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In only the second year of be- the State, and we played a lot of In the JV game, Freshman Melissa Bert di gs a the Mustangs held opponents to an average of
ing a sanctioned high school sport, really close games," said senior wild pitch out of the dirt to keep the base two points a game. (Michelle Bert)
runner from advancing. With good defen se,
the varsity softball team continued Jenny Jerabek. The Mustangs beat
its winning ways but fell just short of Beatrice in extra innings for a chance
qualifying for state. at Marian and the District Champi-
The girls had high expecta- onship. Needing to win two games
tions and the added pressure of being over the Crusaders, the Mustangs
defending state champions as they lost a close one in extra innings.
headed into the 1994 season. "There "We had a successful season,
were a lot of high expectations from but in the end it felt like the team
everybody. Everyone thinks that it is didn't pull together enough," said
easy, and that since we won last year sophomore Anna Trauernicht. "We
we should be automatic champs, but just weren't lucky in the close ones,"
that can't happen. When we played said Jerabek.
other teams, it was tough because The JV team also had a win-
they all wanted their shot to beat the ning season. They ended the season
state champs," said varsity head with a record of 12 wins and one loss.
coach Julia Kolander. The only defeat suffered came in a
The team was led by returning two run loss to arch-rival Millard
All-State Seniors Nicole Siernik and South.
Lesley Miller. MN ended with a Even without the trip to state,
record of 16 wins and I 0 losses, of the Mustangs posted an impressive
those ten losses, six were by only one winning season. "Even though the
point. The emotional level of play girls didn't go to state, I was very
soon began to take a toll on the Mus- pleased with their performance. They
tangs. "We had a good season and set out and accomplished a lot of
we had a great team. There was good goals,"said Kolander.@)
competition in the Metro and around :!Ju4lb£S~

Stats
Varsity
Ralston 6-0
Omaha Mercy 10-2
Omaha Mercy 1-0
Lincoln NE 7-0
Westsi de 2-3
Papio-La Vista 0-1
Papio-LaVista 3-4
Lincoln East 0-6
Marian 3-6
Papio-La Vista 13-3
Bellevue East 14-2
Bryan 11-0
Gross 1-2
Lincoln Southeast 4-7
Westside 6-3
Millard South 0-3
North 12-0
South 10-0
Westside 2-1
Beatrice 3-4
Roncalli 16-0 Varsity Softball: front-Jenny Jerabek, Nicole Kolander; back-Jessi Thomsen, Shannon
Beatrice 14-0 Siemik, Amy Heitritter, Erin Wilson; second Briley, Michelle Manthei, Sheila Lahmann,
Marian 2-3 row-Casey Wilson, Fawn Peterson, Anna Sarah Sandoval, Caron Smith
Won 13 Lost 10 Trauernic~t, Lesley Miller, Head Coach Julia (Jack Martin Photography)