Marian University

Junior Kendall Pliner (Mayville, Wis.) continued to be an important bat in the middle of the Sabre lineup earning herself Sabre of the Month recognition.  She went 21-for-60 (.350) at the plate and led the team with 12 runs driven in.  Pliner hit one double to go with two home runs to give her a .467 slugging percentage during April.  Pliner had eight multi-hit games during April including a pair of three-hit games.  She was especially dominant at the plate in a doubleheader with Rockford where she went 5-for-7 (.714) with two runs scored and six runs driven.  She would drive in three runs in each victory over the Regents.  Then in the opening game against Lakeland, Pliner was 2-for-3 with two runs driven in with one of her knocks being a double.  Pliner enters the final stretch of the season the team leader in runs batted in with 24.