Trojans Complete Fall Ball

                 Madison, SD (10/18/06) – This fall the focus for the Trojans was to improve upon the direction that the 2006 team had taken the program. “Last season we did a tremendous job of getting things headed in the right direction and earning the respect of other college coaches in our conference and our    region.” stated head coach Ken Prorok.

                 The Trojans wrapped up their fall season with a convincing 6-1 victory over the Alumni in the annual Alumni game.

                 In the game the Trojans scored 6 runs off of 10 hits while stranding 9 on base.  The Trojans maintained the aggressiveness on the bases that they were  known for during the 2006 season stealing 5 bases on the day.

               The pitching staff consisting of Senior Steph Brakel, Junior Sara Gibson and Freshman Dakota Novotny combined to allow just one run on 4 hits, while striking out 11.

               Upon completion of the fall season the team then evaluates themselves as well as each other. The areas of evaluation include coach ability, athletic ability, work ethic and also has the players rank each other at their respective positions and gives the team a chance to write the line-up for the first game of the season.

               “For us the evaluation process is huge. It is a time for our players to truly gauge themselves against one another and see what the team thinks of their individual efforts. Once the evaluations are complete the coaching staff has individual meetings with each player and recaps their fall and places new expectations on the player themselves.” added coach Prorok.