LOVESTRAND AND WILLIAMS MAKE ALL-SOUTH REGION TEAM The postseason awards continued for Florida Southern on Thursday as both Sara Lovestrand and Angela Williams were named to the All-South Region Team selected by the National Fastpitch Coaches' Association. Lovestrand was a First Team honoree and Williams was on the Second Team. Both players earned the award a day after being voted First Team All-Sunshine State Conference. Lovestrand came to Florida Southern this year as a junior after helping Chipola Junior College win the NJCAA Division I national championship in 2007. Playing both second base and shortstop for the Moccasins, she led the team with a .384 batting average and 20 extra base hits. Lovestrand had 12 doubles, four triples, four home runs, 20 RBI, and was not caught in 12 stolen base attempts. Now a three-time First Team All-SSC selection, Williams made the All-South Region Team for the first time in her career. Like Lovestrand, she finished among the top ten in the SSC with her .376 batting average and also led the team with 17 walks and a .460 on-base percentage. The junior designated player from Lakeland also hit five doubles, two triples, and two home runs, while driving in a team-high 25 runs and stealing 12 bases.

FIVE MOCCASINS ON ALL-CONFERENCE TEAM; WILLIAMS MAKES IT THREE-FOR-THREE

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Five members of the Florida Southern softball team were voted All-Sunshine State Conference, including one who made the league all-star team for the third time and one freshman. Angela Williams and Sara Lovestrand were each named First Team All-SSC, while Brittany Minton, Natalie Lang and Lindsey Powell were on the Second Team.

League-champion Barry led the way with eight selections, and the team was dominated by underclassmen. Of the 27 players selected either First or Second Team All-SSC (there was a tie at one position), only four were seniors. A total of 18 juniors were on the team, including four of Florida Southern's five selections. Powell was the only freshman among the group and was one of four freshmen in the SSC to make the team.

Three of the all-conference Moccasins played together at Lakeland's George Jenkins High School, a group comprised of Williams, Lang and Powell. Lovestrand and Minton were also teammates before arriving at Florida Southern, as the two helped lead Chipola Junior College to a national championship in 2007.

Williams is First Team All-SSC as a designated player for the third year in a row, the first player in league history to achieve that. She hit .376 with two home runs, a team-high 25 RBI and 12 steals. Her batting average placed her in the top 10 in the SSC, and her team-leading 17 walks also put her among the league leaders in on-base percentage. Since making the All-SSC Team as a freshman, Williams' average has climbed each of the last two years and she'll enter her senior year with 90 career RBI and 52 steals.

Lovestrand led Florida Southern with a .384 batting average, as well as slugging percentage on the strength of a team-leading 20 extra base hits. After spending a little more than half the season at second base, Lovestrand moved to shortstop in late March and committed just one error in 19 games at that position. As the Moccasins' leadoff hitter in every game, she was second on the team with 12 doubles, first with four triples and tied for first with four home runs. She also had 20 RBI and was 12-for-12 on stolen bases.

Her former junior college teammate was All-SSC as well, with Minton making the Second Team. Putting together an 18-9 record, Minton was second in the league with a 0.86 ERA as opposing batters hit just .165 against her. Her ERA also ranked fourth in Division II, and Minton beat two of the pitchers ahead of her. She gave up either no runs or one run in 18 of her 30 starts, and more than one earned run only four times. She struck out 163 and walked 33 in 179.1 innings.

Lang's selection to the all-conference team is her second such award; she was honorable mention in 2006. The junior outfielder hit .331 overall but was even better in conference play with a .362 average. She also hit .438 with runners in scoring position, had six doubles, one home run and 22 RBI. Lang also was a stand-out in the field, leading all SSC outfielders by handling 81 chances without an error. In her three-year career, Lang has taken away several hits and committed just two errors.

Powell turned into one of the league's top freshmen by the end of the season, starting all but one game for the Mocs, most of them in the outfield. She hit .314 overall, .323 in conference play, and .368 the second half of the schedule. She finished second on the team with 23 RBI, hit four doubles and one home run, and was also second on the team with 11 sacrifice bunts. Twice during her freshman year, Powell had a game-tying hit with two out in the seventh inning.

Winning the league's top individual awards were Saint Leo's Ashley Urbanik (SSC Player-of-the-Year), Barry's Amber Jack (SSC Pitcher-of-the-Year), Rollins' Christine Roser (SSC Freshman-of-the-Year), and Barry's Danielle Penner (SSC Coach-of-the-Year).