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Murray State Softball 2012 Schedule SIU Edwardsville at Murray State Date Opponent Time/Result Wednesday, April 4 - 2 & 4 p.m. Feb. 19 vs. Belmont W 10-0 Feb. 19 at Ole Miss W 11-6 Racer Field - Murray, Ky. Feb. 24 at Western Kentucky^ L 1-10 Feb. 25 vs. Indiana State ^ W 11-3 (5) Feb. 25 vs. Morehead State ^ W 7-6 (8) Feb. 26 vs. Bowling Green ^ L 6-7 Mar. 2 vs. Dutch Nat’l Team(exh) & L 5-12 Mar. 3 vs. Boston & L 1-3 Mar. 4 at Tennessee & L 0-8 (5) Mar. 4 vs. Middle Tennessee State& W 6-4 Mar. 10 at Tennessee State* W 5-2 Mar. 10 at Tennessee State* W 14-0 Mar. 11 at Tennessee State* W 10-0 Murray State Racers SIU Edwardsville Cougars Mar. 17 Jacksonville State* W 2-1 Mar. 17 Jacksonville State* L 5-8 Overall: 12 - 11 Overall: 12 - 20 Mar. 18 Jacksonville State* L 0-6 Mar. 24 UT Martin* W 4-1 Ohio Valley Conference: 7-5 Ohio Valley Conference: 4-7 Mar. 24 UT Martin* W 3-2 OVC Standings: 4th OVC Standings: 9th Mar. 25 UT Martin* L 2-4 Mar. 28 at Memphis L 0-1 Last Five Games Last Five Games Mar. 28 at Memphis L 0-1 Mar. 31 at Eastern Illinois* L 4-5 @ Eastern Illinois - W 3-0 vs. Eastern Illinois - W 9-4 Mar. 31 at Eastern Illinois* L 2-8 @ Eastern Illinois - L 2-8 vs. Southern Illinois - L 1-4 Apr. 1 at Eastern Illinois* W 3-0 Apr. 4 SIU Edwardsville (DH)* 2 p.m. @ Eastern Illinois - L 4-5 at Southeast Missouri - L 1-4 Apr. 6 at Tennessee Tech (DH)* 1 p.m. @ Memphis - L 0-1 at Southeast Missouri - L 8-9 Apr. 7 at Tennessee Tech* 1 p.m. Apr. 10 Middle Tennessee State (DH) 2 p.m. @ Memphis - L 0-1 at Eastern Illinois - L 1-4 Apr. 12 at SIU Edwardsville* 4 p.m. Apr. 14 Morehead State (DH)* 1 p.m. Apr. 15 Morehead State* 1 p.m. Murray State Roster Apr. 19 Campbellsville (DH) 3 p.m. Apr. 21 Austin Peay (DH)* 1 p.m. No Player Pos Cl Ht Hometown (Previous School) Apr. 22 Austin Peay* 1 p.m. 1 Sarah Anderson C/OF Jr. 5-5 Shepherdsville, Ky. (Louisville) Apr. 24 Bethel (DH) 4 p.m. 3 Stephanie Edwards IF Jr. 5-7 Bowling Green, Ky. (Greenwood HS) Apr. 25 Samford (DH) 4 p.m. Apr. 28 Southeast Missouri (DH)* 1 p.m. 4 Alaina Zloty OF Jr. 5-8 Martinsville, Ind. (Martinsville HS) Apr. 29 Southeast Missouri* 1 p.m. 5 Mandi Kellerman IF Jr. 5-10 Pinckneyville, Ill. (John A. Logan) May 5 at Eastern Kentucky (DH)* Noon 8 Toree Rogers OF R-So. 5-6 Murray, Ky. (Calloway County HS) May 6 at Eastern Kentucky* Noon 9 Mallory Richardson OF Fr. 5-8 Owensboro, Ky. (Owensboro Catholic HS) May 10-12 OVC Championships TBA 10 Chelsey Sullivan P Sr. 5-10 Shelbyville, Ill. (Lake Land College) 11 Megan Glosser OF Sr. 5-4 Mattoon, Ill. (Lake Land College) ^ - Holiday Inn University Plaza Hilltopper 12 Leslie Bridges IF So. 5-9 Murphysboro, Ill. (Murphysboro HS) Spring Classic 13 Katie Bunch IF Fr. 5-11 Louisville, Ky. (Eastern HS) 14 Mo Ramsey U Fr. 5-9 Pinckneyville, Ky. (Pinckneyville Community HS) 16 Meghan Sims IF So. 5-9 Owensboro, Ky. (Owensboro Catholic HS) 18 Ellyn Troup C Jr. 5-8 Placentia, Calif. (El Dorado HS) 19 Casey Castile OF Fr. 6-0 Hopkinsville, Ky. (Christian County HS) 20 Alexa Becker IF Fr. 5-9 Breese, Ill. (Mater Dei Catholic HS) 22 Christian Cox IF Jr. 5-6 Magnolia, Ky. (LaRue County HS) 24 CheyAnne Gaskey P Fr. 5-8 Morgantown, Ky. (Butler County HS) 25 Morgan Harrell C So. 5-6 Calvert City, Ky. (UT Martin) 28 Shelby Kosmecki P Jr. 5-9 Somerset, Ky. (Southwestern HS) Head Coach: Jay Pyron Assistant Coaches: Randi Wilson, Kelsey Bruder Murray State Softball Game Notes BUSY OVC WEEK ACE IN THE HOLE winning 4-1 lead. She came back Murray State softball is scheduled Junior Shelby Kosmecki has as- in the second game of the double- for five games in four days this serted herself as one of the top header to drive in two more runs week, hosting SIU Edwardsville pitchers in the OVC this season, while trailing 2-1 in the sixth to in a mid-week doubleheader at leading the conference with a give the Racers a 3-2 lead. Sunday, home on Wednesday before play- 1.92 earned run average. She has her second home run of the sea- ing its lone Friday/Saturday week- given up no earned runs in two of son to lead off the second inning end series of the season, travel- her last three starts, all complete tied the game at 1-1. ing to Cookeville, Tenn., for three games, and in seven of her last 10 games against Tennessee State. appearances. LIGHTNING STRIKES TWICE Senior Chelsey Sullivan picked up WEEKEND RECAP TABLE SETTER Senior Megan Glosser has come the second no-hitter of her career The Racers dropped two of three and the second in school history games on the road this past week- out strong top open the 2012 sea- son. Murray State’s lead-off bat- last Saturday in a 14-0 defeat of end, losing both games on Satur- Tennessee State. The third-year day against Eastern Illinois before ter leads the Racers with a .351 batting average. She has scored hurler struck out five while walk- rebounding to win the final game ing five in the five inning contest. of the series 3-0 Sunday afternoon. multiple runs four times this sea- son, including all four times she She had previously blanked Bel- Shelby Kosmecki was masterful in mont in the hits column last sea- the circle for the Racers in game reached base in the Racers 7-6 ex- tra innings win against Morehead son, posting an 8-0 shutout against three, dominating the Panthers to the Bruins at the Auburn Classic. the tune of just two hits in seven State. A threat to steal every time shutout innings. The win keeps the she reaches base, she is 12-14 in YOUTH IS SERVED Racers in fourth place in the OVC stolen base attempts this season Murray State has gotten great per- standings. and leads the Racers with 27 hits formances from its four freshman and 18 runs scored. that earned playing time to open SCOUTING SIU EDWARDSVILLE CASEY AT THE BAT the season. Starting center fielder SIU Edwardsville comes into this week Murray State freshman center Casey Castile ranks second on the having defeated Eastern Illinois last fielder Casey Castile had a career team with a .328 batting average, Thursday, knocking off the Panthers game at the plate in the Racers scoring 13 times and driving in 14 9-4 in a single contest. The win ended 14-0 win against Tennessee State. runs while drawing 12 walks and a four-game losing streak for the Cou- She drove in six total runs against stealing eight bases. Alexa Becker gars and was their second win in three the Tigers on three hits, includ- has started all 18 games at short- games against EIU. ing a bases-clearing double to stop, with nine RBI and 11 runs the outfield that scored three. She scored while playing tremendous SIUE sits in 9th place in the OVC, two ranks second on the team with a defense at short. Starting designat- games out of the 6th and final OVC .328 batting average and is also ed player Mo Ramsey has scored Championships spot with a 4-7 record second on the squad with 14 RBI. 13 times and driven in seven runs in conference play this season. batting in the top two spots in the CLEANING UP lineup. CheyAnne Gaskey earned They are led on offense by cleanup Sophomore Leslie Bridges has the win against Ole Miss out of the batter Alex McDavid, who paces the taken a big step forward this bullpen, pitching 4.1 innings and Cougars with a .352 batting average. year as the Racers clean up bat- allowing one earned run while She is tied for the team lead with 37 ter. The first baseman is batting striking out five, and sports a 3.66 hits and leads the squad with 17 RBI .270 through 23 games, with mul- ERA in 28.2 innings pitched with and six doubles. tiple hits in seven games this sea- 26 strikeouts. son, and leads the team with 19 Amanda Lambrecht is the pitching runs batted in. Her two-RBI single staff’s ace, starting 18 of 32 games this against Morehead State to give the season. She holds a 9-8 record on the Racers a two run lead proved to be season, sporting a 3.35 ERA in 123.1 the game winner, and she singled innings pitched, striking out 92 batters to tie the game in the fifth against on the season. Middle Tennessee State as the Racers would go on to score twice The Racers and Cougars have played more in the frame to win 6-4. She eight times over the past two seasons, hit her second career home run with SIUE holding a 5-3 series advan- against Tennessee State, a grand tage. Both teams have won one game slam over the left field wall to put at Racer Field, with MSU gaining a 9-1 the Racers up 7-0 in an eventual victory in 2010 and SIU Edwardsville 10-0 victory.