SUNDAY MAY 1 D1 GAMES
NCAA individual & team stats 4-24-2011 have been posted www.spysoftball.org
NCAA RPI stats 4-24-2011 have been posted www.spysoftball.org
Conference standings 4-24-2011 have been posted www.spysoftball.org
TOP 25
ESPN/USA Softball Poll 4-26-2011
1. Arizona State def Oregon State 7-1
2. Michigan def Wisconsin 2-1
3. Texas def Oklahoma 5-3
4. Georgia upset by Auburn 3-2
5. Tennessee def Arkansas 9-1 (5)
6. Alabama vs Kentucky cancelled
7. Florida def South Carolina 6-1
8. Missouri vs Oklahoma State //rained out
9. California def UCLA 2-1
10. Arizona def Oregon 7-6
11. UCLA def by California 2-1
12. Washington def by Stanford 3-1
13. Stanford def Washington 3-1
14. Oklahoma def by Texas 5-3
15. Kentucky vs Alabama cancelled
16. Oregon def by Arizona 7-6
17. T Baylor def Iowa State 10-1
17. T Oklahoma State vs Missouri //rained out
19. Nebraska upset by Texas Tech 5-0
20. Georgia Tech def Boston College 9-7
21. Texas A&M def Kansas 13-0 (5)
22. Notre Dame def St John’s 14-0
23. LSU def Mississippi State 3-1
24. ULL def Western Kentucky 10-0 (5)
25. Fresno State
GAME NOTES
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Notre Dame 14, St. John’s 0 (5). Valdivia was 2 walks shy of a perfect game. Bottom 1st: Maldonado, Clay walked; one out, Maldonado scored on Miller sac fly. Irish 2nd: Jorgensborg scored on error. Notre Dame scored 6 runs in 3rd: bases loaded, Clay scored on Pitzenberger sac fly; Torres scored on passed ball; Jorgensborg rbi double; Beza relieved Lawrence. Marrone doubled in 2 runs; 2 out, Maldonado rbi double; 6 runs on 3 hits. Irish 4th: another 6 on the board. One out, Pitzenberger and Fleury singled, Rodgers relieved Beza; bases loaded, Marrone 2-run single; Valdivia rbi groundout; Maldonado rbi double; Clay rbi double; Johnson rbi sinkgle; Beza back to the circle. Irish 14 runs on 9 hits. Notre Dame 38-8/14-1. St John’s 19-30/6-12.
Florida 6, South Carolina 1. Schutte jacked 2-run homer top 1st. Moultrie opened Gator 3rd with homer; Borchardt relieved Broyles. Bruder doubled, Schutte given pass; DeFelice reached on error at 3rd, Bruder scored on error by shortstop. Top 4th: Sarratt relieved Borchardt. Bottom: Mendes doubled, Westfall sacrificed, Hathorn singled, Milks singled; two out, Mendes scored. Gator 6th: DeFelice singled, Coyle homered. Florida 42-8/17-7. SC 25-26/8-18.
Tennessee 9, Arkansas 1 (5). With the tournament in Oxford less than 2 weeks away, the Vols are hitting their stride. Rambo walked and scored on Robison’s bases-loaded walk in the 1st, but that was the high point of the Lady Backs offense. Tennessee took charge in the 2nd; Gibson led with a single, Spigner singled; with 2 out, Gibson scored when Shipman reached onan error. Andrews walked, loading the bases; Chvanne racked a 3-run double. Dotson doubled, rbi; Gibson and Spigner walked to lead the Vols 3rd; Gibson scored on Davins sac fly. Tennessee reached the run-rule margin with Gibson’s 3-run homer in the 4th. Tennessee is 44-7/20-5. Arkansas 13-38/3-23.
Texas A&M 13, Kansas 0 (5). The Aggies pelted the Jayhawks with 4 home runs — a solo by Tysarczk, a 2-run blast by Garza, a 3-run dinger by Dumezich, a 3-run shot by Spittler. Texas A&M is 36-18. Kansas is 31-22.
Texas 5, Oklahoma 3. In Saturday night’s televised game, Ricketts drove in 2 runs and handcuffed the Horns until the bottom of the 7th when Hoagland hit a 2-run homer. Today, Texas reversed course. OU began the same way, with Shults driving in Jones top 1st for a 1-0 lead. Bottom 2nd: Texas tied when Craig, who had walked, scored on a wild pitch. The Sooners loaded the bases in the 3rd: Martinez singled, Shults and Ricketts walked; with 2 out, Dobbs singled, rbi
, but 3 Sooners were left on base. Texas 3rd: Hoagland led with a home run; Washington and Thom singled; both advanced on Hooks’ sacrifice, Washinngton scoring; Thom scored on a wild pitch; Taylor singled, 3 runs on 4 hits. OU 4th: Henson sikngled, two out, Jones singled, Henson scored on a fielding error in right field. One out in the Horns 5th: Craig homered. Texas 44-5/13-1. Oklahoma 35-16/8-8.
Indiana 5, Iowa 0. The Hoosiers, competing strongly for the top run in the Big Ten, are a different team thanks to Melloh. Indiana scored bottom 1st; Saucedo struck out but reached on a wild pitch; Wagner walked, Saucedo scored on a throwing error by the catcher. Melloh struck out 2 batters in each of the first four innings. Bottom 4th: Olson doubled, pinch runner Brannon advanced on a wild pitch, scored when Melloh reached on an error. Olson jacked a 2-run homer in the 5th; Berenter scored the final run on Abraham’s single. Melloh struck out 2 batters in the 5th, 6th, and 7th. Indiana 34-15/14-2. Iowa 26-21/8-8.
Michigan 2, Wisconsin 1. Wolverines outhit Wisconsin 12-6, but it was no walk in the park, starting with the 1st when Sappingfield singled but Darrah struck out the side. Bottom 1st: Massel doubled; Krueger was hbp. Powell singled; Massel was out at 3rd in a Shakesperean-length rundown: 8-6-3-4-2-6-4-5. Taylor relieved Speierman. Krueger scored on Blackshear’s sac fly. Wisconsin made that run hold up until top 5th — although UM stranded runners in each inning. Top 5th: One out, Doyle, Evans singled. Two out, Doyle scored on Ryan single. Evans scored on Chidester single. Michigan stranded 2 runners in the 6th and again in the 7th. Michigan 44-4. Wisconsin 28-21.
Arizona 7, Oregon 6. A hit parade: Ducks slammed 2 homers off Babcock, Wilcats 1 off Moore. Another lineup shuffle worked for the Wildcats who scored 3 runs bottom 1st. Lastrapes walked, Schutzler singled, Del Ponte’s fielder’s choice forced Lastrapes at 3rd; Chambers lofted a 3-run homer. Wildcats surged to 5-0 in 2nd on Schutzler’s 2-run double. Ducks closed gap with Fulava’s 3-run shot top 4th. Arizona lost 2 runners on force plays bottom 4th but added 2 more runs on Arriola’s 2-run single. Ducks loaded bases top 5th, rbi’s by Howard and Pappas narrowed the Arizona lead, 7-5. But Oregon left the bases full. Cuico hit a homer to open the Oregon 6th; but the Ducks again left 2 runners. Pappas led the Ducks’ 7th with a single; but Fulava grouind into a double play. Babcock struck out Cuico to end the game. Arizona 36-11/8-7. Oregon 36-14/7-8.
Stanford 3, Washington 1. Cardinal loaded the bases, one out, in 2nd; Koutz scored on Hassman single. The advantage grew to 3-0 in 4th; Gerhart, Hassman and Hansen singled, loading the bases; Rich walked, rbi; Prong reached on fielder’s choice, Hassman scored. Two were left. The Huskies scored top 6th; Stuart singled; one out, Pohlman singled, Stuart scored on Salling sac fly. Washington 32-10/7-8. Stanford 35-11/8-7.
California 2, UCLA 1. Swept by the Bears, the Bruins have lost 4 in a row. Tight game; no score until UCLA posted one top 6th. Harrison singled; with 2 out. pinch runner Lindvall scored on an error at short. Cal 6th: one out, J Reid and Vonk singled; Williams doubled. Reid scored, Vonk out at home. Bruins 7th: one out, Schroeder was hbp; two out, DiSalvatore reached on an error at short. Both advanced on a passed ball. Harrison lined out. Cal 7th: on eout, Decker reached on an error at 2nd; Wallace walked; two out, E Reid hbp, loading the bases. J Reid singled in the winner. Cal 34-9. UCLA 31-13.
Arizona State 7, Oregon State 1. Bottom 1st: Boyd walked, Rogers singled, Castillo sacrificed, Boyd scored on Donnenwirth groundout. ASU 2nd: Parlich, Urfer singled, Johnson sacrificed, Haro singled, rbi; Boyd singled, rbi; runners advanced on wild pitch, Haro scored on Rogers groundout. Sun Devils 4th: Boyd walked, Rogers singled, Castillo ground out, Boyd scored on wild pitch. Top 6th: one out, Hall homered for the Beavers. ASU scored twice ikn bottom: two out, Lockwood reached on an error; Parlich 2-run homer. ASUis #1 in polls, and well ahead in Pac 10. 45-5/12-3. OregonState 18-22/1-14.
Auburn 3, Georgia 2. Auburn took the series from the Bulldogs, who were once ranked #1, on a tie-breaking run bottom 6th. Two out, top 1st, Hesson jacked a 2-run Bulldog homer. Auburn 1st: Estell doubled;after a double play eliminated a second runner, Estell scored on Cartwright single. Auburn 3rd: Estell was hbp with one out; Guzman singled, White reached on an error at short, Estell scoring the tying run. Owen relieved Montemayor. Auburn 6th: Cartwright doubled, Schultze sacrificed, Cartwrigth scored on Smiley single. Two out, top 7th, Wiggins tripled, out at home 8-6-5-4-2. Georgia 42-9/15-8. Auburn, which has been in and out of Top 25 rankings, 36-15/13-12.
LSU 3, Mississippi State 1. Strong outing for Brittany Mack, who retired 18 of the first 22 batters, and had 10Ks. One out in 1st, Santos tripled, Anissa Young jacked a 2-run homer. LSU 7th: Russell led with a single, Blades doubled. Two batters later, pinch runner Trosclair scored on Heyward’s sac fly. A walk, a single, and a wild pitch sent the tying run to the plate; the Bulldogs scored on Raines groundout. The loss dropped MSU to 23-29/9-16 but Florida’s win over South Carolina clinched the eighth seed for the Bulldogs in the SEC tournament May 12-14 in Oxford. LSU is 35-15/16-9.
MAY 1 SCOREBOARDS
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ACC
Georgia Tech 9, Boston College 7
WP Hope Rush LP Allison Gage S Lindsey Anderson
Virginia 1, North Carolina State 0
WP Melanie Mitchell 3H. LP Kayla Cox
Williams scored top 6th on Bowdren single
Maryland 2, Virginia Tech 0
WP Kerry Hickey 2-hitter. LP Jasmin Harrell
America East
Boston 7, Albany 0
Binghamton 9, Stony Brook 8
UMBC 4, Hartford 0
Atlantic 10
Massachusetts 9, La Salle 2
WP Sara Plourde 2-hitter, 18K.1HR. LP DJ Guinn
Massachusetts 8, La Salle 0
WP Sara Plourde Perfect Game 8K LP Laura McCreesh
Fordham 9, Rhode Island 3
WP Chelsea Plimpton. LP Cassie Basker
Fordham 6, Rhode Island 1
WP Jen Mineau 2-hitter, 8K. LP Sam Bedore
St Bonaventure 4, Temple 3
Temple 6, St. Bonaventure 3
Big 10
Purdue vs Penn State 0-0 tie (8)
Indiana 5, Iowa 0
WP Morgan Melloh 1-hitter. 14K. LP Chelsea Lyon
Michigan 2, Wisconsin 1
WP Jordan Taylor 11k. LP Cassandra Darrah
Michigan State 12, Minnesota 2 (5)
Illinois 5, Northwestern 3
Big 12
Baylor 10, Iowa State 1
WP Whitney Canion. LP Breanna Holliday
Missouri vs Oklahoma State //rained out
Texas A&M 13, Kansas 0 (5)
WP Melissa Dumezich 3-hitter. LP Allie Clark
Texas Tech 5, Nebraska 0
WP Brittany Talley. LP Ashley Hagemann
Texas 5, Oklahoma 3
WP Blaire Luna 6H. LP Keilani Ricketts 6H,1HR
Big East
Notre Dame 14, St. John’s 0 (5)
WP Jody Valdivia No Hitter . LP Kat Lawrence
Georgetown 8, Providence 5
WP Melissa Conners. LP Connie Clauss
Syracuse 8, Seton Hall 0
WP Jenna Caira 2H,8K. LP Brooke Tull
Pittsburgh 9, Rutgers 3
DePaul 2, Connecticut 1
WP Kirsten Verdun LP Kiki Saveriano S Lindsey Dean
Big South
Gardner-Webb 8, Coastal Carolina 7
Presbyterian 2, Liberty 1
Big West
CS Fullerton 8, Pacific 1
CS Northridge 7, Cal Poly 5
UC Davis 3, UC Riverside 2
Long Beach State 3, UC Santa Barbara 2
Colonial
Drexel 8, Delaware 3
Hofstra 5, UNC-Wilmington 1
WP Olivia Galati 3H,8K. LP Samme Lisowsky
George Mason 4, Georgia State 2
Towson 2, James Madison 1
Conference USA
Houston 5, East Carolina 3
Central Florida 7, Southern Mississippi 2
UTEP vs Marshall//8-8 tie after 6
UAB vs Memphis 1:00 PM Memphis, Tenn.//rained out
Horizon
Valparaiso 10, Wisconsin-Green Bay 5
Wright State 11, Detroit 1
Butler 2, Loyola 1
Ivy
Harvard swept Dartmouth 10-9, 10-1 (6)
Rachel Brown won both games
Cornell 14, Princeton 1
Princeton 12, Cornell 2
Mid-American
Akron 6, Buffalo 0
Ohio vs Kent State 1:00 PM Kent, Ohio
Miami 8, Toledo 2
Bowling Green 5, Ball State 4
Central Michigan 11, Eastern Michigan 3 (5)
Western Michigan 7, Northern Illinois 6 (9)
Metro Atlantic
Marist swept Niagara 13-12, 3-1
Fairfield 3, Manhattan 1
Manhattan 4, Fairfield 3
Iona swept Rider 6-0, 2-1
MEAC
Delaware State 12, Hampton 1
Coppin State 8, Maryland-Eastern Shore 3
Morgan State 15, Howard 9
Norfolk State 9, North Carolina A&T 0 (6)
Bethune-Cookman 6, Florida A&M 5
Missouri Valley
Indiana State 6, Creighton 2
E$vansville 4, Bradley 2
Illinois State 5, Southern Illinois 4
Drake vs Missouri State 12:00 PM Springfield, Mo//rained out.
Wichita State 5, Northern Iowa 3
Northeast
Sacred Heart swept Bryant 3-2, 4-3 (10)
Monmouth swept Wagner 6-3 (10), 10-0 (5)
Long Island 7, Fairleigh Dickison 4
Fairleigh Dickison 5, Long Island 3
Central Connecticut swept Mount St. Mary’s 8-7, 10-5
Quinnipiac swept Saint Francis 2-0, 11-3 (5)
Ohio Valley
Southeast Missouri vs Morehead State //rained out
Tennessee State vs Murray State //rained out
Tennessee Tech 3, Austin Peay 0
Eastern Illinois 3, Jacksonville State 1
Tennessee-Martin 2, SIU-Edwardsville 1
Pac-10
Arizona 7, Oregon 6
WP Shelby Babcock. LP Jessica Moore
Arizona State 7, Oregon State 1
WP Dallas Escobedo 2H,7K,HR. LP Tina Andreana
California 2, UCLA 1
WP Jolene Henderson 6H, 9K. LP Donna Kerr 8H,7K.
Stanford 3, Washington 1
WP Teagan Gerhart4H,8K. LP Bryana Walker
Pacific Coast
Portland State swept Northern Colorado 4-0, 10-2 (5)
Idaho State 10, Seattle 1 (5)
Seattle 11, Idaho State 10
San Diego swept Saint Mary’s 4- 1 , 8-0 (5)
Loyola Marymount 14, CS-Bakersfield 5
Loyola Marymount 8, CS-Bakersfield 0
Sacramento State swept Santa Clara 4-1, 5-2 (8)
Patriot
Lehigh swept Holy Cross 5-4, 8-5
Colgate 12, Lafayette 3
Lafayette 4, Colgate 3
Bucknell 2, Army 0
Army 3, Bucknell 1
SEC
Tennessee 9, Arkansas 1 (5)
WP Ivy Renfroe 1-hitter. LP Kim Jones
Florida 6, South Carolina 1
WP Hannah Rogers LP Audrey Broyles
Auburn 3, Georgia 2
WP Angel Bunner. 2-hitter. LP Alison Owen
LSU 3, Mississippi State 1
WP Brittany Mack. LP Stephanie Becker
Kentucky vs Alabama 1:30 PM Tuscaloosa, Ala.//cancelled
Southern
Charleston 3, Western Carolina 2
UNC Greensboro 3, Samford 2
Chattanooga 5, Georgia Southern 3
Southland
McNeese State 3, Texas-Arlington 2
Sam Houston State 4, Southeastern Louisiana 3
Northwestern State 5, Nicholls State 2
Central Arkansas 6, Stephen F. Austin 4
Summit
UMKC vs IUPUI 12:00 PM Indianapolis//rained out
Sun Belt
Florida International 3, South Alabama 1
Louisiana-Lafayette 10, Western Kentucky 0
WP Ashley Brignac. LP Mallorie Sulaski
Troy vs North Texas 2:00 PM Denton, Texas//rained out
Non-Conference Games
South Carolina State 5, North Carolina Central 1
Dayton swept Eastern Kentucky 8-7, 5-3
