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Southwest Softball Team Opens Fall Season
The Southwest softball team will travel to Muscle
Shoals, Alabama this weekend on September 4 to open
the 2010 Fall Season. The Lady Saluqis will play
Blue Mountain College at noon, followed by Jefferson
State Community College at 4 p.m., and the host
team, Northwest-Shoals Community College at 6 p.m.
Southwest returns seven starters off last year's
30-29 squad including pitcher Chrissy Darnell, who
struck out 234 batters as a freshman, breaking the
Lady Saluqis' single-season record. Also back are
second baseman/outfielder Lauren Alexander,
centerfielder Bianca Cowan, first baseman/shortstop
Veonka Link, rightfielder Rachel Martin, catcher
Raven Pickett, and third baseman Collin Jo Wood. In
addition, catcher/infielder Brittany McKee returns
to the team after sitting out last season.
Joining them on the 2010-11 Lady Saluqis' team is a
talented group of freshmen: outfielder Brittany
Cline (Olive Branch High School), outfielder Paige
Copeland (Bolton High School), infielder Morgan Kirk
(North Little Rock, Arkansas, Central Arkansas
Christian Academy), pitcher/infielder Elizabeth
McGlawn (King William, Virginia), pitcher Megan
Newman (DeSoto Central High School), shortstop
Stephanie Steen (Collierville High School) and
pitcher Brittany Wilson (Collierville High School).
The Southwest softball team will also participate in
play-days at Columbia, Tennessee (September 11-12),
Dyersburg, Tennessee (September 18-19 and October
10), Rhodes College (September 25 and October 2),
and the University of Memphis (October 9). The Lady
Saluqis will play at their home field, Buckhead
Creek Recreation Complex, on September 26 against
the West Tennessee Express, and on October 1 against
Dyersburg State and Northwest-Shoals.
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