7 May 2001
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Titans Place Four on all-CCIW Softball Team

BLOOMINGTON, Ill. -- Three sophomores and a senior were chosen from the Illinois Wesleyan University softball squad to be members of the College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin all-league softball team.

Senior Sara Powers and sophomores Stephanie Stephen, Stephanie Hieser and A.J. Reeley were the Titans to be chosen by league coaches to the 24-player team.

Powers, an outfielder from Manhattan (Lincoln-Way HS), is on the all-conference team for the first time. She was eighth in the league with a .378 batting average, tied for the CCIW lead with five doubles, and was tied for third with 12 runs batted in.

Stephen, a first baseman from Martinsville (Casey-Westfield HS), was a first team selection and the CCIW "Most Outstanding Player" last season. This spring she batted .318 in 14 CCIW games with four doubles and seven RBI.

Hieser, a shortstop from Minier (Stanford Olympia HS), was also an all-CCIW selection as a freshman. This spring she hit .268 against the league with seven runs scored and two doubles.

Also earning her first all-conference selection was Reeley, a right-handed pitcher from Danville (HS), who was 4-1 with a 1.75 earned run average, good for sixth in the league. Her four wins tied for fourth most in the conference.

The Titans, who won the league tournament in four games this weekend, will meet the University of Chicago in the NCAA Division III regional tournament this Friday, May 11, at North Central College in Naperville, Ill. IWU is 36-12 overall and finished 8-6 during the CCIW regular season.