MILWAUKEE - Marian University softball has had three student-athletes named all-conference by the NACC, as announced by the league Friday afternoon.

Senior Ariana Schliepp (Elkhorn, Wis.) earns all-conference recognition for the second straight season earning a spot on the first team.  Schliepp paced the Marian offense in nearly every category hitting .393 with 42 base hits, seven doubles, three long balls.  She closed out the regular season with a .542 slugging percentage and her 34 runs driven in was good for ninth in the NACC.  Schliepp also provided productive outs ranking sixth in the country with six sacrifice flies.  She had 16  multi-hit efforts during the campaign with a pair of three-hit performances.  Schliepp also drove in multiple runs in nine games.  One of her top performances for the season came in the opener against CUW where she went 3-for-4 with four runs driven in and a run scored.  In the doubleheader with Alverno, Schliepp was 4-for-4 with seven runs driven in and three runs scored.  Schliepp becomes the first All-NACC First Team selection for Marian since 2023.

Junior Mackenzie Christofferson (Lodi, Wis.) had a breakout season to earn her first all-conference honor being named second team.  Christofferson finished the regular season hitting .345 with 39 base hits, eight of which were doubles.  She also drove in 17 runs on the season.  Christofferson was held without a hit in only 10 games this season posting multiple base knocks in nine games.  She had back-to-back three-hit performances in game two against Wisconsin Lutheran and in game one against Lakeland.  Christofferson had a 10-game hitting streak during the season spanning from April 11 to April 21.  During a twin bill against Dominican, Christofferson went a combined 4-for-7 with two runs driven in and a run scored.

Junior Erin Cowe (Palos Hills, Ill.) continued to be a force at the top of the Marian lineup earning All-NACC Honorable Mention honors, her third all-conference selection.  Cowe bounced back from a slow start to the season to finish with a batting average of .323 and on-base percentage of .388.  She finished the regular season with 30 base hits and led the squad with 22 runs scored.  Her 10 walks on the year was also tied for the lead on the team.  Cowe had nine multi-hit efforts and had at least one hit in seven of the final eight games of the regular season.  She also scored multiple runs in seven games closing out the regular season with at least one run scored in the final five games.  In the opening game against CUW, Cowe finished 3-for-4 with a run driven in and two runs scored.

The full release and all-conference lists from the NACC can be found at https://naccsports.org/sports/softball.