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Seven Lions Named All-PCSC
May 11, 2009
Los Angeles - Senior Kirsten Slouber closed out her LMU career by earning her third straight selection to the All-Pacific Coast Softball Conference First Team, as the 2009 postseason awards were announced Monday by the conference office. Slouber was one of seven Lions honored, with seniors Chelsie Tysdal and Megan Ackerman, sophomore Amy Charpentier, and freshman Sam Fischer gaining Second Team honors and senior MiaSarah Cesena and freshman Kelly Sarginson garnering Honorable Mention status. In earning her selection to the All-PCSC First Team, Slouber joins Danielle Kaminaka (2003-05) and Tiffany Pagano (2005, 2007, 2008) as the only Lions to be named to the first team three times in their careers. The centerfielder was also the only player not from Portland State or Sacramento State to be on this year's first team. On the last day of the season, May 3, Slouber became LMU's all-time hits leader, finishing her career with 254 hits, which is also the second-highest total in conference history. The Canyon Country, CA, native also ended as the PCSC and LMU record holder in at bats and runs scored and is second in doubles. Slouber's name appears on no fewer than eight LMU career lists. As a senior, she hit .267 overall but came on strong in conference play, amassing a .344 average with seven of her nine doubles and 11 of her 21 RBI. She also led the Lions with nine stolen bases. For her career, she had a .323 batting average, 15 home runs, 93 runs batted in, and 36 stolen bases, all of which rank her in the LMU and PCSC top-10.
Fischer capped her freshman season by leading the team in batting average (.360) and hits (62) while tying for the lead in runs scored (37) and recording a team-high 18 multiple hit games. She was also second with nine doubles and 11 home runs. Her numbers in PCSC reflected her consistency as she hit .354 with four home runs and 11 RBI. Fischer, from Simi Valley, CA, hit safely in 15 of the 20 PCSC games and had the longest hitting streak of any LMU player this season, putting together a 12 game streak between April 11 and May 2. Selected to the All-PCSC team as a third baseman, Fischer also made seven appearances at pitcher, posting a team-best 2.77 earned run average in 17.2 innings. A First Team selection in 2008, Tysdal closed out her career by hitting .300 with eight home runs and 30 RBI, all three of which were second on the Lions in 2009. Tysdal, a catcher from San Diego, CA, started the year by being named the PCSC co-Player of the Week for February 9 and finished it in the LMU career top-10 for home runs (fourth with 27), runs batted in (fourth with 117), and doubles (tied for ninth with 30). Charpentier was chosen as a second baseman, moving up to the Second Team after making the Honorable Mention list as a freshman. Hailing from Bakersfield, CA, Charpentier overcame a slow start to the year to hit .262 in conference play and .198 overall, although she did finish tied for second on the team with 15 walks. Cesena and Sarginson round out the LMU honorees with places on the Honorable Mention team. For Cesena, it is her third consecutive appearance on the Honorable Mention list after hitting .289 with seven doubles, two home runs, and 13 RBI. In PCSC competition, the leftfielder from Riverside, CA, increased her batting average to .321, fourth-best on the team. Cesena finished her career having played in 222 games, ninth-most in LMU history. Sarginson was an Honorable Mention selection at non-pitcher utility after playing in 47 games at either first base or designated player. She was second on the team with 31 RBI and tied for third with eight home runs while hitting .282. Five of her home runs came during conference play, when she hit .273 with 12 RBI. The Walnut Creek, CA, native had 11 multiple-RBI games in 2009, second on the team behind Ackerman's 13. LMU finished the 2009 season with a 24-30 overall record, placing fourth in the PCSC with a 10-10 mark. The seven players selected were tied with Portland State for the second-most of any of the six PCSC teams, one behind Sacramento State, who placed eight players on the all-conference teams. The four specialty awards were split between Portland State, the regular season champions, and Sacramento State, who finished second. Portland State had the conference's Pitcher and Coach of the Year in Nicole Latham and Tobin Echo-Hawk. Jackie Heide of Portland State and Jamie Schloredt of Sacramento State shared Player of the Year honors while Desiree Beltran of Sacramento State was the Freshman of the Year.
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