MARCH 23 2011 D1 GAMES
TOP 25
USA Softball poll March 22 2011
- Alabama
- Florida
- Michigan
- Georgia def South Carolina-Upstate 9-1
- Arizona State
- Washington
- Oklahoma upset by Tulsa 1-0
- California vs Pacific/cancelled
- Arizona
- Texas swept Texas A&M-CC 6-0;/2-0
- Tennessee
- Stanford
- T Missouri edged Kansas 3-2; 6-5
- T UCLA vs Cal Poly DH/cancelled
- Baylor
- Oregon swept Portland State 8-3, 4-2
- Oklahoma State def North Texas 9-5
- Nebraska
- Texas Tech
- ULL
- Texas A&M def Sam Houston State 10-1
- Auburn def South Alabama 2-1
- Kentucky upset by Louisville 6-0
- LSU def Nicholls State 7-0
- Hawaii
GAME NOTES
Gametracker, UCS, NFCA, college web sites
Missouri 3, Kansas 2. Allie Clark gave up 7 hits, but 2 were home runs. Top 3rd: Christopher belted a solo HR to center. Vock, back-to-back, homered to right field. Missouri 2-0. Top 5th: Marston opened with a single; bases loaded on two walks, two outs, Marston scored on Schweisberge’s rbi walk. Bottom 5th: Hull singled with two out; Newman reached on an error; Ingle rbi single; Vickers rbi single. Montgomery singled to lead the Kansas 7th but was stranded.
Missouri 6, Kansas 5. Tigers’ school record 21st consecutive win – a 16-yr old record. Missouri took lead top 1st on Fleming’s 2-run homer. But, Jayhawks answered in bottom with 3 runs. Jones and Hull walked; with two out, Montgomery reached on error at short, loading the bases. Hull tripled. Mizzou tied top 3rd; Taylor singled, Marston doubled, rbi. Missouri took lead on Ruggeberg rbi double. 4-3. Jayhawks back on top in 5th when Koon and Montgomery hit back to back homers. 5-4. Tigers clambered back to top in 6th on Lee’s 2-run homer. Thomas relieved and held Kansas scoreless last 2 innings.
Tulsa 1, Oklahoma 0. Tight game, with just five hits. The Hurricanes, who have a history of playing the Sooners close, limited OU to one base runner thru 4, and OU left 2 runners stranded in the 6th. In the bottom, Chapman led with a double; advanced on a sac bunt by Everett, and scored on a wild pitch. Tulsa left a runner. Top 7th: the Sooners went down in order.
Georgia 9, South Carolina-Upstate 1 (5). The Bulldogs racked 3 home runs among 9 hits off Childers (12 hits in all). Schlopy, one of the best leadoff hitters in the game, opened the bottom of the 1st with a homer. Goler hit a 2-run shot. 3-0. Trout scored on a Pauly single in the 2nd. USC rallied top 3rd with consecutive two-out singles by Brasil, Lewis and Zauner; Brasil scored on a ss throwing error after Zauner’s single. Georgia took that back and more in the bottom on Hesson’s 2-run homer. Alexander relieved Childers. After Owen struck out 2 of 3, top 4th, Georgia added 3 runs.Schlopy walked; Pauly singled; Wiggins doubled; rbi; Goler singled rbi; Sandberg grounded out rbi. Georgia 24-4. USC Upstate 28-3.
Louisville 6, Kentucky 0. Wolny crushed a homer in the Louisville 2nd. Rowlands and Yocke singled, withone out, in the KU 3rd; no score. Jordan scored on Esteban’s sac fly in the 3rd. After Collins struck out 2 of 3 top 5th, Louisville ta;;oed twp. the first on a steal by Ruckenbrod, the second by Esteban on an error. Louisville loaded the bases, bottom 6th’ Ruckenberg rbi single, Kiyohara a sac fly.
Texas 6, Texas A&M-CC 0. With national player of the week Luna keeping the base paths clear, the Horns proceeded to a methodical victory. With two out, bottom 1st, Bennett singled, advanced on an error, and scored on Hooks single. Texas 3rd: Washington singled, Bennett walked, both advanced on a wild pitch, Hooks walked, loading the bases; Washington scored on a passed ball; Bennett scored on Taylor’s groundout. Wild pitches figured into the 4th; Washington sac fly, Bennett rbi double.
Texas 2, Texas A&M-CC 0. Superb job by freshman Fox in a game in which the Longhorn offense stayed in the corral. Bottom 2nd: Hooks walked; Taylor sac bunt; Schmidt single; Hooks scored on Craig single. Top 6th: Fox struck out the side. BNottom: Bennett singled with two out; Hooks singled; Taylor rbi.
SCOREBOARDS
Big 12
Missouri 3, Kansas 2
WP Chelsea Thomas 4H, 11K. LP Allie Clark
Missouri 6, Kansas 5
WP Nottelmann. LP Allie Clark. S Thomas
Big South
Liberty vs Radford//tied 3-3 in 8th; halted by weather
SEC
Mississippi 4, Arkansas 3
Arkansas 7, Mississippi 6
NON-CONFERENCE
South Carolina State swept Maryland-Eastern Shore 8-7 (8); 9-1 (6)
Iona vs Hartford 2:00 PM West Hartford, Conn.//DH rained out
Monmouth vs Stony Brook 2:00 PM Stony Brook, N.Y.//DH rained out
UMBC 4, Rhode Island 3
Maryland vs Longwood 2:00 PM Farmville, Va.
Maryland vs Longwood 4:00 PM Farmville, Va.
Middle Tennessee 4, Jacksonville State 2
Marist vs Yale 2:30 PM New Haven, Conn.//DH rained out
Delaware State 8, Delaware 1
Lehigh vs Penn 2:30 PM Philadelphia, Pa.//DH rescheduled for Friday
Fordham 5, St. John’s 4
Lafayette vs Rider 3:00 PM Lawrenceville, N.J.//DH rescheduled April 19
North Carolina State 9, UNC-Greensboro 0
North Carolina State 8, UNC-Greensboro 5
Youngstown State vs Robert Morris 3:00 PM Moon Township, Pa. //DH rained out
Wright State 9, Dayton 1 (5)
Wright State 9, Dayton 1
Toledo vs Oakland 3:00 PM Rochester, Mich. //DH snowed out
Central Michigan vs IPFW 3:00 PM Fort Wayne, Ind.//snowed out
Northwestern State swept Grambling State 9-0 (6); 9-4
South Dakota vs South Dakota State 2:00 PM Brookings, S.D.//DH rained out
Fairfield vs UC Riverside 12:00 PM Riverside, Calif.//DH rained out
Connecticut vs Sacred Heart 3:30 PM Fairfield, Conn//postponed
Providence 5, Bryant 4
Rutgers vs Army 4:00 PM West Point, N.Y.//DH cancelled
Coppin State 5, George Washington 4
George Washington vs Coppin State 6:00 PM Baltimore, Md.//cancelled
North Carolina 6, Campbell 1
Campbell 7, North Carolina 4
Charlotte 11, Appalachian State 7
Appalachian State 9, Charlotte 1
Georgia Southern swept North Florida 5-0, 5-0
Georgia State vs Kennesaw State 4:00 PM Kennesaw State
Illinois-Chicago 6, Bradley 3
Evansville 4, Southeast Missouri 2
Southeast Missouri 9, Evansville 0
Wichita State 18, Western Illinois 11
Wichita State vs Western Illinois 5:00 PM Macomb, Ill//cancelled.
Cal Poly vs UCLA 1:00 PM Los Angeles, Calif.//DH postponed
Loyola Marymount 14, Canisius 0
Long Beach State swept Ohio 3-0, 6-4
Virginia Tech swept Cornell 9-0, 6-3
Louisville 6, Kentucky 0
WP Tori Collins 5H, 9K. LP Chanda Bell 4H.
Eastern Michigan vs Notre Dame 5:00 PM South Bend, Ind//DH rained out.
Jackson State 4, Southern Mississippi 2
Southern Mississippi 2, Jackson State 0
Illinois 5, Southern Illinois 2
Southern 11, Miles College 3
Louisiana Tech 2, McNeese State 1 (9)
California vs Pacific 2:00 PM Stockton, Calif.//cancelled
Idaho State vs Pacific 4:00 PM Stockton, Calif.//cancelled
Utah 4, Georgetown 1
Florida State 9, Florida A&M 2
Mississippi Valley State 8, Southeastern Louisiana 0 (5)
Louisiana-Monroe 11, Stephen F. Austin 2 (5)
Oklahoma State 9, North Texas 5
Texas 6, Texas A&M-CC 0
WP Blaire Luna 3H, 10K. LP Jordan Trujillo
Texas 2, Texas A&M-CC 0
WP Rachel Fox 1-hitter 12 K. LP Greta Cecchetti
Houston vs Texas State 5:00 PM San Marcos, Texas//DH postponed
Georgia 9, South Carolina-Upstate 1 (5)
WP Alison Owen 4H, 8K. LP Morgan Childers 9H
Kent State 2, Central Florida 3
Auburn 2, South Alabama 1
LSU 7, Nicholls State 0
Tulsa 1, Oklahoma 0
WP Aimee Creger 2-hitter, 8K. LP Keilani Ricketts 3-hitter, 9K
Texas A&M 10, Sam Houston State 1
Oregon swept Portland State 8-3, 4-2
