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2020 Softball Season Review

2020 Softball Season in Review

10/20/2020 10:23:00 AM

Finished abbreviated season with a 10-12 overall record and a 5-5 mark in Great Northwest Athletic Conference play…season was halted and eventually cancelled following a doubleheader on March 12 due to the COVID-19 pandemic…after starting the season 0-4, finished winning 10 of last 18 games, including 4-2 over final six games…head coach Sheryl Gilmore led the Vikings in her second season at the helm of the program…went 5-3 at Viking Field and 5-9 on the road (1-4 away, 4-5 neutral)…hosted the University of British Columbia in a doubleheader at Viking Field on February 14 for the earliest home games in program history…had three GNAC Player of the Week selections, including a pair of Pitcher of the Week honors for junior Anna Kasner…no GNAC All-Conference team was selected due to the shortened season…had program-record 10 players selected to the GNAC All-Academic team, including three-time selection Kylisa Hull, the seven player in program history to earn that honor three times in a career…senior Paityn Cyr finished her career with 17 home runs, 6th-most in program history and 9th with 85 RBI and 40 extra-base hits…junior Chantelle Shimabukuro was 2nd on the team batting .352 and ranked tied for 7th in the GNAC with 25 hits…junior Lauren Lo recorded a 13-game hitting streak for the longest in the GNAC during the season.
 
LEADING GNAC PITCHING STAFF
The Vikings dominated in the circle in 2020, registering a league-best 2.59 ERA, allowing 54 earned runs in 146.0 innings pitched…next closest team ERA was Concordia with a 3.94 mark…also led the GNAC with a152 strikeouts, with Central Washington second-best with 94…set program record averaging 7.29 strikeouts per 7.0 IP…Anna Kasner (1.92) and Kira Doan (2.17) finished 1-2 in the GNAC in ERA…Kasner and Doan recorded a pair of 1-hit shutouts in a doubleheader sweep over Northwest Nazarene at Viking Field on March 7 (4-0 & 6-0 wins).
 
KASNER TWIRLS NO-HITTER
Junior pitcher Anna Kasner recorded the 10th no-hitter in program history in a 10-0 5-inning game on Feb. 2 vs. Cal State East Bay at the season-opening Concordia Kickoff Classic…was the 24th individual no-hitter in GNAC history…Kasner finished the season going 8-4 with a league-leading 1.92 ERA…paced the GNAC with 108 strikeouts for an average of 9.00 K/7.0 IP…ended 2020 with 398 career strikeouts, 3rd-most in WWU and 11th in GNAC history…notched three games with 10-or-more strikeouts, including career-high 15 strikeouts Feb. 6 vs. Fort Lewis College…has 12 career double-digit strikeout performances.
 
BROOKS HITS FOR THE CYCLE
Junior first baseman Dakota Brooks hit for the cycle in a 9-8 loss to MSU Denver on Feb. 7…Brooks went 4-for-5 in the game, hitting a home run in the 3rd inning, single in the 4th, triple in the 6th and completed the rare statistical achievement in the 7th…was the second cycle in program history joining Emily Benson on March 2, 2019…in her first season with WWU Brooks hit a team-best .364 (24-for-66) with 4 doubles, 2 triples, 4 home runs and 10 RBI…ranked in the top 10 in the GNAC in hits (T-9th), home runs (T-6th), triples (T-2nd), total bases (44, 7th), walks (11, T-5th), on-base percentage (.455, 4th), slugging percentage (.667, 2nd) and batting average (9th).

GNAC All-Conference:
No awards for 2020

NFCA & D2CCA All-West Region:
No awards for 2020
 
GNAC All-Academic:
Rachel Christensen, So. (3.24, Physical & Health Education)
Kira Doan**, Jr. (3.42, Cell & Molecular Biology)
Erica Hardy**, Jr. (3.38, Business Management)
Tamia Hirano, Sr. (3.22, Multidisciplinary Studies)
Kylisa Hull***, Sr. (3.67, Mathematics)
Anna Kasner**, Jr. (3.21, Public Relations)
Lauren Lo**, Jr. (3.79, Accounting)
Mackenzie Palmer**, Jr. (3.85, Supply Chain Management.)
Sierra Tibbetts**, Jr. (3.47, Communication Sciences)
Rylie Wales**, Jr. (3.53, Kinesiology)

GNAC Player of the Week:
Feb. 3-9: Anna Kasner (pitcher)
Mar. 2-8: Tatum Dow (offense)
            Anna Kasner (pitcher)

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