2015 TEXAS STATE SOFTBALL GAME NOTES // WILSON/DEMARINI CLASSIC Softball SID: Jen Lawson // Email: jlawson@txstate.edu // Office: 512-245-2988 // Cell: 217-369-4402 // Web: txstatebobcats.com 2/27 - 7:15 P.M.
2/26 - 6 P.M. AUBURN 17-1
SAMFORD 12-2
9-7; 0-0 SBC Date: Feb. 26-28, 2015 Location: Auburn, Ala. Host: Auburn
SIU-EDWARDSVILLE 7-2
SCOUTING THE COMPETITION AUBURN The Tigers are currently 17-1 this season, with their only loss being a 4-2 decision against Dartmouth. Tiffany Howard leads the Tigers in batting average with .604, and ties with Emily Carosone for runs scored with 27 each. Auburn has launched 36 home runs this season compared to just five by their opponents. Lexi Davis, Rachael Walters, and Marcy Harper have a combined 90.0 innings pitched with 83 strikeouts. Davis leads the way with an 8-0 record in 37.2 innings in the circle. Opponents average just .222 against the Tigers so far this season. SIUE With a 7-2 record so far, the Cougars have a team batting average of .311 with seven home runs and 49 runs scored. The two losses this season for the Cougars were a 4-3 loss to Sun Belt Conference member UL Monroe and a 9-0 shutout loss against Georgia. Haley Chambers not only leads the way in the batter’s box for
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the Cougars with a .464 batting average, but she also owns a commanding 5-0 record in a team-high 30.0 innings pitched in the circle. She has struck out 42 and has a 0.93 ERA. SAMFORD Samford is currently 12-2 through the first few weeks of competition with a 4-1 record at a neutral site. The team is averaging .360 with Megan Dowdy leading the way with an average of .491. Caitlin Bice has recorded a team-high 15 and four home runs for the Bulldogs. Four members of the Bulldog squad are averaging over .400 and an addition five more are averaging above .300. The Bulldogs own a 3.61 ERA as Mollie Hanson leads the team with a 2.27 mark. She has struck out a team-high 21 batters and has held her opponents to a .221 batting average. CONNECTICUT The Huskies enter the Wilson/DeMarini Classic with a 3-2 overall record after competing at the Troy Invitational this past weekend. UConn won its last two games of the tournament against Northern
PROJECTED LINEUP: 2015 #’s AVG | H | RBI
UCONN 2-3
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DP-Kortney Koroll .343 | 12 | 10
Braegan Hamilton .292 | 7 | 0
Lexi Fryar .222 | 12 | 8
Bianca Prado .143 | 5 | 0
PITCHING STAFF: Randi Rupp 6-4 | 2.66 | 73.2 Taylor Webb 2-2 | 6.44 | 29.1 Ashley Wright 1-1 | 7.00 | 7.0
Ariel Ortiz .352 | 19 | 11
Kelli Baker .317 | 19 | 11
Courtney Harris .333 | 16 | 10
Kendall Wiley .396 | 21 | 17 Sara Rupp .188 | 6 | 7
DATE OPPONENT 2/6 Sam Houston State^ 2/6 Northern Illinois^ 2/7 Sam Houston State^ 2/7 Pittsburgh^ 2/8 Northern Illinois^ 2/13 Grand Canyon# 2/13 Texas Tech# 2/14 Texas Tech# 2/14 UTSA# 2/15 Texas Tech# 2/20 UMass-Lowell% 2/20 UAB% 2/21 Florida International% 2/21 Robert Morris% 2/22 Wichita State% 2/22 Harvard% 2/26 Auburn@ 2/27 SIU-Edwardsville@ 2/27 Samford@ 2/28 Connecticut@ 2/28 Connecticut@ 3/7 Georgia Southern - DH* 3/8 Georgia Southern* 3/11 Lamar 3/14 Georgia State - DH* 3/15 Georgia State* 3/18 Stephen F. Austin - DH 3/21 UL Monroe - DH* 3/22 UL Monroe* 3/25 McNeese State 3/28 UL Lafayette - DH* 3/28 UL Lafayette* 4/1 Incarnate Word 4/3 Texas 4/4 Texas 4/8 Baylor 4/11 Troy - DH* 4/12 Troy* 4/15 Houston Baptist 4/18 South Alabama - DH* 4/19 South Alabama* 4/22 Texas A&M-Corpus Christi 4/25 Appalachian State - DH* 4/26 Appalachian State* 4/29 Texas A&M 5/2 UT Arlington - DH* 5/3 UT Arlington* 5/6-9 SBC Tournament
TIME W, 6-1 W, 14-5 W, 15-6 L, 6-11 L, 3-8 L, 3-4 L, 2-5 W, 3-0 L, 3-6 W, 2-0 L, 7-9 W, 7-1 W, 8-0 L, 5-7 W, 4-3 W, 9-2 6 p.m. 12:15 p.m. 7:15 p.m. 10 a.m. 12:15 p.m. 12 p.m. 12 p.m. 6 p.m. 1 p.m. 12 p.m. 1 p.m. 4 p.m. 12 p.m. 6 p.m. 1 p.m. 12 p.m. 6 p.m. 6 p.m. 1 p.m. 6 p.m. 1 p.m. 12 p.m. 6 p.m. 1 p.m. 12 p.m. 6 p.m. 1 p.m. 12 p.m. 6:30 p.m. 1 p.m. 12 p.m. TBA
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