WEYBURN - Pitcher Jorde Chartrand of Weyburn and the Â鶹ÊÓƵeast Carnduff Steelers are back-to-back Canadian National women's softball champions, and Jorde was awarded two MVP awards.
They took part in the Canadian Women’s Softball Nationals held in Blackfalds, Alta.
The team ended up in second place after round-robin play behind Ontario’s Oakville Angels.
Jorde was awarded the All-Star Pitcher award for her round-robin play with a 0.47 era and a .438 batting average.
Sunday was the 1-2 game, and the winner went straight to the gold medal game and the loser went to the semi-final.
Jorde pitched a complete seven-inning game allowing only one earned run. She also went two-for-four at the plate scoring, one of the runs in the 5-4 win over Oakville Angels, sending them to the semi-final game against Quebec and the Steelers to the gold medal game.
Oakville defeated Quebec in the semi-finals so the Steelers had to face Ontario again today in the gold medal game.
Jorde pitched another gem going the complete seven innings, allowing only five hits and one earned run in the exciting 6-3 win.
The Steelers were trailing 3-0 in the bottom of the sixth inning with the top of the line up coming up. Three players singled to load the bases, and Jorde hit a three-RBI single up the middle to tie the game at 3.
A few more hits and an error by Oakville put the Steelers up 6-3 going into the top of the seventh. A pop-up, a strike-out and a ground out ended the game with the Steelers on top 6-3.
Jorde was awarded the MVP of the Championship series.
She is a senior at the University of North Carolina Greensboro on a Division 1 softball scholarship, and is taking sports psychology.
