2015 TEXAS STATE SOFTBALL GAME NOTES // SBC TOURNAMENT Softball SID: Jen Lawson // Email: jlawson@txstate.edu // Office: 512-245-2988 // Cell: 217-369-4402 // Web: txstatebobcats.com
No. 6
No. 3 vs. winner of:
Record: 32-20; 14-6 SBC Head Coach: Ricci Woodard Career Record: 513-339-1 Home Venue: Bobcat Softball Stadium
Record: 28-20, 10-12 SBC
No. 7 Record: 27-27, 8-15 SBC
SCOUTING THE COMPETITION UL MONROE The Warhawks are currently 28-20 overall and were 10-12 in conference play.
The Warhawks are under the direction of Corey Lyon who is in his first season as head coach. UT ARLINGTON The Mavericks are currently 27-27 overall and were 8-15 in conference play. As a team, UTA carries a .318 batting average and has hit 41 home runs this season.
At the plate, Rochelle Roberts led the ULM’s offensive charge with a .381 batting average, 59 hits, four triples and 40 runs scored. Roberts has also tallied 35 stolen bases on the year.
Senior Nina Villanueva leads the team at the plate with a .407 batting average and a .548 on base percentage.
Pitcher Melanie Coyne leads the Warhawks in the circle with a 3.86 ERA and 99 strikeouts in 139.2 innings pitched. LAST TIME AGAINST UL MONROE The last time Texas State met up with ULM the two teams each took home a win. Rain affected the series and wound up pushing the games to Monday, March 23rd. The Bobcats took game one 9-0. Freshman pitcher Randi Rupp pitched a no-hit shutout while the Texas State offense scored nine runs off of eight hits and four walks. Four of those hits were blasted over the fence coming from freshmen Ariel Ortiz, Sara Rupp, Taylor Webb and senior Kortney Koroll. In game two, the Bobcats fell 7-4. The Warhawks scored seven runs off of nine hits and three walks from sophomore pitcher Kaylee Garner.
In the circle, Sam Montes leads the pitching staff with a 4.35 era and a 13-14 record. Montes has 71 strikeouts over 157.2 innings of work. LAST TIME AGAINST UT ARLINGTON The last time Texas State met up with UTA, the Bobcats swept the Mavericks and clinched the series scoring 24 total runs while surrendering only two. In game one, the Bobcats scored 11 runs off of nine hits, five walks and four hit-by-pitches. Ariel Ortiz and Lexi Fryar both launched home runs two help lead the team to victory. Randi Rupp threw six complete innings, throwing a two-hit shutout.
PROJECTED LINEUP: 2015 #’s AVG | H | RBI
Date: May 6, 2015 // 5:30 p.m. Location: San Marcos, Texas Live Stats: sunbeltsports.org Series Record ULM: TXST leads 36-32 Series Record UTA: UTA leads 59-55 Last Game ULM: ULM won 7-4 Last Game Date ULM: 3/23/15 Last Game UTA: TXST won 11-2 Last Game Date UTA: 5/3/15
DP-Kortney Koroll .307 | 39 | 33
Kimberlin Naivar .270 | 24 | 14
Lexi Fryar .252 | 31 | 18
Taylor Webb .279 |12 | 11
PITCHING STAFF: Kaylee Garner 5-3 | 5.00 | 56.0 Randi Rupp 24-13 | 2.72 | 242.1 Taylor Webb 2-3 | 7.57 | 37.0
Ariel Ortiz .365 | 57 | 43
Kelli Baker .331 | 56 | 23
Courtney Harris .336 | 49 | 28
Kendall Wiley .392 | 60 | 49 Sara Rupp .192 | 19 | 20
Ashley Wright 1-1 | 9.55 | 7.1
DATE OPPONENT TIME 2/6 Sam Houston State^ W, 6-1 2/6 Northern Illinois^ W, 14-5 2/7 Sam Houston State^ W, 15-6 2/7 Pittsburgh^ L, 6-11 2/8 Northern Illinois^ L, 3-8 2/13 Grand Canyon# L, 3-4 2/13 Texas Tech# L, 2-5 2/14 Texas Tech# W, 3-0 2/14 UTSA# L, 3-6 2/15 Texas Tech# W, 2-0 2/20 UMass-Lowell% L, 7-9 2/20 UAB% W, 7-1 2/21 Florida International% W, 8-0 2/21 Robert Morris% L, 5-7 2/22 Wichita State% W, 4-3 2/22 Harvard% W, 9-2 2/26 No. 16 Auburn@ L, 2-6 2/27 SIU-Edwardsville@ L, 2-10 2/27 Samford@ L, 1-2 2/28 Connecticut@ W, 7-1 2/28 Connecticut@ W, 9-0 3/7 Georgia Southern - DH* W, 4-1, W, 10-2 (5) 3/8 Georgia Southern* W, 5-3 3/11 Lamar W, 8-0 (5) 3/14 Georgia State - DH* L, 2-5, L, 4-13 3/15 Georgia State* W, 5-4 (9) 3/18 Stephen F. Austin - DH W, 1-0 (8), W 9-0 (5) 3/23 UL Monroe* - DH W, 9-0, L, 4-7 3/25 McNeese State W, 4-3 3/28 No. 8 UL Lafayette - DH* W, 14-13, L, 2-15 (5) 3/28 No. 8 UL Lafayette* L, 0-4 4/1 Incarnate Word W, 1-0 4/3 No. 25 Texas L, 2-10 (5) 4/4 No. 25 Texas L, 5-6 4/8 No. 14 Baylor L, 1-6 4/11 Troy - DH* L, 1-3, W, 11-3 4/12 Troy* W, 4-3 4/15 Houston Baptist W, 12-0 4/18 No. 22 South Alabama - DH* CANCELED 4/19 No. 22 South Alabama* CANCELED 4/22 Texas A&M-Corpus Christi W, 5-4 (8) 4/25 Appalachian State - DH* W, 4-1, W, 6-4 4/26 Appalachian State* W, 9-1 (6) 4/29 No. 25 Texas A&M L, 1-2 5/2 UT Arlington - DH* W, 11-0 (5), W, 2-0 5/3 UT Arlington* W, 11-2 (6) 5/6 vs. No.6/No.7 seed 5:30 p.m. All times listed are Central Time Bold denotes home game ^ denotes Hampton Inn & Suites Tournament # denotes CenturyLink Classic % denotes EMU Madeira Beach Spring Invitational @ denotes Wilson/DeMarini Classic * denotes Sun Belt Conference Game All home games are played at Bobcat Softball Stadium Live Stats: sidearmstats.com/txstate/softball Live Video (home): txstatebobcats.com/showcase Twitter: @TXStateSoftball // @TXStateBobcats Facebook: facebook.com/TxStateBobcats Text Messages: txstatebobcats.com/txst Web: txstatebobcats.com