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SIX JACKRABBITS NAMED NFCA ALL-REGION
5/20/2021 2:53:00 PM | Softball
LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Six members of the Summit League-champion South Dakota State softball team were named to the National Fastpitch Coaches Association's All-Midwest Region Team, officials announced Thursday.
Earning first-team recognition from the Jackrabbits were freshman pitcher Tori Kniesche and outfielder Jocelyn Carrillo.
Kniesche, a native of Wayne, Nebraska, enters NCAA postseason play with a 21-1 record after posting a 1.58 earned run average with 178 strikeouts in 124 innings. The artist of two five-inning no-hitters this season, Kniesche was honored as the Summit League Pitcher of the Year and has limited the opposition to a .148 batting average en route to a 17-game winning streak.
Carrillo, a returning freshman from Palmdale, California, is hitting a team-best .427 with 11 home runs and 36 runs batted in as the Jackrabbits' starting center fielder. A first-team all-league selection and  the most valuable player of the Summit League Softball Championship, Carrillo also has compiled a .503 on-base percentage and an .831 slugging percentage – both of which are on pace to be single-season school records.
Second-team honors went to a trio of Jackrabbits – first baseman Cylie Halvorson, outfielder Emma Osmundson and designated player Kelsey Lenox.
Halvorson, a returning freshman from Sioux Falls, was named Summit League Player of the Year a week ago and leads the league with a school-record 17 home runs, 54 RBIs and 116 total bases. She comes into this weekend's NCAA regional with a .351 batting average.
A freshman from Sioux Falls, Osmundson led the team in hitting for much of the season, posting a .374 average with three home runs and 21 runs batted in. She also has tallied 10 doubles and a team-best six triples for a .611 slugging percentage.
Lenox leads the team with 11 doubles and is tied for second on the squad with 11 home runs. The junior from Chesterfield, Missouri, also ranks second on the team with 47 RBIs and third with a .679 slugging percentage.
Completing the Jackrabbit all-region honorees as a third-team selection was pitcher Grace Glanzer. A returning freshman from Sioux Falls, Glanzer holds an 18-4 record with a 1.72 ERA. She has logged 155 innings with 101 strikeouts, notching a team-high seven shutouts and turning in a complete game in 20 of her 24 starts.
South Dakota State has been assigned to the Fayetteville (Ark.) Regional and will meet Stanford in opening-round action at 2:30 p.m. Friday. The Jackrabbits are making their first NCAA postseason appearance in the Division I era and enter the four-team, double-elimination regional with a 42-6 overall record.
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Earning first-team recognition from the Jackrabbits were freshman pitcher Tori Kniesche and outfielder Jocelyn Carrillo.
Kniesche, a native of Wayne, Nebraska, enters NCAA postseason play with a 21-1 record after posting a 1.58 earned run average with 178 strikeouts in 124 innings. The artist of two five-inning no-hitters this season, Kniesche was honored as the Summit League Pitcher of the Year and has limited the opposition to a .148 batting average en route to a 17-game winning streak.
Carrillo, a returning freshman from Palmdale, California, is hitting a team-best .427 with 11 home runs and 36 runs batted in as the Jackrabbits' starting center fielder. A first-team all-league selection and  the most valuable player of the Summit League Softball Championship, Carrillo also has compiled a .503 on-base percentage and an .831 slugging percentage – both of which are on pace to be single-season school records.
Second-team honors went to a trio of Jackrabbits – first baseman Cylie Halvorson, outfielder Emma Osmundson and designated player Kelsey Lenox.
Halvorson, a returning freshman from Sioux Falls, was named Summit League Player of the Year a week ago and leads the league with a school-record 17 home runs, 54 RBIs and 116 total bases. She comes into this weekend's NCAA regional with a .351 batting average.
A freshman from Sioux Falls, Osmundson led the team in hitting for much of the season, posting a .374 average with three home runs and 21 runs batted in. She also has tallied 10 doubles and a team-best six triples for a .611 slugging percentage.
Lenox leads the team with 11 doubles and is tied for second on the squad with 11 home runs. The junior from Chesterfield, Missouri, also ranks second on the team with 47 RBIs and third with a .679 slugging percentage.
Completing the Jackrabbit all-region honorees as a third-team selection was pitcher Grace Glanzer. A returning freshman from Sioux Falls, Glanzer holds an 18-4 record with a 1.72 ERA. She has logged 155 innings with 101 strikeouts, notching a team-high seven shutouts and turning in a complete game in 20 of her 24 starts.
South Dakota State has been assigned to the Fayetteville (Ark.) Regional and will meet Stanford in opening-round action at 2:30 p.m. Friday. The Jackrabbits are making their first NCAA postseason appearance in the Division I era and enter the four-team, double-elimination regional with a 42-6 overall record.
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