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Published May 21, 2008 08:49 pm - Lady Dogs face one huge hurdle in road to Austin By Cody Pastorella The Port Arthur News Two more wins and Nederland’s Lady Bulldogs are headed to the state tournament in Austin for the first time since 1998.
Getting those two victories in a best of three series against Barbers Hill won’t come easy, however. Barbers Hill, winners of 24-4A, might just be a mirror image of Nederland softball. Lady Dogs head coach Sissy Yeaman said the Lady Eagles (28-8-1) have great pitching, good fielding and solid hitting. That's a pretty good description of Yeaman's team as well. Nederland (27-7-1) certainly has great pitching in Caitlin Austin. Austin is 20-5 on the year and is 6-1 in the playoffs. For the season, her ERA is 0.46. For the playoffs, if you can believe it, her ERA is 0.27. She has given up just two runs on 17 hits and has tossed five shutouts in the post season, including one over Huntsville in Saturday's 4-0 win that moved the Lady Dogs to the fifth round of the Class 4A playoffs. For the year, Austin has tossed 13 shutouts. She has 276 strikeouts in 188 innings pitched. She has 76 Ks in the postseason. Remarkably enough, the Lady Eagles pitching is just as impressive. Chandler Hall, who is 16-4 on the season, has a 0.45 ERA with 299 Ks. Yeaman said Hall is tough and that it will be very important for Nederland to lay off her rising fastballs. What perhaps is even scarier about Hall is that her 299 Ks have come in 109 innings. Hall also bats and seems to do it with ease. Barbers Hill has four regulars batting over .300, including Hall, who boasts a stunning .591 average. Karrah Campbell is batting .333 and Whitney Miller is batting .344. Hall bats second, Miller third and Campbell fourth. Yeaman said the 2, 3 and 4 hitters are the key to the Lady Eagles lineup and having success against them will go along way for Austin and the Lady Dogs. Nederland and Barbers Hill met three times earlier this season. The first two were scheduled exhibitions. The Lady Eagles won both with scores of 1-0 and 6-5 respectively. The third matchup ended in a 0-0 tie. Barbers Hill's 6-5 victory took 12 innings to decide. Hall recorded 22 Ks in nine innings of that contest. 
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