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Freshman Hannah Heiberger’s two home runs, double power St. Bede to Tri-County win over Marquette · Illinois Valley - Shaw Local

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  Speaker 1: Freshman Hannah Heiberger's two home runs double power Saint Bede
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  to try county win over Marquette. Written by Kevin Schlum,
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  this article is being read by an automated voice brought
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  to you by Everlett. After playing varsity basketball in the winter,
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  Saint Bede freshman Hannah Heiberger started the spring on the
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  j VI softball team as she recovered from a sprained ankle.
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  Once she was healed, Heiberger was up to the varsity.
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  She started the season in the lower half of the
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  batting order, but it didn't take long for her to
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  earn a spot higher in the lineup. On Thursday, Heiberger
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  was in the number three slot, and she delivered. Heiberger
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  crushed two home runs and a double to lead the
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  Bruins to a ten zero, five inning victory over Marquette
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  in a Tri County conference game in Peru to complete
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  the two games sweep of the Crusaders. After an extra
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  inning win Tuesday, we left her down to let her
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  heel up a little bit, and then we got her
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  up here and she started hitting the ball. Saint Beide
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  coach Rob Ruppert said, we decided we had to move
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  her up in the order to get her more at bats.
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  She's been playing really well. She's leading our team and
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  hitting this year. She's got good speed, she's a good outfielder,
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  she has a good arm. She's a five tool player.
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  She's brought a lot to our team this year. We're
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  really happy to have her up here. With one on
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  and one out in the first inning, Heiburger smacked a
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  pitch over the fence and off of cars hood and
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  straightaway center field to give the Bruins a two to
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  no lead. In the second, she launched a solo shot
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  to left center as part of Saint Beide's five run inning.
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  I set a goal for myself this game to be
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  confident and get one good hit, So it felt really
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  good to have that, Heiberger said. Seeing all my teammates
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  do it to just made the day a lot better.
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  I think the first home run, it was right over
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  the plate. It felt good off my bat. My second
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  at bat, I wasn't really looking to do much, just
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  get on It felt good off the bat. Heiberger ripped
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  an RBI double to left center and later scored on
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  a wild pitch during Saint Bede's three run fourth that
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  led to the mercy rules shortened game. On the season,
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  Heiberger is hitting over point six hundred, with four home
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  runs and more than twenty runs and RBIs. It's fun,
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  Heiberger said about playing varsity as a freshman. I love
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  the girls. Everyone is so nice. They're very welcoming. I
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  love softball, so it's really fun to be having a
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  good season. It's a great experience. I'm glad I get
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  to experience it my freshman year, so my next three
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  years I can use this to build off. Heiberger was
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  hardly the only Saint Bede player hitting well. Thursday. The
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  Bruins twenty four seven to two TCC had ten hits,
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  including seven for extra bases. Lily Bosnik smacked a towering
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  two run home run to center field in the second inning,
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  while Gillian Pinter, Morgan Mercer, and Leah Griggs hit three
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  straight doubles in the second, with all three scoring and
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  Mercer and Griggs driving in a run each. We came
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  out hitting the ball, Rupert said. We've been doing that
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  all year. We're averaging about eleven hits a game. We
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  made good adjustments to a different pitcher today than we
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  saw Tuesday. At Marquette and we hit her hard. She
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  throws a little bit slower than the girl we faced
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  the other night. They just got to back their timing
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  off a little bit and see the ball a little longer.
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  The early runs were plenty for Macy Strauch in the
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  circle and the bruined defense. Strauch allowed just two hits
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  while striking out two batters and walking none in a
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  complete game. Macy pitched really well, Robert said. The other
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  night we spotted them six runs in the first two
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  innings and they only had two hits after that. In
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  the next six they only had two hits. Tonight, Macy
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  shut them down really well. Madison Trainer and Chloe Thrush
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  had the only hits for Marquette nineteen five nine to two,
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  while Savannah Erickson took the loss. In the circle, they
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  hit the ball well. Marquette coach Curtis Johnson said, we
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  did fine. We threw strikes. We have some girls sick
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  and some girls hurt. We have to get healthy and
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  get ready for the end of the year. I was
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  happy with the girls who were in there. They did
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  what they were supposed to do. Sometimes that's just the
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  way it works.