Quintana wins second straight John Wells OAC Pitcher of the Year award
Record six Marietta softball players named All-OAC in 2007

May 5, 2007
ADA, Ohio — The Ohio Athletic Conference (OAC) announced its 2007 Softball All-OAC Teams and Special Awards Winners after the championship game of the OAC Tournament Saturday (May 7), and six Marietta College student-athletes were given recognition, including senior Kristen Quintana (Denver, Colo./Littleton), who was named first team All-OAC and the John Well OAC Pitcher of the Year for the second straight season.

Joining Quintana on the first team were seniors Jenny Carroll (Lisbon/Beaver Local) and Lindsey Romick (Hannibal/River) as well as sophomore Nikki Driscoll (Bellaire). A pair of Pioneers—sophomore Erin Faulkner (Wheelersburg) and freshman Katie Woolf (Louisville)—earned second team honors.

Marietta (32-10) finished runners-up in this year’s OAC Tournament, falling to No. 9 Muskingum, 4-3, in the Championship Game. It was the second straight year and third time overall that the Pioneers took second place in the OAC Tournament. Marietta, who won the OAC Tournament in 1996, also claimed a second place finish in the inaugural OAC Tournament, which was held in 1985.

The Pioneers are now waiting to hear if they will receive an at-large bid to postseason play. The NCAA Regional selections are slated to be announced Monday morning. Muskingum secured the OAC’s automatic bid by winning the OAC Tournament.

The six Marietta selections tie the 1995 and 1996 squads for most in school history. 2007 is the first time that the Lady Pioneers have had four first team honorees.

Quintana earned her second straight John Wells OAC Pitcher of the Year award. In addition, it is her second first team and third overall All-OAC selection; she was named first team in 2006 and second team in 2005. So far in 2007, the right-hander is 21-7 in 32 appearances and 25 starts with 24 complete games. Quintana, who is holding opponents to a .174 batting average, has allowed 47 runs (42 earned) on 112 hits while walking 42 and striking out 251 in 186.0 innings. She has thrown nine shutouts and four no-hitters and posts a 2.03 earned run average.

In 2007, Quintana set single-season school records for no-hitters (4), games started (25), complete games (24), victories (21) and strikeouts (251). She also holds the records for shutouts (11), appearances (34), and innings pitched (189 2/3), which she set in 2006. Quintana also set a single-game school record with 16 strikeouts in a win over Ohio Northern.

Quintana is the Pioneers’ career record holder in shutouts (25), no-hitters (4), appearances (123), complete games (73), victories (60), innings pitched (609 1/3), strikeouts (644) and winning percentage (.680).

Carroll, a 2006 second team All-OAC selection, hit .398 (49-for-123) with 32 RBI in her final year with the Pioneers. The shortstop, who played 42 games and set a single-season school record with eight home runs, had six doubles, one triple and 32 runs scored. Carroll set a career record for games played (150) and at-bats (425), tied for first in career hits (146) and is second all-time in home runs (8) and RBI (76).

Romick, a 2005 first team All-OAC award winner, batted .385 (45-for-117) with six home runs, one triple, 14 doubles, 36 runs scored and 32 RBI in 2007. The outfielder, who played 40 games, collected the second-most doubles (14), home runs (6) and RBI (32) in single-season history. Romick holds the career records for home runs (11), doubles (38) and RBI (83) and is third in career hits (134).

Driscoll batted .388 (47-for-121) in her second year with Marietta. In 42 games, the second baseman collected three home runs, two triples, nine doubles, 25 runs scored and 26 RBI.

Faulkner, a designated hitter, batted .317 (26-for-82) with two home runs, two doubles, five runs scored and 18 RBI in 34 games in 2007.

Stay tuned Monday (May 7) morning for information on the NCAA Tournament.