RELEASE DATE: 5/10/04

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: MOUTIES PLACE FOUR ON ALL-PSAC SOFTBALL TEAM – TAGLIAFERRI EARNS FIRST TEAM HONORS – BAILEY, LASKOWSKI AND QUINN NAMED TO SECOND TEAM

MANSFIELD – Alison Tagliaferri (Linden/Jersey Shore) was named to first team honors while Trisha Bailey (Canton/Canton), Jackie Laskowski (Olyphant/Mid Valley) and Nancy Quinn (Merritt Island, FL/Merritt Island) were all named to second team honors on the 2004 Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC) East Division All-Conference Softball team. The team, selected by the PSAC East head coaches, was released today by the PSAC office.

	A junior,Tagliaferri earned her third straight All-PSAC East honors and her first as a first team member after being named to second team honors her first two seasons. Tagliaferri was selected a utility player after appearing as a pitcher, outfielder, first baseman and designated hitter over the course of the season. Tagliaferri ranked third in the PSAC in batting with a .429 average. Her 45 hits included seven doubles, three triples and eight home runs. She also drove in 33 runs. Tagliaferri ranked first in the conference in slugging percentage (.781%) and third in on-base percentage (.479). She was also third in the PSAC in home runs (8). Tagliaferri also ranked seventh in the conference in ERA (1.29) while posting an 8-4 record. In 98.0 innings worked, she struck out 90 batters.
	Bailey earned second team honors at third base. The sophomore appeared in 39 games on the season where she batted .300. Her 33 hits included five doubles, two triples and a home run. She also batted on 11 runners while scoring 19 times. A standout fielder, Bailey committed just seven errors on the season.
	Laskowski was named to second team honors at first base after being selected to the first team last season. Although hampered by injury late in the season, Laskowski still batted .264 on the season with eight doubles, two triples and seven home runs. She also drove in 32 runs.
	Quinn repeated as a second team selection from last year. Selected as the designated player, the junior appeared in 41 games batting .414. Her team best 46 hits included 11 doubles, two triples and a home run. She batted in 13 runs while scoring 17 times.

Mansfield finished the 2004 season with a 27-15 record and won the ECAC Division II Championship this past weekend.