{"id":34420,"date":"2024-03-08T18:41:43","date_gmt":"2024-03-08T18:41:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/northwoodsleague.com\/la-crosse-steam\/?p=34420"},"modified":"2024-03-08T18:41:43","modified_gmt":"2024-03-08T18:41:43","slug":"steam-signs-skilled-pitcher-from-cal-state-monterey-bay","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/northwoodsleague.com\/la-crosse-steam\/2024\/03\/08\/steam-signs-skilled-pitcher-from-cal-state-monterey-bay\/","title":{"rendered":"Steam Signs Skilled Pitcher from Cal State-Monterey Bay"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>Steam Signs Skilled Pitcher from Cal State<\/b><b>&#8211;<\/b><b>Monterey Bay<\/b><b>\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Right-hander <\/span><\/i><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Mackenzie Willis<\/span><\/i><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> Joins the Steam<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">LA CROSSE, WI \u2013\u00a0 The La Crosse Steam continues their roster-building for the inaugural 2024 season today when the team announced the signing of right-handed pitcher, <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Mackenzie Willis<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The 5&#8217;11\u201d Cal State-Monterey Bay freshman is making waves in her first year as she <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00a0currently leads all of the NCAA with 85 strikeouts this season, 47 more than the next pitcher. Willis then received the title of CCAA Softball Pitcher of the Week for the week of Feb. 19-25 for an impressive showing where she pitched a complete game 2-hit shutout with seven strikeouts.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Mackenzie Willis<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> and the rest of the Steam will open their 2024 campaign at Copeland Park &amp; Events Center on June 15th when they take on Madison Softball.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">To keep up to date with the La Crosse Steam as we prepare to take the field on June 15th, visit our website or follow us on X, Instagram, TikTok, and Facebook @laxsteam.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Don\u2019t miss out on watching history happen. Season Tickets, Inaugural Flex Plans, and Group Experiences are on sale now for La Crosse Steam Softball games with information available at www.lacrossesteam.com or by calling the ticket office at 608-796-9553. Fans can also visit the office at 1225 Caledonia Street, La Crosse between 8:30 am \u2013 5 pm, Monday thru Friday.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">####<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/i> <i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Leveraging the 30-year success of the Northwoods League, the first for-profit Summer Collegiate Baseball League, Northwoods League Softball (NWLS) will be the first for-profit Women\u2019s Summer Collegiate Softball League beginning play in the Upper Midwest in the summer of 2024.\u00a0 The purpose of the League will be to develop players for their college, Olympic and future professional play.\u00a0 Teams will be promoted similar to minor league baseball teams, playing games in front of fans in a fun, friendly, family-oriented environment.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Steam Signs Skilled Pitcher from Cal State&#8211;Monterey Bay\u00a0 Right-hander Mackenzie Willis Joins the Steam &nbsp; LA CROSSE, WI \u2013\u00a0 The  [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":17,"featured_media":34421,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-34420","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.5 (Yoast SEO v26.5) - 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