APRIL 29 2010 D1 SOFTBALL
TOP 25 (ESPN USA Softball Poll 4-20-10)
NOTE: NCAA individual and team statistics 4-225-10 are published on www.spysoftball.org
Note: this game day report will be updated from 3pm to midnight
Note: NCAA RPI rankings are posted on www.spysoftball.org
- WASHINGTON
- MICHIGAN
- ARIZONA
- ALABAMA
- FLORIDA
- UCLA
- GEORGIA TECH
- GEORGIA lost to LSU 5-1
- ARIZONA STATE
- OKLAHOMA
- OKLAHOMA STATE
- LSU*def Georgia 5-1
- TEXAS* def Texas Tech 7-2
- STANFORD
- MISSOURI def Central Methodist 5-0
- CALIFORNIA
- TENNESSEE
- OREGON
- ILLINOIS
- HAWAII**
- TEXAS A&M**
- FLORIDA STATE
- U MASS
- OHIO STATE
- NOTRE DAME def Wisconsin 11-3
- LSU and Texas are tied for 12th
** Hawaii and Texas A&M are tied for 20th
CONFERENCE AND OTHER GAMES
SPY adapts the basic schedule compiled by Unlimited College Softball, adding data from Gametracker, UCS, NFCA, college web sites and emails to SPY. Numerals in red/black below are UCS rankings.
SWAC Tournament–Irondale, Ala. Sunny, 81
Game 1 E3 Alabama State 8 W2 Southern 4
Game 2 W3 Grambling State 5 E2 Alcorn State 4
Game 3 E1 Mississippi Valley State 6 W4 Arkansas-Pine Bluff 1
Game 4 E4 Jackson State 8 W1 Texas Southern 6
Atlantic Sun
Jacksonville 2 Kennesaw State 0
Jacksonville 2 Kennesaw State 0
Big 12
#19 Texas 7 #25 Texas Tech 2
WP-Blaire Luna (25-6) 3-hitter. LP-Ashly Jacobs (13-5)
Texas top 1st: Hoagland walked, scored on error. Top 3rd: Chalk and Craig hit solo HRs to open the inning. Hoagland walked; Merlich relieved Jacobs. Bennett reached on an error at short (Tech had 4 errors, the Horns 3); Hooks doubled, 2 rbi. Top 4th: Craig scored on Bennett single. Bottom: Bledsoe reached on error, scored on Hall’s 2-run homer. Texas scored its final run top 6th: Feight reached on an error, scored on Hoagland double. Texas is now 38-10, 11-2 leading the Big 12. Texas Tech is 35-13, 7-9.
Big East
Connecticut 6 Seton Hall 2
WP-Kiki Sevariano (12-11) LP-Ashley Forsyth (11-10)
Connecticut 6 Seton Hall 4
WP-Tricia Sullivan (7-12) LP-Hannah Hill (1-4)
Horizon
Loyola-Chicago 6 Illinois-Chicago 5
WP-Angie Funston (10-3) LP-Devin Miller (7-13)
Illinois-Chicago 5 Loyola-Chicago 0
WP-Ashley Hewett (10-14) 4-Hitter LP-Hilary Payne (5-6)
Mountain West
New Mexico 10 Utah 6
WP-Kaela DeBroeck LP-Ashley Smuda
#27 BYU 12 Colorado State 4 (6 inn)
WP-Paige Affleck 10 K’s LP-Kelli Eubanks
SEC
#18 LSU 5 #14 Georgia 1
WP-Cody Trahan LP-Erin Arevalo
An always important match-up, made the more so because LSU is second in SEC West to Alabama, and Georgia is third in SEC East to Florida. Trahan was sharp, notching a first pitch strike on 17 of the first 18 batters. Arevalo was off her usual stride, high counts on several batters and walking in a run with bases loaded. Rachel Mitchell set a new LSU record with her 33rd homer, a 2-run blast, which broke the mark set by All American Leslie Klein. Trahan who improved to 12-2 allowed five hits. LSU is now 40-10, 18-5. Georgia is 40-9, 17-7. LSU and Georgia will play Friday at 4 and 8, the latter game on ESPNU. SPY note: tonight’s report was delayed while SPY watched this game on ESPN. Beth Mowin and Jessica Mendoza make an effective combination; Jess is one of the best analysts in the game.
Sun Belt
Western Kentucky 3 Middle Tennessee 1
WP-Kim Wagner (15-9) LP-Lindsey Vander Lugt (17-15)
Other Games
Missouri 5, Central Methodist 0
WP Kristin Nottelmann 1-hitter, 11K. LP Chelsea Fuemmeler
Nottelmann threw six innings of no-hit ball. The Tigers were held off the board until bottom 5th. Taylor singled, stole 2nd; Lee struckout but reached on a wild pitch, Krebs in to run. Taylor scored with one out on Marston groundout; Fleming singled, stole 2nd, Shannon walked, bases loaded; Hudson cleared the bases with a 3-run double. The Tigers final run was Christopher’s homer in the 6th. Missouri 39-9. Central Methodist 30-18.
Norfolk State vs Hampton 1/3 PM Hampton, Va. Cancelled
Columbia 6 Saint Peter’s 1
Columbia 11 Saint Peter’s 5
Rider 2 Monmouth 1
WP-Rachael Matreale (7-16) LP-Melissa Mehrer (14-8)
Monmouth 13 Rider 0 (5 inn)
WP-Lauren Sulick (10-6) 3-Hitter LP-Kelsey Krisch (4-6)
Villanova 5 Drexel 4
WP-Caitlin Delahaba (10-17) LP-Ellen Boundy (1-2)
Morgan State vs Mount St. Mary’s 3/5 PM Emmitsburg, Md. Cancelled
Fairfield 4 Sacred Heart 1
WP-Sarah Minice (12-11) LP-Jen Russell (12-14) S-Emily Orr (2)
Providence 7 Rhode Island 4
WP-Alicia Grosso (9-5) LP-Amanda Sbei (3-8) S-Corinne Clauss
Albany 8 Siena 1
WP-Marissa Powell (7-10) LP-Amanda Filippazzo (4-20) S-Allie Weiser (1)
Albany 5 Siena 0
WP-Leah McIntosh (7-5) 1-Hitter 12 K’s LP-Mandy Ferro (0-6)
Boston 4 Harvard 1
WP-Whitney Tuthill (10-4) LP-Julia Moore (4-4) S-Cassidi Hardy (1)
Long Island 4 St. John’s 2
WP-Sarah Reynolds (5-4) LP-Linzee Sumrall (5-15)
Michigan State 5 Oakland 4 (8 inn)
WP-Lauren Kramer (14-14) LP-Marisa Everitt (5-8)
Michigan State 4 Oakland 0
WP-Lauren Kramer (15-14) LP-Brittany Doyle (9-13)
#30 Notre Dame 11 Wisconsin 3 (5 inn)
WP-Jody Valdivia (32-4) LP-Meghan McIntosh (5-7)
Senior Christine Lux, playing her final regular season home game, was 4-4 with 2 home runs, including a grand slam. Lux tied a school record with 7 rbi. Here 16th homer broke her own school record. Notre Dame finished the regular season 41-9, 19-0 at Melissa Cook stadium. Sadie Pitzenberger was also 4-4, scoring 3. The Irish scored six runs in the 2nd. The Badgers, who scored once in the 4th, loaded the bases in the 5th, scoring twice.
Connecticut vs #21 Massachusetts 5:00 PM Amherst, Mass. Cancelled
Army 4 Marist 3
WP-Shawna Bleyl (10-4) LP-Emily Osterhaus (1-9)
Army 10 Marist 6 (9 inn)
WP-Shawna Bleyl (11-4) LP-Danielle Koltz (2-6)
Southern Illinois 11 So. Illinois-Edwardsville 2
WP-Danielle Glosson (19-12) LP-Erika Taylor (19-15) S-Alex Peters (1)
Mississippi 11 Central Arkansas 1 (6 inn)
WP-Lindsey Perry (8-4) LP-Kelsie Armstrong (15-14)
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