2022 Softball Notebook (Week 9)

COMPLETE WEEKLY MEDIA NOTEBOOK

CONFERENCE / NATIONAL POLL: Wednesday was the announcement of the fourth NAIA regular season poll. In the latest poll,  the Yotes are ranked No. 7 behind fellow CCC foe, Oregon Tech at No. 1. C of I was ranked No. 2 in the preseason poll. Plus, the Yotes were picked to finish second in both the Cascade Conference Preseason Coaches' Poll and the preseason NAIA Top-25 Coaches Poll. Complete poll can be found on page 3. 

RECORD BOOK WATCH: Haley Loffer ranks among the top; five in multiple offensive categeories (1st in runs scored (168); 1st in walks (96); 1st in stolen bases (95); 2nd in on-base percentage (.493); tied for 2nd in home runs (19); tied for 2nd in triples (12); tied for 2nd in HBP (28); third in slugging percentage (.614); fourth all-time in batting average (.360); fourth in total bases (281); fifth in doubles (35) and seventh in hits (165). 

For Hannah McNerney, her 39 wins ranks fourth all-time, 88 appearances is third all-time and the 219 strikeouts is sixth all-time. She has saw action in 386 innings which ranks fifth all-time.

Kylie Smith has played in 209 games which ranks second all-time and the 206 starts rank second all-time. She has tallied 194 hits with a near .300 career batting average to go along with 139 runs scored – which ranks third all-time, 113 RBI which ranks all-time to go along with 27 stolen bases.

Katelyn Wilfert has posted a 2.09 ERA over the last two seasons which is second all-time in school history with a 32-9 record with the 32 wins ranking seventh all-time in 250 innings of work.
 
GRAND THEFT C OF I: For the season, C of I is 69-for-76 in stolen base attempts. C of I has eclipsed the 60 stolen base mark in a season on 8 occasions. The 69 stolen bases ranks seventh all-time in a single season.

Haley Loffer leads the team with 22 stolen bases. Earlier this season, she set the school career record for stolen bases, last week, when she eclipsed the previous mark of 78 held by Heather Kirtley (2004-07). For her career, Loffer has 95 stolen bases. Loffer holds the school single-season record with 32 stolen bases that she set in the 2019 season.
 

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