2014 njcaa diii softball season preview

NJCAA

DIII SOFTBALL 2014 SEASON PREVIEW

TABLE OF CONTENTS

MEDIA GUIDE PRODUCER MICHAEL TEAGUE

Assistant Director of Media Relations

MEDIA GUIDE EDITOR MARK KRUG

Assistant Executive Director; Media Relations

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

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

2014 DIII SOFTBALL DISTRICT ALIGNMENT

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

publication.

2014 NJCAA DIII SOFTBALL SEASON PREVIEW2

http://www.njcaa.org/newsArticle.cfm?articleId=20513

http://stats.njcaa.org/sports/sball/2012-13/div3/index

http://njcaa.org/sports_regionalchampionship.cfm?sid=29&divid=3&slid=14&seasonselect=611

http://njcaa.org/sports_nationalchampionship.cfm?sid=29&divid=3&slid=14&seasonselect=611

http://bit.ly/10TBstA

http://njcaa.org/sports_recordbook.cfm?category=Record%20Book&sid=29&divid=3&slid=14

TOP 10 POLL PROCEDURESIndividual 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.

April 2 April 9

April 16

POLL RELEASE DATESApril 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 3

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.



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.





Saturday, May 18GAME 15 Game 13 Winner vs. Game 14 Loser 4:00 p.m.

NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP ROUNDSaturday, May 18


*GAME 17 Game 16 Winner vs. Game 16 Loser 7:30 p.m.

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


HERKIMER COUNTY (N.Y.) GENERALS 7 RETURNING STARTERS (13 TOTAL) 2013 RECORD: 43-2

BROOKDALE (N.J.) JERSEY BLUES 5 RETURNING STARTERS (5 TOTAL) 2013 RECORD: 59-5

DUTCHESS (N.Y.) FALCONS 5 RETURNING STARTERS (5 TOTAL) 2013 RECORD: 19-4

ROCK VALLEY (ILL.) GOLDEN EAGLES 4 RETURNING STARTERS (6 TOTAL) 2013 RECORD: 32-13

GLOUCESTER COUNTY (N.J.) ROADRUNNERS 4 RETURNING STARTERS (5 TOTAL) 2013 RECORD: 44-13

MESABI RANGE (MINN.) NORSE 7 RETURNING STARTERS (9 TOTAL) 2013 RECORD: 17-8

DUPAGE (ILL.) CHAPARRALS 5 RETURNING STARTERS (8 TOTAL) 2013 RECORD: 25-15

ST. CLOUD (MINN.) CYCLONES 4 RETURNING STARTERS (4 TOTAL) 2013 RECORD: 27-11

MONROE CC (N.Y.) TRIBUNES 4 RETURNING STARTERS (6 TOTAL) 2013 RECORD: 26-17

RAINY RIVER (MINN.) VOYAGEURS 5 RETURNING STARTERS (8 TOTAL) 2013 RECORD: 20-910

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Itasca (Minn.) Return: 5 (5) 2013: 29-14

Middlesex County (N.J.) Return: 3 (3) 2013: 26-7

Corning (N.Y.) Return: 2 (3) 2013: 16-14

Ridgewater (Minn.) Return: 3 (3) 2013: 20-11

Northampton (Pa.) Return: 4 (5) 2013: 22-14

OTHER TEAMS TO WATCH


Projections based off poll provided to all district members

DISTRICT CCollege 2013 Record Ret. Start (Total)

1. St. Cloud 27-11 4 (4)2. Ridgewater 20-11 3 (3)3. Rochester 2-12 4 (4)4. Anoka-Ramsey 11-17 5 (5)

Region 13 South

DISTRICT DCollege 2013 Record Ret. Start (Total)

1. Mesabi Range 17-8 7 (9)2. Rainy River 20-9 5 (8)3. Itasca 29-14 5 (5)4. Hibbing 14-12 2 (2)

Region 13 North

DISTRICT ECollege 2013 Record Ret. Start (Total)

1. Dutchess 19-4 5 (5)2. Suffolk County 10-14 4 (6)3. Westchester 7-16 4 (6)4. Queensborough 1-12 2 (2)

Region 15

DISTRICT FCollege 2013 Record Ret. Start (Total)

1. Brookdale 59-5 5 (5)2. Gloucester County 44-13 4 (5)3. Middlesex County 26-7 3 (3)4. Northampton 22-14 4 (5)

Region 19

DISTRICTS A & BCollege 2013 Record Ret. Start (Total)

1. Herkimer County 43-2 7 (13)2. Monroe CC 26-17 4 (6)3. Corning 16-14 2 (3)4. SUNY-Broome 25-7 5 (5)

Region 3

2014 DISTRICT PREDICTIONS

DISTRICT GCollege 2013 Record Ret. Start (Total)

1. Rock Valley 32-13 4 (6)2. DuPage 25-15 5 (8)3. Madison 15-20 4 (4)4. Joliet 11-23 1 (1)

Regions 4, 12

DISTRICT HCollege 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

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2014 DIII SOFTBALL TOP RETURNING PLAYERS

*All information and statistics provided by member colleges.

DISTRICTS A & B (REGION 3)COLLEGE PLAYER POS. B/T AVG. 2B 3B HR RBI BB SB-SAColumbia-Greene Patrica Cameron C R/R .420 5 2 0 21 7 10-0Columbia-Greene Krysta Konderwich 3B R/R .395 10 0 2 21 10 4-4Columbia-Greene Hannah Simmons OF S/R .425 8 1 0 23 12 3-0Corning Emily McCracken OF S/R .308 7 1 3 18 9 2-2Finger Lakes Katie Plummer 1B R/R .354 4 0 0 17 10 1-1Finger Lakes Kelly Kier 2B R/R .349 7 0 0 12 7 2-0Finger Lakes Courtney Edger SS R/R .284 0 0 0 8 12 7-3Finger Lakes Rachel UTL R/R .376 8 3 2 17 12 9-1Herkimer County Sammy Smaldone C R/R .500 16 0 12 53 6 6-6Herkimer County Alyssa Balfe 1B R/R .390 11 3 1 43 6 1-1Herkimer County Ashley Sterritt 3B R/R .525 13 1 5 59 5 5-6Herkimer County Tina Karaqi SS R/R .489 13 2 5 46 3 0-0Herkimer County Delaney Buckley DP R/R .492 12 2 7 61 1 1-1Hudson Valley Emily Johnson 2B R/R .500 6 0 0 21 8 9-9Hudson Valley Katie Traver 3B R/R .446 2 0 0 8 6 1-1Monroe CC Alexis Haley P R/R .346 15 0 1 33 6 0-0Monroe CC Tabby McBride UTL R/R .402 14 2 5 43 22 0-0North Country Emily Lapage 1B R/R .353 7 1 0 19 4 3-3North Country Taylor Fana OF S/R .483 3 0 2 8 4 3-3Onondaga Holly Clark 2B L/R .311 1 1 0 4 8 9-10Onondaga Kayla Kibbling SS R/R .322 8 0 1 12 6 5-7Onondaga Emily Brissenden OF R/R .305 9 1 1 19 8 6-8SUNY-Delhi Ally Forkey P R/R .351 6 0 1 15 6 1-1SUNY-Delhi Kayla Edge-Santos OF R/R .333 6 1 2 17 2 0-0

DISTRICT C (REGION 13 SOUTH)COLLEGE PLAYER POS. B/T AVG. 2B 3B HR RBI BB SB-SAAnoka-Ramsey Samantha Hanus P R/R .314 7 0 0 12 9 0-0Anoka-Ramsey Nicole Schaub OF R/R .329 3 1 2 13 4 1-1Minnesota West Christine Kazemba P S/R .456 10 4 0 23 13 7-9Minnesota West Macey Edward 1B R/R .307 5 0 1 18 7 1-1Minnesota West Jenny Majerus OF R/R .306 1 2 0 12 9 3-3Ridgewater Brielle Hauge C R/R .415 9 4 1 16 0 0-0Ridgewater Jessica Kalenber 2B S/R .359 3 4 0 15 0 0-0Riverland Amy Reinhardt 2B R/R .449 6 0 1 7 2 2-2Riverland Cortney Perrin SS R/R .385 2 1 0 5 9 5-5

TOP RETURNING POSITION PLAYERS


DISTRICT C (REGION 13 SOUTH)COLLEGE PLAYER POS. B/T AVG. 2B 3B HR RBI BB SB-SASt. Cloud Sabrina Zimmel P R/R .434 18 0 5 37 10 4-5St. Cloud Stephanie Skwira 1B R/R .412 13 1 6 26 12 2-2St. Cloud Donielle Kurvers OF R/R .386 8 4 2 27 14 24-24St. Cloud Jessica Davison UTL R/R .435 9 1 0 19 15 0-0

DISTRICT D (REGION 13 NORTH)COLLEGE PLAYER POS. B/T AVG. 2B 3B HR RBI BB SB-SAMesabi Range Kendra Dahlman P R/R .343 9 1 2 21 4 4-0Mesabi Range Vicky Fossland C R/R .507 5 0 11 39 12 1-2Mesabi Range Kristen Predovich OF R/R .507 5 0 3 23 8 3-0North Dakota SCS Emily Pender P R/R .300 2 0 0 4 1 0-0North Dakota SCS Brenna Stein 3B R/R .381 4 0 0 4 2 0-0North Dakota SCS Amber Bilben OF R/R .368 2 0 0 8 1 0-0Rainy River Oashaja Dobie P R/R .525 13 2 5 38 13 14-14Rainy River Andrea Barylski 2B R/R .420 5 0 3 16 7 8-8Rainy River Rachel Clark OF R/R .432 4 0 1 20 2 7-7

DISTRICT E (REGION 15)COLLEGE PLAYER POS. B/T AVG. 2B 3B HR RBI BB SB-SASuffolk County Brianna Heller OF R/R .337 4 1 0 15 0 0-0Westchester Jade Fumarelli OF L/L .368 5 3 2 14 9 4-0

DISTRICT F (REGION 19)COLLEGE PLAYER POS. B/T AVG. 2B 3B HR RBI BB SB-SABrookdale Krystal Pearson P R/R .351 13 0 10 33 11 2-2Brookdale Stephanie Grainger C R/R .471 9 1 2 25 9 1-3Brookdale Keara Homan 2B R/R .350 15 2 0 42 33 20-21Brookdale Bobbie Boehler SS R/R .457 16 4 3 63 22 5-5Brookdale Cassidy Brzozowski OF R/R .327 6 0 8 47 30 9-11Cumberland County Allison Riegel 1B R/R .457 14 1 0 29 3 5-7Gloucester County Melissa Mackey P R/R .458 14 7 4 62 11 4-4Gloucester County Searra Priolo 2B R/R .394 10 2 1 40 26 20-21Gloucester County Taylor Rizzotte OF L/R .417 6 0 0 21 16 29-31Middlesex County Elizabeth Gratta P R/R .439 7 0 0 26 8 5-5Middlesex County Cassandra Ottens 1B L/L .465 16 8 0 48 16 0-0Northampton Shelby Belzecky DP R/R .468 10 5 2 40 11 5-6Ocean County Charli Topinka OF R/R .408 1 3 0 12 8 3-3

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DISTRICT G (REGIONS 4, 12)COLLEGE PLAYER POS. B/T AVG. 2B 3B HR RBI BB SB-SADuPage Karen Caithamer SS R/R .560 9 2 3 27 15 14-14Harper Jaz Skor SS R/R .300 1 3 0 10 8 7-9Joliet Stephanie Stanton C R/R .364 11 4 4 17 17 9-10Rock Valley Vivi Marquez C R/R .504 17 1 10 70 23 8-8Rock Valley Tara Wogomon OF L/R .341 4 0 0 11 8 10-11Rock Valley Michaela Strick DP L/L .446 4 1 0 12 6 1-2

DISTRICT H (REGIONS 20, 21)COLLEGE PLAYER POS. B/T AVG. 2B 3B HR RBI BB SB-SAAllegheny County-South Natalie Karpinsky 2B R/R .375 3 3 0 9 3 5-5Allegheny County-South Stephanie Kass UTL R/R .317 3 2 1 8 7 3-9Montgomery Gaby Pascasio C R/R .413 7 1 2 28 11 1-0Montgomery Olivia Howell 3B R/R .439 6 1 1 20 9 5-0Montgomery Madelyn Niffenegger OF R/R .421 3 0 0 6 6 3-0Montgomery Ashley Latter OF R/R .225 2 5 0 8 5 1-0Prince George's Shannon Peters P S/R .330 8 0 3 29 5 0-0Prince George's Danielle Ray 1B R/R .367 5 0 2 29 6 0-0Prince George's Straneika Proctor SS R/R .297 7 2 2 20 7 12-12Prince George's Tashiana Hill OF S/R .302 5 2 0 6 6 17-17Prince George's Tashiana Hill OF S/R .302 5 2 0 6 6 17-17

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TOP RETURNING PITCHERS

DISTRICTS A & B (REGION 3)COLLEGE PLAYER POS. ERA APP IP H ER SO BB W-LFinger Lakes Rachel Mertens RHP 3.00 21 121.1 115 52 109 20 6-13Finger Lakes Elaina Evinsky RHP 4.28 16 85.0 82 52 66 30 8-6Herkimer County Toni Secreti RHP 0.98 18 107.0 64 15 102 23 16-1Hudson Valley Maggie Miller RHP 2.80 17 85.0 96 34 76 24 5-7Monroe CC Taylor Grieger RHP 2.00 17 63.0 58 18 58 14 11-3Monroe CC Alexis Haley RHP 1.93 16 80.0 78 22 79 18 9-5SUNY-Delhi Ally Forkey RHP 3.46 17 91.0 108 45 39 14 7-7

DISTRICT C (REGION 13 SOUTH)COLLEGE PLAYER POS. ERA APP IP H ER SO BB W-LMesabi Range Kendra Dahlman RHP 5.91 18 81.2 116 69 71 63 10-6Mesabi Range Kristen Predovich 4.11 9 47.2 40 28 77 52 4-2Rainy River Oashaja Dobie RHP 1.83 21 107.3 78 28 141 29 12-6

DISTRICT D (REGION 13 NORTH)COLLEGE PLAYER POS. ERA APP IP H ER SO BB W-LAnoka-Ramsey Samantha Hanus RHP 0.47 16 83.0 119 5.6 68 44 5-7Minnesota West Christine Kazemba RHP 3.76 29 190.0 252 102 85 48 17-12Ridgewater Jessica Kalenberg RHP 4.85 10 62.0 77 43 56 29 6-4St. Cloud Sabrina Zimmel RHP 0.27 18 106.0 133 4.09 68 48 12-4

DISTRICT E (REGION 15)COLLEGE PLAYER POS. ERA APP IP H ER SO BB W-LQueensborough Marissa Miletta RHP 8.62 7 31.2 59 39 22 21 1-6Queensborough Krista Rios RHP 10.96 4 7.2 12 12 4 13 0-3

DISTRICT F (REGION 19)COLLEGE PLAYER POS. ERA APP IP H ER SO BB W-LBrookdale Samantha Hosey RHP 1.02 35 192.2 105 28 268 33 29-3Brookdale Krystal Pearson RHP 2.13 19 79.0 79 24 32 20 7-2Gloucester County Melissa Mackey RHP 3.31 20 97.1 106 46 75 11 11-1Middlesex County Rebecca Hilliard RHP 3.60 35 140.0 179 72 76 35 13-10Middlesex County Elizabeth Gratta RHP 2.48 23 124.0 114 44 90 55 16-3


TOP RETURNING PITCHERS

DISTRICT G (REGION 4, 12)COLLEGE PLAYER POS. ERA APP IP H ER SO BB W-LRock Valley Amanda Blankenship LHP 2.96 25 113.2 110 48 86 49 15-4

DISTRICT H (REGION 20-21)COLLEGE PLAYER POS. ERA APP IP H ER SO BB W-LPrince George's Shannon Peters RHP 6.77 28 153.0 289 148 88 93 9-14

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2014 NJCAA DIVISION III SOFTBALL PROGRAMS

2014 DIII SOFTBALL PROGRAMSDIST. REG. COLLEGE LOCATION

A-B 3 Cayuga Auburn, N.Y.A-B 3 Clinton Plattsburgh, N.Y.A-B 3 Columbia-Greene Hudson, N.Y.A-B 3 Corning Corning, N.Y.A-B 3 Erie Buffalo, N.Y.A-B 3 Finger Lakes Canandaigua, N.Y.A-B 3 Fulton-Montgomery Johnstown, N.Y.A-B 3 Genesee Batavia, N.Y.A-B 3 Herkimer County Herkimer, N.Y.A-B 3 Hudson Valley Troy, N.Y.A-B 3 Jamestown-Cattaraugus Olean, N.Y.A-B 3 Jefferson Watertown, N.Y.A-B 3 Mohawk Valley Utica, N.Y.A-B 3 Monroe Rochester, N.Y.A-B 3 Niagara County Sanborn, N.Y.A-B 3 North Country Saranac Lake, N.Y.A-B 3 Onondaga Syracuse, N.Y.A-B 3 SUNY Adirondack Queensbury, N.Y.A-B 3 SUNY Broome Binghamton, N.Y.A-B 3 SUNY-Delhi Delhi, N.Y.A-B 3 Tompkins Cortland Dryden, N.Y.C 13 Anoka-Ramsey Coon Rapids, Minn.C 13 Century White Bear Lake, Minn.C 13 Minnesota State Fergus Falls, Minn.C 13 Minnesota West Worthington, Minn.C 13 Ridgewater Willmar, Minn.C 13 Riverland Austin, Minn.C 13 Rochester Rochester, Minn.C 13 St. Cloud St. Cloud, Minn.D 13 Central Lakes Brainerd, Minn.D 13 Dakota-Bottineau Bottineau, N.D.D 13 Fond du Lac Cloquet, Minn.D 13 Hibbing Hibbing, Minn.D 13 Itasca Grand Rapids, Minn.

D 13 Mesabi Range Virginia, Minn.D 13 North Dakota SCS Wahpeton, N.D.D 13 Northland Thief River Falls, Minn.D 13 Rainy River International Falls, Minn.D 13 Vermilion Ely, Minn.

DIST. REG. COLLEGE LOCATION

E 15 Dutchess Poughkeepsie, N.Y.E 15 Nassau Garden City, N.Y.E 15 Queensborough Bayside, N.Y.E 15 Suffolk County Selden, N.Y.E 15 Ulster County Stone Ridge, N.Y.E 15 Westchester Valhalla, N.Y.F 19 Atlantic Cape Mays Landing, N.J.F 19 Bergen Paramus, N.J.F 19 Brookdale Lincroft, N.J.F 19 Camden County Blackwood, N.J.F 19 Cumberland County Vineland, N.J.F 19 Gloucester County Sewell, N.J.F 19 Lehigh Carbon Schnecksville, Pa.F 19 Luzerne County Nanticoke, Pa.F 19 Middlesex County Edison, N.J.F 19 Northampton Bethlehem, Pa.F 19 Ocean County Toms River, N.J.F 19 Sussex County Newton, N.J.F 19 Union County Cranford, N.J.G 4 DuPage Glen Ellyn, Ill.G 4 Harper Palatine, Ill.G 4 Joliet Joliet, Ill.G 4 Madison Madison, Wis.G 4 Rock Valley Rockford, Ill.G 12 Lorain County Elyria, OhioH 20 Anne Arundel Arnold, Md.H 20 Butler County-PA Butler, Pa.H 20 Allegheny County-South West Mifflin, Pa.H 20 Garrett McHenry, Md.H 20 Montgomery Rockville, Md.H 20 Prince George's Largo, Md.H 20 Westmoreland County Youngwood, Pa.H 21 Bunker Hill Boston , Mass.H 21 Northern Essex Haverhill, Mass.

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