http://miac-online.org/news/2013/5/6/SB_0506135738.aspx
ST. PAUL, Minn. -- The Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic
Conference (MIAC) All-Tournament Team for the 2013 MIAC Softball
Playoffs was announced Monday, May 6, following the weekend's
competition. With the tournament format amended to include all 12
teams, the All-Tournament Team was also expanded to include the
usual 12-player First Team (including ties), and an eight-player
Second Team. Headlining the squad was MIAC Playoffs MVP Jenna
Hoffman from St. Thomas.
Hoffman (Jr., Eagan, Minn./Cretin-Derham Hall) was tremendous,
playing shortstop and batting leadoff during the Tommies march to
the title. For the tournament, she batted .667 (12-for-18) in five
games, with eight runs, seven RBI, four home runs, three doubles, a
walk and a stolen base. Twice she led off the bottom of the first
with a home run, and she drove in the go-ahead run late in a win
over St. Catherine. Hoffman saved her best performance of the
weekend for last, as she went 4-for-4 with two home runs, a double,
two runs and four RBI in Sunday's 8-1 title-game win over
Bethel.
Hoffman was one of five St. Thomas players voted to the
All-Tournament First Team, after the Tommies went 5-0 to capture
the championship. Runner-up Bethel actually had one more selection
- six - to lead the four teams who advanced to the
double-elimination portion of the tournament. Third-place Gustavus
and fourth-place St. Olaf had one All-Tournament First Team
selection each.
Because the 2013 MIAC Softball Playoffs were expanded to include
all 12 teams due to the incomplete and challenging regular season,
the All-Tournament Team was also expanded to include an
eight-player Second Team as well, with one selection from each team
that did not advance beyond Friday's round-robin pool play.
St. Thomas has now won the tournament in each of the event's 10
seasons with a 32-1 all-time MIAC Playoffs record. The Tommies
advanced through Friday's round-robin Pool play unscathed, then won
all three games in the four-team, double-elimination bracket to
make it a full decade of postseason titles for Head Coach John
Tschida's club. As a result of the title, St. Thomas received the
MIAC's automatic bid to the 2013 NCAA Division III Softball
Tournament.
The All-Tournament First Team was voted on by the four coaches
whose teams advanced to Saturday's double-elimination bracket. The
All-Tournament Second Team consisted of one selection from each
team that participated in Friday's pool play, but did not
advance.
2013 MIAC Softball Playoffs All-Tournament First Team
|
Name |
Team |
Year |
Position |
Hometown/Previous School |
|
Kendra Bowe |
St. Thomas |
So. |
RHP |
Chippewa Falls, Wis. |
|
Rachel Gilbert |
Bethel |
Sr. |
OF |
Becker, Minn. |
|
Emily Gregory |
St. Thomas |
Jr. |
C |
Prior Lake, Minn. |
|
Kimmy Hassel |
St. Thomas |
Sr. |
2B |
Bloomington, Ill./Normal |
|
Jenna Hoffman |
St. Thomas |
Jr. |
SS |
Eagan, Minn./Cretin-Derham Hall |
|
Angie Jackson |
Bethel |
So. |
IF |
Oakdale, Minn./North St. Paul |
|
Caroline Kivisto |
Bethel |
Fy. |
C |
Dassel, Minn. |
|
Cristina Masten |
Bethel |
Jr. |
C |
Fergus Falls, Minn. |
|
Jess Newstrom |
Bethel |
Sr. |
3B |
Cambridge, Minn./Cambridge-Isanti |
|
Karli Persson |
Bethel |
Fy. |
P |
Albany, Minn. |
|
Bianca Peterson |
St. Thomas |
So. |
OF |
Hopkins, Minn. |
|
Kate Rentschler |
Gustavus |
Sr. |
UT |
Plymouth, Minn. |
|
Haley Schreier |
St. Olaf |
So. |
IF |
Cross Plains, Wis./Middleton |
2013 MIAC Softball Playoffs All-Tournament Second Team
|
Name |
Team |
Year |
Position |
Hometown/Previous School |
|
Paige Beseman |
Concordia |
So. |
IF |
Little Falls, Minn. |
|
Paige Carter |
Saint Mary's |
Sr. |
OF |
Rosemount |
|
Keelin Davis |
Carleton |
Fy. |
P |
Woodinville, Wash. |
|
Bri Dorale |
Augsburg |
Sr. |
CF/SS |
Ramsey, Minn./Anoka |
|
Bethany Hine |
Hamline |
Sr. |
OF |
Carver, Minn./Chaska |
|
Alyssa Luedtke |
St. Catherine |
Jr. |
OF |
Spring Lake Park, Minn. |
|
Rachel Nelson |
Saint Benedict |
Jr. |
P |
Lindstrom, Minn./Chisago Lakes |
|
Saraswati Wilson |
Macalester |
So. |
SS/OF |
Olathe, Kan./Northwest |