NPC Softball

After winning two of three games in 98 degree heat last weekend, the National Press Club went into the second half of the season with a 5-3 record, good for a tie for first place in the Layhill Division and good enough for a playoff spot if the season ended today.

Newcomers Melissa Robinson and her husband Clay Kaufman, Henry Brier, Kevin Mooney, Mike DeSenne, Ken Giglio, John Domen and Dana Brown have given the club a major infusion of talent. Brown, along with returnees Mieko Endo, Sarahanne Driggs and Staci Maiers, has given the NPC one of the strongest female corps in the league. and Domen has shared mound duties with Ryan Donmoyer, including pitching a 12-0 shutout against City Paper in game 3 last weekend.

NPC lost the opener of the tripleheader, 19-10, to Atlantic Video, on a lot of shoddy fielding, before beating AP, 5-1, thanks to an all-around strong defensive game led by third baseman Frank Fuhrig.

Six games are left in the season. Should NPC run the table, we’d be guaranteed the Layhill Division title.  

 First off are games against Atlantic Video and the Examiner this weekend at Layhill Park. NPC lost to AV and beat the Examiner earlier in the season. (The Examiner beat AV last weekend.)  A sweep keeps us in the first place.