Softball | 5/6/2014 11:07:00 AM

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SEASIDE, Calif. -- After winning the Great Northwest Athletic Conference regular season and tournament titles, WOU heads to the NCAA West Regionals. The Wolves are the eighth seed in the NCAA Div. II West Region field and will be in the Region 1 tournament, Thursday through Saturday. Western Oregon opens the double-elimination tournament against the top-seed, host, and No. 3 team in the nation, Cal State-Monterey Bay.

LAST TIME OUT
• Western Oregon spotted Central Washington a 7-0 lead, but then scored eight runs in the second inning and roared back to win 20-9 to win their second GNAC softball title last Saturday in Richland, Wash.
• Bridjet Box was named the tournament MVP after matching the conference record with three home runs in the championship game.
• Jourdan Williams hit a grand slam and grabbed the win on the mound.

BACK TO THE POSTSEASON
• Western Oregon returns to the NCAA regional field for the first time since 2008, when it dropped two games at Humboldt State.
• The Wolves all-time NCAA regional record is 0-2.
• WOU is 24-27 all-time in the postseason, but this is only the third time since 2001 that its has advanced to the postseason.
• Western Oregon is 6-5 in the postseason since it has joined the NCAA. • Until this year, WOU had not won a postseason game since 2008.

CHAMPION CHATTER
• Western Oregon won the Great Northwest Athletic Conference regular season title for the second time in program history.
• The Wolves won the GNAC Tournament for the first time ever.
• The Wolves also claimed the conference crown in 2008 when it went 33-18 overall and advanced to the NCAA West Region Championships.
• This year's WOU squad matched the 2008 team's 33 wins for most in a single season. This season's team also matched 2008's 18-6 conference finish, the best in GNAC records in program history.

STATISTICALLY SPEAKING
• The Wolves are eighth in NCAA Div. II averaging 0.52 double plays.
• Kelli Demianew leads the GNAC with a 1.82 ERA. Her four shutouts also top the conference.
• In the GNAC, Amanda Evola is third with a .415 batting average. Melanie Pfeiffer and Kelsie Gardner are fifth and eighth.
• Those three are first, second, and third in total hits; Evola (80), Pfeiffer (74), and Gardner (71). They also lead the conference in runs scored; Gardner (55), Evola (53), and Pfeiffer (49).
• Evola's 16 doubles, 53 RBI, and 120 total bases pace the GNAC as well.

REWRITING THE RECORD BOOK
• Western Oregon has turned 26 double plays this season, breaking the previous program record for the most in a single season set in 2012.
• Amanda Evola is currently first in highest career batting average in program history at .400. She broke the RBI in a season this year.
• Evola has the most hits a single season with 80 this year.
• Kelsie Gardner is currently first in the program's most runs scored in a single season at 55. Evola and Melanie Pfeiffer are right behind.
• Melanie Pfeiffer's 195 at-bats broke the record for most in a year. Evola is in second at 193.