Softball Weekly Release #7

April 2, 2007

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Player of the Week

Kat Krause, Loyola
Junior * 3B * Arlington Heights, Ill.
Krause hit .471 (8-for-17) with four doubles, four runs, a pair of homers and seven RBI as the Ramblers went 3-1 for the week and swept Detroit to open Horizon League play. In the process, the slugging infielder extended her hitting streak to six games and upped her Loyola career home run record total to 19. Krause went 1-for-4 with a two-run homer in a heartbreaking 7-6 loss at Wisconsin on March 27, then went 5-for-8 with four doubles and a pair of RBI in a doubleheader sweep of Detroit on March 31. She was 2-for-5 with three RBI and a homer in a 14-5 rout of the Titans on April 1.

Pitcher of the Week

Jamie Wonderly, Butler
Senior * RHP * Helena, Ohio
Wonderly picked up three wins in four starts for the Bulldogs last week. She earned a 4-2 decision at Bradley and then picked up a second win in Butler's 11-0 victory over Notre Dame College. The senior righthander wrapped up the week by pitching the Bulldogs to a 5-1 victory at Wright State in the Horizon League opener for both teams. She allowed the Raiders just one run on four hits through six innings to earn her sixth victory of the season. Earlier in the week, the Butler senior held Bradley to two runs on six hits through seven innings in a 4-2 victory, and she blanked Notre Dame on three hits through five innings.

Other Top Performances From the Week Ending April 1

Alex Boros, Butler
Sophomore * OF * Elyria, Ohio
Boros batted .423 in nine games while leading the Bulldogs to six victories last week. She hit .455 with five hits, including a home run, in Butler's three-game Horizon League series at Wright State. The Butler leftfielder had three hits and an RBI in Butler's 5-1 victory over the Raiders in the series' opener. She hit safely in seven of Butler's nine games during the week, including the last four in a row. She finished the week with 11 hits, including two home runs, and seven RBI's.

Haley Keller, Cleveland State
Sophomore * C * Fayette, Ohio
Keller hit .357 (5-for-14) with a home run, four RBI and two runs scored in five games. Over the weekend against UW-Green Bay, she went 4-for-9 (.444) to lead the Vikings to a pair of victories. In Sunday's finale, she tied the game with her first career home run in the fourth inning. Keller then drove in what would prove to be the winning run with a single in the bottom of the sixth.

Amanda Macenko, Cleveland State
Freshman * RHP * Brunswick, Ohio
Macenko went 3-1 with three complete games in four appearances last week, surrendering eight earned runs in 26.0 innings for a 2.15 ERA. She struck out 14 and walked just one en route to improving to 14-3 on the year. Over the weekend against UW-Green Bay, she threw 19 of CSU's 21 innings, going 2-1 with a 2.21 ERA, 13 strikeouts and no walks.

Liz Jacoby, UIC
Senior * C/OF * Beacher, Ill.
Jacoby posted a team-high .533 batting average last week in five games. Jacoby was 8-for-15 with four runs, three doubles and four RBI. The senior notched her 14th career home run in a 13-9 victory over Youngstown State on April 1.

Krista Crosson, Loyola
Sophomore * RHP * Lake Stevens, Wash
.Crosson went 1-0 last week in a pair of starts for Loyola. The right-hander tossed a two-hit shutout and struck out four in an 8-0 victory at Detroit March 31. She did not get a decision in the Ramblers 14-5 victory over the Titans the next day, and also tossed one-third of an inning of relief in the Ramblers' 7-6 loss at Wisconsin on March 27.

Melani Niederer, UW-Green Bay
Freshman * OF * New Munster, Wis.
Niederer started all three games for the Phoenix last week, leading the team with a .500 batting average (4-8), two doubles and two RBI. She hit safely in all three games in the series with Cleveland State, including posting two hits with a two-run double in Sunday's contest against the Vikings.

Kristen Bradshaw, Wright State
Freshman * SS * Portsmouth, Ohi
oBradshaw hit safely in all five games last week. She went two-for-three with a solo home run and two runs scored in the opener with IPFW and then scored two more runs in the nightcap. Bradshaw notched two more hits in the series opener versus Butler, then had another double in second game with the Bulldogs. She hit a two-run double to tie the series finale with Butler, drove in three runs overall and scored the winning run on a wild pitch as WSU won 4-3.

Jamie Perkins, Wright State
Freshman * RHP * Convoy, Ohio
Perkins threw a one-hitter and faced the minimum 15 batters in WSU's 11-0, five-inning win over IPFW with three strikeouts. She struck out four over seven innings in the first game of the Butler series and earned the win over the Bulldogs in the series finale as she allowed two earned runs in the complete-game effort, striking out four.

Autumn Grove, Youngstown State
Freshman * INF * Massillion, Ohio
Grove batted .438 last week for the Penguins going 7-for-16. Grove collected two hits in each of the last three games against UIC. The Massillon, Ohio, native went 2-for-4 with a double and two runs batted in during YSU's 6-0 win over UIC on Saturday. She also drilled a home run in both losses to the Flames.

Horizon League News & Notes

Butler Bulldogs
- Junior Jenny Jacobs has already hit five home runs this season, matching her team-leading total of a year ago. She set a Butler single season record with nine home runs as a freshman, and she has 19 home runs for her career.

- Sophomore Lindsay Schluge hit safely in all nine Butler games last week and ran her current hitting streak to 10 games in a row.

- Senior Jamie Wonderly has won six straight decisions, since beginning the 2007 season with three straight losses.

Cleveland State Vikings
- At 17-5, Cleveland State has matched the 1995 squad for the best record in the program's history after 22 games.

- Eight regulars in the CSU line-up are batting .294 or better as the Vikings are hitting .340 as a team. A trio of sophomores are pacing the offense, with Amanda Houchin leading the way at .388, followed closely by Christa Coppus (.386) and Haley Keller (.382).

- Freshman Amanda Macenko is already seventh on the CSU single season list with 14 victories, despite the fact that the Vikings haven't even reached the halfway point of the season yet. Amy Kyler set the school record with 24 wins in 1997.

Detroit Titans
- Junior Kaleigh Rafter moved into second place in the all-time record book for home runs this week with her first-inning blast against Central Michigan. Rafter, who has 17 career homers needs just one more to tie for the all-time record at Detroit. What makes this feat more impressive is that as a freshman in 2005 Rafter did hit a single long ball and has put up her 17 in just one and 1/4 seasons.

- Freshman Jill Perry has been a pleasant surprise thus far in 2007. The first left-handed pitcher in head coach Bob Wilkerson's 11-year tenure at Detroit, Perry is leading the team in strike out to walk ratio. Perry's ratio is nearly 5-to-1 (24 k's to just five free passes). The newcomer also leads the team with a 4.42 ERA.

- Senior pitcher Adrienne Baran who had a career batting average below the Mendoza line coming into this season has come alive at the plate thus far in 2007. Baran is second on the squad with a .452 average, 15 RBIs and four homers. Baran clubbed her fourth homer of the season in Sunday's series finale against Loyola. Baran has also made her mark in the circle with 38 strike outs, just two away from her career high of 40 set last season.

UIC Flames
- The Flames opened Horizon League play last weekend in a three-game series versus Youngstown State at home. UIC defeated the Penguins, 2-1, in the series.

- Freshman Brooke Frydendall tabbed a three-run homer versus the Penguins in game three, marking her third UIC career home run. Frydendall posted a .400 batting average with two runs and three RBI in five games. Sophomore Sarah Clynes picked up her second career home run in game three of the YSU series. Clynes was 4-for-11 (.364) with four runs, one double, one triple and four RBI.

- Freshman Chelsea Fuemmeler picked up her second UIC win in the circle versus YSU on April 1. Fuemmeler totaled ten strikeouts in two appearances and 7.2 innings pitched.

Loyola Ramblers
- Loyola's 14-run outburst at Detroit Sunday was its best since a 15-5 victory over Valparaiso on March 14, 2003.

- At 3-0, the Ramblers are off to their best start in Horizon League play since winning their first 10 League tilts to open up the 2002 campaign.

- Loyola's offense came to life at Detroit over the weekend as the team batted a collective .363 and had a staggering .416 on-base percentage.

- Junior Kat Krause has hit safely in each of the last six games and is batting a whopping .545 (12-for-22) with seven runs, 12 RBI, four doubles and four home runs.

- Senior OF Tara Miller needs 10 more stolen bases to match Ellen Antonacci's career record of 77, while fellow senior Raven Gengler is four RBI shy of tying former teammate Allison Scanlin's all-time school mark of 86 RBI.

UW-Green Bay Phoenix
- After playing its first 19 games of the season on the road, UW-Green Bay opens a stretch during which it will play 15 of its next 18 games at home this Saturday when it opens a three-game series against UIC.

- The Phoenix is 7-0 when scoring four or more runs in a game this season and 2-10 when scoring three runs or less.

- Freshman Katie Cooney has hit safely in each of the last seven games and leads the Phoenix with a .364 batting average and 12 RBI this season.

Wright State Raiders
- The Raiders avoided a sweep by Butler over the weekend by scoring three runs with two outs in the bottom of the seventh in the series finale. Kristen Bradshaw tied the game with a two-run double and later scored following back-to-back wild pitches. The freshman shortstop has been on a tear the past two weeks, having driven in 15 and scored 11 runs over the last 12 games.

- Earlier in the week, the Raiders outscored IPFW 21-2 in sweeping a doubleheader from the Mastodons. Jamie Perkins threw a five-inning one-hitter in the opener as she faced the minimum 15 batters with three strikeouts. Ten different Wright State players drove in at least one run on the day, led by pinch-hitter Ashley Davis' three-run triple and Michelle Logan's three RBI, and 12 different Raiders scored at least one run.

- It's a busy week for Wright State as the Raiders host both IUPUI and Eastern Kentucky in midweek twinbills followed by a trip to the Windy City to take on Loyola in a three-game set over the weekend.

Youngstown State Penguins
- Senior Karlie Burnell, who has 33 career victories, needs three more wins to move into a tie for third place on the YSU all-time wins list.

- Junior McKenzie Bedra moved into a tie for second place on the YSU all-time home run list with 17 and needs just one more to tie the all-time record.

- Sophomore Kristen McDonnell moved into sole possession of fourth place on the home run list with 13. She also hit just the eighth grand slam in school history against UIC on Sunday.

- YSU's 17 hits against UIC on Sunday tied a school record for most hits in a single game. the last time the Penguins accomplished that feat was against Penn on March 10, 2004.

Valparaiso Crusaders (join HL July 1, 2007)
- The Crusaders earned the 400th win in program history with a 7-6 victory in game one on Saturday.

- Mallory Gill hit her third career home run and first career grand slam to give Valpo the lead for good in win.

- Valpo trailed 5-1 in Friday's game before scoring four in the bottom of the sixth to tie the game at five and send it into extra innings before eventually falling.