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Sunday, May 25 Abby Gross Leaves Her Mark at Ball State 
With her senior year nearing it's close, catcher Abby Gross set the Ball State single-season RBI record with a double to centerfield against Eastern Illinois. Gross leads the Cardinals with 42 RBIs. Abby also holds the Ball State career and single season Home Run marks.
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Going Out In Style: Abby Ends her career by earning first team honors at MAC year end tournament. Abby Gross went 3-for-3 at the plate with five RBIs to lead the Cardinals to a 5-4 victory over the Akron Zips on day three of the tournament.
Sunday, May 25 Shanna Diller Turns Pro
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Slammer veteran and senior Illini star Shanna Diller will be playing for a women's professional team this summer.
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As coach Bob Zivic says, " Shanna was with us for two seasons. Great SS and 3rd baseman. She could probably play anywhere on the field. Fantastic bat and just a great all around person. She has the total package."
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Shanna is #2 in hitting in her final year at Illinois. 08' Stats
Tuesday, May 1 Slammers Welcome Purple Ace's Pitcher Dani Murphy. Illinois Team Honored at Annual On-Deck Circle Banquet.
Along with being a skilled pitcher Dani is an NFCA All-America Scholar-Athlete selection.She is a mechanical engineering major and her hometown is Ft. Collins, CO. In 2005 she played with Triple Crown in the prestigious Canada Cup tournament April 30, 2007 Champaign, Ill. - The On-Deck Circle hosted its seventh annual softball banquet Monday night at Hawthorne Suites in Champaign. The Illini honored those that have made the 2007 season so memorable. Several players garnered individual accolades as well. Click Makenzie Smith Photo for full story.
Thursday, May 3 Slammers Add Two More Evansville Standouts
The Slammers welcome Evansville top hitting infielder Amanda Ockomon along with .360 hitting outfielder, Laura Rather. Any way you size it up, the Slammer opponents this summer should be prepared for shell shock..
Chicks Dig The Long Ball. Illinois Leads Nation in Home Runs.
E.I.U's Sarah Coppert Joins 07' Slammers. Gross Adds to Her HR Record At Ball State. Slammers Welcome Indy Pitcher Amanda Wendlinger.
With the addition of EIU's very aggresive leadoff hitter Sarah Coppert the 07' Slammers should have plenty of "meat on the table" for the bevy of Slammer power hitters who are currently tearing up D-1 college stats this year. For example ILLINI sluggers Lana Armstrong, Shanna Diller and Mackenzie Smith are 3 of the 4 top home run hitters on an ILLINI squad that leads the nation in home runs. Add to this trio Ball State's career HR leader junior catcher Abby Gross and it could be a fun summer for this year's Slammers.(photo at bottom of page) Also, Head Coach Bob Zivic has added Indianapolis Greyhound's top pitcher Amanda Wendlinger to the team. Her photo and school profile can be viewed on 2007 Player's page.Together with her sister Beth on the same staff, I'm sure the incredible firepower on this squad will provide both of them with plenty of support.
Shanna Diller Earns Athletic and Academic Recognition Junior U of Illinois third baseman Shanna Diller was named Second Team All-Great Lakes Region by the National Fastpitch Coaches Association (NFCA).For Diller this is another in a series of accolades. She was an Academic All-Big Ten, Academic All-District and Third Team All-Big Ten selection while also earning the team's Scholar-Athlete and Gold Glove Award. Diller was also among the nation's leaders in runs scored (34th, 0.95), walks (93rd, 0.53) and RBI (99th, 0.82) per game. and batted .303 with eight doubles, 45 RBI and a .623 slugging percentage. She is second on Illinois' career home runs list with 28, five off the record set by Jenna Hall, and ranks second, third and sixth, respectively, in career slugging percentage (.519), on-base percentage (.393) and batting average (.301) Saturday, April 14 Top College Hitters Join 07' Slammers
Looking at the current college stats for the 2007 Slammer squad is like what you would expect from a D-1 All Star squad. One might not think you could find yet another phenomenal hitter, but Head Coach Bob Zivic reports that Illinois State freshman infielder Kara Nelson is producing some amazing hitting statistics. For example, as of April 14 Kara leads the 34-9 Redbirds and is the second best hitter in the Missouri Valley Conference with an avg of .422. The Redbird leadoff hitter leads the conference in total hits and runs scored by a wide margin. For more on Kara see '2007 Players' March 31,2007 3 TOP ILLINI HITTERS ADD POWER TO SLAMMER LINE-UP. ALSO ADDED TO ROSTER IS UNIV OF INDY TOP HURLER BETH WENDLINGER (see '2007 PLAYERS' for photos & stats) The 2007 Slammers just added impressive firepower as three of the Big Ten's best hitters, all from U of I, will be playing with us this summer. Along with returning Slammer infielder Shanna Diller, her hard hitting Illini teammates Lana Armstrong and Makenzie Smith also joined the fold. It is also a pleasure to welcome University of Indianapolis 05-06 Female Athlete of The Year, Beth Wendlinger to our staff. Please click on the photo to read a story about Beth that appears on the Univ of Indpls website. Beth graduated in 2006 and her younger sister Amanda is a soph 3 postion player, including pitching for UIndy.
Tuesday, April 24 Eastern Illinois Panthers Host Univ of Illinois, The Nations Home Run Leader Sunday, April 8 Abby Gross 6 for 7 in Ball State DH win over N IL Huskies
Tuesday, April 3 Lana Armstrong Earns Big Ten Player of the Week
Urbana, Ill. - Illinois sophomore catcher Lana Armstrong has been named co-Big Ten Player of the Week. She shares the honor with Kara Weigle from Michigan State. Armstrong batted .450 (9-for-20) with four home runs and two doubles last week to share Player of the Week accolades. In an 18-4 win over Illinois-Chicago, the sophomore catcher went 2-for-3 with a double and a home run, while tallying four RBI. Armstrong notched her ninth home run of the season in a 3-2 victory over Longwood. She closed out the week, registering a 1.150 slugging percentage. Armstrong ranks in the top five in nine different offensive statistical categories in the Big Ten Conference. She leads the Big Ten in slugging and on-base percentage with .897 and .556 respectively. Her .460 batting average ranks second. She is tied for second in runs scored (35) with fellow teammates Shanna Diller and Angelena Mexicano. Her 36 RBI's and 9 home runs are each third best in the conference. Armstrong is also fourth in total bases with 78, fifth in doubles with 9, and fifth in walks with 18. Armstrong hit in an Illinois record 18 straight games this year. Illinois takes a 21-12 record to Chicago on Wednesday to face Loyola in a doubleheader. The Illini will begin Big Ten Conference play on Friday as they travel to West Lafayette, Indiana to face Purdue. Monday, April 2 Lori Andjelich Named GLIAC Player of The Week. Liz Smith Red Hot With The Bat.
Lori Andjelich named GLIAC Pitcher of the Week (04/02/07) Sophomore pitcher Lori Andjelich recorded four of Grand Valley State’s six wins this week, going 4-0 in four appearances, and tallying a 0.30 ERA. In 23.1 innings of work, Lori allowed just 13 hits and one run, walking just one batter and striking out 34. Her opponents had just a .151 batting average against her. In the four GLIAC contests, Lori had a 0.00 ERA, allowing just eight hits and recording 26 strikeouts. Andjelich picked up both wins against rival Ferris State, pitching 9.1 innings and allowing just three hits, no runs, while posting 13 strikeouts. Lori's current record is 10-1 with 2 saves (including 5 complete game shut-outs), 0.78 ERA, and 105 strikeouts in 80.1 innings pitched. Lori's teammate and Slammer veteran Elizabeth Smith is currently hitting .365 as Grand Valley State is 4-0 in GLAIC Conferance and 20-7 over-all. Liz is leading or near the top of her team in nearly all offensive categories. (posted 4-3-07)
Saturday, April 14 Needy Sets Stolen Base Record At IUPUI. Also Lauded as Female Student Athlete of the Month
Saturday, September 2 Slammer's Ali Arnold Hurls for New Zealand at ISF Women's World Championship in Beijing, China.
ALI ARNOLD finished her 2006 summer season by pitching on a world stage. After pitching brilliantly for the Slammers the past two summers, the graduate Iowa Hawkeye star and Normal, Illinois product was in Beijing, China pitching for New Zealand in the ISF Women's World Championship Series Aug 27 to Sept 5th. As of Sept 2 Ali had recorded 2 of New Zealands 4 victories. She shut out Korea 2-0, then followed by throwing another complete game victory over Great Briton, winning 2-1. However, New Zealand's hopes for Gold were dashed when Great Briton eliminated them by winning a rematch and beating Arnold 2-1. Both of GB's runs came on a last gasp basehit in the 7th inning. Going undefeated, Team USA won the Gold Medal game behind a 1 hitter by Cat Osterman defeating Japan 3-0. Osterman also secured the victory with a 2 hitter in the semi-final game when USA defeated Australia 5-1.
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