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2023 Softball Roster

Mark Black
Mark Black
Rudi Ayasse
Steve Woltmann
Steve Woltmann
Steve Woltmann Photo
Steve Woltmann Photo

5 Nova Sinskul

  • Height 5-8
  • Class Graduate Student
  • High School Dos Pueblos
  • Hometown Santa Barbara, Calif.

Biography

2023: Started 40 games over 43 appearances, mainly at third base... hit .223 (25-for-112) with five doubles and one homer... added 13 runs, 14 RBI, and four stolen bases... had six multi-base hit games, including a season-high 3-for-3 performance vs. Rhode Island (April 23)... added one RBI and one run in the game... had two doubles vs. Butler (March 5) with a run and RBI... brought in two RBI against Bradley (March 28), at St. Bonaventure (April 1), and vs. Saint Louis (May 12)... tallied two hits in back-to-back games at Saint Louis (April 19)... Easton/NFCA All-America Scholar-Athlete.

2022: Started all 45 games in which she appeared at third base … Batted .224 (26-for-116) with a triple, a home run and eight RBI … Also swiped six bases … Registered five multi-hit games … Opened up the 2022 campaign in sterling fashion, going 3-for-3 with a walk and two runs scored against Kennesaw State (Feb. 11) … Had four two-hit games over her final 13 appearances of the season … Batted .361 (13-for-36) over the final 13 outings of the year … Belted her lone roundtripper of the year as part of a two-hit game in the nightcap of a double dip at Valparaiso (April 20) … Had two hits in both the first and third games of a three-game, weekend series versus Missouri State (April 23 and 24) … Strung together a season-best, five game hitting streak, April 30 through May 6 … Drove in a pair of runs in the back end of a doubleheader at Indiana State (May 7) … Easton/NFCA All-America Scholar-Athlete pick.
 
2021: For the second straight year, started every game at third base for the Ramblers … In 42 appearances, hit .250 (29-for-116) and totaled five doubles, two home runs and 10 RBI … Owned eight multi-hit games … Was impressive in the season-opening DePaul Dome Tournament, batting .400 (4-for-10) with a home run and three RBI … Opened the season with a bang, going 2-for-3 with a RBI versus Kansas City (Feb. 12) … Reached base in all three of her trips to the plate against DePaul (Feb. 13), tallying two hits, including a home run, a pair of RBI, and a walk … Notched two hits, two steals, a RBI and scored twice, in a win over Oakland (March 6) … Belted her second dinger of the year in a 2-for-3 effort with a pair of RBI in a victory against Northern Iowa (April 16) … Doubled as part of a two-hit performance in game one of a doubleheader at Missouri State (April 25) … In Loyola’s regular-season finale, scored three times and went 2-for-2 to power the team to a win versus Indiana State (May 8). 
 
2020: Earned the start at third base in all 21 contests in a truncated season due to the COVID-19 outbreak … Batted .298 (17-for-57) with two triples, a pair of home runs and 10 RBI … Drew all five of her walks in the opening two games of the year … Hit safely in eight of the final 10 outings of the season, batting .357 (10-for-28) with six runs scored and a half dozen RBI in that stretch … Assembled a season-best six-game hitting streak, February 28 through March 5, going 8-for-16 (.500) in that run … Registered three two-hit games, with Loyola going 3-0 in those contests … Walked three times, scored twice and swiped a pair of bases in the season opener against Omaha (Feb. 7) … Kicked off the aforementioned six-game hit streak with two hits and a stolen base in a victory over Western Michigan (Feb. 28) … Tripled, singled and knocked in a run to help the Ramblers past Albany (March 1) … Belted a two-run homer, her first roundtripper of the season, against Dartmouth (Feb. 29) … Walloped a two-run home run against Florida Gulf Coast (March 5) … Recipient of the MVC Commissioner’s Academic Excellence Award … Member of the MVC Honor Roll.
 
2019: Started 42 games at the hot corner, while appearing in 45 contests overall … Completed her rookie season with a .297/.341/.432 slash line and finished fourth on the team with 21 RBI … Doubled and added two RBI and a run in a blowout win at Gardner-Webb (Feb. 15) … Collected the first two-hit game of her career versus Hartford (Feb. 16) … Chipped in two RBI in a victory at Mercer (Feb. 22) … Went 2-for-2 with a double, two RBI and a stolen base versus UT Martin (March 1) … Belted her first career home run against Sam Houston State (March 2) … Responsible for two of Loyola’s 11 hits in a 10-4 win at Saint Louis (March 14) … Completed the Evansville series (March 23-24) by going 3-for-8, including a two-hit game in the middle tilt … Strung together a seven-game hitting streak, April 6 through April 17, going 10-for-23 (.438) with five RBI … Chipped in three RBI versus Indiana State (April 6) … Circled the bases with a two-run homer the next day against the Sycamores (April 7) … Clubbed her third roundtripper of the year with a three-run bomb to dead center at Illinois State (April 28) … Drove in a run in the final game of the season versus Indiana State (May 8) at the MVC Championship.
 
High School: Helped Dos Pueblos High School to a Channel League Championship in 2016 … Served as team captain as a senior … Two-time First Team All-Channel League pick (2017, 2018) … Named Most Valuable Player of the Suzanne Manlet Invitational Tournament after belting a walk-off grand slam in extra innings … Tabbed Santa Barbara Athletic Round Table Press Luncheon Athlete of the Week in 2016 … Picked up Second Team All-Channel League recognition in 2016 … Played club in the Batbusters Konis program in Calabasas, California … Hit .350 during the 2017 summer season.

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Historical Player Information

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    2019Freshman

    SS
    5'8"
    5
  • 5

    2020Sophomore

    SS
    5'8"
    5
  • 5

    2021Junior

    SS
    5'8"
    5
  • 5

    2022Senior

    IF
    5'8"
    5
  • 5

    2023Graduate Student

    IF
    5'8"
    5