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SCHEDULE & RESULTS GAME 47-49 | APRIL 20-22 | WICHITA, KAN. | 30-16; 8-4 AAC FEBRUARY (9-6) FRIENDS OF JACLYN INVITATIONAL (ORLANDO, FLA.) FRI. 9 VS. LOUISVILLE L, 3-5 9 VS. BUTLER W, 5-1 MATCH UP SAT. 10 VS. PROVINCE W, 4-2 10 VS. ILLINOIS W, 3-2/8INN SUN. 11 VS. NORTH CAROLINA L, 0-2/8INN TIMES ISNEY NVITATIONAL (ORLANDO, FLA.) D D-9 I Friday 7 PM ET | Saturday 3 pm ET | Sunday 1 PM PT FRI. 16 VS. NORTHERN IOWA L, 0-11 16 VS. LIU-BROOKLYN W, 13-7 TADIUM SAT. 17 VS. TEXAS TECH L, 2-6 S Wilkins Stadium 17 VS FAMU W, 2-1 MON. 19 VS. HOFSTRA W, 1-0/8INN LIVE STATS GREEN AND GOLD CLASSIC (JACKSONVILLE, FLA.) goshockers.com FRI. 23 VS. WESTERN CAROLINA L, 3-7 VS ENN TATE WICHITA STATE SCHOCKERS 23 . P S W, 4-0 TALENT SAT. 24 VS. WESTERN CAROLINA W, 8-0/5INN Overall Record 24 VS. NO. 23 JAMES MADISON L, 2-3 SUN. 25 AT JACKSONVILLE W, 5-3 23-17 TV/STREAM The American MARCH (15-7) goshockers.com 6-6 SAN DIEGO CLASSIC (SAN DIEGO, CALIF.) THURS. 1 AT SAN DIEGO STATE L, 1-3 MEDIA CONTacT Last five games FRI. 2 VS. NO.22 LONG BEACH STATE W, 3-0 Kelly Cartner 1-4 2 VS. UCLA L, 1-9/5INN [email protected] SAT. 3 VS. SANTA CLARA W, 9-1/5INN 4465 Knights Victory Way Series against the Shockers TUE. 6 VS. VIRGINIA TECH W, 1-0 Orlando, Fla. First ever meeting 6 VS. BALL STATE W, 2-1 USF UNDER ARMOUR SHOWCASE (CLEARWATER, FLA.) FRI. 9 VS CHATTANOOGA W, 3-1 9 VS ST. JOSEPH’S W, 9-1/5INN SAT. 10 VS WESTERN MICHIGAN L, 3-6 SHE’S ALL Cass T S N ONOR 10 VS SOUTHERN ILLINOIS W, 8-3 I ’ A H Cassady Brewer paces The American in walks Denali Schappacher and Alea White were SUN. 11 VS QUINNIPIAC W, 7-1 per game (0.64) with 27 total on the season. named to The American Honor Roll for WED. 14 VS. UT SAN ANTONIO L, 0-2 She has reached base safely in her last 13 their performance on the field against 14 VS. GEORGIA SOUTHERN L, 1-7 games, and has drawn at least one walk in the last eight games. Memphis. White went 2-1 last week and WED. 21 VS. PRINCETON (DH) W, 6-1 recorded a save in four appearances for 21 VS. PRINCETON (DH) L, 7-4 the Knights. She threw 23 total innings, RI VS ULSA FIRST FOR EVERYTHING F . 23 . T * W, 1-0 giving up nine earned runs on 28 hits for a SAT. 24 VS. TULSA* W, 2-1 This weekend features the first time the Shock- ers and Knights will meet as Wichita State 2.74 ERA, while Schappacher hit .500 and SUN. 25 VS. TULSA* W, 2-1 joined The American in the fall of 2017. scored five runs. TUE. 27 VS. BETHUNE-COOKMAN W, 8-0 THUR. 29 AT HOUSTON* W, 3-0 FRI. 30 AT HOUSTON* W, 7-2 DOUBLE OR NOTHIN’ WHITE KNIGHT The Knights sealed a 2-1 victory over FAU with a Nationally, sophomore pitcher Alea White SAT. 31 AT HOUSTON* L, 0-4 bases-loaded 4-2-3 double play in the top of the is second in victories with 22 after picking APRIL (6-3) seventh to kill the Owls rally and grab their 30th up two wins last week. With the wins last WED. 4 VS NO. 4 FLORIDA W, 1-0 win of the season Tuesday night at the UCF week, she has now collected 40 career SAT. 7 AT UCONN* W, 8-3 Softball Complex. wins and moves into the top 10 all-time in SAT. 7 AT UCONN * L, 11-3 UCF program history. SUN. 8 AT UCONN * L, 1-5 CIERRA IS THE WORD WED. 11 AT NORTH FLORIDA W, 5-3 Cierra Word, a walk-on freshman, has picked up FRI. 13 VS. MEMPHIS* L, 3-8 two wins in her last two appearances throwing ROOKIE SENsaTION SAT. 14 VS. MEMPHIS * W, 5-4 5.1 innings allowing just three hits and one run. Schappacher is having an exploding season as Word is 3-0 on the season with 14 appearances. SUN. 15 VS. MEMPHIS* W, 6-2 a first-year Knight. The freshman continues to TUE. 17 VS. FLORIDA ATLANTIC W, 2-1 be among the top two batting averages for the FRI. 20 AT WICHITA STATE * 7:00 PM TAMING THE TIGERS Knights hitting .342 with a team leading 41 hits. SAT. 21 AT WICHITA STATE* 3:00 PM Behind the bat of Aubrey Johnson, UCF SUN. 22 AT WICHITA STATE * 1:00 PM secured the series over Memphis with a SCHOP CHOP FRI. 27 AT SOUTH FLORIDA* 4:30 PM 6-2 win on 4/15 after winning on Saturday, Denali Schappacher led the UCF offense SAT. 28 AT SOUTH FLORIDA* 4:00 PM 5-4. The win puts the Knights in second going 3-for-4 scoring two runs and driving SUN. 29 AT SOUTH FLORIDA* 11:00 AM place in The American and just one game in a run along with a pair of stolen bases behind USF, while Memphis drops to third. in the win over UNF. MAY FRI. 4 VS. ECU* 5:30 PM SAT. 5 VS. ECU * 2:00 PM SUN. 6 VS. ECU* 12:00 PM THE AMERICAN CHAMPIONSHIP (TAMPA, FLA.) THUR. 10-12 TBA TBA ALL TIMES LISTED ARE EASTERN. GAME TIMES ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE. HOME gaMES ARE PLAYED AT THE ucf.softball ucf_softball ucfsoftball UCF SOFTBALL COMPLEX. 1 #ChargeOn 2018 1 TOP 25 POLLS (WEEK OF 4/17) BREW-FEST USA TODAY/NFCA Cassady Brewer was named to The American Honor Roll after her performance on the field in the Rank Team Record Prev. Knights’ four games in the week of 4/2. Brewer compiled a .600 batting average over four games, 1 Washington (31) 41-2 1 as she led the Knights past No. 4 Florida going 3-for-3 and driving in the lone run of the game. In 2 Oklahoma (1) 38-2 2 American play, Brewer blasted two home runs against UConn to finish the week with a 1.400 slug- 3 UCLA 37-3 4 ging percentage, 14 total bases, and six RBI. 4 Oregon 34-7 3 5 Florida 37-7 6 FOURTH AGAINST FLORIda 6 Georgia 37-6 5 - The Knights’ win marked UCF’s fourth victory in the series against Florida. 7 Tennessee 37-8 10 - The last time the Knights defeated the Gators came on April 11, 2012 in Orlando when UCF shut out then-No. 3 Florida, 2-0. 8 Arizona State 34-7 7 - Mackenzie Audas threw a two-hitter to earn the victory during her rookie campaign. 9 Texas A&M 36-10 9 - Cassady Brewer’s older sister Danielle was a junior on the squad in UCF’s 2012 victory. 10 Florida State 36-8 13 - The UCF defense held Florida to its fewest hits this season. The Gators’ previous low was a three- 11 Auburn 36-10 8 hit effort in a 5-0 loss against FIU on March 28, 2018. 12 South Carolina 34-10 11 13 Arizona 27-12 12 GOING AGAINST THE RANks 14 Michigan 35-7 17 - The victory over Florida marks the fourth straight year the Knights have defeated at least two 15 LSU 32-10 14 ranked opponents in a season. 16 Arkansas 33-9 19 - UCF topped No. 22 Long Beach State earlier this season, 3-0. 17 Alabama 26-13 15 18 Long Beach State 33-9 18 SECOND STRAIGHT SERIES 19 Mississippi State 32-11 23 The Knights took their second straight series defeating Houston two out of the three days to im- 20 Kentucky 26-13 20 prove to 5-1 in conference play - tied for second with USF. 21 Baylor 25-13 16 22 Louisiana 27-11 21 HOT START The 5-1 start for the Knights’ conference play is the second best start in conference since joining 23 Texas State 31-9 24 The American in 2014. 24 Oklahoma State 32-12 NR 25 Hofstra 28-8 NR STILL A SPEEdsTER Megan Greenwell continues to etch her name in the record books as she surpassed Maddy Schro- Others Receiving Votes: California (47), eder for sixth all-time for stolen bases with 57 after stealing multiple bases in the series win over Ohio State (46), James Madison (42), Ken- Houston. nesaw State (22), Oregon State (12), Mercer (10), USF (5), Northwestern (2), Drake (1), HOMERIN’ IN HOUSTON Nebraska (1). A trio of home runs breezed the UCF Knights past Houston Friday evening after they trounced the Cougars, 7-2. Aubrey Johnson, Jazmine Esparza, and Cassday Brewer each delivered homers making it the second time this season the Knights have hit three home runs in a game (Southern ESPN (WEEK OF 4/3) Illinois). Rank Team Record Prev. 1 Washington (16) 35-2 1 WHAT AN HONOR 2 Oklahoma (2) 31-2 3 Greenwell earned AAC Honor Roll accolades the week of 3/26 after her performace against Bethune-Cookman and Houston. The senior exploded offensively last week for UCF hitting .625 in 3 UCLA (1) 31-2 4 four games. Greenwell went five-for-eight with three runs scored. On the base path, Greenwell was 4 Oregon (1) 27-6 2 3-for-3 on stolen bases.