DIAMOND SPORTS ACADEMY
STING SECURES NEW INDOOR HOME IN WESTBROOK, CT
SHORELINE STING HAS LEASED PROPRIETARY INDOOR PRACTICE SPACE, DIAMOND SPORTS ACADEMY, AT 314 FLAT ROCK PLACE, SUITE C-120 IN WESTBROOK, CT. WORKOUTS IN THE NEW SPACE WILL BEGIN SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 15. MOST STING TEAMS WILL BE UTILIZING THE NEW SPACE, IMMEDIATELY. STING PLAYERS SHOULD PLEASE CONFIRM CHANGES IN TEAM WINTER PRACTICE LOCATIONS WITH YOUR COACH.
THE FACILITY WILL BE EQUIPPED WITH TURF, NETTING AND BATTING MACHINES, AS WELL AS LANES FOR PITCHING. SPACE FOR DEFENSIVE WORK, RUNNING AND STRENGTH TRAINING WILL ALSO BE FACILITATED IN THE BUILDING. THIS FACILITY WILL BE DEDICATED TO SOFTBALL AND BASEBALL. (LYME/OLD LYME LITTLE LEAGUE WILL ALSO BE UTILIZING THE BUILDING.)
AS WELL AS, TEAM WORKOUTS, PROVISIONS WILL BE MADE FOR INDIVIDUAL USE FOR STING PLAYERS AT A REASONABLE ADDITIONAL COST.
STING PLAYERS SHOULD CONTACT THEIR INDIVIDUAL TEAM COACH FOR INFORMATION REGARDING TEAM WORKOUTS AND INDIVIDUAL FACILITY USAGE. YOU MAY ALSO CONTACT MATT AT (860) 949-0065, OR VISIT diamondsportsofct@gmail.com.
STING 13U GOLD STAYS PERFECT IN MERIDEN
ITS HARD TO BE UNDEFEATED. ITS HARDER TO STAY UNDEFEATED AGAINST GREAT COMPETITION. STING 13U GOLD TEED IT UP IN THE “14U OPEN” DIVISION OF THE “FALL FASTPITCH FRENZY” IN MERIDEN, CT AND MANAGED TO MAINTAIN THEIR 2026 UNDEFEATED STATUS.
ON SATURDAY, STING BEAT THE CT THUNDER 7-1, THE MISSION CITY QUEEN COBRAS 6-1, AND THE BVSA LADY TITANS 14-0. ON SUNDAY, STING WHIPPED THE CT THUNDER AGAIN 7-1 IN THE SEMI-FINALS AND STING SHUT OUT POLAR CRUSH PREMIER 10-0 AND PREPARED TO MEET THE DREADED EMPIRE STATE HUSKIES IN THE CHAMPIONSHIP.
STRONG PITCHING AND SOLID HITTING WERE ONCE AGAIN A KEY TO SUCCESS. PITCHERS ISABELLA FRANKLIN, ALEXA HAUSCHILD, LEAH MICHALOWSKI AND MAEVE EAGLESON (PICTURED ABOVE) ALL CONTRIBUTED IN THE CIRCLE. MAEVE LED THE WAY WITH 21 STRIKE OUTS AND A 0.50 ERA AND LEAH GAINED TWO WINS WITH A 1.40 ERA.
THE OFFENSE WAS LED BY BRYNN GILL (PICTURED INSET RIGHT, WITH HER HOME RUN BALL), WHO HAD EIGHT HITS IN THE EVENT, ONE OF WHICH WAS A LONG OVER-THE-FENCE BLAST VS MISSION CITY. AYANALIZ CRUZ, RYA COPLIN, MICHALOWSKI AND EAGLESON ALL CONTRIBUTED AT LEAST FIVE HITS EACH, AS WELL AS MULTIPLE RBIS.
ON SUNDAY, THE CHAMPIONSHIP BATTLE AGAINST THE HUSKIES, PITTED TWO OF THE BEST TEAMS IN THE NORTHEAST AGAINST EACH OTHER. THE POWERFUL HUSKIES CAME INTO THE GAME 23-0. THE EPIC BATTLE FEATURED SEVERAL LEAD CHANGES AND EXTRA INNINGS TO DECIDE THE WINNER. STING FORCED AN EXTRA INNING FRAME BY SCORING TWO RUNS IN THE BOTTOM OF THE SEVENTH. IN THE TOP OF THE EIGHTH, MICHALOWSKI CAME UP STRONG IN THE CIRCLE, HOLDING THE HUSKIES SCORELESS. SHE CONTINUED HER HEROICS IN THE BOTTOM OF THE EXTRA INNING DELIVERING A WALK-OFF SINGLE, ENSURING THE CHAMPIONSHIP.
“FALL FRENZY” CHAMPIONS, STING 13U GOLD IS PICTURED BELOW. COACH EAGLESON’S SQUAD CONCLUDES THEIR FALL SEASON ON OCTOBER 25 & 26 AT THE “FALL CHALLENGE” AT FASTPITCH NATION, IN WINDSOR, CT.
PERFECT OPENING WEEKEND FOR STING 13U IN PLANTSVILLE
SHORELINE STING 13U (PICTURED ABOVE) OPENED THEIR 2026 SEASON IN PERFECT FASHION AT THE USSSA APPLE VALLEY MAYHEM EVENT IN PLANTSVILLE, CT. COACH EAGLESON’S GIRLS CONTINUED RIGHT WHERE THEY LEFT OFF IN AUGUST 2025, WINNING ALL THREE SATURDAY GAMES FOR A NUMBER ONE SUNDAY SEED. THEY BEAT LADY COLONELS (NY) 7-7, KATONAH BLUE STORM (NY) 20-2 AND CT THUNDER BLUE 11-1. STING, ONCE AGAIN, DISPATCHED CT THUNDER BLUE IN THE SEMI-FINALS 8-1 AND DOMINATED THE HOST CT LIGHTNING 13U BLUE IN THE SUNDAY FINALS 11-3 FOR THE CHAMPIONSHIP.
THE PERFECT 5-1 START WAS HIGHLIGHTED BY AN OVERALL TOURNAMENT BATTING AVERAGE OF .486. THE POWERFUL OFFENSE WAS LED BY MAEVE EAGLESON AND RYA COPLIN, WHO EACH HIT .667 AND CONTRIBUTED HOME RUNS. BELLA FRANKLIN BLASTED A HOME RUN, AS WELL. CASEY KOLVA AND AYANALIZ CRUZ EACH CONTRIBUTED SIX HITS IN THE TOURNAMENT AND SEVERAL RBIS IN CRUCIAL SPOTS.
STING PITCHING WAS DOMINATE. EAGLESON, FRANKLIN, ALEXA HAUSCHILD AND CASEY KOLVA HELD THE OPPONENTS TO A COLLECTIVE BATTING AVERAGE OF .119 AND POSTED A COLLECTIVE ERA OF 1.75.
STING 13U PLAY THEIR NEXT EVENT ON OCTOBER 4 & 5 IN MERIDEN, CT AT THE FALL FASTPITCH FRENZY.
BELLA FRANKLIN (INSET LEFT) DELIVERS A PITCH IN THE TOURNAMENT. (PICTURED INSET RIGHT) CATCHER, AYANALIZ CRUZ FRAMES A PERFECT STRIKE.
2025 STINGER XVIII CONCLUDES, CHAMPIONS CROWNED
STING 12U GOLD WINS 14U BRACKET
WITH 2026 IN MIND, COACH EAGLESON’S 12U TEAM TOOK A STEP UP AND PLAYED THEIR FIRST EVENT IN THE 14U CATEGORY. DESPITE THEIR AGE, THEY CAME AWAY CHAMPIONS. AS ALWAYS, TREMENDOUS PITCHING, POWERFUL HITTING AND SOLID DEFENSE WAS THEIR FORMULA FOR VICTORY.
THE TITANS 12U GREEN TOOK THE 12U BRACKET. JOE GIACCONE’S CT BREAKERS NAVY WON AT 16U AND OUR FRIEND, LARUE GRAHAM AND HIS CT SHOCK WON THE 18U EVENT.
STAY TUNED FOR SHORELINE STINGER IXX ON JULY 25 & 26, 2026.
STING WOMEN’S (18+) TEAM IS ABOUT MID-WAY THROUGH THEIR SECOND SEASON, COMPETING AGAINST SOME OF THE VERY BEST PLAYERS IN NEW ENGLAND. THEY PLAY DOUBLEHEADERS EVERY SUNDAY EVENING.
ON SUNDAY EVENING, JUNE 22, THEY MADE THEIR FIRST HOME APPEARANCE IN GUILFORD, SPLITTING A TWIN-BILL WITH ROCKY HILL.
PICTURED ABOVE IS (STANDING) KATE REGAN, AYANNA FERNANDEZ, VICTORIA GAGE, HEAD COACH CHRISTIAN HOLMAN, CARLI LOPRESTO, EMILY ZIEBA, ABBI SYLVESTER, COACH DAVE GAGE, LINNEA CARLSON. (KNEELING IF FRONT) JENNA SCHAUDER, CARLY BRASKY, MADI ALLARD, BRIANNA MILLER, MIKELA MARTINEZ. MISSING FROM THE PICTURE ARE SYDNEY ROBISON, ELAINA PREVITY AND ABBY GALLAS.