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THIS WEEK'S GAMES: The Blue Devils (6-10, 0-0 WIAC) will head to Minnesota to play the University of Northwestern Eagles Saturday, April 1, at 1 p.m. and then to Iowa to take on the Wartburg College Knights Sunday April 2 beginning at 2 p.m. Stout is coming off losses from their Illinois trip against Lake Forest College, Concordia-Illinois and Elmhurst College. Stout will look to bounce back on this quick road trip before playing their first home game on April 8 when they host Crown College at 1 p.m. at Alumni Field.
UW-STOUT: Rachel Thomas and
Kyncaide Diedrich are the only two players to see action in all 16 games so far this season. Diedrich, who is playing softball for the first time at the collegiate level, is a known commodity to the Blue Devil women's basketball team where she earned all-conference honorable mention honors. Diedrich has been playing some outfield, some middle infield and has thrown one game. Diedrich is batting .385 (15-39) with two triples and a home run. She leads the team in stolen bases, nabbing 7-of-8, and is second in the WIAC in runs scored with 13.
Beth Wood is second on the team in batting average at .381 in 15 games (16-42). Wood also has posted a 4-4 record from the circle, leading the team in strikeouts with 24, and notching a 3.60 ERA. Seven Blue Devils are hitting over .300 in 10 or more games this season. |
2017 Statistics
BLUE DEVILS LAST TIME OUT: In their trip to the Chicago area, the Blue Devils couldn't grab a win. In the double-header against Lake Forest, Stout found themselves close in the first game after
Jessica Daley (Fr, Streamwood, Ill) drove in a run in the top of the seventh to give UW-Stout a 4-3 lead, but host Lake Forest College scored three runs in the bottom of the seven to defeat the Blue Devils 6-4. The second game dropped the second game, 8-2. The Blue Devils could barely buy a run on the second day of their Chicago swing, falling 10-0 to Concordia-Illinois and 4-1 to Elmhurst College. |
Game Story and Statistics
UNIVERSITY OF NORTHWESTERN: The Eagles sit at 3-9 on the season, grabbing wins from Rose-Hulman Institute, Immaculata University, and Juniata University, each game decided by 3 runs or less. Moriah Maunu lead the team in batting average at .377 in only six games, while Jennifer Ankrom is hitting .316 in 12 games this season. Abbie Nelson has been the Eagles' best pitcher so far this season, grabbing one win and sporting a 2.53 ERA and notching 13 strikeouts. | 2017 Statistics
WARTBURG COLLEGE: Wartburg has 11 wins and five losses on the season, winning six of eight games in the trip to Clearmont, Fla. including a 23-0 win against Cabrini University. Kaylee O'Brien and Mara Forsyth lead the Knights, each hitting over .400 in 16 games. O'Brien has a .510 on base percentage, notching a team leading 24 hits, including four doubles, and 11 RBIs. Forsyth hits for power, smacking two homeruns, and and bringing in 22 runs on the season. In the circle, Kimberly Wedeking has an 8-2 record, including 43 Ks in 59.1 innings pitched. |
2017 Statistics
LAST TIME THEY MET: Stout is heading to St. Paul to face Northwestern for the second straight season. Last year, the teams split in a decisive two games. Northwestern grabbed the first game in a 5-4 battle, while Stout grabbed the second in another close one, 3-2.
Heather Bol hit a two run homer in the loss, while
Tori Workman tied the Stout record with her 53rd win in the second game. The Blue Devils split with Wartburg College last season, losing the first 7-0 but bouncing back for a 2-1 second game win.
WIAC PRESEASON POLL The Blue Devils were selected to finish fifth, according to a
WIAC preseason poll. UW-Eau Claire was picked first, followed by UW-Whitewater, UW-Oshkosh and UW-La Crosse. UW-River Falls, UW-Stevens Point and UW-Platteville were chosen sixth, seventh and eighth, respectively.
NFCA RANKINGS: UW-Eau Claire was 10th, UW-Whitewater 18th and UW-La Crosse was 22nd in the latest National Fastpitch Coaches Association (NFCA) Top 25 poll. |
NFCA Top 25 poll
BLUE DEVILS LAST SEASON: The Blue Devils were 17-21 overall and 6-8 in league play. The Blue Devils advanced to the WIAC tournament. |
2016 Statistics
AWARDS AND HONORS: Pitcher/infielder
Beth Wood and catcher/outfielder
Rachel Thomas were 2016 all-WIAC honorable mention selections...
2016:
Tori Workman was selected as the 2015-16 UW-Stout female athlete of the year...
Nicole Rogers received the 2016 WMG Humanitarian Award...
Tori Workman was selected the UW-Stout/Northwestern Athlete of the Week, April 26, after notching her school record 54th career win...
Tori Workman was the WIAC pitcher of the week after allowing no earned runs in a loss to St. Benedict to open the season and after seeing action in the circle in seven of UW-Stout's final 10 games at the Fastpitch Dreams Softball Classic in North Myrtle Beach, S.C. She started four games in South Carolina, finishing with an ERA of 1.28 and a record of 3-2....
Tori Workman was a first team all-WIAC selection in 2015.
COACHES: Blue Devil coach
Becky Iaccino (41-49 overall, 23-31 at UW-Stout) is in her second year as the head coach of the Blue Devils. Iaccino played professionally in Italy
from 2003 to 2011 and with the Italian National team from 2005-07. She has been the head coach at Marian University where she was selected as conference coach of the year, and has eight years of experience as an assistant coach at Division I and III programs.
GRAND APPEARANCE:
Alicia Meyer hit a grand slam against the College of Mount St. Vincent, March 14. Meyer had six RBI in the game. Previous to Meyer's grand slam, the last 4-RBI round tripper came March 8, 2013 by Alison Gray against St. Olaf College.
GRAND SLAMS
Alicia Meyer vs. the College of Mount St. Vincent, March 14, 2017
Alison Gray vs. St. Olaf College, March 8, 2013
ON DECK: Stout makes their first home appearance of the season when they host Crown College, Saturday, April 8, then open the WIAC season by hosting UW-Stevens Point, Sunday, April 9.
