2023 Lakeland Softball Recap
 
Head Coach: Tammy Utley (6th year)
Assistant Coaches: Ally Lira (2nd year), Stacey Remington (16th year), Rachel Veenendaal (2nd year)
Record: 14-22 overall, 7-17 Northern Athletics Collegiate Conference
NACC Regular Season Finish: tie-10th of 13 teams
Home Record: 3-9
Away Record: 4-10
Neutral Record: 7-3
Long Winning Streak: 5 games
Long Losing Streak: 10 games
NACC Pitcher of the Week: Skylar Hall (March 19)
All-NACC Team: Skylar Hall (1st Team), Jordan August (H.M.)
NACC All-Academic Team: Jordan August, Haylee Dodd, Brianna Gaedtke, Gabby Greetan, Juliana Hall, Skylar Hall, Abby Heitman, Madi Johnson, Paige Kislow, Sydney Meyer, Carlie Morrow, Hannah Nelson, Nyah Odekirk, Grace Portenier, Abby Runkel, Abbie Schmidt, Melanie Watters, Kamrynn Wiltzius, Jenna Winge
CSC Academic All-District Team: Jordan August, Skylar Hall, Hannah Nelson
Leader in Games Played: Jordan August/Madi Johnson/Hannah Nelson (36)
Leader in Hits: Madi Johnson (35)
Leader in Runs Scored: Peyton Harlow (24)
Leader in Doubles: Hannah Nelson (10)
Leader in Triples: Haylee Dodd/Abby Heitman (3)
Leader in Home Runs: Carlie Morrow/Hannah Nelson (3)
Leader in Runs Batted In: Jordan August (24)
Leader in Batting Average: Haylee Dodd (.333)
Leader in Stolen Bases: Madi Johnson (13)
Leader in Multiple-Hit Games: Hannah Nelson (10)
Multiple RBI Games: Carlie Morrow (8)
Longest Hit Streak: Sydney Meyer (8 games)
Leader in Games Pitched: Skylar Hall (20)
Leader in Wins: Skylar Hall (9)
Lowest Earned Run average: Skylar Hall (2.11)
Leader in Innings Pitched: Skylar Hall (126)
Leader in Strikeouts: Skylar Hall (111)
Leader in Complete Games: Skylar Hall (16) 

Single-game highs:
Hits: Abby Heitman, 4 at Alverno, April 12
Home Runs: One, on six occasions, three each by Carlie Morrow and Hannah Nelson
RBIs: Jordan August, 5 vs. Knox, March 17
Runs Scored: Hannah Nelson, 3 vs. Oswego State, March 16 and also vs. Knox, March 17
Stolen Bases: Madi Johnson, 3 at Alverno, April 12
Innings Pitched: Skylar Hall, 9 2/3 at Edgewood, May 7
Strikeouts: Skylar Hall, 12 vs. Oswego State, March 16 
 
Season Highlights

• Won seven of 10 games on spring break trip to Florida, the Muskies' best spring break record since 2014 and tied for the team's best spring break record ever
• Won five straight games on spring break and held a 9-5 record before a freshman-dominated team struggled the second half of season in conference play
• Team regularly started five freshmen and had no seniors in starting lineup after all-conference third baseman Juliana Hall was injured on spring break trip
• Skylar Hall struck out 111 batters, second-most in a season in school history behind only Leslie Doxtater with 124 K's in 2004
• Hall pitched 16 2/3 innings in team's final doubleheader of the season at Edgewood, throwing two complete games and allowing one run and seven hits over the two games, including 9 2/3 innings in a 1-0 10-inning loss in first game. She threw nine no-hit innings in that game, believed to be the longest ever for a no-hitter to go in a game in program history
• 10-1 when leading after six innings, but team's slim margin defined by a 0-6 record in games tied after six innings
• 7-3 when opponents scored two runs or less
• 19 of team's 36 games decided by one or two runs, including 15 games by one run, but team posted just a 6-13 record in those games
• Held opponents to four runs or less in 20 of 36 games
• Skylar Hall finished 3rd in NACC in strikeouts (111), strikeouts per 7 innings (6.2), opponents' batting average (.218), hits allowed/7 innings (5.67) and walks + hits/innings pitched (1.06), 4th in complete games (16), strikeout-to-walk ratio (3.58) and walks/7 innings (1.01), 6th in earned run average (2.11), 8th in games started (19), 9th in innings pitched (126), tied for 9th in wins (9) and tied for 10th in shutouts (2)
• Jordan August finished as one of six players in NACC to not commit an error on the season, including the second-most chances in the conference without an error, and tied for 5th in NACC in sacrifice flies (3)
• Peyton Harlow tied for 2nd in NACC in sacrifice bunts (10)
• Hannah Nelson tied for 5th in NACC in sacrifice flies (3) and tied for 9th in times hit by pitch (4)
• Abby Heitman tied for 6th in NACC in runners caught stealing (7) and tied for 10th in conference in triples (3)
• Carlie Morrow tied for 7th in NACC in times hit by pitch (5)
• Haylee Dodd tied for 10th in NACC in triples (3)
• Madi Johnson tied for 10th in NACC in stolen bases (13)

 
Ranked among NCAA Division III Top 30 in one individual statistical category:

• No. 28 sacrifice bunts/game (Peyton Harlow, 0.29)