Yellowjacket Softball Team Opens Fall Schedule with Blue-White Scrimmage Saturday (Sept. 25, 2003)

BILLINGS, MT – Coming off a breakthrough season in 2003, the MSU Billings softball team will begin its fall campaign this Saturday with its annual Blue-White scrimmage at Cenex Stadium.  The game is set to start at 3:00 p.m.

The Yellowjackets finished 15-20 overall in just their third season of competition last year.  Coach Jeff Aumend’s squad also posted a best-ever six PacWest Conference wins and placed six players on the all-conference teams.  Named to the All-PacWest second team were Theresa Campbell (sophomore designated hitter, Great Falls, MT), Stephanie Cochrun (sophomore infielder, Lake Stevens, WA), Terilee Ehnes (junior infielder, Great Falls, MT), Layne Pavey (sophomore catcher, Spokane, WA), and Joey Ehnes (sophomore infielder, Great Falls, MT).  Megan McCrae (sophomore pitcher, Brandon, Manitoba) earned All-PacWest honorable mention honors.

That stable of talent will return for the 2004 season as juniors and seniors with at least two extensive years of college experience under their belts.  Campbell, Cochrun, Pavey, McCrae and Joey Ehnes have been with the Yellowjackets since they were true freshmen and have earned valuable playing experience.  Terilee Ehnes transferred to MSUB after playing two seasons in junior college.

Campbell led the Yellowjackets with a .341 batting average in 2003, which was the sixth-highest average in the conference.  Pavey was the No. 2 ranked catcher in the PacWest after batting .280 with a team-best .493 slugging percentage and four home runs.  She ranked seventh in the conference for slugging percentage and ninth for home runs.

Cochrun batted .339, eighth-best in the conference and second-best on the team.   She also had a .973 fielding percentage while playing most of the season at first base.  Terilee Ehnes hit .319 for the season and drove in a team-high 21 runs.  Her sister Joey batted .277 with an on-base percentage of .347.  Joey also made 14 appearances as a pitcher, posting a 7-5 record with a 2.79 ERA.  McCrae was the Jackets’ top pitcher, posting an 8-12 record with a 3.02 ERA in 19 starts. 

The Yellowjackets 2003 fall schedule will include home-and-home double headers with Dawson C.C., a tournament at North Idaho College, a second Blue-White scrimmage in Kalispell, and home games against club teams from University of Wyoming and Weber State.  The Yellowjackets will host Dawson C.C. on October 11, and the Wyoming and Weber State teams on October 25.  All games will be played at Cenex Stadium.