2014 NJCAA DIII Softball Season Preview by Mark Krug

NJCAA

DIII SOFTBALL

2014 SEASON PREVIEW

TABLE OF CONTENTS

2014 DIII SOFTBALL DISTRICT ALIGNMENT

2014 DIII SOFTBALL SEASON PREVIEW Top 10 Poll Procedures...................................... 3 2014 DIII National Championship.................. 4 Preseason Top 10 Rankings.............................. 5 District Predictions............................................ 6 Top Returning Position Players.................. 8-10 Top Returning Pitchers.............................. 12-13 DIII Softball Programs............................... 16-17

2013 DIII SOFTBALL SEASON RECAP District Championship Results................Online National Championship Results..............Online All-Americans............................................Online Statistical Champions...............................Online

NJCAA SOFTBALL HISTORY Record Book...............................................Online 2013 Hall of Fame Inductees....................Online

DISTRICT

REGION(S)

Districts A & B............................ 3 District C........................ 13 South District D........................13 North District E.................................... 15 District F.................................... 19 District G............................... 4, 12

MEDIA GUIDE PRODUCER

District H............................. 20, 21

MEDIA GUIDE EDITOR

Thank you to all the college administrators and coaches that provided information for this publication.

MICHAEL TEAGUE Assistant Director of Media Relations

MARK KRUG Assistant Executive Director; Media Relations

2014 NJCAA DIII SOFTBALL SEASON PREVIEW

TOP 10 POLL PROC E DU R ES Individual colleges or region representatives will submit the online NJCAA Poll Nomination Form the Monday before each poll by 2 p.m. (ET). All team and individual stats must be entered into the PrestoSports NJCAA Stat System in order for a team to be eligible for ranking. The NJCAA National Office will compile the poll nomination information into one report that will be delivered to poll voters Monday afternoon. The voters will then rank their Top 10 via conference call on Tuesday which will be released by the National Office Wednesday.

POLL RELEASE DATES April 2 April 9 April 16

April 23 April 30

DIVISION III SOFTBALL POLL VOTERS Gary Broadhurst Mohawk Valley (N.Y.)

Donna Genova Bronx (N.Y.)

Jean Musgjerd

Rochester (Minn.)

2014 NJCAA DIII SOFTBALL SEASON PREVIEW

2014 NJCAA DIII SOFTBALL NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP May 15-17 ◆ McQuillan Softball Complex ◆ Rochester, Minnesota TOURNAMENT SCHEDULE Thursday, May 16 GAME 1

#1 Seed

vs.

#8 Seed

10:00 a.m.

GAME 2

#4 Seed

vs.

#5 Seed

10:00 a.m.

GAME 3

#2 Seed

vs.

#7 Seed

12:00 p.m.

GAME 4

#3 Seed

vs.

#6 Seed

12:00 p.m.

GAME 5

Game 1 Winner

vs.

Game 2 Winner

2:00 p.m.

GAME 6

Game 1 Loser

vs.

Game 2 Loser

2:00 p.m.

GAME 7

Game 3 Winner

vs.

Game 4 Winner

4:00 p.m.

GAME 8

Game 3 Loser

vs.

Game 4 Loser

7:00 p.m.

Friday, May 17 GAME 9

Game 5 Winner

vs.

Game 8 Loser

10:00 a.m.

GAME 10

Game 7 Winner

vs.

Game 6 Loser

10:00 a.m.

GAME 11

Game 5 Loser

vs.

Game 7 Loser

12:00 p.m.

GAME 12

Game 9 Loser

vs.

Game 10 Loser

12:00 p.m.

GAME 13

Game 9 Winner

vs.

Game 10 Winner

2:00 p.m.

GAME 14

Game 6 Winner

vs.

Game 8 Winner

4:00 p.m.

Saturday, May 18 GAME 15

Game 13 Winner

vs.

Game 14 Loser

4:00 p.m.

NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP ROUND Saturday, May 18 GAME 16

Game 14 Winner

vs.

Game 15 Winner

3:30 p.m.

*GAME 17

Game 16 Winner

vs.

Game 16 Loser

7:30 p.m.

*If Necessary (Game 16 Loser has only one loss)

2014 NJCAA DIII SOFTBALL SEASON PREVIEW

2014 DI I I PR ESEASON TOP 10

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

HERKIMER COUNTY GENERALS

(N.Y.)

7 RETURNING STARTERS (13 TOTAL)

BROOKDALE JERSEY BLUES

2013 RECORD: 43-2

(N.J.)

5 RETURNING STARTERS (5 TOTAL)

DUTCHESS

2013 RECORD: 59-5

(N.Y.)

FALCONS

5 RETURNING STARTERS (5 TOTAL)

ROCK VALLEY GOLDEN EAGLES

2013 RECORD: 19-4

OTHER TEAMS TO WATCH

(ILL.)

4 RETURNING STARTERS (6 TOTAL)

2013 RECORD: 32-13

Itasca (Minn.)

Return: 5 (5)

GLOUCESTER COUNTY ROADRUNNERS

4 RETURNING STARTERS (5 TOTAL)

MESABI RANGE NORSE

(N.J.)

Middlesex County (N.J.) Return: 3 (3)

2013 RECORD: 44-13

(MINN.)

2013: 26-7

Corning (N.Y.)

Return: 2 (3)

7 RETURNING STARTERS (9 TOTAL)

2013: 29-14

2013: 16-14

Ridgewater (Minn.)

2013 RECORD: 17-8

Return: 3 (3)

2013: 20-11

Northampton (Pa.)

Return: 4 (5)

DUPAGE

(ILL.) CHAPARRALS

5 RETURNING STARTERS (8 TOTAL)

ST. CLOUD CYCLONES

MONROE CC

2013 RECORD: 27-11

(N.Y.)

4 RETURNING STARTERS (6 TOTAL)

RAINY RIVER VOYAGEURS

2013 RECORD: 25-15

(MINN.)

4 RETURNING STARTERS (4 TOTAL)

TRIBUNES

2013: 22-14

2013 RECORD: 26-17

(MINN.)

5 RETURNING STARTERS (8 TOTAL)

2013 RECORD: 20-9

2014 NJCAA DIII SOFTBALL SEASON PREVIEW

2014 DISTR ICT PR E DICTIONS Projections based off poll provided to all district members

DISTRICTS A & B College

DISTRICT C

2013 Record

Ret. Start (Total)

College

2013 Record

Ret. Start (Total)

1. Herkimer County

43-2

7 (13)

1. St. Cloud

27-11

4 (4)

2. Monroe CC

26-17

4 (6)

2. Ridgewater

20-11

3 (3)

3. Corning

16-14

2 (3)

3. Rochester

2-12

4 (4)

4. SUNY-Broome

25-7

5 (5)

4. Anoka-Ramsey

11-17

5 (5)

Region 3

Region 13 South

DISTRICT D

DISTRICT E

College

2013 Record

Ret. Start (Total)

College

2013 Record

Ret. Start (Total)

1. Mesabi Range

17-8

7 (9)

1. Dutchess

19-4

5 (5)

2. Rainy River

20-9

5 (8)

2. Suffolk County

10-14

4 (6)

3. Itasca

29-14

5 (5)

3. Westchester

7-16

4 (6)

4. Hibbing

14-12

2 (2)

4. Queensborough

1-12

2 (2)

Region 13 North

Region 15

DISTRICT F

DISTRICT G

College

2013 Record

Ret. Start (Total)

1. Brookdale

59-5

5 (5)

2. Gloucester County

44-13

3. Middlesex County 4. Northampton

2013 Record

Ret. Start (Total)

1. Rock Valley

32-13

4 (6)

4 (5)

2. DuPage

25-15

5 (8)

26-7

3 (3)

3. Madison

15-20

4 (4)

22-14

4 (5)

4. Joliet

11-23

1 (1)

Region 19

College

Regions 4, 12

DISTRICT H College

2013 Record

Ret. Start (Total)

1. Anne Arundel

19-26

3 (4)

2. Montgomery

18-14

4 (4)

3. Westmoreland County

14-16

3 (4)

4. Prince George's

9-30

6 (6)

Regions 20, 21

2014 NJCAA DIII SOFTBALL SEASON PREVIEW

2014 DIII SOFTBALL TOP RETURNING PLAYERS

*All information and statistics provided by member colleges.

TOP RETURNING POSITION PLAYERS DISTRICTS A & B (REGION 3) COLLEGE

PLAYER

POS.

B/T

AVG.

RBI

SB-SA

Columbia-Greene Columbia-Greene Columbia-Greene Corning Finger Lakes Finger Lakes Finger Lakes Finger Lakes Herkimer County Herkimer County Herkimer County Herkimer County Herkimer County Hudson Valley Hudson Valley Monroe CC Monroe CC North Country North Country Onondaga Onondaga Onondaga SUNY-Delhi SUNY-Delhi

Patrica Cameron Krysta Konderwich Hannah Simmons Emily McCracken Katie Plummer Kelly Kier Courtney Edger Rachel Sammy Smaldone Alyssa Balfe Ashley Sterritt Tina Karaqi Delaney Buckley Emily Johnson Katie Traver Alexis Haley Tabby McBride Emily Lapage Taylor Fana Holly Clark Kayla Kibbling Emily Brissenden Ally Forkey Kayla Edge-Santos

C 3B OF OF 1B 2B SS UTL C 1B 3B SS DP 2B 3B P UTL 1B OF 2B SS OF P OF

R/R R/R S/R S/R R/R R/R R/R R/R R/R R/R R/R R/R R/R R/R R/R R/R R/R R/R S/R L/R R/R R/R R/R R/R

.420 .395 .425 .308 .354 .349 .284 .376 .500 .390 .525 .489 .492 .500 .446 .346 .402 .353 .483 .311 .322 .305 .351 .333

5 10 8 7 4 7 0 8 16 11 13 13 12 6 2 15 14 7 3 1 8 9 6 6

2 0 1 1 0 0 0 3 0 3 1 2 2 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 1 0 1

0 2 0 3 0 0 0 2 12 1 5 5 7 0 0 1 5 0 2 0 1 1 1 2

21 21 23 18 17 12 8 17 53 43 59 46 61 21 8 33 43 19 8 4 12 19 15 17

7 10 12 9 10 7 12 12 6 6 5 3 1 8 6 6 22 4 4 8 6 8 6 2

10-0 4-4 3-0 2-2 1-1 2-0 7-3 9-1 6-6 1-1 5-6 0-0 1-1 9-9 1-1 0-0 0-0 3-3 3-3 9-10 5-7 6-8 1-1 0-0

DISTRICT C (REGION 13 SOUTH) COLLEGE

PLAYER

Anoka-Ramsey Anoka-Ramsey Minnesota West Minnesota West Minnesota West Ridgewater Ridgewater Riverland Riverland

Samantha Hanus Nicole Schaub Christine Kazemba Macey Edward Jenny Majerus Brielle Hauge Jessica Kalenber Amy Reinhardt Cortney Perrin

POS.

B/T

AVG.

RBI

SB-SA

P OF P 1B OF C 2B 2B SS

R/R R/R S/R R/R R/R R/R S/R R/R R/R

.314 .329 .456 .307 .306 .415 .359 .449 .385

7 3 10 5 1 9 3 6 2

0 1 4 0 2 4 4 0 1

0 2 0 1 0 1 0 1 0

12 13 23 18 12 16 15 7 5

9 4 13 7 9 0 0 2 9

0-0 1-1 7-9 1-1 3-3 0-0 0-0 2-2 5-5

2014 NJCAA DIII SOFTBALL SEASON PREVIEW

TOP RETURNING POSITION PLAYERS Continued

DISTRICT C (REGION 13 SOUTH)

COLLEGE

PLAYER

POS.

B/T

AVG.

RBI

SB-SA

St. Cloud St. Cloud St. Cloud St. Cloud

Sabrina Zimmel Stephanie Skwira Donielle Kurvers Jessica Davison

P 1B OF UTL

R/R R/R R/R R/R

.434 .412 .386 .435

18 13 8 9

0 1 4 1

5 6 2 0

37 26 27 19

10 12 14 15

4-5 2-2 24-24 0-0

DISTRICT D (REGION 13 NORTH) COLLEGE

PLAYER

Mesabi Range Mesabi Range Mesabi Range North Dakota SCS North Dakota SCS North Dakota SCS Rainy River Rainy River Rainy River

Kendra Dahlman Vicky Fossland Kristen Predovich Emily Pender Brenna Stein Amber Bilben Oashaja Dobie Andrea Barylski Rachel Clark

POS.

B/T

AVG.

RBI

SB-SA

P C OF P 3B OF P 2B OF

R/R R/R R/R R/R R/R R/R R/R R/R R/R

.343 .507 .507 .300 .381 .368 .525 .420 .432

9 5 5 2 4 2 13 5 4

1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0

2 11 3 0 0 0 5 3 1

21 39 23 4 4 8 38 16 20

4 12 8 1 2 1 13 7 2

4-0 1-2 3-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 14-14 8-8 7-7

DISTRICT E (REGION 15) COLLEGE

PLAYER

Suffolk County Westchester

Brianna Heller Jade Fumarelli

POS.

B/T

AVG.

RBI

SB-SA

OF OF

R/R L/L

.337 .368

4 5

1 3

0 2

15 14

0 9

0-0 4-0

DISTRICT F (REGION 19) COLLEGE

PLAYER

Brookdale Brookdale Brookdale Brookdale Brookdale Cumberland County Gloucester County Gloucester County Gloucester County Middlesex County Middlesex County Northampton Ocean County

Krystal Pearson Stephanie Grainger Keara Homan Bobbie Boehler Cassidy Brzozowski Allison Riegel Melissa Mackey Searra Priolo Taylor Rizzotte Elizabeth Gratta Cassandra Ottens Shelby Belzecky Charli Topinka

POS.

B/T

AVG.

RBI

SB-SA

P C 2B SS OF 1B P 2B OF P 1B DP OF

R/R R/R R/R R/R R/R R/R R/R R/R L/R R/R L/L R/R R/R

.351 .471 .350 .457 .327 .457 .458 .394 .417 .439 .465 .468 .408

13 9 15 16 6 14 14 10 6 7 16 10 1

0 1 2 4 0 1 7 2 0 0 8 5 3

10 2 0 3 8 0 4 1 0 0 0 2 0

33 25 42 63 47 29 62 40 21 26 48 40 12

11 9 33 22 30 3 11 26 16 8 16 11 8

2-2 1-3 20-21 5-5 9-11 5-7 4-4 20-21 29-31 5-5 0-0 5-6 3-3

2014 NJCAA DIII SOFTBALL SEASON PREVIEW

TOP RETURNING POSITION PLAYERS DISTRICT G (REGIONS 4, 12) COLLEGE

PLAYER

DuPage Harper Joliet Rock Valley Rock Valley Rock Valley

Karen Caithamer Jaz Skor Stephanie Stanton Vivi Marquez Tara Wogomon Michaela Strick

POS.

B/T

AVG.

RBI

SB-SA

SS SS C C OF DP

R/R R/R R/R R/R L/R L/L

.560 .300 .364 .504 .341 .446

9 1 11 17 4 4

2 3 4 1 0 1

3 0 4 10 0 0

27 10 17 70 11 12

15 8 17 23 8 6

14-14 7-9 9-10 8-8 10-11 1-2

DISTRICT H (REGIONS 20, 21) COLLEGE

PLAYER

POS.

B/T

AVG.

RBI

SB-SA

Allegheny County-South Allegheny County-South Montgomery Montgomery Montgomery Montgomery Prince George's Prince George's Prince George's Prince George's Prince George's

Natalie Karpinsky Stephanie Kass Gaby Pascasio Olivia Howell Madelyn Niffenegger Ashley Latter Shannon Peters Danielle Ray Straneika Proctor Tashiana Hill Tashiana Hill

2B UTL C 3B OF OF P 1B SS OF OF

R/R R/R R/R R/R R/R R/R S/R R/R R/R S/R S/R

.375 .317 .413 .439 .421 .225 .330 .367 .297 .302 .302

3 3 7 6 3 2 8 5 7 5 5

3 2 1 1 0 5 0 0 2 2 2

0 1 2 1 0 0 3 2 2 0 0

9 8 28 20 6 8 29 29 20 6 6

3 7 11 9 6 5 5 6 7 6 6

5-5 3-9 1-0 5-0 3-0 1-0 0-0 0-0 12-12 17-17 17-17

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TOP RETURNING PITCHERS DISTRICTS A & B (REGION 3) COLLEGE

PLAYER

POS.

ERA

APP

W-L

Finger Lakes Finger Lakes Herkimer County Hudson Valley Monroe CC Monroe CC SUNY-Delhi

Rachel Mertens Elaina Evinsky Toni Secreti Maggie Miller Taylor Grieger Alexis Haley Ally Forkey

RHP RHP RHP RHP RHP RHP RHP

3.00 4.28 0.98 2.80 2.00 1.93 3.46

21 16 18 17 17 16 17

121.1 85.0 107.0 85.0 63.0 80.0 91.0

115 82 64 96 58 78 108

52 52 15 34 18 22 45

109 66 102 76 58 79 39

20 30 23 24 14 18 14

6-13 8-6 16-1 5-7 11-3 9-5 7-7

DISTRICT C (REGION 13 SOUTH) COLLEGE

PLAYER

POS.

ERA

APP

W-L

Mesabi Range Mesabi Range Rainy River

Kendra Dahlman Kristen Predovich Oashaja Dobie

RHP

5.91 4.11 1.83

18 9 21

81.2 47.2 107.3

116 40 78

69 28 28

71 77 141

63 52 29

10-6 4-2 12-6

RHP

DISTRICT D (REGION 13 NORTH) COLLEGE

PLAYER

POS.

ERA

APP

W-L

Anoka-Ramsey Minnesota West Ridgewater St. Cloud

Samantha Hanus Christine Kazemba Jessica Kalenberg Sabrina Zimmel

RHP RHP RHP RHP

0.47 3.76 4.85 0.27

16 29 10 18

83.0 190.0 62.0 106.0

119 252 77 133

5.6 102 43 4.09

68 85 56 68

44 48 29 48

5-7 17-12 6-4 12-4

DISTRICT E (REGION 15) COLLEGE

PLAYER

POS.

ERA

APP

W-L

Queensborough Queensborough

Marissa Miletta Krista Rios

RHP RHP

8.62 10.96

7 4

31.2 7.2

59 12

39 12

22 4

21 13

1-6 0-3

DISTRICT F (REGION 19) COLLEGE

PLAYER

POS.

ERA

APP

W-L

Brookdale Brookdale Gloucester County Middlesex County Middlesex County

Samantha Hosey Krystal Pearson Melissa Mackey Rebecca Hilliard Elizabeth Gratta

RHP RHP RHP RHP RHP

1.02 2.13 3.31 3.60 2.48

35 19 20 35 23

192.2 79.0 97.1 140.0 124.0

105 79 106 179 114

28 24 46 72 44

268 32 75 76 90

33 20 11 35 55

29-3 7-2 11-1 13-10 16-3

2014 NJCAA DIII SOFTBALL SEASON PREVIEW

TOP RETURNING PITCHERS DISTRICT G (REGION 4, 12) COLLEGE

PLAYER

POS.

ERA

APP

W-L

Rock Valley

Amanda Blankenship

LHP

2.96

113.2

110

15-4

DISTRICT H (REGION 20-21) COLLEGE

PLAYER

POS.

ERA

APP

W-L

Prince George's

Shannon Peters

RHP

6.77

153.0

289

148

9-14

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2014 NJCAA DIVISION III SOFTBALL PROGRAMS

2014 DIII SOFTBALL PROGRAMS DIST.

REG.

COLLEGE

A-B

Cayuga

A-B

Clinton

A-B

LOCATION

DIST.

REG.

COLLEGE

LOCATION

Auburn, N.Y.

Dutchess

Poughkeepsie, N.Y.

Plattsburgh, N.Y.

Nassau

Columbia-Greene

Hudson, N.Y.

Queensborough

Corning

Corning, N.Y.

Suffolk County

A-B

Erie

A-B

Finger Lakes

A-B

Fulton-Montgomery

A-B

Genesee

A-B

Herkimer County

A-B

Hudson Valley

A-B

Jamestown-Cattaraugus

A-B

Jefferson

A-B

Mohawk Valley

A-B

Monroe

A-B

Niagara County

A-B

North Country

A-B

Onondaga

A-B

A-B A-B

Buffalo, N.Y.

Ulster County

Canandaigua, N.Y.

Westchester

Johnstown, N.Y.

Atlantic Cape

Batavia, N.Y.

Bergen

Herkimer, N.Y.

Brookdale

Troy, N.Y.

Camden County

Olean, N.Y.

Cumberland County

Watertown, N.Y.

Gloucester County

Garden City, N.Y. Bayside, N.Y. Selden, N.Y. Stone Ridge, N.Y. Valhalla, N.Y. Mays Landing, N.J. Paramus, N.J. Lincroft, N.J. Blackwood, N.J. Vineland, N.J. Sewell, N.J.

Utica, N.Y.

Lehigh Carbon

Rochester, N.Y.

Luzerne County

Schnecksville, Pa.

Sanborn, N.Y.

Middlesex County

Saranac Lake, N.Y.

Northampton

Bethlehem, Pa.

Syracuse, N.Y.

Ocean County

Toms River, N.J.

SUNY Adirondack

Queensbury, N.Y.

Sussex County

Newton, N.J.

SUNY Broome

Binghamton, N.Y.

Union County

Cranford, N.J.

SUNY-Delhi

Delhi, N.Y.

DuPage

Glen Ellyn, Ill.

A-B

Tompkins Cortland

Palatine, Ill.

Anoka-Ramsey

Century

Nanticoke, Pa. Edison, N.J.

Dryden, N.Y.

Harper

Coon Rapids, Minn.

Joliet

White Bear Lake, Minn.

Madison

Minnesota State

Fergus Falls, Minn.

Rock Valley

Minnesota West

Worthington, Minn.

Lorain County

Elyria, Ohio

Ridgewater

Willmar, Minn.

Anne Arundel

Arnold, Md.

Riverland

Austin, Minn.

Butler County-PA

Rochester

Rochester, Minn.

Allegheny County-South

Joliet, Ill. Madison, Wis. Rockford, Ill.

Butler, Pa. West Mifflin, Pa.

St. Cloud

St. Cloud, Minn.

Garrett

McHenry, Md.

Central Lakes

Brainerd, Minn.

Montgomery

Rockville, Md.

Dakota-Bottineau

Bottineau, N.D.

Prince George's

Fond du Lac

Cloquet, Minn.

Westmoreland County

Hibbing

Hibbing, Minn.

Bunker Hill

Itasca

Grand Rapids, Minn.

Northern Essex

Mesabi Range

North Dakota SCS

Northland

Thief River Falls, Minn.

Rainy River

International Falls, Minn.

Vermilion

Largo, Md. Youngwood, Pa. Boston , Mass. Haverhill, Mass.

Virginia, Minn. Wahpeton, N.D.

Ely, Minn.

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