Weekly Washburn Softball Notes |
Season Stats
Leading off
Washburn returns to action at the MIAA's Northern Crossover in Maryville, Mo., where they will play five conference foes in non-conference games … the games will not count in the MIAA standings, however they will count for teams regional records … the Lady Blues will be seeing familiar faces as they will open the crossover with Pittsburg State and Missouri Southern, teams they saw last weekend in conference play in Topeka.
Coaching Staff
Head Coach Lisa Carey
Alma Mater, year Oklahoma, 2002
Record at Washburn, years 228-179 (.563) (8th)
Overall Record same
Assistant coaches Maggie West, Dani White
Opponents
Pittsburg State
Overall WU leads 53-43
Last Meeting WU 6-2, April 9, 2010
Streak WU - W3
Missouri Southern
Overall MSSU leads 31-30
Last Meeting WU 4-3 (8 innings), April 10, 2010
Streak WU - W1
Central Missouri
Overall UCM leads 34-31
Last Meeting UCM 9-3, April 18, 2009
Streak UCM - W3
Southwest Baptist
Overall WU leads 37-5
Last Meeting WU 1-0, April 16, 2009
Streak WU - W1
Emporia State
Overall ESU leads 63-45
Last Meeting ESU 9-0, May 1, 2009
Streak ESU - W18
Up Next
Washburn will return to MIAA action when they travel to Southwest Baptist on April 23 and Central Missouri on April 24 before facing Emporia State on April 27. WU will wrap up the regular season at Fort Hays State on May 1 before beginning the MIAA Tournament on May 5.
Last time out for the Lady Blues
Washburn splits with Missouri Southern in softball action
(April 10) TOPEKA, Kan. -- The Washburn Lady Blues split an MIAA doubleheader with Missouri Southern falling in the first game 3-0 while going into extra innings in the nightcap to take the second game 4-3 in nine innings. Washburn will be back in action on April 16 when they open the MIAA Crossover in Maryville, Mo.
In the opener, Washburn was limited to five hits in the game with three coming from
Tish Williams who was a perfect 3 for 3 in the game.
Jacque Horejsi and
Lindsey Moore each had singles for the Lady Blues. Washburn stranded four base runners in the game while Missouri Southern's Whitney Clute picked up the win scattering the five hits.
Kayla Long took the loss allowing two earned runs forcing the Lions into 12 ground outs.
Washburn needed nine innings to put the Lions away in the second game as
Lindsey Moore collected her first hit of the game driving in
Lauren Himpel with the winning run. Himpel singled to left reaching base and then moved to second on a sac bunt by
Alex Zordel. The Lady Blues fought back from an 3-2 deficit in the bottom of the eighth after the Lions had took the one-run lead in the inning.
Tish Williams singled to lead off the inning and scored from second on an
Ashley Podschun single down the left field line knotting the score at 2-2.
Kelsie Novotny (6-2) pitched two innings for the win relieving
Samantha Farris who tossed the first seven innings of the game.
Britny Cushing had 2 RBI for the Lady Blues and
Jacque Horejsi had two of the nine Washburn hits.
Facts and Figures for the week that was
Washburn went 3-2 last week after sweeping Pittsburg State on April 9 and splitting the doubleheader with Missouri Southern the following day. The Lady Blues lost of the first game of a scheduled doubleheader against Nebraska-Omaha before rains postponed the second game until a later date.
Jacque Horejsi and
Tish Williams led the team with a .467 batting average each going 7 for 15. Williams also scored a team-high five runs.
Lindsey Himpel batted .462 going 6 for 13. Horejsi led thee team with 4 RBI and
Britny Cushing drove in three.
Kayla Long was 1-2 with a 2.00 ERA and
Samantha Farris was 1-0 with a 2.50 ERA.
Base Knocks for this week's action
Washburn has already played both Pittsburg State and Missouri Southern this year and each of them both in the last week … the Lady Blues have not face Central Missouri, Southwest Baptist or Emporia State this season … Washburn has dropped three straight games to the Jennies and 18 straight to Emporia State … the last win for the Lady Blues over the Hornets was April 20, 2005 … the Lady Blues had won 18 straight over Southwest Baptist from April 21, 2001 to the first game of a doubleheader last year in Topeka on April 16, 2009.
Player Notes
#1 •
Britny Cushing: Has advanced runners in 30 of 59 opportunities this season.
#2 •
Lindsey Himpel: Leads the team with a .457 batting average in MIAA play this season going 16 for 35 … 14 of the 16 hits have been singles.
#3 •
Kourtnea Morgan: Has a 5.25 ERA this season going 1-0 in seven appearances.
#4 •
Taylor Heffern: Will be redshirting this season.
#5 •
Lauren Himpel: Tied for team lead in MIAA play with four doubles
#8 •
Marissa Martin: Leads the team with a .370 batting average with the bases empty going 17 for 46.
#10 •
Samantha Farris: Has an earned run average of 2.89 in MIAA play going 1-1 compared to non-conference ERA of 5.62 going 2-2.
#11 •
Katie Duncan: Has thrown out 5 of 9 base stealers this season.
#12 •
Ashley Podschun: Eight of 13 this season for a .615 average with runners of third and less than two outs.
#13 •
Lindsey Moore: Leads the team with 77 assists this season.
#14 •
Lauren Mersman: Batting .444 this season going 4 of 9 with seven runs scored.
#17 •
Tish Williams: Twenty eight walks this season is six shy of breaking Washburn's single season record of 33 held by Kristen Cheney set in 2002.
#18 •
Jacque Horejsi: Leads the team with 19 two out RBI this season while batting 13 of 36 for a .361 average batting with two outs.
#20 •
Kelsie Novotny: Went 1-0 last week with 2.0 innings pitched without allowing a run.
#21 •
Nicole Perkuhn: Was 0 for 2 last week in the first game against Missouri Southern.
#22 •
Kayla Long: Leads the team with nine wins this season.
#23 •
Alex Zordel: Leads team with 218 putouts this season.
Record Watching
Tish Williams — With 238 career hits, she needs eight hits to move into second on the Washburn all-time hit chart and 21 to move into first … with 46 career doubles, she needs four more doubles to move into third on the all-time doubles chart at Washburn … with 164 career RBI, she needs four RBI to move into first all-time at Washburn … with 175 career runs scored, she needs one more run scored to move into first on the Lady Blues all-time chart … the MIAA record for runs scored is 188 and the MIAA record for bases on balls is 132, Williams has 175 runs scored and 102 career bases on balls … with four more free passes, Williams will move into a tie for 21st on the NCAA Division II chart for walks … Williams already has the MIAA record for career home runs with 59 passing ESU's Megan Davison … Williams' career .815 slugging percentage is 14th in NCAA Division II history … Williams has moved into third on the NCAA Division II home run chart with her 59 round-trippers.
Name, School years games HR's
Steph Denlinger, Kutztown 2006-09 226 79
Jackie Aiken, Wis.-Parkside 1994-97 264 62
Tish Williams, Washburn 2007-10 191 59
Stephanie Pinto, Ala.-Huntsville 2004-07 242 57
Erica Miller, Bloomsburg 1998-01 210 56
Sarah Norris, Lock Haven 2006-09 228 55
