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Three Retrievers Named to UMBC Spring Classic All-Tournament Team

3/24/2008

Dana Shepherd batted .500 and slugged .833 at the UMBC Spring Classic.

BALTIMORE—Senior shortstop Dana Shepherd (Columbia, Md./Oakland Mills), sophomore first baseman Amanda Fefel (Baltimore, Md./Catonsville) and freshman pitcher Stephanie Weigman (Elkridge, Md./Archbishop Spalding) were all named to the Sixth Annual UMBC Spring Classic All-Tournament Team, UMBC head coach Joe French announced Monday.

Shepherd led the Retrievers offensively on the weekend, batting .500 (9-for-18) with a double, a triple, a home run, four RBI and four runs scored. She also slugged a team-best .833 with 15 total bases. In the first game against St. Francis (Pa.), Shepherd hit the game-winning two-run homer in the top of the seventh to give UMBC a 3-2 victory. The next day against Niagara, she went 3-for-4 with a first-inning double, the 200th hit of her career. Shepherd was the only Retriever to get a hit in all five games on the weekend, and she raised her batting average more than 100 points.

Fefel batted .312 (5-for-16) with three RBI and a run scored, and she reached base at a .389 clip, as she has been on base at least once in each game this season, a streak of 22 straight contests. Fefel also struck out seven batters in 7.2 innings of work in the circle.

Weigman went 2-2 with a 3.05 ERA and 22 strikeouts in 20.2 innings of work, holding opponents to a .220 batting average. She struck out seven batters in two separate games on the weekend, and she pitched a complete game against Mount St. Mary’s in the semifinals.

St. Francis (Pa.) catcher Kara Stroup and Niagara left fielder Jenna Baker were named co-MVPs of the tournament. The Red Flash won the UMBC Spring Classic championship game with a 6-0 victory over UMBC, while the Purple Eagles went 3-0 in pool play and won the consolation game, 5-2, over Mount St. Mary’s.

UMBC Spring Classic All-Tournament Team

Co-MVP: Kara Stroup, St. Francis (Pa.)

Co-MVP: Jenna Baker, Niagara

Amanda Burke, Mount St. Mary’s

Courtney Zingle, Mount St. Mary’s

Tory Healy, Niagara

Cassie Stone, Niagara

Nicole Bender, St. Francis (Pa.)

Laura Caldwell, St. Francis (Pa.)

Amanda Fefel, UMBC

Dana Shepherd, UMBC

Stephanie Weigman, UMBC