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Women's Softball Team
Wins NCAA Tournament Opener
Ronessa Stampfli (Sr.
• Brodhead) struck out 16 batters in a complete-game two-hitter
as UW-Oshkosh defeated Aurora University (Ill.), 5-0, to advance to the
second round of the NCAA Division III Eau Claire Regonal Women's Softball
Tournament on Thursday (May 8) in Eau Claire.
The Titans (29-9) scored four times in the second inning to take control
of the contest. Aurora University’s (35-7) only base runners came
on singles in the fifth and seventh frames.
Ashley Steltenpohl (Jr. • Wisconsin Rapids) and Veronica Bolle (Fr.
• Manitowoc) started the UW-Oshkosh scoring with walks in the second
inning. The first run came home on a Spartans’ error before Kayla
Kodet (Fr. • Manitowoc) hit a run-scoring single. Amie Heinzelman’s
(So. • Monroe) two-run triple made it a 4-0 advantage.
Kodet doubled to lead off the Titans’ fifth inning. With one-out,
Dani Olsen (Sr. • Verona) doubled her home to tack on UW-Oshkosh’s
fifth run. (More)
UW-Oshkosh To Host
NCAA Baseball Regional
UW-Oshkosh has been selected to serve as one of eight regional hosts for the 2008 NCAA Division III Baseball Championship. The double-elimination tournament will be held May 14-18 at Oshkosh Norh High School's E.J. Schneider Field.
The NCAA will announce the 54 teams for its Division III Baseball Championship on May 12. Six teams will compete at five regional sites while eight teams will participate at three regional sites.
Other regional tournaments will be held in Abilene, Texas, Auburn, N.Y., Danville, Va., Harwich, Mass., Moline, Ill., Newark, N.J., and Terre Haute, Ind.
Winners of the eight regional tournaments will advance to the double-elimination championship at Time Warner Cable Field at Fox Cities Stadium in Grand Chute, Wis. That event will be held May 23-27, with UW-Oshkosh and Lawrence University serving as the host schools.
In Oshkosh, E.J. Schneider Field will be the site of its 19th NCAA Division III regional baseball tournament. The facility was the venue for tournaments held in 1979, 1981-1996 and 1998.
More information can be found at: http://www.titans.uwosh.edu/2008OshkoshRegional/index.html
UW-Oshkosh Hall of Fame
Adds Three Members
The UW-Oshkosh Hall
of Fame increased its membership to 150 with Sunday’s (May 4) inductions
of Tara (Harding) Jaeger, Tom Taraska and Lisa (Melendez) Van Wyk. The
induction ceremony was held at UW-Oshkosh's Reeve Memorial Union.
The UW-Oshkosh Hall of Fame was established in 1974 to give tribute and
deserved recognition to former athletes, coaches and friends of the university.
It is also intended to enhance school tradition by honoring those people
who have shown exceptional ability while on the UW-Oshkosh campus and
since graduation. (More)
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| Allen Ackerman Director of Athletics Phone: (920) 424-1034 |
Deb Vercauteren Assistant Director of Athletics Phone: (920) 424-1384 |
Kennan Timm Sports Information Director Phone: (920) 424-0365 |
