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Friday's Games:
G1: St. Thomas vs. Hamline, 3:00 at Bethel G2: Gustavus vs. Saint Mary's, 3:00 at Hamline G3: G1 winner vs. G2 winner, 5:00 at Bethel G4: G1 loser vs. G2 loser, 5:00 at Hamline Saturday's Games (All Games at Bethel) G5: G3 loser vs. G4 winner, 11:00 G6: G3 winner vs. G5 winner, 1:30 G7: G6 winner vs. G6 loser, 4:00 (if necessary) |
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2006:
Participants: St. Thomas, Gustavus, Saint Mary's, Saint Benedict Championship: St. Thomas 2, Gustavus 0 2005: Participants: St. Thomas, Gustavus, Saint Mary's, Hamline Championship: St. Thomas 3, Saint Mary's 0 2004: Participants: St. Thomas, Gustavus, Saint Benedict, Hamline Championship: St. Thomas 3, Saint Benedict 2 |
April 2, 2007 / Details Game 1: UST 7, Hamline 2 Game 2: UST 3, Hamline 2 (8) This and That: Morgan Betker's one-out double in the top of the eighth scored Steph Moores with the game-winning run in Game 2. The Pipers tied the score 2-2 with a one-out double in the third inning, but UST pitchers retired the final 14 Hamline batters. … Moores had three hits in Game 2 and five hits on the day for the Tommies, who outhit the Pipers 22-6. … Carrie Embree went 3-for-3 with a home run in Game 1, and struck out six of the eight batters she faced in relief. Embree had a 16-game hitting streak halted in game two when she was 0-for-3 with a walk and run scored.
March 29, 2007 / Details Game 1: St. Thomas 3, SMU 1 Game 2: St. Thomas 9, SMU 4 This and That: The Tommies broke open a scoreless game with a single run in the fourth and four more in the fifth en route to a 6-1 win in the opener. UST's bats picked up right where they left off in Game 2, as St. Thomas scored in three of the first four innings in cruising to an 8-2 win and a sweep of the teams' conference opener. … Melissa Mondo went 4-for-6 to pace the Cardinals' 12-hit attack. … Maria Bye went 3-for-4 with 3 RBIs, a double and a home run in Game 1, while Carrie Embree was 3-for-4, with a pair of doubles, three runs scored and an RBI.
April 25, 2007 / Details Game 1: St. Thomas 8, Gustavus 0 Game 2: St. Thomas 10, Gustavus 0 This and That: Morgan Betker drove in seven runs on the day with a grand slam and three-run homer as St. Thomas scored a pair of five-inning shutout wins over Gustavus in a battle of conference unbeatens. … The sweep also locked up a share of the MIAC title for UST, while extending their win streak to 30, their MIAC win streak to 27 and their home win streak to 23. … GAC pitcher Joyce DeWitz was roughed up by St. Thomas as she allowed six hits and seven runs in four innings of work. … In game two, St. Thomas exploded for eight runs in the bottom of the first inning including a grand slam home run by Morgan Betker. The Gusties were never in the game as the Tommies scored two more times in the bottom of the second inning to increase their lead to 10-0. .
April 19, 2007 / Details Game 1: Gustavus 2, Saint Mary's 0 Game 2: Gustavus 3, Saint Mary's 2 This and That: SMU held the Gusties' offense well under its 7.5 runs-per-game scoring average — limiting GAC to just five runs combined. Problem was, GAC pitcher Joyce DeWitz was even more stingy, blanking the Cardinals 2-0 in the opening game, then tossing a second straight complete game, this one a five-hitter with four strikeouts, as the Gusties completed the sweep with a 3-2 victory. … SMU pitcher Megan Wallisch allowed just one earned run vs. the Gusties, as GAC took advantage of four SMU errors to score its five runs. … Julie Mahre was 3-for-5 with 2 RBIs to pace the Gustie offense.
April 17, 2007 / Details Game 1: Gustavus 4, Hamline 0 Game 2: Gustavus 6, Hamline 0 This and That: Joyce DeWitz pitched two complete games on the mound for Gustavus, scattering seven hits and striking out 14, as the Gusties blanked Hamline in both ends of the conference DH. … . Erin Ge led the offensive attack with four hits in five at-bats and 2 RBI in the doubleheader. … Julie Mahre saw her nine-game hitting streak come to an end, as she was held hitless in Game 1, before picking up two hits in game two. She did however, score a run in both games and now has scored at least one run in 10 consecutive games.
April 14, 2007 / Details Game 1: SMU 4, Hamline 1 Game 2: Hamline 2, SMU 1 This and That: The Cardinals erupted for four runs in the top of the seventh inning to earn a 4-1, Game 1 victory, but surrendered an unearned run in the bottom of the seventh of Game 2, as Hamline rallied for a 2-1 win and the MIAC split. … Nikki Jung and Jenny Giannini each drove in two runs to pace SMU in the opener, while Hamline's Jourdan Ulrich delivered an RBI bunt single in the seventh to lift the PIpers to the Game 2 win. |
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26th ANNUAL NCAA
DIVISION III SOFTBALL CHAMPIONSHIP Selection: Sun., May 6 Brackets: May 7 First Rounds : May 10-14 On campus sites (TBD) Finals: May 18-22, 2007 Salem, Virginia |
Tommie Notes: The Tommies enter post-season play riding a 32-game winning streak and have won their last 29 games vs. MIAC opponents. … The 2007 Tommies join the 2004 UST squad and the 1998 Saint Mary's squad (also coached by St. Thomas coach John Tschida) as the lone 22-0 MIAC softball teams. … The Tommies have now won 14 all-time regular-season conference titles. They've also won all three MIAC playoff titles with a combined 9-0 record since the format began in 2004. … In 22 MIAC games, the Tommies batted .406 and averaged 10 runs a game. … Overall, the Tommies are 172-13 since March 2004 (30-2 postseason)... Since 2002, St. Thomas is 136-5 vs. MIAC opposition -- 11-4 vs. Gustavus (four one-run losses) and 125-1 vs. everyone else. … Eleven different UST players have at least one home run. St. Thomas has hit 34 homers and allowed just six. … In 40-game stats, the Tommies have seven of the MIAC's top 25 hitters in Carrie Embree (.488, 59 hits, 47 runs, 35 RBI, 34 SBs); Maria Bye (.411, 39 hits, 28 walks, 43 RBI, 33 runs, 10 HR); Alison Wright (.411, 46 hits, 28 RBI, 24 runs); Morgan Betker (34 games, .398, 35 hits, 25 RBI, 27 runs, 4 HRs); Steph Moores (.391, 36 hits, 23 RBI); Missy Bruggeman (.398, 39 hits, 31 runs, 16 SBs); and Kaity Wightman (.396, 40 hits, 37 runs, 24 RBI, 4 HRs, 20 SBs). … On the mound, Bye boasts a 60-6 career record and Bye has not allowed an earned run in 57 innings in MIAC play this season. … Coach John Tschida is the lone coach in NCAA softball to win national championships at two different institutions (St. Thomas and Saint Mary's). … |
Cardinal Notes: The Cardinals have qualifed for the conference tournament in three of the tourney's four years. … The Cardinals enter postseason play with a 22-13 record, marking the 14th straight year in which SMU has won 20 or more games. … Cassie Otte (Randolph, Minn.) collected hits in both of SMU's regular season-ending losses vs. UW-River Falls, extending her hitting streak to a seson-high 14 straight. … Otte, who enters tournament play second in the MIAC in runs (24) and third in hits (30), has also had two or more hits in 15 of the Cardinals' 35 games. … Otte is the team's offensive leader in average (.389), at-bats (126), runs (36), hits (49) and stolen bases (10), while Nikki Jung (Inver Grove Heights, Minn.) leads the team in home runs (6), RBIs (46), total bases (64) and slugging % (.582). … Jung's six home runs and 46 RBIs are career highs. … Jenny Giannini (River Grove, Ill.), who leads the conference in doubles (8), finished last week with 10 hits in 14 at-bats (.714), including three doubles and a .929 slugging percentage, earning the SMU junior her first-ever MIAC Player of the Week honor. … Erin Leone (Farmington, Minn.) started Game 2 vs. St. Olaf Tuesday, snapping a string of 20 straight starts — and decisions — by senior Megan Wallisch (Loveland, Colo.). … The Cardinals erupted for four seventh-inning runs to secure their Game 1 win vs. St. Olaf Tuesday and have now scored 18 seventh-inning runs in their last nine games combined. SMU has now outscored their opponents 27-15 in the seventh. … Wednesday's eight-inning, 3-2 loss vs. UW-River Falls was SMU's first extra-inning game of the season. |
Gustie Notes: The Gusties enter the weekend with a record of 4-2 against the other three teams in the tournament. … Gustavus will be making its fourth appearance in the four-year history of the MIAC post-season tournament. The Gusties, who finished fourth in 2004 (0-2), third in 2005 (1-2), and second in 2006 (2-2), have compiled an all-time mark of 3-6 in MIAC Tournament play. … The Gusties finished second in the MIAC in hitting (.358), second in pitching (1.95 ERA) and tied for first in fielding percentage (.966). … GAC committed the fewest errors during regular season conference play with 20. … Julie Mahre (White Bear Lake, Minn.) is at or near the top in several significant career categories with a full season yet to play at Gustavus. Mahre is tied with Audrey Lenoch for first in career home runs (16), ranks second in career stolen base percentage (.944, 34-for-36), and ranks third in hits (149) and runs (112). … Mahre needs 61 hits and nine runs to move into first in both career categories. … Emily Klein (Red Wing, Minn.) is now 20- for-20 on stolen base attempts this season, which ranks third all-time. She needs one more theft to move into a tie for second and three more to move into a tie for first. … As a team, Gustavus has stolen 63 bases in 74 attempts. The school record for stolen bases in a season is 81, set in 1990. … Rachael Click (Rochester, Minn.) has driven in 44 runs this season, which ranks second all-time for the Gusties. She needs two more RBIs to tie Lenoch for RBIs in a season with 46. … Click also leads the MIAC in batting average (.516), slugging percentage (.906), on-base percentage (.568), RBIs (30), hits (33), and total bases (58). … Joyce DeWitz (Good Thunder, Minn.) will leave Gustavus as the most decorated hurler in the program's history. The two-time all-conference, and 2006 all-region, pitcher ranks No. 1 at Gustavus in strikeouts (520), innings pitched (507.0), wins (59), appearances (108), games started (85), and earned run average (1.41). Her career record is 59-22. … Gustavus has shattered the school record for home runs in a season with 34. The previous record was 19 set in 2003. Mahre and Click lead the squad with nine home runs each, which is |
Piper Notes: The Pipers enter tournament play with a 1-5 record vs. the other three MIAC Tournament teams. … Jourdan Ulrich (Apple Valley, Minn.) obliterated the school record for stolen bases in a season with 30. The old record was 19 set by Emily Deuth in 2001. … For the year, the Pipers' have stole 71 bases compared to their opponents' 28. … Soohie Davidson (St. Paul, Minn.) was named Hamline's "Female Rookie of the Year" at the annual Honors Day celebration on Thursday. Davidson started every game for the Pipers at shortstop during the regular season, posting a .294 batting average. She also was an All-MIAC first team and All-Rookie selection in women's hockey. … Davidson boasts a season-best 10-game hitting streak, while Ulrich enters Frdiay's game having hit safely in eight straight games. … Ulrich also leads the team with nine multiple-hit games. … Sarah Dittberner (Forest Lake, Minn.) has hit .344 in her last 12 games with two doubles, two home runs, and 11 RBIs. …Theresa Boleen (White Bear Lake, Minn.) has been the workhorse of the Pipers' pitching staff, throwing 158.1 innings, allowing 55 ER for a 2.43 ERA and a 13-11 record. She has also struck out a team-best 113 batters. |
