The Syosset Storm continued its winning ways, with a thrilling 10-7 victory over previously unbeaten Glen Head on July 24. This SYAC summer travel softball team brought its record to 2-1 in the U10 division of the Glen Cove Mayor's Trophy.
Syosset got strong pitching through seven innings from Danielle Zurek and Alexa Beovich. The Storm jumped to a lead in the bottom of the first on a two-run smash by Jessica Rapfogel. In the fourth inning, Syosset mounted the rally of the night, with hit after hit after hit. Danielle Zurek reached and then stole two bases and scored. Katie Cirella reached and scored on aggressive base running. Next came run-producing hits by Jessica Kuse, Julia Rauchenberger, Jessica Rapfogel, Samantha Lerner and Jenna Miler, who cleared the bases with a triple.
Syosset added to its lead in the sixth inning, with more successive hitting against Glen Head. Danielle Zurek closed out the bottom of the seventh, as Storm infielders executed three clean putouts to Jessica Kuse at first base.
Another game on July 22 was cut short by rain, with Syosset ahead of Glen Cove 4-2. For more info: www.syacgs.org.