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S O F T B A L L B U Z Z There are NAIA schools from Hawai'i to Maine and only THREE played games last week? An NAIA coach says, "Show me the scores." Add your two cents worth in the NAIA Discussion on Softball Buzz.   F A S T P I T C H Q U O T E Hey! Eighty-Six the wimp schedule!   R E C E N T L Y This Week In Fastpitch (March 15-21, 1999) Top performances for the week of 3/21/99 Throwing Drill Infield Drill What do players learn from their softball experience? Baker, Veroni are 1998 NFCA Hall of Fame Inductees California Community College Regional Polls NFCA Player of the Week, Week Ending March 14, 1999 USA Today-NFCA Top 25 Poll, Week Ending March 14, 1999 Fastpitch Job Line     - - - - - - - - - - - - Browse the Fastpitch Pow Archives - - - - - - - - - - - -
		Top performances for the week of 3/21/99    Who were the oustanding players last week? - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - BY NFCA STAFF| Outstanding Players for the week of March 15-21, 1999 Courtney Blades, University of Southern Mississippi, Pitcher, Junior Courtney improved her record to 20-2 on the year with a 3-0 record this weekend at the RINGOR Winthrop Invitational. Blades opened the tournament with a five-inning no-hitter (8-0 win) against College of Charleston in which she struck out 14 of the 15 outs. The only other out recorded was a line drive that she fielded. Blades continued her dominance the next day with a 6-0 no-hit victory against Virginia Tech. In that contest, Blades whiffed 14 Virginia Tech batters. She followed her consecutive no hitters with a two-hit eight inning, 18 strikeout game against No. 15 Illinois-Chicago in USM's 3-0 win. For the weekend, Blades was 3-0 in 20 innings pitched, allowed just two hits, 0 runs and struck out 47. Opponents batted .034 agai Stacy Gemeinhardt, of, University of Missouri. Stacy continues to be one of Missouri's most consistent hitters. She had the game-winning hit (two-run single) in Saturday's win over Illinois State. She had two big hits in Missouri's win over Western Michigan. She had an RBI triple to put the Tigers up 1-0 in the second inning and the game-winning hit in the fourth. Missouri won the Missouri Invitational with a 6-0 tournament record. For the tournament, Gemeinhardt batted .455 (10-for-22) with two triples, three RBI and 14 total bases and a slugging pct. of .636. She was 4-for-4 on stolen base attempts. Samantha Iuli, p/1b, University of Illinois-Chicago. Iuli was 6-1 with one save, an 0.88 ERA and 50 strikeouts for UIC last week. She batted .400 with five home runs, two doubles and 16 RBI. P Danielle Cassara, University of New Mexico Cassara, a junior from Long Beach, Calif., had an outstanding week on the mound as she continues to put up All-America numbers. In three games this past week, she was 3-0 in three starts with three complete-game shutouts. Two of her shutouts were one-hitters. She averaged a strikeout per inning in 25 innings of work, and gave up just four walks. Against #19 South Florida, she held the host Bulls scoreless, then hit a two run home run, her eighth, in the seventh inning to win the game, 2-0. Against Virginia, she shut out the Cavaliers for 11 innings to earn the win. For the week, opponents hit just .098 against her. For the season, Cassara is 13-0 in 13 starts, with 13 complete games, 10 shutouts, a 0.38 ERA, and a strikeout to walk ratio of 84-9. She also has already tied the UNM school record for home runs in a season with nine. Aimee Reiner, Marshall University, Soph., C/3B, West Covina, CA (Covina High School). Reiner hit .500 (9-for-18) in five games at the Winthrop Invitational over the weekend Ö She helped the Thundering Herd go 4-1 at the tournament, winning their pool Ö Reiner also bombed her second home run of the season Ö she is the only Herd player to hit a home run this year Ö Marshall had lost six of seven before Reiner caught fire Ö had three hits and 3 RBIs in Marshall's 7-0 win over St. Bonaventure Ö it was the most runs the Herd had scored all season Ö Reiner also stole her second base of the season Ö hit safely in all five of Marshall's games, including three multi-hit contests Ö was behind the plate when Marshall pitcher Michelle Boam tossed her first career shutout, a three-hit complete game vs. St. Bonaventure Ö also guided Boam in a 6-2 win over Providence where she struck out five without allowing a walk, and held the Friars scoreless over the final six innings. Jennifer D'Ambrosio of St. John's University (Junior, Yonkers, NY) batted 6-13 (.461) over this past weekend. She drove home 5 runs in the Red Storm's four games this past weekend. Jodi Chmielewski, Oregon State. The senior hit .368 in six games, going 7-19 with three doubles and four RBI. With Oregon State down, 2-1, against No. 2 Arizona, Jodi hit an RBI double with two outs in the seventh inning to tie the game and send it into extra innings. OSU won the game, 3-2, in eight innings.Chmielewski had the game-tying RBI in OSU's 2-1 win over Northridge; OSU trailed 1-0 in the fourth until Chmielewski doubled to bring home the Beavers' first run. Chmielewski also had the game-winning RBI in OSU's 2-1 win over No. 11 Texas. Oregon's Missy Coe, who plays both catcher and leftfield, batted .478 (11-for-23) with two doubles and three RBI to lead the Ducks to a 5-2 record at the AirTouch Cellular Capital Classic in Sacramento, Calif. She went 2-for-3 with a run scored against No.10 Michigan. Catherine Davie, Michigan (LF/Sr./Westlake Village, Calif.) ... all-tournament at Capital Classic ... 9-for-22 (.409) over seven tournament games ... 6R, 7RBI, 2-2B, 2-HR ... game-winning solo HR vs. Baylor (3/18) ... game-winning two-run HR in ninth vs. Portland State. Nicole Robbins, Army, outfield, freshman. Robbins batted .571 for the week with a 1.280 slugging pcercentage. She hit safely in nine of ten games and had 28 total bases, five RBI and three game-winning RBI. Geney Orris (P/DP, Fr., Brea, Calif), University of Nevada-Las Vegas. Geney had two grand slam home runs in two days at the Kia Klassic. The first came against #4 Washington (off Jennifer Spediacci) to lift the Rebels to the 5-3 victory. The second came in the Rebels 10-6 victory over the University of Utah. On the weekend she had four hits on 14 at bats, three runs and 10 RBI. She also pitched to a 2-1 record with wins over #5 Oklahoma and Washington. She pitched 18.2 innings giving up 23 hits. She gave up 12 runs, nine earned while walking five and striking out 11. NFCA HOMEPLATE, Tuesday, March 23, 1999 - - - - - - - - -

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