Seneca Lady Irish Softball
Head Coach: Dan Stecken
May 01, 2008
Welcome to the Seneca Lady Irish Softball Home Page!
On Saturday Seneca placed 2nd at the Ottawa Marquette Johnny Mac Tournament. In Game 1 Seneca defeated rival Ottawa Marquette for the second time this season by a score of 5-2. In the Championship Game Seneca fell to Dwight 3-1. After the tournament Seneca sits at 17-17 with regional play starting Monday against Plano.
News Flash! On Wednesday April 30th, 2008, Coach Stecken and his wife, Karie, welcomed home a beautiful new daughter, Camryn Lee Stecken.
On May 8th, the Lady Irish defeated a strong Indian Creek team 2-1 on senior night. Fitting, senior Amy Gumm laced a shot to right field to knock in Alanna Viken with the go ahead run in the 6th inning. Senior Katelyn Harlow led the way on the mound with 14 punch outs and senior, Brooke Warning also doubled. Seneca improves to 16-15 on the season.
On March 16th there was an instructional camp offered for grades 3-8 at Seneca High School. Thirty- nine area girls attended the two sessions offered. The coaches look forward to seeing the girls again next season.
Download the file below to view the camp flier.
Click here for information about the 2008 Seneca Softball Camp
- If any opposing coach that is not on our schedule sees this and would like to be on our schedule for next season, please e-mail me at: dstecken@senecahs.org
The 2008 Season is underway. Currently the varsity is 18-17 and the JV is 9-13.
2008 Roster
| Number | Name | Year | Position |
| #1 | Megan Maierhofer * | Senior | 3B |
| #2 | Kaitlyn Osborne * | Junior | CF |
| #3 | Brittany Underhill * | Senior | LF |
| #4 | Stephanie McCormick | Sophmore | 2B |
| #5 | Mari Knapp | Junior | 1B |
| #6 | Megan Houchin | Sophomore | C/OF |
| #8 | Rachael Siedentop * | Senior | SS |
| #9 | Brooke Warning * | Senior | RF |
| #11 | Miranda Petterson * | Junior | LF |
| #13 | Amy Gumm * | Senior | C/SS |
| #15 | Alanna Viken | Freshman | 3B/LF |
| #18 | Eden Thomas | Junior | P |
| #20 | Kaitlyn Harlow * | Senior | P |
* = Returning letter winner
Here she is again... 8 days old, not too much sleep going on in the Stecken household...
Below are links to the Lady Irish game schedules.
Click here for the 2008 Varsity Game Schedule
Click here for the 2008 Practice and Game Schedule (must have Publisher to read)
Click here to see Seneca Softball Single Season and Career Records
| Opponent | Date | Home / Away | Result | Time |
| Streator | 3/20/08 | Away | L 0-6(0-1) | 4:30 pm |
| Spring Valley Hall | 3/24/08 | Away | W 10-5 (1-1) | 4:15 pm |
| Putnam County | 3/25/08 | Away | L 4-6 (1-2) | 4:30 pm |
| Prairie Central | 3/28/08 | Away | W 6-2 (2-2) | 4:30 pm |
| Gardner S. Willy | 4/01/08 | Away | L 1-7 (2-3) | 4:30 pm |
| Ottawa | 4/02/08 | Home | W 2-0 (3-3) | 4:30 pm |
| * Herscher | 4/04/08 | Home | L 4-7 (3-4,0-1) | 4:30 pm |
| Somonauk (DH) | 4/05/08 | Home | L,W (4-5, 0-1) | 10:00 am |
| * Lisle | 4/07/08 | Away | W 11-2 (5-5,1-1) | 7:00 pm |
| Newark | 4/09/08 | Away | W 8-0 (6-5, 1-1) | 4:30 pm |
| * Manteno | 4/11/08 | Away | L 2-3 (9 inn) (6-6, 1-2) | 4:30 pm |
| Serena (DH) | 4/12/08 | Home | W, L (7-7, 1-2) | 2:00 pm |
| * Coal City | 4/14/08 | Home | L 1-6 (7-8,1-3) | 4:30 pm |
| * Coal City | 4/15/08 | Away | L 0-15 (7-9,1-4) | 4:30 pm |
| * Lisle | 4/16/08 | Home (makeup) | W 16-0 (8-9, 2-4) | 4:30 pm |
| * Peotone | 4/18/08 | Away | L 2-3 (8-10, 2-5) | 4:30 pm |
| Seneca Tourney | 4/19/08 | Home | L,W,L (9-12, 2-5) | TBA |
| * Westmont | 4/21/08 | Home | W 11-1 (10-12, 3-5) | 4:30 pm |
| * Westmont | 4/22/08 | Away | W 11-0 (11-12, 4-5) | 4:30 pm |
| Ottawa Marquette | 4/24/08 | Away | W 2-1 (12-12,4-5) | 4:30 pm |
| * Reed Custer | 4/25/08 | Home | W 11-0 (13-12, 5-5) | 4:30 pm |
| * Sandwich | 4/28/08 | Home | L 3-6 (13-13, 5-6) | 4:30 pm |
| * Sandwich | 4/29/08 | Away | W 5-2 (14-13, 6-6) | 4:30 pm |
| * Wilmington | 5/02/08 | Away | L 5-6 (14-14, 6-7) | 4:30 pm |
| * Plano | 5/05/08 | Home | W 4-3 (15-14, 7-7) | 4:30 pm |
| * Plano | 5/06/08 | Away | L 1-3 (15-15, 7-8) | 4:30 pm |
| Indian Creek | 5/08/08 | Home | W 2-1 (16-15, 7-8) | 4:30 pm |
| * Dwight | 5/09/08 | Home | L 0-3 (16-16, 7-9) | 4:30 pm |
| Ottawa Marquette | 5/10/08 | Away | W 5-2 (17-16, 7-9) | 10:00 am |
| Dwight | 5/10/08 | Away | L 1-3 (17-17, 7-9) | 3:45 pm |
| Plano | 5/12/08 | Regional | W 5-2 (18-17) | 4:30 pm |
| Coal City | 5/13/08 | Regional | L 5-7 (18-18) | 4:30 pm |
