2014 UW-Platteville Softball News
For the 14th consecutive year, the UW-Platteville student-athletes had a higher grade point average than the student body as a whole. The Pioneer student-athletes compiled a 2.955 grade-point average for the 2013-14 academic year, above the general student body overall grade-point average of 2.89.
UW-Platteville’s Lisa Karau was named first team All-Great Lakes Region by the National Fastpitch Coaches Association.
Lisa Karau earned first team honors, while Jess Butzen, Becca Lowe, MJ Patten and Haley Salazar all garnered honorable mention honors.
The UW-Platteville softball team was eliminated from the WIAC Championship by UW-La Crosse, as the Eagles setback the Pioneers 6-1 on Friday in Menomonie, Wis.
The sixth-seeded Pioneers dropped a tough 1-0 decision to top-seed UW-Stout in the opening game of the Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (WIAC) Championship on Friday morning.
The UW-Platteville softball team will be the sixth-seed in the 2014 WIAC Softball Championship, and will open the tournament against one-seed and host UW-Stout at 10 a.m. on Friday.
On a wet and windy morning, the UW-Platteville softball team fell, 5-3, in a rain-shortened contest to UW-Stout on Sunday. Due to the inclement weather, the first game was called after six innings and the second game was postponed.
The UW-Platteville softball team was setback by UW-River Falls, 2-1 and 9-1 in five innings on Saturday at Ramer Field in River Falls, Wis.
Ellyn Goerdt is a senior from Dubuque, Iowa, and is a elementary education major. She has started all 36 games in the outfield, and is currently on a five-game hitting streak. Goerdt ranks third on the team in doubles (5) and fifth in runs batted in (19).
Pioneer softball’s junior middle infielder Lisa Karau has been one of the most consistent players in head coach Lee Negrelli’s lineup.
The UW-Platteville softball team swept UW-Stevens Point, 11-4 and 9-8, on Tuesday at McCarty Memorial.
The UW-Platteville softball team split Thursday's doubleheader at UW-La Crosse, losing 6-3 then rebounding for a 4-1 victory.
The UW-Platteville softball team was setback by UW-Whitewater, 11-5 and 13-4 on Saturday at the UW-Platteville Softball Complex
Both the Pioneer softball and baseball doubleheaders’ start times have been moved up to 11 a.m. on Saturday, due to potential game-postponing weather in the late afternoon.
Freshman Chelsey Walker has made a great impact on the the Poineer softball program during her short time on campus. The Eugene, Ore. native, blasted her first collegiate home run on Wednesday and is hitting .264 average.
The UW-Platteville softball team dropped Wednesday’s WIAC doubleheader to UW-Oshkosh, 4-1 and 14-7 at the UW-Platteville Softball Complex.
