2012 Tournament Information KAJIKAWA CLASSIC (Tempe, Ariz.) Aggie Invitational (College Station, Texas) Thursday, Feb
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2012 TOURNAMENT INFORMATION KAJIKAWA CLASSIC (TEMPE, ARIZ.) AGGIE INVitational (COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS) Thursday, Feb. 9 - Sunday, Feb. 12 Friday, March 2 - Sunday, March 4 Host Institution (Facility): Arizona State University (Tempe Sports Complex) Host Institution (Facility): Texas A&M University (Aggie Softball Complex) Media Relations Contact: Corinne Calabro ([email protected]) Media Relations Contact: Meredith Collier Office Phone: (480) 965-1237 Cell Phone: (316) 519-4819 Office Phone: (979) 862-5452 Cell Phone: (979) 777-6112 Nebraska's Schedule Nebraska's Schedule Thursday, Feb. 9 vs. Washington 4 p.m. (Central) Friday, March 2 vs. Houston 12:15 p.m. Friday, Feb. 10 vs. Arizona 5:30 p.m. (Central) at Texas A&M 3 p.m. vs. Idaho State 8 p.m. (Central) Saturday, March 3 vs. Texas State 10 a.m. Saturday, Feb. 11 vs. Cal State Northridge 10 a.m. (Central) at Texas A&M 5:15 p.m. vs. Oregon State 5:30 p.m. (Central) Sunday, March 4 vs. Texas State 10 a.m. Sunday, Feb. 12 vs. Georgia Tech Noon (Central) Tournament Notes Tournament Notes » Each of the four teams in the Aggie Invitational qualified for the 2011 NCAA Tournament » The Huskers are playing in an Arizona State tournament for the third straight season with Texas State going 0-2, Nebraska making a regional final and Houston and Texas A&M and for the 11th time since 1997. Nebraska is 26-15 all-time in eight season-opening both winning regionals before falling one and two wins shy of advancing to the Women's tournaments in Tempe and boasts a 29-23 overall record in Arizona State tournaments. College World Series, respectively. » Nebraska used a 5-1 start at last year's Kajikawa Classic to crack the national rankings and » Nebraska will face Texas A&M on its home field on both Friday and Saturday. The Huskers kickstart an outstanding season. NU faced three Pac-12 opponents, two ranked teams, a have lost 11 of their last 13 games at the Aggie Softball Complex and are just 4-13 overall team from the Pacific Coast Softball Conference and a California state university in 2011. in College Station. Texas A&M went a perfect 25-0 at home in 2011 and enters the 2012 The Huskers will face a similar schedule in 2012, again meeting three Pac-12 opponents, season with the nation's longest home winning streak (27 games). three ranked teams from 2011, a team from the PCSC and a California state university. MIZUNO CLASSIC (STILLWATER, OKLA.) TROY COX CLASSIC (LAS CRUCES, N.M.) Friday, March 2 - Sunday, March 4 Friday, Feb. 17 - Sunday, Feb. 19 Host Institution (Facility): Oklahoma State University (Cowgirl Stadium) Host Institution: New Mexico State University Media Relations Contact: Mike Noteware Complex: NMSU Softball Complex Office Phone: (405) 744-7756 Cell Phone: (405) 744-7266 Media Relations Contact: Jeremy Strachan ([email protected]) Nebraska's Schedule Office Phone: (575) 646-3269 Cell Phone: (517) 749-3088 Friday, March 2 vs. Arkansas-Pine Bluff 1:30 p.m. Nebraska's Schedule at Oklahoma State 7 p.m. Friday, Feb. 17 vs. Colorado State 3 p.m. (Central) Saturday, March 3 vs. Loyola-Chicago 11 a.m. at New Mexico State 5 p.m. (Central) Bracket Play 4:30 p.m. or 7 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 18 vs. Stephen F. Austin 10:30 a.m. (Central) Sunday, March 4 Bracket Play 9 a.m. or 11 a.m. vs. Weber State 12:30 p.m. (Central) Tournament Notes Sunday, Feb. 19 at New Mexico State 10 a.m. (Central) » NU has lost four straight in Stillwater dating back to 2008, after winning seven consecutive Tournament Notes games from 2000 to 2006. NU is 8-18 all-time in Stillwater and 44-46 against OSU. » Nebraska is playing in a tournament hosted by New Mexico State for the 12th time » The Huskers have only played Loyola-Chicago once (a 7-3 win in 2005) and have never in program history. The Huskers own a 50-31 record in their previous 11 appearances. faced Arkansas-Pine Bluff. » NU also traveled to a New Mexico State tournament in 1982 (4-2 record), 1983 (6-2), 1984 (5-2), 1986 (5-3), 1987 (5-3), 1989 (1-6), 1994 (4-3), 1995 (4-5), 2005 (5-0) and 2010 (3-3). NCAA TOURNAMENT (CAMPUS SITES/OKLAHOMA CITY, OKLA.) Last year, the Huskers went 3-1 in a four-game series at New Mexico State. Friday, May 20 - Wednesday, June 8 Host Institution: National Collegiate Athletic Association cathEDRAL CITY CLASSIC (CATHEDRAL CITY, CALIF.) Complexes: Campus Sites (Regionals and Super Regionals) Friday, Feb. 25 - Sunday, Feb. 27 ASA Hall of Fame Stadium (Women's College World Series) Host Institution (Facility): Oregon State University (Big League Dreams Sports Park) Participants (64): The NCAA Tournament features 64 teams, including 30 automatic Media Relations Contact: John Cantalupi ([email protected]) berths from conference champions and 34 at-large selections. The Office Phone: (541) 737-3720 Cell Phone: (650) 743-7154 top 16 teams are seeded. Nebraska's Schedule Tournament Notes Friday, Feb. 24 vs. Oregon 12:30 p.m. (Central) » The field for the 2012 NCAA Tournament will be announced on Sunday, May 13. The Saturday, Feb. 25 vs. Cal Poly 2 p.m. (Central) tournament will consist of 16 four-team regionals. The 16 regional champions advance vs. Missouri 4:30 p.m. (Central) to a best-of-three Super Regional, with the eight super regional champions advancing Sunday, Feb. 26 vs. Texas 11 a.m. (Central) to the Women's College World Series. The entire tournament is double elimination until vs. Washington 1 p.m. (Central) a best-of-three championship series between the winners of each side of the bracket at the Women's College World Series. Tournament Notes » Nebraska is participating in the Cathedral City Classic for the third time in four seasons. » Two NCAA Regionals will be televised in their entirety by the ESPN family of networks, The Huskers posted a 2-3 record at the 2009 event and went 4-1 at the tournament in while every Super Regional and Women's College World Series game will be televised 2011. Nebraska will face a tough schedule in the desert, facing four top-20 teams from by the ESPN family of networks. 2011 (No. 6 Missouri, No. 12 Washington, No. 15 Oregon and No. 20 Texas). » Nebraska has appeared in 21 of the 30 all-time NCAA Tournaments, compiling a 55-45 all- » The Cathedral City Classic offers a unique setting as the Big League Dreams Complex time postseason record and advancing to the Women's College World Series seven times. features softball diamonds designed to look like scaled-down replicas of famous baseball The Huskers rank eighth in NCAA history in Women's College World Series appearances, stadiums such as Fenway Park, Wrigley Field and the old Yankee Stadium. ninth in NCAA Tournament wins and 10th in NCAA Tournament appearances. 80 81 SOUTH DAKOTA NORTHWESTERN COYOTES WILDCATS » MARCH 23 @ 5 P.M. (BOWLIN staDIUM) » MARCH 13 @ 5 P.M. (BOWLIN staDIUM) » MARCH 24 @ 1 & 3 P.M. (BOWLIN staDIUM) Kate Drohan Amy Klyse Location: Evanston, Ill. Location: Vermillion, S.D. » Head Coach » Head Coach Founded: 1851 Founded: 1862 » Fifth Season » 11th Season Enrollment: 8,367 Enrollment: 10,151 » Augustana (2003) » Providence (1995) Colors: Red & White » 94-103-1 (at South Dakota) Colors: Purple & White » 357-177-1 (at NU) Conference: Summit League » 94-103-1 (career) Conference: Big Ten » 357-177-1 (career) President: James W. Abbott President: Morton Schapiro Athletic Director: Jim Phillips Athletic Director: David Sayler Adrienne Monka SWA: Jill Schlekeway Alexa Rudeen SWA: Janna Blais » Senior » Senior Field: Nygaard Field Field: Sharon J. Drysdale Field (1,000) » First Base » Infielder » 2011 NFCA All-American » 2010 All-Great West 2011 Record: 23-20 2011 Record: 21-30 » .312 avg. & 23 RBIs in 2011 » .461 avg., 47 BB, .707 OB% Conference Record: 5-13 Conference Record: 0-6 » 9 2B, 2 HR & .991 FLD% » NCAA leader in BB & OB% Conference Finish: 4th Conference Finish: 10th Postseason Record: DNQ Postseason Record: DNQ Series Notes: Northwestern leads the all-time Postseason Finish: N/A Series Notes: NU is a perfect 7-0 all-time Postseason Finish: N/A series, 7-4 ... the Wildcats have won the last six Final Ranking: NR against South Dakota ... NU has swept Final Ranking: NR meetings dating back to 1993 ... Coach Revelle Starters Returning/Lost: 8/1 doubleheaders at Bowlin Stadium each of the Starters Returning/Lost: 7/5 is 0-6 against Northwestern and 0-2 against Letterwinners Returning/Lost: 12/2 past three seasons ... Coach Revelle is 6-0 Letterwinners Returning/Lost: 13/5 against the Coyotes and Coach Klyse ... South Coach Drohan ... the teams have only met twice in the past 16 seasons, with the Wildcats Media Contact: Tom Berg Dakota is in its first season as a full Division Media Contact: Doug Meffley winning 9-8 in 2008 and 5-4 in 2009 ... all 11 Office Phone: (605) 677-8813 I softball program, after completing the three- Office Phone: (847) 491-3688 all-time meetings have been at a neutral site ... Cell Phone: (605) 677-9222 year transitional process last season ... NU is Cell Phone: (847) 833-2471 the team's game on Friday, March 23 will mark E-Mail: [email protected] 38-0 all-time against the four Division I Dakota E-Mail: [email protected] Nebraska's first Big Ten Conference game ... Fax: (605) 677-5618 softball programs (North Dakota, North Dakota Fax: (847) 491-8818 Northwestern and Purdue are the only Big Ten Press Box: (607) 677-9222 State, South Dakota, South Dakota State) and Press Box: (491) 467-0803 teams with winning records against Nebraska.