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MVC SOFTBALL JANUARY 31, 2018 MVC Softball Contact: Kristin Swederska, Asst. Commissioner for Sports Administration Office: 314.444.4415 • Cell: 314.435.4776 • Email: [email protected] 1818 Chouteau Ave. • St. Louis, MO 63103 • FAX: 314.444.4445 WWW.MVC-SPORTS.COM / MISSOURIVALLEYCONFERENCE @MVCSPORTS / MISSOURIVALLEYVIDS / MVCSPORTS Illinois State Picked as Favorites in 2018 Coaches Poll 2018 Preseason Poll Rank Team (1st-place votes) Points 1. Illinois State (2) ............................ 88 2. Southern Illinois (3) ...................... 87 3. Northern Iowa (3).......................... 86 4. Drake (2) ..................................... 74 5. Missouri State.............................. 57 6. Evansville..................................... 56 7. Loyola .......................................... 35 8. Bradley ........................................ 30 9. Valparaiso .................................... 19 10. Indiana State ............................... 18 Player, Team Pos. Yr. Hometown (Previous School) Allison Spence, Illinois State 1B Jr. Beecher, Ill. (Marion Catholic) Maddy Vermejan, Southern Illinois 2B Soph. Lemont, Ill. (Lemont) Sydney Jones, Southern Illinois 3B Sr. Royal Palm Beaches, Fla. (Palm Beach Gardens) Sammey Bunch, UNI SS Soph. Frankenstein, Mo. (Fatima) Katie Kasubke, Loyola C Jr. O’Fallon, Mo. (St. Dominic) Morgan Florey, Evansville UT/P Jr. Peoria, Ill. (Brimfield) Shannon Felde, Illinois State DP/UT-NP Jr. Schaumburg, Ill. (Schaumburg) Riley Hale, Illinois State OF Jr. West Burlington, Iowa (West Burlington Notre Dame) Erika Velasquez Zimmer, Missouri State OF Sr. Coppell, Texas (Coppell) Susie Baranski, Southern Illinois OF Soph. Chicago Heights, Ill. (Marian Catholic) Brianna Jones, Southern Illinois P Jr. Manchester, Tenn. (Coffee County) Jaclyn Spencer, UNI P Soph. Waterloo, Iowa (Waterloo West) Sarah Finck, Illinois State P Sr. East Peoria, Ill. (East Peoria) 2018 MVC Preseason All-Conference Team ST. LOUIS - The 2018 MVC Softball season will be highly contested as two points separate the preseason favorite from the school picked third. Illinois State has been picked as this year’s preseason favorite in Missouri Valley Conference softball as voted by the league’s coaches. The Redbirds earned two first-place votes and 88 points. Southern Illi- nois was picked in second-place with three first-place votes and 87 points while UNI claimed third (three first- place votes and 86 points). The Redbirds will have strong leader- ship as they return all but two starters from last year’s MVC Regular Season Co-Champions team. Illinois State has four players on the 2018 MVC Preseason All-Conference Team with Allison Spence (1B), Shannon Felde (DP/UT-NP), Riley Hale (OF) and Sarah Finck (P) all earning a spot on the team. All four return after being named MVC All-Conference First Team a year ago with Spence, Felde and Hale also named to the NFCA Division I All-Midwest Region Third Team. The trio accounted for a third of the team’s RBIs and a third of their runs scored. After winning the MVC Tournament Champi- onship in 2017, the Salukis also return seven starters including Preseason All-MVC Team members Maddy Ver- mejan (sophomore), Sydney Jones (senior), Susie Baranski (sopho- more) and Brianna Jones (junior). Brianna Jones is coming off a 2017 season that saw her win 11 Confer- ence games and have the fourth-low- est ERA in Valley play. Baranski led the Salukis in runs scored and hits during their 2017 campaign while Sydney Jones had the most home runs for the team. Sammey Bunch (SS) and Jaci Spencer (P) represent the Pan- thers on the All-MVC Preseason Team. The 2017 MVC Regular Season Co- Champions lost four to graduation but sophomore Sammey Bunch led the team in seven different categories (batting average, slugging pct., runs scored, doubles, triples, total bases and stolen bases) as well as adding First Team MVC All-Conference and MVC Freshman of the Year to her list of accomplishments. Drake, the coaches’ fourth- place pick (74 points and two first-place votes) welcome back Nicole Newman, Kennedy Frank, Taryn Pena and Mandi Roemmich. Roemmich was picked as an MVC All- Conference Second Team member last year during her freshman campaign after leading the Bulldogs’ in batting average, on base percentage, hits and doubles. Newman will be back as the lead pitcher for the team after being sidelined due to injury in 2017, after only 12 appearances (7 wins, 1.27 ERA). Missouri State was voted as fifth-place with 57 points. The Bears return six starters and all three of their pitchers. Senior Erika Velasquez Zimmer was awarded 2018 MVC Pre- season All-Conference Team honors after being in the top-ten in the Valley in batting average, hits, triples and stolen bases. Missouri State will have strong leadership as they have seven seniors on the squad including Kaitlin Beason, Madison Jones and Hailee Vigneaux. Evansville was chosen as No. 6 in the coaches’ poll (56 points) as they will be a young team. The Purple Aces graduated 9 seniors from a season ago and will be under the experience of the lone senior, Brittany Hay and junior, Morgan Florey. Hay was named 2017 MVC Newcomer of the Year while Florey earned 2017 MVC All-Conference Second-Team lau- rels and 2018 MVC Preseason All-MVC honors. Against league foes, Florey held a 1.81 ERA and struck out 95 batters, the best in the Conference. Loyola was picked seventh with 35 points. Earning 2018 MVC Preseason All-Conference honors is catcher, Katie Kasubke. Kasubke led the Ramblers in slugging percentage, runs batted in and home runs. Also
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MVC SOFTBALLJANUARY 31, 2018MVC Softball Contact: Kristin Swederska, Asst. Commissioner for Sports AdministrationOffice: 314.444.4415 • Cell: 314.435.4776 • Email: [email protected] Chouteau Ave. • St. Louis, MO 63103 • FAX: 314.444.4445WWW.MVC-SPORTS.COM
/ MISSOURIVALLEYCONFERENCE @MVCSPORTS / MISSOURIVALLEYVIDS / MVCSPORTS
Illinois State Picked as Favorites in 2018 Coaches Poll
2018 Preseason PollRank Team (1st-place votes) Points
1. Illinois State (2) ............................ 882. Southern Illinois (3) ...................... 873. Northern Iowa (3).......................... 864. Drake (2) ..................................... 745. Missouri State .............................. 576. Evansville ..................................... 567. Loyola .......................................... 358. Bradley ........................................ 309. Valparaiso .................................... 1910. Indiana State ............................... 18
Player, Team Pos. Yr. Hometown (Previous School)Allison Spence, Illinois State 1B Jr. Beecher, Ill. (Marion Catholic)Maddy Vermejan, Southern Illinois 2B Soph. Lemont, Ill. (Lemont)Sydney Jones, Southern Illinois 3B Sr. Royal Palm Beaches, Fla. (Palm Beach Gardens)Sammey Bunch, UNI SS Soph. Frankenstein, Mo. (Fatima)Katie Kasubke, Loyola C Jr. O’Fallon, Mo. (St. Dominic)Morgan Florey, Evansville UT/P Jr. Peoria, Ill. (Brimfield)Shannon Felde, Illinois State DP/UT-NP Jr. Schaumburg, Ill. (Schaumburg)Riley Hale, Illinois State OF Jr. West Burlington, Iowa (West Burlington Notre Dame)Erika Velasquez Zimmer, Missouri State OF Sr. Coppell, Texas (Coppell)Susie Baranski, Southern Illinois OF Soph. Chicago Heights, Ill. (Marian Catholic)Brianna Jones, Southern Illinois P Jr. Manchester, Tenn. (Coffee County)Jaclyn Spencer, UNI P Soph. Waterloo, Iowa (Waterloo West)Sarah Finck, Illinois State P Sr. East Peoria, Ill. (East Peoria)
2018 MVC Preseason All-Conference Team
ST. LOUIS - The 2018 MVC Softball season will be highly contested as two points separate the preseason favorite from the school picked third. Illinois State has been picked as this year’s preseason favorite in Missouri Valley Conference softball as voted by the league’s coaches. The Redbirds earned two first-place votes and 88 points. Southern Illi-nois was picked in second-place with three first-place votes and 87 points while UNI claimed third (three first-place votes and 86 points).
The Redbirds will have strong leader-ship as they return all but two starters from
last year’s MVC Regular Season Co-Champions team. Illinois State has four players on the 2018 MVC Preseason All-Conference Team with Allison Spence (1B), Shannon Felde (DP/UT-NP), Riley Hale (OF) and Sarah Finck (P) all earning a spot on the team. All four return after being named MVC All-Conference First Team a year ago with Spence, Felde and Hale also named to the NFCA Division I All-Midwest Region Third Team. The trio accounted for a third of the team’s RBIs and a third of their runs scored.
After winning the MVC Tournament Champi-onship in 2017, the Salukis also return
seven starters including Preseason All-MVC Team members Maddy Ver-mejan (sophomore), Sydney Jones (senior), Susie Baranski (sopho-more) and Brianna Jones (junior). Brianna Jones is coming off a 2017 season that saw her win 11 Confer-ence games and have the fourth-low-est ERA in Valley play. Baranski led the Salukis in runs scored and hits during their 2017 campaign while Sydney Jones had the most home runs for the team.
Sammey Bunch (SS) and Jaci Spencer (P) represent the Pan-thers on the All-MVC Preseason Team.
The 2017 MVC Regular Season Co-Champions lost four to graduation but sophomore Sammey Bunch led the team in seven different categories (batting average, slugging pct., runs scored, doubles, triples, total bases and stolen bases) as well as adding First Team MVC All-Conference and MVC Freshman of the Year to her list of accomplishments.
Drake, the coaches’ fourth-place pick (74 points and two first-place votes) welcome back Nicole Newman, Kennedy Frank,
Taryn Pena and Mandi Roemmich. Roemmich was picked as an MVC All-Conference Second Team member last year during her freshman campaign after leading the Bulldogs’ in batting average, on base percentage, hits and doubles. Newman will be back as the lead pitcher for the team after being sidelined due to injury in 2017, after only 12 appearances (7 wins, 1.27 ERA).
Missouri State was voted as fifth-place with 57 points. The Bears return six starters and all three of
their pitchers. Senior Erika Velasquez Zimmer was awarded 2018 MVC Pre-season All-Conference Team honors after being in the top-ten in the Valley in batting average, hits, triples and stolen bases. Missouri State will have strong leadership as they have seven seniors on the squad including Kaitlin Beason, Madison Jones and Hailee
Vigneaux.
Evansville was chosen as No. 6 in the coaches’ poll (56 points) as they will be a young team.
The Purple Aces graduated 9 seniors from a season ago and will be under the experience of the lone senior, Brittany Hay and junior, Morgan Florey. Hay was named 2017 MVC Newcomer of the Year while Florey earned 2017 MVC All-Conference Second-Team lau-rels and 2018 MVC Preseason All-MVC honors. Against league foes, Florey held a 1.81 ERA and struck out 95 batters, the best in the Conference.
Loyola was picked seventh with 35 points. Earning 2018 MVC Preseason All-Conference honors is
catcher, Katie Kasubke. Kasubke led the Ramblers in slugging percentage, runs batted in and home runs. Also
BRADLEY • DRAKE • EVANSVILLE • ILLINOIS STATE • INDIANA STATE • LOYOLA • MISSOURI STATE • NORTHERN IOWA • SOUTHERN ILLINOIS • VALPARAISO
MVC SOFTBALL PRE-SEASON RELEASEJANUARY 31, 2018
2017 Final MVC Standings
Opponent Site TimeThurs., Feb 8 Illinois State @ USF Tampa, Fla. 5:00 PM Saint Louis @ Bradley Peoria, Ill. 6:00 PM
Fri., Feb 9 Omaha @ Missouri State Starkville, Miss. 10:00 AM SIUE @ Valparaiso Troy, Ala. 10:00 AM Mississippi Valley State @ Missouri State Starkville, Miss. 12:30 PM Tennessee State @ Valparaiso Troy, Ala. 12:30 PM UAB @ Illinois State Tampa, Fla. 1:30 PM Washington @ Bradley Peoria, Ill. 2:00 PM Samford @ Evansville Lafayette, La. 2:00 PM Northern Colorado @ Loyola Rosemont, Ill. 2:00 PM SEMO @ UNI Cedar Falls, Iowa 2:45 PM Florida @ Illinois State Tampa, Fla. 3:45 PM Miami (OH) @ Bradley Peoria, Ill. 4:30 PM Wright State @ Loyola Rosemont, Ill. 4:30 PM Abilene Christian @ Southern Illinois San Antonio, Texas 4:30 PM Green Bay @ UNI Cedar Falls, Iowa 5:00 PM Evansville @ Louisiana-Lafayette Lafayette, La. 7:00 PM UTSA @ Southern Illinois San Antonio, Texas 7:00 PM Green Bay @ Drake Cedar Falls, Iowa 7:15 PM
Sat., Feb 10 Tennessee State @ Valparaiso Troy, Ala. 9:30 AM UIC @ Evansville Lafayette, La. 11:30 AM Abilene Christian @ Southern Illinois San Antonio, Texas 11:30 AM Missouri State @ Mississippi State Starkville, Miss. 12:30 PM SEMO @ UNI Cedar Falls, Iowa 12:30 PM Eastern Kentucky @ Loyola Rosemont, Ill. 2:00 PM Texas A&M-CC @ Southern Illinois San Antonio, Texas 2:00 PM Valparaiso @ Troy Troy, Ala. 2:30 PM Green Bay @ Drake Cedar Falls, Iowa 2:45 PM Fort Wayne @ Loyola Rosemont, Ill. 4:30 PM Georgia State @ Illinois State Tampa, Fla. 5:00 PM South Dakota State @ UNI Cedar Falls, Iowa 5:00 PM Iowa @ Evansville Lafayette, La. 7:00 PM South Dakota State @ Drake Cedar Falls, Iowa 7:15 PM TBD @ Missouri State Starkville, Miss. TBA
Sun., Feb 11 Michigan @ Illinois State Tampa, Fla. 8:00 AM Washington @ Bradley Peoria, Ill. 9:00 AM Seton Hall @ Southern Illinois San Antonio, Texas 9:00 AM Eastern Illinois @ Evansville Lafayette, La. 10:00 AM SIUE @ Valparaiso Troy, Ala. 10:00 AM IUPUI @ Loyola Rosemont, Ill. 11:00 AM SEMO @ Drake Cedar Falls, Iowa 11:45 AM UMKC @ Drake Cedar Falls, Iowa 2:00 PM Western Illinois @ Bradley Peoria, Ill. 3:30 PM UMKC @ UNI Cedar Falls, Iowa 4:15 PM TBD @ Missouri State Starkville, Miss. TBA
Missouri Valley Conference Overall Records W L T Pct. W L T Pct.UNI* 20 6 0 .769 33 19 0 .635Illinois State* 20 6 0 .769 33 24 0 .579Southern Illinois!^ 17 8 0 .680 33 24 0 .579Wichita State 16 9 0 .640 32 20 0 .615Drake 11 15 0 .423 28 27 0 .509Evansville 11 15 0 .423 20 33 0 .377Missouri State 10 16 0 .385 23 26 0 .469Loyola 9 17 0 .346 27 26 0 .509Indiana State 8 18 0 .308 24 29 0 .453Bradley 7 19 0 .269 21 32 0 .396
^ NCAA Tournament team; ! Won MVC Tournament; * Won MVC regular season
Opening Weekend Schedule
Drake will host the 2018 Missouri Valley Con-ference Championship which will be held May 10-12, 2018 in Des Moines, Iowa. This will be the second time in nine years that the Bulldogs have hosted the Championship.
returning is Shannon McGee who had a fantastic freshman year leading the Ramblers in batting average, on base percentage, runs scored, doubles, triples and total bases.
Bradley, the coaches’ eighth-place pick, earned 30 points. The Braves welcome back three seniors from a season ago including Maria Schro-
eder. A Third-Team NFCA All-Mideast Region selection last year, Schroeder started every game for Bradley in 2017 and was second in the Valley with 16 doubles in addition to rank-ing second for the Braves in both runs (29) and RBI (38). Second-Team All-MVC selection Kealia Wysocki also returns after slugging five of her Brad-ley freshman record seven homers in league play.
Valparaiso claimed 19 points and the ninth-place spot. The Crusaders look to make a strong showing
in their first season in the Missouri Valley Conference under the direction of Kate Stake who is in her fourth season as head coach. Returning for the team are Carly Trepanier and Jay-mee Lawyton who started every game last season. The junior duo had a combined 96 hits, 52 runs scored and 143 total bases.
Indiana State was picked tenth in the poll with 18 points. The Sycamores will be a young team as
they lost five starters and one pitcher but welcome ten newcomers. Key returners for the team will be juniors Shaye Barton, Brooke Mann and Bai-ley Martin.
Nine of the Missouri Valley Confer-ence softball teams begin action the second weekend of February, with tournament play and non-conference games. Indiana State will start the season the following weekend. League competition will begin Friday, March 16 for two teams with the remainder of the Conference starting Saturday, March 17.
