Griffon Softball 2016 Miaa Regular Season & Tournament Champions // 9 Ncaa Tournament Appearances
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MISSOURI WESTERN STATE UNIVERSITY GRIFFON SOFTBALL 2016 MIAA REGULAR SEASON & TOURNAMENT CHAMPIONS // 9 NCAA TOURNAMENT APPEARANCES Weekly Notes // March 9 & 10 // Spring Sports Complex // St. Joseph, Mo. MISSOURI WESTERN GRIFFONS LINDENWOOD LIONS LINCOLN BLUE TIGERS RECORD ......................................16-4 (0-0) RECORD .........................................6-6(0-0) RECORD ...............................................2-14 STREAK ................................... W1 (9 of 10) STREAK ..................................................W3 STREAK ..................................................W1 TM RANKING (NFCA) ..................................... 24 RANKING (NFCA) ................................. None RANKING (NFCA) ................................. None LAST SEASON ..........................45-13 (23-3) LAST SEASON ..........................15-37 (9-17) LAST SEASON ............................5-50 (4-22) HEAD COACH ...................Jen Bagley Trotter HEAD COACH .................................. Liz Kelly HEAD COACH ................................Chad Kerr At MWSU ............................ 551-313 (16th) At Lindenwood .............................. 6-6 (1st) At Lincoln ................................... 7-64 (2nd) TEAM AVG. .......................................... .306 TEAM AVG. .......................................... .290 TEAM AVG. .......................................... .231 TEAM ERA ............................................ 2.98 TEAM ERA ............................................ 4.23 TEAM ERA ............................................ 7.68 LEADERS LEADERS LEADERS AVG. ............................Shelbie Atwell (.448) AVG. ................................. Madi Huot (.364) AVG. ...................... Mykenzie Livesay (.295) SLG. .............................Shelbie Atwell (.657) SLG. ........................Kimberly Fozzard (.688) SLG. ........................ Tori Nienhuesser (.425) O-B % .........................Shelbie Atwell (.500) O-B % .............................. Madi Huot (.432) O-B % ............................... Kiley Kerr (.389) RUNS ...................... Morgan Rathmann (15) RUNS .............................. Morgan Brown (9) RUNS ........................ Mykenzie Livesay (10) HITS ...............................Shelbie Atwell (30) HITS .................................... Madi Huot (12) HITS ......................... Mykenzie Livesay (13) RBI ....................................Katie Klosterman RBI ............................Kimberly Fozzard (12) RBI .............................. Tori Nienhuesser (8) ............................. Sydney Washington (18) DOUBLES .....................................Madi Huot DOUBLES ................................Three tied (2) DOUBLES ..........................Shelbie Atwell (8) ....................................Kimberly Fozzard (4) TRIPLES .............................................. None TRIPLES ................... Morgan Rathmann (4) TRIPLES ..................................Four Tied (1) HR ............................... Tori Nienhuesser (2) HR .......................... Sydney Washington (5) HR ...............................................Madi Huot STEALS ................................ Kiley Kerr (4-5) ....................................Kimberly Fozzard (2) STEALS ..................Morgan Rathmann (7-8) W-L ............................ Madison Ragar (2-3) W-L ............................Barb Billingsley (9-2) STEALS .............................Maria Tippit (3-3) .................................... Stormee Galka (3-4) SAVES ................................................. None SAVES .................................Barb Billingsley ERA ...........................Jordan Lawson (1.75) ...........................................Kenzie Hilzer (1) W-L ............................. Stormee Galka (4-2) CG ....................................... Madison Ragar ERA .......................... Barb Billingsley (1.99) SAVES ................................................. None ...................................... Sarah Westhoff (3) CG ................................. Barb Billingsley (9) ERA ............................Stormee Galka (2.53) SHO ..................................................... None SHO ............................Barb Billingsley (2-0) CG ...................................Stormee Galka (2) IP ............................. Sarah Westhoff (31.2) IP ............................. Barb Billingsley (70.1) SHO ............................. Stormee Galka (1-0) K ..................................Madison Ragar (13) K ................................. Barb Billingsley (40) IP ...............................Stormee Galka (44.1) K ...................................Stormee Galka (34) FOLLOW CONTACTS LIVE STATS MISSOURI WESTERN ATHLETIC MEDIA RELATIONS .............sidearmstats.com/missouri/softball Director ....................................................................................................Nick McCutcheon TWITTER ..................................@gogriffons ....................................................................................nmccutcheon@missouriwestern.edu .......................................... @GriffonSoftball Graduate Assistant ...........................................................................................Ryley Egger ............................................................................................... [email protected] 2017 MISSOURI WESTERN SOFTBALL GRIFFON NOTABLES GOOD OL’ MOTHER NATURE MORE MILESTONES NEAR Missouri Western and Lindenwood were set for the Jen Bagley Trotter won her 500th game as MWSU head Griffons’ home opener on Friday with the Lincoln coach early last season, and now is on the clock for doubleheader originally scheduled for Saturday, but it’s win No. 600. Entering this week, Trotter had 551 career the midwest, and spring sports schedules never go as wins. She ranks second all-time among MIAA head planned in this part of the country. coaches in wins and needs 64 more to pass former MWSU and Central Missouri head coach Rhesa Sumrell ROLLING AGAIN for first all-time. The Griffons have won nine of their last 10 games and 16 of their first 20. That’s three games better than the LOOKING AT LINDENWOOD 2016 team that finished 45-13 was at this point last The Lions are 6-6 overall after sweeping a three-game season. Missouri Western’s 4-0 start this season was series from Wisconsin-Parkside on March 4 and 5. just the second such opening to a Jen Bagley Trotter- Stormee Galka was named MIAA Pitcher of the Week led season, the first since 2003. for her efforts in the sweep. The freshman earned all three wins in the series, striking out 16 batters in 17.1 PLEASANT SURPRISES innings of work. Liz Kelly is in her first year as the head With virtually the entire 2016 lineup returning this sea- coach at Lindenwood after winning 86 games over four son, the big question mark was the two new pitchers seasons at Maryville University. Kelly has won more coach Trotter would have to break in. So far, so good than 400 games as a collegiate head coach with stops as Barb Billingsley already claimed MIAA Pitcher of the at the University of California, Santa Barbara, Miami Week and Fastpitch News National Pitcher of the Week University and West Alabama. awards (2/21). The junior ranks second in the MIAA in wins (9), second in strikeouts looking (22), third in in- SCOUTING LINCOLN nings pitched (70.1), fourth in strikeouts (40) and sixth The Blue Tigers are 2-14 this season under second-year in ERA (1.99). Freshman Kenzie Hilzer is tied for the head coach Chad Kerr. After starting 0-13, Lincoln has third most wins in the MIAA with seven. won two of three, defeating Grambling State and Langs- ton last week at the National HBCU Softball Classic. SWINGING SHORTSTOP Madison Ragar has a team-high .357 batting average, Shelbie Atwell showed signs in her first two seasons of but has played in just five games. Leading the 16-game being a prolific hitter, but nothing like what she’s doing starters at the plate is Mykenzie Livesay’s .295 average. now. The junior is fourth in the MIAA, batting .448; Lincoln is batting .231 as a team and has a 7.68 team sits sixth in the league with a .494 on base percentage, ERA. second with 30 hits and first with eight doubles. With her current average, Atwell is a .348 career hitter. RECORD BREAKERS Morgan Rathmann became MWSU’s career stolen base leader earlier this season after breaking the career tri- ples record last season. Now, the senior is closing in on a handful of other career records. Rathmann is in the top-10 all-time at MWSU for batting average, on base percentage, at bats, runs, hits, total bases and walks. She’s not alone as Shelbie Atwell, Katie Klosterman, Kailey Green and Sydney Washington also are on career record watch lists this season. 2017 MISSOURI WESTERN SOFTBALL SCHEDULE Date Opponent Location Result / Time HSU/OBU Ronnie Hawkins Invitational 2/3/2017 Rogers State University (Okla.) Arkadelphia, AR W, 9-1 (5 innings) 2/3/2017 Ouachita Baptist University Arkadelphia, AR W, 10-4 2/4/2017 Henderson State University Arkadelphia, AR W, 4-0 2/4/2017 Northeastern State University Arkadelphia, AR W, 6-2 UAM Division II Softball Classic 2/10/2017 University of Arkansas at Monticello Bentonville, AR L, 17-4 (5 innings) 2/10/2017 Harding University Bentonville, AR L, 8-0 (5 innings) 2/11/2017 Arkansas Tech University Bentonville, AR W, 7-4 2/11/2017 Henderson State University Bentonville, AR W, 4-1 UAM 8-State