Moses Lake softball players recognized

Moses Lake's Jayme Albrandt, Shalayne Hunter, Heather Coulter and Tracy Reed were named to the 2004 Big Nine all conference fastpitch team.

Albrandt was selected as an honorable mention at the shortstop position after finishing the regular season with a 91.9 percent fielding percentage.

Albrandt finished the season with a .358 batting average with the teams only home run. She led the Chiefs in runs (13), RBIs (12), triples (2) and hits (19).

Hunter played in 17 games for Moses Lake as a freshman and was selected second team outfielder. Hunter had a 94.4 percent fielding percentage and only committed one error on 17 total chances.

In 39 at bats, Hunter led the team in batting average (.359) and finished with 14 hits, eight runs scored and six RBIs.

Coulter was named second team pitcher, finishing behind Stacey Ellingsworth of Richland and Amanda Antonvich of Pasco. Coulter pitched 109.1 innings for the Chiefs, allowing 41 runs and 70 hits.

Her ERA was 1.35 and she struck out 137 on the season and finished with a 10-6 record.

Reed was named second team outfield after finishing the season with a 95 percent fielding percentage. Reed had one error on 19 chances and four assists. She hit .321 in the lead off role with two doubles, a triple, two RBIs and 12 runs scored.

Moses Lake prepares for its Big Nine district tournament opener on Thursday with Kennewick at Larson Field.

"It is a new season, we are starting completely over with a new slate," Moses Lake head coach Alan Coulter said.

The last time the two teams met, Moses Lake was going through one of its Spring wind storms that delayed the first game of a doubleheader.

The Chiefs swept the series 12-2 and 7-4 and Albrandt finished 4-for-8 in the doubleheader with a home run and five RBIs. But, Moses Lake ended the season by getting swept by Eastmont.

"We have put everything behind us," Coulter added. "We are taking it one game at a time."