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Katie Gray's impressive on-base stats have led to fewer RBIs this season, but the Missouri Southern State Lions have maintained a strong 45-7 record. The team is set to compete in the MIAA Tournament starting Thursday.
Every team in the MIAA worries about Katie Gray when they see they're facing the green and gold of Missouri Southern State University on the softball field.
That is evident by the 36 walks she's drawn. Add the 11 times she's been hit by a pitch and you have 47 plate appearances in which the bat has been practically taken out of her hands.
Gray has 25 fewer runs batted in this year than last year because of the reduced opportunities. Her batting average is only three points lower than last year's .371 mark she set for a career best. But her slugging percentage is up by nearly 100 points at .827 as well as her on-base percentage of .530.
But, if she's on base more and driving in fewer runs, that just means the Lions need other players in the lineup to pick up those RBI opportunities.
And they have, as the team has posted a successful 45-7 overall record heading into the postseason. The MIAA Tournament begins at 11 a.m. Thursday for the Lions. They will face the winner of No. 8 Washburn University and No. 9 Missouri Western State University.
Carsen Tinkler is one that has picked it up. The senior third baseman has a career-best batting average of .370 at this point in the season and has set other career marks. For starters, she's seen more pitches with a career high 146 at-bats and 16 walks. That batting average ranks third on the team.
"Honestly, I feel like the growth really happened the latter half of last year. She came in really good on outside pitches," MSSU head coach Hallie Blackney said. "No one outworks Carsen Tinkler. She puts the work in every single day. Postseason last year, she started handling (pitches) up and in."
Blackney added that the key was keeping her strengths her strengths and focusing on improving her areas that needed improvement. It paid off.
Tinkler's on-base percentage has grown each season over the four years and went from .346 last year to .431 this year. That has led to a career-most 23 runs in comparison with 20 runs during the 2024 season.
She's also hitting the ball more. The most hits in a season prior to 2026 was 38 in 2024. She's notched 54 hits this year, 42% more than two years ago, and she still has the postseason left to go. Her slugging percentage is almost up 200 points from a year ago at .562. That is thanks in large part to her seven home runs, five more than last year.
Her OBP and slugging percentage rank fifth and fourth on the team, respectively. Her home runs are second behind Gray. Her 33 RBIs are third as well as her 54 hits.
"To be honest, I didn't coach her well, in my opinion, until this year," Blackney said.
The eighth-year head coach at MSSU referenced her background of biomechanics coming into play as she learned more about a couple of her hitters this season.
She called Maddie Rolfs and Tinkler "aerial" athletes. She believes coaching an aerial hitter is where she needed to improve herself. "Grounded" athletes in softball would be hitters who work from the ground up, and that's where Blackney believes she coaches hitters "pretty well."
Katie Gray has a batting average of .368, a slugging percentage of .827, and an on-base percentage of .530 this season.
Katie Gray has drawn 36 walks this season.
The Missouri Southern State Lions have an overall record of 45-7 as they head into the postseason.
The MIAA Tournament for the Lions begins at 11 a.m. on Thursday.
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"That's my strength. I'm getting better, but my weakness was the aerial hitters. I learned more about that, and that I think has helped me coach them better," Blackney said. "Maddie and Carsen have taken off this year, in my opinion, and, honestly, it's because I'm not holding them back."
Blackney noted that Motor Preferences Experts is where she learned more about aerial hitters and how to coach them differently as they work from the upper body down.
Rolfs has blossomed at the plate as well. She boosted her batting average more than 100 points from last year as she sits at .333 right now. Her slugging percentage grew nearly 200 points from .306 to .490. She's nearly doubled her RBI total with 29 this year and has more than doubled her hit total with 51 in comparison with just 22 last year.
The junior center fielder has 17 extra-base hits this year in comparison with five last year. Her 12 doubles are significantly higher than last year's three. She also has three triples and two home runs. Last year saw her notch just one of each.
Rolfs is fourth on the team in hits and second with 12 doubles.
MSSU will look to carry that offensive success into Thursday's matchup in the quarterfinals of the MIAA tournament.