MARCH 5 SOFTBALL
TOP 25 (ESPN/USA Softball poll) Midnight report
1.Washington def East Carolina 6-0
2. Arizona
3. Missouri def St Louis 6-0
4. Georgia def Minnesota 7-0, def Belmont 10-0 (5)
5. UCLA def Fresno State 5-4
6. Alabama lost to Michigan 5-2
7. Michigan def Alabama 5-2
8. Oklahoma def Nevada 8-7 (9)
9. Georgia Tech def Seton Hall 16-0
10. Florida def Pacific 12-3 (5), lost to Stanford 2-0
11. Arizona State def Idaho State 8-4, def Northern Iowa 10-0 (5)
12. Stanford def Florida 2-0, def CS Fullerton 13-1
13. Texas
14. Ohio State def East Tennessee 13-1 (5), def UC Riverside 7-1
15. California def New Mexico State 6-0, def Weber State 10-2
16. LSU def Syracuse 9-1 (6), def South Alabama 11-0 (5)
17. Louisville lost to Oklahoma State 7-2
18. Florida State def Eastern Michigan 8-0 (5), def Florida Atlantic 6-3
19. Texas A&M lost to BYU 5-4, def Northern Colorado 7-0
20. North Carolina def Northwestern 3-1, def Indiana 7-5
21. Fresno State lost to UCLA 5-4
22. ULL lost to Drake 2-1, def Arkansas 5-2
23. Kentucky def Jacksonville State 4-1,k lost to Georgia State 7-1
24. Oklahoma State def Louisville 7-2
25. Baylor def New Mexico 7-3, 8-0
TOURNAMENTS
SPY adapts the basic schedule of Ultimate College Softball, adding data from Gametracker, UCSW, NFCA, college web sites and emails to SPY. Rankings in red are UCS poll.
Maryland Tournament–College Park, Md. Tournament Central
Mount St. Mary’s 5 Princeton 4 (8 inn)
WP-Nicole Pagano (4-0) LP-Jamie Lattire (0-1)
HR: MSM-Courtney Zingle (Solo)
Maryland 9 Princeton 0
WP-Kendra Knight (3-3) 1-Hitter 12 K’s LP-Alex Peyton (0-1)
HR: UM-Kerry Hickey (3-Run), Nadine Blackie (Solo)
Maryland 2 Mount St. Mary’s 0
WP-Kerry Hickey (2-2) 2-Hitter 10 K’s LP-Amanda Sadowl (2-1)
Wolfpack Challenge–Raleigh, N.C.
Georgetown 3 Stony Brook 2
WP-Mackensey Carter (1-2) LP-Alyssa Struzenberg (2-2)
HR’s: SBU-Katelyn O’Donnell (Solo) GU-Kristi Preuss (2-Run)
North Carolina State vs Coastal Carolina 6:00 PM
Low Country Invite–Charleston, S.C.
Dayton 2 UNC-Wilmington 0
WP-Eva Rappe (3-1) LP-Sammie Lisowsky (1-4)
Presbyterian 4 UNC-Wilmington 2
WP-Leslie Hensley (3-2 LP-Amanda Davenport (0-4)
Charleston Southern 5 Presbyterian 2
WP-Sondra Vetter (5-3) LP-Mary Gordon (2-2)
Charleston Southern 8 Dayton 1
FAU Tournament–Boca Raton, Fla. Tournament Central
Florida A&M 5 Connecticut 2
WP-Amanda Reyes (4-3) 11 K’s LP-Tricia Sullivan (0-3)
HR: UConn-Brittany Duclos (2-Run)
Miami 2 Connecticut 0
WP-Jessica Simpson (3-2) 4-Hitter 10 K’s LP-Kiki Saveriano (1-2)
Miami 3 Florida A&M 0
WP-Mereedith Linch (2-1) 1-Hitter LP-Jenn Lindsey (0-1)
#16 Florida State 8 Eastern Michigan 0 (5 inn)
WP-Sarah Hamilton (8-1) 3-Hitter LP-Jenna Ignowski (2-3)
#16 Florida State 6, Florida Atlantic 3
Florida Atlantic vs Eastern Michigan 8:00 PM
UCF Invitational–Orlando, Fla. Tournament Central
Georgia Southern 3 Providence 2
WP-Megen Smith (3-4) LP-Danielle Bertolette (0-2) S-Brianna Streetmon (2)
Harvard 1 Georgia Southern 0 (8 inn)
WP-Rachel Brown (1-0) 3-Hitter 15 K’s LP-Brianna Streetmon (4-2) 4-Hitter
Boston College 2 Providence 1
WP-Nicole D’Argento (3-1) 2-Hitter LP-Corinne Clauss (1-3)
Central Florida 9 Harvard 0 (5 inn)
WP-Ashleigh Cole (6-4) LP-Jessica Ferri (0-1)
Boston College vs College of Charleston 6:00 PM
Central Florida vs College of Charleston 8:00 PM
Rebel Spring Games–Kissimmee, Fla.
Holly Cross 8 South Dakota 1
WP-Katie Alexander (1-0) LP-Mel Johnson (0-2) S-Caitlin Belanger (2)
South Dakota vs Saint Xavier 11:00 AM
USF UnderArmour Invitational–Clearwater, Fla. Tournament Central
Bradley 2 Temple 1
WP-Amanda Clack (4-1) 1-Hitter LP-Kristen Marris (1-1) 10 K’s
UAB 4 Radford 1
WP-Alisha Smith (4-3) LP-Heather Paquette (0-2)
Austin Peay 2 Quinnipiac 0
Rutgers 5 Bradley 4
Ball State 3 UAB 2
Quinnipiac vs Temple 12:30 PM
Western Michigan 9 Austin Peay 0 (5 inn)
#38 Massachusetts 3 #35 Chattanooga 0
WP-Sara Plourde (6-2) 4-Hitter 13 K’s LP-Brooke Loudermilk (7-3)
HR: UMass-Meghan Carta (Solo)
Radford 5, Toledo 1
Rutgers 2, Memphis 1
Western Michigan 11, Wagner 3 (8)
#38 Massachusetts 4, Loyola-Chicago 2
Virginia Tech 4, #35 Chattanooga 0
#37 Florida International 7, Robert Morris 6
Penn State 3, Central Michigan 1
St Joseph’s 2,, Ball State 1
Memphis 8, Jacksonville 3
Loyola-Chicago 8, Wagner 1
Boston 5, Villanova 3
#37 Florida International vs Fordham 6:00 PM
Jacksonville vs Saint Joseph’s 6:00 PM
Florida Gulf Coast vs Penn State 6:00 PM
Central Michigan vs Robert Morris 7:00 PM
Villanova vs Toledo 7:00 PM
Boston vs Virginia Tech 7:00 PM
Florida Gulf Coast vs Fordham 8:00 PM
Stetson Invitational–DeLand, Fla.
Maine 2 Appalachian State 0
WP-Alexis Souhlaris (1-2) 2-Hitter LP-Caitlin Wainright (3-2)
HR: Maine-Stephanie George (2-Run)
Bethune-Cookman 4 Maine 1
WP-Chastity Sanders (1-5) LP-Beth Spoehr (1-4) S-Allison Garcia (1)
Stetson 8, Appalachian State 2
Stetson vs Bethune-Cookman 6:30 PM
Marshall Holiday Inn Invitational–Huntington, W.Va.
Kent State 8 Delaware 5 WP-Danielle Abernathy (1-1) LP-Amanda Stacevicz (0-4)
HR’s: KS-Lauren Grimes (2-Run) Del-Shanette White (3-Run)
Kent State 3, Marshall 2
First Tennessee Tournament–Knoxville, Tenn. Tournament Central
#26 Tennessee 6, Ohio 0
WP Cathleen Hosfield 3-hitter.kk LP Emily Wethington
Bulldog Invitational–Athens, Ga.
Middle Tennessee 10 Minnesota 2 (5 inn)
WP-Lindsey Vander Lugt (2-4) 1-Hit 10 K’s LP-Alissa Koch (0-7)
Elon 7 Middle Tennessee 1
WP-Erin O’Shea (4-0) LP-Lindsey Vander Lugt (2-5)
#5 Georgia 7, Minnesota 0
WP Erin Arevalo. LP Lacey Middlebrooke
#5 Georgia 10, Belmont 0 (5)
WP Sarah McCloud. LP Devon Schmidt
Buzz Classic–Woodstock, Ga. Tournament Central
Tennessee Tech 11 Western Carolina 0 (5 inn)
WP-Maddi Schmissrauter (2-1) LP-Katie King (0-1)
HR’s: TTU-Whitney Cummings (3-Run), Lacie Coquerille (Solo)
Bowling Green 3 Dartmouth 0
WP-Zada Lines (2-4) No-Hitter LP-Hillary Barker (0-1)
Rhode Island 14 Howard 13 (8 inn)
WP-Allison Hartzell (1-1) LP-Carly Martin (0-2)
HR’s: RI-Melissa Wilson, Nicole Massoni, Erika Szymanski
How-Courtney Young, Nicole Saenz
James Madison 4 North Florida 0
WP-Heather Dindinger (2-1) LP-Shaina Dent (0-6)
Akron 4 UNC Greensboro 0
WP-Andrea Arney (3-1) 1-Hitter LP-Amber Harrell (2-5)
Rhode Island 5, Western Carolina 2
Liberty 11, Dartmouth 0
UNC Greensboro 1, Howard 0
James Madison 5. Seton Hall 4
Mercer 1, Tennessee Tech 0
North Florida 4, Georgia State 0
Western Kentucky 4, Akron 3
#22 Kentucky 4, Jacksonville State 1
Liberty 8, Kennesaw State 5
#38 Tennessee-Martin 7, Bowling Green 3
Georgia Tech 16, Seton Hall
Mississippi vs Mercer 6:00 PM
Jacksonville State vs Western Kentucky 6:00 PM
#22 Kentucky vs Georgia State 6:00 PM
Kennesaw State vs #38 Tennessee-Martin 6:00 PM
Auburn Tournament–Auburn, Ala. Tournament Central
Louisiana Tech 7 Gardner-Webb 5
WP-Meghan Krieg (6-4) LP-Cindy Boomhower (0-1)
Auburn 1, Louisiana Tech 0
Auburn 9, Tennessee State 1
Valparaiso 8, Gardner-Webb 6 (9)
Lipscomb Tournament–Nashville, Tenn.
#27 Lipscomb 6, Murray State 0
Easton SEC/Midwest Challenge–Tuscaloosa, Ala.
#36 DePaul 6, South Carolina 0
Michigan 5, #9 Alabama 2
WP Jordan Taylor 13K LP Kelsi Dunne 12K
25 K by two very good young pitchers, but Taylor yielded 5H and a HR while Dunne was tagged for 8 hits and 4 homers. Wolverines broke 2-2 tie with 3 runs top 7th. Findlay 2-run HR. Viefhaus solo. Reilly-Bocca homered for Bama. St Clair and Chidester also went yard for Michigan.
Bulldog Classic–Starkville, Miss.
Mississippi Valley State 5, Wright State 3
Mississippi State 8, Troy 0
Missouri Breast Cancer Tournament–Columbia, Mo.
UMKC 7, Southeast Missouri 1
#3 Missouri 6, Saint Louis
St Louis 10, Southeast Missouri 2 (6)
LSU Invitational–Baton Rouge, La. Tournament Central
Syracuse 7 Campbell 5
WP-Brittany Gardner (2-1) LP-Brittany Stanley (0-4)
South Alabama 2, Campbell 0
#17 LSU 9 Syracuse 1 (6 inn)
WP-Brittany Mack (4-2) LP-Jenna Caira (1-5)
#17 LSU 11 South Alabama 0 (5 inn)
WP-Rachele Fico (6-2) 2-Hitter LP-Morgan Druhan (0-4)
Razorback Invitational–Fayetteville, Ark.
Drake 8 #29 Southern Mississippi 2
WP-Jenna DeLong (4-2) 3-Hitter LP-Courtney Ramos (5-2) 10 K’s
HR’s: Drake-Erin Bly (2-Run) USM-Megan Hill (Solo)
Eastern Illinois 5 Iowa State 3
WP-Amber May (3-2) LP-Lauren Kennewell (0-3)
Iowa State 7 #29 Southern Mississippi 1
WP-Rachel Zabriskie (8-5)
LP-Gabby Luciana (3-1)
Drake 2 #24 Louisiana-Lafayette 1
WP-Brynne Dordel (4-1)
LP-Brittany Cuevas (6-2)
Arkansas 9 Eastern Illinois 1 (6 inn)
Tulsa Embassy Suites Festival–Tulsa, Okla. Tournament Central
Tulsa 7, Nebraska 6
WP-Jordan Kinard (2-2) LP-Ashley Hagemann (3-5
OU/OSU Invitational–Norman, Okla.
#8 Oklahoma 8, Nevada 7 (9) Sooners scored winning run bottom 9th
WP Kirsten Allen. LP Katie Holverson
Nevada led 4-3 after three; OU tallied 3 in 5th – Flores walked; Shults single; Flores scored on wild pitch; Vandever 2-run HR. Nevada took 7-6 lead top 7th on Murdock’s 3-run homer. Sooners knotted score in bottom, Nix led off with homer. In 9th, Shults doubled; Nix singled; Vandever walked to load bases; Ricketts drew bases-loaded rbi walk.
Oklahoma State 7, #15 Louisville 2
WP Anna Whiddon. LP Kristen Wadwell
OSU scored five runs bottom 2nd.Brown solo; Gearhart, Bright rbi; Ward 2-run double
Texas A&M Tournament–College Station, Texas Tournament Central
Monmouth 9 Northern Colorado 4 (9 inn)
WP-Melissa Mehrer (1-0) LP-Kelli Henderson ()
#30 BYU 17 Monmouth 0 (5 inn)
WP-Paige Affleck (8-3) LP-Abby Martin (0-1)
#19 Texas A&M 7 Northern Colorado 0
WP-Melissa Dumezich (2-0)
LP-Jamie Juelfs (1-5)
#30 BYU 5, #19 Texas A&M 4
WP Hannah Howell 1-hitter. LP Rebecca Arbino
Trailing 4-3, BYU scored two unearned runs on error bottom 6th;
Texas Tech Tournament–Lubbock, Texas
Wichita State 7 Boise State 1
WP-Kasha Kolb (3-4) 2-Hitter 12 K’s LP-Allie Crump (2-4)
#34 Texas Tech 9 Boise State 0 (5 inn)
WP-Ashly Jacobs (5-0) 3-Hitter
LP-Aubray Zell (0-3)
Colorado State Classic–Fort Collins, Colo. Tournament Central
Utah State 11 North Dakota State 4
WP-Kate Greenough (3-1)
LP-Whitney Johnson (6-4)
Utah State 10 Utah Valley 8
WP-Mandy Harmon (3-1)
LP-Kyli Flanary (1-4)
Colorado State 3 North Dakota State 2
WP-Kelli Eubanks (7-4)
LP-Whitney Johnson (6-5)
Colorado State 12 Utah Valley 3 (5 inn)
WP-Rebecca Penland (1-0)
LP-Mandy Tapia (0-3)#34 Texas Tech vs Boise State 3:00 PM
Wilson/DeMarini Invitational–Tempe, Ariz.
Creighton 1 Samford 0 (8 inn)
WP-Tara Oltman (5-2) 4 IP 1-Hit LP-Robyn Harmon (1-3) 4-Hitter 0-ER
Creighton 5 UC Santa Barbara 1
WP-Tara Oltman (6-2) LP-MeLinda Matsumoto (3-4)
UC Santa Barbara vs Idaho State 1:00 PM
Northern Iowa vs Samford 3:30 PM
Eller Media Stadium Tournament–Las Vegas, Nev.
New Mexico State 11 Southern Utah 3 (6 inn)
WP-Carissa Theis (4-3) LP-Kara Bendt (0-3)
#14 California 6 New Mexico State 0
WP-Valerie Arioto (7-2) 1-Hitter 13 K’s LP-Sydney Williard (1-1)
HR: Cal-Valerie Arioto (2-Run)
Portland State vs Southern Utah 1:30 PM
#14 California 10, Weber State 2
UNLV vs Portland State 6:00 PM
UNLV vs Weber State 8:15 PM
Hornet Round Robin–Sacramento, Calif.
#33 Charlotte vs Sacramento State 1:00 PM
San Diego Classic I–San Diego, Calif.
Cal Poly 4 Buffalo 2
WP-Rebecca Patton (1-1) LP-Terese Diaz (0-3)
Cal Poly 9 #40 UTEP 1 (5 inn)
WP-Anna Cahn (8-3) m LP-Courtney Auger (1-1)
#23 Fresno State 3, Wisconsin 1
Long Beach State vs #40 UTEP 2:00 PM
#4 UCLA 5, #23 Fresno State 4
WP Donna Kerr. SV Aleah Macon. LP Mackenzie Oakes
Camuso, Burney scored for Bruins top 4th, but Bulldogs took 3-2 lead in bottom. Ortega 2-run triple; and scored on wild pitch. Top 5th: both Harrisons singled; rbi; Camuso rbi triple; UCLA 5-3. Bottom 7th: after Macon relieved, Coronado doubled; Melloh two-out rbi single.
Oregon 1, Long Beach State 0
WP Skillingstad. SV Rumfelt. LP Turner
Burger drove in A. Kivett bottom 5th.
aTen Construction Tournament–Riverside, Calif.
Demarini Invitational–Fullerton, Calif.
#21 North Carolina 3 #40 Northwestern 1
WP-Danielle Spaulding (6-1) 1-Hitter 14 K’s LP-Lauren Delaney (3-5)
HR’s: UNC-Danielle Spaulding (2-Run) NU-Adrienne Monka (Solo)
#6 Florida 12 Pacific 3 (5 inn)
WP-Ensley Gammel (2-0) LP-Nikki Armagost (1-2)
HR’s: UF-Britany Schutte (2-Run), Francesca Enea (Grand Slam), Megan Bush (Solo)
#40 Northwestern 12 Oregon State 3 (6 inn)
WP-Meghan Lamberth (1-2) LP-Paige Hall (3-10)
HR’s: NU-Adrienne Monka (2-Run), Emily Haug (3-Run) OSU-Audrey Roderfield (2-Run)
Pacific vs Indiana 11:15 AM
Stanford 2, #6 Florida 0
WP Teagan Gerhart.2-hitter LP Stephanie Brombacher
Bottom 3rd: Rich two-out rbi. Bottom 5th: Rich two-out home run..
Matador Invitational–Northridge, Calif.
CS Bakersfield 8 Saint Mary’s 3
WP-Sammy Rodriguez (4-3) LP-Jessica Lemon (0-2)
HR’s: CSB-Kristen Archuleta (3-Run) SM-Jenna Smith (Solo), Michelle Mounts (Solo)
Saint Mary’s 2 Santa Clara 0
WP-Kimberly Green (1-0) LP-Kaitlyn Rauschnot (0-2)
HR: SM-Rebecca Sabatini (Solo)
Iowa vs CS Northridge 1:00 PM
Iowa vs CS Northridge 3:00 PM
Bank of Hawaii Invitational–Honolulu, Hawaii
Others
South Carolina State 6 Youngstown State 4
WP-Raven Johnson (3-6) LP-Kayla Vallery (0-2)
Youngstown State 12 South Carolina State 0 (5 inn)
WP-Cheryl Cale (1-2) 2-Hitter LP-Raven Johnson (3-7)
HR’s: YSU-Vicky Rumph 2 (2-Run, Solo)
Colgate 11 Hampton 2 (5 inn)
Colgate 6 Hampton 2
St. Bonaventure vs North Carolina A&T 1:00 PM Greensboro, N.C.
St. Bonaventure vs North Carolina A&T 3:00 PM Greensboro, N.C.
Oakland vs Morehead State 2:00 PM Morehead, Ky.
Oakland vs Morehead State 4:00 PM Morehead, Ky.
Houston-Victoria vs Prairie View A&M 1:00 PM Prairie View, Texas
Houston-Victoria vs Prairie View A&M 3:00 PM Prairie View, Texas
#32 Baylor 8, New Mexico 0
#32 Baylor 7, New Mexico 3.
North Texas vs Centenary 5:00 PM Shreveport, La.
North Texas vs Centenary 7:00 PM Shreveport, La.
