HANCOCK, Mich.:Â Coming off of a 2-2 opening weekend at the 14th-annual Finlandia Dome Classic, five UW-Superior softball players were named to the all-tournament team, announced Tuesday.
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Senior
Gabby Gidley (Superior, Wis./Superior), junior
Amanda Kishish (St. Francis, Minn./St. Francis), sophomore
Alayna Tulip (Arcadia, Wis./Arcadia) and freshmen
Tiffany Kirk (McHenry, Ill./McHenry East) and
Amber Yoch (North Branch, Minn./North Branch Area) earned the honors.
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Gidley batted .357 (5-for-14) with three doubles and seven RBIs. She went 2-for-4 with a double and three RBIs against Northland in a 16-2 run-rule win Saturday.
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Kishish, who was named UMAC Pitcher of the Week, Monday, went 2-1 with a 0.55 ERA and two complete games. She struck out 10 versus Northland. Kishish fanned 15 and allowed just one walk for the weekend.
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Tulip was 6-for-16 (.375) with five RBIs and two walks. She went 2-for-3 with three runs scored, four knocked in and two walks against Northland.
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Kirk led the team with a .429 batting average (6-for-14) with two doubles, five runs scored and an RBI. She had two hits against Northland and in an 8-7 extra-inning win over tournament-host Finlandia.
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Yoch scored five runs on the weekend with four coming against the LumberJills. She also collected three walks and an RBI.
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The Yellowjackets return to the field on their 14-game spring-break trip to Florida March 14. Superior faces both Fredonia and Delaware Valley on the first day of play at The Spring Games at Osceola Softball Complex in Kissimmee, Fla.