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EVANSVILLE SOFTBALL www.GoPurpleAces.com - @UEAthletics_SB - @UEAthletics Evansville Purple Aces (14-29, 7-13 MVC) Game 2018 Schedule/Results vs. Southern Illinois (24-20, 7-11 MVC) 44-46 FEBRUARY 2018 April 28-29, 2018 | Evansville, Ind. Mardi Gras Classic Feb. 9 vs. Samford W, 14-6 Feb. 9 at #22 Louisiana L, 1-7 This week: Feb. 10 vs. UIC Canceled Feb. 10 vs. Iowa Canceled Feb. 11 vs. Eastern Illinois W, 11-0 (5) Red & Black Showcase Evansville Information Southern Illinois Information Feb. 16 vs. Winthrop L, 3-4 Overall Record ................................14-29 Overall Record ................................24-20 Feb. 17 at #17 Georgia L, 0-8 (6) Conference Record ...........................7-13 Conference Record ...........................7-11 Feb. 17 vs. Winthrop L, 0-1 Home Record .....................................2-7 Feb. 18 vs. Samford L, 5-11 Home Record ...................................7-10 Feb. 18 at #17 Georgia L, 0-2 Away Record ..................................12-22 Away Record ..................................17-10 Streak ............................................... L 1 Streak ............................................... L 1 Frost Classic Feb. 23 vs. IUPUI L, 0-5 Feb. 23 vs. SEMO L, 0-9 (6) Head Coach ..........................Mat Mundell Head Coach ........................Kerri Blaylock Feb. 24 vs. Eastern Illinois L, 6-9 (9) Record at UE .......... 68-133 (4th Season) Record at SIU ...652-368-1 (19th Season) Feb. 24 vs. Western Illinois L, 5-9 Career Record .... 185-291 (10th Season) Career Record ................................Same Feb. 25 at Chattanooga L, 5-6 (8) MARCH 2018 Probable UE Lineup Hilltopper Spring Fling Pos. No. Name BA GP-GS AB R H HR RBI BB SB-ATT Mar. 2 vs. Austin Peay W, 4-1 Mar. 2 vs. Dayton W, 1-0 RF 4 Eryn Gould .380 43-43 137 25 52 3 15 15 6-8 Mar. 3 at Western Kentucky L, 1-3 CF 17 Brittany Hay .239 43-43 134 24 32 7 25 11 8-11 Mar. 3 vs. Dayton W, 1-0 Mar. 4 vs. Austin Peay W, 5-2 SS 10 Lindsay Renneisen .263 43-43 133 18 35 6 17 15 2-2 P 30 Morgan Florey .237 4-39 118 7 28 3 21 14 0-0 Racer Classic Mar. 9 vs. UIC L, 0-1 (8) 3B 11 Elyse Hickey .241 41-38 108 11 26 0 12 24 1-1 Mar. 9 vs. Oakland L, 1-6 LF 33 Mea Adams .230 38-23 74 8 17 0 2 6 2-4 Mar. 10 vs. Kent State L, 3-6 Mar. 10 vs. Oakland W, 9-6 1B 5 Alex Latoria .091 27-21 55 4 5 1 4 3 0-0 Mar. 11 at Murray State Canceled C 18 Bailee Bostic .149 36-33 74 5 11 1 5 8 0-0 DP 2 Toni Galas .192 27-11 26 4 5 0 1 4 4-5 Mar. 17 vs. Drake (DH)* L, 0-3/L, 3-6 Mar. 18 vs. Drake* L, 0-3 Mar. 24 vs. UNI* Canceled 2B 1 Allison Daggett .192 40-39 73 8 14 0 1 5 0-1 Mar. 25 vs. UNI (DH)* W, 6-2/W, 6-2 Mar. 30 at Loyola (DH)* W, 4-3/L, 0-2 Around the Diamond Mar. 31 at Loyola* W, 7-1 APRIL 2018 Apr. 5 at Butler Canceled Apr. 6 vs. Missouri State (DH)* L, 1-4 (9)/L, 6-7 (8) Apr. 7 vs. Missouri State* L, 3-4 Apr. 11 at UT Martin L, 2-3 (14) Apr. 13 at Illinois State (DH)* L, 1-2/L, 2-4 Apr. 14 at Illinois State* L, 2-4 Apr. 18 at Indiana State (DH)* L, 3-6/W, 6-2 Apr. 21 at Valparaiso (DH)* W, 2-0/L, 2-6 Apr. 22 at Valparaiso* W, 3-2 Apr. 25 vs. Indiana State* L, 1-6 Apr. 28 vs. Southern Illinois (DH)* 12/2:00 p.m. Apr. 29 vs. Southern Illinois* 11:00 a.m. MAY 2018 May 5 at Bradley (DH)* 12/2:00 p.m. May 6 at Bradley* 11:00 a.m. May 10-12 - MVC Championship - Des Moines, Iowa * - MVC Game % - Arch Madness Home Games in Bold All Times Central SID Contact: Bob Pristash | Office: 812-488-2285 | Cell: 812-266-5288 | [email protected] 1 2018 PURPLE ACES SOFTBALL Allison Daggett Toni Galas Eryn Gould Alex Latoria Olivia Cheatham IF - R/L - FR OF - R/L - FR C - R/R - FR IF - R/R - rSO 6 OF - R/R - JR 1 Paola, Kan. 2 Batavia, Ill. 4 Mt. Carmel, Ill. 5 St. Charles, Ill. St. Charles, Ill. Kristin Koepke McKenzie Johnson Lindsay Renneisen Elyse Hickey Brittany Hay OF - R/R - JR IF - R/R - JR IF - R/R - FR IF - R/L - FR IF - R/R - SR 8 McHenry, Ill. 9 Owensboro, Ky. 10 Louisville, Ky. 11 Hanover Park, Ill. 17 Georgetown, Ill. Bailee Bostic Ashleigh Downing Emily Lockhart Danielle Cassidy Morgan Florey C - R/R - JR P - R/R - rJR 21 P - R/R - JR P - R/R - JR P - R/R - JR 18 Aurora, Ind. 20 Troy, Texas Robinson, Ill. 27 Millersburg, Mo. 30 Peoria, Ill. Mea Adams Jaime Nurrenbern OF - R/L - FR P - R/R - FR 33 Demotte, Ind. 44 Fort Branch, Ind. Mat Mundell Heather Tarter Head Coach Assistant Coach WWW.GOPURPLEACES.COM 2 2018 PURPLE ACES SOFTBALL Head Coach Mat Mundell - 4th Season Mundell’s Mark - 2016 Missouri Valley Conference Year-by-Year Record as Head Coach Coaching Staff of the Year Year School Record Conf. - Led UE to best back-to-back seasons 2009 Illinois-Springfi eld 4-24 1-11 in ten years 2010 Illinois-Springfi eld 14-32 6-22 2011 Illinois-Springfi eld 15-27 6-13 - In just three seasons, has directed his 2012 Illinois-Springfi eld 36-22 22-12 student-athletes to 13 different confer- 2013 Illinois-Springfi eld 21-28 15-19 ence postseason awards 2014 Illinois-Springfi eld 27-25 17-17 UIS Record 6 Seasons 117-158 67-94 2015 Evansville 10-45 2-23 2016 Evansville 24-26 12-14 In one of the nation’s top turnarounds, Mat Mundell led the Purple Aces to a 16-win increase in 2016 on his way to his staff being named the Missouri Valley Coaching Staff of the Year. Highlighting the season 2017 Evansville 20-33 11-15 was a streak in April that saw the program win four consecutive conference series, including wins against eventual league champion Wichita State. 2018 Evansville 14-29 7-13 UE Record 4th Season 68-133 32-65 In 2017, he led the Purple Aces to double-fi gure conference wins once again and a top fi ve fi nish in the league. Brittany Hay was named the MVC Newcomer of the Year while Morgan Florey earned second team honors. Overall record - 10th Year 185-291 99-159 The all-time winningest softball coach in University of Illinois Springfi eld history took the helm of the Pur- ple Aces in 2014. Faced with diffi cult odds in his inaugural campaign at UE, Mundell did an admirable job with his squad. His work with Danielle Freeman resulted in her being named an All-MVC player in softball after doing the same in swimming. Notables Under Mundell After assuming the position of Head Softball Coach at UIS in 2009, Mundell experienced unparalleled success. Guiding the program through a period of transition from NAIA to NCAA Division II, Mundell guided the Prairie Stars to over 100 wins while recruiting and coaching 15 National Fastpitch Coaches 2017 Association (NFCA) Academic All-Americans and 24 Great Lakes Valley Conference (GLVC) Academic - Brittany Hay All-Conference players. MVC Newcomer of the Year Under the tutelage of Mundell, the Prairie Stars excelled in the classroom, earning a team grade-point - Morgan Florey average of at least a 3.20 every season, including a program-best 3.43 GPA in 2014 to earn its fi rst-ever GLVC team academic award. A student-athlete himself, Mundell was a 3-year Varsity tennis player at All-MVC Second Team Eureka College. He graduated with Bachelor’s degree in 2003. Mundell also studied education in his - Morgan Lambert time at UIS. Mat is married to Kelly Mundell and the couple has two daughters. All-MVC Second Team All-Defensive Team 2016 - Morgan Florey MVC Freshman of the Year All-MVC First Team - Chandra Parr All-MVC First Team MVC Scholar-Athlete Honorable Mention - Susan Norris All-Defensive Team - Michal Luckett All-MVC Tournament Team 2015 - Danielle Freeman All-MVC Second Team - Morgan Lambert All-Defensive Team - Chandra Parr MVC Scholar-Athlete WWW.GOPURPLEACES.COM 3 2018 PURPLE ACES SOFTBALL 2018 UE Numerical Roster Roster Breakdown # Name Pos. B/T Class Hometown/Previous School By Class 1 Allison Daggett IF R/L Fr. Paola, Kan. / Paola HS Seniors (1) 2 Toni Galas OF R/L Fr. Batavia, Ill. / Batavia Senior HS Brittany Hay 4 Eryn Gould C R/R Fr. Mt. Carmel, Ill. / Mt Carmel HS Juniors (8) 5 Alex Latoria IF R/R R-So. St. Charles, Ill. / St. Charles East Bailee Bostic, Danielle Cassidy, Olivia Cheatham, 6 Olivia Cheatham OF R/R Jr. St. Charles, Ill. / St. Charles East Ashleigh Downing, Morgan Florey, McKenzie 8 Kristin Koepke OF R/R Jr. McHenry, Ill. / McHenry West High School Johnson, Kristin Koepke, Emily Lockhart 9 McKenzie Johnson IF R/R Jr. Owensboro, Ky. / Muhlenberg County High School Sophomores (1) 10 Lindsay Renneisen IF R/R Fr. Louisville, Ky. / Bulitt East HS 11 Elyse Hickey IF R/L Fr. Hanover Park, Ill. / Bartlett HS Alex Latoria 17 Brittany Hay UT R/R Sr.