RIVER FOREST, Ill. – The collegiate softball season has finished for three Menomonie High School graduates. Adison Hasse is a freshman outfielder at Dominican University in River Forest, Ill., Amanda Holzhueter is a freshman infielder at UW-River Falls and Keiara Daniel is a freshman outfielder at Rochester Community and Technical College in Rochester, Minn.

Adison Hasse
Hasse and her Dominican University teammates advanced to the Regionals of the NCAA Division III Softball Tournament last weekend, competing in the Wartburg, Iowa, Regionals.

The Stars were coming off an exciting NACC Tournament championship where they were the No. 1 seed and earned the automatic bid by winning the double elimination tournament working their way to the championship games through the elimination bracket. Dominican would claim the tournament title and the automatic bid when they defeated second-seeded Benedictine University twice.

Hasse played in both NCAA games as a pinch runner. Dominican earned the No. 4 seed into the regional tournament and faced top-seed University of Redlands (Calif) in the opening game, May 14,  and second-seeded Wartburg College in the second game. Dominican fell behind 5-0 early, but made a comeback late in the game to pull to within 5-3. Hasse entered the game in the sixth inning with two outs, but was not advanced as would Redlands hold on.

Dominican took a first-inning lead the next day against Wartburg, but the host team would put up six runs in the fourth inning for a 6-1 lead. Hasse would play a part in the Stars rally in the bottom of the inning. Hasse came in to run for Madisen Butler and came home all the way from first on a two-run double to cut the score to 6-3. Each team would add more runs, but the season would end for Dominican (29-19, 19-5 NACC) on an 8-4 loss.

Hasse played in 29 games throughout the season, starting three games in right field and one game in left field. She finished the season with 13 runs, most off the bench. Hasse collected four hits in 16 at-bats and laid down one sacrifice bunt.

Amanda Holzhueter
Holzhueter, a second team all-BRC pick in 2024, pitched for Mustangs, but is listed as an infielder at UW-River Falls.

Holzhueter saw action in 22 games for the Falcons, starting four. She predominately entered games as a pinch hitter, going 4 for 24 (.125), but got her money’s worth with each hit, collecting three doubles and eight RBI. Early in the season, Holzhueter twice drove in three runs in a game, getting her first collegiate base hit, a three-run double against Bethany Luther, then repeated the feat with a bases-loaded double against Manchester College three weeks later. The Falcons finished the season at 9-30 overall, 2-12 in the WIAC.

Keiara Daniel
Daniel saw action in 29 games at RCTC, starting 10 games in the outfield. She finished the season batting .239 (11-46) with 10 runs scored, driving in six runs. Four of her hits were doubles and she stole five bases in five attempts. Daniel had one sacrifice hit. Daniel posted a fielding percentage of .944 and collected three outfield assists. The Yellowjackets finished the season at 17-21 overall and 9-7 in the Minnesota College Athletic Conference (MCAC).