Weekly Washburn Softball Notes | Season Stats

Leading off
Washburn returns to MIAA play with a pair of conference twinbills at Southwest Baptist and at Central Missouri on April 23 and 24 respectively … Washburn went 3-2 at the MIAA Northern Crossover last weekend in Maryville … one of the losses came to Southwest Baptist in a 1-0 defeat … one of the wins came over Central Missouri in an 11-7 victory.

Coaching Staff
Head Coach    Lisa Carey
Alma Mater, year    Oklahoma, 2002
Record at Washburn, years    235-182 (.563) (8th)
Overall Record    same
Assistant coaches    Maggie West, Dani White

Opponents
Southwest Baptist
Overall    WU leads 37-6
Last Meeting    SBU 1-0, April 17, 2009
Streak    SBU - W1

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Central Missouri
Overall    UCM leads 34-32
Last Meeting    WU 11-7, April 17, 2010
Streak    WU - W1

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Up Next
WU will wrap up the regular season at Fort Hays State on May 1 and then face Nebraska-Omaha on May 2 in a make up game in Topeka at 1 p.m. before beginning the MIAA Tournament on May 5.

Last time out for the Lady Blues
Washburn falls to #4 Emporia State in extra innings
(April 18) MARYVILLE, Mo. -- The Washburn Lady Blues softball team wrapped up the MIAA April Crossover with a 3-2 overall record after falling 2-1 in eight innings to No. 4-ranked Emporia State.
Against the Hornets, ESU took a 1-0 lead in the top of the third on a home run by Linda Ketter. In the bottom of the fifth, Washburn tied the score on an RBI single by Lindsey Moore through the right side scoring Lauren Himpel who doubled in the inning down the left field line.
In the eighth inning using the international tie breaker, ESU's Angela Mahan hit a sac fly scoring Jenna Potter putting the Hornets up 2-1. In the Lady Blues half of the eighth inning, Lauren Himpel was placed on second and moved to third on a sacrifice bunt by Alex Zordel. Moore then popped out to second and Marissa Martin went down on strikes to end the game.
Kayla Long (10-11) took the loss allowing the one earned run in the third while scattering four hits. ESU's Jennifer Heerey improved to 17-1 on the season while allowing three Washburn hits.

Facts and Figures for the week that was
Washburn went 3-2 with all five games being played at the MIAA Northern Crossover. Ashley Podschun, who earned all-tourney honors at second base, led the Lady Blues with a .412 batting average going 7 for 17 with a team-high 7 RBI and 7 runs scored. She also recorded a .941 slugging percentage. She also had two of the seven home runs for the Lady Blues during the week. Alex Zorel was 5 for 13 with a .385 batting average while driving in four runs. Tish Williams drew eight walks recording a .526 on base percentage. Kortnea Morgan was 1-1 with a team-low 1.91 ERA and Kayla Long was also 1-1 with a 2.8 ERA in three starts with two complete games.

Base Knocks for this week's action
Washburn played both Central Missouri and Southwest Baptist last weekend at the MIAA Northern Crossover … they topped Central Missouri and fell to Southwest Baptist … Washburn leads the all-time series with SBU 37-6 and 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: Recorded the 40th hit of her career at Washburn last weekend and 34th of the 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 in MIAA action.
#3 • Kourtnea Morgan: Was 1-1 with a 1.91 ERA in two appearances last week in Marvylle.
#4 • Taylor Heffern: Will be redshirting this season.
#5 • Lauren Himpel: Batting .298 this season with an outfield-high four assists.
#8 • Marissa Martin: Batting .340 this season with 31 of her 32 hits going for singles with an on base percentage of .361.
#10 • Samantha Farris: Has an earned run average of 2.89 in MIAA play going 1-1 compared to non-conference game ERA of 5.82 going 3-2.
#11 • Katie Duncan: Batting .222 in 20 starts behind the plate this season.
#12 • Ashley Podschun: Tied for team lead with nine doubles this season.
#13 • Lindsey Moore: Was 6 of 16 last weekend batting .375 with 5 RBI and one home run.
#14 • Lauren Mersman: Batting .444 this season going 4 of 9 with seven runs scored.
#17 • Tish Williams: Has recorded 36 walks this season breaking Washburn's single season record of 33 held by Kristen Cheney set in 2002.
#18 • Jacque Horejsi: Batting .333 with 36 hits this season for a .486 slugging percentage.
#20 • Kelsie Novotny: Went 0-0 in one appearance at the MIAA Crossover last week.
#21 • Nicole Perkuhn: 1 of 6 in pinch hitting this season.
#22 • Kayla Long: Leads the team with 10 wins this season.
#23 • Alex Zordel: Leads team with 259 putouts this season.

Record Watching
Tish Williams — With 240 career hits, she needs six hits to move into second on the Washburn all-time hit chart and 18 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 165 career RBI, she needs three RBI to move into first all-time at Washburn … with 180 career runs scored, she has set the WU all-time record … the MIAA record for runs scored is 188 and the MIAA career record for bases on balls is 132, and Williams has 110 career bases on balls is tied for 17th on the NCAA Division II chart for walks … Williams already has the MIAA record for career home runs with 60 passing ESU's Megan Davison … Williams' career .809 slugging percentage is 17th in NCAA Division II history … Williams has moved into third on the NCAA Division II home run chart with her 60 round-trippers.
Name, School    years    games    HR's
Steph Denlinger, Kutztown    2006-09    226    79
Jackie Aiken, Wis.-Parkside    1994-97     264     60
Tish Williams, Washburn     2007-10    196    60
Stephanie Pinto, Ala.-Huntsville    2004-07     242     57
Erica Miller, Bloomsburg    1998-01     210     56
Sarah Norris, Lock Haven    2006-09     228     55