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(Story by Marco Stoovelaar; Photos by Henk Seppen, Fred Versluis & Marco Stoovelaar)
 Olympia Haarlem adds six new players to roster
Nederlands
 HAARLEM (Neth.) -
FysioExpert Olympia Haarlem has added six new players to its roster during the transfer-period that ended on Thursday (December) at 5 PM.
Five players will not be back with the team next year.
Last year, Olympia Haarlem reached the Holland Series, but then lost the best-of-one Championship Final to Oolders Omaco Sparks Haarlem.
This season, it was expected that Olympia Haarlem again was to be a candidate for the Final.
As expected, the team qualified for the Play-Offs, but then was eliminated.
Olympia Haarlem finished the regular season in a tie with Terrasvogels.
After losing an one-game tiebreaker, the team ended in third place with a 21-14 record.
In the Play-Offs, Olympia Haarlem lost all three games its played and was eliminated for the Final Round.
Stanley Doney returns as Head Coach of the team in 2017 and will be assisted again by Inge Duin and Kate Gentile.
The latter also is available to play again, as she also did this season, appearing in nine games during the regular season.
Complete overview of all transfers in the Dutch big league
(December 1)
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...Ilona Andringa...
(© Photo: Henk Seppen) | 
...Jessie van Aalst...
(© Photo: Marco Stoovelaar) |
Coming to Olympia Haarlem are righthanded pitchers Ilona Andringa and Amber Krijgsman, catcher Stephanie Pearce, 1B/outfielder Jessie van Aalst, infielder Emma Wójcik and outfielder Tomoko Goda.
Ilona Andringa this season played in the Silver League for UVV, but also appaered in one game in the Golden League for the Talent Team Holland (National Under-22 Team).
With this last team, she also played in the highest division in three earlier seasons.
In her lone big league-game this year, she was 0-1 with a 4.85 ERA and struckout four batters in 4 1/3 inning.
Since last year, Andringa is one of the pitchers of the Netherlands National Softball Team.
Amber Krijgsman moved to the west of the country for study.
This season, she pitched in only five games for Tex Town Tigers, for whom she played her entire big league-career.
Krijgsman was 0-1 with a 12.12 ERA and threw 8 2/3 inning.
Stephanie Pearce and Emma Wójcik both played for Centrals in the Silver League this year.
British player Pearce and Polish player Wójcik both will make their comeback in the highest division, as they played in it before with Centrals in 2014.
In 2015, both Pearce and Wójcik participated in the Women's European Championship, which then was staged in Rosmalen (Netherlands).
Pearce then batted .190, scored three runs and batted in four for Great Britain.
Wójcik was the leading hitter of Poland with a .600 average (12-for-20) and also led the team with eight runs scored.
She batted in three.
At the Championhip, the British squad finished in fifth place, while Poland ended up in 15th place.
Japanese outfielder Tomoko Godo will make her big league-debut next year.
This season, she played in the Silver League for Birds.
...Amber Krijgsman... | 
...Stephanie Pearce... | 
...Emma Wójcik... |
| (© Ph: Marco Stoovelaar) | (© Photos: Fred Versluis) |
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...Pauline Prade & Tyla Morrison...
(© Photo: Marco Stoovelaar) |
Five players will not be back with Olympia Haarlem next year.
Three of them only played in part of the season this year.
Righthanded pitcher Tyla Morrison returns to New Zealand, while outfielder Judith Buschman will play in the second team of the club.
However, she will be available for the main squad when needed.
Tyla Morrison pitched in 13 games (six starts) this season and was 4-4 with a 4.03 ERA.
In 50 1/3 inning, she struckout 31 batters.
She also frequently played in the outfield and was the fifth best hitter of the team with a .333 (30-for-90) batting average with three doubles and one triple.
Morrison scored 16 runs and batted in 21, while stealing six bases.
Judith Buschman batted .179 (10-for-56) in 32 games with a double and a triple.
The outfielder scored seven runs and batted in eleven.
French infielder/outfielder Pauline Prade played in 25 games for Olympia Haarlem and batted .264 (14-for-53).
She scored nine batted and batted in seven.
Prade, who mostly played at second base and in leftfield, sustained a severe injury on June 25, while chasing a ball and was out for the season.
She then returned home to France.
Stephanie Ruiter played in the first part of the season for Olympia Haarlem.
She was mostly used as designated player, but also saw some action in the outfield and behind the plate.
In twelve games, she batted .281 (9-for-32) with one double, scored six runs and batted in seven.
Laura Burggraaf played in seven games.
This season, she was one of the Assistant Coaches.
However, in some games, she was inserted as a pinch-runner or defensive replacement.
Burggraaf was 0-for-5, but scored two runs.
...Judith Buschman... | 
...Stephanie Ruiter... | 
...Laura Burggraaf... |
| (© Photos: Marco Stoovelaar) |
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