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Missouri Valley Conference MVC Softball Contact
1818 Chouteau Ave. ▪ St. Louis, MO 63103 Kristin Gregory, Asst. Director - Commun. & Sports Admin.
Phone: 314.444.4300 Fax: 314.444.4344 kgregory@mvc.org
Website: www.mvc-sports.com Office: 314-444-4315 Cell: 314-435-4776
Release No. 11 ▪ April 25, 2011 ▪ For Immediate Release
Conference Overall Missouri Valley Conference
Team W L T Pct W L T Pct Weekly Awards
Illinois State......... 16 3 0 .842 30 14 0 .682
State Farm MVC Player of the Week
Drake................... 16 3 0 .842 30 17 0 .638
Sammie Shook,
Southern Illinois.... 13 3 0 .812 31 13 0 .705 Wichita State
Sophomore Sammie
Missouri State....... 10 8 0 .556 22 19 0 .537
Shook led the Shockers’
Northern Iowa....... 9 10 0 .474 25 23 0 .521 offensive attack for the
second straight week as
Creighton............. 8 9 0 .471 20 24 0 .455
she led WSU to a 3-3 re-
Wichita State........ 8 11 0 .421 16 31 0 .340 cord, including a 4-2 up-
set over #18 Oklahoma
Evansville............. 5 15 0 .250 11 36 0 .234
State. After hitting .500
Bradley................ 3 14 0 .176 10 35 0 .222 in the series sweep over
Creighton two weeks
Indiana State........ 3 15 0 .167 14 27 0 .341
ago, Shook followed that
up with a .429 batting
average in the Shockers’ six games in five days
last week. She picked up six hits, two doubles,
Missouri Valley Conference Weekly Results three home runs, nine RBI, and scored four runs
Date Location Game result Pitchers of Record in 14 at bats. Shook hit for power with her two
4/19 Carbondale, Ill. Southern Illinois def. SIU Edwardsville, 10-1 W-Glosson, L-Taylor doubles and three home runs which was good
4/19 Wichita, Kan. Wichita State def. #18 Oklahoma St., 4-2 W-Anderson, L-Odom for a 1.214 slugging percentage. She picked up
at least one hit in five of the Shockers’ six games
4/20 Peoria, Ill. Northern Iowa def. Bradley, 2-1 W-Fisher, L-Lynch-Crumri last week. Shook went 1-for-2 and picked up
4/20 Omaha, Neb. Drake def. Creighton, 5-0 W-DeLong, L-Snygg an RBI in the upset over #18 Oklahoma State.
4/20 Omaha, Neb. Drake def. Creighton, 5-3 W-DeLong, L-Changstrom She went on and led the Shockers’ in the series
4/20 Normal, Ill. Illinois State def. Indiana State, 9-0 W-Birch, L-Evans against the Purple Aces. She was 4-for-7 with a
4/20 Normal, Ill. Illinois State def. Indiana State, 5-1 W-Warner, L-Felker double, three home runs, seven RBI, and four
4/20 Evansville, Ind. Southern Illinois def. Evansville, 13-3 W-Glosson, L-Little runs scored. Shook hit two home runs in the
4/20 Evansville, Ind. Evansville def. Southern Illinois, 3-0 W-Perry, L-Peters 12-4 run-rule over the Aces on Fri., April 22.
4/20 Wichita, Kan. Missouri State def. Wichita State, 5-3 W-Rose, L-Armagost
4/20 Wichita, Kan. Missouri State def. Wichita State, 2-1 W-Wiggins, L-Anderson State Farm MVC Pitcher of the Week
Megan Warner,
4/22 Des Moines, Iowa Drake def. Illinois State, 4-3 W-DeLong, L-Birch Illinois State
4/22 Des Moines, Iowa Illinois State def. Drake, 5-1 W-Warner, L-Dordel Warner finished 2-0 in
4/22 Carbondale, Ill. Southern Illinois def. Missouri State, 4-3 W-Peters, L-Rose the circle and collected
4/22 Carbondale, Ill. Southern Illinois def. Missouri State, 5-3 W-Glosson, L-Rose her second save of the
4/22 Cedar Falls, Iowa Creighton def. Northern Iowa, 3-0 W-Changstrom, L-Fisher season this week, clos-
4/22 Wichita, Kan. Evansville def. Wichita State, 3-2 W-Perry, L-Smet ing out Illinois State’s 5-2
4/22 Wichita, Kan. Wichita State def. Evansville, 12-4 W-Armagost, L-Morris win over Drake Sunday
afternoon. The junior
4/23 Peoria, Ill. Bradley def. Indiana State, 5-2 W-Lynch-Crumri, L-Felker pitcher allowed just two
4/23 Peoria, Ill. Bradley def. Indiana State, 10-3 W-Camp, L-Beisser earned runs in her 15.2
4/23 Des Moines, Iowa Illinois State def. Drake, 5-2 W-Birch, L-DeLong innings of work, record-
4/23 Cedar Falls, Iowa Creighton def. Northern iowa, 4-3 W-Changstrom, L-Hutcheson ing 13 strikeouts around
4/23 Cedar Falls, Iowa Northern Iowa def. Creighton, 7-2 W-Fisher, L-Snygg just one walk. Opposing
4/23 Wichita, Kan. Wichita State def. Evansville, 5-1 W-Smet, L-Perry batters hit just .130 off the Milan, Ill., native as
she gave up just three extra-base hits. Warner
tossed a three-hitter in the Redbirds’ 5-1 win
over the Bulldogs, with the only run coming via
a solo homer. Warner is now 7-1 with a 1.90
ERA in nine MVC appearances.
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No-Hitters and One Hitters in the Valley Double-Digit Strikeout Performances
Pitcher, School Date Opponent Hits allowed Result Pitcher, School Date Opponent Ks
Jaye Hutcheson, UNI 2/11/11 South Dakota 0 W 11-0 Megan Warner, Illinois State 2/11/11 East Carolina 15
Becca Changstrom, Creighton 2/11/11 Western Illinois 1 W 8-0 Jenna DeLong, Drake 2/12/11 South Dakota 16
Megan Warner, Illinois State 2/11/11 East Carolina 1 W 8-0 Becca Changstrom, Creighton 2/12/11 Valparaiso 12
Jenna DeLong, Drake 2/13/11 Green Bay 0 W 8-0 Brynne Dordel, Drake 2/12/11 North Dakota 11
Danielle Glosson, Southern Illinois 2/18/11 Butler 1 W 7-0 Jenna DeLong, Drake 2/18/11 Samford 11
Alex Peters, Southern Illinois 2/25/11 UMBC 12
Jenna DeLong, Drake 2/19/11 Pacific 1 W 8-0
Lindsey Beisser, Indiana State 2/26/11 Samford 10
Jordan Birch, Illinois State 2/20/11 Idaho State 1 W 10-0
Jamie Fisher, Northern Iowa 2/27/11 IUPUI 13
Kylie Hovinga, Creighton 2/25/11 Centenary 0 W 10-0
Jamie Fisher, Northern Iowa 3/12/11 Minnesota 11
Megan Warner, Illinois State 2/26/11 Temple 1 W 6-1 Becca Changstrom, Creighton 4/2/11 Bradley 13
Taylor Baxter, Illinois State 2/27/11 CCSU 0 W 9-0 Jordan Birch, Illinois State 4/2/11 Missouri State 10
Brynne Dordel, Drake 3/11/11 Idaho State 0 W 8-0 Jordan Birch, Illinois State 4/9/11 Northern Iowa 11
Becca Changstrom, Creighton 3/20/11 Evansville 1 W 4-0 Jenna DeLong, Drake 4/16/11 Northern Iowa 12
Jamie Fisher, Northern Iowa 4/2/11 Southern Illinois 1 W 1-0 Taylor Perry, Evansville 4/17/11 Illinois State 10
Natalie Rose, Missouri State 4/6/11 Arkansas 1 W 2-1 Jamie Fisher, Northern Iowa 4/20/11 Bradley 12
Jenna DeLong, Drake 4/9/11 Wichita State 1 W 6-0 Jenna DeLong, Drake 4/20/11 Creighton 16
Jordan Birch, Illinois State 4/16/11 Evansville 1 W 8-0 Natalie Rose, Missouri State 4/20/11 Wichita State 10
Jaye Hutcheson, Northern Iowa 4/23/11 Creighton 10
Upcoming Schedule
Date away Home Site Tournament Time
4/26 Illinois State Indiana State Terre Haute, Ind. 3:00 PM
4/26 Creighton Drake Des Moines, Iowa 4:00 PM
4/26 Evansville Southern Illinois Carbondale, Ill. 4:00 PM
4/26 Wichita State Missouri State Springfield, Mo. 5:00 PM
4/27 Bradley Northern Iowa Cedar Falls, Iowa 2:00 PM
4/27 Missouri State Tulsa Tulsa, Okla. 4:00 PM
4/27 IUPUI Southern Illinois Carbondale, Ill. 4:00 PM
4/27 Bradley Northern Iowa Cedar Falls, Iowa 4:30 PM
4/27 Indiana State Eastern Illinois Charleston, Ill. 5:00 PM
4/27 Kansas Wichita State Wichita, Kan. 5:00 PM
4/27 IUPUI Southern Illinois Carbondale, Ill. 6:00 PM
4/27 Kansas Wichita State Wichita, Kan. 7:00 PM
4/30 Creighton Indiana State Terre Haute, Ind. 11:00 AM
4/30 Bradley Evansville Evansville, Ind. 12:00 PM
4/30 Drake Missouri State Springfield, Mo. 12:00 PM
4/30 Southern Illinois Illinois State Normal, Ill. 12:00 PM
4/30 Wichita State Northern Iowa Cedar Falls, Iowa 12:00 PM
4/30 Creighton Indiana State Terre Haute, Ind. 1:00 PM
4/30 Drake Missouri State Springfield, Mo. 2:00 PM
4/30 Southern Illinois Illinois State Normal, Ill. 2:00 PM
4/30 Wichita State Northern Iowa Cedar Falls, Iowa 2:00 PM
4/30 Bradley Evansville Evansville, Ind. 2:30 PM
5/1 Creighton Indiana State Terre Haute, Ind. 11:00 AM
5/1 Bradley Evansville Evansville, Ind. 12:00 PM
5/1 Drake Missouri State Springfield, Mo. 12:00 PM
5/1 Southern Illinois Illinois State Normal, Ill. 12:00 PM
5/1 Wichita State Northern Iowa Cedar Falls, Iowa 12:00 PM
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State Farm Missouri Valley Conference
Softball Championship
springfield, missouri
missouri state, Host
may 12-14, 2011
#5 Seed #1 Seed
May 13
May 12 12:00pm
11:00am May 12
4:00pm
#8 Seed
#4 Seed
May 14
12:00pm FS Midwest
#7 Seed #2 Seed Year
Tournament Champions
Champion Host
1983 Missouri State Western Illinois
May 12 1984 Western Illinois Missouri State
1985 Illinois State Western Illinois
1:30pm May 13 1986 Indiana State Bradley
2:00pm 1987
1988
Western Illinois Illinois State
Illinois State Missouri State
1989 Wichita State UNI
#6 Seed May 12 1990 UNI Southern Illinois
1991 Southern Illinois Wichita State
6:30pm 1992 Western Illinois Drake
1993 Drake Creighton
#3 Seed 1994
1995
Drake
Illinois State
Missouri State
Indiana State
1996 Missouri State Illinois State
1997 Missouri State UNI
1998 Missouri State Evansville
1999 Creighton Wichita State
Missouri State to Host MVC Championship 2000 Illinois State Bradley
Missouri State University will serve as host for the 2011 2001 Illinois State Creighton
2002 Evansville Illinois State
State Farm Missouri Valley Conference Softball Champi- 2003 Creighton Evansville
onship for the first time since 1994 and for the fourth time 2004 Creighton Southern Illinois
in school history, from May 12-14. The 2011 event will be 2005 Creighton Wichita State
played at Killian Softball Stadium in Springfield, Mo. 2006 Missouri State Creighton
2007 Creighton Illinois State
2008 Drake Southern Illinois
The Killian Sports Complex renovation was completed in 2009 Bradley Bradley
2009, fulfilling the dream of the Missouri State softball 2010 Creighton DrakeMVC Notes:
team to have a new state-of-the-art facility. The new lighted
facility seats 1,200 spectators and features surface improve- all-Time MVC Tournament Head-to-Head Results
ments, a new scoreboard and press box. (Read from top down for results - updated through 2010)
bU CU DU UE ILS INS MSU UNI SIU WSU EIU WIU Tulsa
Tune In BU -- 1-1 4-2 0-1 7-2 3-6 6-5 2-3 4-4 3-2 1-3 4-0 0-0
Fans can follow the State Farm MVC Softball Champi- CU
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onship on MVC Live, the conference's video streaming UE 1-0 6-3 1-1 -- 2-4 3-0 4-1 2-2 0-3 0-2 0-0 0-0 0-0
program. MVC Live is a partnership between the Mis- ILS
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souri Valley Conference and WebStream Productions - the MSU 5-6 4-3 4-5 1-4 6-7 1-2 -- 2-8 5-9 3-8 2-5 7-5 0-1
creators of the highly-acclaimed Horizon League Network. UNI
SIU
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ing multiple cameras, graphics and professional announcers EIU 3-1 0-0 1-4 0-0 3-2 1-1 5-2 0-2 2-2 0-2 -- 5-1 0-0
will be available the banner below for all games leading into WIU
Tulsa
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the televised final. Totals 29-35 36-20 26-34 16-20 52-43 23-30 63-40 28-38 39-49 32-43 17-20 31-15 0-6
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Statistical Ranking Comparision as of April 25, 2011
Team avg Slug Ob% ab R H RbI 2b 3b HR Tb bb SO Sb
Illinois State .299 .526 .376 1139 247 341 221 53 17 57 599 122 280 23
Southern Illinois .288 .440 .376 1151 243 332 210 52 7 36 506 150 206 54
Drake .275 .434 .349 1276 215 351 188 64 2 45 554 138 203 86
Northern Iowa .266 .414 .353 1276 196 338 185 66 1 40 526 135 278 42
Wichita State .263 .413 .348 1219 189 321 169 66 4 36 503 143 265 20
Creighton .262 .377 .336 1111 156 291 138 22 2 34 419 102 315 40
Missouri State .254 .337 .322 1051 132 267 108 38 8 11 354 96 234 36
Indiana State .251 .344 .315 1062 152 267 125 38 3 18 365 79 187 32
Bradley .248 .341 .310 1195 153 296 127 40 10 17 407 88 275 52
Evansville .239 .334 .323 1127 151 269 130 48 7 15 376 124 230 38
Team ERa bavg H R bb SO CG Sv Sho Fld% DP a Sba% CSb
Drake 2.51 .217 261 152 113 333 32 2 10 .958 12 330 .571 15
Northern Iowa 2.80 .251 307 166 119 315 28 0 6 .951 10 351 .809 9
Illinois State 3.00 .237 253 139 96 249 30 2 9 .973 9 389 .700 9
Southern Illinois 3.03 .230 262 167 109 254 26 4 10 .953 12 284 .846 6
Missouri State 3.20 .275 298 149 78 226 22 5 1 .963 7 290 .887 6
Creighton 3.64 .238 259 181 158 235 21 0 8 .963 7 320 .736 14
Wichita State 4.33 .298 375 271 142 191 5 4 0 .942 2 330 .836 9
Indiana State 4.47 .295 318 212 108 180 15 0 4 .958 9 346 .892 8
Bradley 4.63 .316 387 270 115 164 21 1 0 .943 16 362 .787 16
Evansville 6.16 .345 444 321 108 118 11 1 1 .950 16 385 .821 12
The Valley Race...
Head-to-Head MVC Series Records (read across for results)
bU CU DU UE ILS INS MSU UNI SIU WSU
bradley (3-14) -- 1-2 0-2 4/30-5/1 0-3 2-0 0-3 0-1, 4/27 0-3 5/7-8
Creighton (8-9) 2-1 -- 0-2 2-1 5/1-2 4/30-5/1 2-1 2-1 Cancelled 0-3
Drake (16-3) 2-0 2-0, 4/26 -- 3-0 1-2 3-0 4/30-5/1 3-0 5/7-8 2-1
Evansville (5-15) 4/30-5/1 1-2 0-3 -- 0-3 2-1 5/7-8 0-3 1-1, 4/26 1-2
Illinois St. (16-3) 3-0 5/7-8 2-1 3-0 -- 2-0, 27 3-0 2-1 4/30-5/1 1-1
Indiana St. (3-15) 0-2 4/30-5/1 0-3 1-2 0-2, 27 -- 0-2 5/7-8 0-3 2-1
Missouri St. (10-8) 3-0 1-2 4/30-5/1 5/7-8 0-3 2-0 -- 2-1 0-2 2-0, 26
UNI (9-10) 1-0, 27 1-2 0-3 3-0 1-2 5/7-8 1-2 -- 2-1 4/30-5/1
Southern Ill. (13-3) 3-0 Cancelled 5/7-8 1-1, 26 4/30-5/1 3-0 2-0 1-2 -- 3-0
Wichita St. (8-11) 5/7-8 3-0 1-2 2-1 1-1 1-2 0-2, 26 4/30-5/1 0-3 --
Current MVC Tiebreakers
Team Wins H2H Tiebreaker Loses H2H To Tied Series Remaining
Bradley INS ILS, CU, DU, SIU, MSU UE, UNI (2), WSU
Creighton UE, BU, MSU, UNI WSU, DU ILS, INS
Drake INS, UE, BU, WSU, UNI, CU ILS MSU, SIU
Evansville INS CU, UNI, DU, ILS, WSU SIU BU, SIU (1) MSU
Illinois State BU, MSU, UNI, UE, DU, INS WSU CU, SIU
Indiana State WSU DU, MSU, UE, SIU, BU, ILS CU, UNI
Missouri State INS, UNI, BU, WSU ILS, CU, SIU DU, UE
UNI UE, SIU MSU, ILS, DU, CU BU (2), INS, WSU
Southern Illinois WSU, BU, INS, MSU UNI UE DU, UE (1) ILS
Wichita State CU, UE SIU, INS, DU, MSU ILS BU, UNI
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The Valley v. Top 25 (non-conference opponents)
The Valley versus
........................................ Rank
Date Location Result NFCa USa Sb
America East ..................2-0 2/11 Athens, Ga. Georgia def. Illinois State, 2-1 #9 #4
2/11 Houston, Tex. Michigan def. Southern Illinois #5 #8
Atlantic 10 .....................4-4 2/12 Tempe, Ariz. Texas A&M vs. Bradley #17 #19
2/18 Tempe, Ariz. Arizona State def. Illinois State, 13-4 #12 #9
Atlantic Coast .................2-3
2/18 Santa Barbara, Ca. Texas A&M def. Wichita State, 7-1 #25 #23
Atlantic Sun ...................5-3 2/18 Austin, Texas Texas def. Missouri State, 7-1 #13 #13
2/19 Tucson, Ariz. Arizona def. Drake, 5-3 #4 #2
Big Ten ...................... 13-10 2/19 Santa Barbara, Ca. Texas A&M def. Wichita State, 16-0 #25 #23
2/20 Austin, Texas Texas def. Missouri State, 5-0 #13 #13
Big 12 ......................... 4-36 2/25 Tampa, Fla. Alabama def. Illinois State, 7-0 #2 #5
2/25 Tampa, Fla. Missouri def. Illinois State, 8-2 #15 #16
Big East .........................1-5 2/25 Tampa, Fla. Missouri def. Illinois State, 8-2 #16 #15
Big West ........................1-4 2/27 Lubbock, Texas Texas Tech def. Wichita State, 10-2 #21 #19
3/2 Columbia, Mo. Missouri def. Drake, 5-0 #18 #17
Conference USA ............ 4-12 3/2 Columbia, Mo. Missouri def. Drake, 8-1 #18 #17
3/3 Knoxville, Tenn. Tennessee def. Evansville, 6-0 #7 #7
Horizon ..........................6-4 3/4 Tempe, Ariz. Arizona State def. UNI, 6-1 #9 #7
3/5 Carbondale, Ill. Kentucky def. Southern Illinois, 9-5 #24
Div. I Independents ....... 10-3 3/6 Tempe, Ariz. Arizona State def. Creighton, 11-1 #9 #8
Ivy.................................1-0 3/6 Orlando, Fla. Oregon def. Illinois State, 6-0 #13 #13
3/6 St. Louis, Mo. Missouri def. Missouri State, 11-0 #18 #17
Mid-American .................1-2 3/8 Tempe, Ariz. Arizona State def. Creighton, 10-0 #8 #7
3/9 Tempe, Ariz. Arizona def. Creighton, 8-0 #9 #9
Mid-Eastern ....................1-1 3/9 Stillwater, Ok. Oklahoma St. def. Wichita St., 10-1 #20 #18
3/11 Stillwater, Ok. Oklahoma State def. UNI, 7-0 #20 #18
Mountain West ................1-1 3/11 Lubbock, Tex. Texas Tech def. Evansville, 8-0 #19 #19
3/12 Fresno, Calif. California def. Bradley, 12-3 #11 #10
Northeast .......................4-0
3/12 Columbia, Mo. Missouri def. Illinois State, 9-0 #8 #14
Ohio Valley ................... 8-11 3/12 Columbia, Mo. Illinois State def. Illinois, 10-7 #19
3/12 Lubbock, Tex. Texas Tech def. Evansville, 5-1 #19 #19
Pac-10 ......................... 0-10 3/13 Fresno, Calif. California def. Drake, 3-0 #11 #10
3/13 Columbia, Mo. Missouri def. Illinois State, 10-0 #8 #14
Pacific Coast ................. 15-1 3/13 Norman, Okla. Oklahoma def. Missouri State, 9-1 #10 #9
3/13 Norman, Okla. Oklahoma def. Missouri State, 1-0 #10 #9
Patriot ...........................3-0 3/13 Lubbock, Tex. Texas Tech def. Evansville, 8-0 #19 #19
Southeastern ..................2-5 3/16 Columbia, Mo. Missouri def. Southern Illinois, 3-0 #17 #13
3/22 Springfield, Mo. Oklahoma St. def. Missouri State, 1-0 #20 #18
Southern .......................2-3 3/30 Lincoln, Neb. Nebraska def. Creighton, 7-2 #13 #16
4/5 Stillwater, Okla. Oklahoma State def. Missouri State, 10-2 #21 #21
Southland ......................6-8 4/6 Evansville, Ind. Missouri def. Evansville, 7-2 #16 #12
4/6 Evansville, Ind. Missouri def. Evansville, 7-2 #16 #12
Southwestern..................4-1 4/13 Omaha, Neb. Nebraska def. Creighton, 10-2 #12 #15
Summit ....................... 13-4 4/13 Cedar Falls, Iowa Missouri def. Northern Iowa, 7-2 #14 #9
4/19 Wichita, Kan. Wichita State def. Oklahoma St., 4-2 #18 #20
Sun Belt ...................... 2-10
WAC ..............................2-6
As of 4/25 The Valley vs. Ranked Teams (non-conference games)
Team Record Opponents
BU 0-2 Texas A&M (L), California (L)
NCaa RPI (as of 4/20) CU 0-5 Arizona State (L), Arizona State (L), Arizona (L), Nebraska (L),
Nebraska (L)
Illinois State .................... 41 DU 0-4 Arizona (L), Missouri (L), Missouri (L), California (L)
UE 0-6 Tennessee (L), Texas Tech (L), Texas Tech (L), Texas Tech (L),
Southern Illinois............... 61 Missouri (L), Missouri (L)
Missouri State.................. 81 ILS 1-8 Georgia (L), Arizona State (L), Alabama (L), Missouri (L), Missouri (L),
Oregon (L), Missouri (L), Illinois (W), Missouri (L)
Northern Iowa ................. 97 INS 0-0
Drake ........................... 100 MSU 0-7 Texas (L), Texas (L), Missouri (L), Oklahoma (L), Oklahoma (L),
Oklahoma St. (L), Oklahoma St. (L)
Creighton ...................... 163 UNI 0-3 Arizona State (L), Oklahoma State (L), Missouri (L)
Wichita State ................. 170 SIU 0-2 Michigan (L), Kentucky (L), Missouri (L)
WSU 0-4 Texas A&M (L), Texas A&M (L), Texas Tech (L), Oklahoma St. (L),
Evansville ..................... 209 Oklahoma State (W)
Indiana State ................ 212
Bradley ......................... 225
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The Valley Versus --- as of april 25
america East 2-0 4/19 Wichita State 4, No. 18 Oklahoma St. 2 3/17 UT Martin 7, Evansville 3
2/25 Southern Illinois 5, UMBC 1 3/23 Evansville 4, SEMO 2
2/26 Southern Illinois 5, Albany NY 4 big East 1-5 3/23 SEMO 9, Evansville 0
2/25 St. John's 7, Wichita State 5 3/30 Murray State 7, Evansville 3
atlantic 10 4-4 2/26 South Florida 3, Illinois State 2 3/30 Evansville 8, Murray State 5
2/26 Illinois State 6, Temple 1 2/26 Wichita State 10, St. John's 6 4/6 SEMO 10, Indiana State 8
3/4 Fordham 2, Illinois State 1 3/12 DePaul 3, Southern Illinois 0 4/6 SEMO 4, Indiana State 2
3/4 Saint Louis 7,Missouri State 6 3/13 DePaul 5, Southern Illinois 4 4/6 Southern Illinois 2, Eastern Illinois 0
3/5 Illinois State 12, Temple 4 4/12 DePaul 10, Illinois State 6 4/14 Southern Illinois 6, UT Martin 0
3/30 Southern Illinois 3, Saint Louis 2
3/30 Southern Illinois 5, Saint Louis 1 big West 1-4 Pac-10 0-10
4/13 Saint Louis 3, Evansville 1 2/11 UC Santa Barbara 4, Wichita State 3 2/12 Oregon State 8, Bradley 6
4/13 Saint Louis 10, Evansville 2 2/12 Cal Poly 7, Bradley 1 2/18 No. 12 Arizona State 13, Illinois State 4
2/12 UC Santa Barbara 5, Wichita State 1 2/19 No. 4 Arizona 5, Drake 3
atlantic Coast 2-3 2/19 Drake 8, Pacific 0 3/4 No. 9 Arizona State 6, Northern Iowa 1
2/12 Illinois State 5, Maryland 0 3/15 Pacific 2, Drake 1 3/6 No. 9 Arizona State 11, Creighton 1
3/4 Georgia Tech 18, Evansville 1 3/6 No. 13 Oregon 6, Illinois State 0
3/4 Illinois State 9, Maryland 7 Conference USa 4-12 3/8 No. 8 Arizona State 10, Creighton 0
3/5 Virginia 3, Illinois State 0 2/11 Illinois State 8, East Carolina 0 3/9 No. 9 Arizona 8, Creighton 0
2/12 Northern Iowa 3, UTEP 2 3/12 No. 11 California 12, Bradley 3
atlantic Sun 5-3 2/12 Houston 2, Southern Illinois 1 3/13 No. 11 California 3, Drake 0
2/12 Illinois State 2, Lipscomb 0 2/13 Drake 8, UTEP 0
2/18 Drake 7, Kennesaw State 5 2/25 Tulsa 5, Creighton 3 Pacific Coast 15-1
2/20 Bradley 5, North Florida 3 2/26 UTEP 7, Bradley 6 2/11 Wichita State 7, Seattle Univ. 2
2/20 Kennesaw State 6, Drake 3 2/26 Southern Mississippi 10, Evansville 1 2/12 Wichita State 6, Seattle Univ. 2
2/26 Indiana State 3, Lipscomb 1 2/27 UTEP 15, Bradley 7 2/18 Illinois State 10, Idaho State 1
2/26 Southern Illinois 7, Florida Gulf Coast 1 2/27 Tulsa 2, Creighton 1 2/19 Illinois State 16, Seattle Univ. 0
3/10 Florida Gulf Coast 8, Creighton 2 3/3 Tulsa 11, Drake 2 2/20 Illinois State 10, Idaho State 0
3/11 Campbell 7, Creighton 6 3/4 Wichita State 11, UTEP 3 3/4 Creighton 4, Northern Colorado 0
3/5 East Carolina 2, Creighton 0 3/4 Northern Iowa 11, Northern Colorado 0
big Ten 13-10 3/5 East Carolina 4, Northern Iowa 1 3/5 San Diego 15, Bradley 8
2/11 Northwestern 11, Bradley 2 3/15 Tulsa 5, Northern Iowa 1 3/11 Creighton 7, Weber State 2
2/11 Southern Illinois 12, Ohio 8 4/6 Tulsa 4, Wichita State 1 3/11 Drake 8, Idaho State 0
2/11 Michigan 19, Southern Illinois 4 4/6 Tulsa 5, Wichita State 0 3/11 Northern Iowa 13, Northern Colorado 5
2/13 Illinois State 13, Iowa 4 3/12 Drake 8, Idaho State 1
2/19 Wisconsin 9, Missouri State 2 Horizon 6-4 3/12 Bradley 4, Idaho State 2
3/19 Missouri State 6, Wisconsin 2 2/12 Creighton 2, Valparaiso 1 3/13 Bradley 5, Idaho State 4
2/20 Ohio State 4, Evansville 2 2/12 Northern Iowa 8, Wisconsin-Green Bay 7 3/13 Northern Iowa 6, Northern Colorado 3
2/27 Southern Illinois 5, Iowa 1 2/13 Drake 8, Green Bay 0 3/16 Drake 7, St. Mary's 5
3/5 Drake 10, Ohio State 4 2/18 Southern Illinois 7, Butler 0
3/6 Purdue 11, Southern Illinois 1 3/5 Southern Illinois 2, Wright State 0 Patriot 3-0
3/12 Illinois State 10, No. 19 Illinois 7 3/6 Detroit Mercy 2, Indiana State 1 3/6 Indiana State 2, Holy Cross 1
3/12 Missouri State 3, Indiana 2 3/12 Illinois-Chicago 11, Southern Illinois 3 3/7 Indiana State 9, Lehigh 7
3/12 Northern Iowa 5, Minnesota 2 3/13 Southern Illinois 5, Illinois-Chicago 0 3/11 Indiana State 8, Lafayette 0
3/12 Minnesota 1, Northern Iowa 0 3/23 Illinois-Chicago 6, Bradley 3
3/15 Northern Iowa 5, Indiana 1 3/24 Butler 8, Indiana State 4 Southeastern 2-5
3/16 Missouri State 2, Minnesota 1 2/11 Georgia 2, Illinois State 1
3/17 Missouri State 2, Minnesota 1 Ivy 1-0 2/19 Mississippi State 10, Southern Illinois 8
3/17 Minnesota 8, Northern Iowa 1 3/11 Indiana State 5, Columbia 0 2/25 No. 5 Alabama 7, Illinois State 0
3/23 Illinois 5, Southern Illinois 2 3/3 No. 7 Tennessee 6, Evansville 0
3/30 Illinois 11, Bradley 4 Division I Independents 10-3 3/4 Wichita State 3, Ole Miss 2
4/6 Drake 2, Iowa 1 2/11 Northern Iowa 11, South Dakota 0 3/5 Kentucky 9, Southern Illinois 5
4/6 Illinois State 10, Illinois 6 2/11 Northern Iowa 9, North Dakota 1 4/6 Missouri State 2, Arkansas 1
4/14 Indiana 5, Indiana State 2 2/12 Drake 6, South Dakota 0
2/12 Drake 7, North Dakota 3 Southern 2-3
big 12 4-36 2/13 Northern Iowa 8, South Dakota 0 2/18 Bradley 10, Samford 2
2/11 Texas Tech 13, Bradley 2 2/25 North Dakota 4, Bradley 3 2/18 UT Chattanooga 11, Evansville 3
2/11 Iowa State 7, Creighton 9 3/3 SIU Edwardsville 5, Missouri State 1 2/26 Indiana State 7, Samford 0
2/13 No. 19 Texas A&M 3, Bradley 1 3/4 Drake 2, North Dakota 1 2/26 Tennessee Chattanooga 10, UNI 3
2/18 No. 13 Texas 7, Missouri State 1 3/6 Illinois State 6, Longwood 2 3/4 UNC Greensboro 9, Evansville 3
2/18 No. 25 Texas A&M 7, Wichita State 1 3/17 SIU Edwardsville 4, Indiana State 1
2/19 No. 25 Texas A&M 16, Wichita State 0 4/12 Creighton 6, North Dakota 3 Southland 6-8
2/20 No. 13 Texas 5, Missouri State 0 4/12 Creighton 9, North Dakota 1 2/12 Indiana State 6, Northwestern State 1
2/25 No. 15 Missouri 8, Illinois State 2 4/19 Southern Illinois 10, SIU Edwardsville 1 2/12 Southern Illinois 6, Stephen F. Austin 3
2/27 No. 21 Texas Tech 10, Wichita State 2 2/18 Texas A&M CC 2, Drake 0
3/2 No. 18 Missouri 5, Drake 0 Mid-american 1-2 2/18 UT Arlington 8, Wichita State 3
3/2 No. 18 Missouri 8, Drake 1 2/25 Northern Illinois 3, Wichita State 0 2/19 Bradley 4, Central Arkansas 1
3/4 Bradley 10, Kansas 7 2/26 Northern Illinois 6, Wichita State 4 2/19 Evansville 10, Southeastern Louisiana 3
3/5 Iowa State 3, Drake 2 3/15 Drake 7, Northern Illinois 2 2/19 UT Arlington 5, Wichita State 2
3/6 No. 18 Missouri 11, Missouri State 0 2/20 Southern Illinois 9, Stephen F. Austin 4
3/9 No. 20 Oklahoma St. 10, Wichita State 1 Mid-Eastern 1-1 2/26 Texas State 5, Bradley 0
3/11 No. 19 Texas Tech 8, Evansville 0 3/8 Florida A&M 7, Indiana State 6 (8) 2/26 UT Arlington 2, Creighton 1
3/11 No. 20 Oklahoma State 7, Northern Iowa 0 3/12 Creighton 8, Howard 0 2/26 Creighton 3, UT Arlington 2
3/12 No. 19 Texas Tech 5, Evansville 1 2/26 Northwestern State 1, Northern Iowa 0
3/12 No. 8 Missouri 9, Illinois State 0 Mountain West 1-1 2/27 Nicholls State 5, Evansville 3
3/12 Iowa State 10, Wichita State 2 2/18 Missouri State 8, Colorado State 2 3/5 UT Arlington 4, Wichita State 3
3/12 Iowa State 10, Wichita State 5 3/5 UNLV 7, Bradley 1
3/13 No. 19 Texas Tech 8, Evansville 0 Southwestern 4-1
3/13 No. 8 Missouri 10, Illinois State 0 Northeast 4-0 2/20 Wichita State 15, Texas Southern 13
3/13 No. 10 Oklahoma 9, Missouri State 1 2/25 Southern Illinois 4, Saint Francis (PA) 2 2/26 Mississippi Valley 6, Evansville 5
3/13 No. 10 Oklahoma 1, Missouri State 0 2/27 Illinois State 9, Central Connecticut St. 0 3/11 Evansville 11, Alcorn State 2
3/13 Iowa State 7, Wichita State 2 3/7 Indiana State 5, Bryant 4 3/12 Evansville 16, Alcorn State 3
3/16 No. 17 Missouri 3, Southern Illinois 0 3/8 Indiana State 2, Sacred Heart 1 3/12 Missouri State 4, Arkansas Pine Bluff 3
3/22 No. 20 Oklahoma St. 1, Missouri State 0
3/30 No. 13 Nebraska 7, Creighton 2 Ohio Valley 8-11
3/30 Northern Iowa 4, Iowa State 2 2/12 SEMO 6, Indiana State 2
3/31 Iowa State 7, Creighton 1 2/13 Eastern Illinois 2, Indiana State 1
3/31 Creighton 9, Iowa State 3 2/18 UT Martin 5, Evansville 1
4/5 No. 21 Oklahoma State 10, Missouri State 2 2/25 Eastern Kentucky 9, Indiana State 3
4/6 No. 16 Missouri 7, Evansville 2 2/25 UT Martin 2, Northern Iowa 0
4/6 No. 16 Missouri 9, Evansville 1 2/25 Northern Iowa 5, Tennessee Tech 4
4/12 Iowa State 2, Drake 1 2/27 Eastern Illinois 5, Indiana State 1
4/13 No. 12 Nebraska 10, Creighton 2 3/4 Missouri State 3, SEMO 2
4/13 No. 14 Missouri 7, Northern Iowa 2 3/9 Southern Illinois 10, SEMO 0
4/14 Iowa State 8, Drake 6 3/17 Evansville 7, UT Martin 6
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Summit 13-4
2/11 Creighton 8, Western Illinois 0
2/12 Creighton 6, South Dakota State 3
2/13 Creighton 1, Western Illinois 0
2/25 Creighton 10, Centenary 0
2/27 Northern Iowa 7, IUPUI 1
3/15 North Dakota State 1, Missouri State 0
3/16 North Dakota State 4, Northern Iowa 3
3/23 Wichita State 18, Western Illinois 11
3/31 Drake 6, South Dakota State 5
3/31 South Dakota State 4, Drake 3
4/6 Western Illinois 7, Bradley 0
4/6 Northern Iowa 10, South Dakota St. 1
4/6 Northern Iowa 7, South Dakota St. 6
4/12 Missouri State 9, UMKC 1
4/12 Missouri State 5, UMKC 4
4/13 Indiana State 7, IUPUI 2
4/13 Indiana State 1, IUPUI 0
Sun belt 2-10
2/13 UL Monroe 9, Indiana State 0
2/13 Western Kentucky 5, Wichita State 0
2/19 Troy 8, Bradley 7
2/19 South Alabama 18, Evansville 0
2/27 Troy 6, Evansville 1
3/5 North Texas 9, Wichita State 0
3/6 Troy 9, Bradley 9
3/6 North Texas 9, Wichita State 1
3/9 Missouri State 8, North Texas 5
3/9 Missouri State 1, North Texas 0
3/11 Troy 2, Bradley 0
3/11 Troy 12, Drake 5
Western athletic 2-6
2/19 Southern Illinois 8, Louisiana Tech 7
2/25 New Mexico State 12, Bradley 10
3/4 Bradley 3, San Jose St. 1
3/4 New Mexico State 8, Creighton 4
3/6 New Mexico State 4, Northern Iowa 2
3/11 Fresno State 2, Bradley 0
3/12 Fresno State 2, Drake 1
3/15 Fresno State 3, Bradley 2
Intra-MVC non-conference
3/5 Northern Iowa 5, Creighton 3
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MVC Teams in NCaa Stats MVC Leaders (all games)
Games through 4/17/11 Hit by pitch Wins
Batting avg
Nelson, ILS .412 Borschel, UNI 13 Glosson, SIU 20
Category Team Rank actual National Leader Plein, UNI 13 DeLong, DU 19
Batting Average ILS 46 0.301 Texas Tech Duran, SIU .410
SIU 86 0.285 (0.363) Gerritse, WSU .369 McClelland, DU 6 Rose, MSU 16
DU 108 0.278 Andrews, ILS .344 Beisser, INS 6 Birch, ILS 14
UNI 146 0.269 Stahlhut, UE .343 Canopy, ILS 6 Changstrom, CU 14
CU 167 0.264
INS 191 0.257 Sac bunts Saves
WSU 198 0.255 Slugging pct
MSU 205 0.253 Olson, ILS .694 Porter, MSU 13 Rose, MSU 5
BU 228 0.244 Kay, ILS .646 McKewon, CU 11 Glosson, SIU 4
UE 230 0.244 Baker, CU .622 Robinson, INS 11 Anderson, WSU 2
Andrews, ILS .615 Barchan, SIU 11 Smet, WSU 2
Earned Run DU 67 2.5 Texas 3 tied at 9 DeLong, DU 2
Average UNI 94 2.9 (1.1) Orsburn, SIU .602
ILS 118 3.16 Warner, ILS 2
SIU 126 3.22 On base pct Sac flies
MSU 128 3.26 Duran, SIU .494 Craddock, DU 4 Appearances
CU 155 3.61 Nelson, ILS .458 Spivey, SIU 4 Anderson, WSU 40
INS 186 4.27 Gaertner, UE 4 Glosson, SIU 39
WSU 221 4.7 Olson, ILS .457
BU 227 4.84 Stahlhut, UE .436 Duran, SIU 3 Rose, MSU 38
UE 267 6.26 Orsburn, SIU .436 Kellar, ILS 3 DeLong, DU 32
Fisher, UNI 28
Fielding % ILS 27 0.971 Texas Runs scored Stolen bases Smet, WSU 28
CU 72 0.965 (0.984) West, DU 18
MSU 101 0.962 Duran, SIU 47
INS 122 0.96 Barchan, SIU 35 Vande Wall, DU 15 Games started
DU 151 0.956 Nelson, ILS 35 Craddock, DU 14 Rose, MSU 29
SIU 183 0.952 Kellar, ILS 34 Martin, CU 14 Glosson, SIU 28
UNI 202 0.95 Olson, ILS 31 Pierce, DU 13 Fisher, UNI 23
UE 219 0.948 DeLong, DU 23
BU 249 0.939 DeLong, DU 31
WSU 252 0.938 Total plate appearances Armagost, WSU 22
Hits Duran, SIU 175
Scoring ILS 37 5.64 Florida Nelson, ILS 63 Borschel, UNI 174 as of 4/25
SIU 47 5.41 (8.41) Duran, SIU 57 Dixon, WSU 173
DU 101 4.71 DeLong, DU 172
UNI 144 4.18 Craddock, DU 50
WSU 169 3.95 Gerritse, WSU 48 Craddock, DU 170
INS 170 3.95 Gerking, UNI 47
CU 195 3.69 Fairbairn, BU 47 At bats
BU 226 3.26 Craddock, DU 158
UE 226 3.26 Gerking, UNI 154
MSU 228 3.22 Runs batted in
Kay, ILS 41 Nelson, ILS 153
Doubles/Game WSU 55 1.37 Delaware St. Orsburn, SIU 39 Daugharth, UNI 148
UNI 58 1.36 (2.32) Trapani, SIU 34 Dixon, WSU 147
DU 59 1.36 Mollohan, DU 32 DeLong, DU 147
ILS 67 1.33
SIU 89 1.23 Craddock, DU 32
UE 164 1.05 Olson, ILS 32 Earned run avg
INS 188 0.97 DeLong, DU 2.00
MSU 188 0.97 Doubles Changstrom, CU 2.05
BU 204 0.93 Gerking, UNI 13 Glosson, SIU 2.19
CU 282 0.51 Fisher, UNI 2.20
Craddock, DU 12
Triples/Game ILS 2 0.41 Jackson State Hull, WSU 12 Rose, MSU 2.35
BU 64 0.21 (0.49) Borschel, UNI 12
SIU 117 0.15 3 tied at 11 Opposing bat avg
UE 127 0.14 Changstrom, CU .167
MSU 137 0.14 DeLong, DU .185
INS 204 0.08 Triples
WSU 214 0.07 Kellar, ILS 5 Glosson, SIU .201
CU 242 0.05 Fairbairn, BU 5 Beisser, INS .212
DU 250 0.05 Nelson, ILS 3 Warner, ILS .229
UNI 276 0.02 Andrews, ILS 3
Hamilton, ILS 3 Innings pitched
Slugging % ILS 16 0.517 Florida
DU 69 0.436 (0.642) Gammon, MSU 3 Glosson, SIU 195.1
SIU 87 0.426 Rose, MSU 193.2
UNI 102 0.418 Home runs DeLong, DU 171.1
WSU 134 0.398 Baker, CU 15 Fisher, UNI 149.2
CU 151 0.39 Changstrom, CU 136.2
INS 212 0.349 Kay, ILS 13
UE 227 0.341 Olson, ILS 11
MSU 235 0.338 3 tied at 10 Batters struck out
BU 243 0.331 DeLong, DU 200
Total bases Rose, MSU 189
Double Plays/Game UE 31 0.38 Southern Utah Fisher, UNI 165
BU 47 0.36 (0.73) Craddock, DU 89
SIU 95 0.28 Nelson, ILS 87 Glosson, SIU 163
DU 118 0.26 Olson, ILS 84 Changstrom, CU 129
ILS 150 0.23 Kay, ILS 82
INS 165 0.22 DeLong, DU 80 Batters SO out looking
UNI 181 0.2 DeLong, DU 57
MSU 196 0.19
CU 261 0.13 Walks Fisher, UNI 39
WSU 279 0.05 Dunker, UNI 30 Rose, MSU 39
Olson, ILS 27 Birch, ILS 35
DeLong, DU 25 Glosson, SIU 32
Duran, SIU 24
Osborn, WSU 24
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Missouri Valley Conference Players in the NCaa Stats (Top 75 only - as of 4/17)
Category Player Rank Actual National Leader Actual
Batting Average (300 ranked) Kara Nelson, Illinois State 39 0.422 Misty Cosby, Arkansas-Pine Bluff 0.533
Home Runs/Game (300 ranked) Amy Baker, Creighton 9 0.38 Hoku Nohara, New Mexico State 0.51
Elizabeth Kay, Illinois State 72 0.27
Doubles/Game (300 ranked) Hannah Borschel, Northern Iowa 69 0.27 Ashley Hansen, Stanford 0.5
Rachel Gerking, Northern Iowa 69 0.27 Teresa Healy, Niagra 0.5
Triples/Game (300 ranked) Lauren Kellar, Illinois State 34 0.1 Alex Holmes, UC-Davis 0.22
Brittany Fairbairn, Bradley 44 0.1
Earned Run Average (300 ranked) Becca Changstrom, Creighton 72 1.88 Chelsea Thomas, Missouri 0.65
Strikeouts/Seven Innings (300 ranked) Jordan Birch, Illinois State 51 8.1 Sara Plourde, UMass 12.2
Jenna DeLong, Drake 67 7.7
Jamie Fisher, Northern Iowa 69 7.7
Victories (300 ranked) Danielle Glosson, Southern Illinois 36 17.0 Morgan Childers, S.C. Upstate 26.0
Jenna DeLong, Drake 45 16.0
Natalie Rose, Missouri State 58 15.0
Saves (300 ranked) Danielle Glosson, Southern Illinois 9 4.0 Crystal Alaniz, Texas State 7.0
Natalie Rose, Missouri State 9 4.0 Erin Collins, Georgia State 7.0
Sloan Anderson, Wichita State 49 2.0 Jordan Taylor, Michigan 7.0
Jenna DeLong, Drake 49 2.0 Katie Woodcock, Campbell 7.0
Walks (300 ranked) Abby Olson, Illinois State 46 0.67 Adrienne Monka, Northwestern 1.21
Mallory Duran, Southern Illinois 73 0.62
Courtney Dunker, Northern Iowa 75 0.6
Runs/Game (300 ranked) Mallory Duran, Southern Illinois 20 1.08 Katelyn Boyd, Arizona State 1.27
Sacrifice Hits/Game (300 ranked) Tyler Porter, Missouri State 7 0.33 Allie Patton, Robert Morris 0.41
Hit by Pitch/Game (300 ranked) Hannah Borschel, Northern Iowa 33 0.27 Anissa Young, LSU 0.56
Toughest to Stikeout (300 ranked) Stephanie Robinson, Indiana State 24 25.3 Reina Gaber, Houston 77.0
Walks Allowed/Seven Innings (300 ranked) Natalie Rose, Missouri State 8 0.97 Stephanie Dameron, Radford 0.47
Hits Allowed/Seven Innings (300 ranked) Becca Changstrom, Creighton 12 4.05 Amanda Crabtree, Houston 2.67
Jenna DeLong, Drake 46 4.88
Home Runs (300 ranked) Amy Baker, Creighton 9 15.0 Hoku Nohara, New Mexico State 20.0
Elizabeth Kay, Illinois State 74 10.0
Triples (300 ranked) Brittany Fairbairn, Bradley 28 4.0 Alex Holmes, UC Davis 8.0
Lauren Kellar, Illinois State 28 4.0
Liz Andrews, Illinois State 55 3.0
Jhavon Hamilton, Illinois State 55 3.0
Kara Nelson, Illinois State 55 3.0
Sacrifice Flies (300 ranked) Torey Craddock, Drake 10 4.0 Megan Bush, Florida 7.0
Amy Gaertner, Evansville 10 4.0
Mallory Duran, Southern Illinois 38 3.0
Strikeouts (300 ranked) Natalie Rose, Missouri State 42 169.0 Morgan Melloh, Ind. 361.0
Jenna DeLong, Drake 53 158.0
Danielle Glosson, Southern Illinois 67 142.0
Jamie Fisher, Northern Iowa 69 139.0
Shutouts (300 ranked) Danielle Glosson, Southern Illinois 6 9.0 Toni Paisley, East Carolina 13.0
Jenna DeLong, Drake 23 7.0
Becca Changstrom, Creighton 52 5.0
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2011 Players of the Week Other Standout Performances
2/14 Kara Nelson, Sr., Illinois State Players SIUE on Tuesday, the Windsor, Colo. native, went a per-
Kate Singler, Bradley fect 2-for-2 and in action versus Evansville, she totaled a
2/21 Abby Olson, Sr., Illinois State Singler hit home runs in each of the three games last 4-for-8 performance from the plate including a two run
2/28 Jamie Hull, Sr., Wichita State week, hitting .375 with five runs and five RBI. Singler home run in game one. Duran improved her overall bat-
scored or drove in eight of the team’s 16 runs for the ting average to .410, which is second best in the confer-
3/7 Hannah Borschel, Jr., UNI week and boasted a 1.500 slugging percentage in three ence and her league leading 47 runs scored this season
3/14 Amy Baker, So., Creighton games. She also drew two walks and owned a .500 on is the second most in a single season in SIU history.
base percentage. Singler accounted for Bradley’s only
3/21 Christa Ruf, Jr., Creighton run in Bradley’s 2-1, nine-inning loss to Northern Iowa Pitchers
3/28 Elizabeth Kay, So., Illinois State with a solo home run in the fourth. She drove in the Madeline Lynch-Crumrine, Bradley
first run of the game of BU’s 5-2 win against Indiana Lynch-Crumrine went 1-1 with a 1.75 ERA in two ap-
4/4 Amy Baker, So., Creighton State with a second-inning homer, finishing 1-for-2 with pearances last week. She struck out nine and walked
4/11 Rachel Gerking, Sr., UNI two runs and an RBI. In the series finale against Indiana just one in 16 innings of work, while throwing two com-
State, Singler belted a three-run home run in the second plete games. Lynch-Crumrine was the hard-luck loser in
4/18 Cristina Trapani, Sr., Southern Illinois inning and also scored later in the sixth to help highlight a nine-inning loss to Northern Iowa, striking out three
4/25 Sammie Shook, So., Wichita State a 10-3 win. batters and walking just one in nine innings of work. In
the series opener against Indiana State, she struck out a
5/2 Liz McKewon, Creighton season-best six batters and walked none while scatter-
5/9 McKewon led the Bluejays with six hits and a .462 aver- ing three hits in the complete game win.
age in five games last week. Three of her six hits came
as she tied a career-high by going 3-for-4 in Creighton’s Becca Changstrom, Creighton
2011 Pitchers of the Week 4-3 win over Northern Iowa on Saturday. The senior
also went 2-for-2 and a hit by pitch in CU’s 3-0 win over
Changstrom returned to the circle after missing six
games due to injury and in doing so she helped the
UNI on Friday. She added an RBI and a run scored dur- Bluejays snap a six-game losing streak. In her second
2/14 Jenna DeLong, Sr., Drake ing the week and led the Bluejays with 11 assists, while game back following the injury she hurled a complete
2/21 Jenna DeLong, Sr., Drake starting at both shortstop and third base. Following her game shutout at Northern Iowa. She scattered four
6-for-13 week, she is not hitting a career-high .282 on hits, struck out eight and forced UNI to strand 11 run-
2/28 Kylie Hovinga, Jr., Creighton the season. ners on base in the 3-0 Bluejay victory. The right-hander
3/7 Kristin Felker, So., Indiana State returned to the circle in game two of the series at UNI
Katie Sears, Evansville and pitched the Jays to a 4-3 win. After she allowed two
3/14 Natalie Rose, Jr., Missouri State Freshman Katie Sears totaled at least one hit in each of runs in the first inning, she retired 10 straight and 16 of
3/21 Becca Changstrom, Fr., Creighton the Aces’ five games this week, including a 3-for-4 per- the next 17 to help the Bluejays win the series. For the
formance against Southern Illinois. Sears hit .467 on the week, she went 2-1 with a 3.23 ERA and 13 strikeouts
3/28 Natalie Rose, Jr. Missouri State week, going 7-for-15 over the five game stretch with in 17.1 innings pitched. She allowed just 13 hits, as op-
4/4 Jordan Birch, Jr., Illinois State four runs scored and a run batted in. Sears is now bat- ponents batted .200 against her.
4/11 Danielle Glosson, Sr., Southern Illinois ting .308 on the season and carries her five-game hitting
streak into Wednesday’s game against the Salukis. Jenna DeLong, Drake
4/18 Jenna DeLong, Sr., Drake DeLong was dominant in the circle last week, going
4/25 Megan Warner, Jr., Illinois State Elizabeth Kay, Illinois State 3-1 with an incredible 42 strikeouts in just 28 innings
Kay continued to be a reliable power bat in the Illinois of work. She opened the week with the most dominant
5/2 State lineup, going 5-for-15 in five games this week and pitching performance ever produced by a Drake pitcher
5/9 smashing three more home runs to bring her season during the Bulldogs’ 5-0 victory at Creighton. The senior
total to 13. The sophomore catcher slugged an even struck out 13-consecutive Bluejays to start the game –
1.000, driving in seven runs and scoring five. The Bar- thought to be an NCAA record – and equaled her career-
tlett, Ill., native leads the Missouri Valley Conference high with 16 strikeouts while allowing just a single hit
with 41 RBI and ranks second with 13 homers. Kay is on in seven shutout innings. DeLong returned to the circle
a nine-game hitting streak and has tallied 13 RBI in her in game two and tossed 4.1 one-hit innings to close the
last eight contests. game and earn her second win of the day. The senior
then started in the opener against Illinois State, allowing
Kim Pierce, Indiana State three runs on five hits while striking out nine to earn the
Pierce, who missed 14 games this season due to injury, win. In her final start of the week, DeLong allowed just
has made an immediate impact on the Sycamores upon two earned runs on seven hits while striking out seven.
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her return. Pierce finished the week with a .400 batting
Taylor Perry, Evansville
average for the Sycamores with two home runs, five
RBI’s and two runs scored. In the seven games she has Freshman Taylor Perry picked up Valley wins in two of
Rank, Team (1st-place votes)........ Points played in following her injury she has three home runs, her three starts last week, including a shutout upset
T1. Illinois State (5) ................94 seven hits, six RBI’s and four runs scored while batting
.333 for the Sycamores.
over Southern Illinois on Wednesday. Perry tossed six
strikeouts and allowed just five hits in the win over the
T1. Southern Illinois (4) ..........94 Salukis to record the Aces’ first shutout victory of the
Ashley Knehans, Missouri State season. The freshman followed with her second con-
3. Drake (1) .........................72 Ashley Knehans continued her recent hot streak at the secutive conference win as she scattered seven hits and
4. UNI .................................69 plate by leading the Missouri State offense with a .385 picked up five strikeouts to get the win against Wichita
(5-for-13) batting mark over four games last week. The State on Saturday. Despite getting the loss in Sunday’s
5. Missouri State ...................57 senior first baseman extended her hitting streak to rubbermatch against the Shockers, Perry finished the
six games by going 3-for-7 with a pair of RBIs to lead week with 12 strikeouts while posting a 2.72 ERA in her
6. Creighton .........................54 the Bears in a doubleheader sweep at Wichita State three appearances.
7. Evansville .........................39 Wednesday. She also came through with a run-scoring
single Friday at Southern Illinois to help stake the Bears Kristen Felker, Indiana State
8. Wichita State ....................36 to an early three-run advantage over the Salukis. Kne- Felker finished the week with two complete games
hans batted .579 (11-for-19) and slugged .875 over the pitched for the Sycamores with a 5.83 ERA over her 12
9. Indiana State ....................19 course of her hit streak, which matched a personal ca- innings of work. Despite finishing the week with an 0-2
10. Bradley ............................16 reer best and propelled the Bears to their longest win record Felker had 11 strikeouts.
streak in five years.
Jamie Fisher, Northern Iowa
Mallory Duran, Southern Illinois The freshman pitched 23 innings this week, recording
The junior outfielder batted .588 on the week, going 10- 26 strikeouts, and just five earned runs on her way to
Voting by league coaches for-17 with five runs, a double, triple, two home runs, two more victories. Fisher pitched a complete game in
19 total bases, and owned a 1.118 slugging percentage. a nine inning win over Bradley on Wednesday, in which
Duran highlighted the eighth inning win over Missouri she allowed only one run. She now has eight of the nine
State on Friday as she hit a walk-off solo home run in the team wins in conference.
bottom of the inning to help the Salukis win 4-3. Against
Danielle Glosson, Southern Illinois
Danielle Glosson remained perfect in action last week
tallying a 3-0 record against opponents SIUE, Evansville,
2011 Preseason all-MVC Softball Team and Missouri State. The senior held a 1.46 ERA in 24.0
innings pitched allowing just six runs while striking out
Name, School Pos. Yr. Hometown (Previous School) 21 along the way. She held opponents to a .153 bat-
Jamie Hull, Wichita State 1B Sr. Irving, Texas (Nimitz) ting average and became the first pitcher in the MVC
to record her 20th win in the 4-3 eight inning victory
Kara Nelson, Illinois State 2B Sr. Moline, Ill. (Moline) over Missouri State on Friday. Glosson improved her
Abby Olson, Illinois State 3B Sr. Hartsburg, Ill. (Hartsburg-Emden) personal record to 20-8 while improving her own win-
Mackenzie Daigh, UNI SS Jr. Bucyrus, Kan. (Berean Christian) ning streak to nine.
Haley Gorman, Southern Illinois SS Jr. Arcadia, Calif. (St. Lucy’s Priory) Brianna Smet, Wichita State
Elizabeth Kay, Illinois State C So. Bartlett, Ill. (Bartlett) Senior Brianna Smet led the Shockers’ pitching staff with
Amy Baker, Creighton DP-UT So. Omaha, Neb. (Westside) a 1-1 record last week, including a 2-hit win on senior
day over the Purple Aces. For the week, she had a .40
Mallory Duran, Southern Illinois OF Jr. Windsor, Colo. (Windsor) ERA in 17.1 innings pitched. She made four appearanc-
Rachel Gerking, UNI OF Sr. Spirit Lake, Iowa (Spirit Lake) es, including three starts. Smet also recorded four strike-
outs last week. After giving up one run in the first inning,
Jennifer Stahlhut, Evansville OF Sr. Troy, Ill. (Triad) Smet held the Purple Aces scoreless for six innings as
Danielle Glosson, Southern Illinois P Sr. Winston-Salem, N.C (North Davidson) she picked up the win on senior day. It was Smet’s first
Megan Warner, Illinois State P Jr. Milan, Ill. (Sherrard) complete game of the season as she went 7.0 innings
and gave up just one run on two hits.
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Jim Rea, Softball SID • 309-677-3788 • jrea@bradley.edu Rob Simms, Softball SID • 402-280-2433 • rsimms@creighton.edu
Date Location Tournament Time Date Location Tournament Time
2/11/11 Bradley at Texas Tech Tempe, Ariz. Kajikawa Classic L 2-13 2/11/11 Creighton at Western Illinois Ames, Iowa Cyclone Indoor Inv. W 8-0
2/11/11 Bradley at Northwestern Tempe, Ariz. Kajikawa Classic L 2-11
2/11/11 Creighton at Iowa State Ames, Iowa Cyclone Indoor Inv. L 0-7
2/12/11 Bradley at Cal Poly Tempe, Ariz. Kajikawa Classic L 1-7
2/12/11 Creighton at Valparaiso Ames, Iowa Cyclone Indoor Inv. W 2-1
2/12/11 Bradley at Oregon State Tempe, Ariz. Kajikawa Classic L 6-8
2/13/11 Bradley at #19 Texas A&M Tempe, Ariz. Kajikawa Classic L 1-3 2/12/11 Creighton at South Dakota State Ames, Iowa Cyclone Indoor Inv. W 6-3
2/18/11 Bradley at Samford Troy, Ala. Troy Classic W 10-2 2/13/11 Creighton at Western Illinois Ames, Iowa Cyclone Indoor Inv. W 1-0
2/19/11 Bradley at Troy Troy, Ala. Troy Classic L 7-8 2/25/11 Creighton at Centenary Arlington, Texas UT Arlington Classic W 10-0
2/19/11 Bradley at Central Arkansas Troy, Ala. Troy Classic W 4-1 2/25/11 Creighton at Tulsa Arlington, Texas UT Arlington Classic L 3-5
2/20/11 Bradley at North Florida Troy, Ala. Troy Classic W 5-3 2/26/11 Creighton at UT Arlington Arlington, Texas UT Arlington Classic L 1-2
2/25/11 Bradley at New Mexico State El Paso, Texas UTEP Invitational L 10-12 2/26/11 Pool Play Arlington, Texas UT Arlington Classic W 3-2
2/25/11 Bradley at North Dakota El Paso, Texas UTEP Invitational L 3-4 2/27/11 Pool Play Arlington, Texas UT Arlington Classic L 2-1
2/26/11 Bradley at Texas State El Paso, Texas UTEP Invitational L 0-5 3/4/11 Creighton at Northern Colorado Tempe, Ariz. Wilson/DeMarini Inv. W 4-0
2/26/11 Bradley at UTEP El Paso, Texas UTEP Invitational L 6-7 3/4/11 Creighton at New Mexico State Tempe, Ariz. Wilson/DeMarini Inv. L 4-8
2/27/11 Bradley at UTEP El Paso, Texas UTEP Invitational L 15-7 3/5/11 Creighton at East Carolina Tempe, Ariz. Wilson/DeMarini Inv. L 0-2
3/4/11 Bradley at Kansas Las Vegas, Nev. Eller Media Classic W 10-7 3/5/11 Creighton at Northern Iowa Tempe, Ariz. Wilson/DeMarini Inv. L 3-5
3/4/11 Bradley at San Jose State Las Vegas, Nev. Eller Media Classic W 3-1 3/6/11 Creighton at No. 9 Arizona State Tempe, Ariz. Wilson/DeMarini Inv. L 1-11
3/5/11 Bradley at San Diego Las Vegas, Nev. Eller Media Classic L 8-15 3/8/11 Creighton at No. 8/7 Arizona State Tempe, Ariz. L 0-10
3/5/11 Bradley at UNLV Las Vegas, Nev. Eller Media Classic L 1-7 3/9/11 Creighton at No. 9 Arizona Tucson, Ariz. L 0-8
3/6/11 Bradley at Troy Las Vegas, Nev. Eller Media Classic L 1-9 3/10/11 Creighton at Florida Gulf Coast Tempe, Ariz. Diamond Devil Inv. L 2-8
3/11/11 Bradley at Troy Fresno, Calif. Bayer Cropscience L 0-2 3/11/11 Creighton at Weber State Tempe, Ariz. Diamond Devil Inv. W 7-2
3/11/11 Bradley at Fresno State Fresno, Calif. Bayer Cropscience L 0-2 3/11/11 Creighton at Campbell Tempe, Ariz. Diamond Devil Inv. L 6-7
3/12/11 Bradley at Idaho State Fresno, Calif. Bayer Cropscience W 4-2 3/12/11 Creighton at Howard Tempe, Ariz. Diamond Devil Inv. W 8-0
3/12/11 Bradley at No. 11/10 California Fresno, Calif. Bayer Cropscience L 3-12 3/19/11 Creighton at Evansville * Evansville, Ind. W 6-0
3/13/11 Bradley at Idaho State Fresno, Calif. Bayer Cropscience W 5-4 3/19/11 Creighton at Evansville * Evansville, Ind. L 2-4
3/15/11 Bradley at Fresno State Fresno, Calif L 2-3
3/20/11 Creighton at Evansville * Evansville, Ind. W 4-0
3/19/11 Bradley at Illinois State * Normal, Ill. L 2-3
3/26/11 Southern Illinois at Creighton * Omaha, Neb. Cancelled
3/19/11 Bradley at Illinois State * Normal, Ill. L 1-3
3/20/11 Bradley at Illinois State * Normal, Ill. Postponed 3/26/11 Southern Illinois at Creighton * Omaha, Neb. Cancelled
3/23/11 Illinois-Chicago at Bradley Peoria, Ill. L 3-6 3/27/11 Southern Illinois at Creighton * Omaha, Neb. Cancelled
3/26/11 Drake at Bradley * Peoria, Ill. Cancelled 3/30/11 Creighton at No. 13 Nebraska Lincoln, Neb. L 2-7
3/27/11 Drake at Bradley * Peoria, Ill. L 1-6 3/31/11 Creighton at Iowa State Ames, Iowa L 1-7
3/28/11 Drake at Bradley * Peoria, Ill. L 2-3 3/31/11 Creighton at Iowa State Ames, Iowa W 9-3
3/30/11 Bradley at Illinois Champaign, Ill. L 4-11 4/2/11 Bradley at Creighton * Omaha, Neb. W 7-1
4/2/11 Bradley at Creighton * Omaha, Neb. L 1-7 4/2/11 Bradley at Creighton * Omaha, Neb. W 4-3
4/2/11 Bradley at Creighton * Omaha, Neb. L 3-4 4/3/11 Bradley at Creighton * Omaha, Neb. L 4-9
4/3/11 Bradley at Creighton * Omaha, Neb. W 9-4 4/9/11 Creighton at Missouri State * Springfield, Mo. W 4-1
4/6/11 Western Illinois at Bradley Peoria, Ill. L 0-7 4/9/11 Creighton at Missouri State * Springfield, Mo. L 2-3
4/9/11 Bradley at Southern Illinois * Carbondale, Ill. L 0-10 4/10/11 Creighton at Missouri State * Springfield, Mo. W 4-3
4/9/11 Bradley at Southern Illinois * Carbondale, Ill. L 1-2 4/12/11 North Dakota at Creighton Omaha, Neb. W 6-3
4/10/11 Bradley at Southern Illinois * Carbondale, Ill. L 3-11 4/12/11 North Dakota at Creighton Omaha, Neb. W 9-1
4/16/11 Missouri State at Bradley * Peoria, Ill. L 1-10 4/13/11 No. 12 Nebraska at Creighton Omaha, Neb. L 2-10
4/17/11 Missouri State at Bradley * Peoria, Ill. L 2-7 4/16/11 Wichita State at Creighton * Omaha, Neb. L 2-3
4/17/11 Missouri State at Bradley * Peoria, Ill. L 1-3 4/16/11 Wichita State at Creighton * Omaha, Neb. L 5-6
4/20/11 Northern Iowa at Bradley * Peoria, Ill. L 1-2 4/17/11 Wichita State at Creighton * Omaha, Neb. L 1-14
4/22/11 Indiana State at Bradley * Peoria, Ill. Cancelled 4/20/11 Drake at Creighton * Omaha, Neb. L 0-5
4/23/11 Indiana State at Bradley * Peoria, Ill. W 10-3 4/20/11 Drake at Creighton * Omaha, Neb. L 3-5
4/23/11 Indiana State at Bradley * Peoria, Ill. W 5-2 4/22/11 Creighton at Northern Iowa * Cedar Falls, Iowa W 3-0
4/27/11 Bradley at Northern Iowa * Cedar Falls, Iowa 2:00 PM
4/23/11 Creighton at Northern Iowa * Cedar Falls, Iowa W 4-3
4/27/11 Bradley at Northern Iowa * Cedar Falls, Iowa 4:30 PM
4/23/11 Creighton at Northern Iowa * Cedar Falls, Iowa L 2-7
4/30/11 Bradley at Evansville * Evansville, Ind. 12:00 PM
4/30/11 Bradley at Evansville * Evansville, Ind. 2:30 PM 4/26/11 Creighton at Drake * Des Moines, Iowa 4:00 PM
5/1/11 Bradley at Evansville * Evansville, Ind. 12:00 PM 4/30/11 Creighton at Indiana State * Terre Haute, Ind. 11:00 AM
5/3/11 Bradley at Western Illinois Macomb, Ill. 4:00 PM 4/30/11 Creighton at Indiana State * Terre Haute, Ind. 1:00 PM
5/7/11 Wichita State at Bradley * Peoria, Ill. 12:00 PM 5/1/11 Creighton at Indiana State * Terre Haute, Ind. 11:00 AM
5/7/11 Wichita State at Bradley * Peoria, Ill. 2:30 PM 5/7/11 Illinois State at Creighton * Omaha, Neb. 12:00 PM
5/8/11 Wichita State at Bradley * Peoria, Ill. 12:00 PM 5/7/11 Illinois State at Creighton * Omaha, Neb. 2:00 PM
5/8/11 Illinois State at Creighton * Omaha, Neb. 12:00 PM
Going Yard Becca’s Back
Senior Kate Singler homered in each of Bradley’s three games Freshman right-hander Becca Changstrom recently missed six
last week to push her team-leading home run total to seven. games due to injury, during which the Bluejays went 2-4 and
Singler’s seven home runs are the most by a Bradley player since suffered their worst MVC loss in school history, while getting
Alycia Bachkora had a school season-record 10 homers in 2009 swept at home by Wichita State – their first MVC series loss of
and is tied for the fifth most in program history. A junior college the year. She returned to the circle against Drake last week, los-
transfer, she is tied for 11th in career home runs with 11 dingers. ing a 5-3 decision to the first-place Bulldogs. She then returned
to her ace form against UNI over the weekend, logging a four-hit
Taking Extra Bases shutout in a 3-0 win over the Panthers in the first game of the
Bradley ranks third in the Missouri Valley Conference in stolen series and then retiring 10 straight and 16 of 17 at one point in
bases with 52 stolen bases this season. BU’s 52 steals are the CU’s 4-3 win in game two. The Bluejays’ ace is now 14-8 on the
most by the Braves in a season since swiping a then Missouri season, while the rest of the staff is a combined 6-16.
Valley Conference season record 99 in 2000. In addition, the
52 stolen bases rank as the sixth most in school history. Senior Buel Dominance
Brittany Fairbairn stole three bases last week to push her team- Creighton plays at Drake’s Buel Field on Tuesday, looking to con-
leading season total to 11. tinue and impressive winning streak at the venue. The Bluejays
have won 12 consecutive games played at Buel Field, dating to
Moving To The Cleanup Spot an April 5, 2006 loss to Drake. The Bluejays won six games in
After hitting near the top of the order most of her Bradley career, Des Moines last year, two in the regular-season against Drake
senior Brittany Fairbairn moved to the cleanup spot in the lineup and then four in the MVC Tournament to help capture the post-
over the weekend. The move in the lineup did not impact Fair- season crown. The Jays have topped Drake six straight times in
bairn, who finished 3-for-7 with a triple and three RBI against Des Moines.
the Sycamores. Fairbairn’s 47 hits are the most by a Bradley
player since Trish Kowalewski collected 47 hits in 2005. She Bad Break
needs three hits to be the first Bradley hitter with 50 hits in a Sophomore catcher Amy Baker suffered a broken nose during
season since Laura Harms finished the 2004 season with 73 hits. Creighton’s game against nationally-ranked Nebraska on April
13. Since that break, Baker’s bat has not been the same. The
sophomore slugger is just 4-for-24 (.167) in Creighton’s last
eight games, with no extra base hits. She still leads the MVC
with 15 home runs, but she has not homered in CU’s last nine
games after hitting 14 home runs in a 17 game span.
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Drake University • 27th and Forest • Des Moines, IA 50311 University of Evansville • 1800 Lincoln Ave. • Evansville, IN 47722
Rich Calvert, Head Coach • 515-271-3282 Mark Redburn, Head Coach • 812-488-2620
Brock Ascher Softball SID • 515-271-3740 • brock.ascher@drake.edu
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Date Location Tournament Time
2/12/11 Drake at South Dakota Cedar Falls, Iowa Ramada UNI-Dome W 6-0 Date Location Tournament Time
2/12/11 Drake at North Dakota Cedar Falls, Iowa Ramada UNI-Dome W 7-3 2/18/11 Evansville at UT Martin Mobile, Ala. S. Alabama Tourney L 1-5
2/13/11 Drake at Wisconsin-GB Cedar Falls, Iowa Ramada UNI-Dome W 8-0
2/18/11 Evansville at UT Chattanooga Mobile, Ala. S. Alabama Tourney L 3-11
2/13/11 Drake at UTEP Cedar Falls, Iowa Ramada UNI-Dome W 8-0
2/19/11 Evansville at SE Louisiana Mobile, Ala. S. Alabama Tourney W 10-3
2/18/11 Drake at Kennesaw State Tucson, Ariz. Arizona Invitational W 7-5
2/19/11 Evansville at South Alabama Mobile, Ala. S. Alabama Tourney L 0-18
2/18/11 Drake at Texas A&M-CC Tucson, Ariz. Arizona Invitational L 0-2
2/20/11 Evansville at Ohio State Mobile, Ala. S. Alabama Tourney L 2-4
2/19/11 Drake at Pacific Tucson, Ariz. Arizona Invitational W 8-0
2/26/11 Evansville at S. Mississippi Hattiesburg, Miss. Southern Mississippi L 1-10
2/19/11 Drake at No. 4 Arizona Tucson, Ariz. Arizona Invitational L 3-5
2/26/11 Evansville at Mississippi Valley Hattiesburg, Miss. Southern Mississippi L 5-6
2/20/11 Drake at Kennesaw State Tucson, Ariz. Arizona Invitational L 3-6
2/27/11 Evansville at Nicholls State Hattiesburg, Miss. Southern Mississippi L 3-5
3/2/11 Drake at No. 18/17 Missouri Columbia, Mo. L 0-5
2/27/11 Evansville at Troy Hattiesburg, Miss. Southern Mississippi L 1-6
3/2/11 Drake at No. 18/17 Missouri Columbia, Mo. L 1-8
3/3/11 Evansville at No. 7 Tennessee Knoxville, Tenn. L 0-6
3/3/11 Drake at Tulsa Tulsa, Okla. Tulsa Invitational L 2-11
3/4/11 Evansville at UNC Greensboro Atlanta, Ga. Georgia Tech Buzz L 3-9
3/4/11 Drake at North Dakota Tulsa, Okla. Tulsa Invitational W 2-1
3/4/11 Evansville at Georgia Tech Atlanta, Ga. Georgia Tech Buzz L 1-18
3/5/11 Drake at Iowa State Tulsa, Okla. Tulsa Invitational L 2-3
3/11/11 Evansville at Alcorn State Lubbock, Texas Texas Tech Tourney W 11-2
3/5/11 Drake at Ohio State Tulsa, Okla. Tulsa Invitational W 10-4
3/11/11 Evansville at No. 19 Texas Tech Lubbock, Texas Texas Tech Tourney L 0-8
3/11/11 Drake at Troy Fresno, Calif. Bayer Crop Science L 5-12
3/12/11 Evansville at Alcorn State Lubbock, Texas Texas Tech Tourney W 16-3
3/11/11 Drake at Idaho State Fresno, Calif. Bayer Crop Science W 8-0
3/12/11 Evansville at No. 19 Texas Tech Lubbock, Texas Texas Tech Tourney L 1-5
3/12/11 Drake at Idaho State Fresno, Calif. Bayer Crop Science W 8-1
3/13/11 Evansville at No. 19 Texas Tech Lubbock, Texas Texas Tech Tourney L 0-8
3/12/11 Drake at Fresno State Fresno, Calif. Bayer Crop Science L 1-2
3/17/11 UT Martin at Evansville Evansville, Ind. W 7-6
3/13/11 Drake at No. 11/10 California Fresno, Calif. Bayer Crop Science L 0-3
3/17/11 UT Martin at Evansville Evansville, Ind. L 3-7
3/15/11 Drake at Pacific Stockton, Calif. L 1-2
3/19/11 Creighton at Evansville * Evansville, Ind. L 0-6
3/15/11 Drake at Northern Illinois Stockton, Calif. W 7-2
3/19/11 Creighton at Evansville * Evansville, Ind. W 4-2
3/16/11 Drake at St. Mary's College Moraga, Calif. W 7-5
3/20/11 Creighton at Evansville * Evansville, Ind. L 0-4
3/19/11 Indiana State at Drake * Des Moines, Iowa W 5-4
3/23/11 Evansville at SEMO Cape Giradeau, Mo. W 4-2
3/19/11 Indiana State at Drake * Des Moines, Iowa W 2-0
3/23/11 Evansville at SEMO Cape Giradeau, Mo. L 0-9
3/20/11 Indiana State at Drake * Des Moines, Iowa W 4-0
3/26/11 Northern Iowa at Evansville * Evansville, Ind. L 2-6
3/26/11 Drake at Bradley * Peoria, Ill. Cancelled
3/26/11 Northern Iowa at Evansville * Evansville, Ind. L 0-8
3/27/11 Drake at Bradley * Peoria, Ill. W 6-1
3/27/11 Northern Iowa at Evansville * Evansville, Ind. L 2-3
3/28/11 Drake at Bradley * Peoria, Ill. W 3-2
3/30/11 Murray State at Evansville Evansville, Ind. L 3-7
3/29/11 South Dakota State at Drake Des Moines, Iowa W 6-5
3/30/11 Murray State at Evansville Evansville, Ind. W 8-5
3/29/11 South Dakota State at Drake Des Moines, Iowa L 3-4
4/2/11 Evansville at Drake * Des Moines, Iowa L 5-6
4/2/11 Evansville at Drake * Des Moines, Iowa W 6-5
4/2/11 Evansville at Drake * Des Moines, Iowa L 2-10
4/2/11 Evansville at Drake * Des Moines, Iowa W 10-2
4/3/11 Evansville at Drake * Des Moines, Iowa L 6-7
4/3/11 Evansville at Drake * Des Moines, Iowa W 7-6
4/6/11 No. 16 Missouri at Evansville Evansville, Iowa L 2-7
4/6/11 Iowa at Drake Des Moines, Iowa W 2-1
4/6/11 No. 16 Missouri at Evansville Evansville, Iowa L 1-9
4/9/11 Drake at Wichita State * Wichita, Kan. W 8-3
4/9/11 Evansville at Indiana State * Terre Haute, Ind. W 5-2
4/9/11 Drake at Wichita State * Wichita, Kan. L 6-9
4/9/11 Evansville at Indiana State * Terre Haute, Ind. L 1-5
4/10/11 Drake at Wichita State * Wichita, Kan. W 6-0
4/10/11 Evansville at Indiana State * Terre Haute, Ind. W 14-4
4/12/11 Iowa State at Drake Des Moines, Iowa L 1-2
4/13/11 Evansville at Saint Louis St. Louis, Mo. L 1-3
4/14/11 Drake at Iowa State Ames, Iowa L 6-8
4/13/11 Evansville at Saint Louis St. Louis, Mo. L 2-10
4/16/11 Northern Iowa at Drake * Des Moines, Iowa W 3-2
4/16/11 Illinois State at Evansville * Evansville, Ind. L 0-8
4/16/11 Northern Iowa at Drake * Des Moines, Iowa W 3-2
4/17/11 Illinois State at Evansville * Evansville, Ind. L 3-14
4/17/11 Northern Iowa at Drake * Des Moines, Iowa W 7-0
4/17/11 Illinois State at Evansville * Evansville, Ind. L 2-4
4/20/11 Drake at Creighton * Omaha, Neb. W 5-0
4/20/11 Southern Illinois at Evansville * Evansville, Ind. L 3-13
4/20/11 Drake at Creighton * Omaha, Neb. W 5-3
4/20/11 Southern Illinois at Evansville * Evansville, Ind. W 3-0
4/22/11 Illinois State at Drake * Des Moines, Iowa W 4-3
4/22/11 Evansville at Wichita State * Wichita, Kan. W 3-2
4/22/11 Illinois State at Drake * Des Moines, Iowa L 1-5
4/22/11 Evansville at Wichita State * Wichita, Kan. L 4-12
4/23/11 Illinois State at Drake * Des Moines, Iowa L 2-5
4/23/11 Evansville at Wichita State * Wichita, Kan. L 1-5
4/26/11 Creighton at Drake * Des Moines, Iowa 4:00 PM
4/26/11 Evansville at Southern Illinois * Carbondale, Ill. 4:00 PM
4/30/11 Drake at Missouri State * Springfield, Mo. 12:00 PM
4/30/11 Bradley at Evansville * Evansville, Ind. 12:00 PM
4/30/11 Drake at Missouri State * Springfield, Mo. 2:00 PM
4/30/11 Bradley at Evansville * Evansville, Ind. 2:00 PM
5/1/11 Drake at Missouri State * Springfield, Mo. 12:00 PM
5/1/11 Bradley at Evansville * Evansville, Ind. 12:00 PM
5/5/11 Drake at Kansas Lawrence, Kan. 5:00 PM
5/7/11 Evansville at Missouri State * Springfield, Mo. 12:00 PM
5/5/11 Drake at Kansas Lawrence, Kan. 7:00 PM
5/7/11 Evansville at Missouri State * Springfield, Mo. 2:00 PM
5/7/11 Drake at Southern Illinois * Carbondale, Ill. 12:00 PM
5/8/11 Evansville at Missouri State * Springfield, Mo. 12:00 PM
5/7/11 Drake at Southern Illinois * Carbondale, Ill. 2:00 PM
5/8/11 Drake at Southern Illinois * Carbondale, Ill. 12:00 PM
13K Analysis Need At Least Three
Senior Jenna DeLong’s one-hit shutout at Creighton last Thurs- So far this year, the Aces are 0-24 in games that they have
day goes down as the most dominant pitching performance in scored less than three runs. Evansville is 7-3 when scoring over
Drake annals. DeLong opened the game with 13-consecutive five runs, and a perfect 4-0 in games that it has scored more
strikeouts – a streak that lasted until the fifth inning. DeLong than 10 runs.
used 55 total pitches during the streak (43 strikes, 12 balls) for
an average of just over four per batter. The senior finished the First Shutout Of The Year
game with 16 total strikeouts, tying a career high. The Aces notched their first shutout of the season Wednesday,
blanking the Salukis 3-0 in the nightcap. The Aces’ win snapped
Randel Stepping Up a 10-game winning streak for Southern Illinois.
Freshman Nicole Randel has tallied a hit in six of her last eight
contests and turned-in multi-hit efforts in four of her last seven. Senior Citizens
Since Drake’s series against UNI, Randel has raised her batting In this weekend’s series against Bradley, the Aces will celebrate
average by 33 points (.264 to .297) and has hit .416 (10-for- the careers of seniors Jen Stahlhut and Kelci Alsip. Stahlhut cur-
24). rently leads the UE offense and ranks fifth in the Valley with a
.343. Stahlhut needs just one more double to tie Jamie Davison’s
Power Numbers third place record of 48 doubles at UE. A native of Evansville, Al-
Seniors Erin Mollohan and Jenna DeLong have already cracked sip is hitting .212 with a career-high 12 RBI already this season.
the single-season Drake home run list with 10 each. They be-
come just the fifth and sixth players in Drake history to hit 10 or
more homers in a season. Junior Torey Craddock will join them
with her next home run.
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Melinda Fischer, Head Coach • 309-438-5807 Brenda Coldren, Head Coach • 812-237-4166
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Blaine Kinsey Softball SID • 812-237-4145 bkinsey1@indstate.edu
Date Location Tournament Time
2/11/11 Illinois State v. East Carolina Athens, Ga. Red & Black Show. W 8-0 Date Location Tournament Time (ET)
2/11/11 Illinois State at Georgia Athens, Ga. Red & Black Show. L 2-1 2/12/11 Indiana State at SEMO Monroe, La. UL-Monroe Tourney L 2-6
2/12/11 Illinois State v. Lipscomb Athens, Ga. Red & Black Show. W 2-0 2/12/11 Indiana State at Northwestern St. Monroe, La. UL-Monroe Tourney W 6-1
2/12/11 Illinois State v. Maryland Athens, Ga. Red & Black Show. W 5-0 2/13/11 Indiana State at Eastern Illinois Monroe, La. UL-Monroe Tourney L 1-2
2/13/11 Illinois State v. Iowa Athens, Ga. Red & Black Show. W 13-4 2/13/11 Indiana State at UL-Monroe Monroe, La. UL-Monroe Tourney L 0-9
2/18/11 Illinois State v. Idaho State Tempe, Ariz. Littlewood Classic W 10-1 2/19/11 IPFW at Indiana State Terre Haute, Ind. Cancelled
2/18/11 Illinois State at No. 12 Arizona St. Tempe, Ariz. Littlewood Classic L 4-13 2/20/11 IPFW at Indiana State Terre Haute, Ind. Cancelled
2/19/11 Illinois State v. Seattle Univ. Tempe, Ariz. Littlewood Classic W 16-0 2/25/11 Indiana State at Eastern Kentucky Birmingham, Ala. UAB Tournament L 3-9
2/19/11 Illinois State v. Iowa Tempe, Ariz. Littlewood Classic Cancelled 2/26/11 Indiana State at Samford Birmingham, Ala. UAB Tournament W 7-0
2/20/11 Illinois State v. Idaho State Tempe, Ariz. Littlewood Classic W 10-0 2/26/11 Indiana State at Lipscomb Birmingham, Ala. UAB Tournament W 3-1
2/25/11 Illinois State v. No. 2/5 Alabama Tampa, Fla. USF Fairfield Inn L 0-7 2/27/11 Indiana State at Eastern Illinois Birmingham, Ala. UAB Tournament L 1-5
2/25/11 Illinois State v. No. 15/16 Missouri Tampa, Fla. USF Fairfield Inn L 2-8 3/6/11 Indiana State at Holy Cross Orlando, Fl. Rebel Games W 2-1
3/6/11 Indiana State at Detroit Mercy Orlando, Fl. Rebel Games L 1-2
2/26/11 Illinois State at South Florida Tampa, Fla. USF Fairfield Inn L 2-3
3/7/11 Indiana State at Bryant Orlando, Fl. Rebel Games W 5-4
2/26/11 Illinois State v. Temple Tampa, Fla. USF Fairfield Inn W 6-1 3/7/11 Indiana State at Lehigh Orlando, Fl. Rebel Games W 9-7
2/27/11 Illinois State v. C. Connecticut St. Tampa, Fla. USF Fairfield Inn W 9-0 3/8/11 Indiana State at Sacred Heart Orlando, Fl. Rebel Games W 2-1
3/4/11 Illinois State v. Maryland Orlando, Fla. Citrus Classic W 9-7 3/8/11 Indiana State at Florida A&M Orlando, Fl. Rebel Games L 6-7 (8)
3/4/11 Illinois State v. Fordham Orlando, Fla. Citrus Classic L 1-2 3/10/11 Indiana State at Wagner Orlando, Fl. Rebel Games Cancelled
3/5/11 Illinois State v. Virginia Orlando, Fla. Citrus Classic L 0-3 3/10/11 Indiana State at Penn Orlando, Fl. Rebel Games Cancelled
3/5/11 Illinois State v. Temple Orlando, Fla. Citrus Classic W 12-4 3/11/11 Indiana State at Lafayette Orlando, Fl. Rebel Games W 8-0
3/6/11 Illinois State v. Longwood Orlando, Fla. Citrus Classic W 6-2 3/11/11 Indiana State at Columbia Orlando, Fl. Rebel Games W 5-0
3/6/11 Illinois State v. No. 13 Oregon Orlando, Fla. Citrus Classic L 0-6 3/17/11 SIU Edwardsville at Indiana State Terre Haute, Ind. L 1-4
3/12/11 Illinois State at No. 8/14 Missouri Columbia, Mo. Missouri DeMarini L 0-9 3/19/11 Indiana State at Drake * Des Moines, Iowa L 4-5
3/12/11 Illinois State v. No. 19 Illinois Columbia, Mo. Missouri DeMarini W 10-7 3/19/11 Indiana State at Drake * Des Moines, Iowa L 0-2
3/13/11 Illinois State at No. 8/14 Missouri Columbia, Mo. Missouri DeMarini L 0-10 3/20/11 Indiana State at Drake * Des Moines, Iowa L 0-4
3/15/11 Illinois at Illinois State Normal, Ill. Postponed 3/24/11 Indiana State at Butler Indianapolis, Ind. L 4-8
3/19/11 Bradley at Illinois State * Normal, Ill. W 3-2 3/26/11 Missouri State at Indiana State * Terre Haute, Ind. L 1-6
3/26/11 Missouri State at Indiana State * Terre Haute, Ind. Cancelled
3/19/11 Bradley at Illinois State * Normal, Ill. W 3-1
3/27/11 Missouri State at Indiana State * Terre Haute, Ind. L 1-6
3/20/11 Bradley at Illinois State * Normal, Ill. Postponed 4/2/11 Indiana State at Wichita State * Wichita, Kan. W 9-3
3/26/11 Illinois State at Wichita State * Wichita, Kan. L 3-4 4/2/11 Indiana State at Wichita State * Wichita, Kan. W 7-3
3/26/11 Illinois State at Wichita State * Wichita, Kan. W 10-1 4/3/11 Indiana State at Wichita State * Wichita, Kan. L 2-10
3/27/11 Illinois State at Wichita State * Wichita, Kan. Cancelled 4/6/11 Indiana State at SEMO Cape Girardeau, Mo. L 8-10
4/2/11 Missouri State at Illinois State * Normal, Ill. W 5-2 4/6/11 Indiana State at SEMO Cape Girardeau, Mo. L 2-4
4/2/11 Missouri State at Illinois State * Normal, Ill. W 8-0 4/9/11 Evansville at Indiana State * Terre Haute, Ind. L 2-5
4/3/11 Missouri State at Illinois State * Normal, Ill. W 7-2 4/9/11 Evansville at Indiana State * Terre Haute, Ind. W 5-1
4/6/11 Illinois State at Illinois Urbana, Ill. W 10-6 4/10/11 Evansville at Indiana State * Terre Haute, Ind. L 4-14
4/9/11 Northern Iowa at Illinois State * Normal, Ill. W 7-4 4/13/11 IUPUI at Indiana State Terre Haute, Ind. W 7-2
4/9/11 Northern Iowa at Illinois State * Normal, Ill. W 3-2 4/13/11 IUPUI at Indiana State Terre Haute, Ind. W 1-0
4/10/11 Northern Iowa at Illinois State * Normal, Ill. L 0-1 4/14/11 Indiana State at Indiana Bloomington, Ind. L 2-5
4/12/11 Illinois State at DePaul Chicago, Ill. L 6-10 4/16/11 Southern Illinois at Indiana State * Terre Haute, Ind. L 14-16
4/16/11 Illinois State at Evansville * Evansville, Ind. W 8-0 4/17/11 Southern Illinois at Indiana State * Terre Haute, Ind. L 5-8
4/17/11 Southern Illinois at Indiana State * Terre Haute, Ind. L 7-12
4/17/11 Illinois State at Evansville * Evansville, Ind. W 14-3
4/20/11 Indiana State at Illinois State * Normal, Ill. L 0-9
4/17/11 Illinois State at Evansville * Evansville, Ind. W 4-2 4/20/11 Indiana State at Illinois State * Normal, Ill. L 1-5
4/20/11 Indiana State at Illinois State * Normal, Ill. W 9-0 4/22/11 Indiana State at Bradley * Peoria, Ill. Cancelled
4/20/11 Indiana State at Illinois State * Normal, Ill. W 5-1 4/23/11 Indiana State at Bradley * Peoria, Ill. L 2-5
4/22/11 Illinois State at Drake * Des Moines, Iowa L 3-4 4/23/11 Indiana State at Bradley * Peoria, Ill. L 3-10
4/22/11 Illinois State at Drake * Des Moines, Iowa W 5-1 4/26/11 Indiana State at Eastern Illinois Charleston, Ill. 5:00 PM
4/23/11 Illinois State at Drake * Des Moines, Iowa W 5-2 4/27/11 Illinois State at Indiana State * Terre Haute, Ind. 4:00 PM
4/27/11 Illinois State at Indiana State * Terre Haute, Ind. 3:00 PM 4/30/11 Creighton at Indiana State * Terre Haute, Ind. 12:00 PM
4/30/11 Southern Illinois at Illinois State * Normal, Ill. 12:00 PM 4/30/11 Creighton at Indiana State * Terre Haute, Ind. 2:00 PM
4/30/11 Southern Illinois at Illinois State * Normal, Ill. 2:00 PM 5/1/11 Creighton at Indiana State * Terre Haute, Ind. 12:00 PM
5/1/11 Southern Illinois at Illinois State * Normal, Ill. 12:00 PM 5/7/11 Indiana State at Northern Iowa * Cedar Falls, Iowa 1:00 PM
5/7/11 Illinois State at Creighton * Omaha, Neb. 12:00 PM 5/7/11 Indiana State at Northern Iowa * Cedar Falls, Iowa 3:00 PM
5/7/11 Illinois State at Creighton * Omaha, Neb. 2:00 PM 5/8/11 Indiana State at Northern Iowa * Cedar Falls, Iowa 1:00 PM
5/8/11 Illinois State at Creighton * Omaha, Neb. 12:00 PM
Hot Hitting Looking for the W
Illinois State has homered in 16 of its last 19 games and belted When they host Illinois State at Price Field Tuesday, the Syca-
12 home runs this week against Indiana State and Drake. The mores will be looking to end a five-game losing streak to the
Redbirds cleared the fences eight times in Wednesday’s double- Redbirds. The Sycamores last defeated the Redbirds during the
header with the Sycamores, hitting four long balls in each game. 2008-09 season when they won 3-0.
Four players hit multiple home runs for Illinois State this week,
bringing their season homer total to 57, the second-highest mark Shutting it Down
in school history. The Sycamores have been masters of closing down games in
which they have a lead. The team is 11-1 in games in which they
All-Time Leader have lead after the fifth inning and are a perfect 12-0 when lead-
Senior Abby Olson become Illinois State’s all-time home run ing after the sixth inning of play.
leader this week, recording her 48th-career homer in the Red-
birds’ 5-1 win over Indiana State on Wednesday. Olson sur- Follow the Leader
passed former ILS All-American Amber Smith, who tallied 47 After senior left fielder Stephanie Jonson finished the week with
long balls in her career as a Redbird. a .400 batting average the Sycamores now have four batters
batting above .300. The Sycamores are led by sophomore right
Hot Streak fielder Kim Pierce who is batting .333 and is followed closely
Senior Kara Nelson extended her hitting streak to 21 games, by junior first baseman Bailey Wittenauer with a .328 average.
recording hits in all five of Illinois State’s game this week. The Freshman center fielder Alex Baumgart has also been above the
senior second baseman also tied the career doubles mark at ILS, .300 mark all season as she currently is batting .311 while Jon-
legging out her 47th-career two-bagger to tie former Redbird All- son comes in at .306.
American Heather Stella atop the all-time list.
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Date Location Tournament Time
Date Location Tournament Time 2/11/11 UNI v. South Dakota Cedar Falls, Iowa UNI-Dome Classic W 11-0
2/18/11 Missouri State at Colorado State Austin, Texas Texas Invitational W 8-2 2/11/11 UNI v. North Dakota Cedar Falls, Iowa UNI-Dome Classic W 9-1
2/18/11 Missouri State at No. 13 Texas Austin, Texas Texas Invitational L 1-7 2/12/11 UNI v. Wisconsin-GB Cedar Falls, Iowa UNI-Dome Classic W 8-7
2/19/11 Missouri State at Wisconsin Austin, Texas Texas Invitational L 2-9 2/12/11 UNI v. UTEP Cedar Falls, Iowa W 3-2
2/13/11 UNI v. South Dakota Cedar Falls, Iowa W 8-0
2/19/11 Missouri State at Wisconsin Austin, Texas Texas Invitational W 6-2
2/25/11 UNI v. Tennessee-Martin Chattanooga, Tenn. Chattanooga Tourney L 0-2
2/20/11 Missouri State at No. 13 Texas Austin, Texas Texas Invitational L 0-5 2/25/11 UNI v. Tennessee Tech Chattanooga, Tenn. Chattanooga Tourney W 5-4
3/3/11 SIU Edwardsville at Missouri St. Springfield, Mo. L 1-5 2/26/11 UNI v. Northwestern State Chattanooga, Tenn. Chattanooga Tourney L 0-1
3/4/11 Missouri State at SEMO St. Louis, Mo. SLU Breast Cancer W 3-2 2/26/11 UNI at Tennessee-Chattanooga Chattanooga, Tenn. Chattanooga Tourney L 3-10
3/4/11 Missouri State at Saint Louis St. Louis, Mo. SLU Breast Cancer L 6-7 2/27/11 UNI v. IUPUI Chattanooga, Tenn. Chattanooga Tourney W 7-1
3/6/11 Missouri State at No. 18/17 Missouri St. Louis, Mo. SLU Breast Cancer L 0-11 3/4/11 UNI v. Northern Colorado Tempe, Ariz. Arizona St. DeMarini W 11-0
3/9/11 Missouri State at North Texas Denton, Texas W 8-5 3/4/11 UNI at No. 9/7 Arizona State Tempe, Ariz. Arizona St. DeMarini L 1-6
3/9/11 Missouri State at North Texas Denton, Texas W 1-0 3/5/11 UNI v. East Carolina Tempe, Ariz. Arizona St. DeMarini L 1-4
3/12/11 Missouri St. at Arkansas-Pine Bluff Norman, Okla. Sooners Spring Fest. W 4-3 3/5/11 UNI v. Creighton Tempe, Ariz. Arizona St. DeMarini W 5-3
3/12/11 Missouri State at Indiana Norman, Okla. Sooners Spring Fest. W 3-2 3/6/11 UNI v. New Mexico State Tempe, Ariz. Arizona St. DeMarini L 2-4
3/13/11 Missouri State at No. 10/9 Oklahoma Norman, Okla. Sooners Spring Fest. L 1-9 3/11/11 UNI v. Northern Colorado Stillwater, Okla. Oklahoma State Classic W 13-5
3/13/11 Missouri State at No. 10/9 Oklahoma Norman, Okla. Sooners Spring Fest. L 0-1 3/11/11 UNI at No. 20/18 Oklahoma State Stillwater, Okla. Oklahoma State Classic L 0-7
3/12/11 UNI v. Minnesota Stillwater, Okla. Oklahoma State Classic W 5-2
3/15/11 North Dakota St. at Missouri St. Springfield, Mo. L 0-1
3/12/11 UNI at Minnesota Stillwater, Okla. Oklahoma State Classic L 0-1
3/16/11 Minnesota at Missouri State Springfield, Mo. W 2-1 3/13/11 UNI at Northern Colorado Stillwater, Okla. Oklahoma State Classic W 6-3
3/17/11 Minnesota at Missouri State Springfield, Mo. W 2-1 3/15/11 UNI at Tulsa Tulsa, Okla. L 1-5
3/19/11 UNI at Missouri State * Springfield, Mo. L 1-3 3/15/11 UNI at Indiana Tulsa, Okla. W 5-1
3/19/11 UNI at Missouri State * Springfield, Mo. W 6-5 3/16/11 UNI v. North Dakota State Springfield, Mo. L 3-4
3/20/11 UNI at Missouri State * Springfield, Mo. W 3-2 3/17/11 UNI v. Minnesota Springfield, Mo. L 1-8
3/22/11 Oklahoma State at Missouri State Springfield, Mo. L 0-1 3/19/11 UNI at Missouri State * Springfield, Mo. W 3-1
3/26/11 Missouri State at Indiana State * Terre Haute, Ind. W 6-1 3/19/11 UNI at Missouri State * Springfield, Mo. L 5-6
3/26/11 Missouri State at Indiana State * Terre Haute, Ind. Cancelled 3/20/11 UNI at Missouri State * Springfield, Mo. L 2-3
3/27/11 Missouri State at Indiana State * Terre Haute, Ind. W 6-1 3/26/11 UNI at Evansville * Evansville, Ind. W 6-2
4/2/11 Missouri State at Illinois State * Normal, Ill. L 2-5 3/26/11 UNI at Evansville * Evansville, Ind. W 8-0
4/2/11 Missouri State at Illinois State * Normal, Ill. L 0-8 3/27/11 UNI at Evansville * Evansville, Ind. W 3-2
3/30/11 Iowa State at UNI Cedar Falls, Iowa W 4-2
4/3/11 Missouri State at Illinois State * Normal, Ill. L 2-7
4/2/11 Southern Illinois at UNI * Cedar Falls, Iowa W 1-0
4/5/11 Missouri State at No. 21 Oklahoma St. Stillwater, Okla. L 2-10 4/2/11 Southern Illinois at UNI * Cedar Falls, Iowa L 2-6
4/6/11 Missouri State at Arkansas Fayetteville, Ark. W 2-1 4/3/11 Southern Illinois at UNI * Cedar Falls, Iowa W 9-5
4/9/11 Creighton at Missouri State * Springfield, Mo. L 1-4 4/5/11 UNI at Iowa State Ames, Iowa L 3-11
4/9/11 Creighton at Missouri State * Springfield, Mo. W 3-2 4/6/11 UNI at South Dakota St. Brookings, S.D. W 10-1
4/10/11 Creighton at Missouri State * Springfield, Mo. L 3-4 4/6/11 UNI at South Dakota St. Brookings, S.D. W 7-6
4/12/11 UMKC at Missouri State Springfield, Mo. W 9-1 4/9/11 UNI at Illinois State * Normal, Ill. L 4-7
4/12/11 UMKC at Missouri State Springfield, Mo. W 5-4 4/9/11 UNI at Illinois State * Normal, Ill. L 2-3
4/16/11 Missouri State at Bradley * Peoria, Ill. W 10-1 4/10/11 UNI at Illinois State * Normal, Ill. W 1-0
4/17/11 Missouri State at Bradley * Peoria, Ill. W 7-2 4/12/11 Western Illinois at UNI Cedar Falls, Iowa Cancelled
4/17/11 Missouri State at Bradley * Peoria, Ill. W 3-1 4/13/11 No. 14 Missouri at UNI Cedar Falls, Iowa L 2-7
4/20/11 Missouri State at Wichita State * Wichita, Kan. W 5-3 4/16/11 UNI at Drake * Des Moines, Iowa L 2-3
4/16/11 UNI at Drake * Des Moines, Iowa L 2-3
4/20/11 Missouri State at Wichita State * Wichita, Kan. W 2-1 4/17/11 UNI at Drake * Des Moines, Iowa L 0-7
4/22/11 Missouri St. at Southern Illinois * Carbondale, Ill. L 3-4 4/20/11 UNI at Bradley * Peoria, Ill. W 2-1
4/22/11 Missouri St. at Southern Illinois * Carbondale, Ill. L 3-5 4/22/11 Creighton at UNI * Cedar Falls, Iowa L 0-3
4/23/11 Missouri St. at Southern Illinois * Carbondale, Ill. Cancelled 4/23/11 Creighton at UNI * Cedar Falls, Iowa L 3-4
4/26/11 Wichita State at Missouri State * Springfield, Mo. 5:00 PM 4/23/11 Creighton at UNI * Cedar Falls, Iowa W 7-2
4/27/11 Missouri State at Tulsa Tulsa, Okla. 4:00 PM 4/26/11 UNI at Nebraska Lincoln, NE 5:00 PM
4/30/11 Drake at Missouri State * Springfield, Mo. 12:00 PM 4/27/11 Bradley at UNI * Cedar Falls, Iowa 2:00 PM
4/30/11 Drake at Missouri State * Springfield, Mo. 2:00 PM 4/27/11 Bradley at UNI * Cedar Falls, Iowa 4:00 PM
5/1/11 Drake at Missouri State * Springfield, Mo. 12:00 PM 4/30/11 Wichita State at UNI * Cedar Falls, Iowa 12:00 PM
5/7/11 Evansville at Missouri State * Springfield, Mo. 12:00 PM 4/30/11 Wichita State at UNI * Cedar Falls, Iowa 2:00 PM
5/7/11 Evansville at Missouri State * Springfield, Mo. 2:00 PM 5/1/11 Wichita State at UNI * Cedar Falls, Iowa 12:00 PM
5/8/11 Evansville at Missouri State * Springfield, Mo. 12:00 PM 5/7/11 Indiana State at UNI * Cedar Falls, Iowa 12:00 PM
5/8/11 Indiana State at UNI * Cedar Falls, Iowa 2:00 PM
5/9/11 Indiana State at UNI * Cedar Falls, Iowa 12:00 PM
Feast or Famine Fourth Inning
The Bears continued their all-or-nothing pattern in conference The Panthers are a perfect 16-0 this season when they hold the
road games this past week, sweeping Wichita State in a double- lead after four innings.
header Wednesday before dropping both games at Southern Illi-
nois in their rain-shortened series in Carbondale. All five Missouri Wear It
State MVC road series this season resulted in a sweep, with MSU Outfielder Hannah Borschel and infielder Whitney Plein both have
claiming all three games at Bradley, as well as two-game sweeps on base percentages more than 100 points higher than their
at Indiana State and Wichita State. The Bears, who finished 7-5 average. Both Borschel and Plein have been hit by a pitch a stag-
on the road in MVC play, lost all three games at Illinois State in gering 13 times on the season, a painful statistic that has helped
addition to Friday’s losses at SIU. the duo reach safely throughout the season.
High-Water Mark 24
With their two wins Wichita State on Wednesday, the Bears The top of the Panther lineup features an odd statistic. The 1-4
climbed five games over the .500 mark for the first time all hitters; Mackenzie Daigh, Hannah Borschel, Rachel Gerking,
season. Not only that, but MSU’s 22-17 record represented the and Courtney Dunker each have 24 RBI on the season. Eranne
first time since May 2008 the Bears found themselves five games Daugharthy leads the team with 29 RBI in the fifth spot.
above .500. The two wins in Wichita gave MSU four straight road
victories in the series with the Shockers.
Streaking Along
Senior outfielder Tyler Porter saw her career-best eight-game hit
streak come to an end in Friday at Southern Illinois. The Broken
Arrow, Okla., product batted .455 (10-for-22) and scored seven
times over the course of the streak to help the Bears go 7-1. Fel-
low senior Ashley Knehans also saw a career-high hit streak end
Friday in game one against the Salukis. Knehans went 11-for-19
(.579) and slugged .875 over her six-game streak that saw the
Bears win every outing as part of their seven-game win streak.
MSU's hot streak represented its longest win streak since the
2006 season when it won 10 straight contests.
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Date Location Tournament Time
2/11/11 Southern Illinois v. Ohio Houston, Texas Hilton Plaza Inv. W 12-8 Date Location Tournament Time
2/11/11 Southern Illinois v. Michigan Houston, Texas Hilton Plaza Inv. L 19-4 2/11/11 Wichita State at Seattle Univ. Santa Barbara, Ca. Gaucho Classic W 7-2
2/12/11 Southern Illinois v. Houston Houston, Texas Hilton Plaza Inv. L 2-1 2/11/11 Wichita State at UC Santa Barbara Santa Barbara, Ca. Gaucho Classic L 3-4
2/12/11 Southern Illinois v. Stephen F. Austin Houston, Texas Hilton Plaza Inv. W 6-3 2/12/11 Wichita State at UC Santa Barbara Santa Barbara, Ca. Gaucho Classic L 1-5
2/13/11 Southern Illinois v. Michigan Houston, Texas Hilton Plaza Inv. Cancelled 2/12/11 Wichita State at Seattle Univ. Santa Barbara, Ca. Gaucho Classic W 6-2
2/18/11 Southern Illinois v. Butler Starkville, Miss. Bulldog Round Robin W 7-0 2/13/11 Wichita State at Western Kentucky Santa Barbara, Ca. Gaucho Classic L 0-5
2/19/11 Southern Illinois v. Louisiana Tech Starkville, Miss. Bulldog Round Robin W 8-7 2/18/11 Wichita State at UT-Arlington College Station, Tex. Aggie Classic L 3-8
2/19/11 Southern Illinois v. Mississippi State Starkville, Miss. Bulldog Round Robin L 8-10 2/18/11 Wichita State at No. 25 Texas A&M College Station, Tex. Aggie Classic L 1-7
2/20/11 Southern Illinois v. Stephen F. Austin Starkville, Miss. Bulldog Round Robin W 9-4 2/19/11 Wichita State at UT-Arlington College Station, Tex. Aggie Classic L 2-5
2/25/11 Southern Illinois v. Saint Francis (PA) Ft. Myers, Fla. Moe's Blue & Green W 4-2 2/19/11 Wichita State at No. 25 Texas A&M College Station, Tex. Aggie Classic L 0-16
2/25/11 Southern Illinois v. UMBC Ft. Myers, Fla. Moe's Blue & Green W 5-1 2/20/11 Wichita State at Texas Southern College Station, Tex. Aggie Classic W 15-13
2/26/11 Southern Illinois at Albany NY Ft. Myers, Fla. Moe's Blue & Green W 5-4 2/25/11 Wichita State at St. John's Lubbock, Texas Texas Tech Inv. L 5-7
2/26/11 Southern Illinois at Florida Gulf Coast Ft. Myers, Fla. Moe's Blue & Green W 7-1 2/25/11 Wichita State at Northern Illinois Lubbock, Texas Texas Tech Inv. L 0-3
2/27/11 Southern Illinois at Iowa Ft. Myers, Fla. Moe's Blue & Green W 5-1 2/26/11 Wichita State at Northern Illinois Lubbock, Texas Texas Tech Inv. L 4-6
3/5/11 Southern Illinois v. No. 24 Kentucky Carbondale, Ill. Coach B Classic L 5-9 2/26/11 Wichita State at St. John's Lubbock, Texas Texas Tech Inv. W 10-6
3/5/11 Southern Illinois v. Wright State Carbondale, Ill. Coach B Classic W 2-0 2/27/11 Wichita State at No. 21/19 Texas Tech Lubbock, Texas Texas Tech Inv. L 2-10
3/6/11 Southern Illinois v. Purdue Carbondale, Ill. Coach B Classic L 1-11 3/4/11 Wichita State at Ole Miss Denton, Texas North Texas Tourney W 3-2
3/9/11 Southern Illinois at SEMO Cape Girardeau, Mo. W 10-0 3/4/11 Wichita State at UTEP Denton, Texas North Texas Tourney W 11-3
3/12/11 Southern Illinois v. DePaul Carbondale, Ill. Saluki Invitational L 0-3 3/5/11 Wichita State at UT-Arlington Denton, Texas North Texas Tourney L 3-4
3/12/11 Southern Illinois v. Illinois-Chicago Carbondale, Ill. Saluki Invitational L 3-11 3/5/11 Wichita State at North Texas Denton, Texas North Texas Tourney L 0-9
3/13/11 Southern Illinois v. Illinois-Chicago Carbondale, Ill. Saluki Invitational W 5-0 3/6/11 Wichita State at North Texas Denton, Texas North Texas Tourney L 1-9
3/13/11 Southern Illinois v. DePaul Carbondale, Ill. Saluki Invitational L 4-5 3/9/11 Wichita State at No. 20/18 Oklahoma State Stillwater, Okla. L 1-10
3/16/11 Southern Illinois at No. 17/13 Missouri Columbia, Mo. L 0-3 3/12/11 Iowa State at Wichita State Wichita, Kan. L 2-10
3/19/11 Wichita State at Southern Illinois * Carbondale, Ill. W 3-0 3/12/11 Iowa State at Wichita State Wichita, Kan. L 5-10
3/19/11 Wichita State at Southern Illinois * Carbondale, Ill. W 4-0 3/13/11 Iowa State at Wichita State Wichita, Kan. L 2-7
3/20/11 Wichita State at Southern Illinois * Carbondale, Ill. W 5-0 3/19/11 Wichita State at Southern Illinois * Carbondale, Ill. L 0-3
3/23/11 Illinois at Southern Illinois Carbondale, Ill. L 2-5 3/19/11 Wichita State at Southern Illinois * Carbondale, Ill. L 0-4
3/26/11 Southern Illinois at Creighton * Omaha, Neb. Cancelled 3/20/11 Wichita State at Southern Illinois * Carbondale, Ill. L 0-5
3/26/11 Southern Illinois at Creighton * Omaha, Neb. Cancelled 3/23/11 Wichita State at Western Illinois Macomb, Ill. W 18-11
3/27/11 Southern Illinois at Creighton * Omaha, Neb. Cancelled 3/26/11 Illinois State at Wichita State * Wichita, Kan. W 4-3
3/30/11 Saint Louis at Southern Illinois Carbondale, Ill. W 3-2 3/26/11 Illinois State at Wichita State * Wichita, Kan. L 1-10
3/30/11 Saint Louis at Southern Illinois Carbondale, Ill. W 5-1 3/27/11 Illinois State at Wichita State * Wichita, Kan. Cancelled
4/2/11 Southern Illinois at UNI * Cedar Falls, Iowa L 0-1 4/2/11 Indiana State at Wichita State * Wichita, Kan. L 3-9
4/2/11 Southern Illinois at UNI * Cedar Falls, Iowa W 6-2 4/2/11 Indiana State at Wichita State * Wichita, Kan. L 3-7
4/3/11 Southern Illinois at UNI * Cedar Falls, Iowa L 5-9 4/3/11 Indiana State at Wichita State * Wichita, Kan. W 10-2
4/6/11 Southern Illinois at Eastern Illinois Charleston, Ill. W 2-0 4/6/11 Wichita State at Tulsa Tulsa, Okla. L 1-4
4/9/11 Bradley at Southern Illinois * Carbondale, Ill. W 10-0 4/6/11 Wichita State at Tulsa Tulsa, Okla. L 0-5
4/9/11 Bradley at Southern Illinois * Carbondale, Ill. W 2-1 4/9/11 Drake at Wichita State * Wichita, Kan. L 3-8
4/10/11 Bradley at Southern Illinois * Carbondale, Ill. W 11-3 4/9/11 Drake at Wichita State * Wichita, Kan. W 9-6
4/14/11 Southern Illinois at Tennessee-Martin Martin, Tenn. W 6-0 4/10/11 Drake at Wichita State * Wichita, Kan. L 0-6
4/16/11 Southern Illinois at Indiana State * Terre Haute, Ind. W 16-14 4/16/11 Wichita State at Creighton * Omaha, Neb. W 3-2
4/17/11 Southern Illinois at Indiana State * Terre Haute, Ind. W 8-5 4/16/11 Wichita State at Creighton * Omaha, Neb. W 6-5
4/17/11 Southern Illinois at Indiana State * Terre Haute, Ind. W 12-7 4/17/11 Wichita State at Creighton * Omaha, Neb. W 14-1
4/19/11 SIU Edwardsville at Southern Illinois Carbondale, Ill. W 10-1 4/19/11 No. 18 Oklahoma St. at Wichita State Wichita, Kan. W 4-2
4/20/11 Southern Illinois at Evansville * Evansville, Ind. W 13-3 4/20/11 Missouri State at Wichita State * Wichita, Kan. L 3-5
4/20/11 Southern Illinois at Evansville * Evansville, Ind. L 0-3 4/20/11 Missouri State at Wichita State * Wichita, Kan. L 1-2
4/22/11 Missouri State at Southern Illinois * Carbondale, Ill. W 4-3 4/22/11 Evansville at Wichita State * Wichita, Kan. L 2-3
4/22/11 Missouri State at Southern Illinois * Carbondale, Ill. W 5-3 4/22/11 Evansville at Wichita State * Wichita, Kan. W 12-4
4/23/11 Missouri State at Southern Illinois * Carbondale, Ill. Cancelled 4/23/11 Evansville at Wichita State * Wichita, Kan. W 5-1
4/26/11 Evansville at Southern Illinois * Carbondale, Ill. 4:00 PM 4/26/11 Wichita State at Missouri State * Springfield, Mo. 5:00 PM
4/27/11 IUPUI at Southern Illinois Carbondale, Ill. 4:00 PM 4/27/11 Kansas at Wichita State Wichita, Kan. 5:00 PM
4/27/11 IUPUI at Southern Illinois Carbondale, Ill. 6:00 PM 4/27/11 Kansas at Wichita State Wichita, Kan. 7:00 PM
4/30/11 Southern Illinois at Illinois State * Normal, Ill. 12:00 PM 4/30/11 Wichita State at Northern Iowa * Cedar Falls, Iowa 12:00 PM
4/30/11 Southern Illinois at Illinois State * Normal, Ill. 2:00 PM 4/30/11 Wichita State at Northern Iowa * Cedar Falls, Iowa 2:00 PM
5/1/11 Southern Illinois at Illinois State * Normal, Ill. 12:00 PM 5/1/11 Wichita State at Northern Iowa * Cedar Falls, Iowa 12:00 PM
5/7/11 Drake at Southern Illinois * Carbondale, Ill. 12:00 PM 5/7/11 Wichita State at Bradley * Peoria, Ill. 12:00 PM
5/7/11 Drake at Southern Illinois * Carbondale, Ill. 2:00 PM 5/7/11 Wichita State at Bradley * Peoria, Ill. 2:00 PM
5/8/11 Drake at Southern Illinois * Carbondale, Ill. 12:00 PM 5/8/11 Wichita State at Bradley * Peoria, Ill. 12:00 PM
Salukis Sweep Bears in Shortened Series Oklahoma State Shocked
In action on Friday, the Salukis swept the doubleheader over Mis- After losing on the road to Oklahoma State, 10-1, earlier this
souri State. Mallory Duran lifted the Dawgs in game one, with season, the Shockers welcomed the Cowgirls to Wilkins Stadium
a walk-off solo home run in the eighth inning to beat the Bears for the second game of the series on Tues., April 19. In their first
4-3 in game one. Haley Gorman provided the same kind of lift game under the lights this season, the Shockers never trailed
in game two, where she hit a two run home run to break a 3-3 to nationally ranked Oklahoma State. Freshman Sloan Anderson
tie in the sixth giving the Salukis the sweep. The series finale on picked up her fifth win of the season as she held Oklahoma State
Saturday was cancelled due to rain and will not be made up. to two runs on four hits in 3.1 innings of action. Senior Brianna
Smet picked up her second save of the season. All three pitch-
Spivey, Duran Enter Record Books ers saw action in the game. Hayley Temple led the Shockers’
With her grand slam against SIUE and two run shot versus offensive attack. She went 2-for-3 at the plate and scored two
Evansville, freshman second baseman Jayna Spivey moved to runs. Freshman Erin Carney was a perfect 2-for-2 at the plate
eighth place for single season home runs with 10 overall this with a run scored. Kiersten Dixon, Jamie Hull, Heather Gerritse,
season. The single season record for home runs is 14, set by Sammie Shook, and Brittney Osborn each picked up one hit in
Katie Jordan (2005), Maria Domico (2005), and Katie Wilson the contest. Both Rachel Milnark and Shook picked up an RBI.
(2007). Mallory Duran is also making her way up the record list
in runs scored in a single season. Her league leading 47 puts her Senior Leadership
in a tie for second in a single season. The record is held by Becky The 2011 senior class led the Shockers to a 2-1 series win over
Lis, who scored 50 in 1997. the Purple Aces this past weekend. Kiersten Dixon, Heather
Gerritse, and Jamie Hull all hit over .500 for the weekend and
Success at Charlotte West combined for 16 hits, four doubles, two home runs, and nine
With two wins over Missouri State on Friday, the Salukis ex- RBI. Senior Brianna Smet threw a two-hitter and the seniors
tended their home win streak to eight, which began on March 30, combined for four runs on eight hits as Wichita State beat Evans-
when they beat Saint Louis in a doubleheader. They are also a ville, 5-1, on senior day at Wilkins Stadium. Senior Kiersten
perfect 8-0 in conference action on their home turf this season. Dixon went 3-for-3 at the plate, scored three runs, hit a home
run, and picked up one RBI in the game. Senior Heather Gerritse
went 3-for-4 with a double and picked up two RBI. Senior Jamie
Hull was 2-for-4 on the day with a home run, a run scored, and
an RBI.
