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TEXAS A&M Softball 2010 GAME NOTES Three Big 12 Championships • 20 NCAA Tournament Appearances • Three Super Regionals • 11 WCWS Appearances • Three National Championships Softball Contact: Deanna Werner • [email protected] • Office: 979-862-5443 • Cell: 231-288-3700 • Website: AggieAthletics.com No. 11 oklAhoma at No. 20 Texas A&M 2010 SChEdulE Saturday, April 10 • 2 p.m. Date Opponent Time/Result Sunday, April 11 • Noon Kajikawa Classic Feb. 12 vs. Wisconsin W, 16-1 (5) College Station, Texas • Aggie Softball Complex vs. No. 11 California W, 3-2 Feb. 13 vs. Nevada W, 6-4 Live video: AggieAthletics.com at No. 5 Arizona State L, 4-10 Live audio: AggieAthletics.com • RadioAggieland.com • Sports Radio 1150 The Zone Feb. 14 vs. Cal State Northridge W, 8-2 Live stats: AggieAthletics.com 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 Feb. 25 vs. Fordham L, 0-4 vs. Oregon L, 0-4 The No. 20 Texas A&M softball team hosts No. 11 Oklahoma this weekend for a two-game series Feb. 26 vs. UNLV W, 4-3 vs. San Diego State W, 7-6 (8) at the Aggie Softball Complex. Saturday’s game is set for 2 p.m., while first pitch on Sunday is March 3 Houston W, 6-4 thrown at noon. TEXAS A&M INVItatIONAL March 4 BYU l, 3-5 (8) The Aggies (32-9, 4-2 Big 12) sit in third place in the conference after a big win against No. 16 March 5 Northern Colorado W, 7-0 BYU l, 4-5 Texas on Wednesday and have won three of their last four games, including two straight after March 6 MonmouTh N.J. W, 10-0 (5) returning to their home field. Northern Colorado W, 11-1 (5) March 9 Texas A&M C.C l, 3-4 The Sooners (29-9, 3-2 Big 12) come off of a 3-2 loss at No. 12 Oklahoma State on Wednesday. Texas A&M C.C W, 8-0 (5) AGGIE INVItatIONAL OU is 3-2 in its last five games, splitting with conference foe Missouri and taking two close con- March 12 Utah State W, 10-4 tests at Iowa State before its midweek loss. WRighT State W, 5-0 March 13 North Dakota State W, 4-0 uTAh State W, 8-0 (5) The Aggies are 19-4 at home this season and are led by freshman Meagan May with a .412 bat- March 14 North Dakota State W, 5-2 ting average. From Spring, Texas, May leads the league in home runs (17), walks (33), RBIs (53), San Diego Classic II total bases (115) and slugging percentage (.966). Sophomore pitcher Rebecca Arbino holds an March 19 vs. Harvard W, 10-1 (6) 18-6 record and posts a Big-12-best nine shutouts. vs. Long Beach State W, 4-2 March 20 vs. No. 25 UMass W, 1-0 (9) vs. Illinois-Chicago W, 5-0 FOLLOW ThE ACTioN March 21 at San Diego State W, 4-0 (9) Live stats and free live audio will be provided for both games this weekend on AggieAthletics. March 24 No. 8 GeoRgiA Tech L, 0-4 March 27 Kansas * W, 12-4 (6) com. In addition, fans can listen the broadcasts live on Sports Radio 1150 The Zone, making them March 28 Kansas * W, 10-1 (6) both available worldwide on any iPhone, iPod Touch, Blackberry or PDA free of charge. Log on to March 31 at No. 24 Baylor * L, 2-3 (10) RadioAggieland.com for more information. April 3 at Nebraska * W, 6-3 April 3 at Nebraska * L, 3-8 ApRil 6 Stephen f. Austin W, 7-0 pRoMoTioNS ApRil 7 No. 16 Texas * W, 1-0 Attention young softball fans! Wear your little league softball jersey to every Big 12 Aggie softball ApRil 10 No. 11 oklAhoma * 2:00 p.M. game this year and get in free! Also, don’t forget to enter your name into a drawing near the 12th ApRil 11 No. 11 oklAhoma * 12:00 p.M. ApRil 14 Sam houstoN State 6:30 p.M. Man Team Rewards table for a chance to win a clinic with the Fightin’ Texas Aggie softball team at April 17 at Iowa State * 2:00 p.m. the end of the year. April 18 at Iowa State * 11:00 a.m. April 21 at Texas * 6:30 p.m. ApRil 24 MissouRi * 1:00 p.M. oN dECk ApRil 25 MissouRi * 2:00 p.M. The Aggies close out their five-game homestand on Wednesday with a contest against Sam Hous- ApRil 28 BayloR * 6:30 p.M. ton State. The game begins at 6:30 p.m. and is the second meeting between the two teams this May 1 at Texas Tech * 2:00 p.m. May 2 at Texas Tech * 12:00 p.m. year. A&M won 2-1 in Huntsville, Texas, early in the season thanks to a solo home run by Kelsea May 8 at Oklahoma State * 2:00 p.m. Orsak and a score on a wild pitch by Macie Morrow. May 9 at Oklahoma State * 1:00 p.m. May 13-16 Big 12 Championship TBA May 20-23 NCAA Regionals TBA lAST TiME ouT May 27-30 NCAA Super Regionals TBA Freshman Melissa Dumezich hit a walk-off RBI single with two outs in the bottom of the seventh June 1-9 WCWS TBA inning to lift A&M to a 1-0 victory over No. 16 Texas before a crowd of 1,281 on Wednesday night. Dumezich scored senior Macie Morrow from third in just the second Aggie hit of the game, while *Denotes Big 12 Conference Game All home games played at Aggie Softball Complex Arbino threw a two-hit shutout to tally her ninth blank of the season. The Aggies snapped the All Times Central Longhorns’ eight-game winning streak and shutout their second straight opponent at home. A&M 1 gENERAl iNformatioN also raised the State Farm Lone Star Show- down trophy and gained half a point in the A&M’S recoRd When... LOCATION .......................College Station, Texas standing. FOUNDED .................................................. 1872 WiN-loSS Summary: ENROLLMENT ......................................... 48,787 SCouTiNg oklAhoMA The Sooners hold a 4-3 mark on the road this Total .................................................................32-9 NICKNAME ...............................................Aggies season, but have a pitching staff with the low- Conference ........................................................4-2 MASCOT................Reveille VIII, American Collie est ERA in the Big 12 at 1.57. Keilani Ricketts Non-Conf .........................................................28-7 COLORS ................................Maroon and White (18-8) is their go-to hurler with a 1.38 ERA Home ...............................................................19-4 CONFERENCE ........................................... Big 12 and 187 strikeouts in 147.1 innings pitched. Away ..................................................................3-3 INTERIM PRESIDENT ............Dr. R. Bowen Loftin She holds her opponents to a .158 batting Neutral.............................................................10-2 DIRECTOR OF ATHLETICS .................... Bill Byrne average, while the staff as a whole keeps their Day ..................................................................29-6 opponents down to a .191 average. Oklahoma HOME FIELD (Capacity) Aggie Softball Complex Night ..................................................................3-3 is hitting .283 and is led by Amber Flores with vs Left ................................................................4-0 ................................................................(1,750) a .406 batting average, 41 hits, 43 runs, a .762 vs Right ............................................................28-9 OPENED ..................................................... 1994 slugging percentage and a conference-best 1-Run games ......................................................6-3 DIMENSIONS ............ 190 (LF) 220 (CF) 190 (RF) .567 on base percentage. Jessica Shults has a 2-Run games ......................................................4-1 team-high 12 home runs and 48 RBIs, while 5+Run games ...................................................18-2 CoachiNg Staff Brianna Turange leads the team with 16-of-19 Extra inns ...........................................................3-2 stolen bases. Patti Gasso is in her 16th season Shutouts ..........................................................13-3 HEAD COACH ...................Jo Evans (Utah, 1983) at the helm of OU softball with a record of Scoring 0-2 runs .................................................3-4 756-249-2. RECORD AT A&M ..........501-255-2 (13 seasons) Scoring 3-5 runs .................................................8-5 CAREER RECORD ...........814-465-2 (24 seasons) Scoring 6-9 runs ...............................................13-0 VERSuS ThE SooNERS ASSOCIATE HEAD COACHES ............................... Scoring 10+ runs ................................................8-0 Oklahoma holds the advantage in the all-time Opponent 0-2 runs ..........................................22-0 Joy Jackson (Utah, 1991) series, 37-28, and won both games last year in Opponent 3-5 runs ............................................9-7 Mary Jo Firnbach (Southern Illinois, 1991) Norman, 7-3 and 3-1. Since 2004, A&M leads Opponent 6-9 runs ............................................1-1 the Sooners by a narrow margin, 8-7, with Team iNformatioN seven of those games being determined by Opponent 10+ runs ...........................................0-1 two runs or less. Scored in 1st inning .........................................16-2 2009 RECORD ........................................... 32-22 Scores first .......................................................26-4 2009 BIG 12 RECORD (FINISH) ............. 8-9 (6th) SpiTTlER NAMEd TWo-TiME NSCA Opp. scores first .................................................6-5 After 4 leading .................................................24-2 2009 NCAA POSTSEASON .........NCAA Regionals All-AMERiCAN After 4 trailing....................................................2-2 LETTERWINNERS RETURNING/LOST ...........10/5 Texas A&M junior outfielder Kelsey