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Softball is looking good.Real tests will be with NMS & after.
Playing the Az./Ca. schedule is good move in prep for Horizon.

Agree with Boomdad,this should be the year.
With all 4 pitchers back[best staff in Horizon] & if you count injured players Ichiyama & Marinic returning,they really have as many as 9 starters plus pitchers returning[ legese is good hitter as well].
Toughest game in first tourney will be first game with UNI.

If true Jen will be missed at Valpo. She will do a great job any place she gos.

Sadly, his Johns Hopkins Bluejays bit the dust in the D3 playoffs, losing 23-12 to a school named St. John Fisher.      I can only imagine the buildup to that game on the Hopkins Fan Board!

Anyway, setshot has to be excited about their basketball program who beat a very solid Goucher team in their opener.  Coming right up is a tourney where we will see what they really have!  They face Cabrini and then, in a showdown, Centre/Berry.  Great Stuff!!

Note:  I didn't make up the names any of the schools mentioned above.  Oh the joys of playing D3,  the alumni must be so proud!!!   

No reason to knock D-3 football,there are some great players and teams in D-3. I read where UW-Whitewaters offensive line bigger than UW-Madison and they are big.

Valpo35-Davidson14

I am very happy for these young men [ especially the srs. ] & coaches,the support given them has not exactly been positive. It takes time to rebuild & I do think that has been required of many Valpo coaches. Anyhow, great win & hope this is first of many more.

I think the football team has an excellent chance at ending streak against Davidson & Marist. Here is hoping they win one or both. Would be the medicine they need for turning things around.

Ky. Christian has first year coach, the great NFL player Mike Furrey, I think they will get better. He was a great NFL player & fine young man.

I hope Valpo can pull one out this week, but I think they will have to put up a lot of points to do it. This will be a shootout.

Valpo          38
Duquesne     28

Very nice video by an impressive young man. I wish them much success.

This indeed could be the year. Not only the players mentioned earlier, but Ichiyama [ they say she is great ] and marinec to play. The freshman Duncan was highly recruited by many schools, I am told.
Pitching not only strong, but could be a big year for homers.

Sito...stat...Strickland
.361...BA....378
.542...SP....533
.398...OBA..441
  32..RUNS..37
  60..HITS..68
  11...2B....16
  90...TB....96
  18...SB....14

Sure Sito was a pitcher as well, yet Strickland had 1000 FP% & a number of assists. Maybe she will get her due this year.

Do you think she will pitch for the Dawgs or play middle infield? If she pitches,lets remember Valpo beat her 3 x.

 

I see Valpo lost a basketball asst. coach, did we lose a softball asst.?

Could it be lights for softball stadium. So when they win the conference next year, they can host the tourney on campus. Maybe even host a 5-6 team regular season tourney. Might just be dreaming.

I will go with softball. They lost a few good players, but I am told they have couple great recruits coming in. They will also have the Marinic player back & I think an all conference player from 2010 that did not play this year.

FWalum-well said ! Sounds like someone has hard feelings, lets move on.
Go get them this weekend ladies and good luck in tourney.

Even though the prep class of 2011 was recruited initially by Schneider it was completed by the New coach. They will be his first class of recruits. Even though he did not recruit the current players he along with the rest of the coaching staff have moved things forward at a very nice pace and made things work with who they have. Fantastic job by all. Beating a big 10 and a big 12 team as a mid major is by its self a pretty impressive feat. Nice job Ladies and coaches. Keep it going

Not sure that is the way it works, I think his first class will be 2011-12 players. Does not really make a difference they are doing a good job with players either way.

Does anyone know about a big power hitter that coach Schneider had signed as a junior? I think she is from Ohio or Michigan, did she sign?

What about the two freshman!!  Freshman Angie Doerffler has been spectacular, starting all 30 games at Short Stop and also second on the team in batting average.  That girl is one heck of an athlete.  Wisniewski has also been very impressive, she is third on the team in batting average.

   Player                     AVG  GP-GS    AB   R   H    2B  3B  HR RBI   TB  SLG%  BB HBP  SO GDP   OB%  SF  SH  SB-ATT   PO   A   E  FLD%
1 STRICKLAND, Sara....  .410  30-30   100  24  41   9    0    2  17    56  .560    10   2   10   1    .469    1    1    13-14     24    2   1  .963
2 DOERFFLER, Angie....  .365  30-30     85  27  31   8    1    0   9     41  .482     7   4   12   0    .438     0   2       2-3      31   71  7  .936
3 WISNIEWSKI, Amanda..345  23-20     58  13  20   2    1    3  10    33  .569    10   0   20   0    .441     0   0       1-1      33   26  2  .967

Great job of recruiting by coach Stevens. Also, all 3 will be back next year.

This team and coach really have things going. May be best coaching staff and team for Valpo this year.