Trojans have big goals for new softball season

BY DENNY SROKA Sports correspondent sports@lewistownsentinel.com

The Mount Union softball team comes into the 2023 campaign in a position that only happens once and awhile. The Trojans have 11 letterwinners returning after losing just one player to graduation last spring from the starting lineup.

Six of the girls are multiyear letterwinners in softball. The other four players on the roster had considerable playing time last year and the two freshmen have shown promise in the early going this preseason.

The Trojans 15-player roster is balanced with five seniors, four juniors, four sophomores and a pair of freshmen.

Renae Suchan is starting her second year at the helm of the Trojans and has a different look at the upcoming season than she had last season.

“Last season being the first year as head coach there were a lot of questions coming into the preseason,” stated Suchan.

“This season it is different coming in with the roster as it is and the year behind as the coach, the feeling of knowing the players and what their capabilities are was much more of a comforting feeling rath- er than not knowing for sure where everyone was at. Having the same roster and the lineup mostly staying the same allows you to get focused early.” Assisting Suchan again this season is Dennis Drake and Jim Hobbs. At the junior high level Jason Chilcote along with Brooke Boone and Jake Coffman will guide that program.

Last spring the Trojans had a 11-9 regular season record competing in the Inter County Conference North Division and they will compete in that division again this season. They made the District

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