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Three Owls Named to All-Region Softball Team
KEENE, N.H. 5/6/08 - Keene State placed three players on the NFCA Division III All-Region softball team announced on Tuesday.
Junior third baseman Katie Allenson (Clifton Park, N.Y.) and junior utility player Jenna Patnode (Surry, N.H.) were selected as at-large members of the second team while senior pitcher Ashlee Nicholson (Swanzey, N.H.) was a third-team at-large pick.
Seeing time at third base and as a designated player, Allenson leads the Owls in hitting (.479), home runs (6) and RBIs (34).
Splitting her time between centerfield and third base, Patnode is batting .389 with five home runs and 28 RBIs from the lead-off spot in the line-up. This season she set the KSC record for career triples (21).
Nicholson anchors the Owls pitching staff with a 15-6 record with a 2.44 ERA and 139 strikeouts. Earlier in the season, she set the KSC record for career victories (52) and is two shy of the all-time strike-out mark (513) held by Lindsey Blood.
Keene State (25-12) begins play in the ECAC New England tournament with a first-round game against St. Joseph's College of Maine on Wednesday.
