WISCONSIN SOFTBALL 16-12 OVERALL, 2-1 CONFERENCE WISCONSIN VS. UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH DAKOTA QUICK FACTS MARCH 30. GOODMAN DIAMOND . MADISON, WISCONSIN GENERAL Location ................................ Madison, Wis. WISCONSIN City/State: Madison, Wis. Site ................................ Goodman Diamond Rankings (AP/Coaches) ............................NR/NR TV ................................................... BTN Plus 2015-16 Record (B1G) ...................... 16-12 (2-1) Population: 245,691 Radio ....................................................None Head Coach ..................................... Yvette Healy Founded: 1848 Live Stats ..........................UWBadgers.com Record (Yrs.) .....................................181-118 (6) Enrollment: 43,193 (Undergraduates: 29,302) Live Blog ...........................UWBadgers.com Nickname:Badgers Live Updates.......@BadgerSoftball (Twitter) SOUTH DAKOTA Colors: Cardinal (PMS 200) and White Series History ...................... UW leads 4-0 Rankings (AP/Coaches) ............................NR/NR In Madison ............................ UW leads 2-0 2015-16 Record (SL) ........................ 6-24 (2-1) Affiliation: NCAA I Neutral ................................... UW leads 2-0 Head Coach ........................................ Amy Klyse Conference: Big Ten Record (Yrs.) ................................. 202-233-2 (9) Chancellor: Rebecca Blank Athletic Director: Barry Alvarez Senior Women’s Administrator: Terry Gawlik DETAILS FROM THE DUGOUT Athletic Dept. Phone: 608-262-1866 The Wisconsin softball team hosts its first home match-up this season against South Dakota in a doubleheader on Wednesday at Goodman Diamond. Website: UWBadgers.com On Monday, Melanie Cross earned Big Ten Freshman of the Week honors after helping the HEAD COACH YVETTE HEALY Badgers to a 4-1 week on the road. The last Wisconsin Big Ten Freshman of the Week was Sara Hometown: Novak on March 24, 2014. Alma Mater: DePaul, 1999 Cross batted .500 (7-for-14) on the week with nine hits and eight runs in five games. She also Career Record: 312-290-1 (12th year) had five RBI and a team-high 11 total bases. Her three hits in a single game against the Spartans Record at Wisconsin: 181-118 (Sixth season) tied for the most hits in a single game by any Badger this season and also marked her fifth ASSISTANT COACHES multi-hit game of the year. Cross also knocked out her third home run of the season against . Randy Schneider (Sixth season) Michigan State on Saturday. Kirsten Verdun (First season) The Badgers swept a doubleheader against Detroit with a shutout win, 8-0, in the first game follwoed by a 10-1 win SUPPORT STAFF in the second game. Andie Varsho (Volunteer Assistant Coach) UW had two dominant run-rule victories outhitting . Lori Murphy (Program Specialist) Detroit 7-3 in the first game and 11-3 in the second game. Ashley Parr (Athletic Trainer) . Jeff Zuhlke (Strength and Conditioning Coach) Wisconsin put up a total of 18 runs on the day compared to the Titans’ lone run off of a solo homr tun shot in the TEAM INFORMATION second game. 2015 Overall Record: 21-31 The Badgers continued to East Lansing, Michigan to 2015 Big Ten Record (Finish): 5-17 (13th) take on their first Big Ten opponent of the season. UW 2015 Final Rank: Not Ranked opened Big Ten play with a winning weekend, 2-1, against Starters Returning/Lost: 8/4 Michigan State. Pitchers Returning/Lost: 2/1 Letterwinners Returning/Lost: 11/8 In the first game of the weekend, UW saw the second- Newcomers: 8 most runs in a single inning in program history scoring 10 runs. TEAM HISTORY Freshman Melanie Cross earned the The Badgers stumped the Spartans in their 10-1 victory First Year of Softball: 1996 first Big Ten Freshman of the Week which was Michigan State’s first run-rule loss of the sea- accolade since March 2014. Record (Years): 535-527-2 (19) son. Big Ten Record (Years): 151-243 (19) Big Ten Tournament Championships: 1 (2013) UW ended the weekend on a high note with a big 5-4 win as the Badgers outhit the Spartans NCAA Tournament Record: 5-10 10-9. Last NCAA Tournament: 2014/ L - Oregon, 6-0 First Team All-Big Ten Selections: 10 STADIUM INFORMATION Name: Goodman Softball Complex Capacity: 1,600 37 10 24 Record at Goodman: 139-114 (.549) Press Box Phone: 608-265-0750 Senior ace Taylor-Paige Stewart The second-most runs in a single Sophomore Kelsey Jenkins is tied for fifth in program history inning in program history lifted leads the Big Ten in walks with 24 with 37 career wins under her belt. the Wisconsin softball team past total walks this season. Last sea- The veteran returns to the circle Michigan State in both teams’ con- son, she broke the single-season in 2015-16 after recording a team ference opener, 10-1. UW record for freshmen and all season-high 124 strikeouts last players for walks with 42 walks. season. Softball Contact: Kelli Grashel . Office: 608-262-8216 . Cell: 608-445-4086 . E-mail: [email protected] . Twitter: @KelliGrashel Athletic Communications Office . University of Wisconsin . Kellner Hall . 1440 Monroe Street . Madison, WI 53711 WISCONSIN VS. UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH DAKOTA GENERAL NOTES KJ ALL DAY also ranks second and leads the team in sac- rifice flies with three on the season. 2015-16 SCHEDULE Sophomore Kelsey Jenkins leads the Badgers with a .410 batting average and Additionally, Miller leads the Badgers in ranks sixth in the Big Ten. doubles (7), total bases (53), slugging per- DATE OPPONENT TIME (CT) TV centage (.631), triples (2) and home runs She also leads UW in multiple hit games (4). at Kajikawa Classic, Tempe, Arizona with seven two-hit games and two three-hit Feb. 12 vs. California W, 4-2 games. Feb. 12 at BYU L, 5-4 B1G TIME Feb. 13 at Nevada W, 3-2 B1G OPENING Sophomore Kelsey Jenkins rates in the top Feb. 13 vs. Portland State W, 13-5 of six categories in the Big Ten. Feb. 14 vs. UC Riverside W, 9-1 Despite a tough rally back, the Wisconsin softball team fell in its first game of a In addition to ranking sixth for a .410 bat- doubleheader with Michigan State, 5-4, but ting average, Jenkins ranks third in on base at NC State Hyatt Place Challenge, Raleigh, NC bounced back in the series finale Saturday percentage (.558), eighth in runs (26), first Feb. 19 at Louisville L, 7-1 as the Badgers defeated the Spartans, 5-4, in in walks (24), ninth in stolen base attempts Feb. 20 vs. Louisville L, 5-0 the second game. (9) and ninth in assists (57). Feb. 20 at NC State W, 2-1 With Saturday’s win over MSU, the Badgers In Big Ten only games, Jenkins ranks sixth Feb. 21 vs. NC State L, 6-5 with a .556 batting average, fifth with a .667 (16-12 overall, 2-1 Big Ten) won their open- on base percentage and sixth for four RBI. at Judi Garman Classic, Tampa, Florida ing Big Ten conference series 2-1. Feb. 26 at Kansas L, 2-1 The second-most runs in a single inning Feb. 26 vs. UNLV L, 14-3 in program history lifted the Wisconsin STREAKS SET Feb. 27 at USF W, 9-5 softball team past Michigan State in both Sophomore Kelsey Jenkins, junior Chloe Feb. 27 TBA L, 10-2 teams’ conference opener, 10-1. The run- Miller, senior Ashley Van Zeeland and Feb. 28 TBA $ W, 6-3 rule loss was Michigan State’s first of the junior Sara Novak lead Wisconsin with the season. highest current hitting streaks. at Judi Garman Classic, Fullerton, California Miller’s streak of 10 was the highest of any Mar. 4 Cal State Fullerton W, 3-2 Kirsten Stevens picked up her sixth win of Badger this season, while Jenkins’ current Mar. 4 Arizona State L, 4-1 the season throwing five inning and allow- streak of seven follows close behind. Van Mar. 5 Oregon State L, 3-1 ing five hits and one run. She did not walk Zeeland and Novak both have had five-hit Mar. 5 Fresno State W, 4-0 any MSU batters and struck out two. streaks this season. Mar. 6 Long Beach State Cancelled Seven separate Badgers compiled one single hit while Kelsey Jenkins and Samantha Three other Badgers have clinched four-hit at Rebel Classic, Las Vegas, Nevada Arents led the team with two RBI. streaks at some point in the season. Mar. 11 Santa Clara University W, 8-0 Mar. 12 Valparaiso W, 7-5 CROSS IT OFF THE LIST WHO RUN THE WORLD? Mar. 12 UNLV L, 3-0 Three Badgers have double-digit runs in 18 Mar. 13 Utah State L, 5-2 Melanie Cross of the Wisconsin softball games played. Mar. 13 Santa Clara W, 11-5 team earned Big Ten Freshman of the Week honors after helping the Badgers to a Sophomore Kelsey Jenkins leads the pack Mar. 22 Detroit W, 8-0 / W, 10-1 4-1 week on the road, as announced by the with 26 runs, while senior Ashley Van Mar. 24 Michigan State Postponed league on Monday. Zeeland follows right behind her with 24. Mar. 25 Michigan State W, 10-1 The Vail, Arizona, native led the Badgers to Junior Chloe Miller rounds out the group Mar. 26 Michigan State L, 5-4 / W, 5-4 a pair of wins over Detroit and a 2-1 series with 18 runs on the season. Mar. 30 South Dakota 2/4 p.m. victory at Michigan State, which was UW’s April 1 Ohio State 4 p.m. Big Ten series opener. Cross batted .500 April 2 Ohio State 1 p.m. DOUBLE UP (7-for-14) on the week with nine hits and April 3 Ohio State 1 p.m. Chloe Miller, who led the team with 18 eight runs in five games.