carr 3-4 (3 RBI), Sherre Atkinson 1-3 (4 RBI), and Angel Savini 1-4 (2 RBI).
Despite dropping the games against Melrose Family Chiropractic and AJ Simboli Real Estate,
LA Cleaning remains spirited and hopeful about winning this season.
SCT Tickets toppled Kowloon on Tuesday with a score of 17-1
The standings through 6 weeks of play
SCT Tickets 7 - 0 Melrose Family Chiropractic 4 - 2 Kowloon 4 - 3 AJ Simboli Real Estate 1 - 5 LA Cleaning 0 - 6 Games continue through end of August Monday-Wednesday,
6PM at Waybright School Softball Field.
Come by and cheer on your favorite team!
Weeks 4 & 5 Action Melrose Family Chiropractic and Kowloon squared off for the first time during week four action. Kowloon wasted no time scoring runs at the top if the first.
Driving in a pair with a double to center field was Heather Irber. Melanie Baker
followed with an RBI single giving Purple a three run lead. Melrose Family
Chiropractic countered with 2 runs of their own as the girls in Green came out
cracking with three singles by Linda Ayala, Colleen Fahey, and Natalie Lavoie.
The Chiropractors then jumped in the lead in the second inning as Connie McGill
(double) and Maura Mulcahy (single) both produced RBI’s. Linda Ayala’s fly out
to short field also allowed another run to tag up and score the third run. With the
score 5-3, Kowloon’s Yo Fernandes sat in scoring position after giving the ball
a ride to centerfield and eventually scored. At the bottom of the third with bases
loaded from two walks and a single by Melrose Family Chiropractic’s Lavoie,
Jane Heelen’s hard hit ground ball double that rocket by the third base women
brought in two runs. Not to be out done, Nancy Curiale also produced a two run
single. Kowloon’s April Deluca put a stop Melrose scoring efforts in the third
inning with a running catch third out in short field. With the score 9-4 Kowloon
was held scoreless through the fifth inning. Melrose Family Chiropractic picked
up 2 more runs in the fourth and another 4 in the fifth on hits by Ayala, McGill,
Heelen, Curiale, and Marcia Hall. Kowloon got some momentum going at the top
of the sixth as Irber and Baker once again doubled and singled which produced
2 runs, but it was not enough. Melrose Family Chiropractic took this one, 15-6
SCT Tickets defeated AJ Simboli Real Estate in their 2nd face-off of the season 24-14
SCT Travel also defeated LA Cleaning, 24-0
Kowloon hosted AJ Simboli Real Estate on Tuesday, June 28 AJ Simboli Real Estate’s Patty Imperato got the Red shirts going with a double.
Minervia Cruz (1 RBI), Ellen Giannusa and Maritza Rodriguez, and Carmen Gonzales
(2 RBI) all singled giving them 4 runs in the first inning. In the second inning
AJ Simboli’s Giannusa drove in the fifth run of the game. Kowloon battled back with
some huge hits in the bottom half of the second inning as Melanie Baker and
Yo Fernandes (1 RBI) both tripled.April Deluca singled in a run and when the inning
was over it was AJ Simboli up 5-3. The top of the third AJ Simboli picked up another
run but Kowloon was not giving up. They captured another 4 runs on base hits by
Karrie Babo and Lori Spadafora. Melanie Baker got them home safely with a double
to right center field. Yo Fernandes got on base, and then Heather Anderson and
Julie Bickford picked up RBI singles. With Kowloonnow in the lead 7-6, AJ Simboli
picked up two runs in the fourth but Kowloon mirrored that in the bottom half making
the score 9-8. AJ Simboli Real Estate went three up three down in the fifth then
Kowloon took advantage of some fielding errors coupled with RBI singles by Babo,
Baker, Fernandes, and Anderson which gave the purple shirt 5 runs that lead them
to a victory, 14-8 over AJ Simboli Real Estate.
SCT Tickets met Melrose Family Chiropractic for the second time this season and it was a close one. SCT Tickets scored 5 runs in the first two innings. Lisa Lucas
drove in the first run of the game with an RBI double and Sue Courchesne’s two run
RBI single gave SCT a 3 run lead. At the top of the second inning, Melrose Family
Chiropractic utilized the area just past the infield to drop four base hits which tied the
score and gave RBI’s to both Jean Carr(1) and Natalie Lavoie(2). The bottom half of
the second inning Jenn Woodland sent a monster to right center field for an two run
RBI triple giving the pick shirts a 5-3 lead. Amy Dunn singled in the third and
Cheryl Marotta ushered her home with an RBI triple. SCT Tickets’ pitcher Lisa Lucas
helped Marotta home with her turn at bat and then held Melrose Family Chiropractic
to just 1 hit and produced 4 strikeouts through the fifth inning. With the score 7-3
in favor of SCT Tickets, Melrose Family Chiropractic was not to be counted out of this
game. They picked up one run on an RBI single by Nancy Curiale in the fifth, then
three runs on three hits by Maura Mulcahy, Sue Rutaowoski (1 RBI), Christine Hofman
(1 RBI) in the sixth. At the top of the seventh with the score tied at 7 apiece Melrose
Family Chiropractic had one out, runners on second and third and Nancy Curiale’s
grounder to short stop allowed the go ahead run to cross home plate. Leaving two
base runners stranded, that was it for Melrose Family Chiropractic in the seventh.
SCT Tickets needed a run to tie or two to win this game. Lucas cracked a double
and Courchesne got on with a single, then Tonya Chadwick stepped in to the batter’s
box and hit a walk off double to win the game for the SCT Tickets 9-8
The last game before July 4th break matched Melrose Family Chiropractic against LA Cleaning The LA Cleaners hung in there trailing by 8-0 after two innings. In the third however they
rallied with three hits by Amanda (Mandie) Holt, Michele Squadere, and Karen Kastanko
which produced one run. Jan Moreira was solid on the mound for LA Cleansers as was
first basewoman, Maureen Dunn; and Vicky Serefin was gritty in left field. Melrose Family
Chiropractic won the game with 16 runs on 20 hits.
Games resume Monday, July 11th
at Waybright School Field on Talbot St. starting at 6:00 pm
Hope to see you there.
Week 3 Action Kowloon (3-1) faced LA Cleaning for the second time this season and this
time the cleaners weren't completely swept under the carpet. Although
Kowloon came up the winner, LA scored eight runs to Kowloon’s 17.
Kowloon and AJ Simboli Real Estate squared off for the first time this season.
Kowloon hit around the batting order in the first inning. Anne Dominick and
Heather Anderson singled, first base-woman Lisa-Marie Brown picked up a
2 run triple, and Heather Irber followed with 2 run inside-the-park home run.
Kelly Pasternak (1 RBI) and April Deluca also singled in the first, which put
the purple shirts in the lead by 6. AJ Simboli Real Estate replied at the bottom
of the first with one run on two hits by Patty Imperato and Minervia Cruz.
Kowloon's scored 5 more times in the second, and held AJ Simboli to just one
hit until the 4th inning when Carmen Gonzales started and finished the six hit
inning with two singles. Jackie Rodriguez, Minervia Cruz (Dbl), Norma Santiago,
and Lisa Ceecherini all had hits, which produced 6 runs making the score 12-7
in favor of Kowloon. Kowloon tacked on 4 more runs at the top of the fifth with
a single by Deluca, and RBI singles by Julie Bickford, Kathy Otterson, and
Dominick. Four hits in the bottom of the fifth gave the red shirts of AJ Simboli
Real Estate 6 more run on an RBI double by J.Rodriguez, and singles by Cruz,
Santiago, and Delia Cruz. Kowloon picked up two more runs in the next two
innings and limited AJ Simboli Real Estate at 13 runs for a final score of 18-13.
Pink shirts of SCT TICKETS got their first look at Melrose Family Chiropractic
team donning green on Wednesday. It was a bit of a pitchers dual as
Chris Hofman of Melrose Family Chiropractic picked up 2 strikeouts and held
SCT to just 5 hits and no runs through the fifth inning. SCT Tickets pitcher
Lisa Lucas, who also had 2 strikeouts and gave up 9 hits. Melrose Family Chiropractic got on the scoreboard first in the 3rd inning on
singles by Marcia Hall and Maura Mulcahy. With Hall in scoring position,
Linda Ayala drove her in with a hit to center field. Melrose scored again in the
fourth with three more hits on a double by Sue Rutaowoski, single by Jean Carr
and an RBI single by Jane Heelen. Down 2-0 in sixth, SCT Tickets took advantage of a couple of errors that put
two pink shirts on base. Jennifer Woodland then stepped into the batters box
and rocketed a two-run double to right-center to tie the game two. Although Melrose was at the top of its batting order in the sixth they did not score. But
SCT came out and did what they do best, get on base with a couple key walks
and 5 base hits. With the bases loaded, Lisa Lucas hit a two-run double and
Patty Carey followed up with a two-run single. Two more runs passed the plate
on singles each by Sue Courchesne and Cheryl Chesna. SCT Tickets picked
up their 3rd win to remain undefeated, beating Melrose Family Chiropractic, 8-2.
Games are played at Waybright School Field Monday thru Wednesday at 6:00 pm
Stop by and catch the action.
Games schedule and scores can be seen on http://www.SWOTsoftball.org
Celebrating 20 Years
Saugus Women's Softball League Begins Another Season
Despite a delay due to tornado warnings, the Pink shirts, under new sponsorship of
SCT TICKETS, took the field and their 1st win of the season vs. Kowloon in Purple. The June 2ndgame was exciting throughout as SCT TICKETS started the game
with 5 runs on 6 hits by Amy Dunn, Penny Virgin, Cheryl Marotta, Patty Carey and
Tonya Chadwick. Cheryl M. drove in the first run of the game which was followed
by a two run shot by Lisa Lucas. Patty C. took credit for the other two runs on the
inning. Kowloon's bats came alive in the top of the fifth as Karyn Salines-Alves and
Anne Dominick both cracked singles and Lisa-Marie Brown clobbered a double to
drive them both home. An error by SCT TICKETS gave Lisa-Marie company on
the bases and a well-placed double to right field by Karrie Babo brought in two
more runs making the score 5-4. At the top of the sixth Kowloon almost duplicated
what they did in the fifth with four hits; singles by Karyn S-A. and Anne D. and
doubles by Lisa-Marie B. and Karrie B. giving Kowloon the lead 8-5. With their
backs against the wall, SCT TICKETS's Karen Sudbey singled plus an error put
two women on base. Lisa Lucas hit an RBI single making it 6-8. Then Patty Carey
sent one to the outfield for a 2 run triple to tie the game. With the go ahead run
poised at third, Tonya Chadwick hit a fly ball that allowed Patty to tag up and SCT
to take the lead and eventually the win over Kowloon 9 - 8 SWOT's second week of action matched the Red shirts of AJ Simboli Real Estate
against the newly configured Green shirts of Melrose Family Chiropractic.
The game was well matched through the fourth inning when the nerves of
Melrose Family Chiropractic settled. They batted around the order in the fifth
with 8 hits, 6 singles each by Maura Mulcahy, Angel Savini, Chris Hofman (1 RBI),
Natalie Lavoie, Sheree Atkinson (1 RBI), and Jane Heelen (1 RBI) plus a double
each by Colleen Fahey (2 RBI) and Nancy Curiale (1 RBI) which produced 6 runs.
AJ Simoboli Real Estate only hit of the game was a beautiful triple made in the
first inning by Minervia Cruz. Final score 6 - 0
Kowloon picked up their first win 20 - 0 against LA Cleaning on Tuesday.
SCT TICKETS made their record 2-0 when they won 8 - 1 on Wednesday
vs. AJ Simboli Real Estate.
The season has just begun so stop by the Waybright School Field
at 6:00 pm Monday through Wednesday to catch the action.
Sizzle faced Kane's Donuts and aquired their first defeat 3-1 but Kane's, having already lost
a game earlier in the day needed to beat Sizzle twice. With the crowd and fans behind the
underdogs, Sizzle took the field for the second time. Kane's felt the pressure but took the early
lead on a sacrifice hit by Sue Courchesne that gave Karen Sudbey a clear path to home.
In the 4th inning Kane's scratched two more marks in the sand as Cheryl Chesna and
Cathy Langone each hit RBI singles. The Donuts tried to score again in the 5th with Chris Bonia
poised in scoring position at third base but Sizzle's third basewomen Jane Heelen caught a
screaming line drive for an out against the batter and that pulled Chris off the bag allowing Jane
the tag for a double play that ended the inning. With a 3-0 lead Kane's needed to hold Sizzle
where they were but Sizzle had other plans. They came out hitting in the bottom of the 5th.
Linda Ayala got the ball rolling with a lead off base hit, Connie McGill and Norma Santiago
followed suit. A well placed sacrifice hit by Devon Lacava and an RBI single by Colleen Fahey
tied the game 3-3. Kane's came out flat in the top of the 6th inning so Sizzle took advantage as
Heather Irber and Linda Ayala teamed up with back to back doubles for which Heather scored
the go ahead run. Kane's donut box was empty as they took the field at the top of the 7th.
It was three up and three down giving Sizzle a spectacular win over the league champs 4-3.
Kane's Donuts boxed up a dozen wins in the regular season
then went on to win another championship!
Playoff Action Summary
Four top teams advanced to the playoffs which were played last week.
Team season records:
Kane's Donuts 12-0, Kowloon 8-4, LA Cleaning 5-7, and ACS Development 4-8
LA Cleaning met Kowloon in the first round of the playoffson Tuesday, 8/17.
Kowloon's Karyn Salines got the inning going with a triple in the first inning. Teri Barchara
hit an RBI single to bring Karyn home. Kim Chaban Griffith's RBI single allowed Karrie Babo
to cross the plate and Heather Anderson's single drove in two more runs giving Kowlon a 4-0
advantage. LA Cleaning's Sue Rutaowoski, taking advantage of a walked batter, hit an RBI
single in to center field. LA scored another run in the third inning as Jean Carr reached first
base, then Betsy Costello and Karen Snow advanced Jean into scoring position so Maureen
Dunn could hit an RBI double. Two more runs were recorded in the fifth inning as a couple of
walks ended up scoring on another batted ball by Karen Snow. LA held Kowloons offense at
4 runs through the 6th inning when Karen Staskawicz hit a gorgeous triple, but it wasn't
enough. LA Cleaning dusted the field with three more runs in the bottom of the 6th as Marcia
Hall, Elizabeth Brazil, and Vicky Serefin all picked up RBI's. LA's pitcher Chris Hofman
sealed the deal with three up and three down in the 7th. Final score 7-5.
ACS Developement struggled in the playoff game against Kane's Donuts Wednesday, 8/18.
Although ACS pitcher Ellen Giannusa struck-out 2, Kane's batters and ACS had 3 hits on the
night by Patty Imperato, Lisa Ceecherini and Ellen Giannusa they could not score against
Kane's defense. Kane's offense creamed the ball that night with 3 home runs, one by
Cheryl Marotta and two by Patty Carey.
In the final, LA Cleaning faced Kane's Donuts.LA held on through 5 innings but the
Donuts were fresh out of the oven from their win the night before, and Lisa Lucas pitched a
superlative game and the defensive team behind her helped her with a no-hitter. Kane's
offense grabbed 16 hits with big at bats by Lisa Lucas who hit a home run in the 3rd, her
fourth for the season, and an RBI triple in the 4th. Cheryl Marotta added another to her
home run count, making it 5 on the season. Final score 15-0
Week 10 Summary Kane's Donuts, poised to go undefeated this season, faced Kowloon Wednesday
night, 8/11, in their final game of the regular season. Kowloon jumped ahead in the first
inning, 2-0, on hits by Karyn Salines, Kathy Otterson, and Lisa-Marie Brown. Karen
Staskawicz cracked a 2 RBI single which gave Kowloon the lead until Kane's tied the
score in the 3rd. Kane's turned on the bats in the next three innings winning the game
on doubles by Lisa Lucus, Cheryl Marotta, Jennifer Woodland and a triple by Sue
Courchesne. But it was Donut's catcher, Tonya Chadwick, who stole the game with two
home runs driving in a total of 6 runs on the night.
Week 8 Summary As Saugus Women's Softball slides into the final weeksof the regular season
the competition goes into high gear and Tuesday night's game between Sizzle and
ACS Development proved just that. Sizzle showed up with "Fire in Their Eyes" as
Connie McGill, team's captain and heart and soul, rallied the team to their first victory.
ACS had the lead 4-0 in the top of the first inning, but Sizzle replied with 5 runs of their
own as Jane Heelen hit a double placing her and a walked batter into scoring position.
This allowed Linda Ayala to pick up a two RBI's single, and then Connie McGill drove in
an additional run with her hit. Nancy Curiale gave the team a spark and the lead with a
two RBI double making the score 5-4 at the bottom of the first. In second inning, Sizzle's left fielder Colleen Fahey, kept ACS from scoring with a diving catch of a well hit ball by
Ellen Giannusa and Tanya Leger froze a scoring threat in the third inning with a line out double play at third base. Sizzle stoked the flame again in the bottom half of the third
inning and tallied up 5 more runs on 7 hits by Colleen Fahey, Nancy Curiale, Tanya Leger,
Michelle Nickerson, Jane Heelen, Linda Ayala, and Connie McGill. ACS challenged Sizzle's
lead in the 4 and 5 innings with hits by Lisa Ceecherini, Cathy Derousi, Delia Cruz and a
pretty triple by Ellen Giannusa but ACS could only muster together 10 runs on 18 hits and
dropping to Sizzle's heat, 11-10.
Sizzle tried but could not carry the torch the following evening losing to Kowloon 10-3.
Kane's picked up their 9 win against LA Cleaning and remains undefeated on the season.
Two weeks left in the regular season. Play-offs start Tuesday August 17. Come on down
and watch the action at Waybright School Field, game time is 6:00 pm
Weeks 5 - 7 Summary Saugus Women's Softball entered the second half of their season in July with Kane's Donuts charging out in front with a record of 8 - 0.
Team Kowloon, their closest competition, stands at 5-3.
These two teams have met twice over the last few weeks and both games
proved to be exciting for both players and fans.
On 6/30, with the score tied 3-3 at the bottom of the first inning,Kowloon
took the the lead 6-3 with a 2 run RBI double by Karyn Salines. But Kane's
battled back in the 4th as Penny Virgin with bases loaded dropped a 2 run
RBI base hit to right field. The Donuts picked up 4 more runs in the 5thand
although Kowloon's pitcher Terri Barchara struck out 3, and the team
made 2 double plays and drove in 2 more runs, they dropped to Kane's 12-8.
Kowloon faced Kane's Donuts again, 7/20 with Kane's jumping to the lead
in the first inning 4-0. Kowloon generated 3 runs in the 4th inning including base
hit RBI's by Terri Barchara, Karrie Babo, and Linda Michalski.
Outstanding defensive outfielding by Kane's Cathy Langone and Chris Bonia
at second base held Kowloon to 4 runs. Final score 8-4, Kane's.
In other action, ACS Development is playing .500 ball with a 4-4 record. They faced LA Cleaning on 7/15 with a victory. Even as LA's pitcher
Christine Hofman picked up 8 strikeouts, LA offense was held to 6 hits,
a triple by Maureen Dunn, two singles each by Betsy Costello and
Michelle Squadere, and one by Sharon Conners, ACS put together 16 hits
scoring in every inning except the 2nd. ACS's Patty Imperato hit 4-4,
Lisa Ceecherini, Ellen Giannusa, Cathy Deruosi, and Christine Quijada
all hit 2-4 taking the team to a 9-3 victory.
Kowloon sits in second place 5-3, ACShas a firm hold of third place 4-4,
LA Cleaning is 2-5, and Sizzle win-less.
There is plenty more action left. You can catch the games at 6:00 pm
Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday evenings at Waybright School field.
For complete schedule and directions go to http://www.saugussoftball.org Weeks 1 - 4 Summary
Despite the rainout of the opening game,Saugus Women's Softball commenced
on WednesdayJune 2nd with a match up between Sizzle and ACS Development.
Sizzle jumped ahead in the early innings but ACS turned on the bats and with
consistent pitching by Ellen Giannusa captured the win 15 - 8
Second week action,against LA Cleaning, Kowloon’s Karen Staskawicz showed
her offensive power belting a grand slam home run clinching the teams first win 13 - 7
Kowloon dropped a game the following night to ACS 13 - 3.
Kane’s Donuts, last years champs, picked up their first victory over Sizzle 16 – 5
The win was highlighted by a triple from Jill Sewell & a 2 run homer by Cheryl Morotta.
During week 3 & 4, Kane’s Donuts picked up 4 more wins and is undefeated on the
season due to outstanding pitching by Lisa Lucas and Cheryl Chesna, plus solid
hitting by the entire team. Kowloon sits in second place with a 3 - 1 record and
ACS Development moved into third place, (2 – 2) after beating Kowloon.
* Directions to Waybright School * Route 1 to Main Street, Saugus East Exit
Main Street turn right onto Vine Street at traffic light.
Turn left onto Talbot Street at 4 way intersection.
The field is at the end of Talbot Street behind the school at 25 Talbot Street, Saugus, MA01906
SWOT 2009 Softball Season
2009 Season Banquet - October @ Polcari's
Team ACS Team Kane's
Team Kowloon
Team LOTC Team LA Cleaning Team LA Cleaning
Team LA Cleaning
Awards and Presentations
ACS Awards
(m) Rosie Kyes - MVP
(r) Patty Imperato - Most Vocal
Kane's Donuts Awards
(l) Cathy Langone - Most Improved
(m) Penny Virgin - MVP
(r) Jennifer Woodland - 11Th Player
(back row) Candy Leva...and why is she in every photo?????? IDK!
Kowloon Awards
(r) Heather Anderson - MVP
LA Cleaning Awards
(m) Vicky Serafin - Most Improved
(r) Christie Hofman - MVP
LOTC Awards
(r) Tanya Leger - Most Versatile
Special Toaster Award
was presented to Jane Heelen
for her "recruiting" efforts!
(l) Jane w/toaster
(r) Candy, new recruit
~ SWOT 2009 Champions ~
Kane's Donuts captures the hat trick going undefeated
in the league's One-Pitch Tournament.
Saugus Women's Over Thirty Softball Action 2009
Articles by Jane Heelen
Play-off Week
Kane's Donuts won the Saugus Women's Over Thirty Softball championship last Wednesday
by defeating LA Cleaning 5- 4. The donut makers were victorious after being down 3-0 in the
first inning. LA pitching allowed four walks in the 4th inning setting up the comeback.
Kane's outfielders Jenn Woodland, Amy Dunn and Jill Sewell were outstanding in keeping the
game close. Then Kane's went ahead for good in the bottom of the 6th on a Penny Virgin single
bringing Jill Sewell home to score the winning run. Congrats to Kane's and to all the SWOT teams on the great 2009 season!
Week Eleven
LA Cleaning clinched a playoff spot and defeated ACS Development
in extra innings 7 - 6 in SWOT action last week. Christine Hofman
clubbed a triple to drive in 2 runs in the top of the 8th inning.
Sue Rothowski had 3 RBI in the win.
LA faces Kowloon for their first visit to the SWOT playoffs
beginning this week.
Also, Law Office of Tracy Conlon defeated ACS Development 15-10
later in the week to sneak into the last playoff spot. They will face
League Champs Kane's Donuts who finished the season 11-1. Congrats to all on a great season!
Jane Heelen belts one to the outfield in SWOT action last week.
Week Ten
The Saugus Women's Softball game of the week went
to ACS Development who defeated second place
Kowloon by a score of 3-2.
In other action Kane's Donuts remained strong defeating
Kowloon 9-2 and LA Cleaning 5-0. Against Kowloon,
Kane's Jenn Woodland showed her offensive power
smacking a triple to drive in 3 runs in the third inning on
her way to a 4 rbi game. Kane's pitcher Lisa Lucas
continues to dominate notching 11 strikeouts over the
two games. Kane's and Kowloon have now clinched first
and second place respectively going into playoff action
which begins August 17 at Waybright School Field at 6pm.
Kane's pitcher Lisa Lucas checks a runner in recent SWOT action.
Week Nine
Team Kowloon dominated SWOT action last week notching victories against Law Office of Tracy Conlon 13-1 and
ACS Development 20-4. LOTC fell behind 9-0 in the first
inning and couldn't recover. Against ACS, Kowloon
dominated offensively again with Karen Staskawicz belting
2 home runs for a total of 5 RBI. In other action, Kane's Donuts
showed both defensive and hitting power in their 16-0 win
against LA Cleaning. Kane's pitcher Lisa Lucas hurled her
second 1-hitter of the season and walked none.
Kane's looked good at the plate with 17 hits.
Kane's remains in first at 9-1 and Kowloon is second at 8-2.
In Saugus Women's Softball action last week Kane's Donuts
continued their dominance with wins over Law Office of
Tracy Conlon 17-2 and ACS Development 11-9. Against
LOTC, Kane's pounded out 23 hits with Jill Sewell leading the
way going 4-4 and Chris Bonia, Cheryl LaMarca, and
Cheryl Chesna all going 3-4 at the plate. Jill Sewell stayed
hot against ACS Development going 4-4 again and
Nancy Lightbody hit 4-4 as well. Sunday's game notched a
victory for Kowloon over LA Cleaning 7-2. Kowloon holds on
to second place at 5-2 while Kane's remains in first 8-1.
Week Seven There were lots of highlights for the Saugus Women's Softball League for the week of 7/19/09. The game of the week went to Law Office of Tracy Conlon v. LA Cleaning where Tracy Conlon
hit a single to right field in the bottom of the 7th inning to drive in Linda Ayala who scored the
winning run for a final score of 3-2. Tanya walked earlier in the
inning to set up the winning hit.
In other action, Kane's Donuts improved to 6-1 on the season
with victories over Kowloon 8-0, and ACS Development 14-3.
ACS Development fell short in picking up a win after being edged
out by LA Cleaning 6-5 in a close game where the lead changed
hands several times.
Jean Carr takes a lead off third, Mo Dunn sends her home - team LA Cleaning
Picture by Jennifer Woodland
Week Six
This past Sunday in Saugus Women's Softball Action at
Waybright Field, Law Office of Tracy Conlon looked strong with
a 20-10 win over LA Cleaning to go to improve to 2-3 on the season,
while LA Cleaning slipped to 2-3 also. Offense was the story in this
game for LOTC with Connie McGill, Linda Ayala,Colleen Fahey leading the way with mutiple hits. Shelly Paglucca pitched a complete game, keeping LA Cleaning at bay.
In earlier action last Monday, LA Cleaning defeated ACS
Devlopment 7-4.
Law Office Tracy Conlon's Linda Ayala waits on third for a hit to send her home.
Picture by Jennifer Woodland
Week Five
In Saugus Women's Softball action last week,
Kane's Donuts reclaimed 1st place by defeating
Kowloon 11-0. Pitcher Lisa Lucas was outstanding,
striking out 11 batters and walking none on her way
to a one hitter. Jenn Woodland, Karen Sudbey,
Cheryl LaMarca, and Cheryl Chesna all had 2 hits
for Kane's. It was Kowloon's 1st loss of the season.
Look for this rivalry to continue.
Other scheduled games this week were rained out.
Games are played at 6:00 pm Monday, Tuesday,
Wednesday evenings at Waybright School field. Kane's Donuts coach Candy Leva congratulates her players on another win.
Pictures by Jennifer Woodland
Week Three
Due the inclement weather, the Saugus Women's Softball League was only able to play
one game last week. New to the league this year, LA Cleaning, upset undefeated
Kane's Donuts by a score of 7-4 for their first win of the season. LA Cleaning's pitchers
combined for 9 strikeouts and the offense was buoyed by Susan Rutkowski going 3-3
with 2 doubles and a single. With the score tied going into the 7th inning LA Cleaning
was able to drive in 3 runs for the win. Kowloon remains the only undefeated team,
followed by Kanes at 3-1, Law Office of Tracy Colon at 1-3, LA Cleaning at 1-2 and
ACS Development.
SWOT (Saugus Women's Over 30 League) is still registering new players until July 6. Emailfor more information.
Week Two
The weather cooperated last week for the Saugus Women's Over 30 Softball League to get
two games in. LA Cleaning, new to the league this year, was edged out of getting their first
win by a fast improving Kowloonteam who took the victory 6-5. On Tuesday, Kane's Donuts
improved to 2-0 by defeating the Law Office of Tracy Conlon on a chilly, rain soaked field.
Come support the League at Waybright School Field each week, Monday-Wednesday at 6pm.
Or better yet, you can join and become a player by emailing
SWOT 2008 Softball Season
2008 Season Banquet - October 9th @ Polcari's
Awards & MVP's
LOTC MVP- Danielle Pappas (No photo available)
Saugus Women's Softball 2008 Season Ends
Weather and field conditions challenged the league this
year but the competition remained strong with many
exciting games played. Shore Spray Lawn Sprinkler
was the 2008 regular Season Champs with a 7-2 record.
New to the league this year, Law Office of Tracy Conlon,
took Second place for the season with a 5-4 record and
captured First Place in the Play-offs. ACS Development
Corporation battled multiple injuries and ended the season with a 3-4 record. Kowloon finished strong entering as the underdog in the Play-offs, fought to the last out in the game losing to the Law Office by a score of 13-12 and taking Second Place in the Play-offs. What a GREAT game!
Thanks to all for a wonderful season, see you next year!
2008 Team Photos
ACS Development team photo removed at team's request.
Picture by Jennifer Woodland 
