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Iowa State University Athletics
Iowa State Softball: 2017 Season Review
06.08.2017 | Softball
AMES, Iowa - The Iowa State softball team completed Jamie Trachsel's debut season at the program's helm with a 23-35 record overall, including a 6-12 mark in Big 12 play. The Cyclones earned a fifth-place finish in the Big 12, the program's highest final league standing since 1994.
Cyclone Headlines
-Junior Kelsey McFarland and freshman Sami Williams were both named to the NFCA All-Midwest Region First Team. It was the third time in school history that two Cyclones have been named first team in the same year.
-Williams was named to the 2017 All-Big 12 First Team after her stand-out rookie campaign. She was one of three freshmen to garner first team accolades and is just the second newcomer in program history to be named to the first team. She is also a finalist for the 2017 Schutt Sports/NFCA Division I National Freshman of the Year.
-The Cyclones were playing at their best late in the season, as winners of six straight to close out the regular season, their longest winning streak of the season. ISU won six of its last seven Big 12 contests as well, after opening 0-11 in league play.
-To close out the 2017 regular season, the Cyclones completed a three-game sweep of Kansas at the Cyclone Sports Complex. It was the program's first Big 12 series sweep since the 2013 season.
-Three of Iowa State's six Big 12 wins came in walk-off fashion, including game three vs. Kansas, in which the Cyclones rallied from a 2-0 deficit in the bottom of the seventh inning to win on a walk-off RBI single by freshman Sami Williams.
-Williams broke Iowa State's single-season school record with her 17th double of the season in game two of ISU's series win over Texas. Williams ended the season ranked T-No. 3 nationally and No. 1 among all NCAA DI freshmen in doubles with 20.
-Emma Hylen had perhaps the finest stretch of her career to close out the 2017 regular season. The sophomore went 6-1 in her last eight starts before postseason play, including four conference wins. In two games against Texas, Hylen allowed just one earned run in 14.0 innings of action, leading ISU to its first-ever series win vs, UT.
-The Cyclones not only stole the series vs. UT, they also stole six bases to break the single-season school record of 89 (2013). The season total is now at 99 stolen bases, led by Cathlin Bingham (20), Megan Schweitzer (17) and Kelsey McFarland (16).
-Hylen was named the Big 12 Pitcher of the Week following a 2-0 weekend to help Iowa State sweep Kansas. Hylen is the first player in program history to be named Big 12 Pitcher of the Week twice in the same season.
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