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Durham Lords Media Release
Tuesday, October 06, 2009

Lords women's fastball claims the OCAA regular season pennant

Women’s Fastball – Durham defeated Seneca 8-1
***Durham wins the OCAA Regular Season Pennant

OSHAWA, Ont. – With a convincing 8-1 victory over Seneca College on Tuesday night, the Durham College women’s fastball team won their twelfth OCAA regular season title in 13 years, improving their conference record to 9-1 on the year.

The 2009 version of the Durham Lords has been dominant, outscoring their opponents 75-15 enroute to the regular season crown. The Lords will look to close out the regular season with a pair of wins and increase their winning streak to seven games with a doubleheader against Conestoga College on Thursday, October 8.

The Lords looked to be in championship form on Tuesday as they put up eight runs on the scoreboard against Seneca ace Rebecca Cunningham. Cunningham leads the OCAA in strikeouts and entered the game with an ERA under three.

Holding on to a slim 2-1 lead, Durham blew things wide open with four runs in the fifth and two more in the six to secure the victory. Janna Hagan (Sherwood Park, Albt.) was on the mound for Durham, pitching six innings and allowing one unearned run. Hagan is 3-0 this year and yet to give up an earned run in 17 innings pitched. Nicole Hayes (Whitby, Ont.) made her first appearance on the mound and picked up the save in a perfect seventh inning appearance.

At the plate, Samantha Roelofsen bumped her average to .567 on the year after a 3-for-3 night including three runs and two RBI’s with a home run. The Alma, Ont. native leads the OCAA in batting average, runs (16) and RBI’s (12).

Shannon Ferguson (Brockville, Ont.) also had a big night at the plate going 3-for-4 with two RBI’s while teammate Erin Dewey (Port Hope, Ont.) was 2-for-3 with two runs scored.

Kitchener will not only be the city for the Lords regular season finale, but it will also be the host site for the 2009 Canadian Intercollegiate Women's Fastpitch National Championship taking place from October 10-12 at the Peter Hallman Ball Yard. The Lords will look their first national title in program history.

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A QUICK LOOK AT THE DURHAM LORDS
Overall Record: 14-3
Conference Record: 9-1

Next Game: Thursday, October 8 @ Conestoga (DH)


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