TEXAS A&M Softball

TEXAS A&M softball 2010 GAME NOtes Three Big 12 Championships • 20 NCAA Tournament Appearances • Three Super Regionals • 11 WCWS Appearances • Three National Championships

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No. 18 Texas A&M at No. 24 Baylor 2010 Schedule Wednesday, March 31 • 6:30 p.m. Date Opponent Time/Result Waco, Texas • Getterman Stadium Kajikawa Classic Feb. 12 vs. Wisconsin W, 16-1 (5) vs. No. 11 California W, 3-2 Live audio: AggieAthletics.com • RadioAggieland.com • Sport Radio 1150 The Zone Feb. 13 vs. Nevada W, 6-4 Live stats: AggieAthletics.com at No. 5 Arizona State L, 4-10 Feb. 14 vs. Cal State Northridge W, 8-2 Feb. 17 at Sam Houston State W, 2-1 Aggie Classic Feb. 19 Mississippi State W, 9-0 (5) Oregon State W, 6-4 Feb. 20 Mississippi State W, 13-4 (5) Louisiana-Monroe W, 6-0 Feb. 21 louisiana-Monroe W, 9-4 Cathedral City Classic The No. 18 Texas A&M softball team travels to No. 24 Baylor on Wednesday for its first Big 12 Feb. 25 vs. Fordham L, 0-4 road game of the season. First pitch at Getterman Stadium is at 6:30 p.m. vs. Oregon L, 0-4 Feb. 26 vs. UNLV W, 4-3 vs. San Diego State W, 7-6 (8) A&M (29-7, 2-0 Big 12) is coming off of its first Big 12 sweep against Kansas last weekend. Walk- March 3 houston W, 6-4 off grand slams by freshman Meagan May and junior Rhi Kliesing ended both games short of Texas A&M Invitational March 4 BYU L, 3-5 (8) seven innings, while freshman Melissa Dumezich picked up her first Big 12 Pitcher of the Week March 5 Northern Colorado W, 7-0 award after going 2-0 in the circle with a 0.00 ERA. BYU L, 4-5 March 6 Monmouth N.J. W, 10-0 (5) Texas A&M has won 13 of its last 14 contests and are led offensively by May. The Aggie catcher Northern Colorado W, 11-1 (5) leads the conference in hits (45), home runs (15), walks (31), RBIs (49), total bases (105), on base March 9 Texas A&M C.C L, 3-4 Texas A&M C.C W, 8-0 (5) percentage (.569) and slugging percentage (1.010). Kliesing (.382) and senior Alex Reynolds (.370) Aggie Invitational follow with 33 and 26 RBIs, respectively. Dumezich is second in the league with a 1.11 ERA. She is March 12 uTAh State W, 10-4 8-0 with three shutouts. Wright State W, 5-0 March 13 North Dakota State W, 4-0 Utah State W, 8-0 (5) FOLLOW THE ACTION March 14 North Dakota State W, 5-2 Live stats and free live audio will be provided for Wednesday’s game on AggieAthletics.com. In San Diego Classic II March 19 vs. Harvard W, 10-1 (6) addition, fans can listen to the contest broadcast live on Sports Radio 1150 The Zone, making it vs. Long Beach State W, 4-2 available worldwide on any iPhone, iPod Touch, Blackberry or PDA free of charge. Log on to radio- March 20 vs. No. 25 UMass W, 1-0 (9) aggieland.com for more information. vs. Illinois-Chicago W, 5-0 March 21 at San Diego State W, 4-0 (9) March 24 No. 8 Georgia Tech l, 0-4 ON DECK March 27 kANSAS * W, 12-4 (6) The Aggies remain on the road this weekend, traveling to Nebraska for a pair of games. A&M is March 28 kANSAS * W, 10-1 (6) set for a 5 p.m. first pitch on Friday and a 2 p.m. start on Saturday. March 31 at Baylor * 6:30 p.m. April 2 at Nebraska * 5:00 p.m. April 3 at Nebraska * 2:00 p.m. LAST TIME OUT april 6 Stephen F. Austin 6:00 p.m. A&M earned its first Big 12 sweep with two run rules, 12-4 and 10-1, of Kansas at home last April 7 Texas * 6:30 p.m. April 10 oklahoma * 2:00 p.m. weekend. With the game tied 4-4 going into the bottom of the sixth on Saturday, May led off the April 11 oklahoma * 12:00 p.m. inning and was intentionally walked. A&M proceeded to scored four runs and batted through the April 14 Sam Houston State 6:30 p.m. lineup before the Spring, Texas, native stepped to the plate for a second time in the frame, this April 17 at Iowa State * 2:00 p.m. time with the bases loaded. With a 2-2 count, May went with a curveball on the outside corner to April 18 at Iowa State * 11:00 a.m. April 21 at Texas * 6:30 p.m. launch her 15th home run of the season and the game-ending blow. On Sunday, Dumezich threw April 24 Missouri * 1:00 p.m. a no-hitter through five and two-thirds innings and had a career-high 11 strikeouts before Kliesing April 25 Missouri * 2:00 p.m. smacked her first career grand slam to end the game in the sixth. April 28 Baylor * 6:30 p.m. May 1 at Texas Tech * 2:00 p.m. May 2 at Texas Tech * 12:00 p.m. SCOUTING BAYLOR May 8 at Oklahoma State * 2:00 p.m. The Lady Bears (19-10, 0-2 Big 12) dropped their Big 12 series opener at Oklahoma State last May 9 at Oklahoma State * 1:00 p.m. May 13-16 Big 12 Championship TBA weekend with a pair of losses (7-4, 6-3) to the No. 15 Cowgirls. They are 2-3 in their last five May 20-23 NCAA Regionals TBA games and suffered the loss of two key starters this season, sophomore pitcher Whitney Canion May 27-30 NCAA Super Regionals TBA and junior infielder Meagan Weldon. Leading BU on offense is senior Nicole Wesley with a June 1-9 WCWS TBA conference-best .435 batting average. Twin sister Tiffany Wesley is hitting .372 and posts a team- *Denotes Big 12 Conference Game high 35 hits and 23 runs. Both players are a threat to steal with 27-of-27 combined stolen bases. All home games played at Aggie Softball Complex All Times Central 1 General Information Courtney Repka has carried the majority of the load in the circle with a 12-6 record, 2.23 ERA A&M’s record when... LOCATION ...... College Station, Texas and 73 K’s in 122.1 innings pitched. FOUNDED...... 1872 Win-loss summary: ENROLLMENT...... 48,787 VERSUS THE LADY BEARS Texas A&M leads the all-time series 53-19-1 Total...... 29-7 NICKNAME...... Aggies and has won four of the last five games be- Conference...... 2-0 MASCOT...... Reveille VIII, American Collie tween the two teams. All three meetings last Non-Conf...... 27-7 COLORS...... Maroon and White year were one-run contests and BU came out Home...... 17-4 CONFERENCE...... Big 12 ahead last, winning 5-4 in the Big 12 Tourna- Away...... 2-1 INTERIM PRESIDENT...... Dr. R. Bowen Loftin ment quarterfinals. Neutral...... 10-2 DIRECTOR OF ATHLETICS...... Bill Byrne Day...... 27-4 HOME FIELD (Capacity). Aggie Softball Complex . BIG 12 PITCHER OF THE WEEK Night...... 2-3 Dumezich earned her first Big 12 Pitcher of the vs Left...... 4-0 ...... (1,750) Week award on Tuesday. From Whiting, Ind., vs Right...... 25-7 OPENED...... 1994 Dumezich struck out a career-high 11 against 1-Run games...... 5-2 DIMENSIONS...... 190 (LF) 220 (CF) 190 (RF) Kansas en route to 18 K’s on the weekend in 2-Run games...... 4-1 12 and two-thirds innings pitched. The Aggie 5+Run games...... 17-1 Coaching Staff hurler posted a 0.00 ERA, gave up just four Extra inns...... 3-1 hits and went 2-0 on the week to improve her Shutouts...... 11-3 HEAD COACH...... Jo Evans (Utah, 1983) overall record to 8-0. She held her opponents Scoring 0-2 runs...... 2-3 RECORD AT A&M...... 501-255-2 (13 seasons) to a .098 batting average and No. 8 Georgia Scoring 3-5 runs...... 8-4 Tech without a run and just two hits in five CAREER RECORD...... 814-465-2 (24 seasons) Scoring 6-9 runs...... 11-0 and two-thirds innings of relief work. She ASSOCIATE HEAD COACHES...... Scoring 10+ runs...... 8-0 also fanned five in the game. In one inning of Opponent 0-2 runs...... 20-0 Joy Jackson (Utah, 1991) relief work against Kansas Saturday, Dumezich Opponent 3-5 runs...... 8-6 Mary Jo Firnbach (Southern Illinois, 1991) forced a groundout and struck out two. In her Opponent 6-9 runs...... 1-0 first start of the week on Sunday, she threw a Team Information no-hitter through five and two-thirds innings Opponent 10+ runs...... 0-1 (of a six-inning game), held the Jayhawks to Scored in 1st inning...... 15-2 2009 RECORD...... 32-22 just two hits and posted a new career high in Scores first...... 24-3 2009 BIG 12 RECORD (FINISH)...... 8-9 (6th) strikeouts. The only run Dumezich gave up all Opp. scores first...... 5-4 After 4 leading...... 23-1 2009 NCAA POSTSEASON...... NCAA Regionals weekend came on a passed ball. After 4 trailing...... 1-2 LETTERWINNERS RETURNING/LOST...... 10/5 After 4 tied...... 5-4 STARTERS RETURNING/LOST...... 6/4 TWO-TIME BIG 12 PLAYER OF THE WEEK From Spring, Texas, May has earned Big 12 After 5 leading...... 17-1 PITCHERS RETURNING/LOST...... 2/1 Player of the week twice this season. Her After 5 trailing...... 1-3 NEWCOMERS...... 7 first honor came on Feb. 16 when she led the After 5 tied...... 4-3 Aggies in every offensive category in her col- After 6 leading...... 15-0 History legiate debut. May had a .533 batting average, After 6 trailing...... 1-6 eight hits, three doubles, three home runs, After 6 tied...... 3-1 ALL-TIME RECORD...... 1477-601-2 (.711) 10 RBIs, six runs, a 1.333 slugging percentage Hit 0 home runs...... 9-4 34 seasons and a .632 on base percentage. She started Hit 1 home run...... 13-2 ALL-TIME BIG 12 RECORD...... 140-108-1 (.564) every game and only struck out once in 15 at Hit 2+ home runs...... 7-1 14 seasons bats. Her second award was on March 23 after Opponent 0 home runs...... 17-1 NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS...... 3 leading Texas A&M with four game-winning Opponent 1 home run...... 10-5 hits – a three-run home run against Harvard, (’82 AIAW, ’83-NCAA, ’87-NCAA) Opponent 2+ HRs...... 2-1 an RBI double versus Long Beach State, a two- WORLD SERIES APPEARANCES...... 11 Made 0 errors...... 17-4 run home run against UIC and an RBI double in Made 1 error...... 8-1 (AIAW ’79-80-81-82; NCAA ’83-84-86-87-88-07-08) the ninth inning that cracked open a scoreless Made 2+ errors...... 4-2 NCAA POSTSEASON APPEARANCES ...... 20 game against San Diego State. Six of May’s Opp. made 0 errors...... 14-4 seven hits on the weekend were for extra (’83-84-85-86-87-88-90-91-94-96-99-00-02- Opp. made 1 error...... 10-1 bases, including 4-of-7 for home runs. In fact, 03-04-05-06-07-08-09) Opp. made 2+ errors...... 5-2 the freshman blasted two homers for the first NCAA POSTSEASON RECORD...... 59-43 (.578) Out-hit opponent...... 24-1 time in her career in the Aggies’ game against Out-hit by opponent...... 2-4 UIC. May led the team with 21 total bases, 11 Media Relations RBIs, five runs, and a 1.167 slugging percent- Hits are tied...... 3-2 age. She also recorded two career-high, four- SOFTBALL CONTACT...... Deanna Werner RBI performances versus Harvard and UIC. General summary: OFFICE...... (979) 862-5443 Current winning streak...... 2 CELL...... (231) 288-3700 WHERE DO THE AGGIES RANK NATIONALLY? Longest winning streak...... 11 FAX...... (979) 845-6825 The NCAA statistics came out this week and Longest losing streak...... 2 PRESS BOX...... (979) 862-1733 the Aggies are ranked in the top 25 in several E-MAIL...... [email protected] categories – doubles per game (4), fielding per- Home attendance...... 13134 (21 dates avg = 625) Away attendance...... 5248 (15 dates avg = 349) WEB SITE...... AggieAthletics.com centage (8), WL percentage (18), scoring (21) and slugging percentage (22). Individually, May Total attendance...... 18382 (36 dates avg = 510)

2 sits third in home runs, fourth in slugging percentage, seventh in RBIs per game, ninth in home USA Today/NFCA runs per game, 13th in on base percentage and 14th in doubles per game. Arbino ranks fith in the top 25 Poll - March 30 nation in shutouts, 16th in victories and 22nd in walks allowed per seven innings. Rank Team Record Pts Pvs AGGIES IN THE POLLS 1. Washington (29) 28-2 747 1 Texas A&M is ranked 18th in the ESPN.com/USA Softball Top 25 this week and No. 20 in the USA 2. Michigan 24-5 699 2 Today/NFCA poll. A&M’s remaining ranked opponents are No. 4 Missouri, No. 13 Oklahoma, No. 3. Arizona 28-3 691 4 15 Oklahoma State, No. 17 Texas, and No. 24 Baylor. In addition, Texas Tech is receiving votes. 4. Missouri 23-4 643 3 5. UCLA 26-4 640 5 6. Florida (1) 23-4 601 6 A FIRST AGAINST TECH 7. Arizona St. 31-4 556 8 A&M played its second-highest ranked opponent in No. 8 Georgia Tech on March 24 and the Yel- 8. Alabama 24-9 523 7 low Jackets shutout the Aggies for the first time all season. That’s pretty impressive figuring two 9. Stanford 25-4 514 9 of No. 3 Missouri’s and No. 9 Stanford’s three losses, and two of No. 5 Alabama’s seven losses 10. Georgia Tech 29-5 458 11 have been blanks. What’s even more is that Texas A&M is in good company with only one shutout 11. Georgia 24-6 433 10 loss this year. Several top 10 programs, including No. 2 Arizona, No. 6 UCLA and No. 8 Georgia 12. LSU 28-4 423 13 Tech each have been shutout just once. 13. Oklahoma 27-8 404 12 14. California 28-6 392 14 THE AMAZING ARBINO 15. Oklahoma St. 29-7 325 15 Arbino threw a career-best 27 scoreless innings and went 4-0 March 19-21. She did not allow a 16. Tennessee 25-7 266 17 17. Texas 26-8 244 16 run (0.00 ERA) and gave up only three walks and one extra base hit (a double). Arbino held her 18. Illinois 23-4 230 18 opponents to a stifling .121 batting average and tallied two nine-inning shutouts against No. 25 19. Florida St. 31-6 225 20 UMass and San Diego State. Arbino shutout UMass for just the second time all season and San Di- 20. Texas A&M 29-7 194 19 ego State for the fourth time all year and first time in 14 games. She threw four innings of hitless 21. Ohio St. 18-10 113 22 relief work against Long Beach State and gave up just two hits with six K’s against Harvard. She 22. North Carolina 24-10 91 21 won nine in-a-row and only gave up two runs and five walks over the nine-game stretch in which 23. Massachusetts 17-7 86 24 she owned a 0.25 ERA, six shutouts and held opponents to a .148 batting average. Arbino has the 24. Notre Dame 24-5 42 RV most shutouts (seven) in the Big 12 which is a career-high. 25. Louisville 21-12 39 23 LONGEST WINNING STREAK Others receiving votes: BYU 34, Oregon 30, Hawaii The Aggies amassed an 11-game winning streak from March 9-21, which is their longest stretch 25, Texas Tech 16, Fordham 15, Baylor 14, San Diego St. 12, DePaul 10, Tenn.-Martin 5, Hofstra 2, this season and also their longest run since the team went on a 17-game winning streak from Fresno St. 2, Virginia 2, Lipscomb 1, Kentucky 1 April 16-May 30, 2008.

ESPN.com/USA Softball top 25 POLL - March 30 Numerical roster Rank Team Record Pts Pvs No. Name Pos. B/T Ht. Cl-Exp. Hometown/Previous 1. Washington (25) 28-2 500 1 2. Arizona 28-3 474 2 1 Melissa Dumezich P/INF R/R 5-8 Fr-HS Whiting, Ind./Whiting 3. Michigan 24-5 458 3 2 Kelsea Orsak UT L/R 5-10 So-1L Pearland, Texas/Pearland 4. Missouri 23-4 429 4 3 Kara Rau INF R/R 5-5 Jr-1L League City, Texas/Clear Creek 5. UCLA 26-4 423 5 4 Bailey Schroeder OF R/R 5-4 Sr-3L College Station, Texas/A&M Consolidated 6. Alabama 24-9 355 5 5 Alex Reynolds INF R/R 5-8 Sr-3L Tomball, Texas/Tomball 7. Georgia Tech 29-5 352 8 7 Lindsey Sisk P/OF R/R 5-10 Jr-TR Murrieta, Calif./Murrieta Valley/Arizona 8. Georgia 24-6 336 7 9. Florida 23-4 331 13 8 Andrea Tovar OF L/R 5-5 Jr-2L Seguin, Texas/Seguin 10. Arizona State 31-4 323 11 9 Lauren Schwirtlich UT R/R 5-7 Fr-HS Corpus Christi, Texas/Tuloso Midway 11. Stanford 25-5 317 T9 10 Kelsey Spittler OF L/L 5-6 Jr-2L Caldwell, Texas/Caldwell 12. LSU 28-4 313 12 11 Rebecca Arbino P R/R 6-0 So-1L Clovis, Calif./Clovis 13. Oklahoma 27-8 312 T9 12 Missy Siegel C R/R 5-8 Jr-TR Portland, Texas/Gregory Portland/Blinn 14. California 28-6 241 14 13 Meagan May C/1B R/R 6-0 Fr-HS Spring, Texas/Klein Oak 15. Oklahoma State 29-7 212 16 16. Florida State 31-6 188 18 14 Macie Morrow SS L/R 5-8 Sr-3L Sugar Land, Texas/Clements 17. Texas 26-8 165 15 15 Eden Morris UT R/R 5-10 So-1L Cohutta, Ga./Dalton 18. Texas A&M 29-7 164 17 20 Sydney Shannon UT R/R 5-5 Fr-HS Marlow, Okla./Marlow 19. Tennessee 25-7 133 21 21 Victoria Lehrmann OF R/R 5-7 Fr-HS Brenham, Texas/Brenham 20. Illinois 23-4 124 20 22 Rhiannon Kliesing P/1B L/R 5-10 Jr-2L Pearland, Texas/Pearland 21. Oregon 24-5 74 25 22. North Carolina 24-10 71 19 23. Ohio State 18-10 57 22 PRONUNCIATIONS 24. Baylor 19-10 33 23 Head Coach: Jo Evans Melissa Dumezich DUE-ma-zich 25. BYU 20-7 24 RV Associate Head Coach: Joy Jackson Rhiannon Kliesing KLEE-sing Associate Head Coach: Mary Jo Firnbach Victoria Lehrmann LARE-man Macie Morrow MORE-owe Others receiving votes: San Diego State (15), Volunteer Assistant Coach: Amanda Scarborough DePaul (14), Louisville (14), Fordham (10), Hawaii Kara Rau RAOW Bailey Schroeder SHRAY-duhr (8), UMass (8), Notre Dame (4), University of Lauren Schwirtlich SHWIRT-lick Tennessee-Martin (4), Texas Tech (4), ULL (3), Ball Missy Siegel SEE-gull State (2), Fresno State (2), Arkansas (1), Central Andrea Tovar TOE-var Florida (1) and Hofstra (1). Mary Jo Firnbach FIRN-bock

2 3 A HOME RUN COMPARISON Texas A&M has blasted 37 home runs in 36 games this season, already putting them past their MULTIPLE HIT GAMES season total of 35 homers in 54 games last year. 2 3 4 5+ Tot May, Meagan 13 2 - - 15 HITS GALORE Reynolds, Alex 11 1 1 - 13 The Aggie offense has been averaging 8.28 hits per game this season and has had 10-plus hits in Morrow, Macie 11 2 - - 13 13 contests. The team is posting an average of 5.75 RBIs per game with six, 10-plus RBI games. In Spittler, Kelsey 9 2 - - 11 addition, A&M averages 6.19 runs per game with eight, 10-plus run games. Kliesing, Rhiannon 6 1 - 1 8 Schroeder, Bailey 4 - - - 4 Orsak, Kelsea 4 - - - 4 SPITTLER’S STREAK Schwirtlich, Laure 4 - - - 4 Junior Kelsey Spittler went on an eight-game hitting streak March 4-12 and hit .538 over the Dumezich, Melissa 4 - - - 4 stretch. Kliesing holds the longest hitting streak of the season in which she held a .464 aver- Shannon, Sydney 1 - - - 1 age over nine games and May’s longest was an eight-game streak in which she hit .481. Spittler TEAM 67 8 1 1 77 posted 14 hits, 11 runs, five doubles, a triple, a home run and 10 RBIs in her eight-game stretch. MULTIPLE RBI GAMES TWO-OUT SCORING 2 3 4 5+ Tot Against Wright State and North Dakota State, A&M scored 13 of its 14 runs with two outs. The May, Meagan 6 1 6 - 13 only run scored that wasn’t with two down was a solo home run by May in the seventh inning of Kliesing, Rhiannon 6 3 2 - 11 the Aggies’ first game against the Bison. Dumezich, Melissa 6 2 1 - 9 Reynolds, Alex 6 2 - - 8 PERFECTION AT THE PLATE Spittler, Kelsey 2 - 3 - 5 Kliesing, senior Alex Reynolds and May all had perfect, career-best performances at the dish Shannon, Sydney 1 2 - - 3 Schroeder, Bailey 2 1 - - 3 in the Aggie Invitational. Kliesing was 5-for-5 with a home run, three RBIs and two runs scored Morrow, Macie 2 - - - 2 against Utah State. Reynolds went 4-for-4 with two doubles and three RBIs in the same game, Rau, Kara 1 - - - 1 while May went 3-for-3 with a pair of doubles, a two-run home run and three runs scored against Orsak, Kelsea - 1 - - 1 NDSU. TEAM 32 12 12 0 56 RAU’S BIG HITS HITTING STREAKS Junior Kara Rau was called upon to pinch hit twice at the Aggie Invitational and came through big both times. With two outs in the fifth inning against Wright State, the League City, Texas, native Longest Current Kliesing, Rhiannon 9 4 stepped up to the plate and cracked a bases-clearing double to give A&M a 5-0 advantage. Then, May, Meagan 8 2 the Aggies were down 2-1 with two on and two out in the bottom of the fifth against the Bison. Spittler, Kelsey 8 2 Rau delivered her second RBI hit of the weekend and the game-winning run crossed the plate as Morrow, Macie 7 1 the attempt to throw out Rau went over the first baseman’s head. Reynolds, Alex 6 5 Shannon, Sydney 6 - Dumezich, Melissa 6 2 Schroeder, Bailey 5 - Schwirtlich, Laure 4 - Orsak, Kelsea 3 - Big 12 Player/pitcher of the Week Rau, Kara 2 - Week player of the week Pitcher of the Week Tovar, Andrea 1 - Feb. 16 Meagan May, Texas A&M, Fr., C Blaire Luna, Texas, Fr., RHP Siegel, Missy 1 - Feb. 23 Amber Flores, Oklahoma, Sr., 2B Keilani Ricketts, Oklahoma, Fr., LHP Morris, Eden 1 - March 2 Mariah Gearhart, Oklahoma State, Jr., 3B Chelsea Thomas, Missouri, So., RHP Lehrmann, Victoria 1 1 Nadia Taylor, Texas, So., 3B March 8 Julie Ward, Oklahoma State, So., 1B Anna Whiddon, Oklahoma State, Sr., RHP March 15 Brooke Thomason, Nebraska, Fr., OF Robin Mackin, Nebraska, Jr., RHP March 23 Meagan May, Texas A&M, Fr., C Blaire Luna, Texas, Fr., RHP Sports Radio March 30 Jessica Shults, Oklahoma, Fr., 1B Melissa Dumezich, Texas A&M, Fr., RHP 1150 The Zone April 6 April 13 Broadcast Schedule April 20 April 27 Date Opponent May 4 Feb. 14 Cal State Northridge May 11 Feb. 21 Louisiana-Monroe March 6 Monmouth N.J. March 24 Georgia Tech big 12 conference standings March 31 Baylor April 2 Nebraska (Tentative) Big12 Overall April 3 Nebraska Team Record Pct Home Away Neutral Streak Record Pct Home Away Neutral Streak April 7 Texas Oklahoma State 2-0 1.000 2-0 0-0 0-0 W2 30-7 .811 13-0 4-3 13-4 W8 April 17 Iowa State Texas A&M 2-0 1.000 2-0 0-0 0-0 W2 29-7 .806 17-4 2-0 10-3 W2 April 18 Iowa State Texas 2-0 1.000 2-0 0-0 0-0 W2 28-8 .778 12-1 4-3 12-4 W4 April 21 Texas Texas Tech 1-1 .500 1-1 0-0 0-0 L1 29-5 .853 19-2 1-0 9-3 L1 April 24 Missouri Missouri 1-1 .500 1-1 0-0 0-0 L1 23-4 .852 15-2 3-2 5-0 L1 April 25 Missouri Oklahoma 1-1 .500 0-0 1-1 0-0 W1 27-8 .771 10-0 3-3 14-5 W1 April 28 Baylor Iowa State 1-1 .500 0-0 1-1 0-0 W1 21-13 .618 0-0 11-4 10-9 W1 May 1 Texas Tech Baylor 0-2 .000 0-0 0-2 0-0 L2 19-10 .655 7-1 8-4 4-5 L2 May 2 Texas Tech May 8 Oklahoma State Nebraska 0-2 .000 0-0 0-2 0-0 L2 18-16 .529 5-1 0-10 13-5 W1 May 9 Oklahoma State Kansas 0-2 .000 0-0 0-2 0-0 L2 16-17 .485 4-2 2-7 10-8 W2 4 SISK OUT FOR THE SEASON Junior transfer Lindsey Sisk injured the tendon to her middle finger on her non-throwing hand The Evans File and will be out for the entire 2010 season. Name: Jo Evans Date of Birth: July 29, 1960 MORROW HITS TO WIN Birthplace: Salt Lake City, Utah Senior Macie Morrow delivered a pair of two-out, game-winning hits that helped Texas A&M Education: University of Utah bounce back with two victories at the Cathedral City Classic. She drove in one run off of an infield B.S. in commercial recreation (1983) single to put the Aggies ahead, 4-3, over UNLV and then came through in the top of the eighth M.S. in sports management (1996) inning against San Diego State with a line-drive single to center that gave the Aggies a 7-6 win. Coaching Honors • Three-Time Big 12 Conference MULTIPLE-RUN VICTORIES Coach of the Year (2004, ’05, ‘08) The Aggies had a pair of one-run victories at the Cathedral City Classic, but have not had very • High Country Athletic Conference many close games this season. In fact, only seven games have been decided by just one run and Coach of the Year (1988, ’89) the Aggies are 5-2 in these contests. In addition, A&M has been winning by an average of 4.3 runs • Western Athletic Conference Coach of the Year in its 27 W’s. (1991, ’94) • Region Coach of the Year SCORING EARLY AND OFTEN (1989-Central, 1994-West) When the Aggies score runs they tend to score in bunches. In the team’s first 11 games, it scored • Region Coach of the Year two or more runs in 20 of 25 innings that runs crossed the plate. (2008)) • College World Series Appearances (1991, ’94, ‘07, ‘08) SIX HOME RUNS = NEW GAME RECORD • All-America Awards: 12 The Aggies launched six home runs against Mississippi State on Feb. 20, including two homers Utah from Kliesing and back-to-back long balls from Dumezich in the fourth frame. Six home runs Charmelle Green, 1990, 91 (2nd team) mark a new game record for Texas A&M softball. The most prior was four bombs in a game, done Ali Andrus, 1994 (2nd team) Amy Timmel, 1994 (2nd team) several times, the most recent being against Tulsa on Feb. 6, 2009. Eight home runs were hit in Texas A&M the game, ranking it third in the NCAA record book for most home runs in a game and leaving it Selena Collins, 2002 (3rd team) just shy of the NCAA record of 10 home runs. Speaking of 10 four-baggers, that’s how many the Jessica Kapchinski, 2004 (3rd team) Aggies hit over their two games on Feb. 20. Amanda Scarborough, 2005 (1st team), 2007 (1st team) Megan Gibson, 2005 (2nd team), 2007 BIG 12 PRESEASON POLL (1st team), 2008 (1st team) A&M was picked to finish sixth in the Big 12 Preseason Coaches’ Poll. The Aggies received 44 Jamie Hinshaw, 2008 (3rd team) points and finished behind preseason favorite Oklahoma 79), Missouri 75), Baylor 61), Nebraska Other Honor 49), and Texas 48). A&M was selected as the frontrunner for three consecutive years, from 2006- 08, and was picked third last season. Oklahoma State placed seventh with 41 points, followed by • Utah Softball Hall of Fame (1999) Iowa State 23), Kansas 17) and Texas Tech 14).

AGGIE SOFTBALL ON TV A&M in the Polls The Aggies are one of just four Big 12 schools to have a regular season game televised on ESPN Week uSA TODAY/NFCA ESPN.COM/USA SOFTBALL this season. A&M’s contest against Missouri on April 25 will air on ESPN. In addition, the Big 12 Preseason RV RV Tournament title game will be broadcast on FSN. Feb. 16 RV 21 Feb. 23 24 19 March 2 23 19 March 9 24 21 March 16 22 20 March 23 19 17 March 30 20 18 in the big 12 April 6 April 13 Wednesday, March 31 April 30 Saint Louis at Missouri 3:00 p.m. April 27 South Dakota State at Nebraska 3:00 p.m. May 4 Iowa at Iowa State 4:00 p.m. May 11 South Dakota State at Nebraska 5:00 p.m. Texas State at Texas 6:30 p.m. Texas A&M at Baylor 6:30 p.m. Big 12 Preseason Poll Friday, April 02 Rank Team (First Place Votes) points Oklahoma at Iowa State 3:00 p.m. 1. Oklahoma (7) 79 Texas at Kansas 4:00 p.m. 2. Missouri (3) 75 Texas A&M at Nebraska 5:00 p.m. 3. Baylor 61 Oklahoma State at Missouri 5:30 p.m. 4. Nebraska 49 Saturday, April 03 5. Texas 48 Texas at Kansas 12:00 p.m. 6. Texas A&M 44 Oklahoma State at Missouri 1:00 p.m. 7. Oklahoma State 41 Oklahoma at Iowa State 1:00 p.m. 8. Iowa State 23 Baylor at Texas Tech 2:00 p.m. 9. Kansas 17 Texas A&M at Nebraska 2:00 p.m. 10. Texas Tech 14

4 5 AGGIES IN THE RECORD BOOKS

career Runs season season Walks 1. 195 Sharonda McDonald... 2004-07 batting average 1. 55 Megan Gibson...... 2008 2. 178 Megan Gibson...... 2005-08 2. 51 Megan Gibson...... 2007 (min. 100 at bats) 3. 168 Jennifer McFalls...... 1991-94 3. 47 Selena Collins...... 2003 4. 147 Jamie Hinshaw...... 2005-08 1. .454 Kendall Richards...... 1996 4. 38 Megan Gibson...... 2006 5. 137 Lisa Klam...... 1999-02 2. .433 Meagan May...... 2010 5. 33 Erin Glasco...... 2009 6. 130 Adrian Gregory...... 2002-05 2. .427 Jennifer McFalls...... 1993 6. 31 Erin Field...... 1996 7. 121 Judy Trussell...... 1984-87 3. .405 Megan Gibson...... 2005 31 Meagan May...... 2010 121 Dawn Wuthrich...... 1990-93 .405 Amanda Scarborough...... 2005 8. 30 Liz Mizera...... 1987 9. 119 Liz Mizera...... 1985-88 5. .388 Megan Gibson...... 2007 9. 28 Jami Lobpries...... 2008 119 Macie Morrow.... 2007-Present .388 K.K. Kalhoefer...... 1993 28 Megan Gibson...... 2005 .388 Kendall Richards...... 1995 28 Kendall Richards...... 1996 career Home Runs 8. .383 Josie Carter...... 1985 9. .382 Rhi Kliesing...... 2010 1. 56 Megan Gibson...... 2005-08 10. .374 Sharonda McDonald...... 2007 2. 39 Selena Collins...... 2000-03 3. 34 Liz Mizera...... 1985-88 season Runs Batted In 4. 29 Adrian Gregory...... 2002-05 5. 28 Lisa Klam...... 1999-02 1. 72 Josie Carter...... 1982 6. 25 Amanda Scarborough.2005-08 2. 58 Kendall Richards...... 1996 7. 24 Holly Ridley...... 2006-09 3. 57 Megan Gibson...... 2005 8. 20 Lindsay Wilhelmson....2001-04 4. 49 Meagan May...... 2010 9. 19 Rhi Kliesing...... 2008-Present 5. 48 Megan Gibson...... 2008 10. 17 Kendall Richards...... 1995-96 6. 47 Mel Pritchard...... 1981 7. 46 Amanda Scarborough...... 2007 career Walks 46 Merry Mapp...... 1994 9. 45 Sharla Cannon...... 1991 1. 172 Megan Gibson...... 2005-08 45 Erin Field...... 1996 2. 98 Selena Collins...... 2000-03 3. 91 Jennifer McFalls...... 1991-94 season Doubles 4. 86 K.K. Kalhoefer...... 1990-93 5. 82 Jamie Hinshaw...... 2005-08 1. 21 Jana James...... 2003 6. 78 Alex Reynolds....2007-Present 2. 20 Kendall Richards...... 1995 7. 77 Liz Mizera...... 1985-88 3. 19 Kendall Richards...... 1996 8. 75 Sharla Cannon...... 1990-93 4. 18 Jana James...... 2005 9. 71 Lindsay Wilhelmson....2001-04 5. 17 Megan Gibson...... 2008 10. 68 Macie Morrow... 2007-Present 6. 16 Kelly Ferguson...... 2001 7. 15 Rhonda Halbert...... 1991 career PITCHING 15 K.K. Kalhoefer...... 1993 Strikeouts 15 Mya Truelove...... 1994 15 Erin Field...... 1996 1. 1357 Lori Stoll...... 1980-83 15 Tiffany Esters...... 1999 2. 1234 Shawn Andaya...... 1984-87 15 Amanda Scarborough...... 2005 3. 711 Jessica Kapchinski...... 2001-04 15 Meagan May...... 2010 4. 679 Megan Gibson...... 2005-08 5. 563 Amy Vining...... 1998-01 season Home Runs 6. 555 Missi Young...... 1990-92 7. 537 Amanda Scarborough.2005-08 1. 18 Liz Mizera...... 1985 8. 527 Shan McDonald...... 1980-83 18 Megan Gibson...... 2005 9. 349 Lindsay Wilhelmson....2001-04 3. 16 Selena Collins...... 2002 10. 347 Rhi Kliesing...... 2008-Present 4. 15 Lisa Klam...... 1999 15 Meagan May...... 2010 6. 13 Megan Gibson...... 2008 13 Megan Gibson...... 2007 8. 12 Selena Collins...... 2003 12 Lindsay Wilhelmson...... 2003 12 Megan Gibson...... 2006 season slugging percentage 1. 1.010 Meagan May...... 2010 2. .832 Liz Mizera...... 1985 3. .823 Megan Gibson...... 2005 4. .741 Megan Gibson...... 2007 5. .732 Kendall Richards...... 1996 6. .720 Jennifer McFalls...... 1993 7. .719 Amanda Scarborough...... 2005 8. .712 Selena Collins...... 2002 9. .657 Rhi Kliesing...... 2010 10. .656 Megan Gibson...... 2008

6 TEXAS A&M SOFTBALL 2010 OVERALL2010 Texas A&M SoftballSTATISTICS Overall Statistics for Texas A&M (as of Mar 28, 2010) (All games Sorted by Batting avg)

Record: 29-7 Home: 17-4 Away: 2-1 Neutral: 10-2 Big 12: 2-0

Player avg gp-gs ab r h 2b 3b hr rbi tb slg% bb hp so gdp ob% sf sh sb-att po a e fld% May, Meagan . 4 3 3 36-36 104 32 45 15 0 15 49 105 1.010 31 2 20 0 . 5 6 9 0 0 0-0 231 14 1 . 9 9 6 Kliesing, Rhiannon . 3 8 2 35-35 102 25 39 7 0 7 33 67 . 6 5 7 24 2 22 0 . 5 0 8 0 1 3-3 226 16 0 1.000 Reynolds, Alex . 3 7 0 36-36 100 20 37 11 0 2 26 54 . 5 4 0 22 2 23 1 . 4 8 4 2 2 0-1 62 92 4 . 9 7 5 Morrow, Macie . 3 2 0 36-36 125 33 40 5 1 0 10 47 . 3 7 6 18 1 28 0 . 4 0 7 1 0 3-6 50 73 6 . 9 5 3 Spittler, Kelsey . 3 0 3 36-36 122 34 37 10 3 3 24 62 . 5 0 8 17 0 25 0 . 3 8 8 0 1 5-7 23 2 4 . 8 6 2 Dumezich, Melissa . 2 6 0 36-36 96 19 25 6 0 5 25 46 . 4 7 9 17 2 36 0 . 3 7 6 2 1 3-3 38 62 5 . 9 5 2 Schwirtlich, Lauren . 2 5 4 30-27 63 9 16 3 0 0 2 19 . 3 0 2 5 0 14 0 . 3 0 9 0 1 6-8 19 11 1 . 9 6 8 Shannon, Sydney . 2 3 8 28-23 63 12 15 2 1 3 12 28 . 4 4 4 5 4 22 0 . 3 2 9 1 3 2-2 0 0 0 . 0 0 0 Orsak, Kelsea . 2 2 6 36-36 93 17 21 1 0 1 12 25 . 2 6 9 8 2 30 0 . 3 0 1 0 3 4-4 18 0 1 . 9 4 7 Schroeder, Bailey . 2 1 9 33-29 73 9 16 5 0 1 10 24 . 3 2 9 13 2 20 0 . 3 5 2 0 1 2-2 16 0 2 . 8 8 9 ------Lehrmann, Victoria 1.000 2-0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1.000 0 1 0 0 1.000 0 0 0-0 0 0 0 . 0 0 0 Morris, Eden . 3 3 3 3-0 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 . 3 3 3 1 0 2 0 . 5 0 0 0 0 0-0 1 1 0 1.000 Rau, Kara . 3 0 0 13-4 10 2 3 2 0 0 3 5 . 5 0 0 4 0 3 0 . 5 0 0 0 0 0-0 29 1 1 . 9 6 8 Tovar, Andrea . 2 5 0 33-0 4 11 1 0 0 0 0 1 . 2 5 0 0 0 2 0 . 2 5 0 0 0 1-1 0 0 0 . 0 0 0 Siegel, Missy . 2 0 0 6-0 5 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 . 2 0 0 0 0 3 0 . 2 0 0 0 0 0-0 2 0 0 1.000 Arbino, Rebecca . 0 0 0 8-8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 . 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 . 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 2 40 1 . 9 7 7 Totals . 3 0 9 36 964 223 298 67 5 37 207 486 . 5 0 4 165 18 250 1 . 4 1 7 6 13 29-37 717 312 26 . 9 7 5 Opponents . 2 0 9 36 889 86 186 26 0 21 79 275 . 3 0 9 63 16 234 4 . 2 7 3 1 18 14-19 679 208 32 . 9 6 5

(All games Sorted by Earned run avg)

Player era w-l app gs cg sho sv ip h r er bb so 2b 3b hr b/avg wp hp bk sfa sha Dumezich, Melissa 1 . 1 1 8-0 17 6 5 3/0 1 57.0 35 11 9 25 61 4 0 2 . 1 7 6 3 4 0 0 4 Arbino, Rebecca 1 . 9 8 15-4 21 19 12 7/0 1 123.2 89 39 35 23 102 14 0 9 . 1 9 5 5 8 0 0 9 Kliesing, Rhiannon 3 . 9 6 6-3 12 11 5 1/0 0 58.1 62 36 33 15 71 8 0 10 . 2 6 5 4 4 0 1 5 Totals 2 . 2 6 29-7 36 36 22 11/0 2 239.0 186 86 77 63 234 26 0 21 . 2 0 9 12 16 0 1 18 Opponents 6 . 0 3 7-29 36 36 13 3/0 1 226.1 298 223 195 165 250 67 5 37 . 3 0 9 21 18 7 6 13

Inning-by-inning summary Record when leading after: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Total Inn. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Texas A&M 57 25 30 33 36 26 8 3 5 223 W-L 13-2 16-2 20-2 23-1 17-1 15-0 Opponents 8 17 11 11 13 18 4 4 0 86 Record when trailing after: Record when team scores: Inn. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Runs 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10+ W-L 2-1 3-3 1-3 1-2 1-3 1-6 W-L 0-3 1-0 1-0 1-2 4-2 3-0 4-0 2-0 3-0 2-0 8-0 Record when tied after: Record when opponent scores: Inn. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Runs 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10+ W-L 14-4 10-2 8-2 5-4 4-3 3-1 W-L 11-0 5-0 4-0 1-0 7-4 0-2 1-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-1

6 7 TEXAS A&M SOFTBALL GAME HIGHS

TEAM INDIVIDUAL

Batting Batting At bats: 34 vs ULM (Feb 21, 2010) At bats: 5 Spittler, Kelsey vs ULM (Feb 21, 2010) Runs scored: 16 vs Wisconsin (Feb 12, 2010 at Tempe, Ariz.) 5 Spittler, Kelsey vs Utah State (Mar 12, 2010) Hits: 16 vs Monmouth (Mar 06, 2010) 5 Kliesing, Rhiannon vs Utah State (Mar 12, 2010) 16 vs Utah State (Mar 12, 2010) Runs scored: 3 (6 games ) RBIs: 16 vs Wisconsin (Feb 12, 2010 at Tempe, Ariz.) Hits: 5 Kliesing, Rhiannon vs Utah State (Mar 12, 2010) Doubles: 6 vs Monmouth (Mar 06, 2010) RBIs: 4 (12 games ) Triples: 1 (5 games ) Doubles: 2 (5 games ) Home runs: 6 vs Mississippi State (Feb 20, 2010) Triples: 1 (5 games ) Total bases: 32 vs Mississippi State (Feb 20, 2010) Home runs: 2 Dumezich, Melissa vs Mississippi State (Feb 20, 2010) Walks: 12 vs Wisconsin (Feb 12, 2010 at Tempe, Ariz.) 2 Kliesing, Rhiannon vs Mississippi State (Feb 20, 2010) Strikeouts: 22 vs UMass (Mar 20, 2010 at San Diego, Calif.) 2 May, Meagan vs UIC (Mar 20, 2010 at San Diego, Calif.) Sac hits: 2 vs San Diego State (Feb 26, 2010 at Cathedral City, CA) Total bases: 10 Kliesing, Rhiannon vs Mississippi State (Feb 20, 2010) Sac flies: 2 vs Kansas (Mar 28, 2010) Walks: 3 (5 games ) Stolen bases: 4 vs UNLV (Feb 26, 2010 at Cathedral City, CA) Strikeouts: 4 (5 games ) Hit by pitch: 2 (4 games ) Sac hits: 1 (13 games ) Caught stealing: 1 (8 games ) Sac flies: 2 Dumezich, Melissa vs Kansas (Mar 28, 2010) Runners LOB: 11 (5 games ) Stolen bases: 2 Spittler, Kelsey vs ULM (Feb 21, 2010) Hit into DP: 2 vs Monmouth (Mar 06, 2010) 2 Orsak, Kelsea vs Long Beach State (Mar 19, 2010 at San Diego, Calif.) Hit by pitch: 2 Shannon, Sydney vs Utah State (Mar 13, 2010) Fielding Caught stealing: 1 (8 games ) Putouts: 27 vs UMass (Mar 20, 2010 at San Diego, Calif.) Runners LOB: 7 Schroeder, Bailey vs Utah State (Mar 12, 2010) 27 at San Diego State (Mar 21, 2010) Assists: 17 at San Diego State (Mar 21, 2010) Fielding Errors: 5 vs BYU (Mar 05, 2010) Putouts: 18 Kliesing, Rhiannon at San Diego State (Mar 21, 2010) Passed balls: 1 (5 games ) Assists: 8 Morrow, Macie at San Diego State (Mar 21, 2010) DPs turned: 1 (7 games ) Errors: 2 Dumezich, Melissa vs BYU (Mar 05, 2010) Passed balls: 1 (5 games ) Pitching Innings pitched: 9.0 vs UMass (Mar 20, 2010 at San Diego, Calif.) Pitching 9.0 at San Diego State (Mar 21, 2010) Innings pitched: 9.0 Arbino, Rebecca vs UMass (Mar 20, 2010 at San Diego, Calif.) Runs allowed: 10 at Arizona State (Feb 13, 2010) 9.0 Arbino, Rebecca at San Diego State (Mar 21, 2010) Earned runs: 10 at Arizona State (Feb 13, 2010) Runs allowed: 7 Arbino, Rebecca at Arizona State (Feb 13, 2010) Walks allowed: 7 vs UNLV (Feb 26, 2010 at Cathedral City, CA) Earned runs: 7 Arbino, Rebecca at Arizona State (Feb 13, 2010) Strikeouts: 14 vs Nevada (Feb 13, 2010 at Tempe, Ariz.) Walks allowed: 4 (4 games ) Hits allowed: 11 at Arizona State (Feb 13, 2010) Strikeouts: 14 Kliesing, Rhiannon vs Nevada (Feb 13, 2010 at Tempe, Ariz.) Doubles allowed: 2 (7 games ) Hits allowed: 9 Arbino, Rebecca at Arizona State (Feb 13, 2010) Homers allowed: 2 at Arizona State (Feb 13, 2010) 9 Kliesing, Rhiannon vs BYU (Mar 04, 2010) 2 vs Mississippi State (Feb 20, 2010) Doubles allowed: 2 (7 games ) 2 vs Kansas (Mar 27, 2010) Homers allowed: 2 Kliesing, Rhiannon vs Mississippi State (Feb 20, 2010) Wild pitches: 2 (4 games ) 2 Arbino, Rebecca vs Kansas (Mar 27, 2010) Hit batters: 3 vs Georgia Tech (Mar 24, 2010) Wild pitches: 2 Arbino, Rebecca at Arizona State (Feb 13, 2010) 2 Kliesing, Rhiannon vs ULM (Feb 21, 2010) Hit batters: 2 (5 games )