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Five Yellowjackets Earn Finlandia Dome Classic All-Tournament Accolades

2/26/2019 11:55:00 PM

HANCOCK, Mich.: 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.
 
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.
 
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.
 
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.
 
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.
 
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.
 
Yoch scored five runs on the weekend with four coming against the LumberJills. She also collected three walks and an RBI.
 
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.
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