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The Justice Management Division (JMD), under the direction of the Assistant Attorney General for Administration, provides advice and assistance to senior management officials relating to basic Department policy for budget and financial management, personnel management and training, facilities, procurement, equal employment opportunity, information processing, records management, security, and all other matters pertaining to organization, management and administration.
The Deputy Assistant Attorney General for Information Resource Management / Chief Information Officer (DAAG IRM/CIO) provides leadership relating to the management of the Department's information technology resources by formulating department-wide Information Technology (IT) policies and strategic plans. The CIO provides guidance and review oversight, and makes recommendations concerning the IT budget requests of the Department's component agencies. Further responsibilities include the delivery of information to U.S. citizens through the Internet and oversight of the security of the Department's information systems.
The mission of the Electronic Government Services Staff (EGSS) is to facilitate the timely, cost effective delivery of high quality information by making Department of Justice information and services readily available to citizens via the Internet, and by improving electronic communication across Justice and among the Department's mission partners.
The Enterprise Solutions Staff (ESS) oversees critical information technology (IT) projects so that they meet cost, schedule, and performance goals. The staff maintains a portfolio of common solutions, collaborating with Department of Justice components to develop blueprints for assessing, selecting, sizing, and sequencing common solution projects.
The mission of the Information TechnologySecurity Staff (ITSS) is to ensure the protection of Department of Justice information systems that collect, process, transmit, store, and/or disseminate either classified or sensitive but unclassified information.
The Operations Services Staff (OSS) offers a wide range of information technology (IT) business solutions to Department of Justice components and other federal agencies. Services provided through OSS include: application hosting on OSS-owned platforms; hosting of customer-owned equipment; Justice Consolidated Office Network (JCON) operations classified and Senior Management Offices/Justice Management Division unclassified; Justice Secure Remote Access (JSRA); Justice Telecommunications System (JTS); voice services; and, web services.
The mission of the Policy and Planning Staff (PPS) is to develop, implement, and oversee an integrated approach for effectively and efficiently planning and managing Department of Justice information technology (IT) resources.
The Office of the Controller manages the Department's appropriations, budget, finance, and procurement functions through the activities of the Budget Staff, Finance Staff, Asset Forfeiture Management Staff, Debt Collection Management Staff, and the Procurement Services Staff.
The Asset Forfeiture Management Staff (AFMS), Justice Management Division, is responsible for Department-level administrative management matters affecting the Asset Forfeiture Program, including financial management, audits, contracts, and systems. The AFMS may be reached at 202-616-8000.
Asset Forfeiture ProgramThe Justice Management Division is a component of the Department of Justice (DOJ) that provides a wide variety of support and oversight functions for the Attorney General and the Department's components. The JMD Budget Staff serves as the central budget office for DOJ, overseeing all aspects of planning and preparation of the budget for the entire Department of Justice, which totals over $30 billion.
Budget and PerformanceThe Debt Collection Management Staff (DCM) provides the operational, litigation support, policy and client support services, training, and reporting needed to facilitate the collection of debts owed to the United States Government.
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The Finance Staff finds solutions dedicated to keeping the Department financially sound while providing financial policy, guidance, oversight, accountability and services to support the Department.
More specifically, the Finance Staff develops, maintains and administers the Department's Financial Management Information System; directs an accounting program supporting the operational processing of funds; directs automated employment system supporting records processing for personnel functions (except for the FBI); provides payroll accounting services for all Department employees; and represents the Department in its contacts with all Federal departments and agencies regarding finance and accounting policies, standards, systems and activities.
The Unified Financial Management System (UFMS) Program was established by the Department of Justice (DOJ) to manage the implementation of a new financial and acquisition management system to improve the financial, budget and acquisition operations within the Department and its Components. The future efficiency of financial management at DOJ depends to a large extent on implementation of a single, Department-wide, standard accounting system.
The unification of DOJ financial and acquisition management systems represents a singular opportunity to develop true Department-wide business practices, standard processes and to implement a federally compliant core financial system. UFMS will provide DOJ with timely information available on demand, consolidated cross-Component financial and acquisitions information, and standardized reporting across all of the Components.
Learn MoreThe Deputy Assistant Attorney General for Human Resources and Administration (DAAG/HRA) is responsible for Departmental human resources, facilities, security and emergency planning, equal employment opportunity, library services, executive secretariat and administrative support functions. The DAAG/HRA serves as the Department's Chief Human Capital Officer and in that capacity is responsible for ensuring that the Department has a strategic approach for attracting, maintaining, and developing the human capital needed to carry out the mission of the Department of Justice.
The Consolidated Executive Office (CEO) provides quality administrative support in the areas of financial management, acquisition services, human resources liaison, voice and data communications, and facilities coordination to the executives, managers and employees of the Department's leadership offices, senior management offices, and selected Justice Management Division staffs. CEO provides support in a collaborative and productive manner allowing these offices to concentrate on their individual missions. Customer service and accountability for every requirement is our priority.
The Departmental Executive Secretariat (ExecSec) was established in 1982 as part of the Office of the Deputy Attorney General and given responsibility for controlling and managing correspondence emanating to and from the Attorney General (AG), Deputy Attorney General (DAG), Associate Attorney General (ASG), and specific correspondence addressed to or from the Office of Legislative Affairs (OLA). In 1988, ExecSec expanded its role by providing records management services to the three principal Executive Offices (AG, DAG, and ASG).
The Equal Employment Opportunity Staff (EEOS) is responsible for developing policy, methods, and procedures for the implementation of the EEO program throughout the Department. EEOS provides advice, technical assistance, and support to management officials and bureau EEO personnel. Additionally, EEOS maintains the integrity of EEO programs by monitoring and evaluating the effectiveness of EEO officials and their programs.
Learn MoreThe Facilities and Administrative Services Staff (FASS) provides dedicated facilities management, logistics management, and administrative support service for the Offices, Boards and Divisions (OBDs) of the Department of Justice. FASS is also responsible for policy oversight and programs management for the following Department-wide areas: Real Property asset management, Department Rent Management System (DRMS), Environmental Program, Energy Management Program, Occupational Health & Safety Program, and Workers Compensation Program.
The Human Resources (HR) Staff supports the Department's mission of administering justice by developing and implementing policy and programs, providing guidance, and leading efforts to attract, develop, and retain high performing employees. This site serves as a comprehensive portal to the Department's human resources policies, procedures, and practices.
Learn MoreThe Department of Justice (DOJ) Main Library in the Robert F. Kennedy Justice Building is a broad research facility with extensive legal and non-legal collections. The DOJ Library Staff specializes in providing Legal and General Reference and Research, Legislative Research, Inter-Library Loans for DOJ researchers, Research Resources Acquisitions for DOJ Staffs, and other library services to DOJ employees. Six DOJ Library branch locations in Washington, D.C. directly support the research needs of the litigating DOJ Divisions (Antitrust, Civil, Civil Rights, Environment and Natural Resources, and Tax). Other DOJ component libraries (ATF, BOP, DEA, FBI, US Attorneys, etc.) provide services to DOJ components and maintain specialized collections of particular interest to those areas of DOJ.
Learn More | Research GuidesThe Security and Emergency Planning Staff (SEPS) directs the Department of Justice, according to Department of Justice Order 2600.2D, in government-wide policies and initiatives pertaining to physical security, emergency preparedness, personnel security, litigation security, and information assurance. SEPS also provides security management to the Justice Command Center, a secure 24-hour facility operating in support of law enforcement and national security programs.
The Deputy Assistant Attorney General for Policy, Management and Planning (DAAG/PMP), who also serves as the Department's Senior Procurement Executive, supports the policy and management initiatives of the Department's leadership, ensuring that high-priority programs, such as those contained in the President's Management Agenda, are properly addressed. This responsibility includes managing the formal process to establish or reorganize DOJ organizations, serving as the Department's liaison with the GAO and Inspector General, advocating the President's competitive sourcing initiative, overseeing the Department's ethics program, improving the utilization of small and disadvantaged businesses, and articulating and implementing an effective Department Records Management Program.
The Departmental Ethics Office is responsible for administering the Department-wide ethics program and for implementing Department-wide policies on ethics issues. The Office provides advice and training directly to employees in the Department's Senior Management Offices, the Justice Management Division, the Office of Public Affairs, the Office of the Federal Detention Trustee, the Office of Dispute Resolution, and the Office of Tribal Justice, and supervises the ethics programs in the remaining Department components. Each component has a Deputy Designated Agency Ethics Official who is responsible for administering the ethics program within his or her component.
Learn MoreThe Internal Review and Evaluation Office provides senior management with guidance on the implementation of government-wide internal control and procurement initiatives. The Office supports the Department on matters related to audits and program reviews by the Office of the Inspector General and the Government Accountability Office.
The Office of General Counsel of the Justice Management Division (JMD) is primarily responsible for providing legal advice and guidance to the Assistant Attorney General for Administration, JMD staffs, the Office on Violence Against Women and Department leadership on a diverse range of legal and policy questions relating to the organization, management and administration of the Department. Major practice areas include: appropriations, budget and financial management, grants award and administration, personnel matters, information resource and records management, Freedom of Information and privacy matters, security , contract and procurement, executive travel, delegations of authority, and real property and material management. The Office of General Counsel also represents JMD (and, on occasion, other DOJ components) in administrative litigation.
The Office of Records and Management Policy (ORMP) was established by the Department to develop and implement a modern records management program for the paper and electronic records of the DOJ. The ORMP's responsibilities include:
Development of Orders, policies, and procedures, and long-range and strategic planning consistent with DOJ's mission, goals and management processes.
Liaison with the NARA and works with all components of DOJ to provide legal, business, and policy guidance and support for the DOJ modern records program.
Facilitate component collaboration on records issues and coordinates DOJ input on legislation and regulations that relate to records management.
Manage the operations associated with the Offices, Boards and Divisions' transfer of Department records to records centers as appropriate and accessioning of permanent records to the National Archives.
Works with private and other public sector entities on critical records management issues and policies.
The Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization (OSDBU) ensures that small businesses, including small disadvantaged businesses, woman owned small businesses, service disabled veteran owned small businesses, and HUBZone certified businesses, have the maximum practicable opportunity to participate in our work as prime contractors and subcontractors.
DOJ is committed to encouraging and assisting small businesses seeking contracts with the Department. The acquisition function in the Justice Department has been assigned to each of our bureaus' contracting staffs, most of which are located in the metropolitan Washington, D.C. area. We've prepared several avenues to assist you in getting better acquainted with the requirements and procurement practices of the bureaus that make up "the largest law firm in the Nation."
Learn MoreThe Procurement Services Staff (PSS) provides acquisition support primarily to the Department's litigating components (Antitrust Division, Civil Division, Civil Rights Division, Criminal Division, Environment and Natural Resources Division, Tax Division and U.S. Attorneys) as well as other DOJ components such as the U.S. Trustees and JMD Staffs. PSS, on occasion, provides support on a Department-wide basis. Annual expenditures under contracts and task/delivery orders for which PSS is responsible total approximately $1 billion.
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Bronchial Tumors
Primary lung tumors are rare in children and histologically quite diverse.[1] Bronchial tumors are a heterogeneous group of primary endobronchial lesions, and though adenoma implies a benign process, all varieties of bronchial tumors on occasion display a malignant behavior. There are three histologic types, including the following:[14,15,16,17,18]
- Carcinoid tumor (most frequent).
- Mucoepidermoid carcinoma.
- Adenoid cystic carcinoma (least frequent).
Carcinoid tumors account for 80% to 85% of all bronchial tumors in children.[14,15,16,17,18] Epithelial cancers of the lung are rare in children. When they do occur, they tend to be of advanced stage with prognosis dependent on both histology and stage.[19]
The presenting symptoms are usually because of an incomplete bronchial obstruction with a cough, recurrent pneumonitis, and hemoptysis. Because of difficulties in diagnosis, symptoms are frequently present for months and occasionally children with wheezing have been treated for asthma with delays in diagnosis as long as 4 to 5 years.[20]
Metastatic lesions are reported in approximately 6% of cases and recurrences occur in 2% of cases. Atypical carcinoid tumors are rare but more aggressive with 50% of patients presenting with metastatic disease at diagnosis.[19,21] There is a single report of a child with a carcinoid tumor and metastatic disease who developed the classic carcinoid syndrome.[22] Octreotide nuclear scans may demonstrate uptake of radioactivity by the tumor or lymph nodes, suggesting metastatic spread. Bronchial tumors of all histologic types are associated with an excellent prognosis in children, even in the presence of local invasion.[23,24]
The management of bronchial tumors is somewhat controversial because bronchial tumors are usually visible endoscopically. Biopsy in these lesions may be hazardous because of hemorrhage, and endoscopic resection is not recommended. Bronchography or computed tomography scan may be helpful to determine the degree of bronchiectasis distal to the obstruction since the degree of pulmonary destruction may influence surgical therapy.[25]
Conservative pulmonary resection, including sleeve segmental resection when feasible, with the removal of the involved lymphatics, is the treatment of choice.[26,27] Adenoid cystic carcinomas (cylindroma) have a tendency to spread submucosally, and late local recurrence or dissemination has been reported. In addition to en bloc resection with hilar lymphadenectomy, a frozen section examination of the bronchial margins should be carried out in children with this lesion. Neither chemotherapy nor radiation therapy is indicated for bronchial tumors, unless evidence of metastasis is documented.
Pleuropulmonary blastoma (PPB) is a rare and highly aggressive pulmonary malignancy in children. PPB appears to progress through the following stages:
- Type I: A purely lung cystic neoplasm with subtle malignant changes that typically occurs in the first 2 years of life and has a good prognosis. However, there have been reports of Type I transitioning directly to Type III.[28,29]
- Type II: A cystic and solid neoplasm. Cerebral metastasis may occur in 11% of patients.[30]
- Type III: A purely solid neoplasm.[31,32] Cerebral metastasis occurs in up to 50% of patients with Type III tumors.[30]
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CLAYTON — The Womans Club of Clayton is planning to rebuild its flattened gazebo.
Built in 1996, the gazebo once withstood a hurricane, but it fell in June when a huge tree slammed into it during a storm. Located on Church Street, the gazebo was a popular venue for weddings and a moneymaker for the club. Annually, the gazebo brought in about $10,000.
Tina Bolick handles finances for the Womans Club.
It has not been a major hardship; we are just glad no one was injured when it was hit, Bolick said.
The Womans Club dedicated the gazebo in October 1996. Jesse Austin of Clayton designed the 16-foot by 20-foot structure and built it over that summer. In September of that year, the gazebo survived Hurricane Fran, thanks in part to the installation of hurricane straps two weeks before that storm.
The club named the gazebo for club member Mary Hocutt Taylor, who conceived the idea and donated the money.
The gazebo was supposed to have hosted a wedding this month. For non-club members, the rental fee is $175 for a half-day, $225 for a full day. For club members, the fee is $75 for a half-day, $150 for a full day.
Fortunately, the club had the gazebo insured and received a check for about $15,000. Building a new gazebo will cost the $20,000 to $25,000.
By November, the club expects to have construction plans in hand. But it plans to wait until next spring to begin construction, which it expects to take about six weeks.
Historic building
The Womans Club building itself is a piece of Clayton history. The clubhouse was originally a two-room school building, located across the street from where it is now. It was built around 1909, according to town historian Pam Baumgartner.
The building housed two grades of the rapidly-growing Clayton School. When the county built a three-story classroom building with auditorium now the Clayton Center the two-room building went up for sale.
Around 1928, Quincy B. Hocutt donated the $2 needed to buy the schoolhouse for the Womans Club. The club moved the house to its present location and remodeled it, for a total cost of about $2,700.
The Womans Club held its first meeting in its new building on Sept. 5, 1930.
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[JURIST] A United Nations Commission on Human Rights [official website] Special Rapporteur said Wednesday that Tuesday's US DC Circuit Court of Appeals ruling [JURIST report] denying relief on jurisdictional grounds to Afghan war detainees held outside the US at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, had "far reaching" implications and could be a "dangerous precedent." Dato' Param Cumaraswamy, the Special Rapporteur on the independence of judges and lawyers, said the decision
appears to imply that a government of a sovereign State could lease a piece of land from a neighboring State, set up a detention camp, fully operate and control it, arrest suspects of terrorism from other jurisdictions, send them to this camp, deny them their legal rights -- including principles of due process generally granted to its own citizens -- on grounds that the camp is physically outside its jurisdiction. By such conduct, the Government of the United States, in this case, will be seen as systematically evading application of domestic and international law so as to deny these suspects their legal rights. Detention without trial offends the first principle of the rule of law.
[JURIST] J. Clay Smith [faculty profile] of Howard University School of Law spoke Wednesday at Harvard Law School on his forthcoming book Supreme Justice, chronicling the life of late US Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall. Recorded video is now online from the Harvard Law School Saturday School program [official website].
[JURIST] Louis Henkin of Columbia Law School spoke Wednesday in the latest of Columbia Law's Spring 2003 lecture series Columbia Goes to War. Watch recorded video of Human Rights in the Age of Terrorism - and What About Sovereignty? .
[JURIST] The UN Security Council met Wednesday afternoon to allow more countries not members of the Council to present their views on the Iraq situation. Recorded video of the individual country statements is now available from the UN, along with video of the response by Iraq .UPDATE [10:50 PM ET]: The UN has now posted a printed summary of Wednesday's session.
[JURIST] Early on Wednesday the US Supreme Court, per Justice Sandra Day O'Connor, granted a temporary stay of a US Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals judgment [PDF opinion] that would have required Greek Olympic Airways to pay $1.4 million to the heirs of an asthmatic man who had died after inhaling second hand smoke on a long international flight. CNN has more. The stay Order is not yet available online.
[JURIST] Reuters reports that the US Supreme Court has issued a stay of execution for Delma Banks, scheduled to be executed by lethal injection Wednesday. The stay represents a preliminary legal victory for ex-FBI Director William Sessions, several former federal appeals judges and a former US DA for Chicago who had jointly filed an amicus brief [PDF text] with the Court - previously reported in JURIST's Paper Chase - asking it to review Banks' case because of "uncured constitutional errors in the process through which he [Banks] was convicted and sentenced" which were "typical of those that have undermined public confidence in the fairness of our capital punishment system." Tonight's stay will give the Court time to consider whether it will actually take the case.
[JURIST] The US Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals heard oral arguments Wednesday in Interactive Digital v. St. Louis County [case caption], in which video software producers submit that a county ban on the sale of violent video games to minors should be overturned as an unconstitutional infringement of free speech. Recorded audio of the oral arguments is now available from the Eighth Circuit (ironically for a case on multimedia, the audio pick-up on this recording is generally poor, but some exchanges are easily made out).
[JURIST] The Senate Judiciary Committee [official website] held a hearing on judicial nominations [hearing notice] Wednesday. Opening statements from Chairman Senator Orrin Hatch [statement] and Ranking Member Senator Patrick Leahy [statement] are now available online.
[JURIST] Canadian Supreme Court Justice Ian Binnie delivered a lecture entitled Technology and the Courts: The Incomprehensible Chasing the Unteachable? [news release] at the University of Toronto Faculty of Law on February 26. Watch recorded video , now online from U of T's Center for Innovation Law and Policy.
[JURIST] University of Chicago law professor Cass Sunstein [faculty profile] thinks it probably is, for most people. Read his op-ed from Tuesday's Los Angeles Times, now available (without registration or pop-ups!) from the University of Chicago Law School.
[JURIST] At a press conference in London Wednesday, UK Foreign Secretary Jack Straw said that the UK was discussing further amendments to the second draft UN Security Council resolution [PDF text] (co-sponsored by the US and Spain) it had introduced at the Security Council on March 7, and was circulating six tests for Iraqi compliance:
[JURIST] The Lawyers Committee for Human Rights [official website] issued an updated report Tuesday on what it described as the steadily-eroding state of civil liberties and human rights in the United States over the 18 months that have passed since the attacks of September 11. LCHR President Michael Posner said in a press release that "In the last six months in particular, the executive branch has taken a series of measures to consolidate its authority and these actions have, in some cases, prevented Congress and the courts from playing their safeguarding roles. In other cases, Congress and the judiciary have been too submissive or deferential. Read the full text of Imbalance of Powers [PDF], covering developments relevant to open government; the right to privacy; the treatment of immigrants, refugees and minorities; and security detainees and the criminal justice system.
[JURIST] In a statement Wednesday, Amnesty International [advocacy website] said that Tuesday's federal appeal court ruling denying on jurisdictional grounds any legal relief to Afghan war detainees held by the US at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba (and reported previously in JURIST's Paper Chase) "will cause further damage to the international reputation of the USA and to fundamental human rights standards agreed to across the world." Read the AI press release. In a related development, Amnesty welcomed [press release] Tuesday's US District Court ruling allowing accused "dirty bomber" Jose Padilla access to a lawyer (also reported here previously), but said it represented only "the smallest step forward for justice in this case and others in the war on terrorism."
[JURIST] The US Senate website indicates that a cloture vote on the nomination of Miguel Estrada to the DC Circuit Court of Appeals has been scheduled for tomorrow (Thursday), March 13. The previous cloture motion made on March 6 was defeated 55-44 [JURIST report].
[JURIST] Wednesday on SSRN: Retaining Judicial Authority: A Preliminary Inquiry on the Dominion of American Judges [abstract]by Larry Cata Backer [faculty profile] of the Pennsylvania State University - Dickinson School of Law [official website]From the Abstract: "Why do the people and institutions of democratic states, and in particular those of the United States, obey judges? This article examines the foundations of judicial authority in the United States. This authority is grounded on principles of dominance derived from the organization of institutional religion. The judge in Western states asserts authority on the same basis as the priest - but not the priest as conventionally understood. Rather, the authority of the judge in modern Western democratic states is better understood when viewed through the analytical lens of priestly function developed in the philosophy of Friedrich Nietzsche. Focusing on the American Supreme Court, this paper examines the manner in which high court judges have successfully internalized the characteristics of Nietzsche - Paul and his priestly caste within the religion of Western constitutionalism."
[JURIST] Harvard Law School [official website] students attending a forum Tuesday with Harvard University President Lawrence Summers accused him of ignoring them in the Law School's current Dean Search. More from the Harvard Crimson. AP also reports. HLS Federalist Society blogger Adam White [Ex Parte post] was there.... The National Rifle Association (NRA) has announced that its NRA Foundation has pledged $1 million to the George Mason University School of Law [official website] to establish and endow the Patrick Henry Professorship of Constitutional Law and the Second Amendment. The Washington Times has more.... Steven Bahls, dean of Ohio's Capital University School of Law [official website], is stepping down [Columbus Business First report] to become president of Augustana College in Rock Island, Ill. Read the law school press release.... The University of New Mexico School of Law [official website] hosted a panel discussion Tuesday on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. The UNM Daily Lobo reports....
[JURIST] The European Court of Human Rights [official website] ruled Wednesday that Turkey had violated the rights of captured Kurdish rebel leader Abdullah Ocalan by delaying his trial and had not tried him before an independent and impartial tribunal. Read the ECHR press release summarizing the judgment.
[JURIST] Serbian Prime Minister Zoran Djindjic [official biography], a democratic reformer who played a decisive role in sending former Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic to The Hague for trial on war crimes, was assassinated Wednesday in front of government offices in Belgrade. More from the BBC. The news is not yet official - the Serbian Government website is still only saying that Djindjic was "injured."UPDATE [11:10 AM ET]: The Serbian Government website is now acknowledging the assassination, saying: "This criminal act is a clear attempt to put an end to the development and democratisation of Serbia and plunge it into isolation once again and was carried out by those who have been trying over the past few years to do so through various murders and assassinations." Radio B-92 in Belgrade is posting English-language updates on the situation and reactions as they come in.
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Some might say the spirit of Saint Patrick himself was with the Sunday school students of Centenary United Methodist Church, Louisiana, on March 17.
The kids prefer to say their delicious cookies are what made their fundraiser that Sunday a success. The youth, who sold their homemade shamrock-shape cookies to a captive audience following the church service, proudly donated $273 to the Twin Pike Family YMCA Pool Project.
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Morningside College - Home Of The 2012 & 2013 GPAC Tournament Champions
Remy A Third-Team Academic All-American
Remy And Tobin Named Daktronics-NAIA Scholar-Athletes
Mustangs Bow Out Of National Tournament
Mustangs Drop National Tournament Opener
Mustangs Place Four On All-GPAC First Team
Mustangs Win 4th Straight GPAC Tourney Title
Remy Named To Academic All-District Team
Johnson Receives Weekly GPAC Honor
Mustang Coach Gets 500th Career Win
Johnson Is GPAC Pitcher Of The Week
Steffen Named GPAC Player Of The Week
Mustangs Announce Nine Recruits
Mustangs Picked First In GPAC Pre-Season Poll
Dargy Ties Morningside Home Run Mark In 2013 Campaign
Morningside College had one school record tying performance during the 2013 softball campaign.
That came on May 5 when Kirsten Dargy, a senior outfielder from Omaha, Neb., slugged a grand slam home run in the Mustangs' 19-8 victory against Hastings College in the first of two championship games at the Great Plains Athletic Conference Post-Season Tournament. The home run was the 37th of Dargy's career to tie her with Mindi Prince, who blasted 37 round trippers from 1994-97, as the greatest home run hitter in Morningside history. Dargy finished her career with a .308 batting average and 130 runs batted in.
Dargy hit .292 with six home runs during the 2013 campaign and led the Mustangs with 13 doubles and 37 runs scored. She finished the season riding a 12-game hitting streak to match the Mustangs' longest hitting streak of the season.
Taylor Daas, a sophomore shortstop from New Brighton, Minn., went seven-for-eight with a double, triple, and three home runs in the Mustangs' opening doubleheader against Southwestern Christian University and never stopped hitting after that. Daas finished the season with a team-high 58 hits in 138 at-bats to lead the Mustangs with a .420 batting average for the fourth highest single-season batting average in Morningside history. Her hits included 10 doubles, three triples, and six home runs en route to a team-high .667 slugging percentage. Daas also paced the Mustangs with a .515 on-base percentage and 19 multiple hit games. She had a 12-game hitting streak from April 3-16 to match the Mustangs' longest hitting streak of the season. Daas was second on the team with 25 walks for the sixth highest single-season total in Morningside history.
Mackenzie Neely, a senior catcher from Roland, Iowa, was one of the Mustangs' most valuable offensive performers. Neely had 49 hits in 129 at-bats for a .380 batting average and led the Mustangs with 10 home runs, 42 RBIs, and 26 base on balls for the fourth highest single-season walk total in Morningside history.
Neely batted .369 with 30 home runs and 162 RBIs over her four-year Morningside career.
Shelby Feldt, a senior outfielder from Monroe, Iowa, hit .338 and led the Mustangs with eight sacrifices and 13 stolen bases in 15 attempts for the ninth highest single-season stolen base total in school history. Feldt was also the Mustangs' best contact hitter with only six strikeouts in 130 at-bats. She opened the season with a streak of 46 consecutive at-bats before she struck out for the first time.
Jordan Johnson, a junior outfielder-pitcher from Sioux City, led the Mustangs with four triples and was the team's third leading hitter with a .341 batting average.
Morningside had two other .300 hitters in its everyday lineup in Kati Steffen, a junior first baseman from Moville, Iowa, and Michelle Brockamp, a junior second baseman from Sioux City, who hit .331 and .311, respectively. Steffen was second on the team with seven home runs and 39 RBIs.
Aside from her hitting exploits, Johnson was also the top winner on the Mustangs' pitching staff with a 16-9 record to go along with a 2.46 earned run average. Johnson led the Mustangs with 27 appearances, 25 starts, 19 complete games, six shutouts, 150.2 innings pitched, and 114 strikeouts. She allowed 143 hits and walked 44 batters.
Emma Remy, a junior pitcher from Urbandale, Iowa, led the Mustangs with a 2.31 earned run average en route to a 13-5 record. Remy had the best control among the Mustangs' pitchers with only 28 walks in 124 innings.
Morningside posted a 31-16 record during the 2013 season and won the Great Plains Athletic Conference (GPAC) post-season tournament en route to a fifth consecutive appearance in the NAIA Softball National Championship tournament.
Emma Remy A Third-Team Academic All-American
Emma Remy, a junior pitcher from Urbandale, Iowa, has been named to the third team of the 2013 Capital One College Division Academic All-America Softball Team as selected by College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA).
Remy has a perfect 4.00 cumulative grade point average (GPA) with majors in political science and business administration.
Remy had a 13-5 record and led the Mustangs with a 2.31 earned run average this past season to help lead the team to a 31-16 record and a fifth consecutive appearance in the NAIA Softball National Championship tournament. She completed 15 of her 20 starts, pitched two shutouts, and allowed 121 hits to go along with 28 walks and 60 strikeouts in 124 innings pitched.
Athletes must be of at least sophomore academic status, be a starter or significant reserve, and have a cumulative GPA of 3.30 or higher to be eligible for Capital One Academic honors.
Click here for the complete 2013 Capital One College Division Academic All-America Softball Team.
Morningside's Emma Remy and Kelsey Tobin have been named 2013 Daktronics-NAIA Softball Scholar-Athletes.
Remy, a junior pitcher from Urbandale, Iowa. Remy has a perfect 4.00 cumulative grade point average (GPA) with majors in political science and business administration.
Tobin, a junior outfielder from Sioux City. Tobin has a 3.75 cumulative GPA with a major in biology.
Student-athletes must be of at least junior academic status and have a minimum GPA of 3.50 in order to be eligible for Daktronics-NAIA Scholar-Athlete honors.
Click here for the complete list of 2013 Daktronics-NAIA Softball Scholar-Athletes.
Mustang Season Ends With Loss Against Central Methodist
Morningside was eliminated from the NAIA Softball National Championship after it dropped a 9-4 verdict against Central Methodist on Tuesday in Claremore, Okla.
It was the Mustangs' second loss in the double-elimination Opening Round site tourney after they had suffered a 17-2 setback against sixth-ranked Williams Baptist on Monday.
Morningside, which made its fifth consecutive appearance in the NAIA national tourney, finished the campaign with a record of 31-16.
Central Methodist pulled away early when it led 7-0 after two innings. The Eagles capitalized on a Morningside error to take a 4-0 lead in the bottom of the first inning. Mustang starting pitcher Jordan Johnson retired the first two Central Methodist batters of the inning and appeared on her way to a one-two-three inning before Michele Rupard reached base on an error.
The two-out error opened the floodgates for the Eagles. Lauren Geringer walked to move Rupard to second base, from where she scored on a RBI single by Jacqui Cappuccilli. After Courtney Dennis walked to load the bases, Megan Robbins delivered the big blow when she cleared the bases with a three-run double.
The Eagles scored three more runs in the second inning to go up 7-0. Central Methodist had five hits in the inning, including a two-run triple by Rupard.
Morningside worked its way back in the game with a four-run fourth inning to close within 7-4. The Mustangs had four of their eight hits in the inning, starting with a leadoff single by Kati Steffen. Kirsten Dargy followed with a single to center field to extend her hitting streak to 12 games and advance pinch-runner Kelsey Tobin to second base. Michelle Brockamp followed with the Mustangs' third straight hit when she singled to load the bases.
The Mustangs foiled Central Methodist pitcher Aubrey Utley's shutout bid when Jacey Tomhave bounced into a fielder's choice that drove in Tobin. After Shelby Feldt walked to reload the bases, Taylor Daas delivered the Mustangs' biggest hit of the game with a three-run double to pull the Mustangs within 7-4.
Central Methodist padded its lead to 9-4 when Rupard drove in two more runs with a sixth inning double.
Morningside finished with eight hits against Utley, who walked three and struck out two while improving her record to 18-5.
Daas had two of the Mustangs' hits with a double, single, and three RBIs. The Mustangs' other hits were singles by Steffen, Dargy, Brockamp, Johnson, Kristina Neumann, and Mackenzie Neely.
Rupard swung the big bat in the Central Methodist lineup with a triple, double, and four RBIs.
Morningside suffered a 17-2 loss against sixth-ranked Williams Baptist in Mondays' first round of the NAIA Softball National Championship Opening Round site in Claremore, Okla.
The Mustangs will try to stay alive in the double-elimination tournament when they face Central Methodist in a loser's bracket contest on Tuesday at noon.
Williams Baptist pounded out 17 hits in the abbreviated five-inning contest and put the Mustangs away early after it scored five runs in the first inning and three more in the top of the second to open an 8-0 lead. Williams Baptist added one run in the third inning, seven in the fourth, and one in the fifth.
Shelby Anderson went three-for-four with a home run, her 14th of the season, and five RBIs. Lauren Sweeten was three-for-five with a double and four RBIs, while Callie Brooks had two hits, including a home run, and two RBIs.
All three of Morningside's hits were extra base blows as Kati Steffen slugged her seventh home run of the season, while Jordan Johnson and Kirsten Dargy each had doubles. Dargy's second inning double extended her hitting streak to 11 games.
Morningside scored in the second inning when Dargy doubled and scored on a two-out error and in the fourth when Steffen blasted her home run.
Winning pitcher Karisa Hendrix walked one and struck out seven to raise her record to 22-4. She entered the game second in the nation by limiting opposing hitters to a .131 batting average and was fourth nationally in earned run average at 0.79.
Williams Baptist improved its record to 41-6, while Morningside slipped to 31-15.
Four Mustangs Named To All-GPAC First Team
Morningside College placed four players on the 2013 All-Great Plains Athletic Conference (GPAC) Softball First Team as selected by the league's head coaches.
The Mustangs' first-team all-conference selections are Taylor Daas, a sophomore shortstop from New Brighton, Minn.; Kirsten Dargy, a senior designated player from Omaha, Neb.; Jordan Johnson, a junior pitcher from Sioux City; and Mackenzie Neely, a senior catcher from Roland, Iowa. Their exploits have helped lead Morningside to a 31-14 record, the GPAC Softball Championship tournament title, and a fifth straight appearance in the upcoming NAIA Softball National Championship tournament.
Dargy and Neely are both repeat selections from last year's All-GPAC First Team. Neely was named to the All-GPAC First Team for the fourth year in a row.
Daas is the Mustangs' leading hitter with 56 hits in 132 at-bats for a .424 batting average. She has been the Mustangs' leading hitter since day one of the season when she went eight-for-nine with three home runs in their opening doubleheader against Southwestern Christian University. Daas also leads the team with a .519 on-base percentage and is their co-leader with 25 base on balls. She has nine doubles, three triples, six home runs, and 28 RBIs.
Dargy has a .291 batting average and leads the Mustangs with 12 doubles and 35 runs scored. She has six home runs and 29 RBIs. Dargy recently slugged the 37th home run of her Morningside career to tie a school record first set by Mindi Prince from 1994-97. Dargy will enter the NAIA national tournament riding a 10-game hitting streak.
Johnson, who moved up from last year's All-GPAC Second Team, is the top winner on the Mustangs' pitching staff with a 16-7 record with six shutouts and a 2.18 earned run average. She has a team-high 25 appearances, 23 starts, and 19 complete games. Johnson has allowed 132 hits to go along with 42 walks and a team-high 114 strikeouts in a team-high 147.2 innings pitched.
Neely is the Mustangs' top power hitter and run producer with a team-high 10 home runs and 42 RBIs. She also leads the team with a .677 slugging percentage and is their co-leader with 25 base on balls. Neely has a .387 batting average with six doubles.
In addition to their four first-team selections, the Mustangs placed Michelle Brockamp, Shelby Feldt, Emma Remy, and Kati Steffen on the All-GPAC Second Team.
Brockamp, a junior second baseman from Sioux City, has a .316 batting average with eight doubles, one triple, four home runs, and 24 RBIs.
Feldt, a senior outfielder from Monroe, Iowa, has a .349 batting average with three doubles, one home run, 16 RBIs, and a team-high 13 stolen bases. Feldt also paced the Mustangs with eight sacrifice hits. Feldt was the Mustangs' best contact hitter with only six strikeouts in 126 at-bats.
Remy, a junior pitcher from Urbandale, Iowa, has a 13-5 record and leads the Mustangs with a 2.12 earned run average in 23 appearances. She has completed 15 of her 20 starts with two shutouts. Remy has allowed 114 hits with 26 walks and 58 strikeouts in 119 innings pitched.
Steffen, a junior first baseman from Moville, Iowa, has a .331 batting average with 11 doubles, six home runs, and 38 RBIs.
Morningside will face sixth-ranked Williams Baptist College at 5 p.m. on Monday, May 13, in a NAIA Softball National Championship Opening Round tournament in Claremore, Okla.
Click here for the complete 2013 All-GPAC Softball Team.
Mustangs Rout Hastings Twice To Win GPAC Tourney Title
Morningside won its fourth consecutive GPAC Softball Championship post-season tournament title when it clubbed GPAC regular season champion Hastings by scores of 19-8 in five innings and 10-1 in six innings on Sunday at the SYA Riverside Complex.
Both Morningside (31-14) and Hastings (29-12) will advance to the NAIA Softball National Championship tournament on the basis of their GPAC titles. The NAIA Softball National Championship opening round will be held May 13-15 at a site yet to be determined.
The Mustangs' 19-8 triumph in the opener forced a second championship game in the double elimination tourney after the Broncos had defeated Morningside 3-0 in Friday's winner's bracket final. Sunday's championship games were no contest as the Mustangs blasted six home runs in the two contests, including a grand slam in each game.
The Mustangs scored 19 runs on 10 hits in the first championship game, including home runs by Michelle Brockamp, Shelby Feldt, and Kirsten Dargy. The home run by Dargy, a grand slam in the fourth inning, was the 37th homer of her career to tie a school record previously set by Mindi Prince from 1994-97.
Hastings pitchers did much of the damage to themselves by walking 10 batters and hitting another.
Dargy went two-for-three with a double, home run, and six RBIs to pace the Mustangs' offensive attack. Brockamp and Feldt each contributed a home run, single, and three RBIs. Taylor Daas also had two hits, including a double, while Mackenzie Neely and Jacey Tomhave each had doubles.
Morningside broke the first championship game open early when it sent 11 batters to the plate in a six-run first inning. The Mustangs capitalized on the wildness of Hastings starter McKenzie Welchert in their big first inning. After Taylor Daas led off the inning with a double to deep left field, Welchert walked Kristina Neumann and Mackenzie Neely to load the bases. Welchert then issued her third walk in a four batter stretch when Kati Steffen walked to force in a run. That set the stage for Dargy and Brockamp, who delivered the big hits of the inning. First Dargy stroked a double into the left-center gap to drive in two runs and then Brockamp blasted a three-run home run over the left field fence to put the Mustangs up 6-0.
The Mustangs stretched their lead to 9-0 in the third inning when Feldt blasted a three-run homer to center field. Feldt's blast, the first of her Morningside career, came after Brockamp had singled and Jacey Tomhave had walked earlier in the inning.
Katie Gyll relieved Welchert in the top of the fourth inning and didn't fare any better. Gyll walked Neely, Dargy, and Brockamp to load the bases and Tomhave cleared the bases with a double to increase the Mustangs' lead to 12-1. Morningside loaded the bases again after an infield single by Feldt and a walk to Neumann. Gyll walked Johnson to force in another run and then Neely slugged a two-run double down the left field line to make it 15-1. The Mustangs loaded the bases again after a walk to Steffen and Dargy cleared the bases with her record tying grand slam to make it 19-1.
Emma Remy scattered 10 hits in the five-inning contest to get the victory. She walked one and struck out two. Only three of the Broncos' eight runs were earned.
Steffen broke up a scoreless pitcher's duel in the top of the fourth inning of the second game when she connected for a solo home run off Hastings ace Taylor Erlenbusch to lead off the fourth inning. The Mustangs scored three more runs before the inning was over to open a 4-0 lead. After Steffen's home run, Dargy blooped a single down the first base line. Tomhave advanced Dargy to second with a groundball single up the middle and both runners scored on a two-out single by Daas. Neumann followed Daas' hit with a RBI triple to right field to cap the inning's scoring.
The Mustangs made it 5-0 when Neely blasted a home run over the center field fence to lead off the fifth inning.
After Johnson walked Haley Burge with one out in the first inning, Johnson set down 13 Bronco batters in a row before Kelsey Hoehler reached on an error with two outs in the fifth inning. Johnson lost her shutout and bid for a no-hitter one batter later when Jessica Finnegan hit a triple to right field.
The Mustangs broke the game open with five more runs in the sixth to open a 10-1 lead. Morningside had three straight hits to start the sixth inning when singles by Tomhave, Feldt, and Daas loaded the bases. The Mustangs scored one out later when a walk to Johnson forced in a run, but the big blow came two batters later when Steffen unloaded a grand slam home run.
Morningside shelled Hastings ace Taylor Erlenbusch with 12 hits to hand her only her second defeat against 17 victories. Erlenbusch, who had pitched a seven-hit shutout against Morningside on Friday, walked two and struck out seven.
Johnson twirled a two-hitter with one walk and seven strikeouts to raise her record to 16-7.
Steffen swung the big bat in the Mustangs' offensive attack with two home runs, a single, and five RBIs. Tomhave and Daas each had two hits, while Neely had a home run and Neumann had a triple.
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Morningside will play for the GPAC Softball Championship title when it faces regular season league champion Hastings in Sunday's tournament championship game to wrap up the double-elimination tourney at the SYA Riverside Complex.
The Mustangs (29-14) will have to defeat Hastings (29-10) twice since the Broncos blanked the Mustangs 3-0 in Friday's winner's bracket final of the double-elimination tourney. Morningside is already assured of a fifth consecutive appearance in the NAIA Softball National Championship tournament because Hastings has already secured one of the GPAC's two automatic qualifying berths on the basis of its regular season league title.
Morningside clinched its national tournament berth with a 5-2 triumph against Midland in Friday's loser's bracket final.
Morningside took a 1-0 lead in the bottom of the first inning against Midland when Taylor Daas led off with a walk and scored on a one-out triple by Jordan Johnson.
The Mustangs added two more runs in the third inning to go up 3-0. Daas started the action again when she led off with a double to the gap in right-center. Walks to Kristina Neumann and Mackenzie Neely loaded the bases to set the stage for Kirsten Dargy, who delivered a two-out single to center field to plate Daas and Neumann.
Morningside pitcher Emma Remy set down the Warriors' first 11 batters of the game before Nicole Andrews singled with two outs in the fourth inning. Remy cruised through the first four innings and was working on a one-hit shutout before Sarah Leimser led off the fifth with a bad hop single that struck Remy in the face and forced her to leave the game. With Remy out, the Warrior bats came to life when singles by Emily Kmiecik and Kortney Wallick loaded the bases and Kayla Ritzdorf delivered a two-out, two-run single to make it a one run game at 3-2.
The Mustangs could breathe easier after they stretched their lead to 5-2 in the bottom of the sixth. Dargy led off with a single, was sacrificed to second by Jacey Tomhave, and came home on a two-out single by Shelby Feldt. Neumann then blooped a single in front of the Warriors' center fielder that plated Feldt with the second run of the inning.
Midland tried to rally in the top of the seventh when it loaded the bases after two were out before Johnson struck out Jennie Sayker to end the game and notch her first save of the season.
Remy allowed one run on two hits, struck out three, and didn't walk a batter in four innings to get the win. Johnson allowed one run on four hits with one walk and one strikeout over the last three innings.
Dargy had two of the Mustangs' six hits against Midland's Sammy Hislop, who walked six and struck out eight. The Mustangs' other hits were a triple by Johnson, a double by Daas, and a single by Feldt.
Morningside lost Friday's winner's bracket final when Hastings' ace Taylor Erlenbusch pitched a seven-hit shutout. Erlenbusch, who led the GPAC in earned run average during the regular season, struck out seven and didn't walk a batter to improve her record to 17-1.
Johnson blanked Hastings through five innings before the Broncos scored three runs in the bottom of the sixth on a RBI double by Erlenbusch and a two-run single by Candice Connolly.
Johnson allowed seven hits, struck out five, and didn't walk a batter.
Daas, Neumann, and Johnson all had two singles to account for six of the Mustangs' seven hits. The other hit was a single by Dargy, who has hit safely in each of the last eight games.
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Morningside advanced to the winner's bracket final of the 2013 GPAC Softball Championship with a pair of victories during Thursday's opening day of the three-day tourney.
The Mustangs, who are gunning for their fourth consecutive GPAC post-season tournament title, opened the day with a 13-1 five-inning triumph against Dakota Wesleyan followed by a 4-3 win against Northwestern. Morningside will take a 28-13 record into Friday's winner's bracket final against Hastings (28-10) slated for 4 p.m. at the SYA Riverside Complex.
Morningside pounded out 16 hits in the win against Dakota Wesleyan. Winning pitcher Jordan Johnson helped her own cause by going three-for-four at the plate with two doubles and four RBIs. Taylor Daas was three-for-three with a double, while Mackenzie Neely had two hits, including a home run, Michelle Brockamp had a triple and single, and Shelby Feldt had a pair of singles.
Morningside took a 3-0 lead in the bottom of the first inning. Daas led off the inning with a walk and came around to score one out later on a double by Johnson, which set up a two-run home run by Mackenzie Neely.
The Mustangs had another three run inning in the third and then broke the game open with a 13-run.
Morningside had five hits in the third inning, including RBI singles by Johnson, Kirsten Dargy, and Jacey Tomhave.
The Mustangs had six hits during their six-run fourth inning fireworks. Johnson had the biggest hit with a two-run double, while Daas, Brockamp, and Neely all had RBI singles.
Johnson, the winning pitcher, allowed one unearned run on three hits in her five-inning outing. She walked one and struck out six.
Morningside fell behind 3-1 against Northwestern before a RBI triple by Johnson and a two-run home run by Neely in the bottom of the third put the Mustangs ahead to stay.
Johnson got the pitching win for her second triumph of the day. Johnson scattered six hits, struck out four, and didn't walk a batter to get her second win of the day.
Northwestern's Keely Bracelin held the Mustangs to only four hits, including a home run and single by Neely.
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Emma Remy, a junior pitcher from Urbandale, Iowa, has been named to the Capital One College Division Academic All-District 5 Softball Team as selected by College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA).
Remy's name will be placed on the ballot for the 2013 Capital One College Division Academic All-America Softball Team.
Remy has a 4.00 grade point average (GPA) with majors in political science and business administration.
She has an 11-5 record and leads the Mustangs with a 2.04 earned run average, two shutouts, and one save. Remy has allowed 102 hits in 110 innings to go along with 25 walks and 53 strikeouts.
Jordan Johnson, a junior from Sioux City, has been named the Hauff Mid-America Sports/Great Plains Athletic Conference (GPAC) Softball Pitcher of the Week for April 22-28.
Johnson, who received the award for the second time in the last three weeks, had a 3-0 record with a 0.67 earned run average in four appearances. She allowed 13 hits and struck out 14 batters in 21 innings. Johnson twirled a five-hit shutout in a 2-0 victory against Briar Cliff University on April 24 and came back two days later to pitch an abbreviated six-inning no-hitter in a 10-0 win against Mount Marty College. Johnson finished the regular season with a 13-6 record and a 2.32 earned run average.
She has a 1.36 earned run average and six shutouts over her last 16 outings.
Mustang Coach Gets 500th Career Win In Opener
Morningside head softball coach Jessica Jones-Sitzmann won the 500th game of her Mustang coaching career when Morningside blanked Briar Cliff University 2-0 in the first game of Wednesday's GPAC doubleheader at the Jensen Softball Complex.
Briar Cliff bounced back to win the nightcap 3-1 to put Jones-Sitzmann's career record at 500-287 in 14 plus seasons as the Mustangs' head coach.
Wednesday's split left the Mustangs with a record of 22-11 and put them at 11-3 in the Great Plains Athletic Conference (GPAC) standings to remain in a first place tie with Hastings (10-2).
Jordan Johnson pitched a five-hit shutout in the opener. Johnson walked two and struck out five while winning for the seventh time in her last eight decisions to improve her season's record to 11-5.
Aside from getting the pitching win, Johnson also figured in the game's first run in the fourth inning when she reached third base on a dropped fly ball by the right fielder and scored on a single by Mackenzie Neely.
The Mustangs added an insurance run in the sixth inning when Taylor Daas walked and scored on a two-out RBI single by Neely.
Neely, a two-time NAIA All-American, had two of the Mustangs' three hits against Charger pitcher Elizabeth Bye with her fourth and sixth inning RBI singles. Daas had the Mustangs' other hit with a leadoff double in the first inning.
Bye walked two and struck out three.
The Mustangs also had only three hits in the nightcap against Charger pitcher Jennifer Belluscio, but still had several scoring opportunities thanks to six walks Belluscio issued.
Morningside left eight runners on base in the nightcap, but Belluscio worked her way out of first and second inning jams and kept the Mustangs off the scoreboard until the fifth inning when Shelby Feldt singled and scored on a Johnson sacrifice fly to right field that the wind knocked down and kept in the park. The wind knocked down another potential home run later in the inning when Kati Steffen flew out to left field with two runners on base.
Briar Cliff had only six hits against Morningside pitcher Emma Remy, but three of them came in the third inning when the Chargers scored the first two runs of the game. The big hit was a RBI single by Laura Sosa that drove in the game's first run.
The Chargers had their other three hits in the fourth inning when Belluscio led off with a single, advanced to third on a double by Celena Vasquez, and scored on a two-out single by Sosa.
Remy allowed six hits with two walks and three strikeouts while going the distance.
Morningside's three hits were singles by Johnson, Feldt, and Kirsten Dargy.
Jordan Johnson, a junior from Sioux City, has been named the Hauff Mid-America Sports/Great Plains Athletic Conference (GPAC) Softball Pitcher of the Week for April 8-14.
Johnson pitched two shutouts and allowed only five hits in 12 innings in victories against College of Saint Mary and Concordia University. She pitched a three-hitter with two walks and eight strikeouts in an abbreviated 8-0 five-inning victory against College of Saint Mary on April 8 and twirled a two-hit shutout with one walk and four strikeouts in a 5-0 triumph against Concordia on April 14.
Johnson has a 9-4 record with four shutouts and a 2.81 earned run average so far this season.
Kati Steffen, a junior first baseman from Moville, Iowa, has been named the Hauff Mid-America Sports/Great Plains Athletic Conference (GPAC) Softball Player of the Week for March 11 to 17.
Steffen hit .533 with six RBIs to help lead the Mustangs to a 4-1 record at last weekend's Sterling College Tournament in Sterling, Kan. She collected eight hits in 15 at-bats, including three doubles.
Steffen went two-for-three with a double and four RBI's in a 15-0 victory against Sterling in five innings and went two-for-three with two doubles and a RBI in an 11-4 triumph against Tabor College. Steffen also had a multi-hit performance with a pair of singles in a 4-0 victory against Kansas Wesleyan University.
Morningside improved its record to 7-5 after the four wins in the Sterling tourney. The Mustangs will open the GPAC portion of their schedule on Monday, March 25, with a 5 p.m. doubleheader against Dordt College in Sioux Center, Iowa.
Morningside head softball coach Jessica Jones-Sitzmann announced the names of nine recruits who will enroll at Morningside this fall and join the Mustangs for the 2014 season.
The recruits are:
Keisha Eickholt, an infielder from Sioux City. Eickholt is a senior at Sioux City North High School, where she collected 45 hits in 123 at-bats for a .366 batting average with 14 doubles, three home runs, and 28 RBIs last season. She struck out only five times in 123 at-bats.
Brennan Ensz, a catcher from Hartford, S.D. Ensz is a senior at West Central High School. Ensz had 19 hits in 44 at-bats for a .432 batting average with four doubles, one triple, and 16 RBIs for West Central's 2012 fall team.
Morgan Fogelman, an outfielder from Elkhorn, Neb. Fogelman is a senior at Elkhorn High School, where she earned honorable mention Class B all-state honors from the Omaha World-Herald this past season. She hit five home runs in the post-season to help lead Elkhorn to a runner-up finish at the 2012 state tournament.
Elin Landgren, a catcher from Des Moines, Iowa. Landgren is a senior at Carlisle High School, where she collected 34 hits in 105 at-bats for a .324 batting average with nine doubles, four home runs, and 28 RBIs last season.
Madison Lee, an infielder from Sioux City. Lee is a senior at Sioux City North High School, where she had 41 hits in 117 at-bats for a .350 batting average with eight doubles, two triples, one home run, and 22 RBIs last season. She was the Stars' second leading hitter as a sophomore when she batted .320 with nine doubles and 15 RBIs.
Ashley Palandri, a pitcher from Carter Lake, Iowa. Palandri is a senior at Council Bluffs Thomas Jefferson High School, where she earned second-team All-Missouri River Activities Conference (MRAC) honors last summer. She had an 11-9 record with a 2.40 earned run average and amassed 195 strikeouts in just 116.2 innings pitched. Palandri struck out a season's high 17 batters in an outing against Sioux City West. She issued 29 walks and allowed only 95 hits while holding the opposition to a .179 batting average.
Ashtyn Schubert, an infielder from Sergeant Bluff, Iowa. Schubert is a senior at Sergeant Bluff-Luton High School, where she had 28 hits in 101 at-bats for a .277 batting average with six doubles and 16 RBIs last season.
Shayla Simms, an outfielder from Gilmore City, Iowa. Simms will join the Mustangs with junior eligibility as a transfer from Iowa Central Community College, where she had three hits in six at-bats for a .500 batting average and was six-for-six on stolen base attempts in 16 contests last season.
Simms is a 2011 graduate of Twin River Valley High School, where she stole 50 bases in as many attempts for the fifth highest stolen base total in the state of Iowa as a prep senior. She collected 35 hits in 79 at-bats for a .443 batting average with nine doubles, two home runs, 19 RBIs, and 47 runs scored.
Jennifer Wagner, an outfielder from Hartford, S.D. Wagner is a senior at West Central High School. Wagner's 2012 fall season at West Central was limited to one game due to a knee injury. She went one-for-two at the plate with a triple. Last summer she played for the Dirt Devils club team and hit .451 with 16 doubles, two triples, and one home run. She struck out only six times in 113 at-bats.
The recruits will join a Morningside softball program that captured three consecutive Great Plains Athletic Conference (GPAC) championships from 2009-11 and has qualified for the NAIA National Tournament each of the past four seasons.
Mustangs Top GPAC Coaches' Pre-Season Poll
Morningside has been tabbed the pre-season favorite in the GPAC softball race by the league's head coaches.
The Mustangs received seven first place votes and 95 points to top the GPAC Softball Coaches' Pre-Season Poll by a four-point margin over Northwestern.
Morningside posted a 28-21 record last spring and won the GPAC's post-season tournament championship to secure a fourth consecutive appearance in the NAIA Softball National Championship tournament. Morningside finished fourth in last year's GPAC regular season standings with an 11-9 mark to end a streak of three consecutive regular season titles for the Mustangs.
Morningside will open the 2013 season at the Friends University Tournament on March 1 and 2 in Wichita, Kan.
Click here for the complete GPAC Softball Coaches' Pre-Season Poll results.


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