Ball State University Athletics
Three Softball Players Named to All-Tournament Team
March 21, 2011 | Softball
BOTETOURT, Va. - Ball State Softball had three players named to the Radford Invitational All-Tournament Team for their performances in the three-day event at the Botetourt Sports Complex.
Junior catcher Amanda Montalto (Las Vegas, Nev./Palo Verde) earned MVP honors and joined sophomore pitcher Audra Sanders (Lynnville, Ind./Tecumseh) and senior shortstop Alicia Barkley (Oklahoma City, Okla./Putnam City) on the all-tournament team.
Montalto earned all-tournament MVP honors after batting .500, recording four runs, seven RBI, one doubles, one triple, two home runs and an astonishing 1.250 slugging percentage. The physical education major paces the squad with a .727 slugging percentage and five home runs on the season.
Against Delaware, Montalto blasted a 3-RBI home run into right field in the fifth inning to score sophomore Amanda Carpenter (Santee, Calif./Santana) and freshman Katrina Morales (Whittier, Calif./St. Paul), who was pinch running for freshman Audrey Bickel (Munster, Ind./Andrean). Versus Pittsburgh, Montalto got Ball State off to a hot start with a home run in the bottom of the second inning.
Sanders tallied a perfect 3-0 mark during tournament play with a 1.47 ERA, pitching 19.0 innings and allowing for 15 hits and six walks, in addition to recording 13 strikeouts in wins against Delaware, Pittsburgh and Robert Morris. Versus the Blue Hens and Panthers, Sanders allowed for a combined nine hits and four walks, in addition to striking out nine batters. The pre-medicine major improved to 9-6 on the season with her win against the Colonials, allowing for six hits and two walks in seven innings and striking out four.
Barkley earned a spot on the all-tournament team after batting .500 in five contests, including going a perfect 7-for-7 against Delaware and Georgetown, and tallying three runs, two RBI, three stolen bases and a .500 slugging percentage during tournament play.
Head coach Craig Nicholson and the team open the home portion of the 2011 season in a doubleheader versus Dayton at the BSU Softball Complex, beginning at 3 p.m. on March 24.
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Tournament MVP |
Amanda Montalto - Ball State |
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Offensive MVP |
Nichole Beall - Radford |
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Co-Pitching MVP |
Alyssa O'Connell - Pittsburgh, Jackie Jenkins - Radford |
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Alicia Barkley - Ball State |
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Michelle Beall - Radford |
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Cory Berliner - Pittsburgh |
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Alexa Bryson - Robert Morris |
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Mackensey Carter - Georgetown |
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Kelly Hmiel - Pittsburgh |
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Audra Sanders - Ball State |
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Amanda Stacevicz - Delaware |
