Noll, Engel Named CCIW Softball Players of the Week

Noll	Engel

NAPERVILLE, Ill. -- North Central’s Kaylee Noll and Illinois Wesleyan’s Christy Engel were named College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin (CCIW) Softball Players of the Week Tuesday after their performances during the previous week of competition.

Noll, a senior catcher from McHenry, Ill., and McHenry High School hit .583 on the week while leading the Cardinals to a 5-1 record. Noll drove in seven runs and scored nine times, racking up three doubles, a home run and a sacrifice fly while reaching base on five walks and a hit-by-pitch to finish North Central’s six game stretch with a .722 on-base-percentage. Noll also threw out a runner trying to steal in the Cardinal’s second game of the North Central Invitational.

Engel, a sophomore pitcher from St. Charles, Ill., and St. Charles North High School, was 3-1 with a 0.28 earned run average in five appearances last week. She struck out six and allowed two hits in an 8-0 win over North Park. She struck out five and allowed six hits in a 4-1 win over Carthage and fanned seven in a five-inning two-hitter against the University of Chicago in an 8-0 win. In her only loss (1-0) to No. 3 ranked DePauw, she allowed four hits and an unearned run in six innings. Opponents batted .159 against her in 24 2/3 innings.

2008 CCIW Softball Players of the Week

Hitter of the Week
Kaylee Noll - North Central (4/8/08)
Allison Ward - Illinois Wesleyan (4/1/08)
Ashley Deck - Illinois Wesleyan (3/25/08)
Laura Constantine - North Central (3/18/08)

Pitcher of the Week
Christy Engel - Illinois Wesleyan (4/8/08)
Kim Hegna - Wheaton (4/1/08)
Kelsey Epping - Carthage (3/25/08)
Jenna Prieto - North Central (3/18/08)