The Rockaway Rampage 10U travel softball team finished second in the Michelle Softball Tournament at Montville, coming back from a 5-0 deficit to Sparta Blue in the championship only to lose, 6-5, when Sparta scored the winning run in the final inning.
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Rockaway Rampage 10U Softball Roster - 2011
Players: Victgoria Aspiazu, Jessica Bischer, Devon Cavallone, Alli Esposito,
Jessica Heitmann, Jamie Ingling, Emily Jackson, Danica Lee, Madison
Perna, Caroline Ross, Lauren Sarkisian, Alyssa Smith, Emma Snead and
Carli VanRiper.
Manager: Derek Lee. Coaches: Jon Heitmann,, Doug
Rodrigues, Danielle Lawlor, Tony Esposito and Joe Jackson. Team Mom:
Andrea Esposito. Scorekeeper: Jenny Lee. ------------------------------------------------
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Above: Michelle Perna and Victoria Aspiazu strike a pose after driving in three of the Rampage's five runs in a 5-0 victory over Denville. Below: Jessica Heitmann and Danica Lee combined on a one-hitter to beat Randolph, 12-0.
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Rampage finish second
in Michelle Tournament
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ROCKAWAY - The Rockaway Rampage 10U travel team - sparked by the four-RBI performance of Madison Perna - battled back from a 5-0 deficit only to have the Sparta Diamonds push across the winning run in the bottom of the sixth and final inning for a 6-5 victory in the Gold Division championship game at the Michelle Fund Softball Tournament in Montville on Sunday, April 1, 2011.
Earlier in the day, the Rampage beat Suffrin Styx, 2-1, in the semifinal round after edging the top-seeded Mount Olive Marauders, 5-4, in the first elimination game.
The Rampage entered Sunday's play as the No. 8 seeded team in the eight-team division after going 2-1 in the seeding-round games on Saturday.
In the championship game, Sparta took a 5-0 lead after three innings before the Rampage started their comeback.
The Rampage cut the lead to 5-2 in the fourth when Victoria Aspiazu and Carli VanRiper opened the inning with singles and, after each moved up a base on Jamie Ingling's groundout, Perna followed with a single to drive in both runners.
In the fifth, Emma Snead got a three-run rally started with a one-out triple and scored on Aspiazu's sacrifice fly to center. VanRiper and Ingling followed with two-out singles and Perna followed with a triple to center to bring in both runners and tie the score at 5-5.
After neither side scored in its next at-bat, Sparta's first batter in the bottom of the sixth walked and was moved to second on a sacrifice bunt. A hit batter put runners on first and second and both runners moved up on a wild pitch.
A one-out bouncer to VanRiper at third turned into the second out of the inning when VanRiper fired to Aspiazu at the plate for a fielder's choice. But the next batter lined a two-out single to left-center to give Sparta a walk-off victory and the tournament championship.
"This was our first full tournament of the season and all the coaches were proud of the way the girls played," said Rampage head coach Derek Lee after the game. "The team has come a long way despite not getting in a lot of practices because of the weather and wet fields."
Perna was the leading batter in the title game, finishing 3-for-3 with four RBIs.
In the semifinal victory over the Suffrin Styx, the Rampage took a 1-0 lead in the top of the fourth inning when Snead walked, took second on a single by Aspiazu and, after both runners moved up on a passed ball, Snead scored when Caroline Ross singled through the right side of the infield. The Styx tied the score in the bottom of the fifth, but the Rampage came back with the winning run in the top of the sixth when Heitmann beat out a bunt, took second on a sacrifice bunt by Snead and, after Aspiazu walked, VanRiper singled to right to drive in Heitmann with what proved to be the winning run.
Suffrin put two runners on with two outs in the bottom of the sixth but Snead, working in relief of Heitmann, got the final out when third baseman Alli Esposito made a nice running catch on a popup in foul territory.
Heitmann and Snead combined on a two-hitter for the win, Heitmann starting and working four innings and allowing one run (earned) on one hit and seven walks while striking out seven and Snead, who got the win, throwing the last two innings of scoreless, one-hit ball with one strikeout and one walk.
The Rampage had to rally to win the morning game, scoring three times in the last two innings to overcome a 4-2 Mount Olive lead.
Heitmann singled and Snead tripled for the Rampage's first-inning run only to have Mount Olive scored three times in its half of the first to take a quick 3-1 lead.
In the third inning, Danica Lee singled but was thrown out trying to get to third when Heitmann followed with a single to right. Heitmann, who took second on the throw, then scored when Snead followed with a single.
Mount Olive added another run in the bottom of the fourth to take a 4-2 lead, but the Rampage made it 4-3 in the top of the fifth when Heitmann hit a one-out triple for her third hit of the day and scored when Snead grounded out to second for her third RBI of the day.
In the top of the sixth, VanRiper led off with a single and Ingling walked to put runners on first and second with no outs. Perna moved both runners along with a sacrifice bunt and Esposito put down another bunt to load the bases as VanRiper was forced to hold third on the play. Ross followed with a single to bring in VanRiper with the tying run and, after a strikeout, Lee followed with another single to bring in Ingling with what proved to be the winning run. Heitmann, the starting and winning pitcher for the Rampage, retired the side in order in the bottom of the sixth - two strikeouts and a comebacker to end it - to eliminate the tournament's No. 1 seed.
Heitmann pitched a complete-game, allowing four runs (one earned) on three hits and three walks while striking out 11.
The day before - Saturday, April 30 - the Rampage won two of the three seeding games played at Woodmont Field in Montville to gain their No. 8 seed in the Gold Division of the 16-team tournament. Teams seeded No. 9 through No. 16 played for the Silver Division championship.
The Rampage opened with an 11-1 victory over the West Milford Xtreme in a morning game; lost a 10-7 decision to the Robbinsville Rampage in an early afternoon game; and then edged the Denville Blue Demons, 6-5, in the final seeding game in the evening.
Heitmann pitched a five-inning two-hitter with 10 strikeouts and four walks against West Milford. Aspiazu was 2-for-2 with a walk, two RBIs and two runs scored. VanRiper and Devon Cavallone were each 1-for-2 with two RBIs.
In the loss to Robbinsville, the Rampage fell behind 7-0 after three innings and couldn't scramble all the way back, closing to within two runs with a five-run fourth inning only to see Robbinsville answer with three more runs in its half of the inning. Snead and Lee each had two hits to lead the Rampage's 10-hit attack.
In the final seeding game, the Rampage scored the winning run in the bottom of the sixth and final inning on Aspiazu's walk-off single to right-center. Heitmann opened the inning with a triple but held when Snead beat out an infield single before Aspiazu delivered her game-winning hit.
Snead got the win, scattering eight hits and walking four and striking out nine. Heitmann finished 3-for-3 with a triple, double and three runs scored; Snead and Aspiazu were each 2-for-3 with two RBIs; Lee was 1-for-3 with a run scored; and was 2-for-2 with a pair of RBIs.
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Rampage use 20-hit attack to beat Chester, 18-0
ROCKAWAY - The first four batters on the Rockaway Rampage 10U softball team had 14 hits and scored 13 runs in an 18-0 Sparta Spring League victory over the Chester Fireworks at Highland Field in Chester on Friday, April 29, 2011.
Leadoff batter Danica Lee finished 3-for-4 with an RBI and three runs scored; Jessica Heitman was 2-for-2 with a double, two walks, three RBI and four runs scored; winning pitcher Emma Snead helped her own cause by going 3-for-4 with a double, three RBIs and three runs scored; and cleanup hitter Victoria Aspiazu was 3-for-3 with a double, walk, four RBIs and three runs scored.
Fifth-place hitter Carli VanRiper - the fourth Rampage batter with three hits in the game - was 3-for-3 with three RBIs but did not score any runs. Jamie Ingling, batting sixth, was 2-for-2. Caroline ross was 1-for-2 with two runs scored; Jessica Bischer was 1-for-3 with a run scored; and Alyssa Smith was 2-for-3 with an RBI and two runs scored to round out the Rampage's 20-hit attack.
The Rampage scored in every inning before the game was halted after four innings by the league's mercy rule.
Smith pitched a four-inning complete game for the shutout, allowing three hits while striking out five and walking four.
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Heitmann's 11K no-hitter stops Butler, 9-0
ROCKAWAY TWP. - Jessica Heitmann pitched a complete-game no-hitter with 11 strikeouts when the Rockaway Rampage 10U softball team defeated the Butler Stars, 9-0, in a Sparta Spring Softball League played at Peterson-3 here in the township on Tuesday, April 26, 2011.
Heitmann walked nine and got out of bases-loaded jams in the first and fourth innings before finishing with a flourish and retiring the last six batters of the game, four on strikouts.
Walks to Danica Lee - who walked three times and scored twice in the game - a bunt single by Heitmann and a walk to Emma Snead loaded the bases with no outs in the first inning. Butler almost got out of the inning with two strikeouts, but Carli VanRiper, Jamie Ingling and Alli Esposito each drew bases-loaded walks to force in three runs and give the Rampage a 3-0 lead.
The Rampage got four runs without a hit in the third inning on six walks, a hit batter and an RBI fielder's choice by Snead. Snead also singled in a run and scored when the Rampage closed out the scoring with two runs in the fourth inning.
Alyssa Smith had two bunt singles - in the second and third innings - to round out the Rampage's four-hit attack.
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Lenape hands Rampage first loss of season, 5-4
ROCKAWAY TWP. - The Rockaway Rampage 10U softball team suffered its first loss of the season when the Lenape Blazers made an early lead stand up for a 5-4 victory in a Sparta Spring League game at Neil G. Field in Stanhope on Monday, April 25, 2011.
The Rampage took a 3-0 lead in the top of the first inning on a walk to Danica Lee, a bunt single by Maddison Perna, an RBI bunt single by Jessica Heitmann, a three-base error and an RBI double by Victoria Aspiazu.
Lenape came right back with a three-run rally of its own to tie the score at 3-3; took a 4-3 lead with a single run in the second inning; and scored what proved to be the winning run in the bottom of the third inning.
The only other run in the game came in the top of the sixth inning shen Perna and Heitmann drew two-out walks and Aspiazu followed with a single for her second RBI of the game.
The Rampage was held to five hits - two after the first inning. Aspiazu finished 3-for-4 with two RBIs; Heitmann was 1-for-2 with two walks, an RBI and a run scored; and Perna was 1-for-3 with a walk and two runs scored.
Alyssa Smith was the starting pitcher and worked three innings and allowed all five runs to take the loss. Lee finished up with two scoreless innings.
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Heitmann, Lee combine on 10-0 one-hitter
ROCKAWAY TWP. - The Rockaway Rampage 10U softball team opened its Sparta Spring League season with a 10-0 victory over Vernon in a game played at Hibernia Field in the township on Thursday, April 21, 2011.
Jessica Heitmann was the starting and winning pitcher and she worked three no-hit, no-run innings with four strikeouts. Danica Lee finished up, allowing no runs on one hit while also striking out four.
Nine different players got hits in the Rampage's nine-hit attack. Jessica Bischer got the game ball for hitting an RBI double when the Rampage took the lead for good with a three-run third inning.
Lee singled in a run in the third inning for a 4-0 lead and the Rampage broke open the game with a six-run outburst in the bottom of the fourth, an inning highlighted by two-runs singles off the bats of Maddison Perna and Emily Jackson.
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Rampage win 'Strike Out Cancer' exhibition over Denville
ROCKAWAY TWP. - The Rockaway Rampage 10U softball team defeated the Denville Blue Devils, 11-6, in a "Strike Out Cancer" exhibition game held at Gardner Field in Denville on Wednesday, April 20, 2011.
The game was organized by the Morris Knolls High School softball team and all proceeds collected went toward cancer research.
Denville jumped out to a 4-0 lead in the first inning but the Rampage battled back with one in the second, four runs in each of the third and four innings, and then closed out their scoring with two runs in the top of the fifth for the victory.
Maddison Perna was 3-for-3 with an RBI and run scored and Danica Lee was 2-for-3 with an RBI and two runs scored to lead the Rampage nine-hit attack.
Caroline Ross and Jessica Heitmann each finished with two RBIs and Carli VanRiper, Jamie Ingling, Alyssa Smith, Devon Cavallone and Emily Jackson each drove in a run.
Emma Snead was the winning pitcher, working five innings on two-run, three-hit relief with six strikeouts.
"The girls had a great time and it was a great fund raiser," said Rampage head coach Derek Lee after the game. "The Morris Knolls players sold pink T-shirt, had a can shake and asked for pledges for each strikeout their pitchers recorded in an upcoming game.
"The Rampage and Denville 12U teams also played a game after we finished. It was nice to see our youngsters willing to support such a good cause."
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Heitmann, Lee co-MVPs as Rampage wins twice
ROCKAWAY TWP. - Jessica Heitmann and Danica Lee combined for 21 strikeoutgs and 10 shutout innings when the Rockaway Rampage 10U softball team opened its 2011 season by winning both of its games at the Sparta One-Day Softball Tournament held at Memorial Field in Sparta on Saturday, April 16, 2011.
Lee pitched a four-inning two-hitter with seven strikeouts and one walk in a 12-0 mercy-rule victory over Randolph in the first game.
Heitmann and Lee each pitched three innings to combine for a six-inning one-hitter with 14 strikeouts and two walks when the Rampage defeated the Denville Blue Devils, 5-0, in the second game. Heitmann struck out eight and gave up no hits while Lee fanned six and gave up the only Randolph hit in her three innings of work.
Heitmann led the Rampage's seven-hit attack against Randolph in the first game. She finished 2-for-3 with a home run, drove in three runs and scored twice.
Victoria Aspiazu also homered, finishing 1-for-3 with two walks, two RBIs and three runs scored. Maddison Perna was 1-for-3 with two RBIs; Jamie Ingling finished 1-for-2 with two RBIs and a run scored; Lee was 1-for-1 with an RBI and two runs scored; and Carli VanRiper was 1-for-1 with an RBI.
Emma Snead walked once and scored twice; Alli Esposito walked twice; Devon Cavallone walked once, drove in a run and scored a run; and Jessica Bischer walked twice and scored once.
Against Denville, the Rampage were held to five hits and used them all to produce their five runs.
The Rampage scored their first run in the third inning when Caroline Ross singled, took second on an error, moved to third on a passed ball, and scored on Bischer's groundout.
The Rampage added four in the fourth when Lauren Sarkisian, Lee and Heitmann led off the inning with singles to load the bases. VanRiper drew a walk to force in the first run; Aspiazu followed with a two-run double; and VanRiper scored the fourth run on Perna's groundout to second.
Aspiazu and Perna were named co-MVPs for driving in three of the Rampage's five runs.
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