March 5, 2007

Softball

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

JULIE DAMICO NAMED TO ALL-BUZZ CLASSIC TEAM

ATLANTA – The Sycamore’s ended the weekend tournament with a weekend record of (3-2) as they are now (10-5, 0-0 MVC) overall. After the championship game of the tournament it was announced that a Sycamore was named to the All-Tournament team, that player was Senior Julie Damico.

Damico had a solid weekend at the Buzz Classic in Woodstock, Ga. Hosted by Georgia Tech University. Her best game came in Indiana State’s (6-0) victory over Lipscomb in pool play as Damico went (2 for 4) at the plate, also accounting for 2 runs scored. For the weekend Damico hit .364 at the plate (4 for 11) while scoring seven runs and accumulating a on-base percentage of .500. She aided the Sycamore’s to another victory over an ACC opponent as the Sycamore’s defeated #21/24 Georgia Tech in the weekends opening game by a score of (4-1), in that game Damico scored the go-ahead run as she stole second to set up the scoring play.

The Sycamore’s road trip continues on Tuesday, March 6 in Starkville, Miss. as the Sycamore’s are set to play the Mississippi State Bulldogs for a single game at 4:00 p.m. local time.

All-Tournament Team:

MVP:  Jenny Crymgeour, C (Winthrop)

Caitlin Lever, Georgia Tech

Chiya Louie, Boston University

Stacy Whitmer, Centenary

Stephanie Trudeau, Dartmouth

Jessica Hackworth, East Tennessee State

Alicia Mitchell, Florida A&M

Blake Murray, Furman

Joanna Ward, Gardner-Webb

Sarah Kamenski, Georgetown

Lindsey Hopkins, Georgia Southern

Ashley Cowan, Georgia State

Julie Damico, Indiana State

Emily Nichols, Iowa

Niki Bails, Lipscomb

Lindsey Vander Lugt, Middle Tennessee State

Bri Jones, Morehead State

Kelly Miller, Purdue

Ashley Taylor, Radford

Natasha Hawkins, San Jose State

Samantha Heinzman, South Dakota State

Amanda Ragans, Troy

Megan Evans, Winthrop

Eden Brock, Wisconsin

Allison Cox, Wright State

Katie Gilmore, New Mexico