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| photo courtesy Dana Davenport |
The Lady Hornets advanced to post-season play by finishing
in the top four of the East Division in regular season play. Enumclaw finished
the regular season with a 9-1 division record, and a 16-7 overall record; the
Hornets clinched the Division Title with a 15-8 win in the tie-breaker game
with Auburn Riverside on Tuesday, May 12.
Enumclaw finished second at the Region I Tournament on May
16 at Rogers High School in Puyallup. The Hornets beat Peninsula 15-5 on
Friday, May 15, and Wilson 11-8 on Saturday, May 16, before losing in the
Regional Championship 18-5 to the Gig Harbor Tides, the defending State
Champion and eventual 2015 State Champion.
At State, Enumclaw opened on Thursday, May 21 against
Bellevue, and advanced from the opening round with a 7-5 win over the fierce
Wolverines. In the semi-final, Newport beat the Hornets 16-1, advancing the
Knights to the Championship Game, and dropping the Hornets into the consolation
round.
On the final day of the State tournament, Enumclaw rallied
from five points behind with less than four minutes left in the game, to beat
Mercer Island in overtime, 12-11, and advance to the 3rd place/4th
place game against Curtis later that day. In the Hornets’ final game, the exhausted Hornets
were overcome by a powerful Curtis team, and lost 18-0.
In addition to the fourth place trophy, the Hornets returned
home with some individual honors – senior captain Hayley Sonneson was named to
the First Team All-Tournament Team, senior captain Bailey Sexton was named to
the Second Team All-Tournament Team, and junior Anna Davenport earned
All-Tournament Honorable Mention.
