WINONA, Minn. — Talk about making an entrance.
 
Riley Hall (Dallas Center, Iowa) made quite a statement for the Saint Mary's University fastpitch softball team during the Cardinals' spring trip to Clermont, Fla., last week — hitting a team-best .563 — going 18-for-32 with two doubles, two triples, 11 runs scored and 15 RBIs — in SMU's 11 games.
 
And while Hall and the Cardinals' were playing in Florida, her exploits did not go unnoticed back in Minnesota, as the freshman was named Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Athlete of the Week, the league office announced Monday.
 
Hall was virtually impossible to keep off the base paths, collecting at least one hit in 10 of SMU's 11 games — including hitting safely in each of Saint Mary's final eight spring-trip games. She recorded at least two hits six times, including a career-high three hits twice — against Milwaukee School of Engineering on March 1 and vs. Eastern on March 4. Hall closed out the trip boasting a .632 on-base percentage and a .750 slugging percentage, while also stealing seven bases on nine tries.
 
Hall and the Cardinals (7-4 overall) are now off until April 2-3, when they kick off Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference play with doubleheaders at St. Catherine on April 2 and home against Concordia the following day.