USD Softball 2010

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was the third player to be named to the PCSC Second Team All-Conference as well as being named to the Commissioner's Honor Roll for academic excellence. CathyWineinger earned PCSC Honorable Mention and PCSC Commissioner's Honors as well as being named the team Rookie of the Year. Other athletes to earn Commissioner's Honor Roll include: Carey Casciola, Taryn Keenan, Alyssa Luna, Alyssa Schott, and Kaslin Tucker. Celeste Soto was named the team Best Defen– sive Player and the Coaches Award for attitude, effort, and heart was given to Taylor Lawrence. TheToreros lost seniors Kasi in Tucker, Lindsey Fleet, and Katie Jo Nelson, all of whom were starters for the 2009 Torero team. Coach McElvain, in her 9th season, will look to reach the 1SO-win milestone this season. The coaching staff brought in seven freshmen this year. The new faces include Mickell Escobar, Chelsea Kamai, Kimberlee Shimizu, Allison Stalberger, Lauren Tomey, Chelsea Velovich, and Kierstie Svatos. These players will join the roster that includes six seniors, three juniors and three sophomores to give them a total of 20 players. The Toreros begin the 2010 campaign at home hosting Boise State and UC Riverside on February 13th. They will travel up to UC Riverside the next day to wrap up the two-day series facing the Broncos and the Highlanders again. The team will then head to the UNLV Tournament where they will play five games from February 19-21. They will take on opponents BYU, UNLV, Boise St., Hawaii and Oregon.

The University of San Diego softball team is enter– ing a new era in the Pacific Coast Softball Confer– ence. In the 2010 season there are two divisions of six teams, with the winner of each division facing off in a playoff series for the automatic bid to the post season. The Toreros had a solid 2009 campaign with records broken and players highlighted for their strong performance. Despite graduating key players last season, Head Coach Melissa McElvain and her staff have been hard at work signing some solid recruits to the Torero roster.

Junior Celeste Soto & Senior Carey Casciola

In 2009, the Toreros faced a strong non-conference schedule including two ranked teams. They faced six teams during the season that fought in the early rounds of the post season (Long Beach State, San Di– ego State, Missouri, UCLA, Miami-Ohio, and Portland State), with Missouri advancing to the Women's Col– lege World Series. San Diego finished in third place in the PCSC, their best finish in program history. The team also reached another milestone earning 11 PCSC victories. USO had four players earn PCSC Honors for their play on the field and nine athletes earn Commission– er's Honors for their work in the classroom. Lindsey Fleet was named to the PCSC All-Conference Second Team, earned Commissioner's Honors, and team Best Offensive Player award. Jennifer Ellenbeck earned PCSC Second Team All-Conference honors, was named to the Commissioner's Honor Roll, and selected by the team as the Most Valuable Player and given the Community Service Award. Kristen Gensler

The Toreros wi II spend the next two weeks preparing for the San Diego Classic I. Once again it will be five games for the To– reros in the three days starting on March 5th. The Toreros will play Buffa lo, Wisconsin, Oregon, Cal Poly and Long Beach State.

Before heading to the Long Beach State

Senior Jessi Waers