Softball Postseason Notes (NEC Tournament)

ROBERT MORRIS UNIVERSITY 2015 SOFTBALL POSTSEASON NOTES Sports Information Contact: Spencer Kowitz • Email: kowitz@rmu.edu • www.rmucolonials.com • @RMUSoftball

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2015 SCHEDULE FEBRUARY 7 Sat. vs. Toledo ~ W, 9-0 (5)

vs. Niagara ~ W, 3-1 8 Sun. vs. Bucknell ~ L, 5-6

vs. Bowling Green ~ L, 2-3 20 Fri. vs. North Dakota !

W, 9-2

vs. Eastern Michigan !

W, 7-4 21 Sat. vs. Texas State !

W, 7-5 22 Sun. vs. UAB !

L, 0-11 (5)

vs. Harvard !

W, 2-1 (8) 27 Fri. @ Charlotte # CANCELED

vs. St. Bonaventure # CANCELED 28 Sat. vs. Kent State # L, 1-5

vs. St. Bonaventure # W, 8-5 MARCH 1 Sun. vs. Charlotte # L, 0-1

vs. Charlotte # L, 4-5 6 Fri. vs. Georgetown $ W, 4-2 (8)

vs. Maine $ L, 1-5 7 Sat. vs. Toledo $ L, 1-8

vs. Dayton $ L, 0-1 8 Sun. vs. Seton Hall $ L, 6-7 12 Thu. vs. Detroit ^ W, 6-3 14 Sat. vs. Dayton ^ CANCELED

vs. North Dakota ^ L, 3-17 (5)

@ Miami (Ohio) ^ W, 1-0 15 Sun. vs. Oakland ^ W, 3-0

vs. Detroit ^ W, 5-0 21 Sat. NIAGARA (DH) CANCELED 22 Sun. NIAGARA CANCELED 25 Wed. @ Penn State (DH) L, 0-2; L, 1-9 (6) 29 Sun. MT. ST. MARY’S (DH) * W, 7-3; W, 11-6 30 Mon. SACRED HEART (DH) * W, 9-1 (5); W, 2-0 APRIL 1 Wed. CANISIUS L, 1-5 8 Wed. @ St. Bonaventure (DH) CANCELED 10 Fri. @ Bucknell L, 8-9 12 Sun. @ Bryant (DH) * W, 2-0; W, 5-0 15 Wed. YOUNGSTOWN ST. (DH) L, 3-4; L, 0-7 18 Sat. LIU BROOKLYN (DH) * W, 4-2; W, 6-5 19 Sun. WAGNER (DH) * W, 3-2; W, 15-1 (5) 22 Wed. @ Kent State L, 3-11 (5) 25 Sat. @ FDU (DH) * W, 6-1; L, 1-2 26 Sun. @ C. Conn. St. (DH) * W, 2-0; L, 0-3 MAY 2 Sat. @ Saint Francis (DH) * L, 5-6 (8); W, 4-3 7 Thu. LIU BROOKLYN % 11:30 a.m.

8 Fri. TBD % TBD Home games in all CAPS ~ CSU Dome Tournament ! EMU Madeira Beach Invitational # Green & White Tournament $ USF Under Armour Showcase ^ Miami Invitational * Northeast Conference game % Northeast Conference Tournament

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TOURNAMENT PREVIEW 2015 NORTHEAST CONFERENCE TOURNAMENT THURSDAY, MAY 7 - SATURDAY, MAY 9 NORTH ATHLETIC COMPLEX - MOON TOWNSHIP, PA. #1 Robert Morris | #2 Central Connecticut State | #3 Fairleigh Dickinson | #4 LIU Brooklyn Live Video: www.necfrontrow.com | Live Stats: www.sidearmstats.com/rmu/softball/ FOURTH FIRST-PLACE FINISH IN FIVE YEARS ON FINAL DAY Trailing 3-1 in the sixth inning in its regular-season finale last Saturday at Saint Francis, Robert Morris rallied for a 4-3 win that clinched the league’s outright regular-season title. Senior Samantha Santillo hit a two-run homer that turned a RMU deficit into what proved to be the final score. The Colonials have now finished in first place in the league in four of the past five seasons.

REGULAR-SEASON MEETINGS AGAINST TOURNAMENT TEAMS: vs. LIU Brooklyn (April 18 - Moon Township, Pa.) RMU swept two games from LIU, but it was far from easy as both contests were in doubt till the final out. LIU took a 2-0 lead in the third inning in the opener, and RMU tied it in the bottom half. Tess Apke’s two-run homer in the fifth was the margin of victory although the Blackbirds had the tying runs on base in the seventh. RMU led throughout the second game as it took a 6-2 lead into the seventh. LIU pulled within one in the final frame and nearly came all the way back to tie it. @ Central Connecticut State (April 26 - New Britain, Conn.)

RMU split two games at CCSU as each team won in shutout fashion. The Colonials took the opener, 2-0, behind a pair of Tess Apke home runs and a four-hit shutout by Nicole Sleith. The Blue Devils bounced back in the nightcap by jumping out to a 2-0 lead in the first inning en route to a 3-0 win.

Robert Morris got the tying run to the plate in the fifth inning of the second game but was unable to break through. RMU’s only prior postseason meeting with CCSU was a 1-0 win in 2011. @ Fairleigh Dickinson (April 25 - Hackensack, N.J.) RMU split two games at FDU as the Colonials won the opener, 6-1, before the Knights won the nightcap in their final at bat, 2-1. In its victory, Robert Morris tallied 12 hits as every Colonial starter reached base. An early 1-0 lead for the Colonials would not hold up in the second game as FDU hit a homer in the sixth to break a 1-1 tie. RMU had a runner in scoring position in two of its final three innings but could not score. The Colonials have never previously faced FDU in the postseason.

STATISTICALLY SPEAKING BATTING AVG. Jordan Gurganus - .383 Ashley Gerhart - .374 Kristen Gabelt - .357

SLUGGING PERCENTAGE Kristen Gabelt - .651 Tess Apke - .569 Ashley Gerhart - .569

ON BASE PERCENTAGE Ashley Gerhart - .446 Kristen Gabelt - .439 Jordan Gurganus - .403

RUNS SCORED Jordan Gurganus - 27 Ashley Gerhart - 26 Kristen Gabelt - 25

HITS Jordan Gurganus - 59 Tess Apke - 48 2 Tied - 46

RBI Tess Apke - 33 Kristen Gabelt - 28 Ashley Gerhart - 22

DOUBLES Tess Apke - 11 Kristen Gabelt - 9 Samantha Santillo - 8

HOME RUNS Kristen Gabelt - 9 Tess Apke - 7 Ashley Gerhart - 5

WALKS Kristen Gabelt - 16 Haileigh Stocks - 16 2 Tied - 15

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RMU QUICK FACTS

MUSKET SHOTS

UNIVERSITY INFORMATION LOCATION Moon Township, Pa. FOUNDED 1921 ENROLLMENT 5,359 AFFILIATION NCAA Division I CONFERENCE Northeast Conference (NEC) NICKNAME Colonials COLORS Blue and White with Red FACILITY North Athletic Complex

THE 3G There have been 20 instances in RMU history in which a Colonial has hit at least .350 in a season (min. 100 at bats). There have been five seasons in which a pair of Colonials has hit above .350 in the same season, but Robert Morris has never had three players reach that mark in the same season.

However, entering the 2015 NEC Tournament, there is a trio of Colonials positioned to do exactly that. RMU’s three players that have a last name begin with “G” enter the event above .350 as Jordan Gurganus, Ashley Gerhart and Kristen Gabelt are hitting .383, .374 and .357, respectively.

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PRESIDENT Gregory G. Dell’Omo, Ph.D. ATHLETIC DIRECTOR Craig Coleman, M.D. STAFF HEAD COACH Alma Mater

Tenure at RMU Record at RMU Career Record

ASSISTANT COACH Alma Mater

Tenure at RMU

ASSISTANT COACH Alma Mater

Tenure at RMU

Craig Coleman, M.D. Penn ‘79 25th consecutive season 631-543-5 (.537) Same as above

Keri Meyer Robert Morris ‘06 second overall season

Erica List Robert Morris ‘99 eighth overall season

VOLUNTEER ASST. COACH Wendy Beckemeyer ATHLETIC TRAINER

Nick Thomas

STUDENT MANAGER

Pete Schaffer

TEAM INFORMATION 2015 PRESEASON COACHES POLL 2014 OVERALL RECORD: 2014 NEC RECORD / FINISH: LETTERWINNERS RETURNING: LETTERWINNERS LOST: STARTERS RETURNING: STARTERS LOST:

4th 24-25 5-11 / 8th 10 6 8 2

PROGRAM HISTORY NEC TOURNAMENT CHAMPIONSHIPS: 6 NEC REGULAR-SEASON CHAMPIONSHIPS: 8 LAST NCAA TOURNAMENT: 2005 NEC TOURNAMENT APPEARANCES: 25 ALL-NEC SELECTIONS (SINCE 1995): 63 NFCA ALL-REGION SELECTIONS: 17

STRONG START Robert Morris won its first 11 games within Northeast Conference play this season, marking its best beginning to league play in program history. The Colonials had never before reached 7-0 in NEC games. This year’s start to NEC play by the Colonials was the best by any conference team since 2007.

BETTER THAN OK Senior Nicole Sleith became the program’s all-time strikeout leader just under one month ago. She broke the Colonials’ all-time record April 12 in a sweep at Bryant. She posted 13 strikeouts on the day against the Bulldogs and enters the weekend with 917 in her career. The final two individuals she passed on RMU’s list have, at different times, served as her pitching coach during her tenure at RMU. Sleith is the only Colonial to surpass 200 strikeouts in a season at least three times in a career.

TIMING IS EVERYTHING Senior Tess Apke enters the tournament ranked third all-time at RMU with her 26 career home runs.

What might be even more impressive is the impact her long balls have had on Colonial games. Of her 26 blasts, 17 have either tied the game or pushed RMU into the lead when it did not previously have it. Apke hit four home runs in six games against this year’s NEC Tournament field.

DOWN THE STRETCH THEY COME Sophomore Jordan Gurganus enters the tournament leading the Northeast Conference in batting average at .383. She is vying to become the first Colonial to win a NEC batting title since Stephani Ehrenfeld claimed it in 2000 with her .372 mark. In fact, of the top four hitters in the NEC, three are Colonials as Ashley Gerhart sits second and Kristen Gabelt enters the event in fourth. Since the NEC began full round-robin play in 1995, no team has ever had three of its players rank among the top five hitters in the league in the same season.

GOING STREAKING There are five Colonials that, at some point in the 2015 season, reached base safely in 10 consecutive games (Kristen Gabelt (18), Jordan Gurganus (14), Haileigh Stocks (12), Stacey Capp (11) and Ashley Gerhart (11)). Furthermore, three of those Colonials—Gabelt, Gerhart and Gurganus—posted doubledigit hitting streaks during the season, marking just the second time in the past nine seasons that at least three distinct Colonials tallied a double-figure hitting streak within a season.

SLUGGIN’ IT Junior Kristen Gabelt has raised her offensive production in a variety of areas this season and is hitting for power at a rate not seen by a Colonial in recent years. Her .651 slugging percentage would be the best mark by a Colonial since 2007. Gabelt entered this season with 13 career extra-base hits, but she already has 19 this season—nine doubles, one triple and nine home runs. Her 19 extra-base hits are the most by a Colonial in a season since Brooke Panepinto had 19 in 2008.

KEEP K’S COMING Senior Nicole Sleith added another record in her illustrious career during the her final regular-season game. Her final strikeout in Saturday’s second game, which ended the game and secured RMU of first place, was her 281st of 2015, breaking the RMU single-season record. The former record-holder is none other than RMU assistant coach Erica List. With a strong tournament, Sleith may have a chance to challenge for the NEC’s single-season strikeout record of 296 (H. Schwartzburg, 2011).

PASSING THE CENTURY MARK Sophomore Jordan Gurganus leads the Northeast Conference with 59 hits entering the tournament.

She is one of four Colonials (Tess Apke, Kristen Gabelt, Ashley Gerhart) that are among the top five in the league in that category. In fact, despite being in just her second year as a collegian, Gurganus has surpassed 100 career hits, becoming the first Colonial to do so since Jaci Timko finished her sophomore season in 2010 with 114 hits.

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2015 ROSTER NO. 2 3 4 5 8 9 11 12 15 16 20 21 23 24 27

NAME YEAR Kecia Sharp Fr. Nicholette Maderitz Fr. Jordan Gurganus So. Kristen Gabelt Jr. Olivia Lorusso Fr. Tess Apke Sr. Haileigh Stocks Jr. Ashley Gerhart Jr. Stacey Capp So. Mary Funderlich Fr. Kristen Pray Fr. Lauren Hackett Jr. Nicole Sleith Sr. Samantha Santillo Sr. Alexis Schwartzmiller Sr.

POS. OF/IF P IF/C OF 3B OF P/IF OF SS UT OF C/3B P C 2B

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

ALUMS AS ASSISTANTS HOMETOWN / HIGH SCHOOL Moore, Okla. / Mount Saint Mary Girard, Ohio / Girard Chesapeake Va. / Hickory Ligonier, Pa. / Ligonier Valley Eighty Four, Pa. / Canon-McMillan Mt. Lebanon, Pa. / Mt. Lebanon Jamison, Pa. / Central Bucks South Imperial, Pa. / West Allegheny McKees Rocks, Pa. / Montour Wexford, Pa. / North Allegheny Port Royal, Pa. / Juniata Glenshaw, Pa. / Shaler Area Smithton, Pa. / Yough Ellwood City, Pa. / Lincoln Carnegie, Pa. / Chartiers Valley

Head Coach: Craig Coleman, M.D. Assistant Coach: Keri Meyer Assistant Coach: Erica List Volunteer Assistant Coach: Wendy Beckemeyer

PRONUNCIATION GUIDE Kecia Sharp Nicholette Maderitz Jordan Gurganus Kristen Gabelt Olivia Lorusso

KEY-sha MAD-er-its Gur-GAIN-us GAY-belt Lo-RUE-so

Tess Apke Ashley Gerhart Mary Funderlich Nicole Sleith Samantha Santillo

APP-key GAIR-heart Fun-der-LITCH Sleeth San-TILL-O

HEAD COACH CRAIG COLEMAN Craig Coleman, M.D., is in the midst of his 25th season as the head softball coach at Robert Morris. He has also doubled as the university’s Athletic Director since February 2005.

Prior to his arrival as head coach in 1991, the Colonials posted just 19 victories in the previous three seasons. During his 25 years as head coach, the Colonials have compiled an overall record of 631-543-5 (.537), including a record of 275112-2 (.710) in Northeast Conference play. He has led RMU to eight NEC regular-season championships and six NEC Tournament titles. In 1994, Robert Morris received its first national ranking in school history, regardless of sport, when the Colonials cracked the top 25 in the USA Today / National Fastpitch Coaches Association (NFCA) poll.

Coleman has claimed four NEC Coach of the Year awards even though the award was not given until after he had already won his first four NEC Tournament championships.

Coleman’s success as head softball coach has come not only on the field, but in the classroom, as well.

His players include 17 Capital One District II Academic All-Americans, five NEC Scholar-Athletes of the Year for softball and numerous NEC Academic Honor Roll selections.

In fact, Coleman has helped the entire athletic department earn recognition for its efforts off the field. Robert Morris has claimed the NEC Institutional Academic Award in two of the past three years. In 2013-14, Colonial student-athletes that competed in 19 sports sponsored by the NEC combined to post a 3.295 grade point average.

Coleman earned his medical degree from The Pennsylvania State University School of Medicine in Hershey in 1983. In 1979, he earned an undergraduate degree in psychology from the University of Pennsylvania. He is a native of Philadelphia, Pa.

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There are two assistant coaches on the Robert Morris coaching staff who are alums of the program. Both earned major conference awards while leading a team to a NEC Tournament title.

KERI MEYER Meyer is one of the most accomplished players in RMU history. She led the team to the 2005 NCAA Tournament by batting .418, a singleseason school record that still stands, while posting a league-leading .472 on-base percentage and a .620 SLG%. She was named NEC Player of the Year that season and also claimed first team all-region honors for her remarkable contributions. Meyer was also the toughest player to strike out in Division I in 2005 and holds the best single-season at bat-to-strikeout ratio of any Division I player in the past decade.

Meyer was an assistant coach for fellow NEC member Fairleigh Dickinson in the 2008 and 2009 seasons. She served as the head coach at Monroe College immediately prior to returning to RMU. Meyer helped the Colonials to a pair of NEC regular-season titles in her four years and was a three-time All-NEC honoree. She was inducted into the RMU Athletic Hall of Fame in 2012.

ERICA LIST List, who primarily works with pitchers, returned to coaching for RMU after a hiatus for what is her eighth season on staff in 2015. List, formerly Erica Schwanke, led RMU to the NEC Tournament title in 1998, earning Tournament MVP honors in the process. She posted a 1.35 ERA in her senior season, third in single-season school history, and racked up 280 strikeouts, a single-season school record until last weekend.

She ranked fourth in Division I in strikeouts per seven innings (9.5) en route to NEC Pitcher of the Year honors in 1998 while holding opponents to a .176 batting average. List also twirled four no-hitters in her junior year.

List helped the Colonials to a pair of NEC regular-season titles, a then school record 34 wins in 1997 and a 48-11-1 record in conference play in her four years. She was a two-time all-region honoree, a three-time All-NEC First Team award winner and was also named 1995 NEC Rookie of the Year. She is one of just three Colonials ever to earn at least three first team accolades from the league.

She was inducted into the Robert Morris Athletic Hall of Fame in 2003.

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NEC PLAYERS OF THE WEEK The following Colonials garnered weekly NEC honors during the 2015 season. Robert Morris was one of three schools to earn at least one honor in all three categories in 2015.

PLAYER OF THE WEEK Feb. 16 Alexis Schwartzmiller March 30 Kristen Gabelt - Schwartzmiller hit .455 while posting a 1.000 slugging percentage to earn her award. Of her five hits, four went for extra bases as she tallied three doubles and her first-collegiate home run in a mere 11 at bats. All three of her doubles came when she had two strikes already on her, and in two of those three instances, there were two outs in the inning and at least one runner in scoring position.

- Gabelt had a highly productive week at the plate for the Colonials as she hit .500 (6-for-12) with a fantastic 1.333 slugging percentage. She began the week by going 3-for-6 at Penn State before helping RMU get off to a quick start in NEC play by blasting three home runs in a sweep of Mount St. Mary’s.

PITCHER OF THE WEEK Feb. 16 Nicole Sleith Feb. 23 Nicole Sleith March 2 Nicole Sleith March 16 Nicole Sleith March 30 Nicole Sleith - Sleith’s honor on March 2nd made her the first Colonial ever to win a league weekly honor in three consecutive weeks. She also was the first student-athlete from throughout the conference to win the same NEC honor three consecutive times within the same season since Jen Russell in 2008. Sleith’s most recent weekly honor was the 20th of her career, a RMU program record.

ROOKIE OF THE WEEK Feb. 16 Olivia Lorusso Feb. 23 Olivia Lorusso - Lorusso earned her first weekly honor after hitting .417 with a .667 slugging mark on the season’s opening weekend. She blasted her first-career homer in her fourth game off a two-time All-MAC pitcher. She then claimed her second award after posting a .375 on-base percentage and a .571 slugging mark after five games in Florida. She crushed a three-run blast to turn a two-run deficit into a lead in a win over Sun Belt foe Texas State.

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WHERE THEY RANK AT RMU CAREER RANKINGS TESS APKE - Tallied 35 doubles, second at RMU - Tallied 26 home runs, third at RMU - Tallied 99 RBI, third at RMU - Tallied 180 hits, fifth at RMU - Tallied 184 games played, sixth at RMU - Tallied 96 runs scored, eighth at RMU - Current average of .319 would rank 12th among those whose career is complete ASHLEY GERHART - Tallied 49 walks, sixth at RMU SAMANTHA SANTILLO - Tallied 1,095 putouts, first at RMU - Tallied a .994 fielding percentage, first at RMU - Tallied 179 games played, tied for 10th at RMU NICOLE SLEITH - Tallied 917 strikeouts, first at RMU - Current ERA of 1.58 would rank first at RMU - Tallied 13 saves, first at RMU - Tallied 77 wins, tied for first at RMU - Tallied 26 shutouts, second at RMU - Tallied 794 innings pitched, second at RMU - Tallied 97 complete games, third at RMU HAILEIGH STOCKS - Tallied 24 doubles, eighth at RMU

SINGLE-SEASON RANKINGS (2015) TESS APKE - Tallied 32 RBI, tied for ninth at RMU KRISTEN GABELT - Tallied nine home runs, tied for third at RMU JORDAN GURGANUS - Tallied 59 hits, tied for eighth at RMU - Current .383 batting average would rank seventh at RMU NICOLE SLEITH - Tallied 281 strikeouts, first at RMU - Current ERA of 1.65 would rank tied for eighth at RMU - Tallied 21 wins, tied for fourth at RMU - Tallied eight shutouts, tied for sixth at RMU

MISCELLANEOUS MULTIPLES

MULTI-HIT GAMES MULTI-RBI GAMES Gurganus (18, 31) Stocks (7, 18) Apke (8, 26) Gurganus (3, 5) Apke (16, 48) Lorusso (6) Gabelt (7, 11) Stocks (2, 7) Gerhart (14, 37) Santillo (6, 28) Gerhart (7, 15) Capp (1, 1) Gabelt (11, 22) Capp (2, 3) Santillo (5, 19) Hackett (1, 7) Schwartzmiller (8, 14) Hackett (0, 6) Lorusso (4) Schwartzmiller (1, 3)

Sharp (1) For non-freshman, the first number is their season total and the second number is their career total.

COLONIAL QUICK HITTERS - RMU has qualified for the NEC Tournament in seven of the past eight seasons ... Robert Morris was the only school to win at least one NEC game against every other team for the second time in three years ... RMU finished 4-2 against the NEC Tournament field, the best mark among the competing teams ... In RMU’s six games against the tournament field, Alexis Schwartzmiller led the team in batting average at .368. Ashley Gerhart led in OBP (.421) and Tess Apke was first in in SLG% (1.056) ... Haileigh Stocks has more walks (16) in 2015 than strikeouts (13) ... Nicole Sleith needs one win to break the RMU career record of 77, which is over 20 years old.

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MORE MUSKET SHOTS AMONG ELITE COMPANY Senior Nicole Sleith’s record-breaking career has her among elite company. Among active Division I players, the two-time NEC Pitcher of the Year ranks among the top 10 in career ERA (1.58), strikeouts (917), shutouts (26), complete games (97) and saves (13).

THAT’S ACADEMIC Robert Morris posted a 3.610 team grade point average during the 2013-14 academic year, the second-highest among all Division I softball programs. That continued an amazing run as the Colonials have now ranked among the top four nationally in team GPA, with a mark of at least 3.55, in each of the past six years. In fact, Robert Morris is the only Division I school to even rank among the top 10 in team softball GPA in every one of the last six years.

MORE (GOLD) GLOVES THAN HANDS Senior Samantha Santillo has firmly established herself as one of the best defensive players in Colonial history. The league’s coaches voted her as the NEC’s Golden Glove Award winner in each of her first three years. In doing so, Santillo became the first player in league history to win the Golden Glove more than once and just the second-ever play in NEC annals to win any major postseason honor at least three times in a career. Her .994 career fielding percentage is the best ever by a Colonial.

CONSISTENCY IS KEY Robert Morris has assured itself that it will finish with an overall winning percentage of at least .500 for the seventh time in the last eight seasons. It is the only NEC school that will be able to make this claim at the conclusion of the 2015 campaign.

RAISING HER GAME Ashley Gerhart has raised her game to another level within Northeast Conference play. The local product hit a league-leading .457 in conference contests and was fourth in OPS within league games thanks to her .510 on-base percentage and her .739 slugging mark. While she has clearly found a second gear in 2015, Gerhart has always performed well against league foes. She owns a .391 batting average, a .456 OBP and a .627 SLG% during NEC play in her career and also has more walks than strikeouts.

STUDENT-ATHLETES Tess Apke and Nicole Sleith were both selected Capital One Academic All-District First Team last year (this year’s announcement is expected in the near future). It marked the fifth time in the past seven years in which the RMU softball program has had at least two student-athletes named Academic All-District, an award which recognizes the nation’s top student-athletes for their combined performance on the field and in the classroom. Robert Morris is the only school in its six-state district to have achieved this feat at least five times in the past seven seasons.

DOUBLE DIGITS GO DEEP Robert Morris’ 32 home runs this season have been hit by 10 different Colonials. This marks the first time in the past decade that at least 10 Colonials went deep in the same season. Four of this year’s 10 tallied their first-career long ball this season, including three non-freshmen (Stacey Capp, Jordan Gurganus and Alexis Schwartzmiller).

APKE ASCENDING RECORD BOOK Tess Apke ranks among the RMU career top 10 in five offensive categories and is among the top three in home runs, doubles and RBI. She needs one more RBI to reach 100 as a collegian.

WALK THIS WAY Junior Lauren Hackett crushed a two-run homer in extra innings to turn a 1-0 deficit into a 2-1 Colonial win as RMU walked off over Harvard Feb. 22. It was the first walk-off homer by a Colonial since Brenna Reed accomplished the feat in 2007.

WEEKLY WINNERS YEAR AFTER YEAR Senior Alexis Schwartzmiller and junior Kristen Gabelt each won NEC Player of the Week honors during the 2015 season. As a result, Robert Morris became the only NEC school to have had at least two distinct student-athletes honored in the Player of the Week category in each of the last seven seasons. Along with this year’s honorees, three other active Colonials have earned Player of the Week recognition in their careers—Tess Apke, Samantha Santillo and Haileigh Stocks.

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ACTIVE NEC HONOREES The following list details active Colonials who had claimed NEC postseason awards entering the 2015 season: TESS APKE

2014 ALL-NEC FIRST TEAM Apke led RMU in nearly every offensive category in 2014 en route to All-NEC honors. She hit .354 with a .558 slugging mark, ranking in the top five in the league in both categories. She added seven homers, 25 RBI and 25 runs scored.

ASHLEY GERHART

2013 ALL-NEC FIRST TEAM

2013 NEC ROOKIE OF THE YEAR Gerhart burst onto the scene in her rookie campaign as she led the team in batting average (.347) and OBP (.424). She contributed 50 hits, 19 walks and 10 steals while scoring 28 runs.

She primarily served as RMU’s leadoff hitter.

JORDAN GURGANUS

2014 ALL-NEC FIRST TEAM Gurganus hit .307 in her rookie campaign of 2014 while being in an unfamiliar defensive environment at first base. She contributed 47 hits, 18 runs, eight stolen bases and tied for the team lead with 13 multi-hit games.

SAMANTHA SANTILLO

2014 NEC GOLDEN GLOVE AWARD

2013 NEC GOLDEN GLOVE AWARD

2012 NEC GOLDEN GLOVE AWARD

2012 ALL-NEC SECOND TEAM Santillo posted a 1.000 fielding percentage last year while allowing a lone passed ball. She threw out nearly half of the runners that tried to steal on her (15-of-31).

NICOLE SLEITH

2013 NEC PITCHER OF THE YEAR

2012 NEC PITCHER OF THE YEAR

2012 NEC ROOKIE OF THE YEAR Sleith earned her first honor after breaking the single-season wins record (25) and posting a 1.59 ERA. She led the NEC in K/7 (8.5) and hits allowed per seven (4.56) in 2013.

HAILEIGH STOCKS

2013 ALL-NEC FIRST TEAM Stocks hit .298 in her rookie season while leading the team in slugging percentage (.545) and RBI (24). She posted 10 doubles and six homers during the season. Stocks hit .328 in league play without making an error in NEC action.

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2015 Robert Morris Softball Statistics Overall Statistics for Robert Morris (as of May 05, 2015) (All games Sorted by Batting avg) Record: 25-21 Player

4 GURGANUS, Jordan 12 GERHART, Ashley 5 GABELT, Kristen 9 APKE, Tess 11 STOCKS, Haileigh 27 SCHWARTZMILLER, A 24 SANTILLO, Samantha 8 LORUSSO, Olivia 2 SHARP, Kecia 15 CAPP, Stacey 16 FUNDERLICH, Mary 21 HACKETT, Lauren 23 SLEITH, Nicole 3 MADERITZ, Nicholette

avg gp-gs

.383 .374 .357 .333 .277 .275 .233 .226 .217 .181 .143 .136 .000 .000

Home: 8-3

r

bb hp

so gdp

ob% sf sh sb-att

6-3

27 26 25 22 22 18 7 14 1 15 3 5 0 0

59 2 46 3 46 9 48 11 31 7 36 7 24 8 24 5 5 1 21 2 2 0 6 2 0 0 0 0

3 3 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

1 5 9 7 2 1 1 4 0 1 0 1 0 0

11 22 28 33 12 8 16 20 2 8 2 3 0 0

70 70 84 82 44 48 35 41 6 26 2 11 0 0

.455 .569 .651 .569 .393 .366 .340 .387 .261 .224 .143 .250 .000 .000

5 15 16 0 16 2 3 15 0 6 2 4 0 0

0 1 3 1 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 0

16 22 18 12 13 18 16 25 10 12 1 8 0 0

0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

.403 .446 .439 .329 .362 .286 .255 .325 .217 .240 .250 .208 .000 .000

84

9

171

2

.339

7 26

107 22

326

3

.314

2 30

45-45 45-45 42-41 45-45 40-35 38-38 18-3 44-44 16-2 26-22 35-31

rbi

tb slg%

NEC: 13-3

ab

44-44

2b 3b hr

Neutral: 11-11

154 123 129 144 112 131 103 106 23 116 14 44 0 0

45-45

h

Away: 6-7

Totals

.290

45

1199

185

348

57

9 32

165

519

.433

Opponents

.237

45

1142

167

271

37

4 33

142

415

.363

0 1 7-10 0 3 8-10 0 1 1-4 4 2 2-3 2 1 2-4 0 3 2-4 0 5 0-0 1 0 2-4 0 0 0-0 0 10 5-7 0 0 0-1 0 0 1-1 0 0 0-0 0 0 0-0

po

a

e fld%

210

17

8 .966

43

5

3 .941

31

0

1 .969

43

5

1 .980

9

34

1 .977

59

71

19 .872

302

18

3 .991

22

48

10 .875

0

0

0 .000

49

43

11 .893

0

0

0 .000

105

26

4 .970

11

42

1 .981

0

3

30-48

884

312

62

.951

45-55

881

381

55

.958

0 1.000

LOB - Team (261), Opp (254). DPs turned - Team (6), Opp (8). Picked off - Apke 1.

(All games Sorted by Earned run avg) Player

23 SLEITH, Nicole 11 STOCKS, Haileigh 3 MADERITZ, Nicholette

era

w-l

1.65 21-11 5.35 4-8 7.74 0-1

app gs

cg

sho

35 31 30 15 11 5 6 3 0

8/0 0/0 0/0

sv

h

r

er

so

2b

2 212.2 156 0 69.1 90 0 12.2 25

ip

68 79 20

50 53 14

47 281 51 39 9 6

bb

17 14 6

3b

hr b/avg wp hp bk sfa sha

3 19 1 8 0 6

.199 1 7 .304 13 15 .410 2 0

1 0 2

1 20 1 6 0 4

Totals

2.57

25-20

45 45

35

8/0

2

294.2

271

167

108

107

326

37

4

33

.237

16 22

3

2

30

Opponents

3.29

20-25

45 45

22

5/1

3

293.2

348

185

138

84

171

57

9

32

.290

19

2

7

26

9

PB - Team (4), Gurganus 3, Santillo 1, Opp (9). Pickoffs - Team (0), Opp (1). SBA/ATT - Santillo (32-39), Sleith (32-38), Stocks (9-13), Gurganus (9-12), Maderitz (4-4), Hackett (3-3).

2015 Robert Morris Softball Statistics Conference statistics for Robert Morris (as of May 05, 2015) (NEC games only Sorted by Batting avg) Record: 13-3 Player

avg gp-gs

ab

r

h

16-16

46 54 45 51 48 44 44 11 40 38 1 0

11 12 11 14 6 4 12 1 4 7 0 0

21 21 17 19 14 12 11 2 6 4 0 0

2 0 3 5 3 4 1 0 0 1 0 0

.301

16

422

82 127

19

1 19

.222

16

410

35

9

2 11

.457 .389 .378 .373 .292 .273 .250 .182 .150 .105 .000 .000

16-16

Totals Opponents

12 GERHART, Ashley 4 GURGANUS, Jordan 5 GABELT, Kristen 9 APKE, Tess 27 SCHWARTZMILLER, A 24 SANTILLO, Samantha 11 STOCKS, Haileigh 21 HACKETT, Lauren 15 CAPP, Stacey 8 LORUSSO, Olivia 2 SHARP, Kecia 23 SLEITH, Nicole

Home: 8-0

16-16 16-16 16-16 16-16 16-16 15-15 7-3 16-16 14-14 3-0

91

2b 3b hr

1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

rbi

Away: 5-3

tb slg%

3 9 34 1 5 24 5 13 35 6 18 42 0 3 17 1 9 19 2 8 18 0 0 2 0 4 6 1 4 8 0 0 0 0 0 0

NEC: 13-3

bb hp

ob% sf sh sb-att

po

a

e fld%

1 3 0 6 3 5 1 4 0 3 0 6 0 5 0 1 1 2 0 12 0 1 0 0

1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

.510 .421 .500 .370 .292 .289 .333 .250 .227 .244 .000 .000

0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0

1 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 4 0 0 0

23

2

1 .962

78

5

2 .976

5

0

0 1.000

22

3

1 .962

18

23

7 .854

125

6

1 .992

6

4

1 .909

6

9

0 1.000

23

11

3 .919

8

15

5 .821

0

0

0 .000

6

13

0 1.000

33

6

48

1

.358

3

8 16-21

320

91

21 .951

19

4 123

1

.263

0

7

305 136

20 .957

.739 .444 .778 .824 .354 .432 .409 .182 .150 .211 .000 .000

4 3 8 0 0 1 6 1 3 7 0 0

73 205

.486

33 137

.334

so gdp

4-5 2-2 1-1 1-1 2-3 0-0 2-4 0-0 2-3 2-2 0-0 0-0 9-10

LOB - Team (85), Opp (85). DPs turned - Team (2), Opp (5).

(NEC games only Sorted by Earned run avg) Player

23 SLEITH, Nicole 11 STOCKS, Haileigh

era

w-l

1.82 12-3 2.33 1-0

app gs

cg

sho

16 16 15 1 0 0

4/0 0/0

sv

ip

h

r

er

0 103.2 0 3.0

86 5

34 1

27 1

so

2b

18 120 1 3

bb

9 0

3b

2 11 0 0

hr b/avg wp hp bk sfa sha

.217 .357

0 0

3 1

0 0

0 0

7 0

Totals

1.84

13-3

16 16

15

4/0

0

106.2

91

35

28

19

123

9

2

11

.222

0

4

0

0

7

Opponents

4.20

3-13

16 16

8

1/0

0

101.2

127

82

61

33

48

19

1

19

.301

8

6

1

3

8

PB - Team (1), Santillo 1, Opp (5). SBA/ATT - Sleith (9-10), Santillo (9-10).

Player 4 GURGANUS, Jordan 12 GERHART, Ashley 5 GABELT, Kristen 9 APKE, Tess 11 STOCKS, Haileigh 27 SCHWARTZMILLER, A 24 SANTILLO, Samantha 8 LORUSSO, Olivia 2 SHARP, Kecia 15 CAPP, Stacey 16 FUNDERLICH, Mary 21 HACKETT, Lauren 3 MADERITZ, Nicholette 23 SLEITH, Nicole Totals Opponents

Player 23 SLEITH, Nicole 11 STOCKS, Haileigh 3 MADERITZ, Nicholette Totals Opponents

W-L App 21-11 35 4-8 15 0-1 6 25-20 45 20-25 45

Avg G-GS AB .383 45-45 154 .374 44-44 123 .357 45-45 129 .333 45-45 144 .277 42-41 112 .275 45-45 131 .233 40-35 103 .226 38-38 106 .217 18-3 23 .181 44-44 116 .143 16-2 14 .136 26-22 44 .000 6-3 0 .000 35-31 0 .290 45-45 1199 .237 45-45 1142

ERA 1.65 5.35 7.74 2.57 3.29

SEASON Sv IP 2 212.2 0 69.1 0 12.2 2 294.2 3 293.2

H 156 90 25 271 348

BB Hbp 5 0 15 1 16 3 0 1 16 0 2 0 3 0 15 1 0 0 6 3 2 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 84 9 107 22

R 68 79 20 167 185

ER 50 53 14 108 138

SO 16 22 18 12 13 18 16 25 10 12 1 8 0 0 171 326

Sb-Att 7-10 8-10 1-4 2-3 2-4 2-4 0-0 2-4 0-0 5-7 0-1 1-1 0-0 0-0 30-48 45-55

BB 47 51 9 107 84

SO 281 39 6 326 171

Avg .345 .337 .283 .319 .270 .233 .246 .226 .217 .183 .143 .199 .000 .178

ERA 1.58 4.23 7.74

(All games Sorted by Earned run avg)

SEASON 2B 3B HR RBI 2 3 1 11 3 3 5 22 9 1 9 28 11 1 7 33 7 0 2 12 7 1 1 8 8 0 1 16 5 0 4 20 1 0 0 2 2 0 1 8 0 0 0 2 2 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 57 9 32 165 37 4 33 142 G-GS 93-88 138-137 128-124 184-179 129-121 120-93 179-166 38-38 18-3 64-58 16-2 99-87 6-3 146-114

R 45 75 50 96 47 30 25 14 1 18 3 23 0 6

H 106 139 99 180 96 58 125 24 5 28 2 48 0 8

W-L App GS CG Sho 77-40 144 111 97 26 12-12 36 24 10 2 0-1 6 3 0 0

AB 307 412 350 565 355 249 508 106 23 153 14 241 0 45

Record: 25-21 Home: 8-3 Away: 6-7 Neutral: 11-11 NEC: 13-3

2015 Robert Morris Softball Statistics Individual Season/Career Summary for Robert Morris (as of May 05, 2015) (All games Sorted by Batting avg)

H 59 46 46 48 31 36 24 24 5 21 2 6 0 0 348 271

CG Sho 30 8 5 0 0 0 35 8 22 5

R 27 26 25 22 22 18 7 14 1 15 3 5 0 0 185 167

GS 31 11 3 45 45

CAREER 2B 3B 3 5 17 4 16 3 35 1 24 1 14 1 20 0 5 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 11 0 0 0 3 0

H 573 176 25

HR RBI 1 20 12 50 13 46 26 99 9 48 1 17 10 71 4 20 0 2 1 8 0 2 2 24 0 0 0 1

CAREER Sv IP 13 794.0 0 159.0 0 12.2

ER 179 96 14

BB Hbp 6 0 49 2 24 5 16 6 29 1 8 1 14 3 15 1 0 0 7 4 2 0 13 4 0 0 3 0

R 228 125 20

SO 31 76 45 97 50 42 83 25 10 19 1 33 0 11

SO 917 87 6

Sb-Att 15-20 23-32 5-11 13-18 6-9 3-5 1-1 2-4 0-0 6-8 0-1 9-10 0-0 2-2

BB 162 94 9