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Defensive miscues continue to plague Lady Dolphin softball team
Seventeen errors in two games drop GBHS to 7-9 on season
BY JASON THOMPSON Gulf Breeze News jason@gulfbreezenews.com

Jason Thompson/Gulf Breeze News Atta-girl! Deannette Zuniga (left) congratulates Lindsey Wright after catching a line drive last week against Washington.
The Gulf Breeze Lady Dolphin softball team escaped a bases loaded jam in the bottom of the seventh to win 3-2 at Washington on March 19.

The Lady Dolphins (7-9) made three consecutive errors with two outs in the bottom of the seventh, but Cori Linville coaxed a game-ending groundout to preserve the win.

But the events preceding it were an ominous sign of things to come as 17 errors in the next two games were too much to overcome, losing to Navarre and Milton by identical.

Lady Dolphins 3,

Washington 2

Aubrey Curington's single in the top of the sixth tied the game before Linville reached on an error to score her to give Gulf Breeze the win.

Natalie Alverson walked and scored on a fly out by Megan Stone to make it 1-0 in the first. Washington tied it in the first, then took a 2-1 lead in the second.

Deannette Zuniga went 2-for- 4 with a double, while Linville threw a five-hitter and struck out six in the win.

Jason Thompson/Gulf Breeze News Showing the colors Sydney Wentworth, Jamie Beeler, Christine Hay and Gabrielle Randal dress up in GBHS colors Thursday against Navarre. The Lady Dolphins lost 8-3.
Navarre 8, Lady Dolphins 3

The Lady Raiders took advantage of eight of Gulf Breeze's 10 errors to take an early 6-0 lead Thursday in Gulf Breeze.

Navarre scored one in the first, four in the second and one in the third before the Lady Dolphins got on the scoreboard in the bottom of the third.

Zuniga reached on an error, stole second and scored on a throwing error. Gulf Breeze left two on in that inning.

Navarre tacked on two more in the top of the sixth

Gulf Breeze left at least one runner on base in every inning.

The Lady Dolphins scored single runs in the bottom of the sixth and seventh.

Stone led off the sixth inning with a single and scored on a groundout by Natalie Newell before Kara Brown drew a two out walk and scored on a Stone triple.

Stone had three hits for Gulf Breeze, while Lindsey Wright and Erin Powell had two each.

Brown didn't allow an earned run the entire game.

Milton 8, Lady Dolphins 3

The Lady Panthers put up three runs in the second and third innings, taking advantage of two of GBHS' seven defensive miscues, to win Friday in Gulf Breeze.

Gulf Breeze scored one in the third and two in the sixth. Newell led off the third with a single and scored on a two-out single by Wright.

Kori Ewens singled and scored on an error before Brown doubled and scored on a wild pitch.

The Lady Dolphins did 'flash some leather' on a couple of occasions. Zuniga, at shortstop, fielded a hard hit grounder on the run, tagged second and threw to first for a double play, dug out of the dirt by Ewens.

Wright, playing in right field, laid out and made a diving catch that prevented at least one Milton runner from scoring.

Stone and Alverson (singles) and Curington (triple) had the Lady Dolphins' only other hits.

Lady Dolphin JV 10,

Navarre 6 Carli Steinhauer, GBHS' number nine hitter, hit two doubles and drove in three to help the Lady Dolphins beat Navarre Thursday.

Catherine Horn, Mallory Mead and Maggie Mitchell all scored twice for Gulf Breeze, while Tristan Powers struck out seven in the win.

Lady Dolphin JV 11,

Milton 10 ALady Panther rally from six runs down fell short by one Friday in Milton.

Anndrea Marsh went 3-for-5 and scored three times, while Powers went 2-for-5 and scored twice. Anna Schundelmier and Mead both scored twice for Gulf Breeze.