Fremd's Dinterman hits for cycle vs. Cary-Grove

For the first time in 22 years of coaching Fremd softball coach Jim Weaver saw one of his players hit for the cycle.

Tess Dinterman accomplished the feat, in reverse natural order, during the second game of Saturday's doubleheader against Cary-Grove.

Dinterman's effort capped a sweep of the nonconference twinbill, which saw the Vikings down the Trojans 15-0 and 11-3. Fremd (10-1) combined for 34 hits on the day, including 13 extra-base hits. But it wasn't until the second game of the afternoon when Dinterman really got the bat going.

"It was really cold and I was warming up as the day went on," said Dinterman, who went just 1-for-4 in Game 1. "Then I made adjustments in my swing."

Those adjustments led to a home run on a 1-0 pitch in the second inning followed by an RBI triple in the third. The junior added a double in the fifth and singled in the seventh to complete the cycle. She finished Game 1 with a double and an RBI.

Fremd, which is ranked No. 1 in the Daily Herald's current Top 20, scored at least 2 runs in each of the first eight innings it played, with Game 1 ending after five innings on the slaughter rule.

Megan Hubbard (3-for-4, 2 runs) finished Game 1 with a pair of doubles and Alexa Cinquegrani (3-for-3) had a home run and a double to go along with 2 RBI and a pair of runs scored for Fremd.

Vikings' ace Lena Brottman (10-1) picked up the win allowing just 1 Cary-Grove hit while striking out 8 in 4 innings of work. The Trojans (10-5) did string together 4 hits and 3 runs off Stacey Hnytka in the third inning of Game 2.

Emma Gaulke had a 2-run double to score Amy Fitzgerald and Amy Palminteri in the inning. Gaulke (1-2) picked up the loss on the mound.

"Emma came up with a big hit with two runners on," Trojans' coach Tammy Olson said. "She did the same thing (Friday against Crystal Lake South). She's becoming very consistent."

Fremd sophomore Rachel Doering took the circle in the fourth inning for her second varsity appearance of the year and finished allowing just 2 hits while striking out eight.

"It was a really good experience," said Doering, who saw her first varsity action on Friday night. "I was trying to be confident and pitch as well as I could."

Although Brottman sees most of the action in the circle for the Vikings, Weaver couldn't help but take notice of the sophomore's performance as she picked up her first varsity win.

"Rachel came in and threw really well," Weaver said. "She had good position and had good velocity."