IOWA LAKES SOFTBALL TEAM PLANS ANNUAL SPRING TRIP

Spring Break at Iowa Lakes Community College signals the start off the 2004 Softball season as the Lakers travel to Alabama and Florida for the start of the 2004 campaign.

The Lakers will take on Faulkner State Community College in a double header for their first game of the season. They then travel to Florida for several games before returning to Estherville on March 16.

The first home game for the Laker women is scheduled for March 19 against Ridgewater Community College.  Four sophomores are returning the squad:   Tracee Kroese of Spirit Lake; Cassie Slagerman of Stacy, Minn.; Sarah Follmer of Como Park, Minn.; and Abby Schmidt of Worthington, Minn. Freshmen students on the team include: Kristin Van Hook of Bellville, Texas; Jenni Zealley and Erin Jones of Cedar Rapids; Angie Hoff, Angie Gottsleben
and Nicole Johnson of Brandon S.D.; Molly Caron of Mankato, Minn.; Tracy Birkenholtz of Baxter; Laura Peters of Spencer; and Kelly Reinders of Okoboji.

"Having the opportunity to play early has always been vital to our success", said Mike Bosch, head softball coach. "This is the seventh year we have spent part of March in Florida and it is a great experience for our team on and off the field."

The Laker women start the season unranked; but they have received votes in a pre-season poll of the National Junior College Athletic Association. The Lakers ended the 2003 season with a record of 35-18. The 2004 season will be Coach Bosch's 7th season at the helm of the Laker team over the years; he has coached five all-Americans and two Academic
All-Americans.

For more information on the softball team, go to www.iowalakes.edu and select "athletics" from the quick link menu.