Softball: Mater Dei’s Amber Freeman knocks it out of the park

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Mater Dei junior catcher Amber Freeman hit an over-the-fence home run on Tuesday at Santa Ana Thornton Park, which has a distance of approximately 250 to 300 feet.

College regulation fences have a distance of about 220 feet.

Mater Dei coach Doug Myers said in his 12 years of coaching, no one has ever hit an over-the-fence homer at Thornton Park.

Freeman is hitting .565 and has five home runs. She committed to Arizona State as a freshman, but sat out last season with a knee injury.

Mater Dei (7-1) will host Esperanza (2-2) on Thursday at 3:15 p.m.

-- Melissa Rohlin