Megan Martin led the Lightning at the plate slapping out 7 hits in 14 at bats along with 3 walks while anchoring the Lightning outifield in center.
Hannah Campbell and Tara Canning handled the pitching duties for the Lightning. For Campbell and Canning this was their 3rd appearance in a National tournament. Canning, recovering from a back injury, gave the Lightning a strong performance.
Campbell took the ball for the rest of the tournament and pitched excellent. Her pinpoint control along with the ability to mix speeds with 5 different pitches gave the Deep Run squad a good opportunity to compete in each game.
Salina Allebach had a wonderful tournament at 2nd while Lexi Detweiler played an excellent left field and Ashley Ferrante handled the catching duties. Julia Schoenwald was the anchor at first.
Amanda Koenig, Caroline Schoenwald and Laura Alderfer all turned in strong tournament performances.
Jordan Villella, suffering from a knee injury and out for the season, provided moral support as she anxiously anticipates getting back on the field. In addition to playing in the tournament the Deep Run Squad had a fun 10 night stay in Disney World.

The first elimination game was a rematch against Lower Macungie, with a similar result Decew threw another one-hitter, struck out 4, and did not allow a batted ball to leave the infield. Karlie McCreary had 2 hits, including a bases loaded double in the third. Labs, Haley Taylor, Alison Horne, and Becca Shanks also had RBI singles enroute to a 10 - 1 victory. The Lady Lightning defense was airtight once again. A pitching duel developed in the semi finals. McCreary drove in a run in the opening inning on her first of 3 hits, while Mayhew retired the first 9 batters she faced, striking out 4. Deep Run fell behind 2-1 in the top of the fourth, then tied it at two on an RBI single by Faith Knight. Decew came on in relief in the fifth inning, and retired the next 8 batters, striking out 6. With 2 outs in the home fifth, Labs homered and Decew drove in a run with a single. Shanks delivered an RBI single in the sixth to go up 5-2 and then threw out a runner from right field in the seventh to end the game. McCreary led the defense with 4 assists and 2 putouts from shortstop. In the finals against Brandywine, the Lady Lightning offense remained in high gear. Taylor led off the bottom of the first with a single. Labs followed with a triple, and came home on McCreary’s single. McCreary stole second, took third on a passed ball and executed a textbook delayed steal of home. McCreary had 3 hits and 3 runs, with a pair of hits each from Taylor and Labs. Another error-free defensive effort supported pitcher Decew, whose exceptional control held Brandywine to one hit enroute to a 5-2 complete game victory and the championship trophy. The Lady Lightning had a remarkable run differential in the 5 games, scoring 47 runs while only allowing 5 runs to their opponents.

Rounding out the infield were Alicia Detweiler at third, Alycia Stiles at shortstop and Sarah Denard at second base. The out field consisted of Alicia Sarnese and Tess Bender in left, Lauren Wilson in center and Carly Hughes in right. There were plenty of extra base hits by the Lightning, highlighted by two out of the park homeruns by Alicia Detweiler. Alycia Stiles also showed significant power as she collected several two and three base hits. The coaches were extremely proud of the effort put forth by the team in all categories and by virtue of this tournament win obtained their bid to Nationals, which is scheduled for the week of July 21st through the 26th in Columbus, Indiana.

offense with three hits and 2 runs scored, and Haley Taylor chipped in with 2 hits and 2 runs scored. In the second game Deep Run jumped ahead early and held on for a 9-8 victory against the host team TNT, behind the strong pitching of Faith Knight. Emily Mayhew set the tone in the first inning with a spectacular over-the-shoulder running catch in deepest center field. In the finals, pitcher Mayhew scattered 5 hits and only allowed 3 runners into scoring position as Deep Run rolled to a 9 to 1 victory over the NJ Cyclones. Taylor, Mayhew, McCreary and Amanda Wolfgang each had 2 hits in the victory. Emily Mayhew broke her pitching hand in the last inning while attempting to field a line drive, but was able to regain her composure to stay in and finish for a complete game victory and the championship.