Softball: Grossman gets no-hitter
Sarah Grossman, who had to leave the mound on Monday at Barrington after hyperextending her knee, showed no affects of the injury on Tuesday.
In fact, the senior right-hander put an exclamation point on her return by tossing her first career no-hitter in a Mid-Suburban League game.
Grossman struck out 11 in the Pirates' 10-0 five-inning victory.
The Milwaukee School of Engineering recruit now has 115 strikeouts for the season.
"It felt good coming out today knowing we were going be strong both mentally and on the field," said Grossman, now 8-0 "I knew we would get the runs in and I was super excited to get back on the mound with my defense behind me.
"I'm super excited and had full confidence my team would help me make every play."
Maddie Craver enjoyed a second straight 3-for-4 day at the plate with 2 double, 3 RBI and 2 runs. The senior third baseman now has 13 doubles this spring.
"I was just trying to stay loose at the plate and help bring in runs to support Sarah's great pitching," Craver said. "I'm excited for Sarah and her no hitter. We wanted to score a lot of runs for her."
Also helping to score those runs were Rhiann Dick (2-for-3, RBI), Emily Parrott (2-for-3, RBI), and Grace Huff (2-for-4, RBI).
Palatine (12-2, 4-1) was able to end the no hitter with the 10-run rule in the bottom of the fifth inning.
Emily Brinckerhoff got the momentum going with a leadoff pinch hit single up the middle.
Craver singled and after a fielder's choice, Huff got the walk-off single on a line drive to right center.
"I was trying to start us off and get on base so that my team could have the opportunity to score." Brinckerhoff said. "I'm glad that we ended on a high note and we had good energy. I'm really happy for Sarah."
"It was great to see Sarah come back today," said Pirates assistant coach Kristen Proffitt. 'That was a scary moment for everyone (on Monday). Sarah was ready to go today and her pitches looked great. She was hitting her spots and keeping her composure. This is the type of success that Sarah deserves as a senior who works so hard all the time."
Prospect 22, Rolling Meadows 4 (5 inn.): Senior Alyssa Cacini belted her 22nd career homer and went 2-for-5 with a double for the Knights.
Cassie Cunniff (3-for-5, double), Lauren Caldrone (3-for-5), Colleen Palczynski (4-for-5) and Alex Kanter (3-for-5) were other multiple hitters for the Knights who improved to 11-3 and 4-2 in the MSL East.
Junior Emalee Depa (4-2) struck out three while earning the win for Prospect.
Parker Cavanaugh went 2-for-3 for the Mustangs (5-9, 2-4) who received a homer from Sam Allen and triple from Mallory King.
Barrington 13, Schaumburg 0 (5 inn): Senior Caroline Hoppe raised her record to 3-0 with a 2-hitter as the visiting Fillies won the MSL West game with 12 hits.
Jenna Patino (3-for-4, double, triple, 4 RBI), Leyden Atlas (2-for-4, double), Samantha Murphy (3-for-3, double, 3 RBI) and Rachel Mori (3-for-3, 2 RBI) were multiple hitters for Barrington. Abbey Jacobsen (2 RBI) also hit safely for the Fillies.
Talia Torosian and Tiffani Rudnick had the hits for Schaumburg (0-10, 0-5).
Fremd 7, Lake Park 1: Nikki Kehoe (3-0) threw a 5-hitter with 3 strikeouts and Jess Mazur belted her 24th career homer for visiting Fremd (9-4) in the nonconference game.
Grace Stevens (2-fo-r4, double) and Hannah Ban (2-for-4) were multiple hitters for Fremd while Mazur, Lexi D'Ambrosio (double), Hailey Goluch (double) and Gianna Arnieri each had 1 hit.
Maine West 10, Maine East 1: Allison Pearson belted a home run and 2 doubles with 3 RBI as the host Warriors improved to 8-7.
Other offensive leaders were Gabby Demma (2-for-4, 2 doubles, RBI), Amanda Bryne (3-for-4, double, RBI), Katelyn Aragon 2-for-4) and Jessica Steingard (2-for-3). Steingard was the winning pitcher, striking out 11 and giving up 3 hits in 6 innings.
Regina 3, Wheeling 1: Senior Dakota Medrano allowed only 1 earned run and 4 hits while striking out three in six innings for the visiting Wildcats (0-8) in the nonconference game. Medrano also went 2-for-3 at the plate with a double. Emmie LaCaeyse also doubled for Wheeling.
Carmel Catholic 6, St. Viator 2: Haley Robinson led the offense for the Lions (2-14) with 3 hits and Maggie VanValkenburg had two in the ESCC contest. Nicole Ardito and Cece Kaiser drove in the Lions' run.