{"id":17942,"date":"2020-02-07T13:38:08","date_gmt":"2020-02-07T18:38:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mdcthereporter.com\/?p=17942"},"modified":"2021-04-22T12:00:39","modified_gmt":"2021-04-22T16:00:39","slug":"sophomore-ready-to-lead-freshmen-laden-team","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/staging\/8357\/sophomore-ready-to-lead-freshmen-laden-team\/","title":{"rendered":"Sophomore Ready To Lead Freshmen-Laden Team"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mdcathletics.com\/sports\/sball\/index\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Miami Dade College softball team<\/span><\/a> features 16 freshmen this season.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Despite the abundance of youth, there is one sophomore, Amber Dalfonso, who is expected to be at the center of the Sharks\u2019 offensive attack.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_17945\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-17945\" style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-17945\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mdcthereporter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Amber-Dalfonso5_web.jpg\" alt=\"Amber Dalfonso practicing her batting.\" width=\"500\" height=\"334\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/staging\/8357\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Amber-Dalfonso5_web.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/staging\/8357\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Amber-Dalfonso5_web-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/staging\/8357\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Amber-Dalfonso5_web-768x513.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-17945\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Getting Offensive: Sophomore Amber Dalfonso is expected to be one of the Lady Sharks&#8217; top offensive weapons this season. She had .351 batting average and scored 34 runs in 47 games last year. <br \/>ALICE MORENO \/ THE REPORTER<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The outfielder from Apopka <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mdcthereporter.com\/lady-sharks-softball-team-enjoying-march-madness\/\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">had a breakout season for the Lady Sharks last year<\/span><\/a>. She boasted a .351 batting average and scored 34 runs in 47 games and was named to the First-Team All-Southern Conference and First-team All-Academic teams.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Head coach Gina De <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ag\u00fcero <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">believes she has the ability to pick up where she left off last year.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cShe ended up getting on base for us a lot, especially toward the middle and end of the season,\u201d De <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ag\u00fcero <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">said. \u201cI&#8217;m hoping that when the game starts rolling, she&#8217;s able to guide the rest of our players.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Despite all the success, softball wasn\u2019t a part of Dalfonso\u2019s life until she was 13. She started playing baseball at age 11,\u00a0 but was forced to stop because her league didn\u2019t want boys and girls to play together, she said.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Two years later, she started playing softball. The transition from baseball to softball was a bit difficult for Dalfonso, although both games are very similar mechanically, but she has adjusted.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cI love being able to get dirty. I&#8217;m 19 and I can still play in the dirt, that&#8217;s the best feeling. I love just making the long runs in the outfield,\u201d Dalfonso said. \u201cAs a sophomore, I feel like I&#8217;m a leader when it comes to attitude.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_26156\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-26156\" style=\"width: 333px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-26156\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mdcthereporter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Amber-Dalfonso7-682x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"333\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/staging\/8357\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Amber-Dalfonso7-682x1024.jpg 682w, https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/staging\/8357\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Amber-Dalfonso7-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/staging\/8357\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Amber-Dalfonso7-768x1153.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/staging\/8357\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Amber-Dalfonso7-1023x1536.jpg 1023w, https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/staging\/8357\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Amber-Dalfonso7-1364x2048.jpg 1364w, https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/staging\/8357\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Amber-Dalfonso7-scaled.jpg 1705w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 333px) 100vw, 333px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-26156\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Team Leader: The Lady Sharks will lean heavily on sophomore outfielder Amber Dalfonso who had .351 batting average and was named First-Team All-Southern Conference last season. ALICE MORENO\/THE REPORTER<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">With the departure of key players such as infielders Eliza Artiles, who transferred to St. Thomas University, and Melissa Mayeux,who transferred to the University of Louisiana at Lafayette, Dalfonso said it\u2019s an opportunity for her to step up and be a team leader. Her teammates believe she is ready to assume the role.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cShe&#8217;s helped me like when I&#8217;m missing my family. She&#8217;s always there for me,\u201d said freshman infielder Paige Thompson. \u201cShe relates to me. We just have talks and she makes me feel better at the end of the day.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Dalfonso is majoring in nursing and her ultimate dream is to become a pediatric nurse at a big hospital, however, her expectations for this season are as high as her dreams. She believes the Lady Sharks, who had a 25-23 record last year, have the potential to have a stellar season.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cI hope we can make it to the State [Tournament], because last year we fell a little short,\u201d Dalfonso said. \u201cI&#8217;m expecting us to go. I&#8217;m not hoping, I&#8217;m expecting.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Lady Sharks\u2019 next game will be a double-header on Feb. 11 at <\/span><\/i><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">the Kendall Campus softball field, 11011 S.W. 104th St., <\/span><\/i><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">versus <\/span><\/i><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Florida Southwestern State College. 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