Softball Placed Seventh in MIAA Preseason Poll

KANSAS CITY - - The Truman softball team was pegged seventh in the 2012 MIAA Softball Coaches' Poll, announced late Thursday by the league office.

Head coach Erin Brown's squad is coming off a 20-28 season in 2011 that included a 10^th-place finish in the MIAA. The Bulldogs return ten letterwinners, seven field starters and two pitchers from last year's team, including all-MIAA second-team sophomore Kelsey Bollman (2B/OF; .372 AVG, 1.085 OPS) and all-MIAA honorable mention selections Mary Manley (1B/3B; .329 AVG, 28 RBI), Laura Miller (OF; .327 AVG, 14 SB), and Bridget Schade (OF; .325 AVG, 6 HR).

Defending MIAA co-champion Missouri Western was voted preseason No. 1 by the coaches, collecting eight of 11 first-place votes for 98 total points. Last season's other co-champion, Emporia State, earned the remaining three first-place votes and ranked second with 93 points.

The 2012 season gets underway on Feb. 17, as Truman travels to the Alabama-Huntsville Charger Chillout for six games in three days, starting with a pair of GLVC squads (Quincy, Missouri-St. Louis) on day one.

2012 MIAA Softball Preseason Coaches Poll
1. Missouri Western (8) – 98 points
2. Emporia State (3) – 93 points
3. Missouri Southern – 73 points
4. Central Missouri – 67 points
5. Northwest Missouri – 66 points
6. Fort Hays State – 65 points
7. TRUMAN – 39 points
T8. Pittsburg State – 33 points
T8. Washburn – 33 points
10. Lincoln – 28 points
11. Southwest Baptist – 10 points

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