Duffy, Krautsch earn All-Great Lakes Region honors

Tierney Duffy
Tierney Duffy
Meg Krautsch
Meg Krautsch

APPLETON, Wis. — Lawrence University softball stars Meg Krautsch and Tierney Duffy have been selected for the National Fastpitch Coaches Association All-Great Lakes Region team.

Both Duffy (North Riverside, Ill./Riverside-Brookfield) and Krautsch (Oshkosh, Wis./West) were chosen for the second team.

Duffy, a senior outfielder, hit a career-high .418 for the season, and that ranked second in the Midwest Conference. She posted a .457 on-base percentage, scored 27 runs and swiped 20 bases in 23 tries. Duffy posted 10 multi-hit games, including three three-hit games.

Krautsch, a sophomore shortstop, hit a career-high .405 with seven doubles, one triple, two homers and a team-best 30 runs batted in despite being limited to just 24 games due to injury. Krautsch missed the final 10 games of the season.

Krautsch was a consistent force at the plate throughout the season, collecting at least one hit in 17 of 24 games. She went a season-best 4-for-4 against Kalamazoo College and drove in a season-high five runs against Rockford University.

Krautsch also was superb in the field as she committed just two errors for a stellar .980 fielding percentage.

This marks the ninth consecutive year Lawrence has had at least one all-region selection and the 19th time in the past 20 years.

Lawrence finished with an 18-14-2 overall record and an 11-8-1 mark in Midwest Conference play.