Head Coach
Sue Carpenter Assistant Coach
Sarah Shivler Assistant Coach
Carolyn Dillon
| 14-22 (.389) Overall
7-9 (.438) American Mideast Conference South Division
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Natalie Fox earned a spot on the All-AMC First Team for the second straight year.
| Tsermengas, Fox head softball award recipients
CEDARVILLE, Ohio (5-30-2003) - Senior first baseman Sarah Tsermengas was named an NAIA and NCCAA All-America Scholar-Athlete for the second straight year while sophomore pitcher Natalie Fox repeated as an All-NAIA Region IX and American Mideast Conference First Team selection. Tsermengas, who graduated with a degree in mathematics, had a .284 career batting average in 125 games played. Fox is 26-17 with a 1.62 ERA and 291 strikeouts in her first two seasons in the program. Junior shortstop Ashley Smith was an NCCAA All-America honorable mention pick and was AMC honorable mention along with junior centerfielder Ginger Keithley. Fox, Smith, senior pitcher Julie Burt, and freshman leftfielder Jackie Greetham were voted to the NCCAA Midwest Region Team.
Jacket season ends at Tiffin
TIFFIN, Ohio (5-2-2003) - Tiffin brought the Lady Jacket softball season to a close by sweeping CU, 2-0 and 5-2, in the American Mideast Conference Best 2-out-of-3 Playoffs. Natalie Fox took a no-hitter into the 6th inning of the opener until the Dragons produced their only hits of the contest - a single and a double - to put runners on 2nd and 3rd with two outs. A fielding error scored both runners unearned for the only tallies of the game. Six different players scratched out singles for the Lady Jackets. It was the fifth time this year the Jackets were shutout with Fox pitching as a starter. [GAME 1 BOXSCORE] CU scored first in the second game when Ginger Keithley opened with a single, stole second, advanced to 3rd on a wild pitch, and then crossed the plate when Ashley Smith grounded out. Tiffin took the lead for good with two runs in their first at bat. The Jackets' other run came in the 6th inning when Christa Stanford doubled home Jackie Greetham. [GAME 2 BOXSCORE]
CU plays another long one,
but loses twice to Ohio Dominican
CEDARVILLE, Ohio (5-1-2003) - Two days after playing an NAIA-record 18 innings at Rio Grande, Cedarville dropped a 14-10 decision in 11 innings to Ohio Dominican in the first game of an American Mideast Conference South Division doubleheader and then lost the second game, 3-0. The opener was another wild one for the Lady Jackets, who had leads of 4-0 and 5-2. ODU scored twice in the top of the seventh to force extra innings at 5-5. Both teams plated a run in the eighth and, incredibily, both scored four times in the ninth. The Panthers put the contest away with four more runs in the 11th. Ginger Keithley was 4-for-6 with three runs scored while Ashley Smith had two hits and four RBI's. [GAME 1 BOXSCORE] Cedarville's bats went silent in the nightcap with just four hits and three of those came from Sarah Tsermengas. Ohio Dominican scored twice in the seventh inning to break open a tight game. [GAME 2 BOXSCORE]
CU, Rio play NAIA's longest game ever - 18 innings
RIO GRANDE, Ohio (4-29-2003) - Cedarville and Rio Grande labored for an NAIA-record 18 innings in the first game of their American Mideast Conference South Division doubleheader with the Redwomen pulling out a 3-2 victory, but the Jackets bounced back to win the nightcap, 3-0. The three-and-a-half hour first-game marathon easily exceeded the previous record of 14 innings set on May 18, 1994 between William Woods (Mo.) and Belmont (Tenn.). There was no forewarning about what was to come when Cedarville took a 2-0 lead into the bottom of the 7th inning. Rio produced a two-out, two-run single to tie the game and the extra innings continued for 11 more frames. The Redwomen plated the winning run in the bottom of the 18th on three Lady Jacket errors. Ginger Keithley had three hits and scored both CU runs. Natalie Fox pitched 17 2/3 innings and struck out 14 batters. [GAME 1 BOXSCORE] Julie Burt tossed a three-hit shutout to win the second game. She struck out five with one walk. Keithley was a perfect 4-for-4 at the plate, Ashley Smith drove in two runs, and Annie Stafford had two hits. [GAME 2 BOXSCORE]
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