SMC traveled to Leominster, MA, for the ECAC Fall Ball Tournament and got in one brilliant day of ball before the rains washed out Day 2. Hillary pitched SMC to victory over Clark University in the opener, with Lauren closing it out on the mound and Olivia blasting a 2-run HR to pace the scoring. SMC dropped a nailbiter to Keene State College in game 2 with Steph on the mound. NE-10 rival UMass Lowell took the nightcap from SMC with KellyE on the mound. Kate opened her day ripping a first inning single in the opener, had a couple of nice catches in center, and closed it with a pair of sweet bunts in game 3.

With Ralph and Meg both away, SMC had to scrape the barrel looking for an Assistant Coach -- and I got to make my collegiate coaching debut! The players were very gracious and patient with "Jonathan's Excellent Adventure." What an absolute delight to coach 1st Base again. I didn't get anybody picked off or thrown out, and had a shining moment on a dropped 3rd strike, but did get caught up celebrating once when I could have been sending a runner to second -- all in all, not a bad effort for a replacement. :-)

With me doing my assistant coach impersonation, the camera got passed to Marilyn. She did a great impression of me (creeping about in search of better angles) and gathered some great images. Way to go, M!