Women's Summer Collegiate Fast-Pitch Softball League

Look Who's Playing in 2019 IWSL

Tue - 24 Jul Written by Jim Ecker

Sixteen players have already registered for the Iowa Women's Softball League for the 2019 campaign as of July 30.

This early registration period is for all players who participated in the IWSL this season. If they register by Aug. 31, they will receive a 50 percent discount and pay $50 instead of the regular $100 player fee.

Anyone who registers between Sept. 1 and Dec. 31 will get a 25 percent discount and pay $75. Anyone who registers between Jan. 1 and April 30 will be charged the full $100.

CLICK HERE TO REGISTER

The goal is to have eight teams and 120 players for Year 3 in 2019, with four teams in the Central Division and four teams in the Eastern Division.

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Adara Opiola of Ironside Apparel slides across the plate with an inside-the-park home run to begin a 5-2 victory over Emil's Hideaway in an IWSL game at Busse Field in Cedar Rapids on Sunday. (MSR photo by Margaret O'Banion)

Lehman jumps from IWSL to Hawkeyes

Sun - 22 Jul Written by Jim Ecker

When Sarah Lehman joined the Iowa Women's Softball League earlier this year, she did not know where she'd be playing college softball next season.

Now she's landed a spot as a pitcher with the Iowa Hawkeyes.

Lehman, a multi-sport athlete at Iowa City Regina, spent the 2017-18 school year as a volleyball player at Coe College, but she decided to change sports and wanted to join the Hawkeyes.

New Iowa Coach Renee Gillispie watched Lehman pitch for Ironside Apparel in the IWSL this season shortly after being named at Iowa and now Lehman will be one of her pitchers.

Lehman enjoyed another solid outing Sunday when she tossed a complete game in a 3-3 tie with Hawkeye Convenience Stores in the third and final game at Mount Mercy.

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Haley McFarlane of St. Cloud State is all smiles in the dugout after hitting her second straight home run for Ironside Apparel in the Iowa Women's Softball League on Sunday. McFarlane went 5-for-6 in two games with five RBIs. (MSR photo by Margaret O'Banion)

McFarlane, Robertson shine in IWSL

Sun - 15 Jul Written by Jim Ecker

Haley McFarlane of St. Cloud State and Sydney Robertson of Mount Mercy enjoyed big days in the Iowa Women's Softball League on Sunday.

McFarlane went 5-for-6 with two homers and five RBIs for Ironside Apparel in their two games at Mount Mercy. Robertson also went 5-for-6 with two triples and four RBIs for Emil's Hideaway.

McFarlane and Robertson produced two of the best offensive displays in the two-year history of the league.

IRONSIDE APPAREL 7,
HAWKEYE CONVENIENCE STORES 6

McFarlane went 3-for-3 with two long solo homers and three RBIs as Ironside Apparel nipped Hawkeye Convenience Stores, 7-6, in the first game at Busse Field.

Ironside Apparel scored two runs in the top of the seventh to erase a 6-5 deficit on a walk by Tawny Menster (Mount Mercy), a single by Abby Downs (UNI), a single by McFarlane, a single by Natalie Halvorson of Kirkwood and another single by Jessi Butler of Kirkwood.

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Brooke Craig of UNI pitched a complete game as Ironside Apparel blanked Emil's Hideaway, 4-0, in the Iowa Women's Softball League on Sunday at Mount Mercy. (MSR photo by Margaret O'Banion)

Craig tosses gem for Ironside Apparel

Mon - 09 Jul Written by Jim Ecker

Brooke Craig of UNI pitched a terrific game for Ironside Apparel in the Iowa Women's Softball League on Sunday.

Craig tossed a five-hit shutout as Ironside Apparel blanked Emil's Hideaway, 4-0, in the first game at Mount Mercy.

Adara Opiola, one of Craig's teammates at UNI, went 3-for-4 for Ironside Apparel in the victory. Tawny Menster of Mount Mercy was 2-for-3 with two doubles and scored two runs. Morgan Goedken of Wartburg was also 2-for-3.

Erin Kuba of Utah State had two hits for Emil's Hideaway.

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Emily Ira of Western Illinois enjoyed a big day for Hawkeye Convenience Stores as a pitcher and hitter in the Iowa Women's Softball League on Sunday. (MSR photo by Margaret O'Banion)

Ira shines for Hawkeye Convenience Stores

Sun - 24 Jun Written by Jim Ecker

Emily Ira enjoyed a big day for Hawkeye Convenience Stores in the Iowa Women's Softball League on Sunday.

Ira, a left-handed pitcher from Western Illinois, pitched a two-hit shutout with 12 strikeouts as Hawkeye Convenience Stores blanked Emil's Hideaway, 10-0, at Busse Field in Game 1. She also went 3-for-3 as a hitter with two runs scored and an RBI.

Kylee Biedermann of Clarke had two hits for the winners and Erin Drahozal of Upper Iowa collected two RBIs. Payton Bruner of Mount Mercy, Brittni LaFountaine of Illinois State, Emma Hartman of Cornell and Jenna Schwartzhoff of Clarke also had RBIs for Hawkeye Convenience Stores.

Hailey Duwa of Western Illinois hit a double for Emil's Hideaway.

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