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Falcons' Season Ends At 22-25-1
May 09, 2002 | Softball
May 9, 2002
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The Bowling Green State University softball team, after winning four of five games last week, has concluded the 2002 season ... the Falcons of fourth-year head coach Leigh Ross-Shaw end the campaign with an overall record of 22-25-1 and a Mid-American Conference ledger of 11-13 ... BGSU finished in a tie for third place in the MAC's East Division.
HEAD COACH LEIGH ROSS-SHAW: Leigh Ross-Shaw has completed her fourth season as a collegiate head coach, all with the Falcons, and has an overall record of 111-89-1 (.555) ... Ross-Shaw, the 2001 MAC Coach of the Year, has a league mark of 58-36 (.617) ... she guided the Brown and Orange to a MAC East Division title last year and a co-championship in 2000 ... Ross-Shaw has the best winning percentage in conference games of any coach in BGSU softball history, and was the fastest coach in BG annals to get to 100 overall wins as well as 50 MAC victories ... Ross-Shaw is just 25 wins shy of the school's all-time leader, Jacquie Joseph (136-123 from 1989-93) ... Ross-Shaw's total of 58 MAC wins places her third behind Joseph (78-71) and Rachel Miller-Reif (71-84 from 1994-98).
Ross-Shaw assumed the top job after two years as BG's assistant coach ... the Ottawa Lake, Mich., native came to the Falcon program in August of 1996 after serving as a high-school head coach, at Notre Dame Academy in Toledo, for four seasons.
Ross-Shaw is the only coach in school history to string together three consecutive winning seasons in MAC play (1999-2001) ... the Falcons, who also had a winning league ledger in Ross-Shaw's last year as an assistant (1998), posted four-straight winning MAC marks for the first time ever from 1998-2001.
Ross-Shaw, a 1992 graduate of the University of Toledo, still holds numerous UT and MAC records, and remains the all-time conference leader in batting average (.398), at-bats and hits ... she hit a MAC-record .447 as a senior en route to All-America Second-Team honors ... in February of 2001, she was inducted into the UT Athletics Hall of Fame.
ASSISTANT COACHES LENA RICHARDS AND TAMI SUMMERS: Lena Richards and Tami Summers each have completed their first season as Ross-Shaw's assistants ... Richards, a native of East Lansing, Mich., played two years of softball at UT, earning All-MAC First-Team honors in both 1995 and 1996 ... Summers, a native of Tallmadge, Ohio, was a four-year letterwinner for the Rockets from 1984-87 ... she set school career records for appearances, innings pitched, strikeouts, ERA and winning pct. (.703) ... Summers returned to her alma mater, serving as head coach in 1998 and 1999.
LAST TIME(S) OUT: The Falcons won four of last week's five games, all on the road ... BGSU scored a total of 37 runs on the week, an average of 7.4 runs per game ... the Falcons won a Wednesday (May 1) contest at arch-rival Toledo, 3-2 in 10 innings ... the next day, BGSU stepped outside of MAC play for a pair of wins at Detroit, 8-3 and 12-5 ... on Sunday (May 5), the Brown and Orange split a league twinbill at Ohio ... the Falcons dropped the opener by a 6-5 score, but rebounded to win the nightcap, 9-5.
FRANTZ, MURPHY, ROSEMEIER EARN ALL-MAC HONORS: Three Falcons -- seniors Holly Frantz and Renee Rosemeier and redshirt freshman Marla Murphy -- were named to the 2002 All-Mid-American Conference Team ... all three players made the second team, it was announced on Wednesday (May 8) evening at the MAC Tournament banquet in Akron, Ohio ... Rosemeier, a rightfielder, earns All-MAC honors for the second time, having been named to the all-league first team in 2001 ... Frantz, a catcher, and Murphy, a second baseman, make the all-conference squad for the first time in their respective careers ... Frantz, a native of Grand Rapids, Ohio, ended her senior campaign with a .285 batting average ... the lone Falcon to start all 48 games, she was third on the team with 23 runs batted in, and had a team-best fielding percentage of .987 ... Frantz set a school record for career fielding pct. (.989), making just seven career errors in over 600 chances ... Murphy, a native of Marion, Ohio, hit .321 in her first full season as a Falcon ... she batted .340, good for second on the team, in MAC games, and hit .583 (7-for-12) in her final five games of the season ... Murphy hit .433 over her last 15 games of the year, with a pair of three-hit games on the year, vs. Akron and Toledo ... Rosemeier, like Murphy, hit .321 this year, and batted .337 in conference action ... the Hilliard, Ohio, native finished her career with a flurry, batting .458 (11-of-24) in her final six games ... in those six games, she had seven doubles, a homer, five runs scored and 10 RBI.
FRANTZ EARNS NCAA SCHOLARSHIP: BGSU senior catcher Holly Frantz has been named a recipient of an NCAA Women's Enhancement Program Postgraduate Scholarship ... Frantz is one of just 13 female student-athletes at all NCAA member institutions throughout the nation to receive this award ... the NCAA awards 13 scholarships to women college graduates at all NCAA member institutions that will be entering into the first year of initial postgraduate studies ... Frantz currently maintains a 3.87 cumulative grade point average as a sport management major ... she is on track to receive a Bachelor of Science degree in Education, and plans to attend the BGSU Graduate College within the School of Human Movement Science & Leisure Studies with an emphasis in Sport Administration ... on the field, Frantz has completed her second year as the starting catcher ... the lone Falcon to start all 48 games this spring, Frantz hit .285 and set a school career record for fielding percentage.
MILOSEK, FRANTZ NAMED TO ACADEMIC ALL-DISTRICT TEAM: Seniors Jessie Milosek and Holly Frantz were named to the 2002 Verizon Academic All-District IV University Division Softball Team, it was announced Thursday (May 9) ... Milosek makes the first team after earning second-team honors in both 2000 and 2001 ... Frantz was named to the first team last spring ... the district team is made up of student-athletes from NCAA Division I schools in Alabama, Kentucky, Michigan, Ohio and Tennessee ... to qualify, student-athletes must hold at least sophomore status, be a starter or important reserve on the team, and carry a cumulative grade point average of 3.20 or higher ... Milosek, as a district first-team pick, now will have her name placed on the Academic All-America ballot ... she maintains a 3.85 cumulative grade point average as a human movement science major ... Frantz has a cumulative GPA of 3.87 in sport management.
AN UP-AND-DOWN SEASON: The Falcons finished in a third-place tie with Marshall in the MAC's East Division, behind Akron and Ohio ... BGSU had a combined record of 5-2 against those three teams during the 2002 season ... but, the Falcons went just 2-7 vs. the teams that finished fifth through seventh in the East (Kent State, Buffalo and Miami).
EVEN STEVEN: BGSU finished with .500 records in both home and away games ... the Falcons went 7-7-1 at the BGSU Softball Field, and posted a 10-10 record in road games ... the Brown and Orange finished 5-8 in neutral-site contests.
DOUBLE YOUR PLEASURE...: The Falcons hit seven doubles in the Motor City twinbill and six more in the DH at Ohio, extending the school record ... BGSU hit 90 doubles in the 2002 season, breaking the old record of 76 set last spring ... the year 2002 marks the third consecutive season the team has set a new record ... the 2000 squad hit a then-record 63 two-baggers ... prior to that year, the BG single-season record was 59 doubles, set in 1993.
...DOUBLE YOUR FUN: In 2002, Falcon individuals posted three of the five highest totals on the BGSU single-season doubles list ... senior first baseman Natalie Phillips and junior shortstop Libby Voshell each ended the year with 16 doubles apiece ... Phillips and Voshell finish in a tie for second on the seasonal list, just one away from the school record (17, Dena Romstadt, 1993) ... in the latest NCAA rankings, dated May 5, Phillips was eighth in the country with 0.37 doubles per game, while Voshell was 11th (0.35) ... Voshell and Phillips are tied for first in the MAC (ranked by total doubles, not dpg) ... senior Renee Rosemeier finished the year with seven doubles in her final six games, to total 14 on the season ... that is the fifth-highest seasonal total in school annals ... she ranks 30th in the nation with 0.30 dpg.
On the career lists, Rosemeier finishes her BG tenure ranked fourth with a total of 34 doubles ... Voshell will enter her senior year in fifth place on that list, with 32 doubles ... Romstadt (1990-93) holds the career record, with 47.
YOU COULD LOOK IT UP: In addition to doubles, the Falcons also set school seasonal records in several categories ... BGSU set a single-season standard in batting average, with a mark of .298 ... the old record was .278, set by the 1988 team ... the 2002 Falcons also set a new slugging pct. best (.392), breaking the old mark of .386, set in 2000 ... BG's total of 396 hits and 537 total bases are the second best in school history, while the fielding pct. (.956) ranks third on that list.
RUN SUPPORT: The Falcons scored eight or more runs just twice in the season's first 37 games ... but, BGSU scored at least eight runs in six of the season's final 11 contests ... BG tied a season high with 10 runs in a win at Toledo (April 22), then matched that total six days later vs. Buffalo ... then, at Detroit, the Falcons had 20 runs in a doubleheader sweep, before putting nine runs on the board in the final game of the year, a win at Ohio.
TEAM EFFORT: All 15 of BGSU's position players on the active roster saw action in the doubleheader at Detroit (May 2) ... a total of 12 players had at least one hit on the day, including all nine positional starters in the second contest ... 10 different Falcons scored at least one run, while nine players had at least one RBI in the double-dip ... the only BGSU players not to see action were senior pitchers Andrea Genter and Jessie Milosek.
GOING OUT ON A GOOD NOTE: Senior Renee Rosemeier had 11 hits and a batting average of .458 (11-of-24) in the final six games of her collegiate career ... in those six games, she had seven doubles, a homer, five runs scored and 10 RBI ... she had at least one hit in 19 of the last 21 games, including a career-best 12-game hitting streak ... Rosemeier had the first four-hit game of her career against Buffalo on "Senior Day" (April 28), going 4-for-4 with two runs and three RBI in the Falcons' 10-7 win.
GOING OUT ON A GOOD NOTE II: Senior Holly Frantz connected for a long homerun in her final collegiate game, Sunday's (May 5) 9-5 win at Ohio ... Frantz hit her first two career homers this season ... Frantz had at least one hit in 12 of the season's final 14 games ... after totalling eight runs and eight RBI in her first 34 games of the season, Frantz had 13 runs and 15 RBI in those last 14 contests.
KERNAHAN KEEPS HITTING: Sophomore Jenifer Kernahan got off to a slow start at the plate this year, but was red-hot over the season's final few weeks ... Kernahan hit .460 (23-of-50) with nine runs scored and 11 RBI in the last 16 contests of the year ... she went 0-for-1 in the second game at Detroit (May 2) to snap a career-long 13-game hitting streak, tying the BGSU season best ... in that at-bat, a pinch-hit appearance, she grounded out, but advanced the two baserunners, to help set up the Falcons' seven-run seventh inning ... Kernahan led the Falcons with a .396 batting avg. in MAC games, and also paced the team in slugging (.547) in conference contests, while ranking second in on-base pct. (.418) ... prior to the final 16 games, Kernahan was hitting .175 with a total of eight hits in 21 games this year ... she raised her season average by 123 points to .298, good for fifth on the Falcons, during that time.
MACHAIN GETS ABOARD: Junior Kandice Machain ended the year with a career-best 13-game hitting streak, and hit an even .400 (22-of-55) in that time ... Machain hit .483 (14-of-29) with eight runs and six RBI in the last seven contests of the year ... she ended the season with a team-high batting average of .337, and also led the Falcons in at-bats (169), hits (57), triples (four), homers (three), total bases (83) and slugging pct. (.491) ... Machain was second on the team in runs (24), on-base pct. (.374) and RBI (24).
GO WEST: The Falcons' games at Ohio Sunday (May 5) marked BGSU's final action as a member of the MAC's East Division ... beginning with the 2002-03 academic year, the Falcons will compete in the West Division.
NOTING THE FALCONS: Junior Kandice Machain, as mentioned, led the 2002 Falcons in numerous categories, including batting ... senior Renee Rosemeier and redshirt freshman Marla Murphy each hit .321 on the season ... Rosemeier led the team with 28 RBI ... junior Libby Voshell hit .319 and led the Falcons with a .404 on-base pct. ... she was second in slugging pct. (.452), and tied senior Natalie Phillips for the team doubles lead, with 16 ... Phillips led the Falcons with 25 runs scored, followed closely by Machain (24), freshman Sam Moore (23), Voshell (22) and senior Holly Frantz (21) ... Voshell drew a team-high 19 walks on the year ... Frantz had a .987 fielding pct., while Phillips had a .985 mark in the field ... in MAC games only, sophomore Jenifer Kernahan hit a team-best .396, followed by Murphy (.340) and Rosemeier (.337) ... Voshell (.324), Machain (.315) and Phillips (.310) all hit over .300, as the Falcons hit .290 as a team in conference play ... Phillips led the Falcons with 16 runs and 11 doubles in MAC action, and her total of 27 hits was one behind Machain and Rosemeier's team-leading totals ... Rosemeier and Frantz each had 14 RBI in conference games to pace BGSU ... in the circle, senior Jessie Milosek was 8-7 on the year with a 2.50 ERA ... she was 4-6 with a 2.78 ERA in MAC action ... junior McKenna Houle was 7-11 overall and 4-6 in MAC play ... Houle won her last three decisions of the year, and went 2-0 with an ERA of just 0.62 in the season's final week ... she pitched 5-2/3 innings in each of two relief efforts, at Detroit and Ohio ... Houle allowed just one earned run and allowed opponents to hit only .167 against her in 11-1/3 innings in the final week ... junior Crystal Wilson had 20 RBI on the season, including a team-high 15 two-out RBI this spring ... BGSU missed the MAC Tournament for the first time since the 1997 tourney ... the Falcons had been the lone MAC East Division team to qualify for each of the previous four league tournaments ... sophomore Val Tipton entered the Detroit doubleheader with a total of two hits on the season ... but, Tipton had two hits in the seventh inning alone in the second game at UDM ... her second hit, a double, also produced her first career RBI ... Murphy had seven hits in 12 at-bats (.583) in her last five games ... Moore ended the year with a five-game hitting streak, going 6-for-13 (.462) with seven runs scored during that time.
FALCON PLAYER NOTES
SARA EDWARDS:
Freshman from Dublin, Ohio ... played in eight games off the bench ... had just two plate appearances, with a successful sacrifice bunt in one ... handled her lone chance in the field, at third base, in a win at Detroit ... scored a run in her first collegiate appearance, at Tennessee State ... also scored runs in her final two games of the year.
CANDACE FENTON: Sophomore from Ortonville, Mich. ... saw action in 14 games, making 10 starts ... started five games at first base and five as the dp ... hit .242 ... had a double among her eight hits ... scored six runs and had two RBI ... had 17 putouts, a BGSU season high, vs. Colorado State ... hit a team-high .462 (6-for-13) in road contests ... had two-hit games in her first and last appearances of the season, at Tennessee State and at Detroit ... scored two runs vs. both TSU and CSU ... drove in runs vs. TSU and UT-Martin.
STEPHANIE FINKEL: Freshman from Columbus, Ohio ... sat out the 2002 season as a redshirt.
HOLLY FRANTZ: Senior from Grand Rapids, Ohio ... an All-MAC Second-Team selection ... also named to the Verizon Academic All-District Second Team ... one of just 13 female student-athletes in the nation to be awarded an NCAA Women's Enhancement Program Postgraduate Scholarship ... was a finalist for BGSU's Female Senior Scholar-Athlete of the Year award ... hit .285 on the season, with a .387 slugging pct. ... her 39 hits included eight doubles and a pair of homers, at Miami and Ohio ... had at least one hit in 12 of the season's final 14 games ... had a .987 fielding pct., with just three errors in 238 total chances ... finished third on the team with 23 RBI, and scored 21 runs ... led BG with four sac flies ... after totalling eight runs and eight RBI in the first 34 games of the year, had 13 runs and 15 RBI in the last 14 contests ... the lone Falcon to start all 48 games ... 45 starts came behind the plate, with three as the dp ... primarily hit sixth in the order ... threw out 20 of the 55 runners who tried to steal against her ... set the school record for career fielding pct. (.989), with just seven errors in over 600 chances ... had 14 RBI in MAC games, tying for the team lead ... had three RBI at Detroit, one of six multi-RBI games.
ANDREA GENTER: Senior from Archbold, Ohio ... was named BGSU's Female Senior Scholar-Athlete of the Year ... saw action in 16 games, making 11 starts ... was 4-2 with a 3.27 ERA ... had three complete games, and had 54 strikeouts in 66 1/3 innings ... led BG in strikeouts per seven innings (5.7) ... combined with Jessie Milosek on a no-hitter in the season opener at Tennessee State ... allowed opponents to hit just .227 against her in MAC play ... was 2-0 in conference action, with wins over Ball State and Toledo ... threw a complete game in the 10-inning win at UT, striking out a season-high eight batters ... other victories came vs. Oakland and TSU.
McKENNA HOULE: Junior from Grass Lake, Mich. ... went 7-11 on the year, with a 3.25 ERA ... won her last three decisions ... her 21 appearances included 11 starts ... had eight complete games, and pitched a team-high 103 1/3 innings ... got MAC wins vs. Marshall, Buffalo and Ohio ... threw five innings of four-hit shutout ball at Kent State ... went 2-0 with an ERA of just 0.62 in the season's final week ... pitched 5-2/3 innings in each of back-to-back relief efforts that week, at Detroit and Ohio ... allowed just one earned run and opponents hit hit only .167 against her in 11-1/3 innings over those two games.
JODY JOHNSON: Sophomore from LaGrange, Ohio ... played in 34 games as a position player, making 32 starts, all at third base ... also made 12 appearances, including five starts, as a pitcher ... hit .228 on the year, with 10 runs scored and 12 RBI ... had three doubles among her 21 hits ... in the circle, was 2-2 with a 4.56 ERA ... had three runs, tying a BGSU season best, in a win over Tennessee Martin ... went 3-for-3 with a pair of RBI in that game ... pitching wins came on the road vs. Toledo and Detroit ... was 2-0 with a 1.58 ERA in her final five appearances in the circle.
JENIFER KERNAHAN: Sophomore from Perrysburg, Ohio ... hit .298 on the year, good for fifth on the team ... played in 37 games, making 33 starts ... had starts at five different positions, including leftfield (17), third base (nine), catcher (three), centerfield (two) and the dp spot (two) ... had a .452 slugging pct., with eight doubles, a triple and two homers ... round-trippers came vs. Notre Dame and Detroit ... scored 14 runs and had 15 RBI ... had a career-best 13-game hitting streak, tying for the team's best in 2002 ... hit .460 (23-of-50) with nine runs scored and 11 RBI in the last 16 games of the year ... her 13-game hit streak was snapped in a pinch-hit appearance at UDM ... led BGSU with a .396 batting avg. in MAC games ... also led the team in slugging pct. (.547) while ranking second in on-base pct. (.418) in conference action ... prior to the final 16 games, was hitting .175 with a total of eight hits in 21 games ... raised her season average by 123 points to .298 during those final 16 contests ... ended the season with at least one hit in each of her final 13 MAC games ... had three-hit games vs. Miami and Toledo ... was 2-for-2 with a homer, two runs scored and two RBI at UDM.
LAUREN LENNOX: Freshman from Toledo, Ohio ... saw action in five games, making a pair of starts as the dp ... hit .222, with a pair of hits in nine at-bats ... went 2-for-3 in a win over Bucknell.
KANDICE MACHAIN: Junior from Tucson, Ariz. ... led the Falcons with a .337 batting average ... also paced the team in hits (57), hits per game (1.24), at-bats (169), triples (four), homers (three), slugging pct. (.491) and total bases (83) ... was second on the team in on-base pct. (.374), runs (24) and RBI (24) ... had one of the most prolific days in school history, with three homers in a doubleheader at Kent State ... tied the BGSU record with two homers in the same game vs. the Golden Flashes ... had gone homerless in her first 237 collegiate at-bats prior to that day, then had the three round-trippers in a seven at-bat span ... was named the MAC Player of the Week (April 1) for that performance ... had a career-best 13-game hitting streak, tying for the team's best in 2002 ... hit an even .400 (22-of-55) in those 13 games, and hit .483 (14-of-29) with eight runs and six RBI in the final seven contests of the year ... led the Falcons with 17 multi-hit games ... made 46 starts, all in centerfield, and was the leadoff hitter in 45 of those games ... had four hits, tying the BGSU season best, vs. Colorado State ... scored three runs vs. Buffalo, also tying a school season high, and went 3-for-4 in that game ... also had three-hit games vs. Toledo and Detroit ... hit a team-high .448 on the spring trip to Florida, with 13 hits in 29 at-bats ... had multi-hit games in five of the eight games in which she saw action that week.
JESSIE MILOSEK: Senior from Brighton, Mich. ... named to the Verizon Academic All-District First Team ... had an 8-7 record and a 2.50 ERA ... led the team in wins, ERA, games started (15), complete games (11) and strikeouts (56) ... combined with Andrea Genter on a no-hitter in the season opener at Tennessee State ... suffered a loss in what may have been her best performance of the year, at Miami ... allowed only two hits and no walks in a 1-0 setback ... got MAC wins over Toledo, Miami, Akron and Marshall ... allowed only one run and six hits or less in each of three consecutive games in mid-April ... threw a six-hitter in the win over the Redhawks ... allowed just five hits in the win at UT, striking out a season-high eight batters.
SAM MOORE: Freshman from Greenville, Ohio ... hit .269 in her initial season, with a .404 slugging pct. ... her 43 games played included 38 starts ... a total of 35 starts came at second base, with two starts at shortstop and one as the dp ... had 10 extra-base hits among her 28 safeties ... had seven doubles and a pair of triples ... homered at Detroit as part of a 2-for-3 game ... ended the year with a five-game hitting streak, going 6-for-13 (.462) with seven runs scored during that time ... had a season-best eight-game streak in the first half of April ... was named the MAC Player of the Week on March 25, after hitting .667 in BGSU's three-game sweep of Marshall ... reached base seven times in nine plate appearances in that three-game series, and had a slugging pct. of 1.167 ... went 3-for-3 with two runs and two RBI in the final Marshall game, and had a double and a triple in that game ... also had multi-hit games vs. Cleveland State and Miami, going 2-for-3 in each game ... scored two runs on five occasions.
MARLA MURPHY: Redshirt freshman from Marion, Ohio ... an All-MAC Second-Team selection ... played in 37 games, starting 27 ... made 14 starts as the dp and 13 at second base ... hit .321 on the year, good for third on the team ... scored 17 runs and had five RBI ... hit .340 in MAC games, second-best on the Falcons ... went 3-for-3 in a win over Akron ... also had a three-hit game at Toledo, one of seven multi-hit games on the season ... scored two runs on two occasions, vs. Marshall and Ohio ... in 10 pinch-running appearances on the year, scored six runs.
NATALIE PHILLIPS: Senior from Tiffin, Ohio ... played in 43 games, starting each one at first base ... primarily hit second in the lineup ... hit .295 on the year ... tied for the team lead in doubles, with 16 ... that total was just one off the school record ... scored 25 runs to lead the team ... also led the Falcons with nine sac bunts ... had 14 RBI and a .985 fielding pct. ... her career fielding pct. of .986 is the second-best in BG history, behind only teammate Holly Frantz ... hit .310 in MAC play, leading the team with 16 runs and 11 doubles in league games ... she was third with 27 hits in MAC action ... went 3-for-5 with two doubles and two runs in a win at Ball State ... had three hits at Detroit as well, and had eight two-hit contests ... had two runs in a game six times, including five in an 11-game span... had at least one hit in 15 of the last 16 games of the year, scoring 16 runs during that time.
RENEE ROSEMEIER: Senior from Hilliard, Ohio ... an All-MAC Second-Team selection ... played in 47 games, starting all of them ... had 45 starts in rightfield and two as the dp ... primarily the cleanup hitter in the order ... hit .321, good for second on the team ... led the team with 28 RBI ... had 14 doubles, third on the squad and the fifth-highest total in school history ... homered at Detroit ... had a .428 slugging pct. and scored 13 runs ... batted a team-high .373 with runners on base ... also led the team with a .367 avg. with two outs ... paced BG with seven multiple-RBI games ... went 4-for-4 with three doubles in a "Senior Day" win over Buffalo ... scored two runs and had three RBI in that game ... had four RBI in a victory at Toledo ... was 3-for-5 with two runs and three RBI at Detroit ... hit a team-high .426 in home games ... had 11 hits and a .458 average (11-of-24) in her final six games, with seven doubles and 10 RBI ... hit .411 over the final month of the season ... had at least one hit in 19 of the final 21 games, including a career-best 12-game hitting streak ... hit .337 in MAC games, and tied for the team lead with 28 hits and 14 RBI in conference action.
REBEKAH TIPTON: Senior from Willard, Ohio ... appeared in eight games, tying a career high ... made a career-most six starts ... was 1-3 with a 6.56 ERA ... had a team-low 2.86 ERA in road games ... picked up a win at Tennessee State, allowing only two hits and one unearned run in four innings ... had a season-high five strikeouts in that win.
VAL TIPTON: Sophomore from Willard, Ohio ... played in 14 games, starting eight ... three starts came in rightfield, and five at dp ... hit .148, with a double, a run scored and one RBI ... despite her limited playing time, tied for third on the team with three sac bunts ... her four hits on the year included two in the same inning, in a win at Detroit ... her second hit of that inning, a double, also produced her first career RBI ... other hits came vs. Monmouth and at Michigan.
LIZ TUZA: Redshirt sophomore from Toledo, Ohio ... played in 25 games, starting seven ... all seven starts came at third base ... hit .200 on the season ... scored 11 runs on the year ... made 17 pinch-running appearances, scoring eight times ... had a 2-for-3 day vs. Rider, with a walk, two runs and her lone RBI of the year ... also had hits vs. Tennessee State and Tennessee Tech.
LIBBY VOSHELL: Junior from Brighton, Mich. ... played in, and started, 46 games ... played shortstop in every game, and primarily hit third in the batting order ... hit .319, good for fourth on the team ... tied for the team lead with 16 doubles, just one away from the school record ... also led BG in on-base pct. (404), walks (19) and times hit by pitch (two) ... had a pair of homers ... scored 22 runs and had 22 RBI to rank fourth in each category ... hit a team-best .340 with runners in scoring position ... hit .324 in MAC play ... was named the MAC Player of the Week on March 18 after posting four consecutive multi-hit games on the team's spring trip ... had three hits vs. both Tennessee Tech (3-for-3), Yale and Marshall ... had three RBI in that MU game, as well as against Colorado State ... had two doubles in a game on three occasions ... went 1-for-1 with three walks and two runs vs. Central Michigan ... had at least one hit in 10 of her last 11 games of the year ... with a runner at third base and less than two outs, picked up an RBI in six-of-11 chances (.545).
CRYSTAL WILSON: Junior from Toledo, Ohio ... played in 45 games, starting each of them ... 31 of those starts came in leftfield, with the rest as the dp ... primarily hit fifth in the lineup ... hit .253 with 20 RBI ... had seven doubles and a pair of triples on the spring ... led the team with 15 two-out RBI ... the two triples came in a win at Tennessee State ... that was one of 10 two-hit games on the season ... had three RBI in one of those games, at Ball State.
