DES MOINES, IOWA - Drake junior pitcher Jenna DeLong (Dalton Gardens, Idaho) earned first team all-Missouri Valley Conference honors in voting conducted by the league's coaches, the conference announced Wednesday evening at its annual post season softball tournament banquet.

Drake junior pitcher Brynne Dordel (Chanhassen, Minn.) and junior catcher Erin Mollohan (Tinley Park, Ill.) earned second team honors.

DeLong earned first team honors in the Designated Player/Pitcher spot after registering a conference-best 1.56 earned run average in 26 starts for the Bulldogs. The junior went 17-11 and struck out 217 batters, the fourth-highest single season total in Drake history.

Dordel was named to the all-MVC second team after going 15-9 with a 1.91 ERA, which ranked fourth in the MVC. She struck out 185 batters during 172.2 innings of work, the sixth most in a season ever for a Drake pitcher.

Mollohan hit .300 to lead the team and broke Drake's single-season doubles record with 18. In addition, Mollohan played excellent defense behind the plate and led the Valley in putouts with 404, the fifth most in a single season in Drake annals.

DeLong, Dordel, Mollohan and the Drake softball team host the 2010 State Farm MVC Softball Tournament this week. Seeded sixth, the Bulldogs will meet Wichita State Thursday at 1:30 p.m.