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Fazio Shines as Chatham Routs South Plainfield
The team now moves on to the next round of state tournaments.
Chatham's softball team shut out South Plainfield in the third round of the NJSIAA Tournament on a lights-out pitching performance by Amanda Fazio.
1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th Total Chatham
1 3 0 0 5 0 0 9 South Plainfield
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
IN SHORT
The fielders for Chatham didn't have much to do during their game at South Plainfield. Only three runners ever made it on base for South Plainfield with Amanda Fazio dealing out strike out after strike out for the Cougars. Run support wasn't an issue either, as four of Chatham's batters had a multi-hit game.
COUGAR OF THE GAME
Amanda Fazio—Seven innings pitched, two hits and sixteen strike outs; 1-for-4 at the plate.
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Only five of the games outs didn't come as a strike out from Fazio. Not only did she have excellent control of the ball, but she managed to hold her opponents to only two hits over the seven innings.
OTHER KEY PERFORMANCES
Patricia Crigler (Chatham), 3-for-3 with two runs scored; Kelsey Davies (Chatham), 3-for-5 with three runs scored; Kendall Davies (Chatham), 3-for-5 with one run scored.
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THEY SAID IT
"I just don't think South Plainfield had seen a pitcher as tough as Amanda so far. But what we're really proud of is how we beat them in every phase of the game. Even if Amanda hadn't been lights-out, I'm confident our team could have handled it."–Head coach Alexis Davies
