Softball

Emma Remy, a junior pitcher from Urbandale, Iowa, has been named to the third team of the 2013 Capital One College Division Academic All-America Softball Team as selected by College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA).

Remy has a perfect 4.00 cumulative grade point average (GPA) with majors in political science and business administration.

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Morningside was eliminated from the NAIA Softball National Championship after it dropped a 9-4 verdict against Central Methodist on Tuesday in Claremore, Okla.

It was the Mustangs’ second loss in the double-elimination Opening Round site tourney after they had suffered a 17-2 setback against sixth-ranked Williams Baptist on Monday.

Morningside, which made its fifth consecutive appearance in the NAIA national tourney, finished the campaign with a record of 31-16.

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Morningside College placed four players on the 2013 All-Great Plains Athletic Conference (GPAC) Softball First Team as selected by the league’s head coaches.

The Mustangs’ first-team all-conference selections are Taylor Daas, a sophomore shortstop from New Brighton, Minn.; Kirsten Dargy, a senior designated player from Omaha, Neb.; Jordan Johnson, a junior pitcher from Sioux City; and Mackenzie Neely, a senior catcher from Roland, Iowa. Their exploits have helped lead Morningside to a 31-14 record, the GPAC Softball Championship tournament title, and a fifth straight appearance in the upcoming NAIA Softball National Championship tournament.

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Morningside won its fourth consecutive GPAC Softball Championship post-season tournament title when it clubbed GPAC regular season champion Hastings by scores of 19-8 in five innings and 10-1 in six innings on Sunday at the SYA Riverside Complex.

Both Morningside (31-14) and Hastings (29-12) will advance to the NAIA Softball National Championship tournament on the basis of their GPAC titles. The NAIA Softball National Championship opening round will be held May 13-15 at a site yet to be determined.

The Mustangs’ 19-8 triumph in the opener forced a second championship game in the double elimination tourney after the Broncos had defeated Morningside 3-0 in Friday’s winner’s bracket final. Sunday’s championship games were no contest as the Mustangs blasted six home runs in the two contests, including a grand slam in each game.

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Emma Remy, a junior pitcher from Urbandale, Iowa, has been named to the Capital One College Division Academic All-District 5 Softball Team as selected by College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA).

Remy’s name will be placed on the ballot for the 2013 Capital One College Division Academic All-America Softball Team.

Remy has a 4.00 grade point average (GPA) with majors in political science and business administration.

She has an 11-5 record and leads the Mustangs with a 2.04 earned run average, two shutouts, and one save. Remy has allowed 102 hits in 110 innings to go along with 25 walks and 53 strikeouts.

Athletes must be of at least sophomore academic status, be a starter or significant reserve, and have a cumulative GPA of 3.30 or higher to be eligible for Capital One Academic honors.

Jordan Johnson, a junior from Sioux City, has been named the Hauff Mid-America Sports/Great Plains Athletic Conference (GPAC) Softball Pitcher of the Week for April 22-28.

Johnson, who received the award for the second time in the last three weeks, had a 3-0 record with a 0.67 earned run average in four appearances. She allowed 13 hits and struck out 14 batters in 21 innings. Johnson twirled a five-hit shutout in a 2-0 victory against Briar Cliff University on April 24 and came back two days later to pitch an abbreviated six-inning no-hitter in a 10-0 win against Mount Marty College. Johnson finished the regular season with a 13-6 record and a 2.32 earned run average.

Morningside head softball coach Jessica Jones-Sitzmann won the 500th game of her Mustang coaching career when Morningside blanked Briar Cliff University 2-0 in the first game of Wednesday’s GPAC doubleheader at the Jensen Softball Complex.

Briar Cliff bounced back to win the nightcap 3-1 to put Jones-Sitzmann’s career record at 500-287 in 14 plus seasons as the Mustangs’ head coach.

Wednesday’s split left the Mustangs with a record of 22-11 and put them at 11-3 in the Great Plains Athletic Conference (GPAC) standings. The Mustangs entered the day tied with Hastings (9-1) atop the league standings.

Jordan Johnson pitched a five-hit shutout in the opener. Johnson walked two and struck out five while winning for the seventh time in her last eight decisions to improve her season’s record to 11-5.

Aside from getting the pitching win, Johnson also figured in the game’s first run in the fourth inning when she reached third base on a dropped fly ball by the right fielder and scored on a single by Mackenzie Neely.

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Kati Steffen, a junior first baseman from Moville, Iowa, has been named the Hauff Mid-America Sports/Great Plains Athletic Conference (GPAC) Softball Player of the Week for March 11 to 17.

Steffen hit .533 with six RBIs to help lead the Mustangs to a 4-1 record at last weekend’s Sterling College Tournament in Sterling, Kan. She collected eight hits in 15 at-bats, including three doubles.

Steffen went two-for-three with a double and four RBI’s in a 15-0 victory against Sterling in five innings and went two-for-three with two doubles and a RBI in an 11-4 triumph against Tabor College. Steffen also had a multi-hit performance with a pair of singles in a 4-0 victory against Kansas Wesleyan University.

Morningside improved its record to 7-5 after the four wins in the Sterling tourney. The Mustangs will open the GPAC portion of their schedule on Monday, March 25, with a 5 p.m. doubleheader against Dordt College in Sioux Center, Iowa.

Morningside head softball coach Jessica Jones-Sitzmann announced the names of nine recruits who will enroll at Morningside this fall and join the Mustangs for the 2014 season.

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Morningside has been tabbed the pre-season favorite in the GPAC softball race by the league’s head coaches.

The Mustangs received seven first place votes and 95 points to top the GPAC Softball Coaches’ Pre-Season Poll by a four-point margin over Northwestern.

Morningside posted a 28-21 record last spring and won the GPAC’s post-season tournament championship to secure a fourth consecutive appearance in the NAIA Softball National Championship tournament. Morningside finished fourth in last year’s GPAC regular season standings with an 11-9 mark to end a streak of three consecutive regular season titles for the Mustangs.

Morningside will open the 2013 season at the Friends University Tournament on March 1 and 2 in Wichita, Kan.

Click here for the complete GPAC Softball Coaches’ Pre-Season Poll results.