While the day started off with the dreer of rain, it ended with joy for the Ma’ayanot Rapids who were reigned this year’s softball champions.
At 7:30 p.m. the Rapids started their warm up for the big game, complete with music for some pregame ruach. They played their favorite songs between each inning.
In attendance were Ma’ayanot alumnae, administration and faculty. Families came out to support their daughters and sisters. Even past teammates, just arriving home from their gap year in Israel, turned out.
In the first inning Tamar Nissel ’19 and Tali Antosofsky ’16 made two of the outs in the field, and Adina Rosenberg ’16 scored the first run while the Rapids were at bat. With Ma’ayanot in the lead, a 1-pound weight was lifted off of the team’s shoulders.
Tali Antosofsky was on a roll this game, making all three outs in the third inning, assisted by Tamar and Mia ’19 Nissel. In addition, Tali made two incredible outs in the fourth inning.
In the fifth inning Mia Nissel made an incredible double play; first at short stop, and then as an assist to Gabi Lerner ’16 at first.
At bat, the Rapids were extraordinary during the fifth inning, in which Noa Appelbaum ’17 hit an inside the park home run, bringing home Sima Zand ’16 and Gabi Lerner.
Frisch scored two runs in the 6th, but the Rapids held them there. Sima Zand got all three outs in the seventh inning, making the Ma’ayanot Rapids this year’s softball champions. As soon as Sima caught the last ball, the Rapids ran onto the field in excitement.
Do you know what this means, readers? This means that the Ma’ayanot Rapids are softball champions two years in a row, beating SAR last year. The winning team consists of: Lilly Fuchs; Lauren Becker; Leah Markowitz; Tamar Leiser; Sol Emunah Richter; Jen Felder; Mia Nissel; Nili Raskas; Kate Weinberg; Sarah Berman; Adira Levine; Tali Antosofsky; Becca Malech; Danielle Pasternack; Adina Falk; Noa Applebaum; Gabi Lerner; Elisheva Katz; Sima Zand; Adina Rosenberg; and Tamar Nissel.
The game balls went to Noa Applebaum and Tali Antosofsky for their playing in the field and at bat, and trophies were awarded by grade. When Coaches Yoni Lieber and Kayla Levine got up to the seniors, it was a bitter-sweet moment; the seniors were now leaving the team after years of play.
By Shalva Faber
