| Greensboro College softball (29-15)
placed second in the USA South Athletic Conference with an 11-3 mark and
advanced to the conference tournament championship game for the first time.
At one point, GC won a program record 8 straight
games. The Pride also went 5-5 at the prestigious SunWest Tournament in
California. Additionally, the green and white shattered The Pride record
book.
The team broke 29 records during the 2006 year.
GC was 43rd nationally in hitting with a .329 team batting average.
Greensboro won its first two games of the USA South
Tournament before falling to eventual champion Methodist. The Pride then
upended NC Welseyan, 5-4, in an exciting 13-inning semifinal contest. In
the championship game, ninth-ranked MC prevailed by a 4-3 score.
“Seniors Kristen Slade and Whitney Williams
provided leadership and propelled our team ahead," said GC Head Coach Kama
Tucker. "In addition to offense, our biggest strength was team chemistry."
As for individual awards, The Pride earned eight
All-USA South conference honors. Most notably was GC's first ever USAS
MVP: Jessica Clack. The sophomore shortstop batted .448 for GC.
Joining Clack on the first team were Lauren Manning, Margaret Hamm
and Slade.
Follwoing the season, Manning and Clack earned
NFCA All Region honors. Manning, a junior second-baseman, was named to
the region's second team. She hit .373 with a conference-leading 42 RBI.
Manning was selected to the USA South first team last month and is tied
for the national lead in hit by pitches with 14.
Clack was picked to the NFCA region third team.
The shortstop was first in the league in runs scored with 46.
"We were very close to achieving our team goals
this year and are looking forward to next season and possibly going to the
NCAA's for the first time in school history," Tucker said.
2006
GC Softball
Post
Season Honors:
Jessica Clack, SS, USA South Player of the
Year, USAS 1st team, All-Atlantic Region 3rd team; Margaret Hamm,
C, USAS 1st team; Lauren Manning, 2B, USAS first team, USAS tournament
team, All-Atlantic Region 2nd team; Kristen Slade Jenee Johnson,
OF, USAS Second Team, USAS tournament team; Jennifer Simms, OF,
USAS Second Team OF; Ashley Pennington, 3B, USAS Honorable Mention;
Whitney Williams, 3B, USAS tournament team. |
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