Prep softball: CdM’s Tyson recovering

Corona del Mar High junior softball pitcher Amy Tyson was

hospitalized Thursday after being struck in the face by a line drive off

the bat of a Laguna Beach player during a Pacific Coast League game on

the Artists’ field.

Tyson sustained injuries to her face, as well as a concussion,

according to CdM Athletic Director Jerry Jelnick, who was in attendance.

Jelnick said Friday that Tyson was doing well in the hospital and was

expected to be released as soon as today.

“She’s out of school for a week and out of softball for four weeks,”

Jelnick said. “It looked like she tried to get her glove up, but it was

hit too hard and hit her right in the face.” Jelnick said she did not

lose consciousness, but she had trouble giving correct answers to

questions designed to gauge her cognition.

Tyson was an All-Newport-Mesa District performer each of her first two

seasons. She was first-team All-PCL as a freshman and a second-team

all-league choice as a sophomore.