{"id":3281,"date":"2017-10-23T20:09:23","date_gmt":"2017-10-23T20:09:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wordpress.lvc.edu\/wordpress\/lavie\/?p=3281"},"modified":"2017-10-23T20:09:23","modified_gmt":"2017-10-23T20:09:23","slug":"maddie-on-the-mound","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wordpress.lvc.edu\/lavie\/2017\/10\/23\/maddie-on-the-mound\/","title":{"rendered":"Maddie on the mound"},"content":{"rendered":"

By: Kurt Harnish ’20, Staff Writer<\/p>\n

A rare accomplishment was reached by a Lebanon Valley College softball pitcher during one of the team\u2019s fall ball games at Millersville University.<\/p>\n

Maddie Abbot, a sophomore physical therapy major, started playing the game she loves in third grade. It began when she was hanging out with her friends and they introduced her to the sport.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat night, after playing softball with my friends, my parents went out and bought me a pink softball glove and signed me up for rec ball,\u201d Abbot said.<\/p>\n

Abbot grew to love softball because of her favorite position on the field.<\/p>\n

\u201cI seemed to get the hang of pitching right away,\u201d Abbot said. \u201cIt came easy to me and it allows me to outsmart the batter. It is challenging and it is fun.\u201d<\/p>\n

Abbot has always wanted to play college softball since she started playing, but when the time came during her senior year to make the decision to play or not, she was at a crossroad. She ended up deciding to play because softball has been a part of her.<\/p>\n

\u201cSoftball was an identity for me,\u201d Abbot said. \u201cI couldn\u2019t give it up.\u201d<\/p>\n

She has had great success on the mound since her freshman year as she was awarded First Team All MAC and won a Player of the Week award.<\/p>\n

Abbot has had other impressive accomplishments during her high school career as she threw multiple no hitters, perfect games, shutouts and was a first team conference all-star multiple times.<\/p>\n

However, her most impressive accomplishment was setting the Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic Association (PIAA) Triple A (AAA) state strikeout record, which still stands today.<\/p>\n

\u201cI hope to repeat what I accomplished last season or do better,\u201d Abbot said. \u201cI also hope that as a team, we will be able to win the conference and the MAC championship.\u201d<\/p>\n

Abbot and the team had a big weekend as the softball team traveled to Millersville for three fall ball games. Abbot started where she left off last year as she threw a shutout against Division II Millersville University.<\/p>\n

Head Coach Erin Whitman was proud of how her team did in the fall ball games.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe team did really well,\u201d Whitman said. \u201cEven with the girls being in different positions, all of the girls did good in the spots they were in.\u201d<\/p>\n

Whitman also talked about Abbot\u2019s performance during the games.<\/p>\n

\u201cShe picked up right where she left off last year,\u201d Whitman said. \u201cShe is a ‘bulldog’ on the mound and did a great job spinning her pitchers. It is also very rare for a pitcher to pitch the whole game, like Maddie did. Especially against a Division II team.\u201d<\/p>\n

Whitman has high expectations for the team as she hopes the team will be able to make playoffs and win the MAC, but she also wants the girls to learn about life as well as softball.<\/p>\n

kph001@lvc.edu<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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