Veronica Crownover, prairie legend. (Photo by JohnsPhotos.net)
Some good hits, some bad hits.
Coupeville grad Veronica Crownover continues to tear up the diamond for the Washington State University club softball team, even if the weather in Pullman doesn’t exactly scream “let’s go outside.”
The former Wolf collected six base-knocks over the weekend, while also absorbing a fair amount of pain, as the Cougars won two of three games against visiting Gonzaga.
After splitting a doubleheader Saturday, winning 12-11 and falling 13-3, Crownover and Co. closed out the series with a 14-2 win Sunday.
WSU sits at 4-2 on the season, with a road trip to the University of Oregon coming up in two weeks.
Crownover’s bat was smokin’ in sub-40 degree weather (rain and wind drove temps a lot lower before the weekend was done), as the freshman first-baseman collected two singles in each of the three games.
She also picked up some black and blue marks, as she took a pitch to the shin, fouled a ball off her foot, then was later plunked in the elbow.
During her Coupeville days that was known as getting “Nicoled,” in honor of teammate and best bud Nicole Laxton, who had an uncanny ability to get drilled by opposing pitchers.
The worst of the three injuries was the shot to the elbow, which left a black circle on her now-swollen arm.
Wazzu’s coach took her out of the game, but then reinserted her as a courtesy runner for another player, a first for Crownover, who has been playing softball since she could walk.
Putting an exclamation point on her wild weekend, she promptly scored as a pinch runner, proving she can do it all.
She is one wild and courageous girl I know her personally and her parents she is awesome and a really good softball player