FOUR COUGARS NAMED TO NFCA ALL-REGION TEAMS
5-17-05
CALDWELL, N.J. - The National Fastpitch Coaches Association Division
II all-Northeast Region teams included four members of the Caldwell
College softball team. Juniors Katie Jackson (Pennsville,
NJ/Pennsville) and Jessica Saunders (Glen Burnie, MD/Archbishop
Spaulding) were selected to the 14-player first team, while junior Amy Coker
(Pennsville, NJ/Pennsville) and sophomore Anna Dahl
(Lindenwold, NJ/Camden Catholic) made the 15-player second team.
Jackson makes her third appearance on the all-Region first team and is
a three-time all-Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference honoree.
The right-fielder batted a team-high .415 with six homers and 37 runs
batted in, and was named to the all-tournament teams at both the CACC
and Northeast Region tournaments. Last month, the
right-fielder became the second Cougar ever to be chosen the NFCA/Louisville
Slugger Division II National Player of the Week on Apr. 26.
Saunders emerged as the Cougars' top pitcher this season, going 17-6
with an earned run average of 0.91 while striking out 182 batters in
154 1/3 innings. Also a first team all-CACC choice, Saunders was the
Most Valuable Player at the conference tournament after pitching 16
2/3 innings in one day to help Caldwell capture its second CACC
Tournament title. At last week's Northeast Region Tournament, Saunders
tossed a two-hitter in the Cougars' 2-0 win over Le Moyne College, the
eventual region champion. Saunders also was selected to the ESPN the
Magazine Academic All-District II Softball Second Team.
Coker, who was on the all-Region first team the past two seasons, led the
Cougars in hits (62), runs scored (39) and doubles
(13) this year. The second-baseman was selected to the all-CACC first
team and was named the CACC Player of the Week on Apr. 5.
Dahl also made last year's all-Region first team as the designated player.
A two-time first team all-CACC selection as well, Dahl matched Jackson
for the team-lead with six home runs while pacing the Cougars with 42 RBI.
In the elimination game of the CACC Tournament against Goldey-Beacom
on May 7, Dahl hit a walk-off home run in the bottom of the 12th
inning to win the game and keep the Cougars alive in the tournament.
She also had an outstanding year as a pitcher, going 15-5 with an ERA
of 0.96.
The Cougars, ranked 11th in the latest NFCA Division II Top 25 Poll,
finished the season 40-11 after this past weekend's NCAA Division II
Northeast Region Tournament, where they went 1-2. Caldwell College,
coached by CACC Coach of the Year Dean Johnson, have won 85
games over the past two seasons and have won the CACC regular-season
and tournament titles two straight years.
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