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Softball Lands
Three Players on All-WIAC Squad
After completing its winningest season since
1999, the UW-Stevens Point softball team was rewarded with three
selections on the All-Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference team.
Junior outfielder Rebekah Bauer was selected to
the team for the second straight year, while junior pitcher/first baseman
Stephanie Anderson and freshman pitcher Kelly Jablonski both earned their
first all-conference awards. Junior second baseman Jenny Feidt and
freshman third baseman Laura Zierler both earned honorable mention
accolades.
The Pointers finished 26-15 overall and tied for
third place in the WIAC standings. It marked the team�s 12th consecutive
20-win season.
Bauer, a Stevens Point native who attended
Stevens Point Area Senior High, ranked second on the team and 10th in the
league with a .354 batting average while starting all 41 games. Bauer
ranked second in the WIAC with 12 doubles and struck out just four times
in 142 plate appearances.
Anderson, who attended Milwaukee King High
School, was one of the top pitching and hitting combination players in the
league, batting for a .351 average and ranking third in the league with a
1.05 earned run average. She had a team-leading five home runs and 20
RBI�s, while also ranking second in the league with 12 doubles. On the
mound, Anderson was fourth in the league with 99 strikeouts along with
just 29 walks in 113 innings pitched.
Jablonski, a former Stevens Point Area Senior
High standout, had one of the best freshman seasons in school history with
the second-lowest single-season earned run average in league history at
0.59. She also set a school record with just 12 walks in 133 innings
pitched, while also registering 81 strikeouts and eight shutouts.
Feidt, a Kimberly native, hit .309 with eight
doubles and 15 RBI�s. She was also one of the top defensive second basemen
in the league with a .962 fielding percentage, committing just eight
errors in 213 chances.
Zierler, a Kaukauna native, led the team and
ranked ninth in the league with a .358 average. She totaled 11 RBI�s and
had just three errors at third base while posting a .952 fielding
percentage.
UW-Superior�s Sarah Tarasewicz was named the
league�s Position Player of the Year and UW-Oshkosh�s Ronessa Stampfli was
the Pitcher of the Year. UW-Eau Claire�s Leslie Huntington was the Coach
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