<p>After the 2020 season was wiped out due to the coronavirus pandemic the TMP-Marian softball team is eager to return to the diamond this spring.</p><div><iframe width="100%" height="166" scrolling="no" frameborder="no" allow="autoplay" src="https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=https%3A//api.soundcloud.com/tracks/1015497442&color=%23003169&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false&show_teaser=true"></iframe><div style="font-size: 10px; color: #cccccc;line-break: anywhere;word-break: normal;overflow: hidden;white-space: nowrap;text-overflow: ellipsis; font-family: Interstate,Lucida Grande,Lucida Sans Unicode,Lucida Sans,Garuda,Verdana,Tahoma,sans-serif;font-weight: 100;"><a href="https://soundcloud.com/user-814667509" title="Eagle Radio" target="_blank" style="color: #cccccc; text-decoration: none;">Eagle Radio</a> · <a href="https://soundcloud.com/user-814667509/3-24-21-tmp-softball-coach-melissa-schoepf" title="3-24-21 - TMP softball coach Melissa Schoepf" target="_blank" style="color: #cccccc; text-decoration: none;">3-24-21 - TMP softball coach Melissa Schoepf</a></div></div><p>TMP returns three starters from the 2019 team that finished 13-9 and lost in the sub-state semifinal to Hoisington.</p><p>That includes senior Emilee Augustine who was second in hitting as a sophomore with a .443 average. She led the team in extra-base hits (18), doubles (13), homeruns (3) and RBIs (31).</p><p>Senior catcher Sophia Coulter was second on the team in extra-base hits (13), doubles (11) and RBIs (30).</p><p>Pitcher Kyleigh Allen will also anchor the circle again for TMP.&nbsp;</p><p>As a sophomore Allen started 19 of TMP's 22 games and finished with a record of 9-8. She led TMP in nearly every pitching category and finished with 109 strikeouts in 97.2 innings.&nbsp;</p><p>This is the first year of a two-year co-op agreement with LaCrosse. There are seven LaCrosse high school athletes who will compete on the TMP softball team this spring.</p><p>The Monarchs are scheduled to open their season April 6th at home against Colby.</p>

🥎TMP aims to balance youth and experience in return to diamond