MSR Summer Softball

Look Who's Playing in 2018 softball league

Seventy-five players have enrolled in the Iowa Women's Softball League for the 2018 season as of Monday, April 23.

There are 42 players in the Eastern Division and 33players in the Central Division.

If you would like to enroll, please CLICK HERE TO REGISTER

EASTERN DIVISION (Cedar Rapids)

1. Katelyn Banning, OF/1B, Indian Hills (Center Point-Urbana)
2. Maleah Georgen, C, Luther (West Delaware)
3. Jennifer Giesey, SS, Winona State (Crystal Lake, Ill.)
4. Morgan Goedken, C, Wartburg (Iowa City Regina)
5. Erin Kuba, 3B, Indian Hills (Cedar Rapids Jefferson)
6. Mallory McArtor, MIF/OF, Coe (Mid-Prairie)
7. Jenna Schwartzhoff, P/1B, Clarke (Cedar Rapids Kennedy)
8. Megan Weber, C/1B, Coe (Cedar Rapids Kennedy)
9. Haley McFarlane, IF, St. Cloud State (Cedar Rapids Prairie)
10. Brooke Craig, P, Northern Iowa (Waterloo Columbus)
11. Haley Jones, SS/2B, Coe (Waterloo West)
12. Maddy Ryan, OF/P, Coe (Linn-Mar)
13. Morgan Braughton, OF, Mount Mercy (Linn-Mar)
14. Taylor Henderson, 3B/OF, Mount Mercy (Center Point-Urbana)
15. Avery Guy, SS, DMACC (Cedar Rapids Jefferson)
16. Erin Drahozal, P/IF, Upper Iowa (Xavier)
17. Kelsey Aikey, P, Western Kentucky (Waverly Shell-Rock)
18. Sydney Robertson, OF, Mount Mercy (Vinton-Shellsburg)
19. Brie Tauber, IF, Clarke (Dubuque Hempstead)
20. Paige Timmerman, IF, Luther (Cedar Rapids Kennedy)
21. Taylor Kurtz, P/1B/3B, U of Dubuque (Mid-Prairie)
22. Alyssa Wiebel, SS/LF, Illinois State (Benton Community)
23. Morgan Christner, P, Illinois State (Burlington Notre Dame)
24. Brittni LaFountaine, C, Illinois State (East Moline, Ill.)
25. Stephanie Thulen, OF, Illinois State (Fenton, Ill.)
26. Tianna Drahn, OF, Northern Iowa (Cedar Rapids Kennedy)
27. KyLeigh Becker, P/OF, Loras (West Liberty)
28. Hailey Duwa, 1B, Western Illinois (Pleasant Valley)
29. Tawny Menster, P/OF, Mount Mercy (Anamosa)
30. Payton Bruner, SS/3B, Mount Mercy (CR Washington)
31. Tara Lance, 2B/OF, DMACC (Solon)
32. Natalie Halvorson, P/1B, Kirkwood (CR Prairie)
33. Haley Pence, C/UT, IUPUI (Cedar Falls)
34. Skylar Hop, U, Mount Mercy (Clear Creek Amana)
35. Emily Oler, P/1B, Mount Mercy (Cedar Rapids Jefferson)
36. Emily Ira, P/OF, Western Illinois (Solon)
37. Emilee Meyer, OF, Missouri Southern (Muscatine)
38. Megan Bonnett, OF, Luther (Iowa City Regina)
39. Emma Hartman, OF, Cornell (Bettendorf)
40. Lauren Kuch, OF, Kirkwood (CR Prairie)
41. Lizzy VanManen, C, NE Mississippi CC (Pella Christian)
42. Adara Opiola, 3B, UNI (Iowa City West)

CENTRAL DIVISION (Indianola & Ames)

1. Abby Carlin, P/1B, Western Illinois (Ballard)
2. Lexi Merritt, 1B, Grand View (West Des Moines Valley)
3. Emma Olejniczak, P/OF, Northern Iowa (Perry)
4. Addy Pender, C/1B, Luther (Johnston)
5. Erica Kirgan, IF, Upper Iowa (Ankeny)
6. Madi Parrott, SS, NW Oklahoma State (Indianola)
7. Cheyenne Thompson, C/3B, Graceland (SE Polk)
8. Megan Rushing, 2B/3B, South Dakota State (WDM Valley)
9. Allison Fleming, C/OF, Albright College (Urbandale)
10. Olivia Goodale, P, Indian Hills (Johnston)
11. Meghan Gould, 2B/SS, Southwestern (Murray)
12. Tiffany Barr, C, Southwestern (Indianola)
13. Nicole DuToit, OF, Ellsworth (Southeast Polk)
14. Marissa Promes, P, Buena Vista (Greene County)
15. Lizzy Adams, P, Coe (Norwalk)
16. Addison Westercamp, 3B, Southwestern (Moulton-Udell)
17. Arianna Kim, P/OF, Simpson (Rockton, Ill.)
18. Madi Bennett, IF, Simpson (Fort Dodge)
19. Brynna Bowman, P/OF, Simpson (Fairfield)
20. Kayla Reusche, IF/OF, Simpson (Waverly-Shell Rock)
21. Ashley Allen, C, Simpson (East Marshall)
22. Amron Born, CF, Simpson (Norwalk)
23. Sam Koehn, IF/OF, Marshall (Bondurant-Farrar)
24. Makinna Fitzgerald, OF/C, Southwestern (Lenox)
25. Hannah Onken, 1B, Wartburg (Greene County)
26. Madison Yacko, 1B, Simpson (Mediapolis)
27. Georgia Porter, C, Simpson (West Marshall)
28. Macy Gill, IF, Minnesota (North Polk)
29. Melanie Rasmussen, OF, Missouri Western (Ankeny)
30. Cassidy Blackford, P, Western Kentucky (Marshalltown)
31. Izzy Collins, OF, Southeastern CC (Ames)
32. Courtney Johannes, P, NIACC (Pella Christian)
33. Lauren Watters, 2B/RF, Southeastern University (Dowling)

Hawkeye Convenience Stores named title sponsor

The good folks at the Hawkeye Convenience Stores helped us get the new Iowa Women's Softball League off to a great start this summer by sponsoring one of our teams.

Now the Hawkeye Convenience Stores will have their name directly tied to the entire league as the title sponsor for 2018.

Hawkeye Convenience Stores has eight locations in Cedar Rapids, Marion and Hiawatha, as well as a store in Iowa City and another store in Davenport.

"We at Hawkeye Convenience Stores are proud to be the 2018 title sponsor for the Iowa Women's Softball league," said Matt Banning, the  CEO of the company. "This league provides an opportunity for college softball players to work on their skills and for teammates and old friends to get together regularly for some friendly competition.

(CLICK HERE TO REGISTER)

"This opportunity didn't exist in our area until last year, and we are excited to be part of it from the beginning," Banning continued. "Our family of companies and employees support and participate in the communities we serve. For these reasons, we are delighted to support the Iowa Women's Softball League."

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2018 MSR softball league off to fast start

It took Morgan Goedken exactly 50 minutes to register for the Iowa Women's Softball League for next season.

Goedken, a catcher from Wartburg College who played in the league this summer, received an e-mail from the Metro Sports Report at 11:17 Friday morning to tell her the registration process had begun.

Fifty minutes later - at exactly 12:07 p.m. - Goedken had submitted  her registration form with the $100 player fee to become the first player in the IWSL for 2018.

Five more players quickly followed, including a shortstop from Crystal Lake, Ill., who plans to drive from the Chicago suburbs to Cedar Rapids so she can play in the league.

Yes, we're off to a fast start.

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We had four teams and 60 players in the league this past summer in Year 1, with all the games held in Cedar Rapids at Kirkwood Community  College and Coe College. We plan to have 10 teams and approximately 140 players in the league next summer, with six teams in Cedar Rapids  and four teams in Central Iowa at Simpson College and the Iowa State University Recreation Field.

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Registration begins for expanded softball league

The new Iowa Women's Softball League got off to a great start in Cedar Rapids this summer with four teams and 60 players.

Now we are delighted to officially announce that the league plans to expand into Central Iowa next summer and have 10 teams in 2018.

Registration begins today at the MetroSportsReport.com website. Simply click on the registration link and get started.

The Iowa Women's Softball League was created this year to give active college softball players a league of their own during the summer. It is the only collegiate fast-pitch league in Iowa and was warmly received by the players, college coaches and community.

Based on the results this year, it convinced us to expand the program in 2018 and reach even more players.

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We plan to have six teams in the Eastern Division in Cedar Rapids next summer with games at Kirkwood Community College, Coe College and  perhaps Mount Mercy University.

We also plan to have four teams in the Central Division with games at Simpson College in Indianola and the Iowa State University Recreation Field in Ames.

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