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Canyon del Oro High School's Sammy Nettling hits a sacrifice bunt that moved the runner up to second base in the game against Scottsdale Saguaro High School in the second inning during the second round of the 4A-I state softball tournament at CDO on May 10, 2011 in Tucson, Ariz. CDO won 6-1. Photo by Dean Knuth / Arizona Daily Star

CDO's Nettling makes exceptional comebackΒ 

In a remarkable comeback, CDO gradΒ Sammy Nettling, one of the top softball players in Arizona in the last decade, is in the lineup for Northwestern. Nettling missed NU’s first 19 games recovering from a November surgery in which a vein in her leg was transplanted to replace a damaged vein in her right arm. She was in intensive care for a week. Nettling not only returned, but is hitting .435 in eight games and seven starts, 10 for 23.Β 


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