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SEASONPREVIEW

Eyrika Brandenburg. In her rst season Brandenburg started 50 games
and led the team in hits.

Rounding out the out eld will be two more newcomers. Freshman
Susie Baranski took a majority of the starts in right eld this past fall

ball season. She batted at the top of the lineup and swung with power.
Brittany Turner was the other newcomer that got playing time in the

out eld. The junior transfer comes to SIU after playing at Lake Land
Community College.

Schedule
The Salukis start off their season with three non-conference

tournaments on the road before coming home for the Coach B Classic.
Following the home tournament Southern heads west for a three-day

tournament, hosted by the University of Nevada-Las Vegas.
After these ve tournaments SIU plays one non-conference game

against Southern Utah before starting their conference portion of their
schedule. The Salukis play 13 home conference games, including big

series against Drake March 25-26 and Wichita State on April 22-23.
Both were selected in front of SIU in the preseason poll.
BRANDENBURG

At the end of the year the team will travel up to Normal, Illinois for
the Missouri Valley Conference Championships on May 11.

PATTERSON

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