FROSTBURG, Md. - The Frostburg State softball team appears ready to take on Medaille in the AMCC Tournament and will use some of the league's best hitting and pitching in hopes of repeating last season's run to the championship game.
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Last spring, the Bobcats had a strong finish to their spring season winning five of their final seven games including a run to the AMCC Tournament Championship before falling to rival Penn State Behrend.
This spring, FSU makes its sixth-straight trip to the AMCC Tournament. The Bobcats (23-15, 10-8) enter the tournament as the No. 6 seed after dropping seven of their final 10 contests. Meanwhile, Medaille (18-16, 11-7) enters the tournament as the No. 3 seed after winning five of their final six games.
As a team, Frostburg State leads the conference in homeruns (22) and walks (135) and is third in runs (193). However, the Bobcats are even more dominant on the mound. Frostburg State is second in the AMCC in ERA (2.29) and third in strikeouts (173), hits allowed (235) and walks (56).
Sophomore
Brooke Tapman (Pocomoke, Md./Pocomoke) powers the Bobcats at the plate as she leads the conference in hits (51), RBIs, (38), homeruns (13) and total bases (102) and is second in runs (35). This spring has also been one of the best offensive outputs in school history as she has set several single-season records including hits, HR's, RBIs, extra base hits (22), total bases and is second in runs scored (35).
Freshman
Megan Magee (Egg Harbor City, N.J./Holy Spirit) and junior
Katelyn Coffey (Middletown, Md./Middletown) provide one of the best one-two punches on the mound in the AMCC.
Magee enters the tournament with 14 wins and a slim 1.56 ERA and is third in the conference in strikeouts (108). She is also third in the FSU single-season record books in starts (19), complete games (19), strikeouts and wins (14).
Coffey, a two-time All-AMCC selection, has posted nine wins on the season with 17 complete games and 78 strikeouts. This season, she has taken over four Bobcat career records including games started (57), innings pitched (373.2), complete games (51), and wins (34). She is also second in the career record books in appearances (63) and strikeouts (262).
The 2009 AMCC Tournament gets underway when the Bobcats face the Mavericks at host Penn State Behrend at 9:00 am.