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2007 Final Notes SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY MEDIA SERVICES Mail Code 6620 Room 118, Lingle Hall - SIU Arena Saluki Softball Contact Information Carbondale, IL 62901 Matt Crouch Phone: 618.453.7236 E-mail: [email protected] Fax: 618.453.2648 Office Phone: 618.453.5465 Tickets: 618.453.2000 Cell Phone: 731.336.8264 www.siusalukis.com 2007 FINAL NOTES 2007 Southern Illinois Salukis Softball Schedule Date Opponent Site Time Southern Illinois Salukis FEBRUARY 9-11 at Jacksonville University Tournament (Jacksonville, Fla.) 9 North Carolina-Greensboro Jacksonville, Fla. L, 9-0 (5) (41-16, 17-7 MVC) 9 Jacksonville Jacksonville, Fla. W, 7-2 10 Jacksonville Jacksonville, Fla. W, 3-1 10 North Carolina-Greensboro Jacksonville, Fla. W, 6-2 2007: Season in Review 11 Minnesota Jacksonville, Fla. W, 6-4 16-18 at Crowne Plaza Classic (Houston, Texas) So many times, when looking back on a season, people tend to Wagner, a sophomore, struggled at the plate as a freshman, 16 Indiana Houston, Texas W, 6-2 look at the end result as a barometer of success. hitting .190 with only three extra-base hits. She eclipsed that mark 16 Texas State Houston, Texas L, 1-0 (8) While advancing to a fifth-straight NCAA Regional is impressive in in 2007, finishing second on the team with a .317 average with 17 Houston Houston, Texas W, 4-3 (8) itself, Southern Illinois University head softball coach Kerri Blaylock seven doubles, a triple and seven home runs. 17 Centenary Houston, Texas W, 5-1 hopes that when the 2007 season is remembered, it is the total Wamsley also had a big turn-around, going from a .231 average 18 #5/8 Louisiana State Houston, Texas W, 8-5 body of work that comes to mind. as a freshman to .303 as a sophomore. She had 10 doubles and 23-25 at NFCA Leadoff Classic (Columbus, Ga.) “I think we had a very good season overall. We had some of the 10 home runs for the year, smashing her totals of four and three, 23 North Carolina Columbus, Ga. W, 3-2 best wins that I have had as a coach over some very high-ranked respectively, last season. 23 Hofstra Columbus, Ga. W, 1-0 24 Auburn Columbus, Ga. W, 3-2 (9) opponents,” said Blaylock. The team as a whole finished with some pretty impressive marks 24 #13 Michigan Columbus, Ga. L, 2-0 “And, I think sometimes you can focus on the end and what you at the plate for the season. SIU set a single-game record with five 25 #20 Florida State Columbus, Ga. W, 4-1 did not get done at the end and it kind of clouds what you have home runs against Northern Iowa on April 21 while also picking MARCH done all year long and I don’t want that to happen.” up 19 hits in the game, a mark that the team had not seen since 3-4 Kay Brechtelsbauer Southern Classic (Carbondale, Ill.) The 2007 Salukis put together a 41-16 season, the third 40+ win 1996. 3 Ball State Carbondale, Ill. W, 9-0 (5) season in the past four years and the sixth in the team’s history. Southern also set a single-game record with seven doubles hit 4 Western Illinois Carbondale, Ill. W, 10-0 (6) Southern also finished 17-7 in the Missouri Valley Conference, against Drake on April 6. That mark helped the team along as 4 Indiana Carbondale, Ill. Cancelled picking up a third-place finish. the Salukis set a new single-season team record with 77 doubles 9-11 at Florida State Invitational (Tallahassee, Fla.) 9 Florida A&M Tallahassee, Fla. W, 8-1 The amazing feats did not stop there as Southern Illinois broke – breaking the old record of 70 which was set in 1998 and again 9 Western Carolina Tallahassee, Fla. W, 12-0 (5) into the top-25 rankings on Feb. 21 (coming in No. 24 in the USA in 2004. 10 Buffalo Tallahassee, Fla. W, 3-0 Today/NFCA poll) and spent a school-record 13-stright weeks in the The Salukis also did the job on the other side of the ball, finishing 10 #21/23 Georgia Tallahassee, Fla. L, 3-1 top-25 rankings. the season with the fifth-best fielding percentage (.977) in the 10 Maine Tallahassee, Fla. W, 8-3 Twice during that 13-week stretch, the Salukis earned their nation with only 36 errors in 57 games while also posting the 11 #25 Florida State Tallahassee, Fla. L, 6-0 highest-ever national ranking, coming in at No. 18 on March 7 17th-best ERA in the nation (1.67). 13 Alabama-Birmingham Birmingham, Ala. L, 5-4 (9) and March 28. While youth played a large part in the team’s success, Blaylock 17 Bradley* Carbondale, Ill. W, 2-0 / W, 9-0 (5) But, what propelled SIU into the rankings was equally impressive. will be the first to point out that it was the experience and leader- 18 Bradley* Carbondale, Ill. W, 2-0 20 Evansville* Evansville, Ind. W, 3-1 / W, 6-2 On Feb. 18, Southern Illinois picked up an 8-5 win over then-No. 5 ship of the senior class that really set the tone for the season. 21 Missouri Carbondale, Ill. W, 1-0 Louisiana State, handing the Tigers their first loss of the season and “I will definitely remember the seniors. A really great group 24 Indiana State* Terre Haute, Ind. W, 7-0 / W, 6-2 giving the Salukis their highest-ranked win in school history. of kids that I am going to miss a bunch and some of our big 25 Indiana State* Terre Haute, Ind. W, 2-0 Prior to that, the highest-ranked team that Southern had beaten wins early will always be very pleasant memories for me,” said 31 Creighton* Omaha, Neb. W, 3-1 was No. 6 Nebraska (2-1) on March 31, 2003. Blaylock. APRIL Southern Illinois also advanced to the MVC Championship game, “Really what this year’s seniors have accomplished in their four 1 Creighton* Omaha, Neb. L, 5-4 / L, 12-6 a 6-2 loss to Creighton, for only the fourth time in school history years has been some great stuff. I think all three of them have had 3 Southeast Missouri Cape Girardeau,Mo. Cancelled and advanced to its fifth-straight NCAA Tournament, an active some feel-good type of stories. Cassidy Scoggins is the kid that was 6 Drake* Carbondale, Ill. W, 13-0 (5) 7 Drake* Carbondale, Ill. Cancelled streak that only 22 other teams in the nation can boast. not highly-recruited and came in and was one of the best pitchers 10 Evansville* Carbondale, Ill. W, 3-2 (10) The Salukis did all of this with a young team that really stepped that this program has ever had. Ashley Hamby struggled and had a 11 Middle Tennessee Murfreesboro, Tenn. Cancelled up down the stretch. great senior year and is now playing pro ball. Amanda Clifton was 14 Missouri State* Carbondale, Ill. Cancelled With a starting lineup that at times was made up of just as many Ms. Clutch four us and was really big for us in all four years.” 15 Missouri State* Carbondale, Ill. L, 4-3 / W, 8-0 (5) freshmen and sophomores as there were juniors and seniors, the The class leaves Southern as one of the most successful in the his- 18 Tennessee-Martin Martin, Tenn. W, 4-0 / W, 9-0 (6) team’s youth provided a big question mark at the beginning of the tory of the softball program. The class is the winningest ever at SIU 21 Northern Iowa* Cedar Falls, Iowa W, 14-1 (5) / W, 10-2 (5) season, but a question that was quickly answered. with 168 wins in their four years, averaging 42 wins per season. 22 Northern Iowa* Cedar Falls, Iowa W, 10-5 (9) “I think when you rely on youth as much as we did that some of The trio of Scoggins, Hamby and Clifton posted seasons of 45, 28 #22 Illinois State* Normal, Ill. W, 4-2 / L, 5-0 29 #22 Illinois State* Normal, Ill. L, 2-1 the wins that we had really surprised me. So, I think after the early 47, 35 and 41 wins – making them the only class in the program’s MAY wins, our expectations grew tremendously,” said Blaylock. history to have three 40+ win seasons. 2 Illinois Carbondale, Ill. Cancelled “I think Alicia Garza, who I thought we were going to rely on The class only lost 60 of their 228 games, giving them a .737 5 Wichita State* Carbondale, Ill. L, 5-3 (10) / L, 2-1 (12) mainly for her defense, was great. I thought Katie Wagner and winning percentage. 6 Wichita State* Carbondale, Ill. W, 2-1 (10) Jayme Wamsley, who both hit over .300 for the year, did a tre- Along with the winning, the Class of 2007 is only the second in 10-12 State Farm MVC Tournament (Normal, Ill.) mendous job for us. And, with Katie Wilson tying the single-season the team’s history to advance to four NCAA Tournaments. The Class 10 Bradley Normal, Ill. W, 1-0 home run record as a freshman was tremendous.” of 2006 was the first. 11 #21 Illinois State Normal, Ill. W, 3-0 The offense was definitely a youth-driven effort as the freshman Even with all the success experienced in 2007, Blaylock is 12 Creighton Normal, Ill.
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