Kruse, a senior catcher, hit .600 with three home runs, 12 RBI, and four runs scored as the Norse posted a 3-0 record and won their first Iowa Conference Softball Tournament crown. She opened the tournament with a first-inning grand slam that provided all of Luther’s runs in a 4-1 win over Central May 6, then followed it up with a 4-for-5, two home run, six RBI performance in a 14-4 winners-bracket final victory over Simpson. In the tournament final, also against Simpson, she hit an RBI single and drew a bases-loaded walk in a 16-6, 6-inning victory.
