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2017 AUBURN SOFTBALL AUBURN ATHLETICS COMMUNICATIONS: 392 SOUTH DONAHUE DRIVE || AUBURN, AL 36830 || AUBURNTIGERS.COM || @AUBURNSOFTBALL SCHEDULE/RESULTS TRIPLE CROWN TOURNAMENT (PUERTO VALLARTA, MEXICO) Date Opponent Time/Result Feb. 9 ! vs. #1 Oklahoma (ESPNU) 1 p.m. ! vs. #13 Washington (ESPN3) 7 p.m. Feb. 10 ! vs. Nebraska 2 p.m. #1/1 Oklahoma #13/13 Washington Feb. 11 ! vs. BYU 10 a.m. Feb. 16 SIUE (SECN+) 6 p.m. Feb. 9 • 1 p.m. Feb. 9 • 7 p.m. Feb. 17 $ Creighton (SECN+) 2:30 p.m. $ SIUE (SECN+) 4:45 p.m. Feb. 18 $ Evansville (SECN+) 3:30 p.m. 2016 Record......................................................................57-8 2016 Record...................................................................39-15 $ Creighton (SECN+) 6 p.m. Top Hitter ...........................Knighten (.397, 71 H, 62 RBI) Top Hitter ..................................Melhart (.378, 56 H, 42 R) Feb. 19 $ Mercer (SECN+) 2 p.m. Top Pitcher ...................... Parker (38-3, 1.64 ERA, 269 K) Top Pitcher .......................Alvelo (18-7, 3.17 ERA, 152 K) Feb. 23 North Dakota 6 p.m. Series History ....................................Oklahoma leads 4-1 Series History ................................Washington leads 3-0 Feb. 24 ^ UMass-Lowell (SECN+) 3:30 p.m. Last Meeting...........................OU 2, AU 1 (June 8, 2016) Last Meeting......................... UW 5, AU 0 (Feb. 11, 2010) ^ North Dakota (SECN+) 6 p.m. Feb. 25 ^ Yale 2:30 p.m. ^ James Madison 4:45 p.m. Feb. 26 ^ James Madison (SECN+) 1 p.m. Mar. 2 Liberty (SECN+) 6 p.m. Nebraska BYU Mar. 3 & Liberty (SECN+) 6 p.m. Mar. 4 & Savannah State 3:30 p.m. Feb. 10 • 2 p.m. Feb. 11 • 10 a.m. & Texas State 6 p.m. Mar. 5 & Col. of Charleston (SECN+) 1 p.m. Mar. 8 Alabama State (SECN+) 6 p.m. 2016 Record...................................................................35-21 2016 Record...................................................................36-21 Mar. 10 * LSU (SECN+) 6 p.m. Top Hitter .........................Knighten (.376, 21 HR, 60 RBI) Top Hitter ........................Thompson (.400, 66 H, 49 RBI) Mar. 11 * LSU (SECN) 7:30 p.m. Top Pitcher ................McClure (17-11, 3.49 ERA, 113 K) Top Pitcher .........................Bull (27-13, 2.63 ERA, 286 K) Mar. 12 * LSU (SECN) 4 p.m. Series History ......................................Nebraska leads 3-1 Series History ................................................BYU leads 2-0 Mar. 14 = vs. Tennessee 6 p.m. Last Meeting.........................AU 2, UN 1 (Feb. 20, 2010) Last Meeting........................BYU 4, AU 3 (May 20, 2011) Mar. 15 at Middle Tennessee 6 p.m. Mar. 17 ? vs. North Dakota State 10 a.m. ? at USF 12:30 p.m. » No. 2/2 Auburn is set to open the 2017 season outside the country in Puerto Vallarta, Mex- Mar. 18 ? vs. Illinois 11 a.m. ico for the Triple Crown Tournament. The Tigers will face No. 1 Oklahoma, No. 13 Washington, ? vs. Ohio State 1:30 p.m. Nebraska and BYU in the three-day event. Mar. 19 ? vs. LIU Brooklyn 8 a.m. Mar. 25 * at Florida (ESPN2) 5 p.m. » Auburn’s national ranking is the highest it has ever had to open up a season. Last year, the Mar. 26 * at Florida (ESPN2) 6 p.m. Tigers began 2016 at No. 4, which was a program-best. Mar. 27 * at Florida (SECN) 6 p.m. » The Tigers are coming off the deepest postseason run in school history. Auburn won a Mar. 31 * at Georgia 6 p.m. record 58 games en route to the Women’s College World Series Championship Series, where it Apr. 1 * at Georgia (ESPN2) 6 p.m. Apr. 2 * at Georgia (SECN) 11 a.m. faced Oklahoma and battled the Sooners to a three-game series. Apr. 5 at Samford 6 p.m. » Auburn is led at the plate by three-time All-American Kasey Cooper, who returns for her Apr. 7 * Ole Miss (SECN+) 6 p.m. final season. Cooper shattered a plethora of program records last season including 83 RBI, 21 Apr. 8 * Ole Miss (ESPNU) 3 p.m. Apr. 9 * Ole Miss (SECN+) 1 p.m. home runs, 71 walks and 163 total bases. She also set Auburn single-season marks with a .581 Apr. 12 * Georgia State (SECN+) 6 p.m. on-base percentage and an .880 slugging percentage. Apr. 14 * Missouri (SECN+) 6 p.m. » Key returners from the 2016 squad include Victoria Draper, Haley Fagan and Carlee Wallace Apr. 15 * Missouri (SECN+) 6 p.m. at the plate, as well as Kaylee Carlson and Makayla Martin in the circle. Apr. 16 * Missouri (ESPN2) 2 p.m. Apr. 21 * at South Carolina 6 p.m. Apr. 22 * at South Carolina 6 p.m. Apr. 23 * at South Carolina 1 p.m. PROJECTED LINEUP (2016 STATS) Apr. 26 at Alabama State 6 p.m. Apr. 28 * Mississippi State (SECN+) 6 p.m. Apr. 29 * Mississippi State (SECN+) 6 p.m. Pos. No. Name Cl. B/T Avg. GP-GS AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SLG% OB% Apr. 30 * Mississippi State (SECN+) 1 p.m. C 00 Carlee Wallace Jr. R/R .287 66-63 174 41 50 11 3 5 42 .471 .436 May 5 * at Alabama (SECN) 6 p.m. -or- 93 Courtney Shea Jr. L/R .225 52-33 111 19 25 6 0 8 29 .495 .313 May 6 * at Alabama (ESPN2) 6 p.m. 1B 24 Kendall Veach So. R/R .263 23-1 19 6 5 1 0 0 5 .316 .548 May 7 * at Alabama (ESPN2) 12 p.m. -or- 9 Tannon Snow* So. R/R .230 50-43 122 26 28 5 0 6 24 .418 .365 May 10-13 SEC Tournament (SECN) TBA 2B 11 Casey McCrackin So. R/R .310 35-7 29 14 9 1 0 1 7 .448 .487 May 18-28 NCAA Regionals TBA -or- 1 KK Crocker Fr. L/R - - - - - - - - - - - June 1-7 WCWS TBA SS 2 Haley Fagan R-Sr. R/R .231 14-12 39 1 9 4 0 1 6 .410 .279 All times Central // Home games in Bold 3B 13 Kasey Cooper Sr. L/R .422 70-70 187 69 79 19 1 21 83 .872 .581 ! - Triple Crown Tournament (Puerto Vallarta, Mexico) OF 4 Madi Gipson R-Jr. R/R .239 68-67 176 39 42 13 1 6 43 .426 .352 $ - Plainsman Invitational // ^ - Tiger Invitational OF 27 Victoria Draper R-Jr. L/R .325 69-69 151 46 49 2 0 0 6 .338 .388 & - Wilson/DeMarini Classic // = - in Columbia, Tenn. OF 3 Whitney Jordan Jr. R/R .228 69-65 180 39 41 6 3 7 39 .411 .320 ? - USF Tournament (Clearwater, Fla.) // * - SEC Game -or- 17 Morgan Podany So. R/R .250 48-3 24 14 6 0 0 1 11 .375 .500 -or- 10 Carmyn Greenwood Fr. L/R - - - - - - - - - - - Pos. No. Name Cl. ERA W-L APP-GS CG-SHO SV IP H R ER BB SO Avg. RHP 29 Makayla Martin So. 1.57 15-4 32-18 4-2 2 116.0 92 41 26 38 64 .215 RHP 16 Kaylee Carlson Jr. 2.36 19-2 30-22 10-4 2 130.2 118 54 44 48 71 .236 2017 AUBURN SOFTBALL Games 1-4 | Feb. 9-11, 2017 /AuburnSoftball #WarEagle AuburnTigers.com @AuburnSoftball | @AuburnTigers /AuburnTigers TEAM SCHEDULE AND MEDIA AVAILABILITY ›› WEEK OF Feb. 6-Feb. 12 MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY SUNDAY Feb. 6 Feb. 7 Feb. 8 Feb. 9 Feb. 10 Feb. 11 Feb. 12 PRACTICE PRACTICE OFF - TRAVEL GAME GAME GAME OFF - TRAVEL 3:30 pm 3:30 pm 1 pm vs. Oklahoma 2 pm vs. Nebraska 11 am vs. BYU 7 pm vs. Washington Interviews by request Interviews by request Interviews postgame Interviews postgame Interviews postgame AUBURN ATHLETICS COMMUNICATIONS QUICK FACTS AUBURNTIGERS.COM VIDEO SERVICES UNIVERSITY INFORMATION For updated game notes, statistics and all the FTP feeds of selected Auburn softball highlights City / Zip .......................... Auburn, Ala. / 36831 latest information on Auburn softball and gameday are available for the media. A number of studio and Founded ......................................... Oct. 1, 1856 activities, go to AuburnTigers.com. satellite services may be arranged for electronic Enrollment ............................................. 25,469 media by calling Andrew Aaron in the Auburn video Nickname ............................................... Tigers INTERVIEW POLICY services office at 334-750-7133 or by emailing Colors ................... Navy Blue and Burnt Orange Coach Myers, assistant coaches and selected [email protected]. Affiliation ................................ NCAA Division I athletes are available for phone and personal Conference ................Southeastern Conference interviews by contacting Cody Voga in the PHOTO SERVICES Stadium ..............................Jane B. Moore Field communications office. Postgame interviews For photos of Auburn softball or anything Stadium Capacity .....................................2,316 with Coach Myers and requested players will be pertaining to Auburn Athletics, contact Wade Stadium Dimensions .........LF/RF: 201, CF: 220 conducted on the field following a brief cooling- Rackley at 334-750-6907 or via email at wwr0004@ President ..................................... Dr. Jay Gogue off period. Practices are open unless otherwise auburn.edu Athletic Director ............................... Jay Jacobs specified. SWA ...................................... Meredith Jenkins COMMUNICATIONS STAFF CREDENTIALS Cody Voga Softball contact TEAM INFORMATION Anyone wishing to cover Auburn softball games cell: 334-750-9023 Letterwinners Returning/Lost ..................16/8 should contact Cody Voga in the communications email: [email protected] Starters Returning/Lost ..............................6/3 office at least one day in advance in order to make Kirk Sampson Associate AD 2016 Overall Record ................................. 58-12 the proper arrangements. cell: 334-750-1385 2016 Conference Record / Finish ...16-7-0 / 4th email: [email protected] GAME DAY SERVICES Cassie Arner SEC Network/TV contact AUBURN PROGRAM HISTORY Notes for both teams and gameday programs will cell: 334-750-0502 All-Time Record ......................718-500-2 (.589) be provided prior to the game. Stats will be after email: [email protected] All-Time SEC Record .................