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AMERICAN ATHLETIC CONFERENCE STAFF Commissioner ......................................................................................................Michael L. Aresco Senior Associate Commissioner (Administration) .............................................. Donna DeMarco Senior Associate Commissioner (Broadcasting & Digital Content) .......... Thomas R. Odjakjian Chief Financial Officer ................................................................................................. John Larson Associate Commissioner (Football) .......................................................................... Scott Draper Associate Commissioner (Compliance & Governance) .............................................Ellen Ferris Associate Commissioner (Women’s Basketball) .............................................Barbara M. Jacobs Associate Commissioner (Men’s Basketball)............................................................Dan Leibovitz Associate Commissioner (Communications) ........................................................Megan Morgan Associate Commissioner (Olympic Sports) ......................................................James A. Siedliski Assistant Commissioner (Digital Media) ................................................................Mark Hodgkin Assistant Commissioner (Communications) ......................................................... Chuck Sullivan Assistant Commissioner (Olympic Sports Administration) .................... Robert A. Weygand, Jr. Senior Director of Compliance ................................................................................. Andrea Smith Director of Football & Video Administration ...........................................................Michael Costa Director of Business Affairs ........................................................................................ Karen Giblin Director of Communications..........................................................................Chevonne Mansfield Assistant Director of Olympic Sport Administration ................................................... Pat Colbert Assistant Director of Broadcast Scheduling ...................................................... Michael A. Coyne Branding & Event Coordinator ................................................................... Catherine Carmignani Digital Communications Coordinator ........................................................................Jamie Corun Assistant to the Commissioner ...............................................................................Lisa Zanecchia Executive Assistant for Administration .......................................................................Lois DeBlois Administrative Assistant ....................................................................................... Wanda L. Factor Administrative Assistant ................................................................................................Linda Yates Receptionist........................................................................................................... Kathy Kirkpatrick Administrative Fellow ............................................................................................... Alvin Hines, II Compliance Assistant ........................................................................................... Andrew Kappers Communications Assistant .................................................................................Miles McQuiggan Digital Network Assistant ........................................................................................... Hali Oughton Communications Assistant .................................................................................. Rebecca Viscomi Coordinator of Football Officiating.......................................................................... Terry McAulay Coordinator of Men’s Basketball Officiating ............................................................... Curtis Shaw Coordinator of Women’s Basketball Officiating...............................................Debbie Williamson

Commissioner Michael L. Aresco ... 5 2015 Composite Schedule ............6-8 2015 Conference Championship..... 9 2015 NCAA Championship.............. 9 On the Web ..................................... 10 UCF .............................................11-12 UConn ........................................ 13-14 East Carolina ............................. 15-16 Houston ..................................... 17-18 Memphis.................................... 19-20 USF ............................................ 21-22 Tulsa ...........................................23-24 2014 Review...............................25-28 Record Book ..............................29-37

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The 2015 American Athletic Conference Softball Media Guide was produced by Chevonne Mansfield and Rebecca Viscomi. Special thanks to American Athletic Conference softball contacts for their assistance. Photo Credits: School athletic communications offices; Ben Solomon.

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P R E S E ASO N AWARDS 2015 AMERICAN ATHLETIC CONFERENCE PRESEASON COACHES’ POLL School (First-Place Votes) 1. UCF (5) 2. Tulsa (1) 3. USF 4. Houston (1) 5. East Carolina 6. Memphis 7. UConn

Points 34 29 27 24 14 13 6

Brooke Mattingly Jimmy Carson Herget, Cross, USF UConn

MACKENZIE AUDAS, UCF

Jeff Gardner, Louisville

JULI WEBER, USF

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AMERICAN ATHLETIC CONFERENCE #AMERICANRISING Not entirely unlike unlike the nation that provides its namesake, the American Athletic Conference was born from an ideal in which members with ambitious goals are provided with the means to succeed in their quests for excellence. With roots that extend to three conferences, the American Athletic Conference membership in 2014-15 consists of 11 institutions: the University of Central Florida, the University of Cincinnati, East Carolina University, the University of Connecticut, the University of Houston, the University of Memphis, the University of South Florida, Southern Methodist University, Temple University, Tulane University and the University of Tulsa. The 2015-16 season sees the U.S. Naval Academy join the ranks in football only. Under the leadership of commissioner Mike Aresco, The American, which operated as the Big East Conference from 1979 to 2013, has immediately taken a place at the forefront of Division I athletics, with schools that have played in four Bowl Championship Series games, won four NCAA men’s basketball titles since 1999, and won nine NCAA women’s basketball championships since 1995. Two American Athletic Conference football teams were ranked in the top 15 of the final 2013 Associated Press poll. Five were selected for bowl games, including UCF, which won the Tostitos Fiesta Bowl and finished the season ranked No. 10 nationally. The conference produced 14 players who received All-America recognition by a major outlet. The American had four players chosen in the first round of the 2014 NFL Draft, trailing only the SEC and the ACC among FBS conferences. UCF quarterback Blake Bortles highlighted a group of 12 American Athletic Conference players chosen when he was taken No. 3 overall by the Jacksonville Jaguars. The success of The American in Year 1 was not limited to the gridiron. UConn won NCAA titles in both men’s and women’s basketball. The conference had the best postseason winning percentage of any league in men’s basketball, while The American produced top-10 teams in baseball, men’s soccer and men’s golf and sent half of its participating teams to the NCAA Softball Championship. The American Athletic Conference holds television partnerships with ESPN and CBS Sports which will give the conference unprecedented national exposure. The football portion of the contract, which begins in the 2014 season, calls for nearly 90 percent of conference-controlled games on national broadcast or national cable platforms. The first American Athletic Conference Football Championship, which will be played in 2015, will be carried either on ABC or ESPN on Championship Saturday. In men’s basketball, the television deal calls for all conference-controlled games to be televised, with more than 63 percent slotted for national broadcast or national cable – a minimum of 107 games. The entire postseason tournament will be televised, including the championship game, which will be either on ABC or ESPN. Sixty percent of the American’s women’s basketball games will be carried on either national cable, regional sports networks or ESPN3. American Athletic Conference teams will have access to the pinnacle of college football’s postseason structure. An American representative would be chosen for the College Football Playoff semifinals if it is among the top four teams following the regular

season. Otherwise, the league would place its champion in either the Cotton Bowl, Fiesta Bowl or Peach Bowl if it is ranked higher than the champions of Conference USA, the Mid-American Conference, the Mountain West Conference and the Sun Belt Conference. Additionally, The American has announced primary or secondary partnerships with 12 bowls for the next six-year cycle, ensuring multiple annual matchups against the nation’s top conferences and providing desirable postseason destinations to member institutions and their fans. The American Athletic Conference administers to its membership from a state-of-the-art office located in Providence, R.I. The location of the conference headquarters – just steps from the city’s Amtrak station and 10 minutes from T.F. Green International Airport – gives the conference easy access to its member schools. The conference headquarters is equipped with a complete video production studio, serving as the home of the American Digital Network, and small- and large-scale meeting rooms to accommodate the many coaches’ and administrators’ meetings held on-site each year.

SOFTBALL The American enjoyed an excellent first year of softball in 2014. Four American Athletic Conference softball teams were picked for the NCAA Softball Championship, while 14 student-athletes received 2014 NFCA Division I All-Region honors. Additionally, USF pitching ace Sara Nevins was named an NFCA All-American for the third consecutive year. Seven teams comprise the softball membership of The American for the 2015 season with East Carolina and Tulsa joining the conference. The Pirates return 10 position players and three pitchers for their inaugural season in The American while the Hurricane looks to improve on a 53-9 outing last season. Tulsa won the 2014 Conference USA regular season and tournament championships. UCF, the defending regular season champion, returns 19 members from last year’s championship squad. The 2015 American Athletic Conference Championship will be held in Orlando at UCF Softball Complex on May 7-9. The quarterfinals and semifinals of the championship will air live on The American Digital Network while the championship game on May 9 is set for a 1 p.m. ET telecast on ESPN2.

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MIC H A E L L. ARESCO Michael L. Aresco Commissioner

Mike Aresco has established himself as one of the leading figures in intercollegiate sports as commissioner of the American Athletic Conference. Aresco, who was named to his current position Aug. 14, 2012, has overseen a strategic reinvention of the conference, which has quickly become one of the premier conferences in the nation. The American’s inaugural year produced a remarkable string of accomplishments as UCF won the Tostitos Fiesta Bowl and finished the season ranked No. 10 in the Associated Press poll. UConn won NCAA titles in both men’s and women’s basketball as American Athletic Conference teams had the best postseason winning percentage of any conference in men’s basketball. The league sent four teams to the NCAA tournament and saw SMU advance to the championship game of the NIT. The American was the only conference to have a Bowl Championship Series win and teams in the Men’s Final Four, the Women’s Final Four and the College World Series in 2013-14. Teams from the conference finished in the national top 10 in football, men’s basketball, women’s basketball, men’s soccer, baseball and men’s golf. The conference’s momentum continued in 201415 as Memphis, UCF and Cincinnati won the league title in football, while Memphis finished the season ranked No. 25 in the final national polls, giving The American at least one team in the final top 25 for the second time in as many years. Teams from the conference faced opponents from the SEC and ACC, along with BYU, in the bowl season as The American earned wins in the Miami Beach Bowl and Armed Forces Bowl. Several of The American’s basketball teams are well-positioned for NCAA tournament berths in the 2014-15 season. Early highlights includes Temple’s win against Kansas, UConn’s win against Florida, Cincinnati’s wins against North Carolina State and San Diego State, and SMU’s victories against Michigan and Wyoming during nonconference play. The American features 11 members in the 201415 academic year: UCF, Cincinnati, UConn, East Carolina, Houston, Memphis, USF, SMU, Temple Tulane and Tulsa. Navy joins in 2015-16 as a football-playing member. Among the milestones reached in Aresco’s tenure have been the announcement of a conference football championship game for the first time in 2015 and the league’s successful staging of its own postseason bowl game, the Miami Beach Bowl, in 2014. In the wake of the changes created by college sports realignment, Aresco moved quickly to solidify the conference, leading negotiations that resulted in the most favorable financial terms for the conference’s football schools, after the withdrawal of the non-football-playing schools, as well as the 2013-14 launch of the renamed and rebranded conference. He simultaneously led the negotiations that resulted in television contracts with ESPN and CBS Sports, which have given the conference unprecedented national exposure and branding with the two industry leaders in sports television. Aresco then quickly and successfully organized the process whereby the conference was renamed the American Athletic Conference – a name that was immediately accepted nationally – and he also oversaw the process that resulted in the confer-

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ence’s popular graphic identity. He has also successfully worked with the conference schools to arrive at an equitable distribution of existing revenue for the current and new conference institutions, bringing about a period of cohesiveness that is unprecedented in the league’s history. He has restructured the conference office staff to maximize efficiency and better serve the needs of the membership. Among his other significant accomplishments on behalf of the American Athletic Conference were the spearheading of expansion efforts, which resulted in the addition of East Carolina, Tulane and Tulsa as of July 1, 2014, and Navy as a football member in 2015; launching The American Digital Network; successful site negotiations for the conference’s men’s and women’s basketball championships; and the launching of a brand marketing campaign. Additionally, Aresco brokered a multi-year marketing rights agreement with IMG College, the industry leader in collegiate sports marketing, and oversaw the development of The American’s new football bowl lineup, which features numerous annual matchups against the nation’s other top conferences. Included in that lineup is the Miami Beach Bowl – a bowl game that will be owned and operated by the American Athletic Conference in a first-of-its-kind venture. Aresco’s first months were marked by his successful efforts to ensure the conference’s place within the College Football Playoff – the new system that will determine the national champion, beginning in 2014. Aresco was instrumental in securing the arrangement that will put the American Athletic Conference champion in a New Year’s Day system bowl if it is the highest-ranked team among the champions of five conferences. Aresco has played an active role in the formation of the College Football Playoff, serving on the College Football Playoff Management Committee and helping to select the 13 members of the CFP Selection Committee. Aresco also serves on the College Football Playoff Television and Site Selection committees. In basketball, Aresco has secured the conference’s participation in The Men’s Basketball Officiating Consortium, L.L.C., partnering with the Big 12 Conference, Conference USA, the Ohio Valley Conference and the Southland Conference to ensure that the highest-quality game officials are assigned to American Athletic Conference contests. Aresco is a member of the Conference Commissioners Association enforcement working group and women’s basketball working group. He serves on the management committee of the College Football Playoff and the board of managers for both College Football Officiating, LLC, and Men’s College Basketball, LLC. He is also a member of the FBS commissioners’ media subcommittee. He is a charter member of the steering committee of the Columbia University/New York City Chapter of the National Football Foundation and serves on the board of the National Sports Marketing Network. Aresco has been a leader in the NCAA governance redesign efforts and a strong and articulate spokesman in various forums for the integrity of the collegiate model. Aresco came to the conference from CBS Sports where he was Executive Vice President, Programming. He was responsible for all college sports programming for CBS Sports and CBS Sports Network. Aresco oversaw the acquisition and management of CBS Sports college properties, including the NCAA Men’s Basketball Championship, regular-season college basketball and football, conference basketball championship games, football bowl games and other programming. His responsibilities included game selection and scheduling, day-to-day operations, contract ne-

gotiations, identification of future acquisitions, development of programming strategies and coordination of new media and marketing initiatives. Aresco played an integral role in the landmark deal that created the CBS Sports-Turner Broadcasting partnership, which resulted in the acquisition of the NCAA Men’s Division I Basketball Championship rights through 2024. He managed the complex 14-year agreement that provides expanded national broadcast and cable coverage of the NCAA basketball championship. Aresco also was instrumental in the CBS Television Network’s groundbreaking bundled rights agreement with the NCAA, which granted CBS exclusive rights to the NCAA tournament from 2003 through 2010. The 2010 NCAA Championship won a Sports Emmy in the Outstanding Playoff Coverage category. Aresco also played a key role in negotiating NCAA marketing agreements and in creating a partnership with IMG and the NCAA to assist in acquiring new NCAA corporate sponsors. He also was a significant contributor in the development of new media platforms for the NCAA Championship, including March Madness On Demand, a highly successful streaming platform. In 2008, Aresco negotiated a historic 15-year agreement with the Southeastern Conference to televise the league’s football and basketball games. The agreement also provided multiple new media rights for CBS, CBS Sports Network and CBS Interactive. He forged numerous basketball agreements with major conferences and negotiated 10-year extensions of the Army-Navy and Notre Dame-Navy football rivalries. Aresco was the creator and executive producer of The Tony Barnhart Show and Courtside with Seth Davis, both of which aired on the CBS Sports Network. In 2004, he was appointed by the late NCAA President Myles Brand to the Basketball Partnership, a select panel whose mission was to explore ways to improve and promote college basketball. Aresco joined CBS Sports from ESPN where he was responsible for overseeing the acquisition, scheduling and development of long-term strategies for all ESPN college sports properties. Earlier in his tenure at ESPN, he was responsible for programming a wide variety of sports properties, including College Football Association, Big Ten, and Pac-10 college football, NCAA events, including early rounds of the NCAA basketball tournament, the College World Series and various professional sports events, including thoroughbred racing, Top Rank Boxing, CFL football, Australian Rules Football, rodeo and yachting. He was the architect of ESPN’s signature Thursday night college football series and helped develop ESPN’s Bowl Week. He joined ESPN in 1984 as Counsel and was named Assistant General Counsel in 1988 before moving to the programming department. Aresco is a Phi Beta Kappa graduate of Tufts University (B.A., magna cum laude, history), The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts (M.A., international relations), where he held a John Moors Cabot Scholarship, and the University of Connecticut School of Law (J.D.). He practiced law privately in Hartford, Connecticut, for several years. Aresco is a regular speaker and expert panelist at national symposiums and seminars on the topics of college athletics and sports television. He was awarded the 2013 Distinguished Graduate Award by the UConn School of Law Alumni Association and was elected to the Middletown (Connecticut) Sports Hall of Fame in January of 2015. Aresco and his wife, Sharon, have two adult sons, Matthew, an Emmy-nominated television producer who has his own production company in Connecticut, and Brett, an actor who lives in New York City.

C OMPOSITE SC H E D U LE USF Presidents Weekend Tournament (Tampa, Fla.) Florida Gulf Coast at USF....................................... 2:30 p.m. ET FAU Strike-Out Cancer Tournament (Boca Raton, Fla.) Providence vs. Tulsa...............................................11:15 a.m. ET

FEBRUARY 5 Sand Dollar Classic (Gulf Shores, Ala.) Houston vs. FIU............................................................ 7 p.m. ET USF Softball Classic (Tampa, Fla.) Hampton at USF .......................................................... 7 p.m. ET 6

UCF Invitational (Orlando, Fla.) George Mason at UCF ............................................ 1:30 p.m. ET Boston College at UCF ................................................ 4 p.m. ET Pirate Classic (Greenville, N.C.) Oakland at East Carolina ............................................. 3 p.m. ET Delaware State at East Carolina ............................ 5:30 p.m. ET Sand Dollar Classic (Gulf Shores, Ala.) Southern Miss vs. Houston......................................... 4 p.m. ET Houston vs. Alabama .................................................. 7 p.m. ET Tiger Classic (Baton Rouge, La.) Memphis at LSU .......................................................... 5 p.m. ET USF Softball Classic (Tampa, Fla.) Illinois State at USF ................................................ 6:30 p.m. ET GCU Kickoff (Phoenix, Ariz.) Santa Clara vs. Tulsa ............................................... 2:30 p.m. ET Tulsa at Grand Canyon ................................................ 5 p.m. ET UCF Invitational (Orlando, Fla.) Boston College at UCF ........................................... 1:30 p.m. ET George Mason at UCF ................................................. 4 p.m. ET Pirate Classic (Greenville, N.C.) South Carolina at East Carolina............................. 4:30 p.m. ET Longwood at East Carolina ......................................... 7 p.m. ET Sand Dollar Classic (Gulf Shores, Ala.) Jackson State vs. Houston .......................................... 1 p.m. ET Florida Gulf Coast vs. Houston ................................... 7 p.m. ET Tiger Classic (Baton Rouge, La.) Tennessee State vs. Memphis ...................................11 a.m. ET Memphis vs. NC State ............................................ 1:30 p.m. ET USF Softball Classic (Tampa, Fla.) Michigan at USF........................................................... 6 p.m. ET Jacksonville at USF................................................. 8:15 p.m. ET GCU Kickoff (Phoenix, Ariz.) Tulsa vs. Santa Clara .................................................... Noon ET Tulsa at Grand Canyon ........................................... 7:30 p.m. ET Pirate Classic (Greenville, N.C.) Oakland at East Carolina .......................................11:30 a.m. ET South Carolina at East Carolina............................. 4:30 p.m. ET Sand Dollar Classic (Gulf Shores, Ala.) Houston vs. Liberty.....................................................11 a.m. ET Houston vs. South Alabama ....................................... 2 p.m. ET Tiger Classic (Baton Rouge, La.) Memphis vs. Tennessee State .............................. 10:30 a.m. ET USF Softball Classic (Tampa, Fla.) Florida at USF .............................................................. 4 p.m. ET GCU Kickoff (Phoenix, Ariz.) Tulsa vs. Northern Colorado ........................................ Noon ET

UCF at South Carolina ................................................. 4 p.m. ET

NTC Spring Games (Clermont, Fla.) Liberty at UCF .............................................................. 4 p.m. ET Arkansas vs. UCF .................................................... 6:30 p.m. ET Pirate Clash (Greenville, N.C.) Marshall at East Carolina ....................................... 4:30 p.m. ET Towson at East Carolina .............................................. 7 p.m. ET Houston Hilton Plaza Invitational (Houston, Texas) UMass at Houston ....................................................... 3 p.m. ET DePaul at Houston .................................................. 5:30 p.m. ET FIU Tournament (Miami, Fla.) Purdue vs. Memphis...................................................11 a.m. ET Memphis at FIU............................................................ 4 p.m. ET USF Presidents Weekend Tournament (Tampa, Fla.) Tennessee at USF ................................................... 3:45 p.m. ET Fordham at USF ...................................................... 8:15 p.m. ET FAU Strike-Out Cancer Tournament (Boca Raton, Fla.) Maryland vs. Tulsa ....................................................... 9 a.m. ET Tulsa vs. Drexel ......................................................11:15 a.m. ET

NTC Spring Games (Clermont, Fla.) Missouri vs. UCF ....................................................11:30 a.m. ET Pirate Clash (Greenville, N.C.) Bucknell at East Carolina .......................................11:30 a.m. ET Houston Hilton Plaza Invitational (Houston, Texas) Stephen F. Austin at Houston ...................................... 3 p.m. ET

Oregon at Houston (DH)........................................... 5/7 p.m. ET

Bank of Hawai’I Invitational (Honolulu, Hawai’i) Washington vs. UCF ............................................... 8:30 p.m. ET Trojan Classic (Troy, Ala.) UConn vs. Northern Illinois ................................... 2:30 p.m. ET UConn at Troy ............................................................... 5 p.m. ET Pirate Invitational (Greenville, N.C.) Kennesaw State at East Carolina................................ 3 p.m. ET Lafayette at East Carolina ...................................... 5:30 p.m. ET Houston Hilton Plaza Classic (Houston, Texas) Texas A&M-Corpus Christi at Houston ...................... 5 p.m. ET Illinois at Houston ................................................... 7:30 p.m. ET Blues City Classic (Memphis, Tenn.) Butler at Memphis ....................................................... 8 p.m. ET USF Wilson DeMarini Tournament (Tampa, Fla.) Auburn at USF ........................................................ 2:45 p.m. ET Marshall at USF ........................................................... 5 p.m. ET Baylor Invitational (Waco, Texas) Oregon vs. Tulsa ........................................................... 3 p.m. ET Tulsa at Baylor ........................................................ 7:30 p.m. ET

Bank of Hawai’I Invitational (Honolulu, Hawai’i) UTEP vs. UCF ............................................................... 4 p.m. ET Hawai’I vs. UCF ............................................................ 9 p.m. ET Trojan Classic (Troy, Ala.) UConn vs. Evansville ..................................................11 a.m. ET UConn at Troy ............................................................... 4 p.m. ET Pirate Invitational (Greenville, N.C.) Virginia Tech at East Carolina ................................. 4:30 p.m. ET Seton Hall at East Carolina ......................................... 7 p.m. ET Houston Hilton Plaza Classic (Houston, Texas) New Mexico at Houston .............................................. 4 p.m. ET Texas A&M-Corpus Christi at Houston ................. 6:30 p.m. ET Blues City Classic (Memphis, Tenn.) Northern Iowa at Memphis .................................... 5:30 p.m. ET Nicholls State at Memphis .......................................... 8 p.m. ET USF Wilson DeMarini Tournament (Tampa, Fla.) Dartmouth at USF ................................................. 12:15 p.m. ET TBD at USF ............................................................................TBA Baylor Invitational (Waco, Texas) North Texas vs. Tulsa ............................................. 12:45 p.m. ET Tulsa vs. Abilene Christian .......................................... 3 p.m. ET

Bank of Hawai’I Invitational (Honolulu, Hawai’i) TBD vs. UCF ..........................................................................TBA Trojan Classic (Troy, Ala.) UConn vs. Northern Illinois .......................................11 a.m. ET Pirate Invitational (Greenville, N.C.) Kennesaw State at East Carolina..........................11:30 a.m. ET Virginia Tech at East Carolina ................................. 4:30 p.m. ET Houston Hilton Plaza Classic (Houston, Texas) Illinois at Houston ................................................. 12:30 p.m. ET Blues City Classic (Memphis, Tenn.) SEMO at Memphis....................................................... 3 p.m. ET USF Wilson DeMarini Tournament (Tampa, Fla.) TBD at USF .............................................................11:30 a.m. ET Baylor Invitational (Waco, Texas) TBD vs. Tulsa .........................................................................TBA

UCF at Florida ......................................................... 6:05 p.m. ET Houston at Texas A&M ........................................... 7:30 p.m. ET

Wilson/DeMarini Tournament (Orlando, Fla.) Princeton at UCF .......................................................... 4 p.m. ET Iowa vs. UCF ........................................................... 6:30 p.m. ET Wilson/DeMarini Tournament (Auburn, Ala.) UConn vs. SIU-Edwardsville ..................................... 10 a.m. ET UConn vs. Ohio State .................................................. 5 p.m. ET USF Under Armour Invitational (Clearwater, Fla.) Central Arkansas vs. East Carolina.......................11:15 a.m. ET East Carolina vs. Maine .......................................... 1:45 p.m. ET Illinois at USF (Tampa, Fla.) ................................... 1:45 p.m. ET Georgia Southern at USF (Tampa, Fla.) ................ 4:15 p.m. ET Cowgirl Classic (Lake Charles, La.) Texas Tech vs. Memphis .............................................. 4 p.m. ET

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Tulsa Tournament (Tulsa, Okla.) Northern Iowa at Tulsa ............................................ 3:30 p.m. ET Creighton at Tulsa ................................................... 5:45 p.m. ET Wilson/DeMarini Tournament (Orlando, Fla.) LIU Brooklyn at UCF .................................................... 2 p.m. ET Florida A&M at UCF ................................................ 6:30 p.m. ET Wilson/DeMarini Tournament (Auburn, Ala.) UConn vs. Texas State (DH)....................................... 10 a.m. ET USF Under Armour Invitational (Clearwater, Fla.) East Carolina vs. Illinois ............................................ 10 a.m. ET Georgia State vs. East Carolina ........................... 12:15 p.m. ET Sacred Heart vs. USF .............................................. 3:45 p.m. ET Illinois-Chicago vs. USF .............................................. 5 p.m. ET Cowgirl Classic (Lake Charles, La.) Texas Tech vs. Memphis .............................................. 1 p.m. ET Memphis at McNeese State ........................................ 7 p.m. ET Tulsa Tournament (Tulsa, Okla.) Nebraska at Tulsa .................................................... 1:15 p.m. ET

MARCH 1 Wilson/DeMarini Tournament (Orlando, Fla.) TBD at UCF ............................................................................TBA Wilson/DeMarini Tournament (Auburn, Ala.) UConn vs. Samford ................................................ 9:30 a.m. ET Under Armour Invitational (Clearwater, Fla.) Middle Tennessee vs. East Carolina ......................... 10 a.m. ET Georgia State vs. USF .................................................. Noon ET Cowgirl Classic (Lake Charles, La.) Memphis vs. Holy Cross ............................................. 2 p.m. ET Tulsa Tournament (Tulsa, Okla.) North Texas at Tulsa ..................................................... 2 p.m. ET 3

Houston Baptist at Houston (DH) ............................ 6/8 p.m. ET Memphis at Ole Miss................................................... 7 p.m. ET Maine at USF................................................................ 6 p.m. ET

Ball State at Memphis ................................................. 5 p.m. ET Boston College at USF ................................................ 6 p.m. ET

Hawai’i Spring Fling Tournament (Honolulu, Hawai’i) Oregon State vs. East Carolina ................................... 6 p.m. ET

UCF Knights Invitational (Orlando, Fla.) Kent State at UCF......................................................... 3 p.m. ET Bradley at UCF ........................................................ 5:30 p.m. ET Mizuno Classic (Stillwater, Okla.) UConn vs. UMKC .................................................... 1:30 p.m. ET UConn at Oklahoma State .......................................... 7 p.m. ET Hawai’i Spring Fling Tournament (Honolulu, Hawai’i) Utah vs. East Carolina ............................................ 8:30 p.m. ET UNLV Classic (Las Vegas, Nev.) Eastern Kentucky vs. Houston ............................. 12:15 p.m. ET Houston vs. UC Santa Barbara ................................... 7 p.m. ET FAU Parents Weekend Tournament (Boca Raton, Fla.) Bethune-Cookman vs. Memphis ........................... 2:30 p.m. ET Memphis at Florida Atlantic ........................................ 7 p.m. ET USF Under Armour Showcase (Tampa, Fla.) Wisconsin at USF.................................................... 1:45 p.m. ET Portland State at USF ............................................. 4:15 p.m. ET NM State Round Robin (Las Cruces, N.M.) North Dakota vs. Tulsa ................................................. 4 p.m. ET Tulsa at New Mexico State ......................................... 6 p.m. ET

UCF Knights Invitational (Orlando, Fla.) Kent State at UCF.................................................... 5:30 p.m. ET Mizuno Classic (Stillwater, Okla.) UConn vs. Evansville ..................................................11 a.m. ET Hawai’i Spring Fling Tournament (Honolulu, Hawai’i) East Carolina vs. Longwood ....................................... 5 p.m. ET East Carolina vs. Oregon State ................................... 7 p.m. ET UNLV Classic (Las Vegas, Nev.) Houston at UNLV .................................................... 4:45 p.m. ET Iowa State vs. Houston ............................................... 7 p.m. ET FAU Parents Weekend Tournament (Boca Raton, Fla.) Coastal Carolina vs. Memphis ..............................11:15 a.m. ET Memphis vs. Florida State ..................................... 1:30 p.m. ET USF Under Armour Showcase (Clearwater, Fla.) Toledo vs. USF ........................................................ 1:45 p.m. ET Mercer vs. USF........................................................ 4:15 p.m. ET NM State Round Robin (Las Cruces, N.M.) North Dakota vs. Tulsa ................................................. 1 p.m. ET Tulsa at North Dakota ............................................. 3:30 p.m. ET

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UCF Knights Invitational (Orlando, Fla.) Michigan State at UCF ................................................. 2 p.m. ET Hawai’i Spring Fling Tournament (Honolulu, Hawai’i) East Carolina at Hawai’i .............................................. 7 p.m. ET UNLV Classic (Las Vegas, Nev.) Houston vs. California ............................................... 10 a.m. ET

Mercer at UCF ......................................................... 4:30 p.m. ET South Dakota at UCF ................................................... 7 p.m. ET East Carolina at Hawai’i (DH) ......................... 11 p.m./1 a.m. ET Yale at USF ................................................................... 5 p.m. ET Maine at USF........................................................... 7:15 p.m. ET Tulsa at Arkansas ......................................................... 6 p.m. ET

Jacksonville at UCF................................................. 3:30 p.m. ET Northern Illinois at UCF............................................... 6 p.m. ET Houston at North Texas (DH) .................................... 5/7 p.m. ET Lehigh at USF............................................................... 5 p.m. ET Georgetown at USF ................................................ 7:15 p.m. ET

UCF Spring Fling Tournament (Orlando, Fla.) Monmouth at UCF .................................................. 3:30 p.m. ET Fairfield at UCF ............................................................ 8 p.m. ET San Diego Classic II (San Diego, Calif.) UConn vs. UNLV ........................................................... Noon ET UConn vs. Utah Valley ............................................ 2:30 p.m. ET College of Charleston Tournament (Charleston, S.C.) Marist vs. Memphis ....................................................11 a.m. ET Memphis vs. New Mexico........................................... 1 p.m. ET USF Michele Smith Spring Break Tournament (Tampa, Fla.) Iowa State at USF ................................................... 1:45 p.m. ET Boston at USF ......................................................... 4:15 p.m. ET Jeannine McHaney Memorial Classic (Lubbock, Texas) Mississippi Valley State vs. Tulsa ........................... 1:30 p.m. ET Tulsa at Texas Tech................................................... 6:30 p.m. ET

UCF Spring Fling Tournament (Orlando, Fla.) Butler at UCF ................................................................ 6 p.m. ET Illinois-Chicago at UCF ................................................ 8 p.m. ET San Diego Classic II (San Diego, Calif.) UConn vs. BYU ....................................................... 2:30 p.m. ET UConn vs. New Mexico State ................................ 7:30 p.m. ET OU Tournament II (Norman, Okla.) Iowa vs. East Carolina ................................................. 1 p.m. ET East Carolina at Oklahoma..................................... 5:30 p.m. ET College of Charleston Tournament (Charleston, S.C.) Wisconsin vs. Memphis ......................................... 1:30 p.m. ET Memphis at College of Charleston ............................. 8 p.m. ET USF Michele Smith Spring Break Tournament (Tampa, Fla.) Green Bay vs. USF .................................................. 1:45 p.m. ET Towson vs. USF ...................................................... 4:15 p.m. ET Jeannine McHaney Memorial Classic (Lubbock, Texas) Tulane at Texas Tech ..................................................... 4 p.m. ET Mississippi Valley State vs. Tulane......................... 6:30 p.m. ET

UCF Spring Fling Tournament (Orlando, Fla.) James Madison at UCF .......................................... 1:30 p.m. ET San Diego Classic II (San Diego, Calif.) UConn vs. San Diego .................................................. 5 p.m. ET OU Tournament II (Norman, Okla.) Iowa vs. East Carolina ................................................11 a.m. ET East Carolina at Oklahoma..................................... 1:15 p.m. ET College of Charleston Tournament (Charleston, S.C.) Furman vs. Memphis..................................................11 a.m. ET Jeannine McHaney Memorial Classic (Lubbock, Texas) Tulane vs. Mississippi Valley State .............................. Noon ET

UConn at San Diego State .......................................... 6 p.m. ET Houston at Baylor (DH) ............................................ 5/7 p.m. ET Belmont at Memphis (DH) ....................................... 4/6 p.m. ET Hartford at USF ............................................................ 5 p.m. ET Canisius at USF ....................................................... 7:15 p.m. ET Tulsa at North Texas ..................................................... 3 p.m. ET

UConn vs. Arizona (San Diego, Calif.) ........................ 6 p.m. ET East Carolina at Elon ................................................... 6 p.m. ET Iowa at Tulsa ................................................................. 5 p.m. ET

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Louisville Slugger Invitational (Stockton, Calif.) UConn vs. Grand Canyon ..........................................11 a.m. ET UConn vs. Cal State Northridge ............................ 1:15 p.m. ET UCF at East Carolina (DH)* ...................................... 1/3 p.m. ET Louisville Slugger Invitational (Stockton, Calif.) UConn vs. Cal State Northridge ............................ 2:30 p.m. ET UConn vs. Pacific .................................................... 4:45 p.m. ET USF at Houston (DH)* .............................................. 2/4 p.m. ET Memphis at Tulsa (DH)*............................................ 2/4 p.m. ET UCF at East Carolina* .................................................11 a.m. ET Louisville Slugger Invitational (Stockton, Calif.) UConn vs. Grand Canyon ......................................... 10 a.m. ET USF at Houston* .......................................................... 1 p.m. ET Memphis at Tulsa* ....................................................... 1 p.m. ET

Wichita State at Tulsa ................................................... 7 p.m. ET

UCF at FIU .................................................................... 6 p.m. ET East Carolina at UNC Wilmington (DH) ................... 4/6 p.m. ET Texas A&M-Corpus Christi at Houston (DH) ........... 5/7 p.m. ET Alcorn State at Memphis (DH) ................................. 5/7 p.m. ET Tulsa at Oklahoma State ............................................. 8 p.m. ET

UCF at Florida Atlantic................................................. 4 p.m. ET Boston College at UConn ....................................... 3:30 p.m. ET

UConn at UCF (DH)* ................................................. 1/3 p.m. ET East Carolina at Memphis (DH)* ............................. 2/4 p.m. ET Tulsa at USF (DH)* ............................................... 1/3:45 p.m. ET

UConn at UCF* ............................................................. Noon ET East Carolina at Memphis* ......................................... 1 p.m. ET Tulsa at USF* ..............................................................11 a.m. ET Jackson State at Memphis (DH) .............................. 4/6 p.m. ET Arkansas at Tulsa (Cox/CST)....................................... 6 p.m. ET

APRIL 1 UConn at Albany ..................................................... 3:30 p.m. ET Texas at Houston ......................................................... 7 p.m. ET 3

UCF at Tulsa (DH)* .................................................... 2/4 p.m. ET USF at UConn (DH)* ................................................. 1/3 p.m. ET East Carolina at Houston (DH)* ............................... 3/5 p.m. ET UCF at Tulsa* ................................................................. Noon ET USF at UConn* ...........................................................11 a.m. ET East Carolina at Houston*........................................... 1 p.m. ET

Memphis at Lipscomb ................................................. 5 p.m. ET Tulsa at Wichita State .................................................. 7 p.m. ET

UCF at Stetson ............................................................. 6 p.m. ET UConn at Providence .............................................. 3:30 p.m. ET NC State at East Carolina (DH) ................................ 4/6 p.m. ET Houston at Sam Houston State .................................. 6 p.m. ET USF at Florida Gulf Coast............................................ 6 p.m. ET

UConn at Rhode Island ............................................... 4 p.m. ET

Houston at UCF (DH)* .............................................. 1/3 p.m. ET Memphis at UConn (DH)* .................................Noon/1 p.m. ET Tulsa at East Carolina (DH)* .................................... 1/3 p.m. ET

Houston at UCF* ........................................................... Noon ET Memphis at UConn*..................................................... Noon ET Tulsa at East Carolina* ................................................. Noon ET

UConn at Hartford ...................................................... 4 p.m. ET

Central Connecticut at UConn .................................... 4 p.m. ET James Madison at East Carolina ................................ 5 p.m. ET Houston at Louisiana................................................... 7 p.m. ET Memphis at UT-Martin................................................. 5 p.m. ET USF at Florida ......................................................... 6:05 p.m. ET Oklahoma State at Tulsa .............................................. 6 p.m. ET

UCF at Memphis (DH)*............................................. 2/4 p.m. ET UConn at Houston (DH)*.......................................... 2/4 p.m. ET East Carolina at USF (DH)* ................................. 1/3:45 p.m. ET

Kansas at Tulsa ............................................................. 2 p.m. ET 19

UCF at Memphis* ........................................................ 1 p.m. ET UConn at Houston* ..................................................... 1 p.m. ET East Carolina at USF* .................................................. 1 p.m. ET Kansas at Tulsa ............................................................. 2 p.m. ET

Central Arkansas at Memphis..................................... 6 p.m. ET

UCF at Bethune-Cookman........................................... 4 p.m. ET Memphis at Mississippi State..................................... 7 p.m. ET

UConn at Fairfield ........................................................ 4 p.m. ET UNC at East Carolina ................................................... 5 p.m. ET

North Florida at UCF.................................................... 2 p.m. ET UConn at East Carolina (DH)*.................................. 1/3 p.m. ET Houston at Tulsa* (ESPNU/WatchESPN) .................... 2 p.m. ET Houston at Tulsa* ......................................................... 4 p.m. ET Memphis at USF (DH)*........................................ 1/3:45 p.m. ET

UConn at East Carolina* .............................................. Noon ET Houston at Tulsa* ......................................................... 1 p.m. ET Memphis at USF* .......................................................11 a.m. ET

Quinnipiac at UConn ................................................... 4 p.m. ET Lamar at Houston ..................................................... 5/7 p.m. ET Memphis at Murray State ........................................... 5 p.m. ET Missouri State at Tulsa................................................. 4 p.m. ET

UMass at UConn .......................................................... 4 p.m. ET

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USF at UCF (DH)* ..................................................... 1/3 p.m. ET Tulsa at UConn (DH)* ........................................Noon/1 p.m. ET Houston at Memphis (DH)* ..................................... 2/4 p.m. ET

USF at UCF* .................................................................. Noon ET Tulsa at UConn* ............................................................ Noon ET Houston at Memphis* .................................................. Noon ET

7-9

American Athletic Conference Championship (Orlando, Fla.)

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NCAA Regionals (Campus Sites)

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NCAA Super Regionals (Campus Sites)

MAY/JUNE 28-3 Womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s College World Series (Oklahoma City, Okla.) * = Conference game

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201 5 C H A M P IO NS H IP/W CW S 2015 AMERICAN ATHLETIC CONFERENCE SOFTBALL C H A MP IONS H IP

2015 WOMEN’S COLLEGE WORLD SERIES

UCF Softball Complex Orlando, Fla. May 7-9, 2015

ASA Hall of Fame Stadium Oklahoma City, Okla. May 28-June 3, 2015

The league’s seven members compete in one division with all teams qualifying for the 2015 American Athletic Conference Championship.

May 28-June 3, 2015 will mark the 34th annual NCAA Women’s College World Series, the premier event for college softball held annually at the ASA Hall of Fame Stadium in Oklahoma City, Okla. This will be the 25th time that the ASA Hall of Fame Stadium has served as the host site.

All three days of the championship will take place at UCF Softball Complex on the campus of the UCF. The quarterfinals will take place May 7 and semifinals on May 8. Every game of the opening two days will be streamed live on The American Digital Network.The championship final will be played on Saturday, May 9 on ESPN2. The tournament champion will receive the conference’s automatic bid to the NCAA Women’s College World Series bracket. Championship Schedule Thursday, May 7 - Quarterfinals (American Digital Network) Game 1: No. 4 seed vs. No. 5 seed • 11 a.m. ET Game 2: No. 6 seed vs. No. 3 seed • 1:30 ET Game 3: No. 7 seed vs. No. 2 seed • 4 p.m. ET Friday, May 8 - Semifinals (American Digital Network) Game 4: Game 1 winner vs. No. 1 seed • 3 p.m. ET Game 5: Game 2 winner vs. Game 3 winner • 5:30 p.m. ET

The WCWS features the top eight teams in the nation squaring off in a double-elimination tournament format, all vying for the NCAA Division I Softball Championship. Sixty-four teams will enter the qualifying bracket, with 31 teams receiving automatic bids and the remaining 33 at-large selections by the Division I Softball Committee. Regional competition will be held May 15-17 on campus sites, with the Super Regionals following the next weekend on eight campus sites. American Athletic Conference NCAA Tournament Appearances UCF .........................................5 (2005, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014) UConn ....................... 8 (1989-92, 1993 WCWS, 1995-96, 2001) East Carolina .................................... 4 (1999, 2008, 2010, 2011) Houston ........................ 6 (2004, 2007, 2008, 2011, 2013, 2014) Memphis.........................................................................1 (2011) USF ............... 12 (1996-98, 2001, 2003-06, 2008, 2012 WCWS, 2013, 2014) Tulsa ............................................ 7 (2006, 2008, 2009, 2011-14)

Saturday, May 9 - Championship Game (ESPN2) Game 6: Game 4 winner vs. Game 5 winner • 1 p.m. ET

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SENIOR MACKENZIE AUDAS

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Location: Orlando, Fla. Founded: 1963 Enrollment: 60,000 Nickname: Knights Colors: Black & Gold President: Dr. John C. Hitt Director of Athletics: Todd Stansbury Softball Office Phone: (407)-823-6891 Assistant Coaches: Tiffany Patteson & Hillary Barrow 2014 Overall Record: 43-18 2014 American Record/Finish: 15-3/1st Position Starters Returning/Lost: 15/0 Pitchers Returning/Lost: 4/0 Newcomers: 3 Softball Contact: Megan Herboth E-mail: mherboth@athletics.ucf.edu Web site: www.UCFKnights.com Twitter: @UCF_Softball

SOPHMORE LINNEA GOODMAN

2 0 15 R O S T E R No. 1 2 3 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 20 22 23 24 44

Name Kahley Novak Brittany Solis Andrea Neswiacheny Willow Kalinen Megan Greenwell Shelby Turnier Maddy Schroeder Kalyn Cenal Blaire Kelley Samantha McCloskey Mackenzie Huhn Taylor Wagner Kirsten Foster Linnea Goodman Jessica Ujvari Farrah Sullivan Jamie Ujvari Jasmine Acevedo Kaitlyn Steckel Mariah Garcia Mackenzie Audas Courtney Rotton

Pos. SS/2B IF SS/2B OF OF P/DP OF C/1B OF 1B/DP P OF IF OF C 3B P OF 2B/SS OF P IF

B/T L/R R/R L/R L/R L/L R/R L/R R/R R/R R/R L/L R/R R/R L/R R/R R/R B/R R/R L/R R/R R/R

Ht. 5-3 5-4 5-9 5-8 5-7 5-5 5-9 5-8 5-7 5-10 5-8 5-3 5-4 5-7 6-0 5-9 5-9 5-3 5-10 5-6 5-5 5-8

Cl. SR SO SO SO FR JR SR JR RS JR JR JR JR JR SO JR SR JR RS SO JR JR SR FR

Hometown/Previous School Clermont, Fla./East Ridge HS West Hills, Calif./Chaminade College Prep Jacksonville, Fla./Bishop Snyder HS Scottsdale, Ariz./New Mexico Miami, Fla./Miami Palmetto Senior HS Palm Beach Gardens, Fla./Palm Beach Gardens HS Jacksonville, Fla./The Bolles School Tampa, Fla./Thomas Jefferson Senior HS Ocala, Fla./Trinity Catholic HS Palm Harbor, Fla./Palm Harbor University HS North Palm Beach, Fla./William T. Dwyer HS Lakeland, Fla./Bartow Senior HS Clermont, Fla./East Ridge HS Long Beach, Calif./Millikan HS Pensacola, Fla./South Carolina-Upstate Waynesboro, Miss./Wayne County HS Pensacola, Fla./South Carolina-Upstate Largo, Fla./Osceola Fundamental HS Tampa, Fla./Plant HS Houston, Texas/Macarthur Senior HS Plant City, Fla./Plant City HS Clermont, Fla./East Ridge

FEBRUARY

06 06 07 07 11 14 14 15 20 21 21 22 25 27 27 28 28

vs. George Mason^ vs. Boston College^ vs. Boston College^ vs. George Mason^ at South Carolina vs. Liberty vs. Arkansas vs. Missouri vs. Washington vs. UTEP at Hawaii TBD at Florida vs. Princeton^ vs. Iowa^ vs. LIU-Brooklyn^ vs. Florida A&M^

1:30 pm 4:00 pm 1:30 pm 4:00 pm 4:00 pm 4:00 pm 6:30 pm 11:30 am 8:30 pm 4:00 pm 9:00 pm TBA 6:05 pm 4:00 pm 6:30 pm 2:00 pm 6:30 pm

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TBD vs. Kent State^ at Bradley^ vs. Kent State^ vs. Michigan State^ vs. Mercer vs. South Dakota vs. Jacksonville at Northern Illinois vs. Monmouth^ vs. Fairfield^ vs. Butler^ vs. UIC^ vs. James Madison^ at East Carolina* at East Carolina* at FIU at Florida Atlantic vs. UConn* vs. UConn*

TBA 3:00 pm 5:30 pm 5:30 pm 2:00 pm 4:30 pm 7:00 pm 3:30 pm 6:00 pm 3:30 pm 8:00 pm 6:00 pm 8:00 pm 1:30 pm 1 pm/3 pm 11:00 am 6:00 pm 4:00 pm 1 pm/3 pm 12:00 pm

at Tulsa* at Tulsa* at Stetson vs. Houston* vs. Houston* at Memphis* at Memphis* at Bethune-Cookman vs. North Florida

2 pm/4 pm 12:00 pm 6:00 pm 1 pm/3 pm 12:00 pm 1 pm/3pm 12:00 pm 4:00 pm 2:00 pm

APRIL

03 04 08 11 12 18 19 22 25 MAY

02 vs. USF* 1 pm/3 pm 03 vs. USF* 12:00 pm 7-9 American Athletic Conference Championships TBA * Denotes American Athletic Conference match ^ Denotes UCF softball tournament (Orlando, Fla.) All times Eastern and subject to change

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K N IGHTS KNIGHTS NOTEBOOK • UCF returns every starter from the 2014 American Athletic Conference championship team, including the reigning Player of the Year, Farrah Sullivan. • Kahley Novak led the team with a .357 batting average and scored 46 runs on the season. She led the team- and the league – with 34 stolen bases. She was second in the conference with 70 hits, including four triples. • The Knights boast three 20-win pitchers in Shelby Turnier, Mackenzie Audas and Jamie Ujvari. Audas posted six shutouts and tossed a combined no-hitter with Mackenzie Huhn last season, while Turnier tossed her first career no-hitter against Memphis in 2014. • UCF advanced to the NCAA Regional in Gainesville for the fifth time and finished as the regional runner-up to the eventual national champion Florida Gators.

SENIOR KAHLEY NOVAK

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Batting avg: Kahley Novak, .363 Slugging pct: Samantha McCloskey, .485 On base pct: Samatha McCloskey, .424 Runs scored: Kahley Novak, 42 Hits: Kahley Novak, 62 Runs batted in: Farrah Sullivan, 31 Doubles: Farrah Sullivan, 12 Triples: Kahley Novak, 4 Home runs: Samatha McCloskey, 5

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JUNIOR SHELBY TURNIER

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U C ONN HEAD COACH JEN MCINTYRE Penn State ’98

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Career Record/Years 0-0/ First Year Record at UConn/Years 0-0/First Year

SENIOR LAUREN TREMBLAY

Location: Storrs, Conn. Founded: 1881 Enrollment: 30,474 Nickname: Huskies Colors: National Flag Blue & White President: Susan Herbst Director of Athletics: Warde Manuel Softball Office Phone: (860) 486-5020 Assistant Coaches: Chrissy Schoonmaker , Adrienne Clark 2014 Overall Record: 13-38 2014 American Record/Finish: 3-17/8th Letterwinners Returning/Lost: 13/3 Newcomers: 4 Softball Contact: Jeff Piascik E-mail: jeffrey.piascik@uconn.edu Web site: www.UConnHuskies.com Twitter: @UConnSoftball

SOPHMORE TAYLOR TOWNSEND

FEBRUARY

20 20 21 21 22 27 27 28

vs. NIU$ at Troy$ vs. Evansville$ at Troy$ vs. NIU$ vs. SIUE^ vs. Ohio St.^ vs. Texas St.^

2:30 pm 5 pm 11 am 4 pm 11 am 10 am 5 pm 10 am

vs. Samford^ vs. UMKC& at Oklahoma St.& vs. Evansville& vs. UNLV# vs. Utah Valley# vs. BYU# vs. New Mexico St.# at San Diego# at San Diego St. vs. Arizona vs. Grand Canyon% vs. Cal St. Northridge% vs. Cal St. Northridge% at Pacific% vs. Grand Canyon% vs. Boston College at UCF* at UCF* at UMass

9:30 am 1:30 pm 7 pm 11 am 12 pm 2:30 pm 2:30 pm 7:30 pm 3:30 pm 6 pm 4:30 pm 11 am 1:15 pm 2:30 pm 4:45 pm 10 am 3:30 pm 1 pm 12 pm 4 pm

at Albany vs. USF* vs. USF* at Providence at Rhode Island vs. Memphis* vs. Memphis* at Hartford vs. CCSU at Houston* at Houston* at Fairfield at ECU* at ECU* vs. Quinnipiac vs. UMass

3:30 pm 1 pm 11 am 3:30 pm 4 pm 12 pm 12 pm 4 pm 4 pm 1 pm 12 pm 4 pm 1 pm 12 pm 4 pm 4 pm

MARCH

1 6 6 7 13 13 14 14 15 17 18 20 20 21 21 22 26 28 29 31 APRIL

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Name Heather Fyfe Dominique Pinto Emily O’Donnell Lexi Gifford Jacklyn Dubois Ryne Nakama Alyson Ambler Taylor Townsend Lauren Duggan Valerie Sadowl Ashley LaPenta Emma Stanley Alaina Montgomery Alyssa Gardea Lauren Tremblay Kayla Doty Chelsea Eckert

Pos. OF C 3B/SS SS/3B C INF P/OF UTL P 2B/SS 2B 1B/3B OF OF OF P P

B/T R/R R/R R/R R/R R/R L/R R/R R/R R/R R/R L/R R/R L/R R/R R/R R/R R/R

Ht.

Cl. JR SO SR JR JR FR JR SO SR JR SR FR FR JR SR SO FR

Hometown/Previous School Bedford, N.H./Bedford HS Newtown, Pa./Castle Rock North HS Niskayuna, N.Y./Niskayuna HS Natick, Mass./Natick HS Mt. Vernon, N.H./Bishop Guertin Irvine, Calif./Woodbridge HS Walla Walla, Wash./Walla Walla HS Yorba Linda, Calif./Yorba Linda HS Norwood, Mass./Norwood HS Horsham, Pa./Hatboro Horsham HS Bristol, Conn./Bristol Central HS Santa Clarita, Calif./Valencia HS Greensburg, Pa./Hempfield Area HS Corona, Calif./Eleanor Roosevelt HS Naples, Fla./Naples HS Ghent, N.Y./Chatham HS Branchville, N.J./High Point Regional HS

1 3 4 8 9 11 12 14 15 19 19 23 25 26 29 30 MAY

1 at East Carolina* 6:30 pm 2 vs. Tulsa* 12 pm 3 vs. Tulsa* 12 pm 7-9 The American Athletic Conference Championship TBA * Denotes American Athletic Conference match $ Denotes Trojan Classic (Troy, Ala.) ^ Denotes Wilson DeMarini Tounament (Auburn, Ala.) & Denotes Mizuno Classic (Stillwater, Okla.) # Denotes San Diego Classic (San Diego, Calif.) % Denotes Lousiville Slugger Invitational (Stockton, Calif.) All times Eastern and subject to change Home Games Played at Burrill Family Field, Unless Otherwise Noted

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HUSKIE S HUSKIES NOTEBOOK • UConn returns 13 letterwinners from a season ago and welcomed four new Huskies to the squad during the fall season. • In all, the Huskies return 81.3 percent of the total runs, 74.1 percent of the hits, 82.9 percent of doubles, 77.2 percent of the homeruns and 78.6 percent of the RBIs from a team that hit .237 during last season’s campaign. • Additionally, the Huskies welcome back 84.6 percent of wins and 89.8 percent of total innings pitched. • Head coach Jen McIntyre makes her season debut this year. McIntyre came to the Huskies after serving as the associate head coach at Boston University in 2014.

JUNIOR JACKLYN DUBOIS

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Batting avg: Valerie Sadowl, .331 Slugging pct: Valerie Sadowl, .576 On base pct: Valerie Sadowl, .437 Runs scored: Valerie Sadowl, 21 Hits: Emily O’Donnell, 45 Runs batted in: Valerie Sadowl, 21 Doubles: Valerie Sadowl, 9 Triples: Alyssa Gardea, 2 Home runs: Valerie Sadowl, 6

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JUNIOR LEXI GIFFORD

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HEAD COACH BETH KEYLON-RANDOLPH QUICK FACTS Tennessee Tech, â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;95 Location: Greenville, N.C. Career Record/Years Founded: 1907 651-166/13 Years Enrollment: 27,000 Nickname: Pirates Record at East Carolina/Years Colors: Purple and Gold 49-51/3 Years Chancellor: Dr. Steve Ballard Director of Athletics: Jeff Compher Softball Office Phone: (252) 737-1428 REDSHIRT SENIOR Assistant Coaches: Steve Jaecks, Alex ABBY Fieldhouse WYNNE 2014 Overall Record: 28-20 2014 C-USA Record/Finish: 14-10/6th Pitchers Returning/Lost: 4/1 Letterwinners Returning/Lost: 10/7 Newcomers: 7 Softball Contact: Lindy Zamora E-mail: zamorab@ecu.edu Web site: www.ECUPirates.com Twitter: @ECUAthletics

SENIOR CAROLINE UMOHLETT

2 0 15 R O S T E R No. 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 13 14 15 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 44

Name Sarah Christian Andie Johnson Lydia Ritchie Abby Wynne Kerry Butler Alex Mycek Kelsi Briggs Casey Alcorn Caroline Umphlett Ashley Cruise Kacie Oshiro Ashton Stowe Karlie Smith Mary-Sloan Bradford Ali Ramirez Ciara Ervin Gabby Andino Rebecca Perrell Meredith Mitchelll Megan Quick Nicole Cheek

Pos. P 2B P C 2B C 3B/C SS P P OF/C OF 3B/SS OF 1B OF P/UTL 1B OF 2B UTL

B/T R/R R/R R/R R/R R/R R/R R/R R/R R/R R/R L/R L/R R/R R/R R/R L/R L/L R/R S/R R/R R/R

Ht. 5-5 5-6 5-5 5-8 5-9 5-8 5-5 5-11 6-1 5-7 5-4 5-6 5-10 5-5 5-9 5-3 5-8 5-8 5-4 5-8 5-9

Cl. Hometown/Previous School SR Greenville, N.C. / D.H. Conley HS RS SR Soddy Daisy, Tenn. / Soddy Daisy HS (Chattanooga State) SO Pikeville, Tenn. / Bledsoe County HS RS SR Greenville, N.C. / North Pitt HS FR Barnegat, N.J. / Barnegat HS SO Clayton, Del. / Polytech HS JR Yorba Linda, Calif. / Valencia HS JR Hummelstown, Pa. / Lower Dauphin HS SR Elizabeth City, N.C. / Northeastern HS (BYU) FR Kingston, N.Y. / Kingston HS SO Mililani, Hawaii / Mililani HS FR Mount Juliet, Tenn. / Mount Juliet HS FR Dagsboro, Del. / Indian River HS FR Windermere, Fla. / West Orange HS SO Pittsburg, Calif. / Heritage HS SO Tracy, Calif. / Merrill F. West HS SR Newport News, Va. / Woodside HS (Florida State) FR Lexington, N.C. / North Davidson HS JR Dunlap, Tenn. / Sequatchie County HS (Chattanooga State) SO Laurinburg, N.C. / Marlboro HS (S.C.) JR Simi Valley, Calif. / Simi Valley HS (Marist)

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vs. Oakland^ 3 pm vs. Delaware State^ 5:30 pm vs.South Carolina^ 4:30 pm vs. Longwood^ 7 pm vs. Oakland^ 11:30 am vs.South Carolina^ 4:30 pm vs. Bucknell% 3 pm vs. East Tennessee State% 5:30 pm vs. Marshall% 4:30 pm vs. Towson% 7 pm vs. Bucknell% 11:30 am vs. Kennesaw# 3 pm vs. Lafayette# 5:30 pm vs. Virginia Tech# 4:30 pm vs.Seton Hall# 7 pm vs. Kennesaw# 11:30 am vs. Virginia Tech# 4:30 pm vs. Central Arkansas& 11:15 am vs. Maine& 1:45 pm vs. Illinois& 10 am vs. Georgia State 12:15 pm

MARCH

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vs. Middle Tennessee& vs. Oregon State@ vs. Utah@ vs. Longwood@ vs. Oregon State@ at Hawaii@ at Hawaii@ vs. Iowa! at Oklahoma! vs. Iowa! at Oklahoma! at Elon vs. UCF* vs.UCF* at UNC Wilmington at Memphis* at Memphis*

9 am 4 pm 6:30 pm 3 pm 5 pm 5 pm 9 pm 1 pm 5:30 pm 11 am 1:15 pm 6 pm 1 pm 12 pm 4 pm 2 pm 1 pm

APRIL

3 4 8 11 12 15 18 19 23 25 26

at Houston* at Houston* vs. N.C. State vs. Tulsa* vs. Tulsa* vs. James Madison at USF* at USF* vs. North Carolina vs. UConn* vs. UConn*

2 pm 1 pm 4 pm 1 pm 12 pm 5 pm 12 pm 11 am 5 pm 1 pm 12 pm

MAY

7-9 The American Athletic Conference Championship TBA * Denotes American Athletic Conference match ^ Denotes Pirate Classic (Greenville, N.C.) & Denotes USF Under Armour Invitational(Tampa,Fl) % Denotes Pirate Clash (Greenville, N.C.) # Denotes Pirate Invitational (Greenville, N.C.) @ Denotes Hawaii Spring Fling Tournament (Honolulu, HI) ! Denotes Oklahoma Classic (Norman, Okla.) All times Eastern and subject to change

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PIRATE S P I R AT E S N O T E B O O K • Last season, the Pirates were successful when playing in Greenville, N.C., as they notched 16 victories at the ECU Softball Stadium. • The Pirates finished the season with an appearance in the C-USA Tournament where ECU went 1-1 with a 5-1 victory over FIU, before falling to Marshall, 8-7. • East Carolina returns 14 student-athletes from a year ago including five seniors in Gabby Andino (.381, four doubles, seven RBIs), Sarah Christian (17 wins, 2.81 ERA, 16 complete games, 121 strikeouts), Andie Johnson (.235, four hits, two runs), Caroline Umphlett (3.79 ERA, 10 wins, seven complete games, 52 strikeouts) and Abby Wynne (.288, 32 RBIs, 31 runs, five home runs, nine doubles). • The Pirates also welcome seven newcomers made up of half a dozen freshmen (Mary-Sloan Bradford, Kerry Butler, Ashley Cruise, Rebecca Perrell, Ashton Stowe and Karlie Smith) and one junior transfer in Nicole Cheek from Marist.

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SOPHOMORE ALI RAMIREZ

Batting avg: Gabby Andino, .381 Slugging pct: Gabby Andino, .571 On base pct: Ali Ramirez, .625 Runs scored: Abby Wynne, 31 Hits: Abby Wynne, 38 Runs batted in: Abby Wynne, 32 Doubles: Abby Wynne, 9 Triples: Meredith Mitchell, 2 Home runs: Casey Alcorn, 7

JUNIOR CASEY ALCORN

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H O USTON HEAD COACH KYLA HOLAS Louisiana-Lafayette ‘94 Career Record/Years 518-327-1 /14 Years Record at Houston/Years 518-327-1 /14 Years

JUNIOR SELENA HERNANDEZ

2 0 15 S C H E D U L E QUICK FACTS Location: Houston, Texas Founded: 1927 Enrollment: 40,750 Nickname: Cougars Colors: Scarlet and White President: Dr. Renu Khator Director of Athletics: Mack Rhoades Assistant Coaches: Kristin Vesely, Greg Evans 2014 Overall Record: 33-23 2014 American Record/Finish: 13-8 /4th Position Starters Returning/Lost: 8/3 Pitchers Returning/Lost: 2/1 Letterwinners Returning/Lost: 11/3 Newcomers: 7 Softball Contact: Jessika McKernan E-mail: jmckerna@central.uh.edu Web site: www.uhcougars.com Twitter: @UHCougarSB

JUNIOR KATIE ST. PIERRE

2 0 15 R O S T E R No. 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 11 14 15 16 22 23 25 26 32 33 34 38

Name Courtney Mica Jaime Edwards Kris Davila Sydney Gerbracht Megan Noel Selena Hernandez Julana Shrum Tiffani McKnight Shelby Miller Kendall Brown Kayla Holland Courtney Klingler Jordan Rains De’Zha Scott Kaylin Crumpton Katie St. Pierre Jaylin Baldridge Summer Groholski Alexis Dunn Kayla Maxwell

Pos. OF INF INF/C OF C INF P/OF OF P/UTL INF/C INF INF/C INF OF OF OF UTL P INF P

B/T R-R R-R R-R R-R R-R L-R L-L L-R R-R R-R R-R R-R R-R L-R R-R L-L R-R R-R R-R R-R

Cl. JR SR SR SR FR JR JR SR SO FR SR JR SO FR FR JR SO SR SR FR

Hometown/Previous School Flatonia, Texas (McLennan CC) Austin, Texas (Austin Bowie HS) Houston, Texas (Blinn College) San Diego, Calif. (Torrey Pines HS) Cleveland, Texas (Navarro College) Austin, Texas (Texas State) Porum, Okla. (Glenpool HS) Missouri City, Texas (Blinn College) Sweeny, Texas (Southern Arkansas) Sugar Land, Texas (Ft. Bend Christian) Katy, Texas (Cypress Springs HS) Manvel, Texas (Campbell University) Cypress, Texas (Cy Fair HS) Spring, Texas (Spring HS) Corona, Calif. (Santiago HS) Flower Mound, Texas (Flower Mound HS) Richmond, Texas (Henderson State) Grapeland, Texas (Grapeland HS) Round Rock, Texas (Galveston CC) Tampa, Fla. (Alonso HS)

FEBRUARY

5 6 6 7 7 8 8 13 13 14 14 15 16 16 20 20 21 21 22 25

vs. Florida International^ 6 pm vs. Southern Miss^ 3 pm vs. Alabama^ 6 pm vs. Jackson State^ Noon vs. Florida Gulf Coast^ 6 pm vs. Liberty University^ 10 am vs. South Alabama^ 1 pm vs. UNI& 2 pm vs. McNeese State& 4:30 pm vs. UMass& 2 pm vs. DePaul& 4:30 pm vs. SFA& 2 pm vs. Oregon 4 pm vs. Oregon 6 pm vs. Texas A&M-CC% 4 pm vs. Illinois% 6:30 pm vs. NEW MEXICO% 3 pm vs. Texas A&M-CC% 5:30 pm vs. Illinois% 11:30 am at Texas A&M 6:30 pm

MARCH

3 3 6 6 7 7 8 11 11 17 17 21 21 22 25 25

vs. Houston Baptist vs. Houston Baptist vs. Eastern Kentucky# vs. UC Santa Barbara# at UNLV# vs. Iowa State# vs. California# at North Texas at North Texas at Baylor at Baylor vs. USF* vs. USF* vs. USF* vs. Texas A&M-CC vs. Texas A&M-CC

5 pm 7 pm 1:15 pm 8 pm 5:45 pm 8 pm 11 am 4 pm 6 pm 4 pm 6 pm 1 pm 3 pm Noon 4 pm 6 pm

vs. Texas – Pink Game vs. East Carolina* vs. East Carolina* vs. East Carolina* at Sam Houston State at UCF* Orlando, Fla. at UCF* at UCF* at Louisiana-Lafayette vs. UConn* vs. UConn* vs. UConn* at Tulsa* at Tulsa* at Tulsa* vs. Lamar vs. Lamar

6 pm 2 pm 4 pm Noon 6:30 pm Noon 2 pm 11 am 6 pm 1 pm 3 pm Noon 1 pm 3 pm Noon 4 pm 6 pm

APRIL

1 3 3 4 8 11 11 12 15 18 18 19 25 25 26 29 29 MAY

2 at Memphis* 1 pm 2 at Memphis* 3 pm 3 at Memphis* Noon 7-9 The American Athletic Conference Championship TBA * Denotes American Athletic Conference match ^ Denotes Sand Dollar Classic (Gulf Shores, Ala.) & Denotes Houston Hilton Plaza Invitational (Houston,Tx.) % Denotes Houston Hilton Plaza Classic (Houston, Tx.) # Denotes UNLV Classic (Las Vegas, Nev.) All times Eastern and subject to change

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C OUGARS COUGARS NOTEBOOK • For the fourth consecutive season, the Cougars advanced to the NCAA postseason, competing at the NCAA Waco Regional under Head Coach Kyla Holas. It marked the first time in program history with four straight NCAA Regional appearances. • Catcher Haley Outon and centerfielder Katie St. Pierre were named to the NFCA All-Region team. Outon and twin sister Diedre were named to the inaugural All-American Athletic Conference First Team, while shortstop Selena Hernandez earned a place on the Second Team. • Haley Outon became the first Cougar to be named to the Capital One Academic All-America Team, earning a place on the Third Team as a health promotions major. She is the sixth player in school history to sign a Professional Fast Pitch contract. • Softball had 14 out of the 15 student-athletes received AllAcademic honors from the conference.

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JUNIOR SELENA HERNANDEZ

Batting avg: Katie St. Pierre, .381 Slugging pct: Selena Hernandez, .500 On base pct: Katie St. Pierre, .484 Runs scored: Selena Hernandez, 48 Hits: Katie St. Pierre, 61 Runs batted in: Selena Hernandez, 42 Doubles: Selena Hernandez, 16 Triples: Tiffani McKnight, 2 Home runs: Selena Hernandez, 7

JUNIOR JULANA SHRUM

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MEMP HIS HEAD COACH N ATA L I E P O O L E McNeese State â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;98

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Career Record/Years 379-405/13 Years Record at Memphis/Years 67-106/3 Years

JUNIOR CIERRA MANGUM

SOPHOMORE LINDSAY CROWDUS

Location: Memphis, Tenn. Founded: 1912 Enrollment: 22,139 Nickname: Tigers Colors: Blue & Gray President: Dr. M. David Rudd Athletic Director: Tom Bowen Softball Office Phone: (901) 678-2315 Assistant Coaches: Andy Lott, Roya St. Clair 2014 Overall Record: 23-33 2014 American Record/Finish: 5-15/7th Position Starters Returning/Lost: 6/4 Pitchers Returning/Lost: 2/1 Letterwinners Returning/Lost: 12/8 Newcomers: 6 Softball Contact: Jared Emerson E-mail: jmmrson1@memphis.edu Web site: www.gotigersgo.com Twitter: @MemphisSoftball

2 0 15 R O S T E R No. 00 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 17 21 22 23 24 44

Name Katie Brignac Kyler Trosclair Georganna Goodwin Calli Irvin Ali Evans Breslin Perry Addison Maxwell Hannah Harrell Lindsay Crowdus Molly Smith Christian Novak Jordan Richwood Sami Jo Schulz Wheeler Hill Cierra Mangum Anna Thomas Brooke Lee Haleigh Ross Brittany Vaughn

Pos. RHP OF C/INF RHP/1B RHP/INF OF UT OF OF RHP RHP RHP INF OF INF INF INF C INF

B/T R/R L/R R/R R/R R/R L/R R/L L/R L/R R/R R/R R/R L/R L/R R/R R/R R/R R/R R/R

Ht. 5-7 5-3 5-7 5-11 5-8 5-5 5-2 5-6 5-4 5-6 5-7 5-4 5-8 5-5 5-5 5-6 5-3 5-11 5-4

Cl. FR FR JR SO FR SR FR RS SO SO FR SO SR RS FR RS JR JR SO FR SO SO

Hometown/Previous School River Ridge, La./John Curtis Christian School Houma, La./Ellender Memorial HS Lone Oak, Texas/Lone Oak HS Plano, Texas/Plano Senior HS Newbern, Tenn./Dyer Country HS Austell, Ga./South Cobb HS Collierville, Tenn./Evangelical Christian School Ashland, Miss./Arlington (TN) HS Houma, La./Houma Christian HS Yamhill, Ore./Yamhill Carlton HS Nevada, Mo./Nevada HS San Mateo, Calif./Hillsdale HS Munford, Tenn./Munford HS Mansfield, Texas/McNeese State Las Cruces, N.M./Onate HS Bentonville, Ark./Bentonville HS River Ridge La./John Curtis Christian School Naples, Fla./Barron Collier HS Bowling Green, Ky./Bowling Green HS

FEBRUARY

6 7 7 8 13 13 14 14 20 21 21 22 27 28 28

at LSU& vs. Tennessee State& vs. N.C. State& vs. Tennessee State& vs. Long Island$ at Florida International$ vs. Purdue$ at Florida International$ vs. Butler# vs. Northern Iowa# vs. Nicholls State# vs. SEMO# vs. Texas Tech% vs. Texas Tech% at McNeese State%

4:00 pm 10:00 am 12:30 pm 9:30 am 10:30 am 3:30 pm 10:00 am 3:00 pm 7:00 pm 4:30 pm 7:00 pm 2:00 pm 3:00 pm 12:00 pm 6:00 pm

1 3 4 6 6 7 7 13 13 14 14 15 17 17 21 21 22 26 26 28 28 29 31 31

vs. Holy Cross% at Ole Miss vs. Ball State vs. Bethune Cookman^ at FAU^ vs. Coastal Carolina^ vs. Florida State^ vs. Marist@ vs. New Mexico@ vs. Wisconsin@ at College of Charleston@ vs. Furman@ vs. Belmont vs. Belmont at Tulsa* at Tulsa* at Tulsa* vs. Alcorn State vs. Alcorn State vs. East Carolina* vs. East Carolina* vs. East Carolina* vs. Jackson State vs. Jackson State

1:00 pm 6:00 pm 4:00 pm 1:30 pm 7:00 pm 10:15 am 12:30 pm 10:00 am 12:00 pm 12:30 pm 7:00 pm 10:00 am 3:00 pm 5:00 pm 1:00 pm 3:00 pm 12:00 pm 4:00 pm 6:00 pm 1:00 pm 3:00 pm 12:00 pm 3:00 pm 5:00 pm

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at Lipscomb at UConn* at UConn* at UConn* at UT Martin vs. UCF* vs. UCF* vs. UCF* vs. Central Arkansas at Mississippi State at USF* at USF* at USF* at Murray State

4:00 pm 11:00 am 1:00 pm 11:00 am 4:00 pm 1:00 pm 3:00 pm 12:00 pm 5:00 pm 6:00 pm 11:00 am 1:00 pm 10:00 am 4:00 pm

MARCH

2 vs, Houston* 1:00 pm 2 vs. Houston* 3:00 pm 3 vs. Houston* 11:00 am 7-9 The American Athletic Conference Championship TBA * Denotes American Athletic Conference match & Denotes Tiger Classic (Baton Rouge, La.) $ Denotes FIU Invitational (Miami, Fla.) # Denotes Blues City Classic (Memphis, Tenn.) % Denotes Cowgirl Classic (Lake Charles, La.) ^ Denotes FAU Parents Weekend Tournament (Boca Raton, Fla.) * Denotes College of Charleston Invitational ( Charleston, SC.) All times Eastern and subject to change

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T IGERS TIGERS NOTEBOOK • The Tigers tied a school record with 10 triples in 2014. Sophomore outfielder Lindsay Crowdus set a school record with seven triples in 2014 and led the conference. She finished third in the nation in the category and third in the NCAA in triples per game with 0.13. • 2014 graduate pitcher Ellen Roberts played in the ISF XIV World Championship games this past summer in the Netherlands as a member of the Australian National Team. Australia placed third with Roberts going 2-0 with seven strikeouts and no earned runs in seven innings. • Freshman pitcher Katie Brignac was named the 2013-14 Gatorade Louisiana Softball Player of the Year. She was also named the 2014 New Orleans Advocate Female Athlete of the year after posting a 22-2 record in the circle with a 0.28 ERA and 294 strikeouts as a senior at John Curtis Christian (New Orleans, La.). • Sophomore infielder Brittany Vaughn reached based in 16 consecutive games to start her career last year. The streak ranks fifth in school history. Vaughn’s 33 RBI last year were the second most by a Memphis freshman and ranks sixth in school history.

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SOPHOMORE BRITTANY VAUGHN

Batting avg: Lindsay Crowdus, .349 Slugging pct: Georganna Goodwin, .521 On base pct: Lindsay Crowdus, .403 Runs scored: Brittany Vaughn/Lindsay Crowdus , 28 Hits: Lindsay Crowdus, 59 Runs batted in: Brittany Vaughn, 33 Doubles: Brittany Vaughn, 11 Triples: Lindsay Crowdus, 7 Home runs: Georganna Goodwin, 4

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JUNIOR CIERRA MANGUM

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US F HEAD COACH KEN ERIKSEN USF ‘84

2 0 15 S C H E D U L E QUICK FACTS Location: Tampa, Fla. Founded: 1956 Enrollment: 45,074 Nickname: Bulls Colors: Green & Gold President: Dr. Judy Genshaft Director of Athletics: Mark Harlan Assistant Coaches: Monica Triner, Avon Meacham, Carmela Liwag 2014 Overall Record: 43-17

Career Record/Years 782-400-1/18 Years Record at USF/Years 782-400-1/18 Years

JUNIOR ERICA NUNN

2014 American Record/Finish: 13-5/2nd

Position Starters Returning/Lost: 7/3 Letterwinners Returning/Lost: 16/7 Newcomers: 8 Softball Contact: Sean Barows E-mail: sbarows@usf.edu Web site: www.gousfbulls.com Twitter: @USFSoftball

SOPHOMORE JULI WEBER

2 0 15 R O S T E R No. 00 1 5 7 8 9 10 11 13 14 15 17 19 20 21 25 29 34 38 41

Name Meredith Bissette Kristen Wyckoff D’Anna Devine Karla Claudio Kassandra Moeller Juli Weber Lauren Evans Susan Wysocki Monica Santos Cassidy Boyle Kenya Yancy Morgan Litchfield Lee Ann Spivey Erica Nunn Allie Patierno Meagan Leddy Morgan Gross Veronica Gajownik Amber Donovan Astin Donovan

Pos. IF 2B OF P/UTL 3B/C OF 1B P IF SS OF 1B/C C/OF P OF 1B C IF 3B OF

B/T L/R L/R L/R R/R L/R L/R R/R R/R R/R R/R R/R R/R R/R L/L R/R L/L R/R R/R R/R L/R

Ht. 5-6 5-6 5-7 5-7 5-3 5-6 5-11 6-0 4-10 5-8 5-6 5-8 5-7 5-10 5-8 5-7 5-7 5-7 5-8 5-5

Cl. FR SO SR SR SO SO FR RS FR JR FR FR JR JR JR SR SR FR SR JR FR

Hometown/Previous School Raleigh, N.C. (Leesville Road HS) Sparta, N.J. (Sparta HS) Morrisville, Pa. (Pennsbury HS) San Lorenzo, Puerto Rico (Santa Fe State College) Fredericksburg, Va. (Courtland HS) Hegins, Pa. (Tri-Valley) Land O’ Lakes, Fla. (Academy at the Lakes) Cherry Hill, N.J. (Camden Catholic HS) Tampa, Fla. (Wharton HS) Buchanan, N.Y. (Hendrick Hudson HS) Bradenton, Fla. (Braden River HS) Tampa, Fla. (Gaither HS) Palm Coast, Fla. (Palm Coast HS) Apex, N.C. (Holly Springs HS) Montville, N.J. (Montville HS) Jacksonville, Fla. (Stanton College Prep) Reno, Nev. (Earl Wooster HS) Winter Park, Fla. (Indian River State College) Guilford, Conn. (Liberty University) Guilford, Conn. (Mercy HS)

FEBRUARY

5 6 7 7 8 13 13 14 14 15 20 20 21 21 22 27 27 28 28

vs. Hampton& vs. Illinois State& vs. vs. Michigan& vs. Jacksonville& vs. Florida& vs. St. Johns$ vs. Detroit$ vs. Tennessee$ vs. Fordham$ vs. FGCU$ vs. Auburn# vs. Marshall# vs. Dartmouth# vs. TBD# vs. TBD# vs. Illinois% vs. Georgia Southern% vs. Sacred Heart% vs. Illinois-Chicago%

7:00 p.m. 6:30 p.m. 6:00 p.m. 8:15 p.m. 4:00 p.m. 3:45 p.m. 8:15 p.m. 3:45 p.m. 8:15 p.m. 2:30 p.m. 2:45 p.m. 5:00 p.m. 12:15 p.m. TBA 11:30 a.m. 1:45 p.m. 4:15 p.m. 2:45 p.m. 5:00 p.m.

MARCH

1 3 4 6 6 7 7 10 10 11 11 13 13 14 14 17 17 21 21 22 28 28 29

vs. Georgia State% 12:00 p.m. vs. Maine 6:00 p.m. vs. Boston College 6:00 p.m. vs. Wisconsin^ 1:45 p.m. vs. Portland State^ 4:15 p.m. vs. Toledo^ 1:45 p.m. vs. Mercer^ 4:15 p.m. vs. Yale 5:00 p.m. vs. Maine 7:15 p.m. vs. Lehigh 5:00 p.m. vs. Georgetown 7:15 p.m. vs. Iowa State@ 1:45 p.m. vs. Boston U.@ 4:15 p.m. vs. Wisconsin-Green Bay@1:45 p.m. vs. Towson@ 4:15 p.m. vs. Hartford 5:00 p.m. vs. Canisius 7:15 p.m. at Houston* 1:00 p.m. at Houston* 3:45p.m. at Houston* 1:00 p.m. vs. Tulsa* 1:00 p.m. vs. Tulsa* 3:45 p.m. vs. Tulsa* 11:00 a.m

APRIL

3 3 4 8 15 18 18 19 25 25 26

at UConn* at UConn* at UConn* at FGCU at Florida vs. East Carolina* vs. East Carolina* vs. East Carolina* vs. Memphis* vs. Memphis* vs. Memphis*

12:00 p.m. 2:45 p.m. 12:00 p.m. 6:00 p.m. 6:05 p.m. 1:00 p.m. 3:45 p.m. 1:00 p.m. 1:00 p.m. 3:45 p.m. 11:00 a.m.

MAY

1 at UCF * 6:30 p.m. 2 at UCF* 12:00 p.m. 2 at UCF* 2:45p.m. 3 at UCF* 12:00 p.m. 7-9 The American Athletic Conference Championship TBA * Denotes American Athletic Conference match & Denotes USF Softball Classic $ Denotes USF Presidents Weekend Tournament # Denotes USF Wilson DeMarini Tournament % Denotes USF Under Armour Invitational ^ Denotes USF Under Armour Showcase @ Denotes USF Michele Smith Spring Break Tournament All times Eastern and subject to change

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BUL LS BULLS NOTEBOOK • The Bulls are coming off of a 43-17 season where they advanced to the NCAA tournament for the third straight season & 12th time overall in school history. • USF returns 60 percent of its run production from a year ago and two of its top three players in batting average (Kristen Wyckoff & Juli Weber). • The Bulls return four of their five pitchers from last season’s staff that finished third in the country in strikeouts per seven innings. • The Bulls have a handful of players with international experience. Karla Claudio and Monica Santos both represented the Puerto Rican National Team at this summer’s ISF Women’s World Championships. Lee Ann Spivey and Erica Nunn have also played on the USA Junior National Team

JUNIOR LEE ANN SPIVEY

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Batting avg: Kassandra Moeller, .400 Slugging pct: Kassandra Moeller, .600 On base pct: Kassandra Moeller, .667 Runs scored: Juli Weber/Lee Ann Spivey, 22 Hits: Juli Weber, 53 Runs batted in: Lee Ann Spivey, 33 Doubles: Juli Weber, 9 Triples: Allie Patierno, Lee Ann Spivey, 1 Home runs: Lee Ann Spivey, 10

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SENIOR KARLA CLAUDIO

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TU LSA HEAD COACH JOHN BARGFELDT Anderson â&#x20AC;&#x2122;81

2 0 15 S C H E D U L E QUICK FACTS Location: Tulsa, Okla. Founded: 1894 Enrollment: 4,597 Nickname: Golden Hurricane Colors: Old Gold, Royal Blue, Crimson President: Dr. Steadman Upham Director of Athletics: Dr. Derrick Gragg Assistant Coaches: Crissy Strimple, Kirin Kumar 2014 Overall Record: 53-9 2014 C-USA Record/Finish: 19-4/1st Position Starters Returning/Lost: 5/3 Pitching Starters Returning/Lost: 2/1 Letterwinners Returning: 11 Newcomers: 4 Softball Contact: Eric Hollier E-mail: eric-hollier@utulsa.edu Website: www.tulsahurricane.com Twitter: @TulsaSoftball

Career Record/Years 352-169-1/10 Years Record at Tulsa/Years 352-169-1/10 Years

SOPHOMORE BAILEY ERWIN

SENIOR JULIE KERNAN

2 0 15 R O S T E R No. 1 2 3 5 7 11 12 13 20 25 27 30 48 63 99

Name Jodi Edmiston Catherine Horner Jocelyn Sheffield Maddie Withee Caitlin Sill Kate Myers Shelby Estocado Julie Kernen Maggie Withee Emily Watson Bailey Erwin Brittany Walker Kaitlin Allen Erica Sampson Lexi Blevins

Pos. OF C/INF INF OF/C P IF IF IF IF P P IF/OF IF/OF C/OF P

B/T R/R R/R R/R R/R R/R R/R R/R R/R L/R R/R R/R R/R R/R R/R R/R

Ht. 5-4 5-5 5-11 5-3 5-9 5-4 5-8 5-9 5-3 5-10 6-4 5-3 5-2 5-6 6-0

Cl. JR JR JR SO JR FR FR SR SO FR SR SO JR SR FR

Hometown/Previous School Haskell, Okla. (Haskell HS) La Canada, Calif. (La Canada HS) St. Louis, Mo. (Westminster Christian Academy) Arlington, Texas (James Bowie HS) Tuttle, Okla. (Tuttle HS) Jenks, Okla. (Jenks HS) Las Vegas, Nev. (Bishop Gorman HS) St. Louis, Mo. (Oakville HS) Arlington, Texas (James Bowie HS) Edmond, Okla. (Deer Creek HS) Claremore, Okla. (Univ. of Missouri) Mansfield, Texas (Mansfield Legacy HS) Tulsa, Okla. (Florida State Univ.) Tahlequah, Okla. (Univ. of Oklahoma) Romoland, Calif. (Heritage HS)

FEBRUARY

6 6 7 7 8 13 13 14 14 15 20 20 21 21 22 27 27 28

vs. Santa Clara^ at Grand Canyon^ vs. Santa Clara^ at Grand Canyon^ vs. Northern Colorado^ vs. Michigan State& at Florida Atlantic& vs. Maryland& vs. Drexel& vs. Providence& vs. Oregon$ at Baylor$ vs. North Texas$ vs. Abilene Christian$ vs. TBD$ vs. Northern Iowa# vs. Creighton# vs. Nebraska#

1:30 p.m. 4 p.m. 11 a.m. 6:30 p.m. 11 a.m. 2:45 p.m. 5 p.m. 8 a.m. 10:15 a.m. 10:15 a.m. 2 p.m. 6:30 p.m. 11:45 a.m. 2 p.m. TBA 2:30 p.m. 4:45 p.m. 12:15 p.m.

MARCH

1 6 6 7 7 10 13 13 14 14 15 16 18 21 21 22 24 25 28 28 29 31

vs. North Texas# 1 pm vs. TBD! TBA at TBD! TBA vs. TBD! TBA at TBD! TBA at Arkansas 5 pm vs. Mississippi Valley St.@ 12:30 pm at Texas Tech@ 5:30 pm at Texas Tech@ 3 pm vs. Mississippi Valley St.@ 5:30 pm vs. Mississippi Valley St.@ 11 am at North Texas 2 pm vs. Iowa 4 pm vs. Memphis* 1 pm vs. Memphis* 4 pm vs. Memphis* Noon vs. Wichita State TBA at Oklahoma State TBA at USF* 11 am at USF* 1 pm at USF* 10 am vs. Arkansas 5 pm

APRIL

3 vs. UCF* 3 vs. UCF* 4 vs. UCF* 7 at Wichita State 11 at East Carolina* 11 at East Carolina* 12 at East Carolina* 15 vs. Oklahoma State 16 at Oklahoma State 18 vs. Kansas 19 vs. Kansas 25 vs. Houston* 25 vs. Houston* 26vs. Houston* 29 vs. Missouri State

2:00 pm 4:00 pm 12:00 pm 5:00 pm 12:00 pm 2:00 pm 11:00 am 5:00 pm 7:00 pm 1:00 pm 1:00 pm 1:00 pm 3:00 pm 12:00 pm 3:00 pm

MAY

1 Houston * 7 pm 2 at UConn* 11:00 am 2 at UConn* 1:00 pm 3 at UConn* 11:00 am 15 at Memphis * 7:30 pm 7-9 The American Athletic Conference Championship TBA * Denotes American Athletic Conference match ^ Denotes Grand Canyon Tournament (Phoenix, Az) & Denotes FAU Tournament (Boca Raton, Fla.) $ Denotes Baylor Tournament (Waco, Texas) # Denotes Tulsa Tournament ! Denotes New Mexico State Tournament (Las Cruces, N.M.) @ Denotes Texas Tech Tournament (Lubbock, TX) All times Eastern and subject to change

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GR E EN WAVE GOLDEN HURRICANE NOTEBOOK • Tulsa is playing its first softball season as a member of the American Athletic Conference. TU was previously a member of Conference USA, where it won five regular season and four tournament championships in nine years. • The Golden Hurricane enters 2015 with an opportunity to follow up a 2014 campaign in which it finished 53-9, won the C-USA regular season and tournament championships, played in its seventh NCAA Tournament, and set 30 team and individual single season records. • Tulsa Head Coach John Bargfeldt is in his 10th season at Tulsa. He has compiled a 352-169-1 record (.675) through nine seasons. The Hurricane has averaged 39 wins per year during his tenure. • The Hurricane returns 11 players, including six position players that started at least 35 games last year, and welcomes four freshmen for 2015.

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SENIOR ERICA SAMPSON

Batting avg: Brittany Walker, .333 Slugging pct: Jocelyn Sheffield, .706 On base pct: Kaitlin Allen, .452 Runs scored: Erica Sampson, 51 Hits: Erica Sampson, 61 Runs batted in: Erica Sampson, 45 Doubles: Julie Kernen, 17 Triples: Maggie Withee, 3 Home runs: Erica Sampson, 13

SENIOR JULIE KERNEN

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2014 REV IEW UCF KNIGHTS (43-18 Overall/15-3 American) FEBRUARY 7 Long Island W, 3-2 Kansas W, 1-0 9 Fordham W, 2-1 14 Illinois-Chicago W, 5-1 Middle Tennessee W, 2-1 15 James Madison W, 3-2 Florida A&M W, 1-0 19 at 10/10 Florida State L, 1-6 21-23 Easton Bama Bash (Tuscaloosa, Ala.) 21 vs. McNeese State W, 5-2 at 9/7 Alabama L, 3-8 22 at 9/7 Alabama L, 0-1 vs. McNeese State L, 2-8 23 vs. Virginia Tech L, 0-1 28 SIU-Edwardsville (8 inn.) L, 2-3 Princeton W, 4-0 MARCH 1 College of Charleston L, 0-1 SIU-Edwardsville W, 5-1 5 Boston College (5 inn.) W, 9-1 Jacksonville W, 4-2 8 Colgate W, 2-0 Penn W, 3-0 9 Troy W, 4-1 Bowling Green W, 2-0 11 SIU-Carbondale L, 4-5 12 Florida Atlantic W, 2-0 Yale W, 4-0 13 FIU L, 5-9 22/22 Notre Dame W, 3-0 17 Marist (5 inn.) W, 11-0 18 Purdue L, 1-2 Iona W, 7-0 22 Memphis * W, 1-0 Memphis * W, 1-0 23 Memphis * W, 7-1 26 4/4 Florida L, 6-10 APRIL 2 at North Florida W, 5-3 5 Rutgers * W, 4-0 Rutgers * (6 inn.) W, 8-0 6 Rutgers * L, 1-4 9 at Stetson W, 1-0 12 at USF * L, 0-4 at USF * W, 3-1 13 at USF W, 2-1 15 Bethune-Cookman W, 6-0 18 Louisville * L, 0-1 Louisville * W, 3-2 19 Louisville * W, 5-1 22 Stetson L, 0-3 26 Houston * W, 7-1 Houston * W, 7-2 27 Houston * W, 7-5 MAY 3 at UConn * W, 7-4 at UConn * W, 3-0 4 at UConn * W, 12-5 8 vs. UConn + W, 6-0 10 vs. Rutgers + W, 8-5 11 vs. Louisville + L, 2-3 16 vs. Stetson ^ L, 4-6 (8) 17 vs. Florida A&M^ W, 2-1 17 vs. Stetson ^ W, 6-4 18 at No. 6 Florida^ L, 0-7

UCONN HUSKIES (13-38 Overall/3-17 American) FEBRUARY 21-23 Lead-Off Classic (Clearwater, Fla.) 21 vs. Hofstra L, 3-7 vs. DePaul (5 inn.) L, 0-8 22 vs. College of Charleston L, 0-5 vs. UMass L, 7-8 23 vs. Illinois State (8 inn.) L, 2-3 28-Mar. 2 Texas A&M Invitational (College Station, Texas) 28 vs. Texas A&M-Corpus Christi (5 inn.) W, 10-2 at 13/18 Texas A&M (5 inn.) L, 4-14 MARCH 1 vs. Texas A&M-Corpus Christi (6 inn.) L, 0-8 at 13/18 Texas A&M L, 1-6 2 vs. Wisconsin (6 inn.) L, 2-7 8-9 Winthrop Adidas Invitational (Rock Hill, S.C.) 8 vs. Eastern Kentucky W, 3-2 vs. Wright State W, 6-1 9 vs. Norfolk State L, 2-7 vs. Youngstown State (8 inn.) W, 3-2 14-16 USF Spring Break Tournament (Clearwater, Fla.) 14 vs. Central Michigan L, 2-6 vs. Wagner W, 8-2 15 vs. Miami (Ohio) L, 1-4 vs. 12/12 Baylor L, 1-2 16 vs. Wisconsin-Green Bay (9 inn.) L, 1-3 18 at Florida Gulf Coast L, 1-3 18 at Florida Gulf Coast L, 0-7 20 at Florida Atlantic L, 2-9 22 at USF * L, 2-6 at USF * L, 6-7 23 at USF * (5 inn.) L, 8-0 29 Memphis * W, 4-1 Memphis * (6 inn.) W, 9-6 APRIL 2 at Boston University L, 1-3 3 at Quinnipiac L, 10-11 5 Houston * (5 inn.) L, 2-12 Houston * (5 inn.) L, 2-16 6 Houston * L, 4-8 8 at Massachusetts (5 inn.) L, 0-11 9 Providence W, 4-3 10 Fairfield W, 5-3 12 at Louisville * L, 0-6 at Louisville * (5 inn.) L, 1-9 13 at Louisville * (5 inn.) L, 1-9 16 Hartford (5 inn.) W, 12-1 18 Temple * (10 inn.) W, 5-4 Temple * L, 2-4 19 Temple * (8 inn.) L, 2-3 22 at Bryant W, 10-2 24 Massachusetts W, 4-2 26 at Rutgers * L, 0-5 at Rutgers * L, 3-4 27 at Rutgers * L, 3-7 MAY 3 UCF * L, 4-7 UCF * L, 0-3 4 UCF * W, 12-5 8 vs. UCF + L, 0-6 Asterisk denotes conference game + American Athletic Conference Championship, Houston, Texas

EAST CAROLINA PIRATES (28-20/14-10 Conference USA) FEBRUARY 7-9 Red Desert Classic 7 vs. Grand Canyon vs. BYU 8 vs. Utah State vs. Southern Utah 9 vs. Nevada 15-16 Pirate Snow Classic 15 vs. Delaware State vs. Drexel Seton Hall vs. Drexel vs. Delaware State 16 Delaware State vs. Seton Hall Drexel vs. Delaware State vs. Seton Hall vs. Drexel 21-23 Diamond 9 Citrus Classic 21 vs. Albany vs. South Alabama 22 vs. Mercer vs. Georgia 23 vs. Delaware vs. Fairfield MARCH 1 vs. Tennessee Tech vs. Tennessee Tech 2 vs. Tennessee Tech 8 vs. UAB * vs. UAB * 9 vs. UAB * 11 vs. Eastern Illinois vs. Eastern Illinois 15 at Charlotte * at Charlotte * 16 at Charlotte * 21 vs. Marshall * vs. Marshall * 22 vs. Marshall * 26 at North Carolina 29 at Florida International * at Florida International * 30 at Florida International * APRIL 5 vs. Southern Miss * vs. Southern Miss * 6 vs. Southern Miss * 9 at North Carolina State at North Carolina State 12 at Tulsa * at Tulsa * 13 at Tulsa * 18 vs. Elon vs. Elon 19 vs. Elon 26 at Louisiana Tech * at Louisiana Tech * 27 at Louisiana Tech * 30 at James Madison at James Madison MAY 3 vs. UTEP * vs. UTEP * 4 vs. UTEP * C-USA Tournament 8 vs. FIU 9 vs. Marshall

W, 8-4 L, 13-5 (6) L, 12-3 (5) W, 6-3 L, 10-0 (5) 2:30 p.m. ET 4:30 p.m. ET W, 6-4 10:00 a.m. ET 12:00 p.m. ET W, 11-6 W, 14-1 (5) W, 7-6 L, 6-1 Cancelled Cancelled W, 9-1 W, 5-4 W, 7-1 W, 4-3 (8) W, 4-0 W, 2-1 L, 5-4 (8) W, 7-1 L, 12-3 (6) L, 7-6 (12) W, 4-3 W, 11-6 L, 4-0 L, 9-1 (6) L, 7-1 W, 9-1 (6) L, 6-1 L, 11-9 L, 2-0 W, 12-2 (5) W, 8-0 (5) W, 5-1 W, 12-1 (5) L, 7-2 L, 5-4 (11) L, 11-9 W, 10-2 (5) L, 8-3 W, 4-2 W, 6-0 Cancelled L, 6-2 W, 7-0 W, 1-0 Cancelled Cancelled W, 6-3 W, 2-1 L, 4-1 W, 5-1 L, 8-7 (8)

Asterisk denotes conference game

Asterisk denotes conference game + American Athletic Conference Championship, Houston, Texas ^ NCAA Championship

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201 4 REVIEW HOUSTON COUGARS (33-23 Overall/13-8 American) FEBRUARY 14-16 Houston Hilton Plaza Classic (Houston, Texas) 14 Sam Houston State W, 11-5 9/8 Nebraska L, 1-4 15 Army W, 6-0 Sam Houston State W, 13-5 16 Army W, 6-2 Stephen F. Austin W, 7-3 21-23 Houston Invite (Houston, Texas) 21 Nicholls State (6 inn.) W, 15-1 Columbia (5 inn.) W, 17-0 22 Columbia W, 5-2 North Dakota State L, 1-3 23 Nicholls State (5 inn.) W, 12-4 28-Mar. 2 Crimson Tide Invite (Tuscaloosa, Ala.) 28 vs. 9/11 Florida State L, 1-7 at 11/10 Alabama L, 4-11 MARCH 1 at 11/10 Alabama (5 inn.) L, 1-12 vs. Purdue W, 4-2 2 vs. Purdue L, 2-5 3 North Texas L, 1-6 6-8 Judi Garmen Classic (Fullerton, Calif.) 6 vs. Texas L, 1-5 7 vs. Long Beach State L, 5-7 vs. 5/4 Michigan W, 5-2 8 vs. Fresno State W, 4-2 vs. 7/8 Arizona (9 inn.) L, 5-6 19 at Texas W, 5-4 22 Temple * (5 inn.) W, 8-0 Temple * (5 inn.) W, 8-0 23 Temple * W, 7-6 29 Louisville * W, 6-5 Louisville * W, 4-0 30 Louisville * W, 8-5 APRIL 2 Striking Out Breast Cancer Game at 18/21 Texas A&M W, 2-1 5 at UConn * (5 inn.) W, 12-2 at UConn * (5 inn.) W, 16-2 6 at UConn * W, 8-4 8 12/12 Baylor (8 inn.) L, 0-3 Baylor W, 3-2 12 at Memphis * (11 inn.) W, 12-5 at Memphis * W, 9-0 13 at Memphis * L, 5-6 16 at Lamar W, 5-2 at Lamar W, 7-1 18 USF * L, 5-6 USF * L, 2-4 19 USF * L, 2-5 23 Houston Baptist W, 2-1 Houston Baptist (8 inn.) L, 5-6 26 at UCF * L, 1-7 at UCF * L, 2-7 27 at UCF * L, 5-7 30 at Texas A&M-Corpus Christi W, 9-4 MAY 3 Rutgers * (10 inn.) L, 0-1 Rutgers * W, 7-2 4 Rutgers * W, 4-2 8 Rutgers + L, 1-5 16 vs. Tulsa ^ L, 1-2 17 vs. Northwestern State ^ W, 7-6 27 vs. Tulsa ^ L, 6-10 Asterisk denotes conference game + American Athletic Conference Championship, Houston, Texas ^ NCAA Championship

MEMPHIS TIGERS (23-33 Overall/5-15 American)

USF BULLS (43-17 Overall/13-5 American)

FEBRUARY 7-9 Troy Subway Invitational (Troy, Ala.) 7 vs. Middle Tennessee W, 3-2 8 vs. Kennesaw State (8 inn.) L, 3-4 at Troy (5 inn.) L, 0-9 9 vs. North Florida L, 1-2 14-16 Ragin’ Cajuns Invitational (Lafayette, La.) 14 vs. Boston College (11 inn.) W, 5-3 vs. 6/4 Michigan L, 0-5 15 vs. Boston College (5 inn.) W, 9-1 at 20/20 Louisiana-Lafayette (6 inn.) L, 2-13 16 vs. Valparaiso W, 7-3 21-23 Blues City Classic (Southaven, Miss.) 21 Morehead State W, 14-2 22 Missouri State W, 3-2 23 Southeast Missouri W, 6-1 28-Mar. 2 Mississippi Gulf Coast Classic (Gulfport, Miss.) 28 vs. Texas State L, 0-2 MARCH 1 vs. Mississippi State L, 2-3 vs. Nicholls State W, 8-2 2 vs. 24/25 Louisiana-Lafayette L, 2-3 7-8 Stetson Classic (DeLand, Fla.) 7 at Stetson (5 inn.) L, 0-8 8 vs. South Dakota L, 1-2 at Stetson L, 7-9 9 vs. Bethune-Cookman W, 4-0 12 Jackson State W, 6-5 Jackson State (6 inn.) W, 8-0 13 at Central Arkansas (6 inn.) L, 1-9 14 at Arkansas-Pine Bluff W, 8-3; at Arkansas-Pine Bluff (5 inn.) W, 10-2 18 Mississippi State L, 1-2 19 vs. Arkansas (Sherwood, Ark.) L, 0-4 22 at UCF * L, 0-1 at UCF * L, 0-1 23 at UCF * L, 1-7 26 Lipscomb (8 inn.) L, 1-3 29 at UConn * L, 1-4 at UConn * (6 inn.) L, 6-9 APRIL 2 Austin Peay (6 inn.) W, 9-1 Austin Peay W, 8-5 5 Temple * L, 0-1 Temple * W, 6-4 6 Temple * W, 1-0 9 UT Martin L, 0-2 12 Houston * (11 inn.) L, 5-12 Houston * L, 0-9 13 Houston * W, 6-5 15 Mississippi Valley State W, 4-0 18 at Rutgers * (8 inn.) L, 1-3 at Rutgers * (5 inn.) L, 2-14 19 at Rutgers * W, 4-3 23 Alcorn State (5 inn.) W, 9-0 Alcorn State (6 inn.) W, 9-0 26 at USF * L, 1-2 at USF * (5 inn.) L, 0-12 27 at USF * (5 inn.) L, 0-10 30 Murray State L, 3-4 MAY 3 Louisville * W, 3-2 Louisville * L, 0-6 4 Louisville * L, 2-6 8 vs. USF + L, 3-5

FEBRUARY 6 4/3 Florida L, 3-10 Bethune-Cookman (5 inn.) W, 9-0 8 5/4 Michigan L, 2-3 14 Wright State W, 8-6 Binghamton L, 0-1 15 Pittsburgh W, 5-1 1/2 Tennessee L, 2-3 16 Illinois W, 2-1 21-23 NFCA Lead-Off Classic (Clearwater, Fla.) 21 vs. Illinois State W, 5-0 vs. Hofstra L, 1-7 22 vs. James Madison W, 3-0 vs. 20/22 Louisiana-Lafayette W, 8-5 23 vs. College of Charleston W, 6-2 28 15/14 Stanford W, 3-2 Central Arkansas (5 inn.) W, 10-1 MARCH 1 St. Bonaventure (6 inn.) W, 8-0 Loyola Marymount (5 inn.) W, 10-0 2 Villanova (6 inn.) W, 8-0 Maine W, 8-2 4 Maine (5 inn.) W, 8-0 Western Michigan W, 7-0 7 Northwestern L, 2-7 Kansas L, 3-9 9 Utah W, 7-4 Saint Joseph’s W, 5-0 11 Central Michigan (5 inn.) W, 9-1 Yale W, 2-0 12 Providence W, 2-1 Penn W, 1-0 14-16 USF Spring Break Tournament (Clearwater, Fla.) 14 vs. 12/12 Baylor L, 0-3 vs. Massachusetts W, 3-0 16 vs. Wagner W, 6-1 Marist (6 inn.) W, 8-0 19 Central Connecticut State W, 3-2 22 UConn * W, 6-2 UConn * W, 7-6 23 UConn * (5 inn.) W, 8-0 APRIL 5 Louisville * L, 1-5 Louisville * L, 0-3 6 Louisville * L, 1-3 12 UCF * W, 4-0 UCF * L, 1-3 13 UCF * L, 1-2 18 at Houston * W, 6-5 at Houston * W, 4-2 19 at Houston * W, 5-2 23 at 3/5 Florida (5 inn.) L, 1-17 26 Memphis * W, 2-1 Memphis * (5 inn.) W, 12-0 27 Memphis * (5 inn.) W, 10-0 MAY 3 at Temple * (5 inn.) W, 8-0 at Temple * W, 3-1 4 at Temple * W, 12-0 at Temple W, 7-1 8 vs. Memphis + W, 5-3 9 vs. Louisville + (6 inn.) L, 0-8 17 vs. No. 3 Florida State ^ (11 inn.) L, 0-2 17 vs. South Carolina ^ W, 3-2 18 vs. No. 3 Florida State ^ L, 1-2

Asterisk denotes conference game + American Athletic Conference Championship, Houston, Texas

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2014 REV IEW TULSA GOLDEN HURRICANE (53-9 Overall/19-14 Conference USA) FEBRUARY 7-9 FAU Kick-Off Classic (Boca Raton, Fla.) 7 St. Johnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s W, 4-1 Ohio State W, 1-0 (8) 8 No. 18 Louisville W, 4-0 at FAU L, 0-1 (8) 9 Northern Illinois W, 2-1 14-16 Aggie Classic (College Station, Texas) 14 NcNeese State W, 5-4 (8) Oregon State W, 9-1 (6) 15 Oregon State W, 4-0 NcNeese State W, 3-2 16 at No. 8 Texas A&M W, 5-2 21-23 Ga Tech/Kennesaw State Crossover (Atlanta/ Kennesaw, Ga.) 21 at Kennesaw State W, 1-0 at Kennesaw State W, 6-1 22 at Georgia Tech W, 11-3 at Georgia Tech L, 1-2 23 Georgia State W, 8-2 28-2 Tulsa Tournament (Tulsa, Okla.) 28 Creighton W, 3-0 Creighton W, 8-0 (6) MARCH 1 Northwestern State W, 9-0 (5) 7-9 Courtyard Marriott Tournament (Norman, Okla.) 7 Liberty W, 23-1 (5) Western Illinois W, 7-3 9 at No. 19 Oklahoma L, 0-1 10 Western Illinois W, 8-0 (5) 11 Western Illinois W, 7-6 12 Arkansas W, 6-1 15 at Marshall* W, 13-1 (5) at Marshall* W, 4-2 16 at Marshall* W, 6-4 (6) 19 Bradley W, 8-2 22 Charlotte* W, 7-0 Charlotte* W, 9-0 (5) 23 Charlotte* W, 10-1 (5) 26 at Missouri State W, 11-0 29 UTEP* W, 6-0 UTEP* W, 6-0 30 UTEP* W, 13-0 (5) APRIL 1 Wichita State W, 9-3 2 Central Arkansas W, 10-2 (5) 5 at UAB* W, 2-1 at UAB* L, 2-4 9 at Arkansas W, 4-1 12 East Carolina* W, 11-9 East Carolina* L, 2-10 (5) 13 East Carolina* W, 8-3 18 at UTSA* W, 4-0 at UTSA* W, 12-11 19 at UTSA* W, 2-1 (11) 23 at Oklahoma State W, 1-0 26 Middle Tennessee* W, 8-0 (5) Middle Tennessee* W, 6-1 27 Middle Tennessee* W, 9-4 30 Oklahoma State W, 1-0 MAY 3 No. 13/8 Louisville* L, 1-3 3 at North Texas* W, 7-3 (9) at North Texas* L, 2-3 4 at North Texas* L, 8-11 8 vs. Charlotte W, 1-0 9 vs. North Texas W, 7-1 10 vs. Marshall W, 8-0 (6) 16 vs. Houston # W, 2-1 17 vs. No. 17 Baylor # L, 1-2 vs. Houston # W, 10-6 18 vs. No. 17 Baylor # W, 1-0 (11) vs. No. 17 Baylor # L, 1-3 Asterisk denotes conference game # NCAA Waco Regional @ Waco, Texa

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THE AMERICAN AMONG 2014 NCAA LEADERS

Individual Leaders (Top 50)

Team Leaders (Top 50)

Earned Run Average 14. Sara Nevins, USF 16. Shelby Turnier, UCF

Double Plays Per Game 10. Houston 0.52

Hit By Pitch Per Game 9. Kendra Cullum, Houston

1.28 1.32 0.44

Hits Allowed Per Seven Innings 6. Sara Nevins, USF 3.39 20. Shelby Turnier, UCF 4.41 22. Erica Nunn, USF 4.43

Earned Run Average 6. UCF 1.54 30. USF 2.14 Fielding Percentage 35. USF .970 Scoring 35. Houston

5.75

Home Runs 40. Kourtney Salvarola, USF

Stolen Bases Per Game 5. UCF 2.20

Saves 27. Erica Nunn, USF Sara Nevins, USF Ellen Roberts, Memphis

3 3 3

Winning Percentage 33. USF .720

Shutouts 13. Sara Nevins, USF 24. Shelby Turnier, UCF

8 7

THE AMERICAN in the 2014 RPI Stolen Bases 32. Kahley Novak, UCF

0.55

Strikeouts 11. Sara Nevins, USF 42. Shelby Turnier, UCF 43. Mackenzie Audas, UCF

238 184 183

Strikeouts Per Seven Innings 8. Sara Nevins, USF 9.8 12. Shelby Turnier, UCF 9.3 26. Erica Nunn, USF 8.5 Triples 1. Lindsay Crowdus, Mem. 7. Stephanie Medina, USF 27. Kahley Novak, UCF

7 5 4

Triples Per Game 1. Lindsay Crowdus, Mem. 23. Stephanie Medina, USF

0.15 0.11

Victories 10. Sara Nevins, USF

Walks 12. Haley Outon, Houston

0.85

2014 American Teams Rank School 28. UCF 30. USF 47. Houston 153. Memphis 207. UConn 231. Temple Teams Joining The American Rank School 23. Tulsa 92. East Carolina

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R E C OR D BOOK YEAR-BY-YEAR RESULTS 2014 UCF^ USF Louisville* Houston Rutgers Temple Memphis UConn

Conference W L Pct. 15 3 .833 13 5 .722 14 7 .667 13 8 .619 9 9 .500 5 13 .278 5 15 .250 3 17 .150

[^] Regular Season Champion

ANNUAL AWARD WINNERS Overall W L 43 18 43 17 36 22 33 23 28 19 15 30 23 33 13 38

Pct. .705 .717 .621 .589 .596 .333 .411 .255

Player of the Year 2014 Farrah Sullivan, UCF Pitcher of the Year 2014 Sara Nevins, USF Rookie of the Year 2014 Juli Weber, USF Coaching Staff of the Year 2014 UCF

[*] Tournament Champion

AMERICAN CHAMPIONSHIP RESULTS 2014 Cougar Stadium - Houston, Texas

NCAA CHAMPIONSHIP RESULTS 2014

Thursday, May 8 (American Digital Network) Game 1 - Louisville 5, Temple 3 Game 2 - USF 5, Memphis 3 Game 3 - UCF 6, UConn 0 Game 4 - Rutgers 5, Houston 1 Friday, May 9 (American Digital Network) Game 5 - Louisville 8, USF 0 (6 Innings) Saturday, May 10 (ESPN2) Game 6 - UCF 8, Rutgers 5 Sunday, May 11 (American Digital Network) Final - Louisville 3, UCF 2 Champion: Louisville

USF

defeated South Carolina 6-0 lost to Florida State 2-0 defeated South Carolina 3-2 lost to Florida State 2-1

UCF

lost to Stetson 6-4 defeated Florida A&M 2-1 defeated Stetson 6-4 lost to Florida 7-0

Houston

lost to Tulsa 2-1 defeated Northwestern State 7-6 lost to Tulsa 10-6

Louisville

lost to LSU 13-9 lost to Boston University 8-3

(Championship records listed on pages 35-37)

ANNUAL NCAA RESULTS Year

Teams

W-L

2014

5-8

ALL-TOURNAMENT TEAMS

ANNUAL NCAA RESULTS

2014 Juli Weber, CF, USF Alexis Durando, 1B, Rutgers Alyssa Landrith, P, Rutgers Samantha McCloskey, 1B, UCF Mariah Garcia, CF, UCF Mackenzie Audas, P, UCF Farrah Sullivan, 3B, UCF Kayla Soles, CF, Louisville Brittany Duncan, DH, Louisville Taner Fowler, C, Louisville Rachel LeCoq, P, Louisville Katie Keller, 2B, Louisville

School

Appearances

Record

Years

UCF Houston Louisville USF

1 1 1 1

2-2 1-2 0-2 2-2

2014 2014 2014 2014

Most Outstanding Player: Katie Keller, 2B, Louisville

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ALL CONFERENCE TEAMS

2014 Feb. 10 Player: Pitcher:

Kelsi Jones, Louisville Mackenzie Audas, UCF

Feb. 17 Player: Pitcher:

Loren Williams, Rutgers Sara Nevins, USF

Feb. 24 Player: Pitcher:

Hayley Outon, Houston Sara Nevins, USF

March 3 Player: Pitcher:

Kourtney Salvarola, USF Sara Nevins, USF

2014 First Team All-Conference P - Shelby Turnier, UCF P - Sara Nevins, USF C - Haley Outon, Houston 1B - Stephanie Medina, USF 2B - Katie Keller, Louisville SS - Kourtney Salvarola, USF 3B - Farrah Sullivan, UCF OF - Jackie Bates, Rutgers OF - Ashli Goff, USF OF - Juli Weber, USF UTL/P - Diedre Outon, Houston DP/UTL (Non-P) â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Taner Fowler, Louisville

March 10 Player: Pitcher:

Katie Keller, Louisville Shelby Turnier, UCF

March 17 Player: Pitcher:

Kourtney Salvarola, USF Sara Nevins, USF

March 24 Player: Pitcher:

Kahley Novak, UCF Shelby Turnier, UCF

March 31 Player: Pitcher:

Kendra Collum, Houston Maryssa Becker, Louisville

April 7 Player: Pitcher:

Katie Keller, Louisville Maryssa Becker, Louisville

April 14 Player: Pitcher:

Sarah Prezioso, Temple Mackenzie Audas, UCF

April 21 Player: Pitcher:

Chandler Howard, Rutgers Sara Nevins, USF

April 28 Player: Pitcher:

Farrah Sullivan, UCF Sara Nevins, USF

May 5 Player: Pitcher:

Jessica Ujvari, UCF Sara Nevins, USF

Second Team All-Conference P - Mackenzie Audas, UCF P - Maryssa Becker, Louisville C - Lee Ann Spivey, USF 1B - Alexis Durando, Rutgers 2B - Stephanie Huang, Rutgers SS - Selena Hernandez, Houston 3B - Whitney Arion, Louisville OF - Linnea Goodman, UCF OF - Kayla Soles, Louisville OF - Chandler Howard, Rutgers DP/UTL (Non-P) - Jessica Ujvari, UCF

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Home Runs

2014 NFCA All-Region Teams

NFCA All-America Teams

Total Bases

2014

117

Central Region Third Team C - Haley Outon, Houston OF - Katie St. Pierre, Houston UT/P - Ellen Roberts, Memphis

Third Team P - Sara Nevins, USF

Walks

Mideast Region First Team P - Sara Nevins, USF 2B - Kahley Novak, UCF OF - Ashli Goff, USF

Capital One Academic All-America Teams

Sac Bunts

Third Team C - Haley Outon, Houston

Stolen Bases

2014

Haley Outon, Houston Katie Keller, Louisville

2014 2014

BB Brittany Duncan, Louisville

Hit By Pitch 2014

Kendra Cullum, Houston Whitney Arion, Louisville Kahley Novak, UCF

HBP 24

Sac 15

SB 34

Second Team 1B - Stephanie Medina, USF 3B - Farrah Sullivan, UCF

Earned Run Average

ERA

2014

1.35

Third Team P - Shelby Turnier, UCF C - Lee Ann Spivey, USF SS - Kourtney Salvarola, USF

2014

Opposing Batting Average

2014

Points 48 44 37 29 23 15 15 13

2014

Avg. .418 .688

On-Base Percentage

Pct.

2014

.528

Runs Scored Katie Keller, Louisville

Runs Batted In 2014

Haley Outon, Houston

Doubles 2014

Triples 2014

RBI 55 19

3B Lindsay Crowdus, Memphis

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Farrah Sullivan, UCF

Avg. .500

Pct.

2014

.818

Sarah Prezioso, Temple

On-Base Percentage

Pct.

2014

.545

Sarah Prezioso, Temple

Runs Scored 2014

Selena Hernandez, Houston

Haley Outon, Houston Taner Fowler, Louisville Selena Hernandez, Houston

Doubles 2014

RBI 17

3B Kahley Novak, UCF

Home Runs 2014

2B Sarah Prezioso, Temple Kelsi Jones, Louisville Stephanie Huang, Rutgers

Triples 2014

Runs Hits

Chandler Howard, Rutgers

Runs Batted In

2B Katie Keller, Louisville

Slugging Percentage

Runs Hits

Katie Keller, Louisville

SV Erica Nunn, USF Maryssa Becker, Louisville

Batting Average

2014

Katie Keller, Louisville

W Sara Nevins, USF

INDIVIDUAL - CONFERENCE GAMES

Pct.

2014

Slugging Percentage Katie Keller, Louisville

IP 217.1 299

Sara Nevins, USF

Saves

INDIVIDUAL - ALL GAMES Katie Keller, Louisville

.144

2014

Wins

ANNUAL STATISTICAL LEADERS

2014

Sara Nevins, USF

AVG

Strikeouts

2014

Batting Average

Sara Nevins, USF

Innings Pitched

PRESEASON COACHESâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; POLL 2014 School (First Place Votes) 1. Louisville (6) 2. USF 3. Houston 4. UCF 5. Rutgers 6. UConn Memphis 8. Temple

Sara Nevins, USF

Haley Outon, Houston Taner Fowler, Louisville

HR 5

R EC ORD BOOK Total Bases 2014

Chandler Howard, Rutgers

Walks 2014

Kendra Cullum, Houston

Sac Bunts 2014

Brittany Solis, UCF

Stolen Bases 2014

BB Haley Outon, Houston

Hit By Pitch 2014

Kendra Cullum, Houston

HBP 11

Sac 5

SB 7

Sac Bunts 2014

USF

Sac 56

Stolen Bases

2014

UCF

133

Earned Run Average

ERA

2014

1.78

UCF

Opposing Batting Average 2014

USF

Innings Pitched 2014

UCF

AVG .169

IP 420.2

Earned Run Average

ERA

Strikeouts

2014

1.27

2014

509

AVG

Wins

.159

2014

Mackenzie Audas, UCF

Opposing Batting Average 2014

Sara Nevins, USF

Innings Pitched 2014

Sara Nevins, USF

Strikeouts 2014

Sara Nevins, USF

Wins 2014

SO 89

W Sara Nevins, USF

Saves 2014

IP 66.0

SV 4 Tied

TEAM - ALL GAMES Batting Average 2014

USF

Avg. .304

Slugging Percentage

Pct.

2014

.476

Louisville

On-Base Percentage

Pct.

2014

.385

Louisville

Runs Scored 2014

Louisville

Runs 313

Hits Louisville

474

Runs Batted In

RBI

2014

282

Louisville

Doubles 2014

2B Louisville

Triples 2014

3B UCF

Home Runs 2014

Louisville

HR 54

Total Bases

2014

746

Louisville

Walks 2014

BB Louisville

Hit By Pitch 2014

Houston

190

HBP 63

USF

W USF UCF

Saves 2014

SV USF

TEAM - CONFERENCE GAMES Batting Average 2014

Avg.

UCF

.313

Slugging Percentage

Pct.

2014

.483

Louisville

On-Base Percentage

Pct

2014

.411

Houston

Runs Scored 2014

Houston

Runs 120

Hits Houston

148

Runs Batted In

RBI

2014

101

Houston

Doubles 2014

2B Louisville

Triples 2014

3B UCF USF

Home Runs 2014

Louisville

HR 19

Total Bases

2014

231

Louisville

Walks 2014

BB Houston

Hit By Pitch 2014

Houston

Sac Bunts 2014

UCF

Stolen Bases 2014

Houston

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HBP 23

Sac 20

SB 35

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R E C OR D BOOK Earned Run Average

ERA

Triples

2014

1.29

12 11 10 9

UCF

Opposing Batting Average 2014

USF

Innings Pitched 2014

Houston

AVG .188

IP 118.1

Strikeouts

2014

117

USF

Wins 2014

W UCF Louisville

Saves 2014

SV 4 Tied

SEASON RECORDS TEAM - ALL GAMES Batting Average .304 .303 .301 .280 .278

USF, 2014 Louisville, 2014 Rutgers, 2014 Houston, 2014 UCF, 2014

Slugging Percentage .476 .435 .435 .417 .394

Louisville, 2014 USF, 2014 Rutgers, 2014 Houston, 2014 UCF, 2014

On-Base Percentage .385 .384 .380 .375 .353

Louisville, 2014 USF, 2014 Houston, 2014 Rutgers, 2014 UCF, 2014

Runs Scored 313 311 281 229 224

Louisville, 2014 Houston, 2014 USF, 2014 Rutgers, 2014 UCF, 2014

Louisville, 2014 USF, 2014 Houston, 2014 UCF, 2014 Rutgers, 2014

Runs Batted In 282 259 246 204 203

Louisville, 2014 Houston, 2014 USF, 2014 UCF, 2014 Rutgers, 2014

Doubles 96 64 62 54 49

Louisville, 2014 UCF, 2014 Rutgers, 2014 Houston, 2014 Memphis, 2014

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UCF, 2014 USF, 2014 Memphis, 2014 Houston, 2014

Home Runs 54 45 43 35 32

Louisville, 2014 Houston, 2014 USF, 2014 Rutgers, 2014 Temple, 2014

Total Bases 746 657 631 597 561

Louisville, 2014 USF, 2014 Houston, 2014 UCF, 2014 Rutgers, 2014

Walks 190 189 173 149 145

Louisville, 2014 Houston, 2014 USF, 2014 UCF, 2014 Rutgers, 2014

Hit By Pitch 63 32 28 27 25

Houston, 2014 UCF, 2014 USF, 2014 Louisville, 2014 Memphis, 2014

Sac Bunts 56 50 42 29

USF, 2014 UCF, 2014 Memphis, 2014 UConn, 2014

Stolen Bases 113 77 69 39 32

UCF, 2014 USF, 2014 Houston, 2014 Rutgers, 2014 Memphis, 2014

Earned Run Average 1.78 2.10 3.09 3.24 3.40

UCF, 2014 USF, 2014 Louisville, 2014 Houston, 2014 Memphis, 2014

Opposing Batting Average .169 .205 .257 .272 .274

USF, 2014 UCF, 2014 Louisville, 2014 Memphis, 2014 Rutgers, 2014

Innings Pitched 420.2 396.2 380.0 378.2 362.2

UCF, 2014 USF, 2014 Louisville, 2014 Houston, 2014 Memphis, 2014

R EC ORD BOOK Strikeouts 509 482 346 266 252

USF, 2014 UCF, 2014 Louisville, 2014 Memphis, 2014 Rutgers, 2014

Saves 7 6 4 4 2

USF, 2014 UCF, 2014 Memphis, 2014 Louisville, 2014 3 Tied, 2014

4 3

Home Runs 16 14 11 10 10

INDIVIDUAL - ALL GAMES Batting Average

Walks

.418 ,390 .389 .381 .375

48 45 39 34 28

Slugging Percentage .688 .685 .675 .662 .640

Katie Keller, Louisville, 2014 Jackie Bates, Rutgers, 2014 Haley Outon, Houston, 2014 Kourtney Salvarola, USF, 2014 Sarah Prezioso, Temple, 2014

On-Base Percentage .528 .500 .484 .483 .480

Katie Keller, Louisville, 2014 Brittany Duncan, Louisville, 2014 Katie St. Pierre, Houston, 2014 Jackie Bates, Rutgers, 2014 Haley Outon, Houston, 2014

Runs Scored 51 48 47 46 46

Katie Keller, Louisville, 2014 Selena Hernandez, Houston, 2014 Haley Outon, Houston, 2014 Kelsie Jones, Louisville, 2014 Kahley Novak, UCF, 2014 Katie Keller, Louisville, 2014 Kahley Novak, UCF, 2014 Ashli Goff, USF, 2014 Chandler Howard, Rutgers, 2014 Katie St. Pierre, Houston, 2014

Runs Batted In 55 42 41 40 40

Haley Outon, Houston, 2014 Selena Hernandez, Houston, 2014 Brittany Duncan, Louisville, 2014 Jackie Bates, Rutgers, 2014 Farrah Sullivan, UCF, 2014

Brittany Duncan, Louisville, 2014 Haley Outon, Houston, 2014 Katie Keller, Louisville, 2014 Alexis Durando, Rutgers, 2014 Katie St. Pierre, Houston, 2014

Hit By Pitch 24 13 11 11 7

Kendra Cullum, Houston, 2014 Kourtney Salvarola, USF, 2014 Brittany Vaughn, Memphis, 2014 Kayla Holland, Houston, 2014 2 Tied, 2014

Sac Bunts 15 12 10 9 8

Whitney Arion, Louisville, 2014 Ashli Goff, USF, 2014 Brittany Solis, UCF, 2014 Veronica Gajownik, USF, 2014 Linnea Goodman, UCF, 2014

Stolen Bases 34 20 18 16 15

Kahley Novak, UCF, 2014 Sarah Prezioso, Temple, 2014 Kristen Wyckoff, USF, 2014 Ashli Goff, USF, 2014 2 Tied, 2014

1.34 1.43 1.86 2.13 2.45

Sara Nevins, USF, 2014 Shelby Turnier, UCF, 2014 Mackenzie Audas, UCF, 2014 Maryssa Becker, Louisville, 2014 Alyssa Landrith, Rutgers, 2014

Opposing Batting Average .144 .174 .186 .209 .230

Sara Nevins, USF, 2014 Erica Nunn, USF, 2014 Shelby Turnier, UCF, 2014 Mackenzie Audas, UCF, 2014 2 Tied, 2014

Innings Pitched

Doubles 19 16 16 15 13

Katie Keller, Louisville, 2014 Kelsi Jones, Louisville, 2014 Kourtney Salvarola, USF, 2014 Haley Outon, Houston, 2014 Chandler Howard, Rutgers, 2014

Earned Run Average

Haley Outon, Houston, 2014 Kourtney Salvarola, USF, 2014 Kelsie Jones, Louisville, 2014 Brittany Duncan, Louisville, 2014 Lee Ann Spivey, USF, 2014

Total Bases 117 109 104 102 101

Katie Keller, Louisville, 2014 Jackie Bates, Rutgers, 2014 Chandler Howard, Rutgers, 2014 Katie St. Pierre, Houston, 2014 Ashli Goff, USF, 2014

Kahley Novak, UCF, 2014 4 Tied, 2014

Katie Keller, Louisville, 2014 Jackie Bates, Rutgers, 2014 Selena Hernandez, Houston, 2014 Kelsie Jones, Louisville, 2014 Farrah Sullivan, UCF, 2014

217.1 230.2 203.1 177.0 160.2

Sara Nevins, USF, 2014 Mackenzie Audas, UCF, 2014 Ellen Roberts, Memphis, 2014 Alyssa Landrith, Rutgers, 2014 Diedre Outon, Houston, 2014

Triples 7 5

Lindsay Crowdus, Memphis, 2014 Stephanie Medina, USF, 2014

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R E C OR D BOOK Strikeouts

Home Runs

299 215 206 186 158

3 3 2

Sara Nevins, USF, 2014 Mackenzie Audas, UCF, 2014 Shelby Turnier, UCF, 2014 Alyssa Landrith, Rutgers, 2014 Erica Nunn, USF, 2014

Wins 29 20 19 17 15

Sara Nevins, USF, 2014 Shelby Turnier, UCF, 2014 Mackenzie Audas, UCF, 2014 Alyssa Landrith, Rutgers, 2014 Diedre Outon, Houston, 2014

Saves 4 4 3 3 3

Erica Nunn, USF, 2014 Maryssa Becker, Louisville, 2014 Sara Nevins, USF, 2014 Ellen Roberts, Memphis, 2014 Jamie Ujvari, UCF, 2014

Katie Keller, Louisville, 2014 Mariah Garcia, UCF, 2014 4 Tied, 2014

Walks 3 2 2 2 1

Jackie Bates, Rutgers, 2014 Samantha McCloskey, UCF, 2014 Elizabeth Adams, Rutgers, 2014 Farrah Sullivan, UCF, 2014 4 Tied, 2014

Total Bases 16 13 12 10 10

Katie Keller, Louisville, 2014 Samantha McCloskey, UCF, 2014 Mariah Garcia, UCF, 2014 Farrah Sullivan, UCF, 2014 Kayla Soles, Louisville, 2014

Stolen Bases 1

10 Tied, 2014

Victories AMERICAN CHAMPIONSHIP RECORDS INDIVIDUAL Batting Average (Minimum 2 AB per game) 1.000 Kaylyn Zierke, Temple, 2014 (3 AB) 1.000 Kelly Braman, Memphis, 2014 (2 AB) .667 Juli Weber, USF, 2014 (6 AB) .667 Jordan McNary, Louisville, 2014 (6 AB) .625 Samantha McCloskey, UCF, 2014 (8 AB)

At-Bats 10 8 8 8 7

Kayla Soles, Louisville, 2014 Samantha McCloskey, UCF, 2014 Melanie Slowinski, Rutgers, 2014 Farrah Sullivan, UCF, 2014 Brittany Solis, UCF, 2014

Runs Scored 6 4 3 2

Katie Keller, Louisville, 2014 Mariah Garcia, UCF, 2014 Jackie Bates, Rutgers, 2014 8 Tied, 2014

Samantha McCloskey, UCF, 2014 Katie Keller, Louisville, 2014 Kayla Soles, Louisville, 2014 Juli Weber, USF, 2014 Jordan McNary, Louisville, 2014

Runs Batted In 6 4 4 4 4

Katie Keller, Louisville, 2014 Brittany Duncan, Louisville, 2014 Mariah Garcia, UCF, 2014 Alexis Durando, Rutgers, 2014 Kayla Soles, Louisville, 2014 6 Tied, 2014

Triples 1 1

Rachel LeCoq, Louisville, 2014 5 Tied, 2014

Earned Run Average (Minimum 10 Innings Pitched) 0.88 Rachel LeCoq, Louisville, 2014 1.43 Mackenzie Audas, UCF, 2014

Appearances 3 3 2

Mackenzie Audas, UCF, 2014 Rachel LeCoq, Louisville, 2014 4 Tied, 2012

Strikeouts 14 12 9 5

Mackenzie Audas, UCF, 2014 Rachel LeCoq, Louisville, 2014 Sara Nevins, USF, 2014 3 Tied, 2014

Innings Pitched 16.0 14.2 7.0

Rachel LeCoq, Louisville, 2014 Mackenzie Audas, UCF, 2014 Sara Nevins, USF, 2014

Fewest Earned Runs Allowed (Minimum 10 Innings Pitched) 2 Rachel LeCoq, Louisville, 2014 3 Mackenzie Audas, UCF, 2014

Fewest Hits Allowed (Minimum 10 Innings Pitched) 11 Mackenzie Audas, UCF, 2014 12 Rachel LeCoq, Louisville, 2014

Fewest Walks Allowed (Minimum 10 Innings Pitched) 4 Mackenzie Audas, UCF, 2014 6 Rachel LeCoq, Louisville, 2014

Putouts

Doubles 1

2 1

Samantha McCloskey, UCF, 2014 Katie Keller, Louisville, 2014

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21 18 14 14 13

Samantha McCloskey, UCF, 2014 Alexis Durando, Rutgers, 2014 Kalyn Cenal, UCF, 2014 Lee Ann Spivey, USF, 2014 Maryssa Becker, Louisville, 2014

Home Runs

Assists 9 8 7 6 5

Hannah Kiyohara, Louisville, 2014 Taner Fowler, Louisville, 2014 Melanie Slowinski, Rutgers, 2014 Whitney Arion, Louisville, 2014 5 Tied, 2014

Errors 2 2 1

Kahley Novak, UCF, 2014 Samantha McCloskey, 2014 8 Tied, 2014

Double Plays 2 2 1

Kahley Novak, UCF, 2014 Samantha McCloskey, 2014 8 Tied, 2014

AMERICAN CHAMPIONSHIP RECORDS

Batting Average Rutgers, 2014 UCF, 2014 USF, 2014 Temple, 2014 Louisville, 2014 UCF, 2014 Louisville, 2014 Rutgers, 2014 USF, 2014 2 Tied, 2014

Runs Scored 16 16 10 5 3

UCF, 2014 Louisville, 2014 Rutgers, 2014 USF, 2014 2 Tied, 2014

UCF, 2014 Louisville, 2014 Rutgers, 2014 USF, 2014 Temple, 2014

Runs Batted In 15 15 10 4 3

Louisville, 2014 UCF, 2014 Rutgers, 2014 USF, 2014 2 Tied, 2014

Doubles 3 1

UCF, 2014 3 Tied, 2014

Triples 1 1

Walks 10 9 9 3 3

UCF, 2014 Louisville, 2014 Rutgers, 2014 USF, 2014 UConn, 2014

Total Bases 54 45 27 17 11

UCF, 2014 Louisville, 2014 Rutgers, 2014 USF, 2014 Temple, 2014

5 2 1

UCF, 2014 USF, 2014 3 Tied, 2014

Victories 3 1

Louisville, 2014 5 Tied, 2014

Earned Run Average

At-Bats 81 75 61 47 27

UCF, 2014 Louisville, 2014 Rutgers, 2014 3 Tied, 2014

Stolen Bases

TEAM .382 .309 .298 .296 .280

8 7 2 1

Louisville, 2014 UCF, 2014

1.75 2.33 4.50 5.92

Louisville, 2014 UCF, 2014 Rutgers, 2014 USF, 2014

Strikeouts 22 16 12 6 6

UCF, 2014 Louisville, 2014 USF, 2014 Rutgers, 2014 Houston, 2014

Innings Pitched 21.0 20.0 14.0 13.0

UCF, 2014 Louisville, 2014 Rutgers, 2014 USF, 2014

Fewest Earned Runs Allowed 5 7 9 11

Louisville, 2014 UCF, 2014 Rutgers, 2014 USF, 2014

Fewest Hits Allowed 12 14 17 20

USF, 2014 Rutgers, 2014 Louisville, 2014 UCF, 2014

Fewest Walks Allowed 3 8 9 9

Rutgers, 2014 USF, 2014 UCF, 2014 Louisville, 2014

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AMERICAN CHAMPIONSHIP RECORDS INDIVIDUAL HIGHS Batting Runs Scored........................................................... RBIs ......................................................................... Hits........................................................................... Doubles ................................................................... Triples...................................................................... Home Runs ............................................................. Walks ...................................................................... Stolen Bases .......................................................... Strikeouts ...............................................................

2 - 8 times. Last: Katie Keller, Louisville vs. UCF (5/11/14) 4 - 2 times. Last: Katie Keller, Louisville vs. USF (5/9/14) 3 - 5 times. Last: Jordan McNary, Louisville vs. UCF (5/11/14) 1 - 6 times. Last: Farrah Sullivan, UCF vs. Louisville (5/11/14) 1 - 2 times. Last: Katie Keller, Louisville vs. UCF (5/11/14) 2 - 3 times. Last: Mariah Garcia, UCF vs. UConn (5/8/14) 3 - Katie Keller, Louisville vs. USF (5/9/14) 1 - 10 times. Last: Farrah Sullivan, UCF vs. Louisville (5/11/14) 3 - 2 times. Last: Georganna Goodwin, Memphis vs. USF (5/8/14)

Pitching Innings Pitched...................................................... Strikeouts ............................................................... Most Hits Allowed................................................. Fewest Hits Allowed ............................................. Most Walks Allowed ............................................ Hit Batters ..............................................................

7.0 - 3 times. Last: Mackenzie Audas, UCF vs. Louisville (5/11/14) 8 - Mackenzie Audas, UCF vs. UConn (5/8/14) 10 - Julana Shrum, Houston vs. Rutgers (5/8/14) 2 - 3 times. Last: Rachel LeCoq, Louisville vs. UCF (5/11/14) 4 - 2 times. Last: Shelby Turnier, UCF vs. Rutgers (5/10/14) 1 - 8 times. Last: Sara Nevins, USF vs. Louisville (5/9/14)

TEAM HIGHS General Longest Game (Innings) ....................................... Longest Game (Time) ............................................

7 - 6 times. Last: Louisville 3, UCF 2 (5/11/14) 2:42 - UCF 8, Rutgers 5 (5/10/14)

Batting Runs Scored........................................................... RBIs ......................................................................... Hits........................................................................... Doubles ................................................................... Triples...................................................................... Home Runs ............................................................. Walks ...................................................................... Stolen Bases .......................................................... Strikeouts ............................................................... Sacrifice Hits .........................................................

8 - 2 times. Last: Louisville vs. USF (5/9/14) 8 - Louisville vs. USF (5/9/14) 12 - UCF vs. Rutgers (5/10/14) 2 - UCF vs. Louisville (5/11/14) 1 - 2 times. Last: Louisville vs. UCF (5/11/14) 5 - UCF vs. UConn (5/8/14) 7 - Louisville vs. USF (5/9/14) 3 - UCF vs. Rutgers (5/10/14) 10 - Rutgers vs. UCF (5/10/14) 2 - Rutgers vs. UCF (5/8/14)

Pitching Innings Pitched...................................................... Strikeouts ............................................................... Hits Allowed ........................................................... Wild Pitches ...........................................................

7.0 - 9 times. Last: Louisville vs. UCF (5/11/14) 10 - UCF vs. Rutgers (5/10/14) 2 - Rutgers vs. Houston (5/8/14) 3 - USF vs. Memphis (5/8/14)

Fielding Putouts .................................................................... Assists..................................................................... Errors....................................................................... Double Plays ..........................................................

21 - 9 times. Last: UCF vs. Louisville (5/11/14) 12 - 2 times. Last: Temple vs. Louisville (5/8,/14) 2 - 4 times. Last: UCF vs. Rutgers (5/10/14) 2 - Memphis vs. USF (5/8/14)