Pool Game 2 - vs Texas Hurricanes 16U?.  Aces win 7-0.
(Not sure of the age group of this team, but they looked young.)  Stephanie was hit by a pitch to start the bottom of the first.  Emily singled to score Stephanie, but was caught heading to 2nd for the first out.  Amber and Lindsey both walked, and Megan brought them both home with a double.  Rhiannon walked, stole 2nd, and scored on a groundout by Kesha.  Stephanie walked in the 3rd, and Emily singled.  Amber reached on fielder's choice that got Stephanie trying to score.  Lindsey singled in another run, and Megan grounded out for an RBI.
 
Bracket 1 - vs B/CS Classics 16U.  Aces lose 1-2.
The Aces started out allowing the Classics a baserunner on an error in the first inning, but  the runner was quickly caught stealing.  Amber led off with a single, and Lindsey followed with another.  After an infield fly, a ground out to the pitcher advanced the runners.  Kesha came through with a hard hit single to short to score a run, and a ground out left two stranded.  The Classics got their lead-off runner on base on another Aces error in the 2nd, but two strikeouts and a pop-up to Rhiannon at pitcher left the runner stranded at 1st.  On two outs in the 3rd, another misplayed ball allowed another Classics runner, and a single advanced the runner to 3rd, but a ground out left both stranded.  Lindsey hit a single in the bottom of the 3rd, but a fielder's choice and a strikeout left one stranded for the Aces.  The Aces ran into trouble in the 4th when the Classics led off with a single, and two misplayed balls loaded the bases with no outs.  However, Rhiannon struck out the next two, and a ground out to Lindsey at short left all three stranded.  The Aces looked to put some more runs on the board in the bottom of the 4th, when Kesha led off with a single, and advanced on a sac bunt by Kendall.  Kelsea singled and moved Kesha to 3rd.  However, Kelsea was caught advancing to 2nd, and a ground out left Kesha stranded at 3rd.  The Classics bats came alive in the 5th, as they scored two runs on three hits.  Lindsey doubled in the bottom of the 5th, but was left stranded.

Bracket 2 - vs Gulf Coast Xplosion 16U.  Aces win 5-0.
Sarah had a strong pitching performance for this early morning game, allowing on ly 4 hits and striking out 8 in 5 innings of work.  The Xplosion had one hit in the 3rd and one in the 4th, but both runners were left stranded.  In the top of the 5th, the Xplosion started a rally with two consecutive singles, but were shut down on an infield fly, a strikeout, and a grounder to short.  The Aces got on the board in the first inning as Amber led off with a double, and scored on a single by Lindsey.  Kendall singled in the 2nd, but was left stranded.  Sarah reached on an error in the 3rd, and scored on another double by Amber.  Lindsey singled for the second time to score Amber.  Megan followed with another single to score Lindsey.  On two outs, Kesha singled in another run.  Kelsea reached on an error in the 4th, but was left stranded. 

Bracket 3 - vs Houston Hurricanes 16U.  Aces win 9-0.
The Aces got off to a slow start in this game, with the score remaining 0-0 through 4 innings, although the Aces had several baserunners on walks in the 1st and 2nd innings, and one single by Lana Jo in the 4th.  Finally, in the top of the 5th, the bats came alive as Emily led off with a double, followed by a single from Kesha.  Kelsea and Kendall each laid down perfect squeeze bunts to score the runners from third and get the scoring started.  Stephanie followed with a single to bring in another run, and Amber followed up with another squeeze bunt for the 4th run of the inning.  Lindsey singled in another run, and Megan brought home two with a double.  Megan ended up getting caught in a run down for the first out of the inning on a fielder's choice by Lana Jo.  Lana Jo moved to 3rd on a fly out to right by Rhiannon.  Emily brought home Lana Jo with a single, and Ashley singled to advance Emily.  Kelsea came in with another single to score the 9th run of the inning.  A final groundout left two stranded, but the game was well in hand!  Lana Jo pitched five strong innings, facing only 15 batters, while allowing only one hit with 5 strikeouts.  That one hit was the Hurricanes only baserunner, who was quickly caught stealing by Kelsea in the 1st inning.

Bracket 4 - vs Missfitz 16U.  Aces win 10-0.
Amber led off with a single, and Lindsey followed with another.  After two outs, Emily singled for an RBI, and Kesha followed with another RBI single.  Emily was caught going for extra bases for the 3rd out.  The Missfitz had one baserunner reach on an error, and another on a single, but one was caught stealing and one was left stranded.  In the 2nd, Ashley and Kendall both reached on an errors.  On two outs, Amber doubled to bring home a run.  Lindsey followed with a single to bring home another.  Megan also hit an RBI single.  Rhiannon reached on another error, and two were left stranded.  The leadoff batter in the 2nd reached on a walk, and that was the last Missfits baserunner for as Rhiannon struck out 6 more, and one flew out to center, one to right, and one grounded out Amber over the next three innings.  The Aces added a few more runs in the bottom of the 4th, as Kendall led off with a double, but was out at the plate on a double by Sarah.  Amber was safe on a fielder's choice, but the run scored at the plate.   Lana Jo singled in a run, and Megan doubled.  Rhiannon singled to score two more.  A fielder's choice and a ground out left two stranded.

Bracket 5 - vs Bizerk.  Aces lost 1-3.
Amber led off with a single, and Lindsey followed with another.  However, after one out, a line drive to 3rd caught the lead runner off 3rd for the final two outs.  The Bizerk had one hit in the first, but the runner was left stranded.  Stephanie walked in the 2nd but was left stranded.  Bizerk was 3-up-3-down in the 2nd.  Amber singled in the 3rd but was left stranded.  Bizerk scored three runs on five hits off Sarah in the 3rd.  Both sides were 3-up-3-down in the 4th as Rhiannon came in to pitch in the bottom of the inning.  Stephanie reached on an error in the top of the 5th, and scored on a single by Emily.  Emily was left stranded, as the Aces came up short a couple of runs.