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NFCA All
Mid West Team
Potratz, a sophomore shortstop from Fort
Dodge, Iowa, landed on the first team as an
at-large selection after posting
record-setting power numbers in 2011. She hit
.364 while setting Simpson single-season
records with 16 home runs, 45 RBIs, 111 total
bases and a .793 slugging percentage.
The right-handed Potratz doubled the
single-season home run mark she tied as
freshman in 2010 when she hit eight long
balls. Potratz became Simpson's career home
runs leader with 24, surpassing Michelle
Montgomery's 13 from 2001-04. She also set the
program single game records for home runs (3)
and total bases (13) in Simpson's 16-1 over
Rutgers-Camden on March 15. Potratz had three
multi-home run games during the season, most
recently hitting two in an 8-4 upset of No. 5
Central in the IIAC Tournament.

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Tieryn
Potratz ended the season with 16 home
runs which breaks a record for Simpson
College. The previous record for a
single season was 8. Tieryn tied that
record last year as a freshman.
Tieryn
Potratz hit her 11th home run of the
season in the Millikin game, going 3-for-3.
Kacee Arey started both games, earning a win
and a no-decision.
INDIANOLA - Tieryn
Potratz hit four home runs and slugged
1.143 on her way to earning Iowa Conference
Athlete of the Week honors for the period
ending March 13, 2011.
Potratz, a sophomore from Fort Dodge, Iowa,
slugged her way into the Simpson record books
by becoming the program's career home run
leader. After tying the program's
single-season mark with eight long
balls as a freshman, she already has
seven this year, breaking the record of 13 set
by Michelle Montgomery from 2001-04.
Her record-setting shot was a solo blast in
the sixth inning of a 7-1 win over Carthage on
Sunday.
In six games last week, the criminal justice
and sociology major hit .476 with two
doubles and 11 RBI. The Storm finished the
week with a 5-1 mark at the Rebel Spring Games
in Kissimmee, Fla.
Potratz's week was highlighted by a 3-for-4
performance in a 15-0, 5-inning win over
Beloit where she hit two home runs in
the first inning, later added a
double, and drove in five. She also hit home
runs against Carthage and Endicott, both on
March 13. She ended up driving in five against
Endicott.
Simpson
adds two more wins,
Potratz continues tear
KISSIMMEE, Fla. - Tieryn
Potratz continued her assault on opposing
pitchers and the Simpson record books at the
Rebel Spring Games on Sunday.
Only a sophomore, Potratz hit
two home runs in a 13-5 win over Endicott,
improving her season total to seven and giving
her 15 for her career, a new Simpson program
record.
The Storm (8-4) beat Carthage earlier in the
day, 7-1.
A native of Fort Dodge, Iowa, Potratz
is two home runs away
from setting the school record for home
runs in a season. She hit eight home runs as a
freshman in 2010, tying the single-season mark.
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