Outfield
Duo Receives All-Region Accolades
 UW-Oshkosh outfielders Brenda Feucht
and Jessie Laha have received mention on the NCAA
Division III All-Great Lakes Region Women's
Softball Team. Both players were chosen to the
third team by members of the National Fastpitch
Coaches Association.Feucht started all 41 games for
UW-Oshkosh this past season, hitting a team-best
.395 with three home runs, 10 doubles, 25 runs
scored and 25 runs batted in. The Mayville
sophomore also had a team-high 14 multiple-hit
games, including five three-hit outings.
Laha, a freshman
from Appleton, started all 40 games that she
played in last season and hit .338, the
second-highest batting average on the squad. She
also tallied 36 runs scored, eight stolen bases,
five triples and a seven-game hitting streak, all
team bests.
Earlier this year,
Feucht and Laha were named to the WIAC All-East
Division first team.
UW-Oshkosh posted
a 16-24-1 overall record and finished second in
the WIAC East Division with a 3-2-1 mark this
past season.
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Titans Land
Three All-WIAC Honorees
  Fourteen players from the East
Division and 16 players from the West Division
were named to the 2001 All-WIAC Womens
Softball Team.Headlining the East Division
selections were Co-Players of the Year Kelly
Rutta of UW-Stevens Point and Megan Kerkman of
UW-Whitewater. Rutta helped the Pointers to the
WIAC championship. Rutta garnered the East
Division Player of the Year honor for the
second-consecutive season. She is hitting
.452 with 21 runs batted in, eight triples and
three home runs.
Kerkman helped the
Warhawks to a 25-14-3 record this season.
She is a four-time member of the All-WIAC East
Division first team. She finished this season
with a .407 batting average, 31 runs scored, 11
doubles and nine stolen bases.
Leading the West
Division selections was Player of the Year Angie
Pinnow of UW-Stout. Pinnow is a three-time
All-WIAC West Division first team performer. She
currently leads the WIAC with a .427 batting
average, .706 slugging percentage, 101 total
bases, .478 on-base percentage, 61 hits, six home
runs and 17 stolen bases.
Receiving All-WIAC
East Division accolades from UW-Oshkosh were
sophomore first baseman Brenda Feucht of
Mayville, freshman outfielder Jessie Laha of
Appleton and freshman outfielder Angie Long of
Green Bay.
Feucht hit a
team-leading .395 for the Titans with three home
runs, 10 doubles, 25 runs batted in and 25 runs
scored. She had a team-high 14 multiple-hit
games, including five three-hit outings. Laha hit
.338 to rank second on the team. She also tallied
36 runs scored, eight stolen bases, five triples
and a seven-game hitting streak, all team bests.
Long hit .274 with three home runs, 20 runs
scored and 19 runs batted in. Her season also
included six games with multiple runs batted in,
a team best.
Receiving WIAC
All-East Division honorable mention recognition
from UW-Oshkosh were sophomore second baseman
Katie Dams of Greenfield, sophomore catcher Mary
Easton of Kenosha and senior shortstop Carrie
Thorson of Mayville,
UW-La
Crosses Vicki Schull was selected the 2001
WIAC Coach of the Year by her peers after leading
the Eagles to a school- record 27 wins.
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Titans Suffer
Loss, Elimination From WIAC Tournament
 A pair of three-run home runs did
the UW-Oshkosh women's softball team in as
UW-Stout posted a 7-4 victory and eliminated the
Titans from the WIAC Championship on Friday (May
4) in Duluth, Minn. The contest between
eighth-seed UW-Oshkosh and ninth-seed UW-Stout
served as a play-in to the league's
double-elimination tournament, with the winner
advancing to meet top-seed UW-La Crosse and the
loser faced with having its season end.UW-Stout (20-22) and
UW-Oshkosh (16-24-1) both scored in its first at
bat, with the Blue Devils counting a run on a
single by third baseman Cindy Shankle and the
Titans on a sacrifice fly by sophomore left
fielder Brenda Feucht. The Blue Devils, who
defeated the Titans, 2-0, earlier in the year,
broke the tie in the second inning on a one-out,
three-run home run by shortstop Angie Pinnow.
In the third
inning, UW-Oshkosh evened the score by crossing
home plate three times. The Titans recorded three
hits in the inning, including a run-scoring
double by sophomore second baseman Katie Dams and
a run-scoring single by senior shortstop Carrie
Thorson. UW-Oshkosh scored its other run on a
bases-loaded walk by sophomore designated player
Ann Manteufel. UW-Stout added to its scoring
total in the seventh inning when second baseman
Erin Slaikeu belted a two-out, three-run home
run.
UW-Oshkosh, which
left the bases loaded in the first and third
innings, was held to five hits in the game by
UW-Stout pitchers Tracy Kokke and Jennie Bostrom.
Thorson had two hits for the Titans, while Dams,
Feucht and freshman center fielder Jessie Laha
had one each. Sophomore Loni Ovans (9-10) took
the pitching loss for UW-Oshkosh, allowing 12
hits and seven earned runs while hurling seven
innings.
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Titans Win, Tie
With Warhawks
 Preventing a comeback in the seventh
inning of game one and staging a rally of its own
in the seventh inning of game two, the UW-Oshkosh
women's softball team defeated and tied
UW-Whitewater on Monday (April 23) at the Titan
Stadium Sports Complex. UW-Oshkosh won a 13-12
decision in the two-hour, 30-minute opener and
earned a 6-6 tie in the one-hour, 53-minute
nightcap, with the latter being called due to
darkness. The victory in the first game snapped a
five-game losing streak for the Titans, while the
tie in the second game was UW-Oshkosh's first
since the 1990 season.
UW-Whitewater
(17-8-3) took a 1-0 lead in its first at bat of
game one, but quickly saw UW-Oshkosh (15-20-1)
counter with seven runs in its inaugural at bat.
The Titans tallied their runs on four hits and
five UW-Whitewater errors, highlighted by a grand
slam by sophomore second baseman Katie Dams. The
Warhawks made the count 7-5 in the second inning
by scoring four times, with two coming via a home
run by third baseman Debbie Meltz.
UW-Oshkosh
plated five runs in the fifth inning on three
hits and one UW-Whitewater error, featured by a
run-scoring single by sophomore left fielder
Brenda Feucht. Aided by a base-load triple by
left fielder Megan Koeller in the sixth inning,
UW-Whitewater made the score 12-9. UW-Oshkosh
extended its lead to 13-9 in its half of the
sixth inning on a solo home run by freshman right
fielder Angie Long. The Warhawks staged a
comeback in the seventh inning, scoring three
runs on three hits. UW-Whitewater had runners on
first and second when the third out was made.
UW-Oshkosh
had eight hits in the opener, with freshman
center fielder Jessie Laha having three and Long
two. Sophomore Lizz Fernelius (7-12) pitched all
seven innings, scattering 10 hits and striking
out three batters.
Down
5-0 in the second game, UW-Oshkosh scored four
runs on four hits in the fifth inning, including
a solo home run by Feucht. The Titans benefited
from three UW-Whitewater wild pitches that scored
runs in the frame and one Warhawk error. Both
teams scored runs in the sixth inning, with
UW-Oshkosh getting its tally on a double by Laha.
After
leaving two UW-Whitewater runners on base in the
seventh inning, UW-Oshkosh tallied one run its
half of the seventh with the contribution of a
run-scoring single by Long. The Titans had
runners on first and second when their last out
of the inning and doubleheader was made.
UW-Oshkosh
banged out 13 hits in the nightcap, with three
beloning to sophomore catcher Mary Easton and two
each to Feucht and Long. Sophomore Loni Ovans
(8-8-1) took the pitching tie, allowing nine hits
and striking out one batter in seven innings.
With
the outcomes, UW-Platteville wins the WIAC East
Division crown by owning a 4-2 record. UW-Oshkosh
and UW-Whitewater finished second with 3-2-1
marks and UW-Stevens Point fourth with a 1-5 log.
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Titans Drop A
Pair To Pioneers
 Less than 24 hours after sweeping
UW-Stevens Point in the WIAC East Division
opener, the fortunes quickly turned for the
UW-Oshkosh women's softball team as the Titans
dropped a pair of games to UW-Platteville on
Thursday (April 19) in Platteville. The Pioneers
won the opener, 11-1, and the nightcap, 5-2.
UW-Platteville (9-19/4-2) banged out six home
runs in the doubleheader, including three by
third baseman Beth Shaw in the first game. Shaw
belted a solo home run in the second inning, a
two-run blast in the third inning and a three-run
shot in the fourth. The Pioneers hit two other
home runs in the opener, a two-run shot by
catcher Amy Pennekamp in the first inning and a
solo smash by first baseman Amy Henning in the
second inning.
UW-Oshkosh (14-17/2-2) was limited to five hits
in the opener, with two belonging to sophomore
second baseman Katie Dams. The Titans scored
their lone run in the fourth inning on a single
by sophomore catcher Mary Easton. Sophomore Lizz
Fernelius (6-11) took the pitching loss for
UW-Oshkosh, allowing 10 hits and 11 earned runs
in the five-inning contest.
In the second game, UW-Oshkosh relied on senior
shortstop Carrie Thorson's solo home run in the
second inning to take a 1-0 lead. UW-Platteville
took a 2-1 advantage in the third inning on a
two-run double by shortstop Erin Esser. The
Pioneers' lead didn't last long as in the next
inning UW-Oshkosh tied the count on a run-scoring
double by junior designated hitter Stephanie
Swoboda. UW-Platteville took the lead for good in
the fifth inning on a solo home run by catcher
Michelle Skaden and added to the score in the
sixth with a pair of tallies.
UW-Oshkosh totaled eight hits in the nightcap,
including two by freshman right fielder Angie
Long. Sophomore Loni Ovans (8-6) took the
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Titans Sweep
Pointers In WIAC Opener
 The UW-Oshkosh women's softball team
opened WIAC East Division play in a big way on
Wednesday (April 18) at the Titan Stadium Sports
Complex by winning both ends of a doubleheader
against UW-Stevens Point. The Titans posted
victories of 4-2 and 8-5 to record its first
doubleheader sweep of the Pointers since April 5,
1988. UW-Oshkosh
took a 1-0 lead in the first inning of game one
when senior shortstop Carrie Thorson recorded a
two-out, run-scoring double. The tally was only
the fourth earned run allowed by UW-Stevens Point
pitcher Karen Guckenberger in 66.1 innings.
The count remained
1-0 in UW-Oshkosh's favor until the sixth inning
when UW-Stevens Point tied the game on a
sacrifice fly by shortstop Nicole Alexander. Tied
1-1, UW-Oshkosh scored three runs in the bottom
half of the sixth inning to take control of the
game. The Titans benefited from three UW-Stevens
Point errors in the frame and totaled three hits,
including a pinch-hit, run-scoring double by
sophomore Mary Easton.
Sophomore Lizz
Fernelius (6-10) gained the pitching win for the
Titans, scattering 10 hits and leaving two
UW-Stevens Point runners on base in the second,
fifth and seventh innings.
Scoring three runs
on two hits in the first inning, one run on one
hit in the second and three runs on three hits in
the third, UW-Oshkosh jumped to a 7-0 advantage
in the second game. The big hit during
UW-Oshkosh's early assault was a two-out, two-run
home run by junior third baseman Nikol Matzke in
the third inning. UW-Stevens Point cut the
deficit to 7-4 by scoring four runs in the fourth
inning and 8-5 by counting one run in the
seventh.
Sophomore Loni
Ovans raised her pitching record to 8-5 in the
nightcap, scattering 10 hits and striking out two
batters in seven innings of work.
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