COLLEGE APRIL 26 2008

TOP 25 SCORES (ESPN/USA Softball +)

1. Arizona State def Oregon 6-1
2. Florida  def Auburn 3-1, 7-2
3. Alabama not scheduled
4. UCLA def Stanford 1-0     
5. Michigan def Michigan State 11-3
6. Texas A&M def Nebraska 6-0
7. Stanford lost to UCLA 1-0
8. Arizona rallies to defeat Oregon State 7-6   
9. Oklahoma def Texas 8-0  (6)
10. Tennessee lost first game to Mississippi State 2-1; wins 8-6
11. Fresno State def Hawaii 2-1, 3-2
12. Northwestern def Penn State 6-5
13. Houston def UAB 4-0, 8-3
14. North Carolina lost first game to Virginia Tech 5-2 (10)
15. Long Beach State sweeps UC Riverside 2-1, 4-3
16. LSU def Arkansas 4-0 , 8-6
17. ULL sweeps Troy 4-2, 4-0
18. Virginia Tech def North Carolina 5-2 (10) first game
19. Hawaii loses to Fresno State 2-1, 3-2
20. San Diego State lost to Utah 2-1
21. Washington def Cal 6-5
22. California lost to Washington 6-5
23. Mississippi State def Tennessee 2-1 (first game), loses 8-6
24. U Mass sweeps St Louis 14-0, 9-0 (both in 5)   
25. Nevada def Louisiana Tech 8-0  no hitter

26.  Georgia def Kentucky 10-0, 7-3

27.  Missouri def Baylor 8-3

28.  South Florida loses to Louisville 3-2

29.  Creighton 8-0def Indiana State

30.  Iowa def Purdue 8-5

31.  Hofstra

32.  DePaul def Connecticut 4-1, 2-0

33.  BYU def UNLV 7-6  

34.  Oklahoma State def Kansas 8-1

TOP 25 GAME CAPSULES

#1 Arizona State 6, Oregon 1.  WP Megan Elliott. 3-hitter LP B. Rumfelt

(Whoever posted Gametracker flubbed the dub, as they say; at one point, they had Elliott winning, and teammate Burkhart losing.)

In the bottom of the 1st, Vasquez singled and scored on Donnenwirth's double; Cowles slugged a 2-run home run, 3-0.  the Duck scored their run in the top of the 2nd on Fulava's home run.  After Rogers and Cowles scored in the 3rd, Rice relieved Rumfelt.   ASU scored its final run in the 4th on Cowles sac fly.  ASU 51-3, 13-1 Pac 10.  Oregon 29-21, 2-10.

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#2 Florida sweeps Auburn 3-1, 7-2

The No. 2 University of Florida Softball team (55-2, 23-1 SEC) added two more wins on the season with a doubleheader sweep of Auburn (34-18, 10-13 SEC) Saturday afternoon at Katie Seashole Pressly Stadium. A crowd of 1,441 was on hand to watch the Gators win 3-1 and 7-2 and honor senior Mary Ratliff (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) prior to the game. Sophomore Francesca Enea (Woodland Hills, Calif.), junior Kim Waleszonia (Fontana, Calif.) and freshman Aja Paculba (Wildomar, Calif.) led the Gator offense with 3-for-6 performances. Enea tallied four RBI on the day to lead the team. Waleszonia led the team with three runs scored. Paculba scored only one run, but that run set a new individual record for runs scored in a season. The Gators got on the board right away in the bottom of the first of game one. Waleszonia  led off with a base hit to shallow center. Paculba followed with a base hit down the right line, just over the head of the Auburn first baseman. She moved to second on the play as the Tigers attempted to throw Waleszonia out at first. With one out, Enea drove a base hit up the middle to score Waleszonia and Paculba for the 2-0 Gator lead. Paculba’s run was her 50th of the season, setting a new Florida record for runs in a season, besting the previous record set by Jennifer Lutsi in 2000.  Auburn narrowed the Gator lead to 2-1 in the top of the fourth. Myesha Finney led off with an infield base hit. Jorja Bell drew a one-out walk. Megan Mitchell entered the game to pinch run for Bell. Finney scored on a Florida error on a fielder’s choice play as the Gators attempted to throw Mitchell out at first. A second fielder’s choice play put Kyndall White out at second and left Auburn runners at first and third. Krista Clyde was hit by a pitch to load the bases, but Starr Dorsey flew out to Waleszonia in center to end the inning and the Tiger scoring threat. Florida took its two-run lead back in its half of the fifth. Waleszonia dropped a bunt single right in front of the plate to lead off the inning. Paculba’s sacrifice moved her to second. She came around to score on a double by junior Ali Gardiner (Waccabuc, N.Y.) for the 3-1 Gator lead. Angel Bunner replaced Lauren Schmalz in the circle for Auburn and shut down the final two Gator batters to end the inning. Junior Stacey Nelson (Los Alamitos, Calif.) struck out eight Tiger batters, while only giving up three hits to win her 34^th game of the season, tying her own school record, set last season. Schmalz took the loss for Auburn to move to 6-2 on the year.

Auburn plated the first run of game two as they scored on a hit, a walk and two Gator errors in the top of the second. Katie Colton started the inning drawing a one-out walk on a full count. She stole second and advanced to third on the errant throw. Dorsey reached on a Gator error, allowing Colton to score for the 1-0 Tiger lead. A bunt single by Cassie Trosclair put another Auburn runner on base, but the Gator defense took care of the next two batters to end the half inning down by only a run. Florida used a seven-run, 10-batter second to take the lead. Senior Mary Ratliff (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) drew a lead off walk. She scored on a double to right center by freshman Megan Bush (Anaheim Hills, Calif.). Junior Kristina Hilberth (Dunedin, Fla.) added an infield base hit. Sophomore Corrie Brooks (Christmas, Fla.) brought Bush home with a base hit up the middle. Waleszonia’s base hit up the middle brought Hilberth home. Waleszonia and Brooks moved to second and third on the play as the Tigers attempted to get Hilberth at home. Brooks crossed the plate on a wild pitch, to put Florida up 4-1. Paculba’s infield base hit scored Waleszonia from third for a four-run Gator lead. For the second tiem in the day, Brunner came in as the Auburn reliever, this time relieving game two starter Brittany Day. Gardiner knocked a base hit to left, but Paculba was thrown out at third on the play for the second out of the inning. Enea blasted her 13th home run of the season out in left field plating the sixth and seventh Gator runs of the inning on the seventh hit of the inning.  Auburn added one run in the top of the seventh. With one out, Trosclair singled to left. Finney followed with a base hit to left center, moving Trosclair to third and advancing to second on the throw. White’s ground out to short scored Trosclair for the final run of the game, making the score 7-2. Gator freshman Stephanie Brombacher (Pembroke Pines, Fla.) struck out eight batters and scattered three hits through the game to improve to 18-0 on the season. Day took the loss for Auburn to move to 10-5.

#4 UCLA 1  #7 Stanford 0 WP-Donna Kerr (14-2) LP-Missy Penna (30-8) S-Megan Langenfeld (5)

Behind a combined five-hit shutout by freshman Donna Kerr and sophomore Megan Langenfeld, the fourth-ranked Bruins picked up their 40th win of the season with a 1-0 victory over #7 Stanford on Saturday at Smith Family Stadium. Freshman Samantha Camuso went 2-for-3, driving in the game-winning run on a double in the fourth inning.

#5 Michigan 11  Michigan State 3   (5 inn) WP-Jordan Taylor  (23-2) LP-Lesley Noel  (13-16)

Michigan knocked out three home runs amidst an explosive nine-run second inning en route to an 11-3 run-rule victory over intrastate rival Michigan State on Saturday (April 26) in front of 727 fans at Old College Field. The Wolverines' victory in five innings marked their fifth consecutive run-rule decision.

Michigan's lineup combined for 10 hits -- its 13th double-digit hit effort of the season -- and three U-M players posted multi-hit performances as senior second baseman Samantha Findlay (Lockport, Ill./East HS), freshman first baseman Dorian Shaw (Burke, Va./Robinson SS) and junior Teddi Ewing (Olathe, Kan./East HS) registered a pair of hits apiece, including a home run each, and combined for nine of Michigan's 10 RBI.

While freshman pitcher Jordan Taylor (Valencia, Calif./Valencia HS) did not have her strongest outing from the circle, she did enough to claim her 23rd win of the season and become the winningest rookie pitcher in U-M program history. Taylor fanned five Spartan batters and allowed three runs on five hits and two walks.

#6 Texas A&M 6, Nebraska 0 WP Megan Gibson  LP Molly Hill

#8 Arizona 7, Oregon State 6

The Beavers attacked the Wildcats from the outset, and led 5-2 after two innings.  Miranda hit a two-out home run in the top of the 1st, and OSU added four runs in the 2nd, including an rbi single by Paige Lowe which drove UofA starter Sarah Akamine off the circle in favor of Lindsay Sisk.  Arizona countered with two runs in the bottom half; after Banister reached on an error, Chambers jacked a 2-run home run.  Arizona scored 4 runs in the 4th on three hits and two errors, stranding three runners.  After OSU loaded the bases in the top of 6th, Taryne Mowatt took the Arizona circle, and gave up a bases loaded walk to Paige Lowe, tying the game.  But Roth belted a two-out homer in the bottom half for the winning margin.

#9 Oklahoma Texas 0 (6)  WP DJ Mathis.  LP Meagan Denny

#23 Mississippi State 2, Tennessee 1

Ali Bainbridge’s two-run walk-off single with one out in the bottom of the seventh inning gave No. 23 Mississippi State a
2-1 upset victory over 10th-ranked Tennessee in the opening game of a Southeastern Conference doubleheader Saturday afternoon at the MSU Softball Field. With the win, MSU (39-17, 12-12 SEC) secured a spot in the 2008 Southeastern Conference Tournament which will be played in Baton Rouge in two weeks.  Bainbridge’s game-winning base hit highlighted a 4-for-8 afternoon for the Vestavia Hills, Ala., native in which she also scored twice in addition to her pair of RBI.
Playing her final series in front of the home crowd, senior Hayle Guess hit her sixth home run of the season, matching her career season high, as she capped a 3-for-4, two RBI day for the Bulldogs (39-17, 12-12 SEC). Trailing 1-0 after a sixth-inning UT base hit in the day’s opening game, which was delayed for two hours by heavy rains in the Starkville area, Lindsay Hunley reached on a fielder’s choice that retired Brittany Bell. Nakita Boyce then beat out a bunt, and Bramlett loaded the bases with a ground ball through the left side. Bainbridge then hit a hard ground ball up the middle that deflected off UT pitcher Ashton Ward’s glove and went into center field to score Hunley and Boyce withthe deciding pair of runs. The walk-off single moved State starter Misty Flesher to 19-7 on the year. Flesher picked up her sixth win in as many decisions as she
allowed a run on five hits with three strikeouts.  Ward took the loss.
#10 Tennessee 8 #23 Mississippi State 6

#11 Fresno State sweeps #19 Hawai'i

After an impressive comeback for a 3-2 win in eight innings in game one of the doubleheader vs. No. 24 Hawai'i, the No. 10 Fresno State softball team wowed the largest crowd of the year at Bulldog Diamond by defeating Hawai'i again in eight innings, 2-1, in game two Saturday afternoon. The Bulldogs improved to 45-8 on the year and 11-3 in the WAC, currently in second place behind No. 20 Nevada.

Game One
Hawai'i would strike first in game one and take a 2-0 lead in the second off back-to-back solo home runs by Clare Warwick and Valana Manuma. Andrea Ortega would get the first hit of the game for the Bulldogs in the bottom of the third, a leadoff double to left center field. With no outs and runners on first and second in the top of the third, Morgan Melloh would be replaced in the circle by fellow freshman Bulldog pitcher Ryane Petersen.  Ashley White would hit the Bulldogs second double of the day to leadoff the bottom of the fifth. Mallory Perkins would enter to pinch run and reach third on a single to left field by Andrea Ortega. Ortega would reach second on the throw. Petersen would clear the bases with a two-RBI double down the right field line, her second of the year to tie the game at 2-2. Jenna Cervantez would hit a walk-off home run in the bottom of the eighth to give the Bulldogs the 3-2 victory. It was the second home run in as many days for Cervantez as she now has 12 on the season, to tie her for ninth in a single-season. Petersen picked up her third win of the year to improve to 3-0 in just her sixth appearance. She allowed just four hits and no runs in five innings. She also leads the team with a .571 hitting percentage. Melloh struck out four batters in three innings pitched and earned a no decision.

Game Two
Rainbow Wahine starting pitcher Kate Robinson would drive in a run for a 1-0 lead. The Bulldogs would tie the game in the bottom of the sixth as Nicole Angene and Melloh would hit back-to-back singles with two outs. Perkins would hit in Angene from second with a single to left field.  Ashley White would hit a double with one out in the bottom of the eighth. Mallory Perkins would pinch run and score from second to win the game, 2-1, off a single by Andrea Ortega. The Bulldogs had 11 hits, led by Haley Perkins, Cervantez, Ortega and Angene with two each. Melloh improved to 33-5 on the year as she had seven strikeouts. Her 33 wins ties her for third in the single season record books at Fresno State. It would be the Bulldogs seventh extra inning game of the season as they improve to 5-2 in those games.

#12 Northwestern 6 Penn State 5  WP Lauren Delaney 10K LP Ashley Esparza

Wildcats score in top of 7^th to break 5-all tie. Game was tied 1-all in top of 5^th when NU scored four runs – 2 run homer by Williams, solo HRs by Batts and Pauly. – in consecutive at-bats.  The Nittany Lions rebutted with four runs in the 6^th,  including 2-run single by Zelinksi.  Pauly won the game with a two-out home run in the 7^th.

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#13 Houston sweeps UAB

#18 Virginia Tech 5, #14 North Carolina 2. (10) WP Angela Tincher 16K 4H  LP Amber Johnaon

Beth Walker’s walk-off 3-run homerun in the 10^th won this much anticipated contest for supremacy in the ACC – the Tar Heels coming into the three-game series with a conference record of 16-1, the Hokies at 15-3 – UNC the hardest hitting ACC team ad .302 vs the Hokie’s Angela Tincher who leads all of Division I in many pitching categories.  Stolle led off the bottom of the 3^rd with a walk, one of four given up by starter Lisa Norris in the first 3 innings.  With Stolle on 1^st and one out, Erin Ota doubled deep to center and the speedy Stolle scored.  Tech added a run in the 5^th; Charisse Mariconda walked with two out, and scored on Kelsey Hoffman’s double.  Entering the top of the 6^th, only one Tar Heel had reached base, denying Tincher a perfect game, and she struck out the first two batters.  But, 2^nd base Erin Ota bobbled what should have been the third out, putting Brown on 1^st.  Brown stole 2^nd and scored on Palmer’s double, the first UNC hit.  Spaulding drove in Palmer with the tying run with a single to center.  2-2.  Tincher struck out the side in the 7^th, as she had in the 2^nd. (12 for the game at that point)    Rhodes opened the Tech 7^th with a single.  Ota lined out to 3^rd but Mariconda singled to put the winning run in scoring position.  Then, reliever Amber Johnson came up big.   She fielded Kelsey Hoffman’s hard-hit grounder, and threw to 3^rd for the force.  She then fielded Hall’s  hard grounder for the out at 1^st, to end the Tech threat.  Into the 8^th, Francona ground out to 2^nd.  McKinney became Tincher’s 13^th.  Brown looked at a 3^rd strike.  Now, Tech needed a run to secure a game which should have been a seven inning shutout.  Everhart ground out to short, but Walker singled sharply to left.  Davis, who had a single and walk, looked at a third strike. Stolle lofted a high fly to left for an easy catch by Allen, who had made three very good catches for all the outs in the 4^th.  Mariconda slashed a line drive toward left, caught on the run on a good play by shortstop Sam Ingersoll. The first two batters in the 10^th whent down but Francona hit a single deep to short and went to 2^nd on a throwing error by shortstop Hall.  The threat ended when pinch-hitter Robinson popped to Tincher.  Tech, which had stranded 10 runners, opened the 10^th with a grounder to short, misplayed by Ingersoll for an error.  Hall singled to center, two on, no out.  Ingersoll flied out to center.  Beth Walker settled the issue with a 3-run home run to deep center field.  Tincher had 16 Ks, giving up 4 hits.  Amber Johnson took the loss.  Tech 40-12, 16-3 while UNC is 47-9-1, 16-2. Tincher began the game with 487 Ks for the year, 1,957 for her career.  There was a 48-minute delay during the game after officials spotted lightning.

#18 Virginia Tech vs #14 North Carolina

The question all season about Tech is can they win when Angela Tincher doesn’t pitch.  Sometimes yes, but often no.  In today’s second game, Kenzie Roark (2-4) lasted four batters.  Brown and Palmer led off with consecutive singles (Palmer rbi).  Spaulding struck out but Jacobs singled and that was enough for Coach Scott Thomas to bring Tincher in off the bench.  Tincher had thrown 138 pitches in the first game.  Tincher put out that fire but she was touched for a run in the 3^rd; Brown singled again and scored on a single to deep center by Spaulding.  Through five innings, Spaulding had a no-hitter.  In the 4^th, the Hokies loaded the bases on a hit batter and two walks but Everhart struck out.  The Tech hitting woes were obvious in the 5^th when Davis, Stolle and Rhodes all looked at third strikes.  Somewhat mercifully, the game was suspended in the 6th -- it was raining like a cow peeing on a flat rock -- and will completed Sunday as will the scheduled third game.  Tincher passed the 200-pitch mark.

#15 Long Beach State sweeps UC Riverside

The UC Riverside softball team (18-31, 4-10) traveled to 17th ranked Long Beach State University Saturday afternoon, dropping two tightly contested one-run decisions to the 49ers, 2-1 and 4-3.

Amanda Klimczak got the start in game one for the Highlanders drawing the unenviable assignment of going against Long Beach State's Brooke Turner – she of the 0.68 era and the 21-4 record. But Klimczak matched Turner pitch for pitch throughout much of the game giving up just one run on three hits through six innings. Turner also limited the Highlanders to three hits and one run – an RBI single off Cassie Greenawalt's bat that scored Veronica "Roni" Yee.

Turner continued to dominate the UC Riverside bats in the seventh retiring them in order. Kilmczak came out for her seventh inning of work trying to send the game into extra innings, but a single, and a walk put runners on first and second with one out. Brooke LeSage's single scored Jessica Beaver with the winning run.

Christin Songer took to the circle in game two and found herself down 2-1 after the first inning before finding her groove retiring the 49ers in order in the second and allowing a single baserunner in the third. In the meantime, Marissa Alvidrez, whose last homer came on April 6, drilled a Bridgette Pagano offering over the leftfield fence scoring Yee and giving the Highlanders a 3-2 advantage. The homerun was Alvidrez' 10th of the season tying the school record originally set by Melissa Sanchez in 2006.

Songer couldn't hold on to the lead, however, as Lacy Tyler led off the bottom of the fourth with a single and Pagano followed with a two-run homer to left. That score held up into the seventh as the Highlanders mounted a final rally in the top half of the inning. Alvidrez reached second with one out on a two-base error by 49ers leftfielder Tyler, but Pagano struck out Katie Curtis and Greenawalt to end the game.

#16 LSU sweeps Arkansas

A walk-off three-run home run by Shannon Stein in the bottom of the eighth inning gave No. 15 LSU the doubleheader sweep of Arkansas, 4-0 and 8-6, on a rainy Saturday afternoon at Tiger Park.
 
With the senior presentations coming a day early because of the threat of a rain out on Sunday, Stein made the post-game event much more of a joyous occasion. The senior came through with the game-winning hit on just her second home run of the season and only her third homer in three years with the Tigers.
 
“It was kind of like a storybook day if you were ever going to script a Senior Day,” said LSU head coach Yvette Girouard. “It was a tough one to lose if you’re Arkansas, but we have been on the bad end of that a lot this year.”
 
With two outs in the bottom of the seventh, Arkansas hurler Katy Henry was called for an illegal pitch that scored Rachel Mitchell from third to tie the game up and sent it to extra innings.
 
 “I didn’t see what their pitcher had done illegally, but (assistant coach) Megan (Smith) saw it,” said Girouard. “She went from the rosin bag straight to the ball and you have to wipe your hand off before you can do that. I saw the call out of the corner of my eye and started jumping up and down.”
 
Jazz Jackson then put LSU in the position to get the walk-off win by saving a grand slam in the top of the eighth. With two outs and the bases loaded for Arkansas, Sandra Smith hit a ball to deep left field that Jackson went up and over the wall to come down with for the third out to keep the Tigers within one and set up the game-winning play.
 
“We had some magnificent plays,” said Girouard. “Jazz saved a grand slam in the top of the inning. I was kind of fussing at Stein in her at-bat because I thought it was a ball that she swung at to get to 3-2. I was fussing at Tayl’r because I was fussing at Stein and then she hit the next pitch out.”
 
With the wins, LSU improved to 37-14 on the year and 14-10 in Southeastern Conference play, assuring the Tigers of a place in the SEC Tournament in two weeks at Tiger Park. The losses dropped the Lady Razorbacks to 33-24 overall and 6-18 in conference play, dropping Arkansas to 10th in the league standings with four games left to play.
 
Cody Trahan earned the win in both games, recording a complete-game shutout win in game one before coming on in relief to earn the win in game two. The sophomore allowed only four hits with four walks and 10 strikeouts in her first outing, before coming on with one out in the top of the eighth and getting the final two outs in the win to improve to 14-4 on the season.
 
“Once Cody established some pitches, she kept them off balance and was able to get some strikeouts, which is something we haven’t been doing,” said Girouard. “She hasn’t had that many strikeouts in a while.”
 
Tiffany Garcia started game two and gave up five runs, only two of which were earned, on five hits with two walks in four and a third. Casey Faile came on in relief and allowed one run on a solo home run in the top of the eighth, while giving up three hits and a walk and striking out three in three innings.
 
“It took the staff to win the second game,” said Girouard. “The seniors had a great day and we got both of the games in and avoided the rainout.”
 
Mitchell continued her hot streak at the plate, going 4-for-5 with a triple, an RBI and three runs scored. She was also walked twice for a .857 on base percentage for the day. Roessner was 4-for-6 with a home run, an RBI and a run scored, while Duhon was 2-for-5 with two walks, a double and a home run.
 
 

#17 Louisiana-Lafayette sweeps Troy

#20 San Diego State loses to Utah 2-1

#21 Washington 6 #22 California 5

A change in the batting order is just what Jace Williams needed. With only two hits in her previous 15 at-bats, Williams dropped down in the order and went 2-for-4 and drove in two runs on Saturday afternoon to lead No. 22 Washington past No. 21 California, 6-5, in a Pac-10 Conference game at Levine-Fricke Field. Williams had not hit lower than third in the order in the 37 games she had started, but hit sixth against Cal after entering the game with only two hits over the past five games. After the Golden Bears went up 2-0 in the third inning on a two-run home run by Taylor Kelly, the Huskies responded by scoring three runs in the top of the fourth. With one out, Ashlyn Watson and Morgan Stuart both reached after getting hit by pitches from Cal starter Marissa Drewrey. Two batters later, Williams singled up the middle to plate Watson. Pinch-hitter Ashley Tuiasosopo drew a four-pitch walk to load the bases before Amanda Fleischman hit a 3-2 pitch over the third base bag that brought home Stuart and Williams to put the Huskies up 3-2. A UW error in the bottom half of the inning led to three unearned runs and Cal went back in front, 5-3. All three runs came with two outs. Again the Huskies answered right back with three more runs to take a 6-5 lead. Bailey Stenson led off with a walk and moved up to third on a single to left centerfield by Alicia Blake. Ashlyn Watson followed with a double to left field to score Stenson. The Huskies tied it up at 5-5 on an RBI-single by Williams, and took the lead when Dru Hester hit a hard shot that Cal third baseman Katie Vickers couldn't handle, which allowed Watson to score from third in what proved to be the game-winning run. The win ended a three-game losing streak for the Huskies and put their record at 26-17-1 and 5-8 in Pac-10 play. Cal fell to 36-20, 4-10 in the conference. Aleah Macon came on in relief of Caitlin Noble and pitched the final four and two-thirds innings to pick up the win and improve to 15-10. Macon scattered two hits while striking out eight and walking five. In addition to Williams' two hits, Amanda Fleischman was 2-for-4 with two RBI and Watson was 1-for-1 with two runs scored and two walks. Hester, making just her sixth start, had a single in the seventh inning for her first hit of the season. Drewrey (24-13) gave up eight hits, five earned runs and four walks while striking out six in going the distance. Vickers led Cal offensively with two of the team's five hits.

#24 UMass sweeps Saint Louis 14-0, 9-0

The UMass softball team (33-11, 18-0 A-10) extended their winning streak to 23 games after shutting out the Saint Louis Billikens (17-31-1, 7-9 A, 10) in Saturday's doubleheader. The Minutewomen started game one on Friday evening, but was postponed until Saturday afternoon due to lightning. After holding an 8-0 lead with two outs in the top of the fourth inning, the Minutewomen resumed play on Saturday to shutout Saint Louis 14-0 in five innings of play. In game two, the Minutewomen continued their hitting dominance and shutout the Billikens 9-0 over five innings..

#25 Nevada 8, Louisiana Tech 0  No Hitter

Jordan McPherson and Richelle Villescas combined on a no-hitter as Nevada completed a series sweep over Louisiana Tech with an 8-0 win in five innings. The no-hitter is just the second in program history. McPherson had the first one – last season against San Jose State (April 14, 2007). The Wolf Pack, ranked 18th, 20th and 25th in the three national polls, won its seventh game in a row and improved to 35-14 overall and 13-2 (first) in the Western Athletic Conference. Tech fell to 29-26 and 7-10. McPherson started and pitched four innings. She struck out four and did not walk a batter. She faced just one batter over the minimum as an error by the shortstop kept it from being a perfect game. Villescas entered in the fifth inning and pitched a 1-2-3 frame to close out the game.  Nevada got the bulk of its offense in one inning and via the long ball as the Wolf Pack hit two home runs and scored seven runs in the second inning. Sophomore Kelsey Starr had a two-run blast, as did freshman Danielle Patrick. Freshman Britton Murdock drove in a pair of runs while senior Vanessa Briones and freshman Noelle Micka each went 2-for-3.
Nevada is now 9-0 at Hixson Park on the year and 19-4 at the park since it opened last year.

OTHER GAME CAPSULES

#34 Oklahoma State 8  Kansas 1 WP-A. Whiddon (10-7) LP-Valerie George (17-8)

Ole Miss sweeps South Carolina 2-1, 3-0

#26 Georgia swept Kentucky 10-0, 7-3

#27 Missouri 8  Baylor 3 WP-Jen Bruck (16-7) LP-Shaina Brock (4-4)

#30 Iowa 8  Purdue 5 WP-Brittany Weil  (22-11) LP-Suzie Rzegocki  (14-8)

#32 DePaul sweeps Connecticut 4-1, 2-0

Georgia Tech 2, Maryland 0

LIU sweeps Wagner’s for NEC title 3-0, 10-3

ULTIMATE COLLEGE SOFTBALL SCOREBOARD

UCS conducts an independent national poll; numbers in red; some UCS boxes may not yet reflect scores shown above taken from Gametracker but will be updated in UCS final

SWAC Tournament--Prairie View, Texas  (Slight Chance of Isolated Thunderstorms, 80)

Game 7 -  W6  Alcorn State 5  L5  Alabama A&M 1

WP-Michelle Lewis  (4-12)

LP-Halie Buie  (1-3)

Alabama A&M Elimintated

Game 8 -  W5  Mississippi Valley State 7  W4  Southern 4

Game 9 -  L8  Southern  5  W7  Alcorn State  1

Alcorn State Eliminated

ACC

 #16 Virginia Tech 5  #12 North Carolina 2   (10 inn)

WP-Angela Tincher (29-5)  4-Hitter  16 K's

LP-Amber Johnson (12-2)

#12 North Carolina vs #16 Virginia Tech   Game Halted in 6th inning UNC leads 2-0--Will Conclude on Sunday as part of DH

Florida State 1  North Carolina State 0

WP-Tiffany McDonald

LP-Linsay Campana

Florida State 4  North Carolina State 3   (8 inn)

WP-Terese Gober  (10-11)  11 K's

LP-Lindsay Campana  (17-17)

Boston College 6  Virginia 2

Boston College 6  Virginia 4

Georgia Tech 2  Maryland 0

WP-Whitney Humphreys (17-14)

LP-Sarah Dooley (15-12)

Maryland vs Georgia Tech 3 pm Atlanta, Ga. GT leads 4-2 in bot. 6th - game suspended due to weather- resume Sun 12 pm

America East

Atlantic 10

Atlantic Sun

Big Ten

Big 12

#28 Missouri 8  Baylor 3

WP-Jen Bruck (16-7)

LP-Shaina Brock (4-4)

Oklahoma State 8  Kansas 1

WP-A. Whiddon (10-7)

LP-Valerie George (17-8)

#6 Texas A&M 6  Nebraska 0

WP-Megan Gibson (28-1)

LP-Molly Hill (9-13)

#8 Oklahoma 8  Texas 0  (6 inn)

WP-D.J. Mathis (25-5)

LP-Meagan Denny (18-7)

Texas Tech 6  Iowa State 1

WP-Ashly Jacobs (9-14)

LP-Charissa Carlin (10-9)

Big East

Rutgers vs St. John's 12/2 pm Queens, N.Y.

Villanova vs Seton Hall 12/2 pm South Orange, N.J.

Louisville vs #23 USF 12/2 pm Tampa, Fla.

Syracuse vs Pittsburgh 12/2 pm Pittsburgh, Pa.

Providence vs Notre Dame 12/2 pm South Bend, Ind.

Connecticut vs #22 DePaul 12/2 pm Chicago, Ill.

Big South

Radford vs Coastal Carolina 2/4 pm Conway, S.C.

Winthrop vs Liberty 1:00 PM Lynchburg, Va.

Big West

UC-Riverside vs #15 Long Beach State 12/2 pm Long Beach, Calif.

UC-Santa Barbara vs UC-Davis 12/2 pm Davis, Calif.

Cal Poly-SLO vs Pacific 12/2 pm Stockton, Calif.

CS-Fullerton vs Northridge 12/2 pm Northridge, Calif.

Colonial

Hofstra vs Delaware 12/2 pm Newark, Del.

James Madison vs George Mason 12/2 pm Fairfax, Va.

Georgia State vs UNC-Wilmington 12/2 pm Wilmington, N.C.

Towson vs Drexel 12/2 pm Philadelphia, Pa.

Conference USA

Tulsa vs Marshall 1/3 pm Huntington, W.Va.

#11 Houston 4  UAB 0

WP-Shamblin

LP-Kayla Harris

#11 Houston vs UAB 3 pm Birmingham, Ala.

East Carolina vs Memphis 1/3 pm Memphis, Tenn.

Southern Miss vs UTEP 1/3 pm El Paso, Texas

Metro Atlantic

Manhattan vs Siena 1/3 pm Loudonville, N.Y.

Saint Peter's vs Iona 1/3 pm New Rochelle, N.Y.

Rider vs Fairfield 1/3 pm Fairfield, Conn.

Niagra vs Marist TBA Poughkeepsie, N.Y.

MEAC

Coppin State vs UM-Eastern Shore 1/3 pm Princess Anne, Md.

Delaware State vs Hampton 1/3 pm Hampton, Va.

Norfolk State vs North Carolina A&T 1/3 pm Greensboro, N.C.

Bethune-Cookman vs Florida A&M 1/3 pm Tallahassee, Fla.

Morgan State vs Howard 11am/1pm Washington, D.C.

Missouri Valley

Evansville vs Bradley 12/2 pm Peoria, Ill.

Drake vs Illinois State 12/2 pm Normal, Ill.

Southern Illinois vs Missouri State 12/2 pm Springfield, Mo.

Indiana State vs #33 Creighton 12/2 pm Omaha, Neb.

Northern Iowa vs Wichita State 12/2 pm Wichita, Kan.

Mountain West

New Mexico vs Colorado State 1:00 PM Fort Collins, Colo.

#20 San Diego State vs Utah 1:00 PM Salt Lake City, Utah

UNLV vs BYU 1:00 PM Provo, Utah

Northeast

Wagner vs Long Island 1/3 pm Brooklyn, N.Y.

Robert Morris vs Sacred Heart 1/3 pm Fairfield, Conn.

Quinnipiac vs Mount St. Mary's 1/3 pm Emmitsburg, Md.

Saint Francis vs Fairleigh Disckinson 1/3 pm Teaneck, N.J.

Central Connecticut vs Monmouth 1/3 pm West Long Branch, N.J.

Ohio Valley

Eastern Illinois vs Morehead State 1/3 pm Morehead, Ky.

Eastern Kentucky vs Tennessee Tech 1/3 pm Cookeville, Tenn.

Samford vs Tennessee State 1:00 PM Nashville, Tenn.

Jacksonville State vs Austin Peay 1/3 pm Clarksville, Tenn.

UT Martin vs Southeast Missouri 1/3 pm Cape Girardeau, Mo.

Pac-10

#4 UCLA 1  #7 Stanford 0

WP-Donna Kerr (14-2)

LP-Missy Penna (30-8)

S-Megan Langenfeld (5)

#21 Washington vs #25 California TBA Berkeley, Calif.

Oregon State vs #14 Arizona 7:00 PM Tucson, Ariz.

Oregon vs #2 Arizona State 7:00 PM Tempe, Ariz.

Pacific Coast

Santa Clara vs Sac State 12/2 pm Sacramento, Calif.

San Diego vs Saint Mary's 12/2 pm Moraga, Calif.

Loyola Marymount vs Portland State 12/2 pm Portland, Ore.

Patriot

Southern

Southland

McNeese State vs Nicholls State 1/3 pm Thibodaux, La.

Southeastern Louisiana vs UT-Arlington 1/3 pm Arlington, Texas

Stephen F. Austin vs UT-San Antonio 1/3 pm San Antonio, Texas

Central Arkansas vs Texas A&M-CC 1:00 PM Corpus Christi, Texas

Sam Houston State vs Texas State 1/3 pm San Marcos, Texas

Summit

IPFW vs #31