MADISON, S.D. – The North Star Athletic Association (NSAA) announced its second installment of the softball Players-of the-Week Monday. Valley City State (N.D.) swept the weekly honors for the second straight week. Emily Smith was selected as the Pitcher-of-the-Week, while her teammate Sierra Crocker was chosen as the Player-of-the-Week.
North Star Athletic Association Softball Pitcher-of-the-Week
Emily Smith – Valley City State (N.D.) – 5’7” – Senior – pitcher – La Prairie, Manitoba, Canada – Smith went 2-0 record for the week in the pitching circle as Valley City State (N.D.) went 3-1 record in the PC Dome Classic. She did not allow a run and struck out 25 batters in 11 innings. In Saturday’s win against Dakota Wesleyan (S.D.), Smith recorded 14 out of the 15 outs by strikeout. She totaled 25 strikeouts in the tournament, including nine strikeouts in VCSU’s 6-0 shutout against Jamestown (N.D.).
The Bulldogs blitzed the Tigers early on in the process of mounting a 34-10 lead midway through the first half. The only thing Doane had to celebrate was a monster dunk by Jaxon Harre in the opening minutes â but it celebrated too hard and neglected to get back on defense. The likes of Carter Kent, Smith and Wiersema were the aggressors in a lopsided affair.
Smith accumulated his lofty totals in only 25 minutes of action. He rattled off 10 of his points in the first 11 minutes of the game as a real pain in the side of Doane. To the Tigersâ credit, they charged back within 11 (52-41) early in the second half. The 13-2 Concordia run that followed essentially put the contest away. Just for fun, AJ Watson lobbed an ally-oop pass to Wragge for a crowd-pleasing slam with the outcome already decided.
WOMEN’S: UJ 75, Dakota Wesleyan 69
The Jimmies used major production from Kia Tower and Emma Stoehr, as well as Macy Savela off the bench, to take down the Tigers.
Tower played a team-high 37 minutes, scoring 23 points on 9-18 shooting for the day. Stoehr had great success at the free-throw line, with 14 points on 7-10 from the line. Savela was on fire from downtown once again, scoring 16 points off of 5-7 shooting on the afternoon.
The Jimmies end the regular season with a 15-10 overall record, 12-10 in the conference. Jamestown will travel to #7 Morningside on Wednesday at 6:00 pm to open up the GPAC tournament.
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The Defenders take an 18-7 overall record and 13-7 conference mark into a game with Jamestown on Wednesday night in Jamestown, North Dakota. The Jimmies are 18-7 overall and finished 14-6 in the GPAC and hold the no. 3 seed in the field. Dordt and Jamestown split their two previous meetings with a Dordt win on January 14, 87-68 and a Jamestown win on December 8, 91-74 in Jamestown.
MADISON, S.D. (playnorthstar.com) – Valley City State University seniors Joelle Aiello and Emily Smith were honored by the North Star Athletic Association on Monday after helping lead the Viking softball team to a 3-1 record this past week.
Emily Smith was selected as the NSAA Pitcher of the Week, while Joelle Aiello was chosen as the Player of the Week.
Aiello batted .357 with a .929 slugging percentage over four games this weekend. She collected a double, two triples and her first career home run. She also scored four runs and drove in four – playing a key role in eight of VCSU’s 13 runs on the weekend. Defensively, Aiello was perfect in 13 chances in the middle-infield positions.