April 04, 2019 / By mobanmarket
LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Throughout the 2016 softball season, the NFCA will feature some of the sport’s highest-profile contests in our “Featured Five” Games of the Week.
Each weekly installment will be released on Thursday, providing live stat links, game notes, team info, social media accounts and any available broadcast links in hopes of becoming another reason for fans to visit us during the season for information on some of collegiate softball’s best games.
As the year continues, we will attempt to expand our focus to include matchups throughout as many divisions as possible. This week’s featured games come from NCAA Division I and III.
We may not be able to highlight every division or big game each week, but our hope is to provide a spotlight for as many different teams and games as possible throughout 2016.
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#11
Game Notes | Statistics
Team BA: .287 | Team ERA: 1.61 | Runs Scored: 249 | Runs Allowed: 101
* The Wildcats used a five-run fourth and a one-hitter shutout by Meagan Prince to defeat Western Kentucky on Wednesday after take two-of-three from Missouri last weekend
* Kentucky is led in hitting by speedy slapper Sylver Samuel, who is in at .362 on the year with 20 runs and 46 hits
* The hottest bat being swung by the Wildcats right now is freshman Abbey Cheek, who has four home runs in her last five games
* Kelsey Nunley continues to be sensational in the circle, entering the weekend with a 17-4 overall record on the season, and a 1.14 ERA to lead the deep and dynamic Kentucky pitching staff… Nunley is the NCAA leader for all active pitchers in career innings thrown, with over 870 in her four years in the Blue and White
#4
Game Notes | Statistics | Live Stats (G1 / G2 / G3) | Live Audio
Team BA: .320 | Team ERA: 2.32 | Runs Scored: 319 | Runs Allowed: 111
* One more win would mark the 40th of the season for Alabama. The Crimson Tide have earned at least 40 wins every year since 2000 and have only finished with under 40 wins twice in the program’s previous 19 seasons
* Alabama pitching has allowed the fewest walks of any SEC team (80), averaging just one walk every 3.6 innings. Alabama has held its opponents to three or fewer walks in all but six games this season, including 13 games with zero walks issued
* From 2000-2015, Alabama averaged 53.19 wins per season, finishing above 50 in 11 of those years and above 60 in three of them
* With seven more hits, Haylie McCleney would become just the fourth player in program history with at least 300 hits, 200 runs and 100 stolen bases
* The Tide are led in the circle by the duo of Alexis Osorio and Sydney Littlejohn… Littlejohn leads the charge with a 2.02 ERA and an 18-3 record in the circle, with the sophomore Osorio posting a 12-5 record on the season and a 2.72 ERA
April 23 | 2:00 ET | Sherri Parker Lee Stadium | Tennessee Classic | Knoxville, Tenn. | ESPN
#9
Game Notes | Audio
Team BA: .356 | Team ERA: 2.62 | Runs Scored: 289 | Runs Allowed: 114
* Extended its winning streak to 10 games following a 3-1 win at Arkansas on Wednesday
* Contest at Arkansas was the first of Oklahoma’s seven-game road swing
* The Sooners leads the Big 12 in batting average, home runs (48), doubles (71), hits (416) and field percentage (.982)
* Shay Knighten and Sydney Romero were named Schutt Sports / NFCA Division I Freshman of the Year finalists
* OU is 7-4 against top-25 teams… They rank fourth in winning percentage (min. 10 games) and tied for eighth in the country in top-25 wins, regardless of poll… In addition, the Sooners are tied for 22nd in most games played against top-25 teams with 11
#12
Softball Central | Statistics | Audio | Live Stats
Team BA: .329 | Team ERA: 2.35 | Runs Scored: 339 | Runs Allowed: 129
* The Vols took two-of-three in their last SEC series, winning the first two before falling in the finale… The defeat snapped a six-game winning streak.. UT did bounce back on Wednesday with a 9-0 win over Furman
* Brooke Vines was named one of Schutt Sports / NFCA Division I Freshman of the Year finalists… Vines is hitting .364 with 47 hits and 16 stolen bases
* Megan Geer and Meghan Gregg top a potent lineup that has seven regulars batting above .300… Geer is at .376 with nine doubles, seven home runs, 42 RBI and a team-high 49 runs, while Gregg is a point behind her at .375 with 12 doubles, six homers, 47 RBI and 37 runs… Lexi Overstreet (.364) leads the squad with 11 dingers, 48 RBI and a .727 slugging percentage
* Erin Gabriel leads a pitching staff with a 16-4 record, 2.50 ERA and 145 strikeouts in 112 innings… She has appeared in 28 contests with seven complete games and a .208 batting average against.
#15
28-12-1, 9-4-1
Statistics
Team BA: .322 | Team ERA: 3.67 | Runs Scored: 261 | Runs Allowed: 159
* UCLA topped Oregon State in its final two games of series and have won seven of its last eight
* The Bruins are 6-1 in Pac-12 play since starting 3-3-1
* Allexis Bennett (.442) and Kylee Perez top the Bruin lineup… Bennett has team highs with 57 hits and 45 runs to go along with five doubles, 11 stolen bases and a .535 OBP… Perez has eight doubles, 20 RBI and 27 runs…
* Mysha Sataraka is batting .351 with 36 RBI, seven home runs and 45 walks (.549 OBP), while Delaney Spaulding leads the program with 10 homers and 44 RBI
Game Notes | Statistics | Live Stats
Team BA: .307 | Team ERA: 2.38 | Runs Scored: 255 | Runs Allowed: 131
* Riding an eight-game winning streak into the series after sweeping Stanford on the road last weekend… It was the first league sweep of the season and third series victory out of four
* Last Saturday, Arizona head coach Mike Candrea won his 1,458th career game, surpassing legendary Fresno State coach Margie Wright for second in NCAA history
* Katiyana Mauga leads the team and is second in the Pac-12 with 15 home runs… Eight of Mauga’s 15 home runs this season have either tied the game or given Arizona the lead
* Arizona leads the conference in ERA at 2.38, and Danielle O’Toole is second in the Pac-12, with a 1.97 ERA
32-8, 7-1
Statistics
Team BA: .333 | Team ERA: 2.53 | Runs Scored: 234 | Runs Allowed: 126
* Marist is red-hot having won nine straight and 19 of its last 20 contests, including a mid-week sweep of Holy Cross on Wednesday… The Red Foxes have won their last five league games and sit in second place behind Monmouth
* Claire Oberdorf was named a finalist for the Schutt Sports / NFCA Divison I National Freshman of the Year… She is leading the squad with a .424 batting average to go along with six doubles, two triples, three home runs, 24 RBI, 22 runs and 13 stolen bases… Oberdorf missed the first 10 game of the season because of her starting point guard duties on the women’s basketball squad
* The Red Foxes have eight player batting above .300… Maureen Duddy (.376) leads the squad with 53 hits and 36 runs scored… Gabriel Kelliher (.355) is tops with nine homers and Kyrste Van Natta (.364) has 11 doubles, five home runs and team-high 32 RBI
* Marist pitches by committee with five arms tossing between 46.2 and 63.1 innings…All five have at least 14 appearances and seven starts, while the staff has combined for 10 saves and held opponents to a .239 average
* Jessi Van Alphen is 10-2 with a 1.72 ERA, three saves and. 238 batting average against in 61 innings… Meg Beiermeister is 9-0 with a 2.51 ERA, whiel Jayne Oberdorf sports a 6-3 record, 2.43 ERA and 65 punchouts in 63.1 innings
Statistics | Live Stats
Team BA: .306 | Team ERA: 2.21 | Runs Scored: 209 | Runs Allowed: 108
* Coming off a sweep of former conference foe Wagner, Monmouth enters the doubleheader winners of four straight and nine of 10
* The Hawks sit atop the MAAC standings, holding a slim advantage over Marist by two in the win column
* Offensively, Monmouth has six starters batting .327 or better led by Justene Reyes who is at .348 with 10 doubles, six homers, 33 RBI and 20 runs… Rachel Shotzbarger and Emma Hill are both hitting at a .342 clip… Shotzbarger has a team-high 11 doubles, four homers, 29 RBI and 28 runs, while Hill leads the team with 41 hits, two triples and 24 stolen bases… Jill Freese (.327) provides some power with a squad-best nine dingers and 34 RBI
* Amanda Riley and Sydney Underhill have pitched all but one inning, each appeared in 29 contests and combined to hold opponents to a .236 batting average… Riley is 9-3 with a 2.21 ERA, four shutouts, four saves and 121 strikeouts in 10.2 innings, while limiting her opposition to a .195 average… Underhill is 13-10 with a 2.22 ERA and 54 strikeouts
Other Notable Division I Games
April 22
6:00 CT – No. 13 Georgia (37-10, 9-6 SEC) at No. 3 Auburn (42-5, 12-3 SEC) | Live Stats | Audio (Auburn) | Sec Network+
6:00 CT – RV Nebraska (28-14, 9-5 Big Ten) at No. 24 Minnesota (30-12, 11-3 Big Ten) | Live Stats | Audio (Nebraska) | BTN+
7:00 PT – No. 5 Oregon (32-6, 10-2 Pac-12) at No. 25 Arizona State (27-16, 3-9 Pac-12) | Live Stats | Video
April 23
1:00 CT – No. 13 Georgia at No. 3 Auburn | Live Stats | Audio (Auburn) | ESPNU
1:00 CT – RV Nebraska at No. 24 Minnesota | Live Stats | Audio (Nebraska) | BTN+
7:00 PT – No. 5 Oregon at No. 25 Arizona State | Live Stats | Video
April 24
12:00 CT – RV Nebraska at No. 24 Minnesota | Live Stats | Audio (Nebraska) | BTN+
1:00 PT – No. 5 Oregon at No. 25 Arizona State | Live Stats | Video
4:00 CT – No. 13 Georgia at No. 3 Auburn | Live Stats | Audio (Auburn) | Sec Network+
#8
Statistics
Team BA: .338 | Team ERA: 1.75 | Runs Scored: 280 | Runs Allowed: 116
* The second-seeded Captains scored four unanswered runs Thursday morning, including a final run in the bottom of the seventh, to beat No. 3 seed Frostburg State, 4-3, in their CAC Tournament opener
* Christopher Newport scored the winning run on a walk, single, passed ball and fielding error
* Senior catcher Hannah Cook had two hits, including a game-tying two-run homer in the fourth
* Junior righty Maiven McKnight (four innings, four hits, one run) improved her record to 10-1 with a victory in relief
*Christopher Newport has now won six straight and 14 of its last 15
#4
Team BA: .390 | Team ERA: 1.47 | Runs Scored: 304 | Runs Allowed: 64
* The top seed and CAC Tournament host Sea Gulls cruised past No. 5 seed Mary Washington, 6-0, on Thursday afternoon to win their 15th straight
* Senior Annah Brittingham and freshman Brooke Mizelle teamed to pitch a two-hit shutout (combined 13 strikeouts) in the victory
* Senior infielder Molly Simpson homered and drove in three of the six runs, while Brittingham had a team-high three hits, including a double
* Simpson and junior outfielder Caitlin Lake had two hits apiece in the triumph
* The teams split their regular-season doubleheader (two two-run games) on March 26
Other Notable Division III Games
April 24
1 & 3 p.m. ET — No. 23 Ithaca (24-6) at No. 24 St. John Fisher (27-5) | Softball Complex | Rochester, N.Y. | Live Stats
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