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Extra Inning Softball’s National Club Player & Team of the Week – June 18, 2019

The PA Chaos went 7-1 at the So Cal As Invitational.

Our Extra Inning Softball National Club Player & Team of the Week include a junior pitcher and her team from the Keystone State who shined last weekend playing many of the top 18U teams in the country…

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National Club Player of the Week:

Maddie Penta, the 6-foot-1 pitcher with the PA Chaos, suffered an unfortunate injury that prematurely ended her summer in 2018, but the 2020 grad committed to Auburn showed she’s back better than ever last weekend at the So Cal A’s Invitational.

Maddie Penta

As Chaos Head Coach Joe Spina put it, “Maddie stole the show as she was consistently clocked at 68-70 mph all weekend.”

Penta went 5-0 with 23 innings of shut out ball and fanned 42 of the 84 batters she faced. Opponents hit 0.91 against her as she allowed just six hits and five walks.

She also proved to be a tough out at the plate as she reached base seven times (three hits and four walks) in 11 plate appearances.

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National Club Team of the Week:

The PA Chaos went 7-1 to win the So Cal A’s Invitational losing the first game of the event to the Corona Angels before beating the Georgia Impact, Explosion and So Cal Choppers to set up elimination wins on Sunday against the Texas Glory, Aces Fastpitch, Beverly Bandits and Birmingham Thunderbolts in the title game.

Maddie Penta & Haylie Archer

Along with Penta’s dominant pitching (see above), the Chaos rolled out two other standout pitchers in Haylie Archer who consistently reached 65-67 mph on the radar guns and Alyssa DeJianne who picked up three saves in the event.

Archer, who Coach Spina says “is down to Texas A&M and Stanford,” struck out seven batters in 14 innings while only walking one. DeJianne, a change of pace hurler was effective after opponents face the high 60’s stuff of Penta and Archer.

The PA Chaos only had 11 players this weekend, yet excelled in every facet of the game.

Leading the offensive charge was catcher Maddie Fife who hit a three-run home in the championship game followed by a solo shot later in the win to collect four RBIs.

Fife had three home runs on the weekend as did Meg Herka.

Fife and fellow catcher Lindsey Hunt threw out 6-of-10 would-be base stealers (Hunt threw out 4-of-5). Hunt also had a home run and five RBIs at the Invitational.

Other notables included Morgan Mesaros who had the lone RBI on a double in the 1-0 win over the Choppers to secure the #1 seed on the Chaos’ pool and the top of the line-up with Tayler Vitola and Brooke McKeown was effective combining for 13 hits, eight runs and four steals in the tournament.

Delany McDilda, Ava Franz and Alyssa DeJianne also added two hits each.

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How to Submit Information:

Each week during the summer, Extra Inning Softball will recognize a National Club Player & Team of the Week.

Those honored will typically be announced on Tuesdays. The cutoff for submitting the nominations for Player & Team of the Week will be Mondays at 3 pm EST/noon PST.

Next week’s candidates will include play from Monday, June 17, 2019 through Sunday, June 23, 2019.

Individually, we’re looking for standouts who excelled in the circle, at the plate or in the field so be sure to nominate your favorite performance(s) by submitting the following:

  • Player Name
  • Grad Year (example: Class of 2018 or Senior)
  • Position(s)
  • Club team name with city/state
  • Stats for the week (be as detailed as possible!)
  • Up-to-date season stats if possible
  • Recruiting information if applicable
  • Any interesting background on the player
  • Action and/or head shots
  • If possible, contact info if we’d like more info or quotes

Teams to be considered should include info such as record, key wins, standout performances and more for the week.

Email your info and photos (1-4 as available) by the cutoff of Mondays at 3 pm EST/ noon PST to: [email protected].

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