{"id":35583,"date":"2025-03-28T16:12:07","date_gmt":"2025-03-28T16:12:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/northwoodsleague.com\/la-crosse-steam\/?p=35583"},"modified":"2025-03-28T16:12:07","modified_gmt":"2025-03-28T16:12:07","slug":"steam-adds-outfield-duo-to-roster","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/northwoodsleague.com\/la-crosse-steam\/2025\/03\/28\/steam-adds-outfield-duo-to-roster\/","title":{"rendered":"Steam Adds Outfield Duo to Roster"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center\"><b>Steam Adds Outfield Duo to Roster<\/b><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Madelyn Birling and Ashlyn Porter Join for 2025<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">LA CROSSE, WI \u2013 The Steam is heading into April strong with the announcement of the powerful outfield duo including Madelyn Birling and Ashlyn Porter.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Birling, a Bryant and Stratton College Outfielder, is in the midst of her sophomore season. The Appleton, WI native finished her freshman season with a batting average of .367. She also recorded a slugging percentage of .547 in the 2024 season. Birling followed her successful freshman season with a summer of softball in Mankato, seeing significant action over the course of the season with the Habaneros.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyload wp-image-35585 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.northwoodsleague.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/36\/2025\/03\/Ashlyn-Porter-Player-Announcement-03_27_Square.jpeg\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/assets.northwoodsleague.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/36\/2025\/03\/Ashlyn-Porter-Player-Announcement-03_27_Square.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"142\" height=\"142\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%27142%27%20height%3D%27142%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%20142%20142%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%27142%27%20height%3D%27142%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/assets.northwoodsleague.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/36\/2025\/03\/Ashlyn-Porter-Player-Announcement-03_27_Square-66x66.jpeg 66w, https:\/\/assets.northwoodsleague.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/36\/2025\/03\/Ashlyn-Porter-Player-Announcement-03_27_Square-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/assets.northwoodsleague.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/36\/2025\/03\/Ashlyn-Porter-Player-Announcement-03_27_Square-200x200.jpeg 200w, https:\/\/assets.northwoodsleague.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/36\/2025\/03\/Ashlyn-Porter-Player-Announcement-03_27_Square-300x300.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/assets.northwoodsleague.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/36\/2025\/03\/Ashlyn-Porter-Player-Announcement-03_27_Square-400x400.jpeg 400w, https:\/\/assets.northwoodsleague.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/36\/2025\/03\/Ashlyn-Porter-Player-Announcement-03_27_Square-600x600.jpeg 600w, https:\/\/assets.northwoodsleague.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/36\/2025\/03\/Ashlyn-Porter-Player-Announcement-03_27_Square-768x768.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/assets.northwoodsleague.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/36\/2025\/03\/Ashlyn-Porter-Player-Announcement-03_27_Square-800x800.jpeg 800w, https:\/\/assets.northwoodsleague.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/36\/2025\/03\/Ashlyn-Porter-Player-Announcement-03_27_Square-1024x1024.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/assets.northwoodsleague.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/36\/2025\/03\/Ashlyn-Porter-Player-Announcement-03_27_Square-1200x1200.jpeg 1200w, https:\/\/assets.northwoodsleague.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/36\/2025\/03\/Ashlyn-Porter-Player-Announcement-03_27_Square-1536x1536.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/assets.northwoodsleague.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/36\/2025\/03\/Ashlyn-Porter-Player-Announcement-03_27_Square.jpeg 2400w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" data-orig-sizes=\"(max-width: 142px) 100vw, 142px\" \/>Porter, a Campbell University Outfielder, is also in the midst of her sophomore season. The Highlands Ranch, CO native has seen action in her first two seasons with the Fighting Camels. Coming out of high school, Porter was the Top Ranked Prospect in Colorado. She also earned the title of the Top Ranked Outfielder in Colorado during her time at Heritage High School in Littleton, CO.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Don\u2019t miss the chance to see these two in action! Check out the 2025 season ticket and flex plan options that are available for sale now. For more information, make sure to visit lacrossesteam.com or call the office at (608) 796-9553. Feel free to visit the Steam office at 1225 Caledonia Street, La Crosse between 8:30-5 PM, Monday through Friday.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">####<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><i><\/i> <i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Leveraging the 31-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 Adds Outfield Duo to Roster Madelyn Birling and Ashlyn Porter Join for 2025 LA CROSSE, WI \u2013 The Steam  [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":17,"featured_media":35584,"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-35583","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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