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Lady Muskies battle past assistant coach's death to maintain record winning streak
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In looking at box scores from the Division III Women's Softball Championship, it might seem that Muskingum cruised to its first national championship undefeated and unscathed. The statistics don't mention, however, that en route to their 34th straight win and the 4-1 victory over Central (Iowa) for the title May 20, the Lady Muskies were dealing with a loss.
Assistant coach John Wells collapsed during warm-ups May 18 and was taken to the hospital where he later died.
Despite the tragedy, tournament games continued as scheduled, while Muskingum went on to top the previous Division III record for consecutive wins (33). The Muskies finished the season 47-6.
"It feels great to win the national championship," said an emotionally drained Muskingum coach Donna Newberry. "It's kind of a weird day because it's not without mixed emotions. I don't know if any of us right now are able to experience the full joy of what a national championship brings because it is tempered with so many emotions.
"I think in a week or two -- or a year or two -- when we reflect back, it will become one of those things that can never be taken away."
The championship game was scoreless until Muskingum's Shelli Manson and Jennifer Shay hit back-to-back home runs, giving the Muskies a 3-0 advantage. Central scored its only run of the game in the fifth inning when pinch hitter Emily Carlson hit a sacrifice fly. Mandy Carnes' double drove in a run to give the Muskies a three-run lead again in the bottom of the fifth.
Dani Keiffer pitched all 28 innings of Muskingum's tournament games. She allowed just two runs during the tournament, and Central scored the only earned run.
Muskingum advanced to the championship game by sending then-undefeated Central into the loser's bracket. The Dutch then ousted Wheaton (Massachusetts) from the bracket to force a rematch with the Lady Muskies.
Central, which finished the season 41-10, placed Annie Van Wetzinga, Molly Parrott and Libby Hysell on the all-tournament team, while Keiffer was joined by teammates Carla Kampschmidt, Julie Ryan and Jennifer Shay. Rachael Powers and Carmella Ranieri of Wheaton, Jennifer Meyer and Jackie Huegel of St. Mary's, Roanoke's Amy Layman, William Paterson's Katie Morris and North Central's Betsy Dwyer also were honored.
Game No. 1
| Ithaca | 000 | 000 | 0-- 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Central (Iowa) | 000 | 000 | 1-- 1 | 3 | 1 |
Abigail Hanrahan and Kristin Furdon; April Miller, Libby Hysell (7) and Annie Van Wetzinga. W -- Hysell. L -- Hanrahan.
Game No. 2
| North Central | 000 | 00 -- 0 | 1 | 4 |
| Roanoke | 242 | 0x -- 8 | 9 | 1 |
Shannon Pedersen, Breanne Robertson (2) and Tracy Morris; Amy Layman and Marci Poff. W -- Layman. L -- Pedersen.
Game No. 3
| Wm. Paterson | 000 | 001 | 0 -- 1 | 6 | 2 |
| Muskingum | 001 | 011 | x -- 3 | 5 | 4 |
Diane Naugle and Morgan Dunlap; Dani Keiffer and Tami Anglin. W -- Keiffer. L -- Naugle.
Game No. 4
| Wheaton (Mass.) | 000 | 000 | 0 -- 0 | 2 | 1 |
| St. Mary's (Minn.) | 011 | 200 | x -- 4 | 8 | 2 |
Jackie Demling and Katie Boyle; Jennifer
Gonerka and Jennifer Miller. W -- Gonerka. L -- Demling.
Game No. 5
| Ithaca | 200 | 020 | 0 -- 4 | 7 | 2 |
| North Central | 020 | 204 | x -- 8 | 10 | 0 |
Abigail Hanrahan and Kristin Furdon; Shannon Pedersen, Breanne Robertson (5) and Tracy Morris. W -- Robertson. L -- Hanrahan.
Game No. 6
| Wm. Paterson | 000 | 002 | 011 -- 4 | 10 | 0 |
| Wheaton (Mass.) | 000 | 000 | 212 -- 5 | 13 | 0 |
Diane Naugle, Diane Catalano (7), Sam Kszepka (8) and Morgan Dunlap; Jackie Demling and Lori Hill. W -- Demling. L -- Catalano.
Game No. 7
| Central (Iowa) | 000 | 101 | 1 -- 3 | 9 | 1 |
| Roanoke | 000 | 000 | 1 -- 1 | 5 | 1 |
Libby Hysell, April Miller (7) and Annie Van Wetzinga; Priscilla Hill, Amy Layman (6) and Holly Morris, Marci Poff (5). W -- Hysell. L -- Hill.
Game No. 8
| St. Mary's (Minn.) | 000 | 000 | 0 -- 0 | 10 | 1 |
| Muskingum | 002 | 000 | x -- 2 | 6 | 1 |
Jennifer Gonerka, Jill Hocking (3) and Jennifer Miller; Dani Keiffer and Shelli Manson. W -- Keiffer. L -- Gonerka.
Game No. 9
| Roanoke | 000 | 001 | 0 -- 1 | 5 | 5 |
| Wheaton (Mass.) | 001 | 201 | x -- 4 | 6 | 0 |
Amy Layman and Holly Morris; Jackie Demling, Christie Hineline (7) and Katie Boyle. W -- Demling. L -- Layman.
Game No. 10
| North Central | 002 | 040 | 0 -- 6 | 8 | 4 |
| St. Mary's (Minn.) | 403 | 030 | x -- 10 | 15 | 3 |
Shannon Pedersen, Breanne Robertson (2), Laura Ingram (4), Jamie Balmer (5) and Tracy Morris; Jill Hocking, Jennifer Gonerka (6) and Jennifer Miller. W -- Hocking. L -- Pedersen.
Game No. 11
| Muskingum | 002 | 000 | 0 -- 2 | 7 | 1 |
| Central (Iowa) | 000 | 000 | 0 -- 0 | 4 | 0 |
Dani Keiffer and Tami Anglin; Libby Hysell, April Miller (7) and Annie Van Wetzinga. W -- Keiffer. L -- Hysell.
Game No. 12
| St. Mary's (Minn.) | 011 | 000 | 0 -- 2 | 9 | 5 |
| Wheaton (Mass.) | 200 | 000 | 1 -- 3 | 5 | 1 |
Jennifer Gonerka, Jill Hocking (2) and Jennifer Miller; Christie Hineline and Katie Boyle. W -- Hineline. L -- Hocking.
Game No. 13
| Wheaton (Mass.) | 000 | 000 | 1 -- 1 | 7 | 2 |
| Central (Iowa) | 000 | 203 | x -- 5 | 7 | 2 |
Jackie Demling and Lori Hill; Libby Hysell and Annie Van Wetzinga. W -- Hysell. L -- Demling.
Championship game
| Central (Iowa) | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | PO | A |
| Molly Parrott, 2b | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Denise Barnard, lf | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Mandy Jens, cf | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| A. Van Wetzinga, c | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| Kelly Oliver, 1b | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| Missy Voigt, 3b | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Mary Vande Hoef, pr | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kris Hughes, rf | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Katy Lein, dh | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Stef Miller, pr | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Beth Peterson, ss | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Emily Carlson, ph | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| April Miller, p | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Ali Pirkl, p | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Libby Hysell, p | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| TOTALS | 24 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 5 |
| Muskingum | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | PO | A |
| C. Kampschmidt, 1b | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Chantelle Andrews, cf | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| Julie Ryan, ss | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Mandy Carnes, dh | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Shelly DeLucas, 2b | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 |
| Megan Monsman, 3b | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Shelli Manson, c | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Jennifer Shay, rf | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Erin Zupko, lf | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Dani Keiffer, p | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| TOTALS | 25 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 21 | 13 |
| Central (Iowa) | 000 | 010 | 0 -- 1 | 6 | 2 |
| Muskingum | 000 | 310 | x -- 4 | 6 | 0 |
E -- Parrott, Van Wetzinga. LOB -- Central (Iowa) 4; Muskingum 5. 2B -- Lein; Carnes. HR -- Manson; Shay. SH -- Hughes. SF -- Carlson.
| Central (Iowa) | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | AB | BF |
| Miller | 3.2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 17 |
| Pirkl | 0.2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 |
| Hysell | 1.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 |
| Muskingum | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | AB | BF |
| Keiffer | 7.0 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 26 |
W -- Keiffer (30-3). L -- Miller (14-3). U -- Julie Johnson, Billy Peterson, Jay McGivern. T -- 1:25. Attendance -- 350.
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