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ICC softball team opens season with DH sweep
March 7, 2009
By Journal Star news services
Reprinted with permission of the Journal Star
The Cougars, ranked 17th in NJCAA Division II, limited the hosts to just three hits on the day in 10-0 and 6-0 shutouts.
Sophomore clean-up hitter Dana Garber, from Metamora, paced the ICC offense with a 6-for-7, three-RBI day.
"She stepped up to that role," ICC coach Heather Doty said of Garber taking over the No. 4 slot in the offense.
Garber was 3-for-3 with two RBI in the five-inning, 10-run rule first game.
Dee-Mack graduate Taylor Preuitt fired a two-hitter and added a triple with two RBIs at the plate in the opener. Beth Ann Swartz tossed a one-hitter in Game 2. East Peoria graduate Kaleigh Tapp also tripled and drove in three runs and ICC broke open Game 1 with a seven-run fourth.
"The plan for today was to take advantage of opportunities and we did," said Doty.
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