SMSU Athletics

April 26, 2012 – Hoof Prints Article

Hello Mustang Fans!

Next week is finals week on the campus of Southwest Minnesota State University. It is hard to believe we are closing out another academic year and nearing the end of the 2011-12 athletics season. It has been a great year for Mustang Athletics, and our entire SMSU Athletics staff appreciates the support we have received from southwestern Minnesota and the Marshall community.

The next Mustang Booster Club event will be the David and Carol Drown SMSU Golf Classic. The Golf Classic is an 18 hole, five-person scramble tournament being held on Friday, June 15 at the Marshall Golf Club followed by the awards ceremony, a meal, live and silent auctions, and games lasting all evening.

The event will conclude the event with an 18 hole, five-person scramble tournament at the Tyler Golf Club on Saturday, June 16 with an awards ceremony and social following the event. Please put these two events down on your calendar, today.

The Mustang Booster Club will also be conducting its annual Membership Drive scheduled to begin in late June. If you are interested in participating on one of the membership drive teams, please contact Tim Steinbach at 537-7204 for all your membership drive information.

For all your Mustang Booster Club and SMSU Athletics news, schedules and information, go to SMSUmustangs.com.

Upcoming Schedule of Events for Mustang Athletics:

The SMSU Baseball team (22-17, 12-12 NSIC) split a doubleheader with the University of Minnesota Duluth yesterday at Alumni Field. The Mustangs are currently in sixth place in the NSIC. This weekend the Mustangs will play four games against Minnesota State Mankato (31-7, 19-3 NSIC) on Saturday in Mankato, MN and Sunday at Alumni Field with a 1:30 pm start time both days.

Mustang Baseball will complete their season next week with a mid-week doubleheader at Bemidji State on Tuesday and end the regular season hosting the University of Minnesota Crookston next Saturday and Sunday.

The SMSU Softball team (21-21, 12-14 NSIC) ended their season this past weekend. The Mustangs split with Northern State on Saturday and lost two to the University of Mary on Sunday concluding the season for four seniors; Christine Borowiak, Chelsey Evans, Kris Penick and Krista Steen. SMSU finished the season in 9th place in the NSIC. I would like to thank our senior softball players for their leadership and dedication to the Mustang Softball team.

The NSIC announced this week that Southwest Minnesota State University senior outfielder’s Christine Borowiak and Kris Penick have been named to the 2012 ALL-NSIC softball team, as voted on by the league’s 14 head coaches. Borowiak was a first team selection while Penick was named to the second team.

Borowiak, a native of Omaha, NE, finished the season leading the team with a .386 batting average, 54 hits, 12 doubles, three triples, three home runs and 13 stolen bases while finishing the season with 17 RBI. She also led the team with a .579 slugging percentage and a .435 on base percentage.

Borowiak finished her career at SMSU ranked third all-time with 35 doubles and is one of four players in school history to hit 20 or more home runs in a career. She ranks fourth all-time with 199 career hits and fifth with 32 career stolen bases. This is the second time Borowiak has been named to the ALL-NSIC team. She was named to the second team in 2010.

Penick, a native of Conrad, Iowa, started all 42 games in left field and compiled a .375 batting average. She finished with 51 hits, including one double, one triple and 11 RBI. Penick shared the team-lead with 13 stolen bases in 18 attempts and had a .399 on base percentage. She had 14 multiple-hit games on the season and had a team high 10-game hitting streak during the season. This is the first ALL-NSIC honor for Penick.

The SMSU Women’s Golf team shot a final round 324 last Sunday, the third best score of the day, and finished in fourth place overall at the 11-team NSCI Championships held at Dakota Ridge Golf Club in Morton, MN. SMSU finished with a three-round score of 996 (+136), with KC Kane recording the Mustangs' top finish with a 22-over 237 to tie for fourth place and earn all-tournament accolades. Kane shot a 9-over 80 in today’s final round.

Augustana won the team title for the third straight season with a three-round score of 926 (+66), while the Vikings’ Maggie Leland won the individual title with a 7-over-par 222. Krista Weiszhaar carded a 5-over 76 today and finished in seventh place overall with a 26-over 241.

Rachel Patnoe shot an 11-over 83 today to finished in a tie for 29th, while Marissa Campeau recorded an 15-over 86 on Sunday and tied for 21st overall. Abby Gruber, who did not play in the first two rounds, shot a 14-over 85 on Sunday.

SMSU will find out this week if the they’ll be selected for the NCAA region championships held May 6-8 in Elephant Butte, NM. The top nine teams in the region qualify for the championships. SMSU was ranked eighth in this week’s rankings The Mustangs were ranked No. 8 in the last NCAA Central Region rankings.  The top nine teams qualify for the NCAA Central Region Championship on May 6-8 at Sierra del Rio Golf Club in Elephant Butte, NM.

Good luck to all of our teams this week and Believe in Brown!

Congratulations to Mark Hacker, who provided the correct answer to last week’s Mustang Hooprint’s Trivia question: What Mustang Softball pitcher has the record for most career wins? Amanda Johnson recorded 98 career wins in were career to lead all other SMSU Softball pitchers.

Hoofprints Trivia Question (please put this in a box with the title on top)

What Mustang Baseball pitcher holds the record for career saves?

The first person to email me at MustangHoofPrints@SMSU.edu with the correct answer to this question will receive an SMSU t-shirt.