Feb 09, 2016
A quick look at the 2016 Charger softball team
- Letterwinners returning/lost: 11/4
- Starting position returning/lost: 6/2
- Pitchers returning/lost: 2/1
- Top returning players: Sr. SP Sarah Grunert, Sr. SP Sarah Klopfer, Jr. OF Bekah Kastning, Sr. OF Ainsley Ellison, Sr. C Danielle Garceau
- Top Newcomers: Fr. IF Amanda Marra, Fr. OF Katie Kish, Fr. OF Carly Gouge
- Key losses: 1B Melissa Felkey, 2B Kate Ardrey, OF Jessica Day
- 2015 record: 25-23 overall, 14-12 GLIAC; 3rd GLIAC Tournament
- Notable: After being picked by coaches to finish 10th in the 2015 GLIAC preseason poll, the Chargers finished third in the conference postseason tournament last spring...Four of the team's five seniors are entering their fourth season in a starting role...Junior Bekah Kastning's 66 hits last season were fourth-most in a season in school history...The softball team has had winning seasons in three of the four years Joe Abraham has been head coach...Players on the roster hail from seven different states...Abraham has two new assistant coaches: Tristan Wilcox, a standout player at Aurora University, and Kate Ardrey, a two-time All-GLIAC infielder/pitcher.
VIDEO: Head coach Joe Abraham discusses the upcoming season with Kat Torres