Lauren Gardner Class: Senior Hometown: Downers Grove, IL High School: Montini Catholic Height: 5-5 Position: LHP Experience: 3V

2007: Led the Gaels with a seven wins in her senior season...she was third on the team with a 4.55 ERA and 77.0 innings pitched...her biggest win of the season came against No. 17 Oregon when she earned the complete game victory after pitching 10 innings and only giving up one run...in the final game of her career she pitched a complete game shut out to earn her seventh victory of the season against Sacramento State.

2006: Went 0-7 with a 7.05 ERA in 22 appearances and 8 starts...pitched 45.2 innings and struck out 12 batters...on March 18, struck out a season high four batters in four innings against Pacific.

2005: Pitched in 22 games with 20 starts...posted a 1-15 record and a 4.27 ERA...recorded 18 strike outs in 96.2 innings...best performance came against Dartmouth on March 20 when she struck out two and allowed just three earned runs in 6.1 innings of work.

2004: The left-handed pitcher ended the season with a 0-2 record, totaling four strikeouts in 11 appearances with 17.0 innings pitched.

High School: Garnered three letters in softball at Montini Catholic High School in Lombard, Illinois...was an all-conference and all-area selection following her junior and senior seasons...helped her team to a regional championship...was voted the team's Most Valuable Player as a senior...has not declared a major at Saint Mary's.