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BAY CITY, Mich. - Wayne State University junior outfielder Stephanie Foremane (Cambridge, Ont./Preston) and senior pitcher Sam Cain (Taylor, Mich./Kennedy) have been chosen as the GLIAC Softball "Player of the Week" and "Pitcher of the Week", respectively.
GLIAC Softball Player of
the Week:
Stephanie Foreman
Wayne State
5-9, Junior, Outfielder
Cambridge,
Ont./Preston
Junior outfielder Stephanie Foreman helped the Warriors to a 6-0 week by compiling a .684 batting average with three doubles and homerun. She tallied a .739 on-base percentage and a 1.000 slugging percentage while tallying nine runs scored, 10 runs-batted-in, three walks. Foreman also stole a base and was hit by a pitch. She raised her season batting average to .393, eighth best in the GLIAC, while her 46 RBIs rank seventh in the Conference.
Softball Player Weekly
Honor Roll: Franki Gironda - AU, Makenzi Peterson -
FS, Katie Martin - GV, Taylor Schulty - HC, Amanda Maxon - LS,
Stacey Klonowski - NU, Caitlin Jividen - OD, Lindsay Hayward - SV,
Meagan Baird - TU.
2012 "Players of the Week": (3/13) Briauna
Taylor - GV; (3/19) Stephanie Foreman - WS; (3/26) Alyssa Kelley -
AU; (4/2) Nikki Fulton - WS; (4/9) Alison Allen - WS; (4/16) Nikki
Fulton - WS; (4/23) Stephanie Foreman - WS.
GLIAC Softball Pitcher of
the Week:
Sam Cain
Wayne State
Senior, Pitcher, R/R
Taylor, Mich./Kennedy
Senior pitcher Sam Cain went 3-0
last week tossing a shutout in all three starts and earning a save
in her one relief appearance. She struck out 13 and walked
six while allowing just 13 hits and one unearned run in 22 innings
of work. Cain had a five-hit shutout with three walks and three
strikeouts against Findlay in game one. She entered game two
with the bases loaded and no outs, and retired the next three
batters, allowing just one inherited runner to score. Cain is now
18-9 on the year.
Softball Pitcher Weekly Honor Roll: Emlyn Knerem - AU, Dana Bowler - FS, Hannah Santora - GV, Jenny Bals - HC, Madison Sebald - NU, Rachel Stanzel - OD, Alexa Gehrls - SV.
2012 "Pitchers of the Week": (3/13) Emlyn Knerem - AU; (3/19) Andrea Nicholson - GV; (3/26) Rachel Stanzel - OD; (4/2) Laura Homan - HC; (4/9) Hannah Santora - GV; (4/16) Laura Homan - HC; (4/23) Sam Cain - WS.
Ashland Eagles
A year ago,
AU went 0-6 against Tiffin. With last Friday’s sweep of the
Dragons, the Eagles completed the regular season with a 4-0 record
against Tiffin…when the Eagles defeated Lake Erie, 17-0 last
week, it marked the most runs the Eagles had scored since they
defeated Saint Joseph’s 17-2 during the 1998 season. The 28
runs the Eagles scored in the doubleheader with the Storm marks
Ashland’s highest output in a twinbill since they scored 29
runs against Clarion in 1999…AU begins this week with a
six-game winning streak. AU pitchers have throw shutouts in three
of the last four games. In four games last week Ashland hit
.398 with six homers…Ashland has won 30 or more games for
the fourth straight year and has won 20 or more conference games
for the fourth consecutive season…Ashland was ranked third
in the region as of last week…the Eagles end the regular
season with a doubleheader at Wayne State on Tuesday (Apr. 24).
Earlier this year at WSU the Warriors swept the Eagles. In the
first game of that doubleheader, the Warriors won the game in the
bottom of the seventh inning…junior first baseman Franki
Gironda (Akron, Ohio/Hoban) hit .500 last week with a pair of
homers and six RBI. Gironda had a 1.100 slugging percentage.
She leads the Eagles with 38 RBI…senior pitcher Emlyn Knerem
(Brunswick, Ohio) went 3-0 last week and is 26-2 for the year. That
26 wins equals Knerem’s season career high. She also won 26
games last season.
Ferris State Bulldogs
FSU clinched a GLIAC Tournament
berth by recording a 5-1 mark in action last week. The
Bulldogs swept Northwood on the road in GLIAC action on Wednesday
(April 18) before recording a 3-1 mark at home against Saginaw
Valley State in weekend action on Saturday and Sunday (April
21-22)... The Bulldogs’ lone loss of the week was a 13-12
setback in the final game of a four-game weekend series in Big
Rapids against SVSU. The Cardinals scored in the bottom of
the 10th inning to pull out the win... FSU honored three seniors
this past weekend during their final home series in third baseman
Makenzi Peterson, first baseman Chelsea Morris and outfielder
Stephanie Dusendang... Senior third baseman Makenzi Peterson led
the Bulldogs to a 5-1 mark this past week as she posted a
team-leading .500 batting average in the six games. Peterson
recorded a squad-high 12 hits and posted a team—best nine
runs. She had five doubles and three RBI’s while also
drawing two walks... Her play helped FSU clinch at GLIAC Tournament
berth. She posted a .708 slugging percentage and a .538
on-base percentage for the week in addition to totaling 13 assists
in the field and notching three stolen bases... Junior pitcher Dana
Bowler helped the Bulldogs to a 5-1 mark last week as the team
clinched a GLIAC Tournament berth. Bowler pitched in four
contests and recorded a 3-0 mark for the week. She netted 31
strikeouts and walked only eight batters in 25 innings pitched.
Findlay
Oilers
The University of Findlay dropped
all six games this week, including a doubleheader against Wayne
State and a four-game series at Ohio Dominican. Junior Jenna Motuza
led the way for the Oilers with seven hits with a .389 batting
average on the week. Tori Allen currently leads the conference this
season in doubles (17), while Motuza ties for first with five
triples. Findlay will return to action on Tuesday, April 24, for
the final home game of the 2012 campaign against Tiffin University.
The Oilers will host the GLIAC Softball Tournament this weekend,
starting at 10 a.m. on Friday, April 27.
Grand Valley State Lakers
#20 GVSU went 5-1 last week and
clinched at least a share of the GLIAC regular season title. The
Lakers’ 24 conference victories are the most in school
history, surpassing last season’s total of 23 league wins.
The 41 overall victories are tied for the seventh-most in program
history…junior Katie Martin (Ann Arbor, Mich./Ann Arbor
Pioneer) recorded a hit in all six games, pushing her current
hitting streak to 17 straight games and 30 of the last 31 contests.
She hit .500 with two doubles, a triple, and two home runs, while
also going 2-0 with a 0.72 ERA in three appearances in the circle.
Martin ranks in the GVSU single season top-10 in six categories
this season…junior Nellie Kosola (Frankfort, Ill./Lincoln
Way East) is fifth all-time on the single season list with 76 hits
and ninth with 49 runs. Sophomore Briauna Taylor (Livonia,
Mich./Livonia Franklin) ranks first in school history this season
in hit by pitches (seven) and is fifth in home runs (11). The
Lakers’ 48 homers lead the league and are the second-most in
Laker history, trailing only last year’s conference record of
76 home runs…junior pitcher Hannah Santora (Carol Stream,
Ill./Glenbard North) has 21 victories, second-most in the GLIAC,
and is one why shy of entering the single season top-10 in GVSU
history.
Hillsdale Chargers
The Hillsdale College softball team clinched a winning record in GLIAC play for the first time in 10 years, thanks to a 3-3 record last week…The Chargers are 17-13 in the conference, with two games at Saginaw Valley State remaining…The team’s 25 wins also tie the 2006 team for its most in a season since 2002…The most wins Hillsdale’s softball program has attained since becoming a Division II institution is 27…Junior Taylor Schulty had a huge week for the Chargers, getting four home runs with nine runs batted in…She had no home runs on the season before this week’s games…Senior Jessica Guertin had two home runs on the week, giving her 43 for her career…Her 6 RBI this week give her a school record 147 for her career…Senior Allison Hetrick has 42 hits this season compared to a total of 60 in the first three seasons of her career…Senior pitcher Laura Homan’s 15 wins tie her with Joelle Frantz for the most by a Charger pitcher since 1998…Freshman Jenny Bals recorded her first career pitching win Sunday over Northwood, coming in her first home start.
Lake Erie Storm
Lake Erie College suffered a tough
week, dropping all six games played. The Storm hosted senior
day Saturday and while they dropped both games, senior outfielder
Haley Rathge (Edon, Ohio/Napoleon) hit her second career home run,
a three-run blast. Lake Erie recognized five seniors, Rathge,
Megan Foley (Brunswick, Ohio/Brunswick), Ali Heming (Cincinnati,
Ohio/Turpin), Sam Ronde (Reynoldsburg, Ohio/Reynoldsburg) and
Lindsey Pennell (Columbus, Ohio/Westland). Lake Erie wraps up
its season this week with a doubleheader at Ohio Dominican
Tuesday.
Lake Superior State Lakers
Lake Superior
State finished 1-5 during last week’s games, ending its
three-series string of splits with last Saturday’s 6-1 and
7-6 losses to Grand Valley State. Sophomore second baseman Haleigh
Edgar (Tecumseh, Mich.) led LSSU in hits with seven and had seven
RBI. Freshman shortstop/catcher Amanda Maxon (Munising, Mich.)
homered twice and totaled a team-leading 11 RBI. Maxon is batting
.353 with seven home runs and 32 RBI for the season. She is tied
for fifth in the GLIAC in average RBI per game at 0.87. Edgar is
batting .305. They have a combined 80 hits. Freshman relief pitcher
Bandi Anderson (Negaunee, Mich.) has a 2.61 earned run average and
has made 20 appearances for 45.2 innings.
Northwood Timberwolves
Northwood went 2-4 last week,
dropping a pair at home to Ferris State before splitting a four
game set with Hillsdale … the Timberwolves finished the
regular season 18-26 overall, 15-17 in the GLIAC … Northwood
will await to see if they make the GLIAC Tournament Tuesday based
on the results of Tuesday’s doubleheader between Findlay and
Tiffin … if Findlay doesn’t sweep, Northwood makes the
field … if Findlay does win both against the Dragons,
Northwood and Findlay will be tied … Stacey Klonowski
(Canton, Mich./Plymouth) hit .450 in six games last week, leading
Northwood with eight RBI’s for the week … she finished
with nine hits, which included a double and a home run …
Klonowski had at least one hit in all six games and one RBI in four
of the six contests … for the season, Klonowski is leading
Northwood in batting (.380), hits (54), home runs (eight),
RBI’s (26) and slugging (.620).
Ohio Dominican Panthers
Following a pair of one-run
setbacks, 1-0 (8) and 3-2, on the road to Tiffin, the Panthers
rebounded at home with a four-game series sweep of Findlay on
Friday (2-0/3-0) and Saturday (5-4/9-4). The Senior Day sweep on
Saturday clinched ODU’s first GLIAC Tournament berth in just
its second season as the Panthers improved to 18-12 and are
currently third in the South Division and fourth in the overall
classification with two games to play. The postseason bid is the
20th in program history and first since 2010 when ODU participated
in the AII Tournament in Victoria, Texas. After a leadoff walk in
Friday’s opener, freshman Rachael Stanzel (Angleton, TX)
threw a one-hit shutout, retiring 22 of the next 23 Oilers,
including the final 14 of the contest for her fourth shutout of the
season. Freshmen Kendall Lust (Marion, OH) and Kacey Locker (Tipp
City, OH) combined for a two-hitter in the nightcap Friday. With
the bases loaded and score tied at 4-4 in game one Saturday,
freshman Alex Cribari (Lyndhurst, OH) keyed the 5-4 walk-off with
an opposite-field shot between the first baseman and the bag.
Senior Kylee Crislip’s (Louisville, OH) 11th homerun of the
year in the third moved her into a tie for third most in ODU
single-season history. The Panthers’ 25 homeruns as a unit
ranks third for a single-season in program history. ODU concludes
the regular season Tuesday, April 24 at 3:30 pm as Lake Erie visits
Panther Field.
Saginaw Valley State Cardinals
The Saginaw Valley State University
softball team went 2-4 last week, defeating Lake Superior once and
Ferris State once. Sophomore infielder Lindsay Hayward led
the week for SVSU with seven runs batted in, four of those runs
came in on a grand slam against Ferris State. Junior pitcher Alexa
Gehrls picked up two wins for the Cardinals, seeing time in the
circle in five of the Cardinals six games last week. Saginaw
Valley is keeping a .258 batting average overall on the season and
a .318 on-base percentage. The Cardinals will be back in action on
Tuesday (Apr. 24) when they return home for their final regular
season game against Hillsdale. Game time is scheduled for 3:30
PM.
Tiffin Dragons
Meagan Baird hit .400 to lead the
Dragons, collecting 2 doubles and 2 home runs for 3 RBI in 10
at-bats for the week while slugging 1.200 and posting a .600 OBP.
She also had 4 walks...Amanda Temple also had a strong week,
hitting .385, while Emily Shaw and Jessie Creakbaum also hit .333
for the week...Amber Young and Abbey Cooksey both went 1-1 for the
week, with Young posting a 1.91 ERA and fanning 17 in 14.2
innings...Baird continues to blister the ball, hitting .456 for the
season while Temple is also over .400 with a .402 mark.
Wayne State Warriors
Wayne State
enters the final week of the regular season with a six-game winning
streak, and having won 14 of its last 15 games. WSU has
scored at least seven runs in a game 21 times this season, the most
in at least 12 years (previous high was 18 in 2010), with 10 games
of at least 10 runs (previous high was eight last year)...
Junior outfielder Stephanie Foreman (Cambridge, Ont. / Preston)
batted .684 last week (13-19) with four extra-base hits, 10 RBI, a
1.000 slugging percentage along with a .739 on-base
percentage. Sophomore second baseman Nikki Fulton (Stratford,
Ont. / St. Michael Catholic S.S.) hit .480 (12-25) but scored 11
runs, had six extra-base hits including four home runs and drove in
13 runs. Senior pitcher Sam Cain (Taylor, Mich. / Kennedy)
went 3-0 last week tossing a shutout in all three starts and
earning a save in her one relief appearance. She struck out
13 and walked six while allowing just 13 hits (none for extra
bases) and one unearned run in 22 innings.