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Girls Softball State Final Qualifier
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1997-98 
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Name: Joliet Twp. High School 
City: Joliet 
City Population: 95,000 
County: Will 
Enrollment: 4369 
Nickname: Steelwomen 
Colors: Royal/Gold/Black 
Conference: SICA West 
Superintendent: Dr. James Clark 
Principal: Craig Spiers 
Athletic Director: Donald Prola 
Head Coach: Dale O'Connell 
Assistant Coaches: E. "Mac" McLaughlin, Tony Capista 
Captains: Kristen Capista, Laura Nurczyk, Tracy Phillips, Heather Suca 
Last Year's Advancement: Lost to Joliet (Catholic), in Regional Semifinal 
 
 
No.  Name                     B  T  Pos.   Ht.    Age  Yr.
 00  Mac McLaughlin           Asst. Coach 
     Team Totals                                          
     Opponents Totals                                     
  1  Samantha Adams           R  R  C      5-6     16  Jr.
  2  Tracy Catalani           R  R  SS     5-6     16  Jr.
  3  Heather Suca             R  R  3B     4-9     17  Jr.
  5  Barb Oswald              R  R  RF     5-5     17  Jr.
  6  Crissa Schwartz          R  R  1B     5-8     16  So.
  7  Tony Capista             Asst. Coach 
  7  Kristen Capista          R  R  SS     5-8     17  Jr.
  9  Anna Wallace             R  R  P      5-9     16  Jr.
 10  Jenna Pasteris           R  R  3B     5-5     18  Sr.
 11  Kelly Brummund           R  R  C      5-7     16  So.
 12  Emily Planinsek          R  R  RF     5-3     17  Sr.
 13  Sara Blunt               R  R  DH     5-7     17  Sr.
 14  Erica Poole              R  R  P      5-6     17  Sr.
 15  Mary Jaszczak            R  R  P      5-9     16  So.
 16  Carrie Pickering         R  R  1B     5-9     17  Sr.
 18  Laura Nurczyk            R  R  CF     5-3     17  Jr.
 20  Dale O'Connell           Head Coach  
 20  Katie O'Connell          R  R  2B     5-6     16  So.
 21  Kristina Saxon           R  R  RF     5-4     16  So.
 22  Tracy Phillips           R  R  LF     5-7     17  Sr.
BATTING
Name                     G    AB     R     H   RBI  Avg.    2B    3B    HR
Samantha Adams          15    25    12    13     9  .520     1     0     0
Sara Blunt              30    84    19    29    27  .345     4     3     1
Kelly Brummund          36   102    21    37    22  .363     3     1     0
Kristen Capista         36   108    28    36    28  .333     4     2     1
Tracy Catalani          11    19     7     7     4  .368     1     0     0
Mary Jaszczak           32    80    12    25    21  .313     1     1     1
Laura Nurczyk           34    71    16    18    10  .254     3     0     0
Katie O'Connell         35    92    24    34    17  .370     1     2     0
Barb Oswald              8    15     6     4     3  .267     2     0     0
Jenna Pasteris           9    12     3     1     0  .083     0     0     0
Tracy Phillips          31    72    15    16    16  .222     1     2     1
Carrie Pickering        12    20     3     4     2  .200     0     0     0
Emily Planinsek         10    14     1     2     3  .143     0     0     0
Erica Poole             13    18     7     6     3  .333     0     0     0
Kristina Saxon          33    88    24    26    13  .295     1     1     3
Crissa Schwartz         34    94    19    24    26  .255     4     1     0
Heather Suca            35   103    39    32    23  .311     6     4     1
Anna Wallace             9    15     1     7     8  .467     1     0     0
Opponents Totals        38   862    64   147    66  .171     8     3     1
Team Totals             38  1032   254   321   235  .311    33    17     8
PITCHING
Name                   W-L     G      IP     H    ER    BB    SO   ERA
Mary Jaszczak         23-3    28   179.0   103    24    48   201  0.94
Erica Poole            6-1    10    42.0    26     6     5    39  1.00
Team Totals           33-5    38   246.2   155    44    62   263  1.25
Anna Wallace           3-1     5    25.0    26    14     9    23  3.92
Date   Opponent                     W/LRuns Opp
3/26   Oak Park (Fenwick)             T   1   1
3/28   Midlothian (Bremen)            W   7   0
4/2    Lemont (H.S.)                  W  10   0
4/4    Dolton (Thornridge)            W  17   0
4/4    Dolton (Thornridge)            W  15   0
4/6    Richton Park (Rich South)      W  12   0
4/7    Morris                         W   1   0
4/14   Plainfield                     W   2   0
4/15   Kankakee (Sr.)                 W  12   1
4/16   Joliet (Catholic)              W   8   0
4/16   Joliet (Catholic)              W   5   3
4/17   New Lenox (Providence)         W  13   4
4/18   Oak Lawn (Richards)            W   1   0
4/18   Oak Lawn (Richards)            W   3   2
4/22   Romeoville                     W   4   0
4/23   Oak Lawn (Community)           W  10   0
4/25   Bolingbrook                    W  18   0
4/25   Bolingbrook                    L   9  10
4/28   New Lenox (Lincoln-Way)        W   4   2
4/30   New Lenox (Lincoln-Way)        W   8   7
5/4    Palos Hills (Stagg)            W   8   1
5/8    Lockport (Twp.)                W   5   2
5/11   Palos Hills (Stagg)            L   2   4
5/12   Lockport (Twp.)                L   0   2
5/14   Orland Park (Sandburg)         W   1   0
5/16   Berwyn-Cicero (Morton)         W   8   1
5/18   Orland Park (Sandburg)         L   2   3
5/20   Tinley Park (Andrew)           W   4   2
5/21   Tinley Park (Andrew)           L   1   2
5/23   Crete (C.-Monee)               W  11   1
5/23   Crete (C.-Monee)               W   5   3
5/26   Naperville (North)             W   4   1
Crete (C. Monee) Regional
*5/28  Richton Park (Rich South)      W  21   2
*5/30  Crete (C.-Monee)               W   9   0
*6/1   New Lenox (Lincoln-Way)        W   6   5
Lockport (Twp.) Sectional
*6/6   Lockport (Twp.)                W   1   0
*6/8   Carol Stream (Glenbard North)   W   4   3
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 Head Coach Dale O'Connell
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Year   W-L       
1993   19-8      
1994   25-9      
1995   21-9      
1996   34-4      
1997   23-14     
1998   31-5-1    
School                             Years     No.     W-L       
At Joliet (West)                   1993      1       19-8      
At Joliet (Twp.)                   1994-98   5       133-41    
Total                                        6       152-49    
 
For Joliet (Twp.)'s previous state tournament history, please see the Record Book. 
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