2004 Midwest Conference Softball

Bridget Griesbach
Ripon

Griesbach, a first-year pitcher/third basemen from Hortonville, Wis., (Hortonville H.S.) batted .439 in 12 starts this season. She finished with four home runs during Ripon's eight-game spring trip to Florida, including three home runs in the final two games. She currently has 11 RBI, a triple, a double and 18 total hits to her credit. She also has a 3-3 record on the mound for the Red Hawks with a 3.59 ERA in seven appearances and five starts.

 

Delanee Brown
Illinois C.

A first-year outfielder from Taylorville, Ill., (Taylorville H.S.) Brown is batting a team-best .538 through 13 games. She has a double, a homer, eight RBI and a team-high 16 runs scored. She has a .641 slugging percentage and a .561 on-base percentage. Brown, who has swiped nine bases in ten attempts, has already recorded four assists from the outfield.

Eva Klamann
Carroll

A junior catcher from South Milwaukee, Wis., (South Milwaukee H.S.) helped lead Carroll to four conference wins on the week (two wins over Ripon College and two wins over St. Norbert College) to start the season at 4-0 in conference play. In the four games, Klamann had six hits in 11 at bats (.545 average) that included 2 doubles and 2 walks. She scored 3 runs and also had 3 RBI. Defensively she compiled 15 put outs and 5 assists. For the season, Klamann is hitting .400. Carroll improves to 7-7, 4-0 in the Midwest Conference.
 

Stephanie Dour
Illinois C.

A sophomore pitcher Beardstown, Ill., Dour improved her record to 5-3 with a seven-inning, 4-2 victory over Millikin, which entered the contest at 14-7. Dour allowed six hits, struck out six and issued two walks in going the distance. Dour is a newcomer to this squad this spring but has quickly settled in as the team's number one pitcher.

Lisa Immel
St. Norbert

A sophomore outfielder from Eden, Wis., (Campbellsport H.S.) Immel batted a torrid .727 with 8 hits in 11 at bats, scored four runs, stroked three doubles and drove in four runs. Her slugging percentage was 1.000.

 

Leigh Anne Furgerson
Lake Forest

A first-year pitcher from Carmel, Ind. (Westfield H.S.) Furgerson posted a 2-0 record with a save while not allowing an earned run in 21 innings. She pitched six scoreless innings, allowing two hits, striking out three and walking none in game one over Grinnell and then pitched five scoreless innings of relief in the second game. Against Knox Furgerson fired a complete-game five-hitter and again came on in relief in the nightcap, pitching three scoreless innings in an 11-4 win.

Jenny Burris
Lawrence

The first-year shortstop from Gurnee, Ill,.(Warren Township H.S.) led the Lawrence softball team to a 5-2 record over the past week. The hard-hitting Burris batted .391 with eight runs batted in from her lead-off position. In a doubleheader sweep of Ripon, Burris was 3-for-8 with four runs scored and three RBIs. At the Midwest Conference Classic over the weekend, Burris batted .400 with two doubles, five RBIs and four runs scored. She led Lawrence to a 3-2 mark at the tournament and drove in the only two runs of a 2-0 win over Grinnell with a double in the seventh inning.

Jen Witmer
Monmouth

A junior outfielder from Polo, Ill., (Polo H.S.) Witmer turned in a stellar offensive performance at the Midwest Conference Classic. Witmer batted .500 (8-for-16) over the five games with six runs scored, five runs batted in, a double, two triples and two homers. She had an impressive 1.188 slugging percentage for the weekend. Witmer became the first Monmouth player to hit for the cycle, going 4-for-4 in a 7-6 loss to Ripon. Witmer also homered against St. Norbert and had a bases-loaded triple in a win over Beloit.

Becca Peglow
Lawrence

The senior catcher from Minnetrista, Minn,.(Mound-Westonka H.S.) led the Vikings to a 3-1 record this past week, including a sweep of Beloit College. Peglow batted .462 with a pair of doubles and four runs batted in. Peglow drove in the only run in a 1-0 win over St. Norbert College last Wednesday. She also threw out St. Norbert speedster Kristin Janssen, only the second time she has been caught stealing in 13 attempts this season. Peglow went 3-for-4 with three runs scored and two RBIs in Lawrence's 12-2 win in the opener against Beloit. In the nightcap, Peglow was 2-for-4 with a RBI.

Jenn Reifenberg
Lake Forest

A junior catcher from Skokie, Ill., (Niles West H.S.) Reifenberg played in four games last week for the Foresters and batted .533 (8-for-15) with four home runs and nine RBI. She also had six runs scored and two doubles. All of that added up to a 1.467 slugging percentage for the week. She was also perfect in the field, recording a 1.000 fielding percentage for the week. Her biggest biggest hit was a three-run home run to tie the first Monmouth game at 5-5. Lake Forest went on to win 8-5, and Reifenberg added a solo shot in the seventh inning.