12 hours ago
This past Sunday Morning, tragedy struck: When we got to the field, we found out our starting pitcher Emilia Jackson had fallen down the stairs and hurt her ankle, so she would not be able to play. This put some pressure on the other pitchers to perform and be on their A-game. Freshman Lizzie Angemi and Junior Shelby Johnson both stepped up to the challenge and surpassed the team’s expectations! On the mound, they both helped to pitch two shutouts! I asked them a few questions about the games: What were you thinking about while you were on the mound? Considering how you guys switched off: Did you feel a lot of pressure to maintain the shutout progress that the other pitcher has made or was that not even or your mind? How do you shut out the noise around you to focus on the task at hand, do you struggle with that, or what do you do to zone them out? Lizzie said: “Honestly, I didn’t feel a lot of pressure while pitching because I know that no matter what happened I