Unfazed Columbia recruit Alaina Nolan closes in on career strikeout record for St. Edward. ‘Focus on winning.’
Her very own “Empire State of Mind” may be beckoning St. Edward’s Alaina Nelson, but the senior pitcher has some unfinished business to take care of first in Elgin. Foremost for Nelson, a softball recruit for Columbia in New York, likely would be leading the Green Wave to a second straight regional title and advancing further than last year’s sectional semifinal.
Before that, however, Nelson ...
Her very own “Empire State of Mind” may be beckoning St. Edward’s Alaina Nelson , but the senior pitcher has some unfinished business to take care of first in Elgin. Foremost for Nelson, a softball recruit for Columbia in New York, likely would be leading the Green Wave to a second straight regional title and advancing further than last year’s sectional semifinal.
Before that, however, Nelson should end up becoming the program’s all-time strikeout leader, although she insists that aspect is entirely in the back of her mind. “I’m pretty close to it, but I don’t go out looking for a record,” Nelson said with a shrug. “I just go out and pitch as hard as I can to get a win.
I just focus on winning. “If I can gather a few strikeouts, and I do, all that other stuff will come. ” Nolan kept it up Wednesday, throwing a two-hitter with nine strikeouts in host St.