Softball Newsletter (4/1/15)

NAPERVILLE, Ill. – North Central’s Kiersten Tinkoff and Illinois Wesleyan’s Mackenzie Marquis were named the College Conference of Illinois & Wisconsin (CCIW) Softball Players of the Week on Tuesday.

Tinkoff, a senior infielder from Lake Barrington, Illinois and Barrington High School (Psychology major), batted .600 (9-for-15) and totaled three runs, two doubles, seven RBI and a .733 slugging percentage for the 3-1 Cardinals last week.  She was 4-for-4 with three RBI in a 10-0 win against Thomas and 2-for-3 with a run and two RBI in a 9-0 win over Kalamazoo, both on March 24. Tinkoff then finished a combined 3-for-7 with two runs and two RBI in a split against St. Mary’s (Ind.) on March 28. 

Marquis, a freshman pitcher from Herscher, Illinois and Herscher High School (Nursing major), finished 2-0 in five appearances with a 0.36 ERA and 21 strikeouts in 19.1 innings pitched last week. She pitched a seven-inning no-hitter in a 3-0 shutout of UW-Stevens Point in game two of a double header on March 29. In game one, she pitched 3.1 innings and totaled eight strikeouts in a 4-3 win. Marquis also gave up no hits in 4.2 innings during a 10-5 win over UW-Whitewater on March 30. She currently has 11 2/3 consecutive no-hit innings.

2015 CCIW Softball Players of the Week

Hitter
Kiersten Tinkoff – North Central (3/31/15)
Bella Masini – Elmhurst (3/24/15)
Laura Bonds – Illinois Wesleyan (3/17/15)
Becca Thompson – Millikin (3/10/15)
Laura Behnke – Augustana (3/3/15)

Pitcher
Mackenzie Marquis – Illinois Wesleyan (3/31/15)
Stephanie Sturino – Elmhurst (3/24/15)
Katie Thornton – Wheaton (3/17/15)
Chloe Montgomery – Illinois Wesleyan (3/10/15)
Ashley Anderson – Augustana (3/3/15)

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The College Conference of Illinois & Wisconsin (CCIW) was founded in 1946 and currently services eight member institutions including Augustana College (Rock Island, IL), Carthage College (Kenosha, WI), Elmhurst College (Elmhurst, IL), Illinois Wesleyan University (Bloomington, IL), Millikin University (Decatur, IL), North Central College (Naperville, IL), North Park University (Chicago, IL) and Wheaton College (Wheaton, IL). During the 2013-14 academic year, the CCIW honored over 1,400 academic all-conference recipients, 14 CoSIDA Academic All-Americans, 33 CoSIDA Academic All-District recipients and 87 all-Americans.