Softball Adds Nine

WINCHESTER, Va. - Head Softball Coach Marlena Kotynski announced Monday afternoon her class of nine incoming freshmen for the 2010 season.

Kotynski, whose squad is coming off of back-to-back 30-win seasons, is bringing in these nine women to add to the 14 returnees from last year's 30-13 team. Her Hornets finished second in the USA South in both the regular season and the USA South Conference Tournament.

Seven of these nine women are natives of Virginia, including four: Caitlin Johnson, Carly Lewis, Amanda Litwin and Lauren McCabe, from the northern Shenandoah Valley. The class includes two pitchers, two catchers, a pair of middle infielders, two corner infielders and one outfielder.

Shenandoah opens up the 2010 season, the sixth under Kotynski's tutelage, on February 27 with a non-league doubleheader against 2009 NCAA participant Lynchburg College.

The complete list:

Name	Position	Hometown
Sarah Campbell	OF/3B	Culpeper, Va.
Mary Harshman	OF	New Windsor, Md.
Caitlin Johnson	1B	Winchester, Va.
Carly Lewis	2B	Winchester, Va.
Amanda Litwin	P	Front Royal, Va.
Lauren McCabe	2B	Berryville, Va.
Denise Mitchell	C	Frederick, Md.
Emmalie Spina	C	Fredericksburg, Va.
Ashley Stegemiller	P	Falls Church, Va.