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Back-To-Back NCAA Regional Finalists
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80-34 Record Past Two Seasons
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2011 Top 5 Nationally Ranked Offense
Communications Contact: Matt Dowdy • matthew.dowdy@ttu.edu • O: (806) 742-2770 • C: (806) 928-5190 BINGHAMTON Record........................................................ 2-3 2011 Postseason................................None Head Coach......................Michelle Burrell Record at School......................... 49-45 (3) Career Record............................176-95 (6)
UT-ARLINGTON MAVERICKS Record........................................................ 8-3 2011 Postseason................................None Head Coach......................Debbie Hedrick Record at School..................369-350 (15) Career Record.....................................Same
TEXAS TECH RED RAIDERS Record..........................................................................11-5 2011 Postseason................................ NCAA Regional Head Coach...............................................Shanon Hays Record at School............................................. 91-39 (3) Career Record................................................205-55 (5)
Last Five Games.................................................. 4-1 Last 10 Games..................................................... 9-1 Streak............................................................... Lost 1 Home/Away/Neutral..............................0-0/0-0/11-5 Binghamton Series............................... First Meeting UT-Arlington Series.........................................Tied 4-4
TEXAS TECH OPENS 2012 HOME SCHEDULE
TOURNAMENT SCHEDULE
TEXAS TECH IN HOME OPENERS
Sat., Feb. 18 Binghamton vs. UT-Arlington_____________ 10:30 a.m. Texas Tech vs. UT-Arlington___________________ 1 p.m. Texas Tech vs. Binghamton________________ 3:30 p.m.
Texas Tech opens the first of 22 games at Rocky Johnson Field this season when the Red Raiders host UT-Arlington and Binghamton in the Jeannine McHaney Memorial Classic beginning Friday.
The Red Raiders are 10-6 all-time in home openers since softball was resurrected as an intercollegiate sport in 1996. Tech has won its home opener in each of the last two seasons with an 8-3 victory over Utah Valley last year and a 5-0 win over Maine in 2010. The Red Raiders had previously opened their home schedule during the month of February in both seasons under head coach Shanon Hays, making this the latest home opener in his three seasons.
Fri., March 2 UT-Arlington vs. Binghamton_____________ 10:30 a.m. Texas Tech vs. Binghamton___________________ 1 p.m. Texas Tech vs. UT-Arlington________________ 3:30 p.m.
Sun., Feb. 19 Texas Tech vs. Binghamton_______________ 10:30 a.m. Texas Tech vs. UT-Arlington___________________ 1 p.m.
TEXAS TECH PROBABLE LINEUP 26 - MIKEY KENNEY .204 - 3 - 9
32 - TAYLOR POWELL .257 - 1 - 6
-or4 - KERMITRIA WARD .182 - 0 - 1
19 - RAVEN RICHARDSON .222 - 2 - 6
3 - EMILY BLEDSOE .238 - 0 - 2 2012 STATISTICS AVG - HR - RBI
7 - ASHLEY HAMADA .179 - 0 - 0
2 - LOGAN HALL .182 - 0 - 1
18 - SANDY JAMES .320 - 4 - 13
56 - CYDNEY ALLEN .143 - 0 - 3 -or22 - HOLLEY GENTSCH .154 - 0 - 6
DP 9 - ADRIANA PEREZ .386 - 3 - 11
POSSIBLE PITCHERS Pitcher Cara Custer - FR Kelsey Dennis - SR
W-L ERA 7-3 2.55 1-0 1.91
Pitcher Brittany Talley - SO Chandler Moore - FR
W-L ERA 3-2 2.00 0-0 9.55
Pitcher Kermitria Ward - SO
W-L ERA 0-0 0.00
2012 SCHEDULE FEBRUARY 9 # vs. San Diego State 10 # vs. Northwestern # vs. Tennessee 11 # vs. Stanford # vs. Cal Poly 17 $ vs. Ohio State $ vs. Long Beach State 18 $ vs. Idaho State $ vs. Portland State 19 $ vs. DePaul $ vs. Utah State 24 ^ vs. Texas State ^ vs. North Texas 25 ^ vs. UTEP ^ vs. Stephen F. Austin 26 ^ vs. Texas State
W, 5-4 L, 6-14 (6) L, 0-1 L, 1-7 L, 0-3 W, 7-4 W, 2-0 W, 8-4 W, 5-1 W, 2-1 W, 11-2 W, 6-0 W, 10-0 (8) W, 5-2 W, 2-1 (8) L, 1-3
MARCH 2 ~ BINGHAMTON ~ UT-ARLINGTON 3 ~ UT-ARLINGTON ~ BINGHAMTON 4 ~ BINGHAMTON ~ UT-ARLINGTON 6 at Texas 7 at Texas 9 NEW MEXICO 10 NEW MEXICO 14 at Stony Brook (DH) 16 + vs. Monmouth + at Seton Hall 17 + vs. Manhattan + vs. TBD 18 + vs. TBD 27 MIDWESTERN STATE 30 * IOWA STATE 31 * IOWA STATE
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APRIL 1 * IOWA STATE 5 * at Oklahoma 6 * at Oklahoma 7 * at Oklahoma 11 * TEXAS 13 * at Missouri 14 * at Missouri 15 * at Missouri 17 * TEXAS A&M (DH) 17 * TEXAS A&M 20 * BAYLOR 21 * BAYLOR 22 * BAYLOR 27 * at Kansas 28 * at Kansas 29 * at Kansas
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MAY 5 * OKLAHOMA STATE 6 * OKLAHOMA STATE 7 * OKLAHOMA STATE 17-20 NCAA Regionals 24-27 NCAA Super Regionals 31-6 NCAA College World Series
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# ASU Kajikawa Classic (Tempe, Ariz.) • $ Louisville Slugger Desert Classic (Las Vegas, Nev.) • ^ Texas Shootout (Waco, Texas) • ~ Jeannine McHaney Memorial Classic (Lubbock, Texas) • + Seton Hall Classic (South Orange, N.J.) • * Big 12 Series • Central times listed.
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GENERAL INFORMATION Location_______________________ Lubbock, Texas Founded_______________________________ 1923 Enrollment____________________________ 32,327 Nickname_________________________Red Raiders Colors_______________________ Scarlet and Black Facility____________________ Rocky Johnson Field Affiliation_____________________ NCAA Division I Conference____________________________ Big 12 Chancellor_________________________ Kent Hance President________________________ Dr. Guy Bailey Athletics Director__________________ Kirby Hocutt Sr. Associate AD/SWA______________Dr. Judi Henry Department Main Number________ (806) 742-3355
PRACTICES Players and coaches are available for interviews every day prior to the start of practice. Practice usually begins at 2:15 (batting cages) on weekdays, and media members wishing to attend should contact Matt Dowdy in the Athletics Communications office beforehand.
WWW.TEXASTECH.COM This is the official site of the Texas Tech Athletics Department. Texas Tech Volleyball releases as well as a variety of athletics department information can be found on the web. Texas Tech also offers live video (home matches only) streaming of all Red Raider matches.
PLAYER/HEAD COACH INTERVIEWS Texas Tech student-athletes and head coach Shanon Hays are available most days prior to practice. Hays can also be reached at various points during the day. Normally following weekend road trips, players and coaches are available on the following Monday, which is normally the scheduled “off day” for the team. To set up an interview, please contact Matt Dowdy.
VIDEO HIGHLIGHTS Texas Tech Athletics will provide video highlights and player/coaches interviews through an FTP site hosted by Texas Tech University. Members of the media can download files in QuickTime format that are of broadcast quality. For more information and to get FTP log-in information, please contact Matt Dowdy.
HISTORY Season of Softball_____21st (1981-85; 1996-present) All-Time Record________________ 492-587-4 (.454) NCAA Regional Appearances________________Four ______________________ (1999, 2001, 2010, 2011) FACILITY INFORMATION Name_____________________ Rocky Johnson Field Capacity_______ 1,093 (Room for portable seating) Opened________________________________ 2001 COACHING STAFF Head Coach_____________________ Shanon Hays Alma Mater________________Lubbock Christian ‘91 Record at Tech_______________ 91-39 (3rd Season) Career Record_______________ 205-55 (5th Season) Best time to reach_________ Afternoon, Contact SID Assoc. Head Coach___________________ Aly Sartini Alma Mater_______________________ Arkansas ‘00 Assistant Coach_____________________ Kristie Fox Alma Mater________________________ Arizona ‘07 Dir. of Operations___________ Shannon Armstrong Office Number__________________ (806) 742-5001
POSTGAME INTERVIEWS Texas Tech players and head coach Shanon Hays will be made available to the media just outside the home dugout following a brief cooling off period. The Texas Tech clubhouse will remain closed. CREDENTIALS Media members wishing to cover the Texas Tech softball team at Rocky Johnson Field during the 2012 season must be issued a working credential from the Texas Tech Athletics Communications office. All requests for both media and photo credentials must be made either in writing or via e-mail at least a day in advance to Matt Dowdy, Assistant Director for Athletic Communications. (Fax: (806) 7421970; e-mail: matthew.dowdy@ttu.edu) Credentials can be picked up in the Athletics Communications office (south end of Jones AT&T Stadium) or at the ticket office outside the stadium entrance on gamedays.
ROCKY JOHNSON FIELD Rocky Johnson Field opened in 2001, giving Texas Tech one of the newest softball facilities in the country. In the 10 years since its opening, the complex has gone through several changes, including the addition of the team facility down the left field line which opened in 2010, making “The Rock” one of the finest facilities in the country. DIRECTIONS TO ROCKY JOHNSON FIELD Rocky Johnson Field is located on 10th Street near University Medical Center (UMC). The softball complex is adjacent to the McLeod Tennis Center and can be best reached via Texas Tech Parkway. FROM THE AIRPORT: Take I-27 South from Regis Street and exit west on the Marsha Sharp Freeway. Take the Texas Tech Parkway exit and turn north (right) for a quarter of a mile until you reach the first stop light (10th Street). Turn back east (right) and Rocky Johnson Field will be on the right side.
TEAM INFORMATION 2011 Record____________________________42-16 Conference Record___________________ 5-13 (8th) Home Record___________________________26-10 Away Record______________________________3-5 Neutral Site Record________________________13-1 Postseason______________ NCAA Tucson Regional Final Ranking___________________ Received Votes Letterwinners Returning/Lost_______________15/5 Position Starters Returning/Lost______________7/1 Pitchers Returning Lost_____________________4/1 Newcomers________________________________ 9 Top Returning Position Players_____ Emily Bledsoe _________________ Raven Richardson, Logan Hall, ____________________ Sandy James, Cydney Allen Top Returning Pitchers_____________ Kelsey Dennis _______________________________Brittany Talley Top Newcomers________Cara Custer, Adriana Perez __________________ Katelyn Williams, Melisa Ryba ATHLETICS COMMUNICATIONS Associate AD/Communications________ Blayne Beal E-mail____________________ blayne.beal@ttu.edu Assistant Director (Softball)__________ Matt Dowdy THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY SUNDAY MONDAY Office__________________________ (806) 742-2770 2 3 4 5 Cell___________________________ (806) 928-5190 1 Fax____________________________ (806) 742-1970 Practice vs. Binghamton vs. UTA vs. Binghamton OFF DAY Twitter_________________________ @Matt_Dowdy 2:15 p.m. 1 p.m. 1 p.m. 10:30 a.m. E-mail________________ matthew.dowdy@ttu.edu Website____________________www.texastech.com vs. UTA vs. Binghamton vs. UTA Tech Twitter______ @TechAthletics, @TechGameday 3:30 p.m. 3:30 p.m. 1 p.m. Mailing Address_______________ 6th & Boston Ave. ___________________________ Lubbock, TX 79409 2
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at Texas 4 p.m. (LHN)
at Texas 8 p.m. (LHN)
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WEEK 4: JEANNINE MCHANEY MEMORIAL CLASSIC • GAMES 17-22 THE SERIES • Binghamton - This is the first meeting between the two schools. • UT-Arlington - Tech is 4-4 all-time against the Mavericks with the Red Raiders winning three of the last four meetings, including a 3-2 victory at UTSA on Feb. 28, 2010. This is only UTA’s second trip to Lubbock as the two teams previously split a April 22, 2008 doubleheader. ON DECK Barely a month in their season, the Red Raiders open Big 12 play next Tuesday with a two-game midweek series at 6th-ranked Texas. The Longhorns and Tech will play one game on both Tuesday and Wednesday in Austin before Texas travels to Lubbock April 11 to close out the season series. Tech will close next week with a two-game weekend series with No. 24 New Mexico at Rocky Johnson Field. RED RAIDERS GET FINAL TEST BEFORE BIG 12 Binghamton and UT-Arlington are the two final tests for the Red Raiders before Big 12 play opens next Tuesday night at Texas. Tech will face the Longhorns in a two-game midweek series that will mark the earliest the Red Raiders had ever played a conference game in school history. Texas travels to Lubbock April 11 to complete the season series. TECH TO HONOR JEANNINE MCHANEY This weekend’s round-robin tournament is named after Jeannine McHaney, who is widely-considered the founder of women’s athletics at Texas Tech. A pioneer of the 1970s and 80s, McHaney spent nearly a decade as the women’s athletics director before the two departments combined in 1986. From there, she continued to be a top administrator in the athletics department before losing a year-long battle with cancer in 1994, a year after the Lady Raider basketball team won the 1993 NCAA National Championship. This marks the second-annual Jeannine McHaney Memorial Classic which hopes to continue to be an annual event at Rocky Johnson Field. “THE ROCK” GETS ADDITIONAL SEATING Texas Tech fans will get the added comfort of not having to fight for a seat this season as over 500 seats were added to Rocky Johnson Field in the offseason. The seating addition replaced the grass berms that previously stood above both dugouts and over both bullpen areas. The facility, which opened in 2001, currently has seating for 1,165 fans with room to potentially add portable seating as well. RED RAIDERS RETURN HOME ON A ROLL After a disappointing 1-4 start to the season, the Red Raiders open their home schedule on a roll as of late, winning 10 of their last 11 contests with four of those wins coming over postseason teams from a year ago. Tech went a perfect 6-0 at the Louisville Slugger Desert Classic in Las Vegas before a 4-1 showing last weekend in Waco where the Red Raiders fell to Texas State, 3-1, in the tournament’s championship game. TECH PREPARES FOR 10 GAMES OVER NINE DAYS The Red Raiders have a challenging stretch over the next two weeks as Tech will play six games this weekend in the Jeannine McHaney Memorial Classic before taking on No. 6 Texas and No. 24 New Mexico in two-game series next week. All together Tech will play 10 games over a nine-day stretch with the Texas series being played in Austin.
CUSTER RETURNS HOME AS BIG 12 WINS LEADER Cara Custer enters this weekend as the Big 12 wins leader as the freshman is 7-3 on the year with a 2.76 earned-run average. She has earned a decision in every outing this year besides last Sunday’s Texas State game where the Red Raiders fell 3-1. Custer was pulled from that outing after giving up a run off two innings and five full innings of work. She also is among the league leaders in innings pitched, strikeouts, appearances, games started, shutouts, and complete games. PEREZ CONTINUES TO SHINE IN CLEANUP ROLE Through 12 games this season, Adriana Perez has already showed why she was the two-time California JUCO Catcher of the Year. The Lancaster, Calif. native is currently among the Big 12 leaders as she leads the team with a .386 average. Perez has homored three times so far while also driving in 11 RBI. With her emergence, Tech head coach Shanon Hays has been able to move Sandy James, last year’s cleanup hitter, to the No. 3 hole since Perez is protecting her in the lineup. NOTABLES u Texas Tech’s 16 game road trip to start the season marks the longest stretch away from Lubbock under Shanon Hays. The Red Raiders longest streak away from home to start the season was in 2009 when the Red Raiders opened with their first 22 games were at road tournaments. u Tech built a 10-game winning streak before falling to Texas State in the championship game of the Texas Shootout last weekend in Waco. That streak is the Red Raiders’ longest since running off 11-straight from March 11-20 last year as Tech closed the nonconference schedule. u Sandy James, the Feb. 21 Big 12 Player of the Week, enters this weekend among the Big 12 leaders home runs (4) and RBI (13) along with total bases (29). The junior has reached base in each of the last 10 games. u The Red Raiders have been aggressive on the base paths so far this season, swiping 18 bases in 23 attempts thus far. Kermitria Ward and Emily Bledsoe have helped lead the way as both players are among the conference leaders with six and five stole bases, respectively. u Prior to giving up two runs to UTEP in the fifth inning last Saturday, the Red Raiders had gone 22-straight scoreless innings, falling just five innings shy of the school record that was set last season. u Texas State’s three runs in the tournament finale marked the most by a Tech opponent since Idaho State scored four in an 8-4 loss Feb. 18. The Red Raiders had previously held their opponents to two runs or less in eight of their last nine contests. u That same Texas State game also marked a rarity for the Red Raiders under Shanon Hays. Tech was previously 56-4 under the third-year head coach when leading or tied following six innings. TECH PITCHERS GOING THE DISTANCE Led by primary starters Brittany Talley and Cara Custer, the Tech pitching staff has been going the distance for the most part this season, already tossing eight complete games over the first three weekends, including four times at the Louisville Slugger Desert Classic in Las Vegas. Custer leads the squad as she has finished out five games so far while Talley has added three complete games of her own. The duo has combined for three shutouts on the year, two of which that took place last weekend in Waco.
2011 BIG 12 STANDINGS School Texas Baylor Kansas Oklahoma Texas Tech Missouri Texas A&M Oklahoma State Iowa State
Big 12 Pct. Overall Pct. 0-0 .000 14-1 .933 0-0 .000 12-2 .857 0-0 .000 12-2 .857 0-0 .000 10-3 .769 0-0 .000 11-5 .688 0-0 .000 6-3 .667 0-0 .000 10-6 .625 0-0 .000 6-7 .462 0-0 .000 4-9 .308
UPCOMING BIG 12 SCHEDULE Wednesday, Feb. 29 Texas A&M 4, Sam Houston State 1 Texas 5, Texas State 0 Oklahoma 4, North Texas 1 Texas 7, Texas State 0 Friday, March 2 Connecticut vs. Kansas Binghamton at Texas Tech Kansas vs. Charleston Southern Nebraska at Texas A&M Valparaiso vs. Iowa State UT-Arlington at Texas Tech Oregon vs. Baylor Sam Houston State at Texas Texas State at Texas A&M LSU at Oklahoma Iowa at Oklahoma State North Carolina vs. Baylor Missouri State vs. Missouri
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Saturday, March 3 TBA vs. Kansas Wisconsin vs. Kansas UCLA vs. Baylor UTSA vs. Iowa State Saint Louis vs. Missouri LSU vs. Oklahoma State Illinois State vs. Baylor Iowa State at UTEP UT-Arlington at Texas Tech Iowa vs. Oklahoma State Sam houston State at Texas Houston at Texas A&M Southeast Missouri St. at Missouri Binghamton at Texas Tech LSU vs. Oklahoma Nebraska at Texas A&M Iowa vs. Oklahoma
TBA 8 a.m. 9 a.m. 10:30 a.m. 11 a.m. 11 a.m. 11:15 a.m. 12:30 p.m. 1 p.m. 1:30 p.m. 1:30 p.m. 3 p.m. 3 p.m. 3:30 p.m. 4 p.m. 5:15 p.m. 6:30 p.m.
Sunday, March 4 Syracuse vs. Baylor Brown vs. Iowa State Binghamton at Texas Tech Iowa at Oklahoma Connecticut vs. Kansas LSU at Oklahoma State Houston at Texas A&M UT-Arlington at Texas Tech Sam Houston State at Texas Missouri at UMKC
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USA TODAY/NFCA TOP 25 POLL Rk. School 1. Alabama (14) 2. California (5) 3. Florida (10) 4. Washington (1) 5. Arizona State 6. Texas 7. Georgia 8. Oklahoma 9. Tennessee 10. Baylor 11. Stanford 12. Louisiana-Lafayette 13. Missouri 14. UCLA 15. Arizona 16. Michigan 17. Louisville 18. Oregon 19. Auburn 20. Florida State 21. Texas A&M 22. Hawaii 23. Oklahoma State 24. New Mexico 25. Nebraska
Rec. 13-0 12-0 13-1 14-1 14-2 11-0 12-2 8-1 10-3 12-2 13-3 12-0 6-3 11-4 13-4 11-3 12-0 8-2 14-0 15-0 9-6 12-0 6-5 13-2 9-7
Pts. 727 712 681 660 635 578 512 504 493 476 424 372 367 349 346 342 287 271 238 136 124 105 81 65 5-2
LW 2 3 1 5 4 8 13 6 10 9 14 17 11 7 15 12 18 19 24 RV 16 25 21 RV 22
Others Receiving Votes: North Carolina 39; Georgia Tech 30; Houston 29; South Florida 27; Maryland 21; LSU 15; DePaul 14; Massachusetts 14; Arkansas 6; Purdue 5; New Mexico State 4; Syracuse 3, Kentucky 2, Oregon State 2; South Carolina Upstate 2.
ESPN/USA SOFTBALL TOP 25 POLL Rk. School 1. California (16) 2. Alabama (4) 3. Washington 4. Florida 5. Arizona State 6. Texas 7. Georgia 8. Tennessee 9. Oklahoma 10. Stanford 11. Baylor 12. Louisiana-Lafayette 13. Missouri 14. Arizona 15. Michigan 16. UCLA 17. Auburn 18. Oregon 19. Louisville 20. Florida State 21. Texas A&M 22. Hawaii 23. South Florida 24. North Carolina 25. Georgia Tech
Rec. 12-0 13-0 14-1 13-1 14-2 12-1 12-2 10-3 9-3 13-3 12-2 12-0 6-3 13-4 11-3 11-4 13-0 8-2 12-0 15-0 9-6 12-0 10-2 11-2 8-7
Pts. LW 496 1 481 2 434 7 423 3 422 4 399 9 368 13 347 9 317 6 307 15 283 10 256 18 255 11 249 16 224 12 210 5 208 19 176 21 162 20 102 25 89 14 57 RV 52 RV 49 24 35 17
Others Receiving Votes: Nebraska (28); DePaul (19); Maryland (19); LSU (9); UMASS (5); New Mexico (5); Arkansas (4); Syracuse (3); Pacific (3); BYU (1); North Carolina State (1); Ohio State (1); South Carolina Upstate (1) BOLD represents 2012 Texas Tech opponents
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RED RAIDERS REBOUND NICELY IN VEGAS After what many considered a disappointing 1-4 start to the season, the Red Raiders rebounded rather nicely in Las Vegas, going 6-0 while defeating three teams that advanced to the postseason a year ago in Long Beach State, Portland State, and DePaul along with Ohio State who was receiving votes in the top 25 polls at the time. Tech faced six schools that made the postseason last year in its first 11 games, going 4-2 in those contests.
BLEDSOE A CANDIDATE FOR LOWE’S SR. CLASS Earlier this season, Emily Bledsoe was named one of 30 candidates for the prestigious Lowe’s Senior CLASS Award that is presented annually to the softball student-athlete that excels not only on the diamond but also in the classroom and community. The 30 candidates will be trimmed to 10 finalists midway through the season with the winner being named following a nationwide vote at the Women’s College World Series.
JAMES NAMED BIG 12 PLAYER OF THE WEEK After hitting over .400 with a pair of home runs, Sandy James was named the Big 12 Player of the Week Tuesday, marking the second time the junior has earned the honor. She hit .409 at the Louisville Slugger Desert Classic while driving in nine RBI to lead the Red Raider offense. She becomes the first Red Raider in school history to be named the league’s Player of the Week twice. She is also just the second Tech player to earn a weekly award on multiple occasions, joining Amanda Renfro who was named the Pitcher of the Week five times over the 1998-01 seasons.
BUILDING THAT RPI Part of Tech’s success over the last two seasons in getting to a NCAA Regional has stemmed from its difficult regular season schedule. Tech played six non-conference teams last year that made the postseason and is set to face seven this year with three of those games taking place at the Kajikawa Classic. The Red Raiders dropped San Diego State, 5-4, before falling to both No. 14 Tennessee and No. 9 Stanford, who both earned national seeds a year ago. Tech faced three more regional squads from a year ago last weekend as Long Beach State, Portland State, and DePaul all made the postseason in 2011.
HAYS EARNS WIN NO. 200 The Red Raiders’ 2-1 win over DePaul marked win No. 200 for head coach Shanon Hays as the thirdyear head coach is now 205-55 in four-plus seasons as a collegiate coach. Hays, who is 91-39 at Tech, recently passed Theresa Wilson for third on the winningest Tech coaches list as Wilson went 89-123 during the 2005-08 seasons.
RED RAIDERS FACE QUALITY ARMS IN ARIZONA If there was one certainty from Tech’s opening weekend at the Kajikawa Classic, it was that Tech faced two of the country’s top pitchers in Tennessee’s Ellen Renfro and Stanford’s Teagan Gerhart. The duo combined to hold Tech to just one run which came off a Mikey Kenney solo home run in the second inning off the Cardinal. Renfro was the SEC Freshman of the Year last season after compiling a 26-7 record, while Gerhart earned All-Pac 12 first team honors after going 26-13 in the circle.
RYBA MAKES SOLID FIRST IMPRESSION After sitting out a season due to NCAA transfer rules, Melisa Ryba made a solid debut in a Red Raider uniform, homering off the first pitch she saw in the season-opening victory over San Diego State. It marked the first time a Tech player had homored in the opening at-bat of her Red Raider debut since Mikey Kenney did so against Wisconsin in 2010. Ryba wrapped the weekend at Tech’s leading hitter, finishing with a .400 average to go along with three RBI and a run scored. TALLEY NEARLY LEADS TECH PAST TENNESSEE One of the highlights of Tech’s trip to the Kajikawa Classic was Brittany Talley’s complete game against 14th-ranked Tennessee. The sophomore allowed just one run against the Lady Vols which came off a Melissa Brown double in the fifth inning. The complete game was Talley’s 10th over the last two seasons, the most by any current Tech player. Talley finished the weekend 0-1 in the circle while posting a 3.20 ERA over 15.1 innings in the circle. UNFAMILIAR TERRITORY The Red Raiders entered unfamiliar territory in Las Vegas as Tech had never gone into a game with a losing record under head coach Shanon Hays. Tech lost only five non-conference games over the last two seasons, including only one in 2011 alone. The Red Raiders had a tough weekend in Arizona, though, falling to Northwestern, No. 14 Tennessee, No. 9 Stanford, and Cal Poly in what is the worst start to a season since the 2008 squad opened the year with 12-straight losses. Tech’s four-game losing streak to regular season non-conference opponents also marks its longest since late in the 2009 season.
PENCIL BLEDSOE IN THE LINEUP During Cal Ripken, Jr.’s historic stretch with the Baltimore Orioles, he earned the iconic nickname “Iron Man” after breaking the major league record for 2,632 consecutive games played. While not nearing Ripken’s mark, Emily Bledsoe has impressed many not just for her glove or bat but for her toughness as well as the Fulshear, Texas native has started in all 182 games since her freshman season in 2009. Already a regular in the Tech record book, the senior will likely enter the top 10 for career games played midway through the season. TECH PICKS UP VOTES IN PRESEASON POLLS For the second-straight season, Texas Tech started the season receiving votes in both the USA Today/ NFCA and the ESPN/USA Softball preseason polls. The Red Raiders picked up five votes in the NFCA poll and then six in the ESPN rankings. One of seven Big 12 schools appearing in the polls, Tech will face a total of 14 teams this season that are ranked or receiving votes in the preseason rankings. RED RAIDERS FACE CHALLENGE IN THE DESERT The Red Raiders had a tough task at hand at the Kajikawa Classic as four of their five opponents were ranked or receiving votes in the preseason rankings. Stanford led the pack after being ranked No. 9 by the NFCA and No. 10 by ESPN.com, while Tennessee is No. 14 in the NFCA poll and No. 9 in the ESPN rankings. San Diego State was receiving votes in both polls while Northwestern picked up two votes in the ESPN rankings. Tennessee, Stanford, and San Diego State were all selected to a NCAA Regional last year with the Lady Vols and Cardinal eventually advancing to the Super Regionals.
WEEK 4: JEANNINE MCHANEY MEMORIAL CLASSIC • GAMES 17-22 RED RAIDERS RETURN 15 PLAYERS FROM 2011 With 15 returners back from its 2011 squad, Tech could be primed for another breakout season in 2012. Of those 15 returners, eight were position starters a year ago while Tech’s top two pitchers, senior Kelsey Dennis and sophomore Brittany Talley, also return in the circle. The Red Raiders had no seniors on their roster last year when Tech finished 42-16 overall after falling to Arizona in the finale of the NCAA Tucson Regional.
team where this young right-hander with great velocity and good movement was retiring hitters left and right. Sartini along with Shanon Hays immediately began recruiting that right-hander, current freshman Cara Custer, early and secured her commitment before several of the top programs across the country came calling. Now, the Tech coaching staff is expecting the Spanaway, Wash. native to be a dominating presence in the circle for a Tech pitching staff that had a 3.50 ERA a year ago.
TAKING THE NEXT STEP Immediately following Tech’s season-ending loss to Arizona in the NCAA Tucson Regional, head coach Shanon Hays had one message for his young team to take the next step in 2012. Advancing to the postseason would no longer just be the goal. Knowing the majority of that squad would return this year, he challenged the group to win a regional this season, a feat that has not been accomplished in school history. The Red Raiders have fallen in the regional finale in each of the last two seasons.
RED RAIDERS ADD JUCO CATCHER OF THE YEAR Tech continued to add hitters in the offseason with the signing of two-time California JUCO Catcher of the Year Adriana Perez. One of the top junior college prospects in the country last year, Perez is expected to bolster an already-deep catcher staff that consists of seniors Holley Gentsch and Cydney Allen along with junior Randi Tongate. Perez hit over .500 in each of her two seasons at Antelope Valley College in California, totaling 31 home runs and 117 RBI during that two year stretch.
TECH BOASTS A RECORD EIGHT SENIORS After only having a total of two seniors on the roster during his first two seasons, Shanon Hays will have a senior-laden squad for the first time as eight seniors return for their final season in scarlet and black. No Tech team had previously boasted more than six seniors on its roster since softball returned as an intercollegiate sport in 1996. The only two seniors in Hays’ tenure were in 2010 when Ashly Jacobs and Leah Legler completed their eligibility. Both are still associated with the program this season with Jacobs filling the role of graduate student manager and Legler as the volunteer assistant coach.
RYBA RETURNS TO DIAMOND AFTER YEAR OFF Melisa Ryba will be returning to the softball diamond for the first time since the 2010 season this weekend as the redshirt junior sat out the 2011 season due to NCAA transfer rules. Ryba, who could play varies positions for Tech, transferred from Northern Colorado after hitting .323 as a sophomore with seven home runs and 32 RBI. She was named an All-Independent Co-Freshman of the Year in 2009 before Northern Colorado joined the Pacific Coast Softball Conference in 2010 when she was a second team PCSC AllMountain selection.
TECH RETURNS ONE OF NATION’S TOP LINEUPS The majority of last year’s lineup that hit .361 and ranked fourth nationally in both batting average and scoring average returns this season as the Red Raiders bring back eight position starters from a year ago. Tech set the Big 12 Conference record last year with its .361 batting average as seven regulars in the lineup hit .300 or better during the season. Raven Richardson led all hitters with a .384 mark followed closely behind by Emily Bledsoe and her .383 average. BLEDSOE NAMED TO PRESEASON WATCH LIST Senior Emily Bledsoe was named to the USA Softball Player of the Year Watch List prior to the season, joining 49 players nationwide including 10 from the Big 12 Conference. Bledsoe, a Fulshear, Texas native, hit a career-high .383 as a junior and is already a fixture in the school’s record book. She is the first Tech player to be named to any preseason watch list in school history. TECH HITS THE ROAD FOR NON-CONFERENCE After playing the majority of non-conference games at home the past two seasons, the Red Raiders will be hitting the road more often this year with four non-conference tournaments away from Lubbock. Following Tech’s trip to Tempe to open the season the Red Raiders will travel to Las Vegas (Feb. 17-19) for the Louisville Slugger Desert Classic, Waco (Feb. 24-26) for the Texas Shootout, and South Orange, N.J. (March 16-18) for the Seton Hall Classic.
TECH PICKED 7TH IN BIG 12 PRESEASON POLL Even with lofty expectations and the majority of its 2011 squad back for another season, Texas Tech was picked seventh in the Big 12 preseason poll of conference coaches. The league is coming off a record year where eight teams (of 10) advanced to the postseason with four of those eventually composing the eight-team Women’s College World Series. Missouri was the preseason favorite to take the league title followed by Oklahoma and then Texas. Team (first-place votes) Points 1. Missouri (3) 59 2. Oklahoma (4) 56 3. Texas (1) 50 4. Baylor 45 5. Texas A&M 37 6. Oklahoma State 32 7. Texas Tech 22 8. Kansas 13 9. Iowa State 10 BIG 12 PLAY TURNS TO THREE-GAME SERIES For the first time in Big 12 history, all conference series will be three games each. The league had previously gone with a two-game format and a postseason conference tournament until the 2011 season when the tournament was cut. There will be a total of 24 conference games, six more than the 2010 season. With the departure of Nebraska, the league is a nine-team conference as Kansas State does not sponsor softball.
TECH IN NATIONAL RANKINGS Preseason Feb. 14 Feb. 21 Feb. 28 March 6 March 13 March 20 March 27 April 3 April 10 April 17 April 24 May 1 May 8 May 15
NFCA ESPN RV RV n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a
BIG 12 WEEKLY AWARDS PLAYER OF THE WEEK Feb. 14 Lexy Bennett, Texas, Sr. Feb. 21 Sandy James, Texas Tech, Jr. Feb. 28 Kelsea Roth, Missouri, Fr. March 6 March 13 March 27 April 3 April 10 April 17 April 24 May 1 May 8 May 15 PITCHER OF THE WEEK Feb. 14 Whitney Canion, Baylor, Jr. Feb. 21 Blaire Luna, Texas, Jr. Feb. 28 Chelsea Thomas, Missouri, Jr. March 6 March 13 March 27 April 3 April 10 April 17 April 24 May 1 May 8 May 15
HAYS LOOKS TO CUSTER FOR BOOST IN CIRCLE When pitching coach Aly Sartini was out recruiting the Las Vegas area in the summer of 2010, she sat in by chance on the Washington Lady Hawks travel
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PERSONAL High School______________ Lubbock Monterey ‘86 College___________________Lubbock Christian ‘91 Degree____________________________ Education Wife____________________________________ Tina Children_______________ Hunter, Heath, Hampton Father is legendary Texas Tech baseball coach Larry Hays, who retired in 2008 as the fourth-winningest coach in NCAA history. Brother, Daren Hays, is the current coach at Lubbock Christian University.
YEAR-BY-YEAR RECORD YEAR SCHOOL RECORD 2006-07 Lubbock Christian n/a 2008 Lubbock Christian 60-9* 2009 Lubbock Christian 54-7^ 2010 Texas Tech 38-18# 2011 Texas Tech 42-16 2012 Texas Tech 11-5 Total 205-55 * NAIA National Champions ^ NAIA National Championship finalists # NCAA Regional
ACCOMPLISHMENTS u 2008 NAIA National Coach of the Year
u 2008-09 Sooner Athletic Conference Coach of
the Year
pletely different sports (men’s basketball).
u Only person in Tech history to coach two com- u Led Tech to a 23-game turnaround in first year. u Broken 15 school records in just over a year. u Three Big 12 weekly award recepiants.
u Three All-Big 12 postseason award honorees.
OTHER EXPERIENCE YEAR 1995-96 1996-99 1999-01 2001-02 2002-03 2004-06 Total
SCHOOL (SEASONS) RECORD Frank Phillips (1) 19-9 Abilene Christian (3) 58-26 Texas Tech Asst. Coach (2) 21-34 Abilene Christian AD Midland College (1) 30-7 Houston Assoc. HC (2) 39-24 187-37
In two seasons as Texas Tech’s head softball coach, Shanon Hays has taken the Red Raiders to consecutive NCAA Regional appearances, breaking a nineyear postseason absence and laying the framework for a program on the rise in the process. After inheriting a squad that was only 15-42 in 2009, Hays led the Red Raiders to back-to-back 30-plus win seasons, including a 42-16 campaign in 2011 that marked the highest winning percentage in school history. Prior to Hays’ arrival, Tech had only advanced to the postseason twice in program history with its last trip being in 2001, which was also its most-previous season with a winning record. Tech’s 80-34 record under Hays is one win shy of its previous four seasons combined as the Red Raiders won 81 games from 2006-09. Most importantly, though, the Red Raiders have been in the postseason each season, advancing to the NCAA Stanford Regional in 2010 and the Tucson Regional in 2011. Tech fell in the regional finale each year as eventual College World Series participant Hawaii ended the squad’s run in 2010 while host Arizona dropped the Red Raiders in 2011. No Tech squad had previously advanced to a regional in consecutive seasons, nor had any team previously appeared in the top 25 rankings. The Red Raiders changed that on Feb. 15, 2011 as they appeared in the top 25 of both polls, breaking a drought that lasted over a decade. Tech, which had not been ranked previously in either poll since the end of the 1999 season, climbed as high as No. 19 throughout the year, the highest ranking in school history. Under Hays, Tech has consistently produced one of the top lineups in the nation as the Red Raiders spent most of the 2011 season with the highest batting average in the nation before ending the year fourth overall. The squad’s 7.17 runs per game ranked fourth as well in scoring nationally, while its .533 slugging percentage was just inside the top 10 nationally in ninth. With that type of production up and down the lineup, the Red Raiders have snapped 13 single-season offensive marks in the school record book, including the previous highs for batting average, runs, hits, doubles, home runs, and RBI. While playing in a conference dominated by pitching, Tech has only been shutout six times under Hays as the Red Raiders have been among the Big 12 leaders in most offensive categories as well. Four players - Cydney Allen, Emily Bledsoe, Logan Hall, and Mikey Kenney - have been honored on either the All-Big 12 second team or on the NFCA postseason awards lists following each season. Tech’s transformation should come as little surprise after Hays’ work at Lubbock Christian. Following his appointment as the program’s first head softball coach in 2006, Hays worked for a full academic year in preparation for LCU’s first season in 2008. The Lady Chaps did not disappoint in their inaugural season, compiling a 60-9 record and claiming the NAIA National Championship, earning Hays NAIA National Coach of the Year honors. Hays wrapped his twoyear tenure at LCU with a 114-16 overall record after advancing to the national championship again in 2009. Known as a top-flight recruiter and motivator, Hays was named the Sooner Athletic Conference Coach of the Year both seasons and produced five NFCA and NAIA first team All-Americans during his tenure. Hays turned to softball after a successful career as a basketball coach that included two seasons on the Texas Tech bench as an assistant coach from 1999-2001 under James Dickey. He is the first person at Texas Tech to coach two completely different sports (one men’s and now one women’s). Hays began playing fastpitch softball as a youth, along with baseball and basketball, because his father, the legendary Texas Tech and LCU baseball coach Larry Hays, also played fastpitch softball. Hays, the elder, whose 1,509 career wins were good enough for fourth on the all-time collegiate baseball list, retired as Tech’s all-time winningest coach prior to the 2009 season. He graduated from Lubbock Monterey High School in 1986 and makes his home in Lubbock with his wife, Tina, two sons, Hunter, Heath, and daughter, Hampton. For Hays’ complete bio, visit texastech.com.
HAYS AGAINST ALL OPPONENTS NON-CONFERENCE Alcorn State__________________ 2-1 Appalachian State_____________ 1-0 Arizona______________________ 0-1 Auburn______________________ 0-1 Boise St.______________________ 3-0 Boston University______________ 1-0 Bradley______________________ 1-0 Bryant_______________________ 3-0 BYU_________________________ 1-0 Cal Poly______________________ 0-1 California_____________________ 1-0 Chattanooga__________________ 1-0 Colorado State________________ 1-0 Dayton______________________ 3-0 DePaul_______________________ 1-0 Evansville____________________ 3-0 Florida A&M__________________ 1-0 Florida State__________________ 1-0 6
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Harvard______________________ 1-0 Hawai’i_______________________ 0-1 Houston Baptist_______________ 2-0 Howard______________________ 3-0 Idaho State___________________ 1-0 Indiana______________________ 1-0 Jackson State _________________ 3-0 Jacksonville___________________ 1-0 Liberty_______________________ 1-0 Long Beach State______________ 1-0 Long Island___________________ 1-1 Maine_______________________ 3-0 Maryland_____________________ 0-1 Missouri- Kansas City___________ 3-0 Nebraska_____________________ 1-3 New Mexico__________________ 2-0 New Mexico State______________ 1-1 North Carolina Central__________ 3-0 North Texas___________________ 1-0
Northern Illinois_______________ 2-0 Northwestern_________________ 0-1 Ohio State____________________ 1-0 Oregon______________________ 1-0 Portland State_________________ 1-0 San Diego State_______________ 1-1 Southern Utah________________ 1-0 St. John’s_____________________ 2-0 Stanford_____________________ 1-1 Stephen F. Austin______________ 1-0 Tennessee____________________ 0-1 Texas-Arlington_______________ 1-0 Texas Southern________________ 1-0 Texas State___________________ 1-1 Towson______________________ 1-0 UC Davis_____________________ 1-0 Utah State____________________ 1-0 Utah Valley___________________ 3-0 UTEP________________________ 1-0
Wichita State__________________ 3-1 Wisconsin____________________ 1-0 Total_____________________ 79-15 BIG 12 Baylor_______________________ 1-3 Iowa State____________________ 3-1 Kansas_______________________ 4-1 Missouri_____________________ 0-4 Oklahoma____________________ 2-3 Oklahoma St._________________ 2-2 Texas________________________ 0-4 Texas A&M____________________ 0-4 Total_____________________ 12-22
WEEK 4: JEANNINE MCHANEY MEMORIAL CLASSIC • GAMES 17-22
2012 RESULTS Record: 11-5 Home: 0-0 Away: 0-0 Neutral: 11-5 Big 12: 0-0 Date Feb 09, 2012 Feb 10, 2012 Feb 10, 2012 Feb 11, 2012 Feb 11, 2012 Feb 17, 2012 Feb 17, 2012 Feb 18, 2012 Feb 18, 2012 Feb 19, 2012 Feb 19, 2012 Feb 24, 2012 Feb 24, 2012 Feb 25, 2012 Feb 25, 2012 Feb 26, 2012
Opponent Score vs San Diego State W 5-4 vs Northwestern 6-14 L vs #14 Tennessee 0-1 L vs Stanford 1-7 L vs Cal Poly 0-3 L vs Ohio State W 7-4 vs Long Beach State W 2-0 vs Idaho State W 8-4 vs Portland State W 5-1 vs DePaul W 2-1 vs Utah State W 11-2 vs Texas State W 6-0 vs North Texas W 10-0 vs UTEP W 5-2 vs Stephen F. Austin W 2-1 vs Texas State 1-3 L
r-h-e 5-8-0 6-5-3 0-2-0 1-2-0 0-7-0 7-7-1 2-7-0 8-9-1 5-7-0 2-7-1 11-9-1 6-6-0 10-9-0 5-5-2 2-6-1 1-1-0
r-h-e 4-5-0 14-7-0 1-6-0 7-7-0 3-8-0 4-7-4 0-7-2 4-8-3 1-5-1 1-3-0 2-7-2 0-5-3 0-4-1 2-5-2 1-3-0 3-4-1
Inns 7 6 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 5 7 (8) 7 (8) 7
Overall 1-0-0 1-1-0 1-2-0 1-3-0 1-4-0 2-4-0 3-4-0 4-4-0 5-4-0 6-4-0 7-4-0 8-4-0 9-4-0 10-4-0 11-4-0 11-5-0
Big 12 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0
Pitcher of record Custer, C. (W 1-0) Custer, C. (L 1-1) Talley, B. (L 0-1) Custer, C. (L 1-2) Custer, C. (L 1-3) Custer, C. (W 2-3) Custer, C. (W 3-3) Dennis, K. (W 1-0) Custer, C. (W 4-3) Talley, B. (W 1-1) Custer, C. (W 5-3) Talley, B. (W 2-1) Custer, C. (W 6-3) Custer, C. (W 7-3) Talley, B. (W 3-1) Talley, B. (L 3-2)
Attend Time 215 1:59 216 2:32 254 1:49 245 1:41 232 2:04 150 2:12 276 1:22 165 2:07 100 1:45 132 1:41 135 1:46 0 1:38 0 2:04 909 1:59 0 1:53 1047 1:41
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2012 OVERALL HITTING STATISTICS Player Perez, Adriana James, Sandy Bledsoe, Emily Richardson, Raven Kenney, Mikey Hall, Logan Hamada, Ashley Gentsch, Holley Allen, Cydney -------------Tongate, Randi Ryba, Melisa Powell, Taylor Ward, Kermitria Williams, Katelyn Cooper, Emily Talley, Brittany Moore, Chandler Custer, Cara Heath, Meredith Dennis, Kelsey Totals Opponents
AVG GP GS AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI TB SLG% BB HBP SO GDP OB% SF SH SB ATT PO A E FLD% .386 16 16 44 4 17 1 0 3 11 27 .614 5 1 5 0 .460 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 .000 .320 16 16 50 9 16 1 0 4 13 29 .580 7 0 7 1 .404 0 0 0 0 130 8 3 .979 .238 16 16 42 10 10 3 0 0 2 13 .310 7 7 10 0 .429 0 2 5 5 17 37 1 .982 .222 16 16 45 11 10 3 0 2 6 19 .422 5 2 13 0 .327 0 1 1 2 27 38 1 .985 .204 16 16 49 12 10 1 0 3 9 20 .408 7 2 15 0 .322 1 0 2 2 11 1 2 .857 .182 16 16 44 2 8 2 0 0 1 10 .227 2 0 4 0 .217 0 2 1 1 38 48 2 .977 .179 16 14 28 4 5 0 0 0 0 5 .179 0 0 3 1 .179 0 1 0 1 11 0 0 1.000 .154 15 8 26 2 4 2 0 0 6 6 .231 1 1 2 0 .207 1 0 0 0 37 4 0 1.000 .143 12 8 21 2 3 0 0 0 3 3 .143 7 0 10 0 .357 0 0 0 0 29 3 0 1.000 .333 3 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 .333 0 0 0 0 .333 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 1.000 .304 11 7 23 3 7 0 0 1 3 10 .435 0 0 9 0 .304 0 0 1 1 10 1 0 1.000 .267 12 6 15 4 4 1 0 1 6 8 .533 2 1 5 0 .389 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 1.000 .182 13 5 11 4 2 0 0 0 1 2 .182 0 0 2 0 .182 0 0 6 7 5 0 0 1.000 .000 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 2 0 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 15 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 1 3 1 0 0 1.000 .000 9 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 3 10 0 1.000 .000 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 11 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 0 16 0 1.000 .000 7 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1.000 .240 16 16 404 71 97 14 0 14 61 153 .379 43 14 87 2 .333 2 7 18 23 327 167 10 .980 .225 16 16 405 47 91 13 0 7 45 125 .309 34 24 67 5 .322 0 10 6 11 318 109 19 .957
LOB - Team (83), Opp (101). DPs turned - Team (5), Opp (5).
2012 OVERALL PITCHING STATISTICS Player Talley, Brittany Custer, Cara -------------Ward, Kermitria Dennis, Kelsey Moore, Chandler Ryba, Melisa Totals Opponents
ERA W L APP GS CG SHO CBO SV IP H R ER BB SO 2B 3B HR AB B/Avg WP HBP BK SFA SHA 2.00 3 2 9 5 3 1 0 0 42.0 31 12 12 9 22 4 0 1 146 .212 0 8 2 0 7 2.55 7 3 11 9 5 2 0 0 55.0 45 22 20 20 35 8 0 2 208 .216 8 9 1 0 2 0.00 0 0 1 0 0 0 1.91 1 0 4 1 0 0 9.55 0 0 2 1 0 0 99.00 0 0 1 0 0 0 2.76 11 5 16 16 8 3 3.10 5 11 16 16 8 2
0 0 1.0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 4 .250 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 7.1 6 3 2 2 8 1 0 1 27 .222 0 4 1 0 1 0 0 3.2 5 5 5 1 2 0 0 1 17 .294 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 3 4 4 1 0 0 0 2 3 1.000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 109.0 91 47 43 34 67 13 0 7 405 .225 8 24 4 0 10 0 0 106.0 97 71 47 43 87 14 0 14 404 .240 7 14 2 2 7
PB - Team (3), Allen, C. 3, Opp (2). SBA/ATT - Gentsch, H. (6-9), Talley, B. (3-6), Custer, C. (2-3), Dennis, K. (1-2), Allen, C. (0-2).
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TEAM HITTING GAME-BY-GAME Date Opponent Feb 09, 2012 vs San Diego State Feb 10, 2012 vs Northwestern Feb 10, 2012 vs Tennessee Feb 11, 2012 vs Stanford Feb 11, 2012 vs Cal Poly Feb 17, 2012 vs Ohio State Feb 17, 2012 vs Long Beach State Feb 18, 2012 vs Idaho State Feb 18, 2012 vs Portland State Feb 19, 2012 vs DePaul Feb 19, 2012 vs Utah State Feb 24, 2012 vs Texas State Feb 24, 2012 vs North Texas Feb 25, 2012 vs UTEP Feb 25, 2012 vs Stephen F. Austin Feb 26, 2012 vs Texas State Totals
AB R H RBI 2B 3B HR BB IBB SB CS HBP SAC 28 5 8 5 0 0 3 2 0 3 0 0 0 23 6 5 4 0 0 0 5 0 1 0 3 0 22 0 2 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 23 1 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 27 0 7 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 30 7 7 6 1 0 1 4 0 0 0 1 0 25 2 7 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 26 8 9 7 3 0 1 3 0 2 1 4 0 26 5 7 5 1 0 2 3 0 2 1 1 0 23 2 7 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 26 11 9 10 1 0 3 6 0 0 0 0 0 24 6 6 6 1 0 1 2 0 2 0 0 1 32 10 9 9 0 0 1 6 0 1 0 2 2 20 5 5 2 1 0 0 7 0 5 2 1 0 28 2 6 2 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 21 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 404 71 97 61 14 0 14 43 0 18 5 14 7
SF GDP 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2
K PO A E Avg 6 21 12 0 .286 10 15 5 3 .255 14 21 10 0 .205 6 18 8 0 .177 5 21 14 0 .195 3 21 11 1 .203 4 21 13 0 .213 3 21 5 1 .230 6 21 10 0 .235 2 21 11 1 .241 4 15 11 1 .251 9 21 8 0 .251 7 24 16 0 .254 4 21 11 2 .254 2 24 9 1 .251 2 21 13 0 .240 87 327 167 10 .240
TEAM PITCHING GAME-BY-GAME Date Opponent Feb 09, 2012 vs San Diego State Feb 10, 2012 vs Northwestern Feb 10, 2012 vs Tennessee Feb 11, 2012 vs Stanford Feb 11, 2012 vs Cal Poly Feb 17, 2012 vs Ohio State Feb 17, 2012 vs Long Beach State Feb 18, 2012 vs Idaho State Feb 18, 2012 vs Portland State Feb 19, 2012 vs DePaul Feb 19, 2012 vs Utah State Feb 24, 2012 vs Texas State Feb 24, 2012 vs North Texas Feb 25, 2012 vs UTEP Feb 25, 2012 vs Stephen F. Austin Feb 26, 2012 vs Texas State Totals
IP H R ER BB SO 2B 3B HR WP BK HBP DP IBB 7.0 5 4 4 4 6 0 0 1 2 0 0 1 0 5.0 7 14 10 7 2 1 0 3 0 0 7 0 0 7.0 6 1 1 2 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6.0 7 7 7 0 6 3 0 1 0 1 4 0 0 7.0 8 3 3 2 4 2 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 7.0 7 4 4 0 4 1 0 1 0 1 3 0 0 7.0 7 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 7.0 8 4 4 1 6 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 7.0 5 1 1 3 7 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 7.0 3 1 1 2 4 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 5.0 7 2 2 2 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 7.0 5 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8.0 4 0 0 3 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 7.0 5 2 2 1 7 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 8.0 3 1 1 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 7.0 4 3 3 3 5 1 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 109.0 91 47 43 34 67 13 0 7 8 4 24 5 0
Score 5-4 6-14 0-1 1-7 0-3 7-4 2-0 8-4 5-1 2-1 11-2 6-0 10-0 5-2 2-1 1-3 71-47
W L SV 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 2 0 1 3 0 1 4 0 2 4 0 3 4 0 4 4 0 5 4 0 6 4 0 7 4 0 8 4 0 9 4 0 10 4 0 11 4 0 11 5 0 11 5 0
ERA 4.00 8.17 5.53 6.16 5.47 5.21 4.41 4.36 3.97 3.66 3.60 3.28 2.98 2.90 2.75 2.76 2.76
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GAME RECAPS GAME ONE Texas Tech 5, San Diego State 4
GAME FOUR #9 Stanford 7, Texas Tech 1
GAME SEVEN Texas Tech 2, Long Beach State 0
Tempe, Ariz. - Tempe Sports Complex Feb. 9, 2012
Tempe, Ariz. - Tempe Sports Complex Feb. 11, 2012
Las Vegas, Nev. - Stephanie Craig Park Feb. 17, 2012
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E Texas Tech 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 5 8 0 San Diego St. 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 4 5 0 W: Custer (1-0); L: May (0-1); S: None Attendance: 215 Highlights: The win marked the fourth-straight year Texas Tech had started its season with a victory ... Sandy James homored twice in the game, marking the ninth time in school history a player had done so ... Melisa Ryba finished the day 2-for-3 with two RBI ... she homored in her first career at-bat in a Tech jersey, becoming the first player since Mikey Kenney in 2010 to do so ... Cara Custer earned the win, marking the second-straight year a Tech freshman took the opening-game victory.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E Texas Tech 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 Stanford 2 0 0 3 0 2 X 7 7 0 W: Gerhart (3-1); L: Custer (1-2); S: None Attendance: 245 Highlights: The game marked the 14th all-time between the two schools ... the loss dropped Tech to 0-10 all-time when facing the Cardinal at a neutral site ... Mikey Kenney provided Techs’ only run with a second-inning home run ... Kenney happened to be playing on her 21st birthday ... Tech’s top of the lineup struggled as its 1-3 hitters combined to go 0-for-9 at the plate.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E Long Beach St. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 2 Texas Tech 1 1 0 0 0 0 X 2 7 0 W: Custer (3-3); L: Hansen (0-3); S: None Attendance: 276 Highlights: The win marked Tech’s first this season when scoring two runs or less ... win moved Tech to 2-2 this year when facing a NCAA Regional team from a year ago ... Cara Custer tossed her first career shutout as she worked around seven hits surrendered and two walks ... Cydney Allen provided Tech’s lone RBI with a two-out single up the middle to score Mikey Kenney ... Tech’s other run came from a double play ball off the bat of Ashley Hamada.
GAME TWO Northwestern 14, Texas Tech 6
GAME FIVE Cal Poly 3, Texas Tech 0
GAME EIGHT Texas Tech 8, Idaho State 4
Tempe, Ariz. - Tempe Sports Complex Feb. 10, 2012
Tempe, Ariz. - Tempe Sports Complex Feb. 11, 2012
Las Vegas, Nev. - Stephanie Craig Park Feb. 18, 2012
1 2 3 4 5 6 R H E Texas Tech 4 0 0 2 0 0 6 5 3 Northwestern 3 0 5 0 2 4 14 7 0 W: Letourneau (1-0); L: Custer (1-1); S: None Attendance: 216 Highlights: The loss was only the second all-time for Tech at the Kajikawa Classic under Shanon Hays ... Tech used every pitcher in the game except Brittany Talley ... Melisa Ryba finished the game with her second-straight multiple-hit performance, going 2-for-4 with a RBI ... Adriana Perez drop in two runs from the DP spot, giving her three RBI through two games ... Tech issued seven walks in the game and also hit seven batters.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E Cal Poly 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 8 0 Texas Tech 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 W: Patton (1-1); L: Custer (1-3); S: None Attendance: 232 Highlights: The loss was Tech’s fourth straight, marking the school’s longest regular season nonconference losing streak since midway through the 2009 season ... loss also guaranteed the Red Raiders their worst start to a season since 2008 ... Melisa Ryba went 2-for-3 at the plate, her third multiple-hit game of the Kajikawa Classic ... Brittany Talley relieved Cara Custer in the fifth, allowing no runs over final 2.1 innings.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E Idaho State 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 4 8 3 Texas Tech 4 1 0 0 3 0 X 8 9 1 W: Dennis (1-0); L: Fitzsimmons (2-2); S: None Attendance: 165 Highlights: Tech’s eight runs and nine hits both marked season highs ... Red Raiders’ four runs in the first were their most in the opening frame this season ... Chandler Moore earned her first start of the year, giving up four runs over 2.2 innings ... Kelsey Dennis picked up her first win after tossing 3.1 shutout innings ... Mikey Kenney led off the game with a home run, marking the first time she had ever done so.
GAME THREE #14 Tennessee 1, Texas Tech 0
GAME SIX Texas Tech 7, Ohio State 4
GAME NINE Texas Tech 5, Portland State 1
Tempe, Ariz. - Tempe Sports Complex Feb. 10, 2012
Las Vegas, Nev. - Stephanie Craig Park Feb. 17, 2012
Las Vegas, Nev. - Stephanie Craig Park Feb. 18, 2012
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E Tennessee 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 6 0 Texas Tech 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 W: Renfroe (2-0); L: Talley (0-1); S: None Attendance: 254 Highlights: The loss marked the first time Tech had lost consecutive regular season non-conference games since dropping a double header to UTEP on April 23, 2009 ... Brittany Talley tossed her 10th career complete game, allowing the Lady Vols only one run off six hits while striking out four ... Tech’s two hits in the game were its fewest since being no-hit by New Mexico State in the opener of last year’s NCAA Tucson Regional ... the shutout makred the first against Tech in a regular season non-conference game since Notre Dame did so in back-to-back games on March 6-7, 2009 during the UNLV Invitational.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E Texas Tech 0 0 0 0 1 6 0 7 7 1 Ohio State 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 4 7 4 W: Custer (2-3); L: Endicott (0-3); S: None Attendance: 150 Highlights: The loss snapped a four-game losing streak for the Red Raiders ... Tech’s seven runs in the game marked a season high ... first time any Tech opponent recorded an error this season ... Holley Gentsch and Mikey Kenney both drove in two RBI in the game ... Cara Custer earned the win after coming on in relief to shutout the Buckeyes over the final three innings.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E Texas Tech 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 7 0 Portland State 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 1 W: Custer (4-3); L: Holladay (0-2); S: None Attendance: 100 Highlights: The win was Tech’s fourth straight, its longest streak since winning 11 in a row from March 11-20 last year ... marked the second time during the tournament where Tech defeated a NCAA Regional team from last year ... Sandy James and Adriana Perez both homored in the five-run first inning ... Tech had not previously homored twice in the first inning under Shanon Hays ... Taylor Powell made her first start of the season in left field, finishing 2-for-3 at the plate ... Cara Custer earned her third win of the weekend after giving up one run in the complete game performance.
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GAME RECAPS GAME TEN Texas Tech 2, DePaul 1
GAME 13 Texas Tech 10, North Texas 0 (8)
GAME 16 Texas State 3, Texas Tech 1
Las Vegas, Nev. - Stephanie Craig Park Feb. 19, 2012
Waco, Texas - SW Regional Complex Feb. 24, 2012
Waco, Texas - Getterman Stadium Feb. 26, 2012
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E DePaul 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 Texas Tech 0 1 0 0 1 0 X 2 7 1 W: Talley (1-1); L: Verdun (1-1); S: None Attendance: 132 Highlights: The win comes against Tech’s final NCAA Regional team of the tournament ... Red Raiders wrapped weekend 3-0 in such games ... game marked the first time Tech had trailed and come back to win since the season opener against San Diego State ... Adriana Perez had a solo shot in the second to tie the game and then Sandy James drove in game-winning run with fifth inning single ... Brittany Talley gave up only three hits in the complete game performance, earning her first win of the season.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 R H E Texas Tech 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 10 9 0 North Texas 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 W: Custer (6-3); L: Kirk (1-3); S: None Attendance: 140 Highlights: The win was Tech’s eighth straight ... marked the second shutout for the Red Raiders on the day ... Cara Custer threw a complete game effort for her sixth win on the year, allowing only four hits over eight innings ... it was the longest outing for a Tech pitcher since Kermitria Ward went 8.2 innings last year against Liberty ... Tech’s 10-run eighth marked its most runs in a single inning since scoring 11 against St. John’s on Feb. 26 last year ... game marked the largest margin of victory for an extrainning contest in school history.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E Texas State 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 3 4 1 Texas Tech 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 W: Taylor (6-3); L: Talley (3-2); S: None Attendance: 1,047 Highlights: The loss snapped a 10-game winning streak for the Red Raiders ... Tech’s one run scored in the game was its fewest since Cal Poly shut out the Red Raiders Feb. 11 to close the Kajikawa Classic ... Texas State starter Anne Marie Taylor held the Red Raiders to just one hit in the game, Tech’s fewest since being no-hit by New Mexico State last year ... Sandy James had Tech’s lone hit with a RBI single up the middle in the first inning ... Tech was previously 56-4 under Shanon Hays when leading or tied following six innings.
GAME 11 Texas Tech 11, Utah State 2
GAME 14 Texas Tech 5, UTEP 2
Las Vegas, Nev. - Stephanie Craig Park Feb. 19, 2012
Waco, Texas - Getterman Stadium Feb. 25, 2012
1 2 3 4 5 R H E Texas Tech 2 1 1 0 7 11 9 1 Utah State 1 0 1 0 0 2 7 2 W: Custer (5-3); L: Chaplin (1-1); S: None Attendance: 135 Highlights: The win completed a perfect 6-0 weekend ... win was Tech’s sixth-straight, its longest since winning 11 in a row midway through 2011 season ... Tech’s seven-run fifth inning was its most in an inning since leading off the game with seven against Harvard last year in the NCAA Tucson Regional ... Adriana Perez hit a home run for the third-straight game ... Cara Custer picked up her fourth win of the weekend in the complete game performance ... Sandy James finished 4-for-4 at the plate with a team-high four RBI.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E UTEP 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 5 2 Texas Tech 2 2 1 0 0 0 X 5 5 2 W: Custer (7-3); L: Villastrigo (3-3); S: None Attendance: 909 Highlights: The win continued Tech’s winning streak, moving it to nine-straight ... UTEP’s two runs in the fifth broke up 22-straight scoreless innings by the Tech pitching staff ... Cara Custer threw her fifth-straight complete game while matching her season high with seven strikeouts ... Mikey Kenney had Tech’s only two RBI as she doubled home a pair of runs in the second ... all of Tech’s other runs came off aggressive base running or UTEP errors.
GAME 12 Texas Tech 6, Texas State 0
GAME 15 Texas Tech 2, Stephen F. Austin 1 (8)
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E Texas State 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 3 Texas Tech 0 0 0 1 5 0 X 6 6 0 W: Talley (2-1); L: Hall (1-4); S: None Attendance: 100 Highlights: Brittany Talley tossed Tech’s second shutout of the season ... it was Talley’s first shutout of the year and the third of her career ... marked the fourth-straight game where a Tech pitcher has thrown a complete game ... Raven Richardson hit her second home run of the season with a three-run shot in the fifth ... dinger moved Richardson to seventh all-time in the school record book.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 R H E Texas Tech 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 6 1 SFA 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 3 0 W: Talley (3-1); L: Mixon (0-1); S: None Attendance: 150 Highlights: The win was Tech’s 10th-straight, its longest such streak since winning 11 in a row to close the non-conference portion of last year’s schedule ... win moved Tech to the Texas Shootout championship game ... was the second-straight Tech had a game go into extra innings, improving to 2-0 in the process ... Tech had previously gone into extra innings two days in a row since March 10-11, 2001 ... Adriana Perez went 2-for-3 at the plate for her teamleading fifth multiple-hit game of the season.
Waco, Texas - Getterman Stadium Feb. 24, 2012
Waco, Texas - SW Regional Complex Feb. 25, 2012
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BREAKDOWN
STARTING LINEUP BY POSITION
(Win-Loss record in parenthesis) PITCHER: Custer, Cara_________________ 9___________ Talley, Brittany______________ 5___________ Dennis, Kelsey_______________ 1___________ Moore, Chandler_____________ 1___________
Date Opp.
CF
RF
DP
Allen
James
Hall
Bledsoe
Richardson
Ryba
Kenney
Hamada
Perez
Allen
James
Hall
Bledsoe
Richardson
Ward
Kenney
Ryba
Perez
Gentsch
James
Hall
Bledsoe
Richardson
Ryba
Kenney
Hamada
Perez
Gentsch
James
Hall
Bledsoe
Richardson
Ryba
Kenney
Hamada
Perez
Poly
Allen
James
Hall
Bledsoe
Richardson
Ryba
Kenney
Hamada
Perez
2/17
OSU
Gentsch
James
Hall
Bledsoe
Richardson
Ryba
Kenney
Hamada
Perez
2/17
LBSU
Allen
James
Hall
Bledsoe
Richardson
Ward
Kenney
Hamada
Perez
2/18
ISU
Gentsch
James
Hall
Bledsoe
Richardson
Ward
Kenney
Ryba
Perez
2/18
PSU
Allen
James
Hall
Bledsoe
Richardson
Powell
Kenney
Hamada
Perez
2/19
DEP
Gentsch
James
Hall
Bledsoe
Richardson
Powell
Kenney
Hamada
Perez
2/19
USU
Allen
James
Hall
Bledsoe
Richardson
Powell
Kenney
Hamada
Perez
2/24
TX ST
Gentsch
James
Hall
Bledsoe
Richardson
Powell
Kenney
Hamada
Perez
2/24
UNT
Allen
James
Hall
Bledsoe
Richardson
Powell
Kenney
Hamada
Perez
2/25
UTEP
Allen
James
Hall
Bledsoe
Richardson
Powell
Kenney
Hamada
Perez
2/26
SFA
Gentsch
James
Hall
Bledsoe
Richardson
Ward
Kenney
Hamada
Perez
SHORTSTOP: Richardson, Raven___________ 16_________ (11-5)
2/27
TX ST
Gentsch
James
Hall
Bledsoe
Richardson
Ward
Kenney
Hamada
Perez
LEFT FIELD: Powell, Taylor_______________ 6___________ (6-0) Ward, Kermitria______________ 5___________ (3-2) Ryba, Melisa________________ 5___________ (2-3)
3/2 UTA
CENTER FIELD: Kenney, Mikey_______________ 16_________ (11-5)
3/4 UTA
(5-4) (4-1) (1-0) (1-0)
CATCHER: Allen, Cydney_______________ 8___________ (6-2) Gentsch, Holley______________ 8___________ (5-3) FIRST BASE: James, Sandy_______________ 16_________ (11-5) SECOND BASE: Hall, Logan_________________ 16_________ (11-5) THIRD BASE: Bledsoe, Emily_______________ 16_________ (11-5)
RIGHT FIELD: Hamada, Ashley_____________ 14_________ (10-4) Ryba, Melisa________________ 2___________ (1-1) DESIGNATED PLAYER: Perez, Adriana_______________ 16_________ (11-5)
2/9
SDSU
2/10
NU
2/10
TENN
2/11
STAN
2/11
3/2 BING 3/3 UTA 3/3 BING 3/4 BING 3/6 UT 3/7 UT 3/9 UNM 3/10 UNM 3/14 SBU 3/14 SBU 3/16 MON 3/16 SHU 3/17 MAN 3/17 TBD 3/18 TBD 3/27 MSU 3/30 ISU 3/31 ISU 4/1 ISU 4/5 OU 4/6 OU 4/7 OU 4/11 UT 4/13 MU 4/14 MU 4/15 MU 4/17
A&M-1
4/17
A&M-2
4/20 BU 4/21 BU 4/22 BU 4/27 KU 4/28 KU 4/29 KU 5/5 OSU 5/6 OSU 5/7 OSU
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1B
2B
3B
SS
LF
WEEK 4: JEANNINE MCHANEY MEMORIAL CLASSIC • GAMES 17-22
STARTING LINEUP BY BATTING ORDER Date Opp. Leadoff
BREAKDOWN
2nd
3rd
Cleanup
5th
6th
7th
8th
9th
Richardson
Kenney
James
Allen
Hall
Perez
Ryba
Hamada
Bledsoe
Ryba
Kenney
James
Allen
Richardson
Perez
Hall
Ward
Kenney
Bledsoe
James
Perez
Richardson
Ryba
Gentsch
Hall
Hamada
STAN
Bledsoe
Richardson
James
Perez
Kenney
Ryba
Gentsch
Hall
Hamada
Poly
Bledsoe
Hall
Kenney
James
Perez
Allen
Richardson
Ryba
Hamada
2/17
OSU
Kenney
Bledsoe
James
Perez
Ryba
Hall
2/17
LBSU
Kenney
Bledsoe
James
Perez
Allen
Hall
Richardson
Ward
2/18
ISU
Kenney
Bledsoe
James
Perez
Richardson
Ryba
Hall
Gentsch
Ward
2/18
PSU
Kenney
Bledsoe
James
Perez
Allen
Richardson
Hall
Powell
Hamada
2/19
DEP
Kenney
Hall
James
Perez
Gentsch
Powell
Hamada
2/19
USU
Kenney
Bledsoe
James
Perez
Allen
Richardson
Hall
Powell
Hamada
2/24
TX ST
Kenney
Bledsoe
James
Perez
Richardson
Hall
Gentsch
Powell
Hamada
2/24
UNT
Kenney
Bledsoe
James
Perez
Richardson
Hall
Allen
Powell
Hamada
2/25
UTEP
Kenney
Bledsoe
James
Perez
Richardson
Allen
Hall
Powell
Hamada
2/26
SFA
Kenney
Bledsoe
James
Perez
Richardson
Hall
Gentsch
Ward
Hamada
2/27
TX ST
Kenney
Bledsoe
James
Perez
Richardson Gentsch
Hall
Ward
Hamada
2/9
SDSU
Bledsoe
2/10
NU
2/10
TENN
2/11 2/11
Richardson Bledsoe
Gentsch Richardson Hamada Hamada
3/2 BING 3/2 UTA 3/3 UTA 3/3 BING 3/4 BING 3/4 UTA 3/6 UT 3/7 UT 3/9 UNM 3/10 UNM 3/14 SBU 3/14 SBU 3/16 MON 3/16 SHU 3/17 MAN 3/17 TBD 3/18 TBD 3/27 MSU 3/30 ISU 3/31 ISU 4/1 ISU 4/5 OU
(Win-Loss record in parenthesis) LEADOFF: Kenney, Mikey__________________ 12______ (10-2) Bledsoe, Emily__________________ 4________ (1-3) 2ND SPOT: Bledsoe, Emily__________________ 11_______ Richardson, Raven______________ 2________ Hall, Logan____________________ 2________ Ryba, Melisa___________________ 1________
(9-2) (1-1) (1-1) (0-1)
3RD SPOT: James, Sandy__________________ 13______ (10-3) Kenney, Mikey__________________ 3________ (1-2) CLEANUP: Perez, Adriana__________________ 13______ (10-3) James, Sandy__________________ 3________ (1-2) 5TH SPOT: Richardson, Raven______________ Allen, Cydney__________________ Perez, Adriana__________________ Kenney, Mikey__________________ Ryba, Melisa___________________
8________ 5________ 1________ 1________ 1________
(6-2) (4-1) (0-1) (0-1) (1-0)
6TH SPOT: Hall, Logan____________________ Ryba, Melisa___________________ Richardson, Raven______________ Allen, Cydney__________________ Gentsch, Holley_________________ Bledsoe, Emily__________________
6________ 3________ 3________ 2________ 1________ 1________
(6-0) (1-2) (2-1) (1-1) (0-1) (1-0)
7TH SPOT: Gentsch, Holley_________________ Hall, Logan____________________ Perez, Adriana__________________ Richardson, Raven______________ Allen, Cydney__________________
6________ 5________ 2________ 2________ 1________
(4-2) (4-1) (1-1) (1-1) (1-0)
8TH SPOT: Powell, Taylor__________________ Hall, Logan____________________ Ward, Kermitria_________________ Ryba, Melisa___________________ Gentsch, Holley_________________ Richardson, Raven______________
6________ 3________ 3________ 2________ 1________ 1________
(6-0) (0-3) (2-1) (1-1) (1-0) (1-0)
9TH SPOT: Hamada, Ashley________________ 14______ (10-4) Ward, Kermitria_________________ 2________ (1-1)
4/6 OU 4/7 OU 4/11 UT 4/13 MU 4/14 MU 4/15 MU 4/17
A&M-1
4/17
A&M-2
4/20 BU 4/21 BU 4/22 BU 4/27 KU 4/28 KU 4/29 KU 5/5 OSU 5/6 OSU 5/7 OSU
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TEAM GAME HIGHS
INDIVIDUAL GAME HIGHS
BATTING At bats:.......................... 32......................................................vs North Texas (Feb 24, 2012) Runs scored:................ 11........................................................ vs Utah State (Feb 19, 2012) Hits:.................................. 9........................................................vs Idaho State (Feb 18, 2012) .......................................... 9......................................................... vs Utah State (Feb 19, 2012) .......................................... 9.......................................................vs North Texas (Feb 24, 2012) RBIs:................................ 10........................................................ vs Utah State (Feb 19, 2012) Doubles:......................... 3........................................................vs Idaho State (Feb 18, 2012) Home runs:................... 3...............................................vs San Diego State (Feb 09, 2012) .......................................... 3......................................................... vs Utah State (Feb 19, 2012) Total bases:.................. 19........................................................ vs Utah State (Feb 19, 2012) Walks:.............................. 7....................................................................vs UTEP (Feb 25, 2012) Strikeouts:.................... 14.........................................................vs Tennessee (Feb 10, 2012) Sac hits:.......................... 2.......................................................vs North Texas (Feb 24, 2012) .......................................... 2............................................vs Stephen F. Austin (Feb 25, 2012) Sac flies:.......................... 1...............................................vs San Diego State (Feb 09, 2012) .......................................... 1........................................................ vs Texas State (Feb 24, 2012) Stolen bases:................ 5....................................................................vs UTEP (Feb 25, 2012) Hit by pitch:.................. 4........................................................vs Idaho State (Feb 18, 2012) Caught stealing:.......... 2....................................................................vs UTEP (Feb 25, 2012) Runners LOB:................ 9.......................................................vs North Texas (Feb 24, 2012) Hit into DP:.................... 2..................................................vs Portland State (Feb 18, 2012)
BATTING At bats:........................... 5.........................Kenney, Mikey vs North Texas (Feb 24, 2012) .......................................... 5................................Hall, Logan vs North Texas (Feb 24, 2012) Runs scored:................. 3........................... Kenney, Mikey vs Utah State (Feb 19, 2012) Hits:.................................. 4..............................James, Sandy vs Utah State (Feb 19, 2012) RBIs:................................. 4..............................James, Sandy vs Utah State (Feb 19, 2012) Doubles:......................... 1...........................................................................................(14 games) Home runs:................... 2...................James, Sandy vs San Diego State (Feb 09, 2012) Total bases:................... 8...................James, Sandy vs San Diego State (Feb 09, 2012) .......................................... 8..............................James, Sandy vs Utah State (Feb 19, 2012) Walks:.............................. 3...........................James, Sandy vs North Texas (Feb 24, 2012) Strikeouts:..................... 3............................................................................................. (4 games) Sac hits:.......................... 1............................................................................................. (7 games) Sac flies:.......................... 1.................Kenney, Mikey vs San Diego State (Feb 09, 2012) .......................................... 1........................Gentsch, Holley vs Texas State (Feb 24, 2012) Stolen bases:................ 2...................................... Bledsoe, Emily vs UTEP (Feb 25, 2012) Hit by pitch:.................. 2.....................Bledsoe, Emily vs Northwestern (Feb 10, 2012) Caught stealing:.......... 1............................................................................................. (5 games) Runners LOB:................ 5................................Hall, Logan vs North Texas (Feb 24, 2012)
FIELDING Putouts:......................... 24......................................................vs North Texas (Feb 24, 2012) ......................................... 24...........................................vs Stephen F. Austin (Feb 25, 2012) Assists:........................... 16......................................................vs North Texas (Feb 24, 2012) Errors:.............................. 3...................................................vs Northwestern (Feb 10, 2012) Passed balls:................. 1...................................................vs Northwestern (Feb 10, 2012) .......................................... 1............................................vs Long Beach State (Feb 17, 2012) .......................................... 1..................................................vs Portland State (Feb 18, 2012) DPs turned:................... 1............................................................................................. (5 games) PITCHING Innings pitched:.........8.0.....................................................vs North Texas (Feb 24, 2012) .........................................8.0..........................................vs Stephen F. Austin (Feb 25, 2012) Runs allowed:.............. 14..................................................vs Northwestern (Feb 10, 2012) Earned runs:................. 10..................................................vs Northwestern (Feb 10, 2012) Walks allowed:............. 7...................................................vs Northwestern (Feb 10, 2012) Strikeouts:..................... 7..................................................vs Portland State (Feb 18, 2012) .......................................... 7....................................................................vs UTEP (Feb 25, 2012) Hits allowed:................. 8...............................................................vs Cal Poly (Feb 11, 2012) .......................................... 8........................................................vs Idaho State (Feb 18, 2012) Doubles allowed:........ 3............................................................. vs Stanford (Feb 11, 2012) Homers allowed:......... 3...................................................vs Northwestern (Feb 10, 2012) Wild pitches:................. 2...............................................vs San Diego State (Feb 09, 2012) .......................................... 2..................................................vs Portland State (Feb 18, 2012) .......................................... 2....................................................................vs UTEP (Feb 25, 2012) Hit batters:.................... 7...................................................vs Northwestern (Feb 10, 2012)
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FIELDING Putouts:......................... 14..........................James, Sandy vs North Texas (Feb 24, 2012) Assists:............................ 6.................................. Hall, Logan vs Utah State (Feb 19, 2012) .......................................... 6.............................. Custer, Cara vs North Texas (Feb 24, 2012) .......................................... 6..............Bledsoe, Emily vs Stephen F. Austin (Feb 25, 2012) Errors:.............................. 2........................................ James, Sandy vs UTEP (Feb 25, 2012) Passed balls:................. 1...................... Allen, Cydney vs Northwestern (Feb 10, 2012) .......................................... 1............... Allen, Cydney vs Long Beach State (Feb 17, 2012) .......................................... 1......................Allen, Cydney vs Portland State (Feb 18, 2012) PITCHING Innings pitched:.........8.0............................ Custer, Cara vs North Texas (Feb 24, 2012) Runs allowed:............... 7..........................Custer, Cara vs Northwestern (Feb 10, 2012) Earned runs:.................. 5..........................Custer, Cara vs Northwestern (Feb 10, 2012) Walks allowed:............. 4..........................Custer, Cara vs Northwestern (Feb 10, 2012) Strikeouts:..................... 7......................... Custer, Cara vs Portland State (Feb 18, 2012) .......................................... 7........................................... Custer, Cara vs UTEP (Feb 25, 2012) Hits allowed:................. 7...................Custer, Cara vs Long Beach State (Feb 17, 2012) .......................................... 7.................................Custer, Cara vs Utah State (Feb 19, 2012) Doubles allowed:........ 2...................................... Custer, Cara vs Cal Poly (Feb 11, 2012) .......................................... 2...................Custer, Cara vs Long Beach State (Feb 17, 2012) Homers allowed:......... 2.........................Ryba, Melisa vs Northwestern (Feb 10, 2012) Wild pitches:................. 2......................Custer, Cara vs San Diego State (Feb 09, 2012) .......................................... 2......................... Custer, Cara vs Portland State (Feb 18, 2012) .......................................... 2........................................... Custer, Cara vs UTEP (Feb 25, 2012) Hit batters:.................... 3..........................Custer, Cara vs Northwestern (Feb 10, 2012)
WEEK 4: JEANNINE MCHANEY MEMORIAL CLASSIC • GAMES 17-22
TEXAS TECH HOME RUNS No. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14.
Player (#) Sandy James (1) Melisa Ryba (1) Sandy James (2) Mikey Kenney (1) Raven Richardson (1) Mikey Kenney (2) Sandy James (3) Adriana Perez (1) Adriana Perez (2) Mikey Kenney (3) Sandy James (4) Adriana Perez (3) Raven Richardson (2) Taylor Powell (1)
Opponent (Date) San Diego State (2/9) San Diego State (2/9) San Diego State (2/9) Stanford (2/11) Ohio State (2/17) Idaho State (2/18) Portland State (2/18) Portland State (2/18) DePaul (2/19) Utah State (2/19) Utah State (2/19) Utah State (2/19) Texas State (2/24) North Texas (2/24)
HOME RUN BREAKDOWN Runs Outs Count 1 0 0-2 1 0 0-0 1 0 2-2 1 1 0-1 1 2 2-2 1 0 2-0 3 0 2-1 1 0 0-0 1 0 1-0 1 2 1-1 1 0 2-1 2 0 2-2 3 1 2-2 3 1 2-1
Inning 2 3 4 2 5 1 1 1 2 2 3 5 5 8
Pitcher May May May Gerhart Endicott Fitzsimmons Holliday Holliday Verdun Harmon Harmon Harmon Hall Poole
at Home__________________________________ 0 on the Road_______________________________ 0 at Neutral Site_____________________________ 14 vs. RHP__________________________________ 12 vs. LHP____________________________________ 2 vs. Big 12 Teams____________________________ 0 vs. Non-Conference Teams___________________ 14 with 0 outs________________________________ 9 with 1 out_________________________________ 3 with 2 outs________________________________ 2 Solo HR__________________________________ 10 2-Run HR__________________________________ 1 3-Run HR__________________________________ 3 Grand Slam________________________________ 0 February_________________________________ 14 March____________________________________ 0 April______________________________________ 0 May______________________________________ 0 June______________________________________ 0 in 1st inning_______________________________ in 2nd inning______________________________ in 3rd inning_______________________________ in 4th inning_______________________________ in 5th inning_______________________________ in 6th inning_______________________________ in 7th inning_______________________________ in extra innings_____________________________
3 4 2 1 3 0 0 1
Leadoff hitter______________________________ 2-Hole____________________________________ 3-Hole____________________________________ Cleanup___________________________________ 5-Hole____________________________________ 6-Hole____________________________________ 7-Hole____________________________________ 8-Hole____________________________________ 9-Hole____________________________________
0 0 0 2 2 0 0 2 0
Day Games_______________________________ 14 Night Games_______________________________ 0 Starters__________________________________ 10 Relievers__________________________________ 4 To tie the game_____________________________ 1 To put Tech ahead__________________________ 5 Walkoff HR________________________________ 0 To leadoff a game___________________________ 1 To leadoff an inning_________________________ 6 Record with HR____________________________8-1 Record without HR_________________________3-4
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SITUATIONAL RECORDS
MISCALLENOUS RECORDS
All Opponents At Rocky Johnson Field On the road At neural sites Ranked Teams Top-10 Teams (NFCA) Top-5 Teams (NFCA)
ALL 11-5 0-0 0-0 11-5 0-2 0-1 0-0
BIG 12 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0
February March April May June
11-5 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0
Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday
0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 1-0 0-0 4-2 0-0 4-2 0-0 2-1 0-0
Series Openers Middle Games Series Finales
0-0 0-0 0-0
0-0 0-0 0-0
0 0
0 0
vs Left-handed Starter vs Right-handed Starter
2-1 9-4
0-0 0-0
1-Run games 2-Run games 5+Run games Extra innings Shutouts
3-1 0-0 1-1 0-0 3-2 0-0 2-0 0-0 3-2 0-0
Last at-bat wins Last at-bat losses
Scoring 0-2 runs Scoring 3-5 runs Scoring 6-9 runs Scoring 10+ runs Opponent 0-2 runs Opponent 3-5 runs Opponent 6-9 runs Opponent 10+ runs Scored in 1st inning Opponent scored in 1st inning Scores first Opponent scores first Hit 0 home runs Hit 1 home run Hit 2+ home runs Opponent 0 home runs Opponent 1 home run Opponent 2+ HRs Made 0 errors Made 1 error Made 2+ errors Opponent made 0 errors Opponent made 1 error Opponent made 2+ errors Out-hit opponent Out-hit by opponent Hits are tied 16
3-4 3-0 3-1 2-0 8-1 3-2 0-1 0-1 5-2 2-3 10-2 1-3 3-4 5-1 3-0 8-3 3-1 0-1 5-4 5-0 1-1 3-4 2-1 6-0 8-0 0-5 3-0
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0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0
HITTING STREAKS__________ Longest___ Current James, Sandy_________________ 5_________ 4 Kenney, Mikey_________________ 5_________ Bledsoe, Emily_________________ 4_________ Richardson, Raven_____________ 4_________ Perez, Adriana_________________ 3_________ Powell, Taylor_________________ 2_________ Ryba, Melisa__________________ 2_________ Allen, Cydney_________________ 2_________ Hamada, Ashley_______________ 2_________ Hall, Logan___________________ 2_________ Tongate, Randi________________ 1_________ Gentsch, Holley________________ 1_________ Ward, Kermitria________________ 1_________ REACHED BASE STREAK_____ Longest___ Current Bledsoe, Emily_________________ 11__________ James, Sandy_________________ 10__________ 10 Perez, Adriana_________________ 7___________ Kenney, Mikey_________________ 7___________ 1 Richardson, Raven_____________ 5___________ Allen, Cydney_________________ 3___________ 3 Powell, Taylor_________________ 3___________ 2 Ryba, Melisa__________________ 2___________ Hamada, Ashley_______________ 2___________ Hall, Logan___________________ 2___________ Ward, Kermitria________________ 1___________ Tongate, Randi________________ 1___________ Gentsch, Holley________________ 1___________ -
MULTIPLE HIT GAMES_____ 2__ Perez, Adriana______________4__ Ryba, Melisa_______________3__ James, Sandy______________2__ Kenney, Mikey______________1__ Bledsoe, Emily______________1__ Richardson, Raven__________1__ Powell, Taylor______________1__ TEAM____________________ 13__
3__ 4__5+___ Tot 1__ -__ -_____ 5 -__ -__ -_____ 3 -__ 1__ -_____ 3 -__ -__ -_____ 1 -__ -__ -_____ 1 -__ -__ -_____ 1 -__ -__ -_____ 1 1__ 1__ 0_____ 15
MULTIPLE RBI GAMES_____ 2__ Perez, Adriana______________1__ James, Sandy______________1__ Kenney, Mikey______________2__ Gentsch, Holley_____________2__ Powell, Taylor______________-___ Richardson, Raven__________-___ Ryba, Melisa_______________1__ Allen, Cydney______________1__ TEAM_____________________8__
3__ 4__5+___ Tot 2__ -__ -_____ 3 1__ 1__ -_____ 3 -__ -__ -_____ 2 -__ -__ -_____ 2 1__ -__ -_____ 1 1__ -__ -_____ 1 -__ -__ -_____ 1 -__ -__ -_____ 1 5__ 1__ 0_____ 14
GAMES SUMMARY Record when team scores: Runs 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 W-L 0-2 0-2 3-0 0-0 0-0 3-0 1-1 1-0 Record when opponent scores: Runs 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 W-L 3-0 3-1 2-0 0-2 3-0 0-0 0-0 0-1 Record when leading after: Inn. 1 2 3 4 5 6 W-L 5-2 5-2 5-1 6-1 7-0 9-0 Record when trailing after: Inn. 1 2 3 4 5 6 W-L 0-2 0-2 1-3 1-3 0-4 0-3 Record when tied after: Inn. 1 2 3 4 5 6 W-L 6-1 6-1 5-1 4-1 3-1 1-1 General Summary: Current losing streak: Longest winning streak: Longest losing streak:
1 10 4
Home attendance: 0 (0 dates avg = 0) Away attendance: 4,076 (16 dates avg = 254) Total attendance: 4,076 (16 dates avg = 254)
8 9 10+ 1-0 0-0 2-0 8 9 10+ 0-0 0-0 0-1
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TEXAS TECH GAME-WINNING RBI No. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11.
Player (#) Melisa Ryba (1) Holley Gentsch (1) Cydney Allen (1) Sandy James (1) Sandy James (2) Sandy James (3) Sandy James (4) Holley Gentsch (2) Adriana Perez (1) Mikey Kenney (1) Mikey Kenney (2)
Date 2/9 2/17 2/17 2/18 2/18 2/19 2/19 2/24 2/24 2/25 2/25
Opponent San Diego State Ohio State Long Beach State Idaho State Portland State DePaul Utah State Texas State North Texas UTEP Stephen F. Austin
Runs 1 2 1 1 3 1 1 1 2 2 1
Outs 2 0 2 1 0 2 0 1 0 2 1
Count 3-2 0-1 2-2 2-2 2-1 3-2 2-1 1-2 1-1 3-1 0-2
Inning Final Score 6 5-4 6 7-4 1 2-0 2 8-4 1 5-1 5 2-1 3 11-2 4 6-0 8 10-0 2 5-2 8 2-1
Play Single to left field Single to right field Single up the middle Single up the middle HR to center field Single past shortstop HR to left field Sac fly to right field Single to left field Double to left field Fielder’s choice to short
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CAREER OFFENSIVE RECORD BOOK WATCH BATTING AVERAGE (Min. 100 AB) 1. Kim Martinez (1997,1999) ______________.386 2. Sandy Butler (1998-2001)_______________.337 3. Elyssa Sigala (2003-04)_________________.315 4. Leah Legler (2007-10)__________________.312 Ashley Parker (2004-07)________________.312 Kelly Rhyne (2003-05)__________________.312 7. Kim Tillett (1996-98)___________________.308 Current Players: Sandy James_________________________.344 Cydney Allen_________________________.333 Randi Tongate________________________.333 Logan Hall___________________________.327 Emily Bedsoe_________________________.322 Raven Richardson_____________________.315 Mikey Kenney________________________.303
RBI 1. Paula Workman (1997-2000)_____________ 114 2. Jennifer Corkin (2005-08)_______________ 107 Kim Martinez (1997,1999)_______________ 107 4. Logan Hall (2010-present)_______________ 97 5. Emily Bledsoe (2009-present)____________ 91 6. Montana Patin (2006-08)_________________ 85 7. Kelly Rhyne (2003-05)___________________ 84 8. Jennifer Bowers (2005-08)________________ 83 9. Mikey Kenney (2010-present)____________ 80 10. Sandy James (2011-present)_____________ 75 Raven Richardson (2010-present)________ 75 12. Holley Gentsch (2009-present)___________ 67 13. Andrea Joachims (2000-04)______________ 65 Approaching: Cydney Allen (2011-present)_____________ 58
AT-BATS 1. Sandy Butler (1998-2001)_______________ 760 2. Paula Workman (1997-2000)_____________ 675 3. Ashley Parker (2004-07)________________ 642 4. Tamara Harrington (1997-2000)__________ 622 5. Eva Harshman (1999-2002)______________ 630 6. Leah Legler (2007-10)__________________ 590 7. Jennifer Corkin (2005-08)_______________ 560 8. Andrea Joachims (2000-04)_____________ 538 9. Jennifer Bowers (2005-08)_______________ 515 10. Emily Bledsoe (2009-present)____________ 503 HITS 1. Sandy Butler (1998-2001)_______________ 256 2. Ashley Parker (2004-07)________________ 200 3. Leah Legler (2007-10)__________________ 184 4. Jennifer Corkin (2005-08)_______________ 168 5. Paula Workman (1997-00)_______________ 163 6. Emily Bledsoe (2009-present)___________ 162 7. Kelly Rhyne (2003-05)__________________ 153 8. Kim Martinez (1997,1999)_______________ 149 9. Eva Harshman (1999-2002)______________ 142 10. Tamara Harrington (1997-2000)__________ 139 Approaching: Logan Hall (2010-present)_______________ 125 Mikey Kenney (2010-present)____________ 115 Raven Richardson (2010-present)_________ 108
HOME RUNS 1. Kim Martinez (1997, 1999)_______________ 27 2. Paula Workman (1997-2000)______________ 23 3. Mikey Kenney (2010-present)____________ 22 4. Jennifer Corkin (2005-08)________________ 21 5. Sandy James (2011-present)_____________ 20 6. Jennifer Bowers (2005-08)________________ 17 7. Raven Richardson (2010-present)________ 16 8. Kelly Rhyne (2003-05)___________________ 15 9. Emily Bledsoe (2009-present)____________ 13 Cydney Allen (2011-present)_____________ 13 11. Montana Patin (2006-08)_________________ 12 Elyssa Sigala (2003-04)__________________ 12 Logan Hall (2010-present)_______________ 12
RUNS 1. Paula Workman (1997-2000)_____________ 135 2. Sandy Butler (1998-2001)_______________ 122 3. Emily Bledsoe (2009-present)___________ 121 4. Mikey Kenney (2010-present)___________ 116 5. Ashley Parker (2004-07)________________ 112 6. Leah Legler (2007-10)__________________ 105 7. Stephanie Drewry (2009-11)______________ 85 Raven Richardson (2010-present)________ 85 8. Kim Martinez (1997,1999)________________ 84 10. Logan Hall (2010-present)_______________ 76 12. Devin Zaragoza (2005-08)________________ 75 Tamara Harrington (1997-2000)___________ 75 Approaching: Ashley Hamada (2009-present)___________ 65
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TRIPLES 1. Denise Jackson (1997-98)_________________ 8 Paula Workman (1997-2000)_______________ 8 3. Whitney Riley (2005-08)__________________ 6 4. Leah Legler (2007-10)____________________ 5 Jennifer Bowers (2005-08)_________________ 5 Kim Martinez (1997,1999)_________________ 5 Emily Bledsoe (2009-present)_____________ 5 8. Kristi Robles (2002-03)____________________ 4 Tamara Harrington (1997-2000)____________ 4 Ellen Middleton (1997-98)_________________ 4 DOUBLES 1. Emily Bledsoe (2009-present)____________ 41 2. Jennifer Corkin (2005-08)________________ 36 Kim Martinez (1997,1999)________________ 36 4. Paula Workman (1997-2000)______________ 32 Eva Harshman (1999-2002)_______________ 32 6. Kelly Rhyne (2003-05)___________________ 30 7. Logan Hall (2010-present)_______________ 29 8. Brandy Moulin (2004-07)_________________ 24 Mikey Kenney (2010-present)____________ 24 10. Kristi Robles (2002-03)___________________ 23 Jenny Kohler (1998-99)__________________ 23 Amiee Weathers (1998-99)_______________ 23
STOLEN BASES 1. Sandy Butler (1998-2001)________________ 84 2. Ashley Parker (2004-07)_________________ 78 3. Leah Legler (2007-10)___________________ 39 4. Emily Bledsoe (2009-present)____________ 31 5. Stephanie Walls (1997-99)________________ 30 6. Heather Parker (2004-07)________________ 28 7. Eva Harshman (1999-2002)_______________ 27 8. Devin Zaragoza (2005-08)________________ 25 9. Rebecca Eimen (2001-02)________________ 23 10. Whitney Riley (2005-08)_________________ 21 Mikey Kenney (2010-present)____________ 21 12. Stephanie Drewry (2009-11)______________ 20 WALKS 1. Paula Workman (1997-2000)______________ 78 2. Jennifer Corkin (2005-08)________________ 76 3. Emily Bledsoe (2009-present)____________ 63 4. Sandy Butler (1998-2001)________________ 59 5. Kelly Rhyne (2003-05)___________________ 57 Tamara Harrington (1997-2000)___________ 57 7. Mikey Kenney (2010-present)____________ 51 8. Montana Patin (2006-08)_________________ 46 9. Jessica Karenke (1996-98)________________ 44 Sandy James (2011-present)_____________ 44 11. Leah Legler (2007-10)___________________ 43 Brandy Moulin (2004-07)_________________ 43 Eva Harshman (1997-2002)_______________ 43 Approaching: Raven Richardson (2010-present)__________ 41 GAMES PLAYED 1. Sandy Butler (1998-2001)_______________ 241 2. Paula Workman (1997-2000)_____________ 239 3. Eva Harshman (1999-2002)______________ 231 4. Tamara Harrington (1997-2000)__________ 229 5. Jennifer Corkin (2005-08)_______________ 210 Andrea Joachims (2000-04)_____________ 210 7. Heather Parker (2004-07)_______________ 204 8. Jennifer Bowers (2005-08)_______________ 199 Ashley Parker (2004-07)________________ 199 10. Leah Legler (2007-10)__________________ 196 Approaching: Emily Bledsoe (2009-present)____________ 187 Ashley Hamada (2009-present)__________ 174 Holley Gentsch (2009-present)___________ 168 Bolder type = active player
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CAREER PITCHING RECORD BOOK WATCH EARNED RUN AVERAGE (Min. 100 IP) 1. Amanda Renfro (1998-2001)____________1.28 2. Emily Hayes (1996-99)_________________2.62 3. Erin Crawford (2003-06)________________2.71 4. Brittany Talley (2011-present)_________ 2.76 5. Kelsey Dennis (2011-present)_________ 2.86 6. Ashly Jacobs (2007-10)_________________2.92 7. Julie Hauck (2004-06)__________________3.02 8. Kristina Blair (2002-03)_________________3.13 9. Ashley Brokeshoulder (2010-present)__ 3.42 10. Tye Coats (2008-09)___________________3.84 Amie Stines (2002-03)_________________3.84 WINS 1. Amanda Renfro (1998-2001)_____________ 93 2. Ashly Jacobs (2007-10)__________________ 51 3. Erin Crawford (2003-06)_________________ 42 4. Emily Hayes (1996-99)__________________ 35 5. Danielle Brady (1996-98)________________ 24 6. Sarah Losleben (2005-08)________________ 22 7. Brittany Talley (2011-present)___________ 17 8. Ashley Brokeshoulder (2010-present)____ 16 9. Kelsey Dennis (2011-present)___________ 14 10. Karli Merlich (2009-11)__________________ 13 LOSSES 1. Amanda Renfro (1998-2001)_____________ 72 2. Ashly Jacobs (2007-10)__________________ 57 3. Erin Crawford (2003-06)_________________ 43 4. Emily Hayes (1996-99)__________________ 39 5. Amie Stines (2002-03)__________________ 32 6. Danielle Brady (1996-98)________________ 28 Julie Hauck (2004-06)___________________ 28 8. Alex Watkins (2006-09)__________________ 24 Sarah Losleben (2005-08)________________ 24 10. Jenny Cannon (1996-98)________________ 20 SAVES 1. Amanda Renfro (1998-2001)______________ 6 Erin Crawford (2003-06)__________________ 6 Julie Hauck (2004-06)____________________ 6 4. Amie Stines (2002-03)___________________ 3 Brittany Talley (2011-present)____________ 3 Kermitria Ward (2011-present)___________ 3 8. Ashly Jacobs (2007-10)___________________ 2 Karli Merlich (2009-11)___________________ 2 Tye Coats (2008-09)_____________________ 2 Sarah Losleben (2005-08)_________________ 2 Maggie Ayres (2001-02)__________________ 2 Hillary Phillips (2010)____________________ 2
GAMES STARTED 1. Amanda Renfro (1998-2001)____________ 160 2. Ashly Jacobs (2007-10)_________________ 120 3. Erin Crawford (2003-06)_________________ 96 4. Emily Hayes (1996-99)__________________ 85 5. Danielle Brady (1996-98)________________ 48 6. Julie Hauck (2004-06)___________________ 43 7. Amie Stines (2002-03)__________________ 42 8. Sarah Losleben (2005-08)________________ 38 9. Kristina Blair (2002-03)__________________ 32 10. Alex Watkins (2006-09)__________________ 31 Approaching: Brittany Talley (2011-present)_____________ 27 Kelsey Dennis (2011-present)_____________ 27 COMPLETE GAMES 1. Amanda Renfro (1998-2001)____________ 147 2. Emily Hayes (1996-99)__________________ 64 3. Ashly Jacobs (2007-10)__________________ 52 4. Erin Crawford (2003-06)_________________ 38 5. Danielle Brady (1996-98)________________ 30 6. Amie Stines (2002-03)__________________ 20 7. Sarah Losleben (2005-08)________________ 17 8. Jenny Cannon (1996-98)________________ 15 9. Alex Watkins (2006-09)__________________ 14 10. Kristina Blair (2002-03)__________________ 12 Brittany Talley (2011-present)_____________ 12 Approaching: Kelsey Dennis (2011-present)______________ 9 INNINGS PITCHED 1. Amanda Renfro (1998-2001)_________ 1,181.2 2. Ashly Jacobs (2007-10)________________698.0 3. Erin Crawford (2003-06)_______________614.2 4. Emily Hayes (1996-99)________________556.1 5. Sarah Losleben (2005-08)______________341.0 6. Amie Stines (2002-03)________________268.0 7. Danielle Brady (1996-98)______________266.2 8. Julie Hauck (2004-06)_________________255.0 9. Alex Watkins (2006-09)________________225.2 10. Jenny Cannon (1996-98)______________191.1 Approaching: Brittany Talley (2011-present)___________169.2 APPEARANCES 1. Amanda Renfro (1998-2001)____________ 195 2. Ashly Jacobs (2007-10)_________________ 149 Erin Crawford (2003-06)________________ 146 4. Sarah Losleben (2005-08)_______________ 116 5. Emily Hayes (1996-99)_________________ 106 6. Julie Hauck (2004-06)___________________ 74 7. Amie Stines (2002-03)__________________ 65 8. Alex Watkins (2006-09)__________________ 59 Danielle Brady (1996-98)________________ 59 10. Kristina Blair (2002-03)__________________ 58
RUNS ALLOWED 1. Ashly Jacobs (2007-10)_________________ 379 2. Erin Crawford (2003-06)________________ 341 3. Amanda Renfro (1998-2001)____________ 314 4. Emily Hayes (1996-99)_________________ 310 5. Sarah Losleben (2005-08)_______________ 258 6. Danielle Brady (1996-98)_______________ 219 7. Amie Stines (2002-03)_________________ 187 8. Alex Watkins (2006-09)_________________ 183 9. Jenny Cannon (1996-98)_______________ 178 10. Karli Merlich (2009-11)_________________ 167 WALKS 1. Ashly Jacobs (2007-10)_________________ 304 2. Amanda Renfro (1998-2001)____________ 221 3. Erin Crawford (2003-06)________________ 179 4. Emily Hayes (1996-99)_________________ 158 5. Sarah Losleben (2005-08)_______________ 136 6. Alex Watkins (2006-09)_________________ 131 7. Amie Stines (2002-03)_________________ 111 8. Kristina Blair (2002-03)__________________ 82 9. Julie Hauck (2004-06)___________________ 79 10. Tye Coats (2008-09)____________________ 78 FEWEST WALKS PER 7 INNINGS 1. Amanda Renfro (1998-2001)____________1.31 2. Danielle Brady (1996-97)_______________1.74 3. Kelsey Dennis (2011-present)_________ 1.79 4. Brittany Talley (2011-present)_________ 1.82 5. Emily Hayes (1996-97)_________________1.99 6. Erin Crawford (2003-06)________________2.04 7. Julie Hauck (2004-06)__________________2.17 8. Ashley Brokeshoulder (2010-present)__ 2.37 9. Jenny Cannon (1996-97)_______________2.45 10. Karli Merlich (2009-present)_____________2.52 STRIKEOUTS 1. Amanda Renfro (1998-2001)___________1,226 2. Ashly Jacobs (2007-10)_________________ 470 3. Erin Crawford (2003-06)________________ 436 4. Emily Hayes (1996-99)_________________ 319 5. Sarah Losleben (2005-08)_______________ 298 6. Alex Watkins (2006-09)_________________ 181 7. Amie Stines (2002-03)_________________ 157 8. Julie Hauck (2004-06)__________________ 147 9. Danielle Brady (1996-98)_______________ 114 10. Brittany Talley (2011-present)__________ 102 11. Kristina Blair (2002-03)_________________ 101 STRIKEOUTS PER 7 INNINGS (MIN. 100 IP) 1. Amanda Renfro (1998-2001)____________7.26 2. Sarah Losleben (2005-08)_______________6.12 3. Alex Watkins (2006-09)_________________5.62 4. Kelsey Dennis (2011-present)_________ 5.25 5. Ashley Brokeshoulder (2010-present)__ 5.11 6. Erin Crawford (2003-06)________________4.92 7. Tye Coats (2008-09)___________________4.75 8. Ashly Jacobs (2007-10)_________________4.71 9. Brittany Talley (2011-present)_________ 4.21 10. Amie Stines (2002-03)_________________4.10 Bolder type = active player
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NUMERICAL ROSTER NO. 2 3 4 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 14 17 18 19 20 22 23 26 27 28 29 32 56 77
NAME Logan Hall Emily Bledsoe Kermitria Ward Randi Tongate Ashley Hamada Chandler Moore Adriana Perez Meredith Heath Brittany Talley Katelyn Williams Katibeth King Hannah Bell Sandy James Raven Richardson Kelsey Dennis Holley Gentsch Ashley Brokeshoulder Mikey Kenney Melisa Ryba Emily Cooper Derryn Hebert Taylor Powell Cydney Allen Cara Custer
ALPHABETICAL ROSTER HT. 5-6 5-6 5-0 5-9 5-4 5-8 5-5 5-7 5-8 5-6 5-4 5-5 5-9 5-8 5-4 5-9 5-5 5-11 5-8 5-6 5-7 5-8 6-1 5-8
POS. INF INF OF/RHP C OF RHP/INF C OF LHP OF C RHP INF INF LHP C RHP OF INF/OF OF Util. INF/OF C RHP
B/T CLASS-EX. HOMETOWN (LAST SCHOOL) R/R Sr-2L Tucson, Ariz. (Pima C.C.) L/R Sr-3L Fulshear, Texas (Foster H.S.) L/R So-1L Waco, Texas (Midway H.S.) R/R Jr-2L Weatherford, Texas (Weatherford H.S.) L/R Sr-3L Touchet, Wash. (DeSales Catholic H.S.) R/R Fr-HS Broomfield, Colo. (Broomfield H.S.) R/R Jr-TR Lancaster, Calif. (Antelope Valley College) L/R Sr-2L Fort Worth, Texas (Chipola College) L/L So-1L Little Elm, Texas (Little Elm H.S.) L/L Fr-HS Ceder Park, Texas (Vista Ridge H.S.) R/R Fr-HS Plano, Texas (Prestonwood Christian H.S.) R/R Fr-HS Dayton, Texas (Dayton H.S.) R/R Jr-1L Dallas, Texas (Angelo State) R/R Sr-2L Placentia, Calif (Yavapai C.C.) L/L Sr-1L Helena, Ala. (Wallace State C.C.) R/R Sr-3L Hewitt, Texas (Midway H.S.) R/R Jr-2L Shawnee, Okla. (Shawnee H.S.) R/L Jr-2L Arvada, Colo. (Arvada West H.S.) L/R Jr-RS Littleton, Colo. (Northern Colorado) R/R Jr-TR Des Moines, Iowa (Yavapa College) R/R Fr-HS Pasadena, Texas (Deer Park H.S.) R/R So-1L Henrietta, Texas (Henrietta H.S.) R/R Sr-1L Taylorsville, Utah (Salt Lake C.C.) R/R Fr-HS Spanaway, Wash. (Spanaway Lake H.S.)
NO. NAME 56 Cydney Allen 17 Hannah Bell 3 Emily Bledsoe 23 Ashley Brokeshoulder 28 Emily Cooper 77 Cara Custer 20 Kelsey Dennis 22 Holley Gentsch 2 Logan Hall 7 Ashley Hamada 10 Meredith Heath 29 Derryn Hebert 18 Sandy James 26 Mikey Kenney 14 Katibeth King 8 Chandler Moore 9 Adriana Perez 32 Taylor Powell 19 Raven Richardson 27 Melisa Ryba 11 Brittany Talley 6 Randi Tongate 4 Kermitria Ward 12 Katelyn Williams
POS. C RHP INF RHP OF RHP LHP C INF OF OF UTIL INF OF C RHP/INF C INF/OF INF INF/OF LHP C OF/RHP OF
COACHING STAFF
Head Coach: Shanon Hays (3rd Season) Associate Head Coach: Aly Sartini (3rd Season) Assistant Coach: Kristie Fox (3rd Season) Volunteer Assistant Coach: Leah Legler (1st Season) Director of Operations: Shannon Armstrong (1st Season) Athletic Trainer: Amanda Martinez (1st Season) Graduate Student Manager: Ashly Jacobs (2nd Season)
ROSTER BREAKDOWN BY POSITION Infield____________________________________ 8 ___________________ Bledsoe, Hall, Hebert, James _______________ Moore, Powell, Richardson, Ryba Outfield___________________________________ 9 ________________ Cooper, Hamada, Heath, Hebert ____________ Kenney, Powell, Ryba, Ward, Williams Catcher___________________________________ 5 __________________________Allen, Gentsch, King ______________________________ Perez, Tongate Pitcher____________________________________ 7 ____________________ Bell, Brokeshoulder, Custer, ____________________Dennis, Moore, Talley, Ward BY CLASSIFICATION Seniors___________________________________ 8 ________________ Allen, Bledsoe, Dennis, Gentsch, _______________ Hall, Hamada, Heath, Richardson Juniors____________________________________ 7 ________________ Brokeshoulder, Cooper, Kenney, ___________________ James, Perez, Ryba, Tongate Sophomores_______________________________ 3 __________________________ Powell, Talley, Ward Freshmen_________________________________ 6 __________________________ Bell, Custer, Hebert, _________________________King, Moore, Williams
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PRONUNCIATION GUIDE BY HOME STATE Alabama__________________________________ 1 ____________________________________ Dennis Arizona___________________________________ 1 _______________________________________ Hall California__________________________________ 2 ____________________________Perez, Richardson Colorado__________________________________ 3 _________________________ Kenney, Moore, Ryba Iowa______________________________________ 1 ____________________________________ Cooper Oklahoma_________________________________ 1 ______________________________ Brokeshoulder Texas____________________________________ 12 ____________Bell, Bledsoe, Gentsch, Heath, Hebert _____________________ James, King, Powell, Talley _______________________Tongate, Ward, Williams Utah_____________________________________ 1 ______________________________________ Allen Washington_______________________________ 2 _____________________________ Custer, Hamada
Ashley Brokeshoulder Broke-shoulder Cara Custer Cuh-ster Holley Gentsch Ghench (rhymes with wrench) Ashley Hamada Hah-mah-da Derryn Hebert He-burt Mikey Kenney Mike-ee Meilisa Ryba Ree-bah Randi Tongate Rand-ee Tong-gate Kermitria Ward Ker-me-tree-ah
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RADIO/TELEVISION ROSTER
2
Logan Hall
3
Emily Bledsoe
INF • 5-6 • Sr-2L • R/R Tucson, Ariz. Pima C.C.
INF • 5-6 • Sr-3L • L/R Fulshear, Texas Foster H.S.
9
10
Adriana Perez
C • 5-5 • Jr-TR • R/R Lancaster, Calif. Antelope Valley College
18
Sandy James
INF • 5-5 • JR-1L • R/R Dallas, Texas Angelo State
27
Melisa Ryba
INF/OF • 5-8 • Jr-RS • L/R Littleton, Colo. Northern Colorado
4
Kermitria Ward
RHP/OF • 5-1 • SO-1L • R/R Waco, Texas Foster H.S.
6
7
C • 5-9 • Jr-2L • R/R Weatherford, Texas Weatherford H.S.
OF • 5-4 • Sr-3L • L/R Touchet, Wash. DeSales Catholic H.S.
Randi Tongate
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12
OF • 5-7 • Sr-2L • L/R Fort Worth, Texas Chipola College
LHP • 5-8 • So-1L • L/L Little Elm, Texas Little Elm H.S.
OF • 5-6 • Fr-HS • L/L Ceder Park, Texas Vista Ridge H.S.
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22
INF • 5-8 • Sr-3L • R/R Placentia, Calif. Yavapai C.C.
LHP • 5-4 • Sr-1L • L/L Helena, Ala. Wallace State C.C.
28
29
Meredith Heath
Raven Richardson
Emily Cooper
OF • 5-6 • Jr-TR • R/R Des Moines, Iowa Yavapa College
Shanon Hays Head Coach 3rd Season
Brittany Talley
Kelsey Dennis
Derryn Hebert
UTIL • 5-7 • Fr-HS • R/R Pasadena, Texas Deer Park H.S.
Aly Sartini
Assoc. Head Coach 3rd Season
Ashley Hamada
14
Katelyn Williams
Katibeth King
C • 5-4 • Fr-HS • R/R Plano, Texas Prestonwood Christian H.S.
23
Holley Gentsch
Ashley Brokeshoulder
C • 5-9 • Sr-3L • R/R Hewitt, Texas Midway H.S.
RHP • 5-5 • Jr-2L • R/R Shawnee, Okla. Shawnee H.S.
32
56
Taylor Powell
INF/OF • 5-8 • So-1L • R/R Henrietta, Texas Henrietta H.S.
Kristie Fox
Assistant Coach 3rd Season
Cydney Allen
C • 6-1 • Sr-1L • R/R Taylorsville, Utah Taylorsville H.S.
Leah Legler
Vol. Assistant Coach 1st Season
8
Chandler Moore
RHP/INF • 5-8 • Fr-HS • R/R Broomfield, Colo. Broomfield H.S.
17
Hannah Bell
RHP • 5-5 • Fr-HS • R/R Dayton, Texas Dayton H.S.
26
Mikey Kenney
OF • 5-11 • Jr-2L • R/R Arvada, Colo. Arvada West H.S.
77
Cara Custer
RHP • 5-8 • Fr-HS • R/R Spanaway, Wash. Spanaway Lake H.S.
Shannon Armstrong Director of Operations 1st Season
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