2014 San Diego Game Notes Softball SID: Ben Pearson | 619-260-2323 | [email protected] | www.usdtoreros.com USD Athletics: 5998 Alcala Park, San Diego, Calif. 92110 On Deck... Wednesday, March 26 2014 Schedule/Results 15-15 (0-0 WCC) vs. Cal State Northridge (21-10) 5:00 p.m. DATE OPPONENT TIME Sportco Kick Off Classic - Las Vegas, Nev. 2/7 vs. No. 16/18 Baylor L, 9-1 2/7 vs. No. 3/5 Washington L, 3-0 2/8 vs. Arkansas L, 10-1 2/8 vs. UC Davis W, 5-2 2/9 at UNLV W, 8-4 Scouting the Competition... 2/12 at Cal State Fullerton L, 4-2 Cal State Northridge comes to San Diego with a 21-10 record… They will SCOUTING THE MATADORS: Santa Clara Tournament - Santa Clara, Calif. be playing San Diego State immediately after their game with the Toreros… They have won eight of their last 2/22 vs. Iowa State L, 5-4 nine games… The Matadors are hitting .289 are led by freshman Taylor Glover, who is hitting .422 with three 2/22 vs. CSU Sacramento W, 13-2 home runs and 27 RBI… Brianna Elder is 14-4 with a 2.05 ERA in 22 games (17 starts)… The Matadors are 2/23 vs. Iowa State L, 3-2 coached by former Gold Medal winner Tairia Flowers, who is in her fourth season… The Toreros are 2-1 all- 2/23 vs. CSU Sacramento L, 7-0 time against Northridge, winning their last two meetings in 2012 and 2011. San Diego Classic I (USD & SDSU Host) LAST TIME OUT: The Toreros went 1-3 over the weekend at the USD Tournament against two very talented 2/27 GRAND CANYON L, 3-1 Big West Schools in UC Santa Barbara and Long Beach State). On Saturday, they lost a pair of one run games, 2/28 UTAH CANCELLED losing to UCSB 2-1 and falling in an extra innings heartbreaker to LBSU 7-6. On Sunday, Jenny Lahitte shutout 2/28 UTAH STATE CANCELLED 3/1 ILLINOIS-CHICAGO CANCELLED Torero Tidbits.... 3/2 FRESNO STATE CANCELLED

TORERO CROWN: With just one game remaining before WCC play begins, the Toreros are look- 3/4 LEHIGH (DH) W, 2-1 ing like the team to beat in conference. Entering the week they lead the WCC in batting average (.271), ERA L 2-0 (2.85), and fielding percentage (.965). The Toreros have three players (Caitlin Rooney, Charly Swanberg, and UC Riverside Tournament - Riverside, Calif. Dana Prelsnik) who have a perfect 1.000 fielding percentage. Rooney currently has the fielding percentage in 3/7 vs. Idaho State L, 5-2. USD history at 0.990 (six errors in 588 career chances). 3/8 vs. Utah State W, 2-0 3/8 at UC Riverside W, 6-3 3/9 vs. Idaho State W, 3-2 FAB FROSH: Freshman Olivia Sandusky has made immediate contributions for Coach McElvain. She enters 3/9 at UC Riverside W, 3-2 the week with a 17-game on-base streak and is leading the team in batting average (.382) and on-base percent- age (.427), and is second on the team in RBI (16) and (.515). 3/13 WEBER STATE (DH) W, 4-2 W, 6-1 CLUTCH LIKE KANEKO: Third baseman Chloe Kaneko is in the midst of another great season. She USD Tournament I currently has a seven game hitting streak and leads the team in slugging percentage (.520) and has constantly 3/14 FAIRLEIGH DICKINSON W, 2-1 been coming up with key hits for the Toreros. She is hitting .419 (12-29) with runners in scoring position, .349 3/15 SEATTLE W, 6-2 (15-43) with runners on base, and .333 (9-27) when there are two outs. 3/15 WEBER STATE W, 7-2 3/16 FAIRLEIGH DICKINSON L, 3-2 ONE-TWO PUNCH: The Toreros pair of senior aces, Jenny Lahitte and Cassidy Coleman, are near the 3/16 SEATTLE W, 9-0 top in nearly every pitching category in the WCC. Coleman is first in looking (31), second in total strikeouts (109) and opposing batting average (.207), third in innings pitched (87.1), tied for fourth in wins (six), 3/19 DARTMOUTH L, 9-6 (8 inn.) and sixth in ERA (2.89). Lahitte is second in innings pitched (87.2) and strikeouts looking (27), tied for second in wins (seven), third in opposing batting average (.233) and total strikeouts (98), and fifth in ERA (2.79). USD Tournament II 3/22 UC SANTA BARBARA L, 2-1 WCC WATCH: The NCAA issued their first release of RPI rankings, and the Toreros had the top rank of 3/22 LONG BEACH STATE L, 7-6 (8 inn,) WCC schools, coming in at 95. BYU and LMU were next at 126 and 129 respectively. USD (15-15) is currently 3/23 UC SANTA BARBARA W, 2-0 one of only two WCC teams without a losing record (LMU is 17-13). 3/23 LONG BEACH STATE L, 3-2

LEADING OFF: Senior Dana Prelsnik centerfielder has done a great job of getting on base for the heart of 3/26 CSU NORTHRIDGE (@SDSU) 5:00 p.m. the lineup to knock her in. She leads the team and is tied for first in the WCC in runs scored with 20. She also leads USD in walks (eight), is tied for the team lead in stolen bases (six), and is in second in hits (27). 4/4 BYU* 5:00 p.m. 4/5 BYU (DH)* 12:00 p.m. HOME SWEET HOME: The Toreros are in the midst of a stretch of 22 straight games in San Diego. The 4/12 SAINT MARY’S (DH)* TBA Toreros are 7-5 so far, and will travel to San Diego State to play Cal State Northridge on Wednesday at 7:00 4/13 SAINT MARY’S* 12:00 p.m. p.m., before hosting BYU for the WCC opener next Friday. 4/18 LMU* 5:00 p.m. 4/19 LMU (DH)* 12 pm 4/26 at Pacific (DH)* 11:00 a.m. RIVALRY GAME: The Toreros have added one game to their 2014 schedule, an April 29th home game against 4/27 at Pacific* 12:00 p.m. cross-town rival San Diego State. Both teams lost multiple games due to heavy rainfall during the San Diego 4/29 SAN DIEGO STATE 6:00 p.m. Classic. The game will take place before the final WCC series of the year (at Santa Clara, May 10-11). 5/10 at Santa Clara (DH)* 12:00 p.m. 5/11 at Santa Clara* TBA

Home games are in CAPS Follow the Toreros *West Coast Conference games Note: All game times are Pacific Standard Time and are subject Twitter...... @USDToreros Facebook...... www.facebook.com/USDathletics to change. On doubleheaders, game #2 typically starts approx. 30 minutes following game #1. USDtoreros www.usdtoreros.com YouTube...... Official Athletics Website...... Gametracker is available for all home games at Softball Twitter Feed...... @USDSoftball Softball Facebook...... www.facebook.com/USDsoftball www.usdtoreros.com. San Diego Softball • 2014 Game Notes www.usdtoreros.com 2014 WCC HONORS 2014 WCC STANDINGS 2014 SOFTBALL QUICK FACTS Player of the Week: WCC Overall Pct. Feb. 10 Mckenzie St. Clair, BYU Feb. 17 Katie Manuma, BYU Loyola Marymount 0-0 17-13 .567 GENERAL Feb. 24 Taylor Petty, Pacific San Diego 0-0 15-15 .500 Address...... 5998 Alcala Park San Diego, Calif. 92110 Mar. 3 Katie Manuma, BYU Saint Mary’s 0-0 12-15 .444 Founded...... 1949 Mar. 10 Mary Grabowski, USD Pacific 0-0 11-18 .379 Enrollment...... 8,321 Mar. 17 Tatum Schultz, USD President...... Mary E. Lyons, Ph D. Mar. 24 Sterling Shuster, LMU BYU 0-0 9-16 .360 Athletic Director...... Ky Snyder Pitcher of the Week: Santa Clara 0-0 4-20 .167 Nickname...... Toreros Feb. 10 Jenny Lahitte, USD Affiliation...... NCAA Div. I Feb. 17 Sarah Lira, LMU Conference Affiliations...... West Coast Conference Feb. 24 Sydney Gouveia, LMU ...... Pioneer Football League (Football-FCS) Mar. 3 Sydney Gouveia, LMU .....Mountain Pacific Sports Federation (W. Swimming/Diving) Mar. 10 Sydney Gouveia, LMU School Colors...... Torero blue (Columbia), navy, white Mar. 17 Cassidy Coleman, USD Athletic Dept. Phone...... 619-260-4803 Mar. 24 Tori Shepard, Pacific Official Athletic Website...... www.usdtoreros.com Official Athletics Facebook Page. facebook.com/USDathletics Official Athletics Twitter Feed...... @USDToreros USD SOFTBALL NOTES 2014 Team Leaders MEDIA RELATIONS OFFENSIVE PAIR OF ACES: The USD pitching staff, anchored Assoc. AD for Media Relations...... Ted Gosen Batting avg.....Olivia Sandusky .382 by the formidable one-two punch of Cassidy Coleman Office Phone...... 619-260-4745 and Jenny Lahitte, finished the 2013 campaign ranked Cell Phone ...... 619-954-2807 Hits...... Tatum Schultz 28 E-mail...... [email protected] Runs...... Dana Prelsnik 20 13th in the nation in team ERA (1.83). That also set a Asst. AD for Media Relations...... Chris Loucks Doubles...... Chloe Kaneko 6 new USD record for single season team ERA. Cole- Office Phone...... 619-260-7930 Triples...... Multiple with 1 man became the USD all-time career leader Cell Phone ...... 619-954-2825 after recording 211 K’s in 2013, good for second-most E-mail...... [email protected] Home runs...... Mary Grabowski 4 Media Relations Coordinator (Softball SID)...... Ben Pearson Stolen bases.Sandusky & Prelsnik 6 in school history. Lahitte, who had the best ERA in the Office Phone...... 619-260-2323 PCSC last season (1.65), is second in career strikeouts, Cell Phone...... 253-569-2055 RBI...... Mary Grabowski 19 E-mail...... [email protected] Slugging %...... Chloe Kaneko .520 third in career ERA (1.91), and tied for fourth in career shutouts (8). On-Base %.....Olivia Sandusky .427 SOFTBALL QUICK FACTS Head Coach...... Melissa McElvain (13th year) KEEP YOUR EYE ON THE BALL: Caitlin Rooney DEFENSIVE Alma Mater ...... Oklahoma State, 1999 proved to be a tough out during the 2013 season. Assists...... Kylie Ordos 38 Career Record at USD ...... 237-352 (.402) Rooney finished the year ranked 3rd in the NCAA in Fielding pct...... Multiple at 1.000 Assistant Coach/Hitting Coach...... Jessica Williams (3rd year) Toughest to Strikeout, averaging just one strikeout per Alma Mater ...... Marshall, 2006 48.7 at-bats. Overall, Rooney (.281, 9 2B, 3B, 12 RBI) PITCHING Assistant Coach/Pitching Coach...Erin Harmonson (6th year) fanned just three times in 146 at-bats on the year. Alma Mater...... San Diego, 2006 ERA...... Jenny Lahitte 2.79 Volunteer Asst. Coach...... Josh Jonte (3rd year) Appearances...Cassidy Coleman 20 WELCOME TO THE WCC: 2014 marks the inau- 2013 Record...... 24-29 (9-15 PCSC) Wins...... Jenny Lahitte 7 gural season of softball in the WCC. With the addition 2013 PCSC Place...... 6th Losses...... Coleman & Lahitte 7 of Pacific to the conference, the WCC was able to Letterwinners Returning/Lost ...... 16/3 Saves...... Coleman & Lahitte 1 officially add softball as the conference’s 14th sport. The Starting Position Players Returning/Lost...... 8/1 Strikeouts...... Cassidy Coleman 109 conference champion will receive an automatic bid to Starting Pitchers Returning/Lost...... 2/0 Opp. avg...... Cassidy Coleman .207 Newcomers ...... 3 (3 freshmen) the NCAA Tournament. Conference...... West Coast Conference Home Facility...... Torero Softball Complex PRESEASON POLL: The Toreros were picked to finish fourth in the preseason Capacity...... 500 WCC Coaches Poll. BYU was picked to finish first after earning all possible 25 points, Surface...... Grass Dimensions...... LF: 210’, CF: 225’, RF: 210’ followed by Pacific (19), LMU (16), San Diego (14), Saint Mary’s 11, and Santa Clara Official Softball Facebook Page...... facebook.com/USDSoftball (5). The Toreros had P Cassidy Coleman and 1B Caitlin Rooney selected to the All- Official Softball Twitter Feed...... @USDSoftball WCC Preseason Team. SOFTBALL HISTORY First Year of Softball...... 1980 (Div. III - WAIA) BACK FOR MORE: The Toreros return 16 letterwinners from 2013 including eight All-Time Record (34 seasons)...... 745-873 (.460) starting position players and both of their starting pitchers. Amongst the returners All-Time Div. I Record (28 seasons)...... 660-745 (.470) Conference Championships...... 0 are five players who earned All-PCSC honors last year (Coleman, Rooney, Grabowski, NCAA Tournament Appearances...... 0 Swanberg, and Kaneko). Best Season Record (by win %)...... 34-14 (.708) - 1991 Most Overall Wins...... 44 (1998, 1999) MADNESS!: In addition to having two players selected to the preseason All-WCC Conference Affiliations...... WCC (2014-present) ...... PCSC (2003-2013) team, the Toreros had five players chosen by College Sports Madness as preseason ...... Western Intercollegiate Softball League (1994-2002) all-conference picks. Senior pitchers Cassidy Coleman and Jenny Lahitte were two of ...... Independent - 1988-93 three pitchers selected to the first team. 1B Caitlin Rooney was also selected to the ...... West Coast Athletic Conference - 1986-87 .. Southern California Softball Conference (Div. III) - 1983-85 first team, while 3B Chloe Kaneko and OF Dana Prelsnik were chosen to the second ...... WAIA - 1982-83 (Div. II); 1980 (Div. III) team.

San Diego Softball • 2014 Game Notes www.usdtoreros.com 2014 Roster

# NAME YEAR HT. POS. B/T HOMETOWN (LAST SCHOOL) 1 Dana Prelsnik SR 5-3 OF R/R Pebble Beach, CA (Stevenson HS) 2 Tatum Schultz SO 5-6 UTIL L/R Lakewood, CA (Mater Dei HS) 3 Kylie McNutt JR 5-4 OF L/R Thousand Oaks, CA (Westlake HS) 4 Danielle Mavridis SO 5-3 2B/SS R/R West Covina, CA (St. Lucy’s Priory HS) 5 Kylie Ordos SR 5-6 SS R/R San Juan Capistrano, CA (Dana Hills HS) 6 Caitlin Rooney JR 5-8 1B R/R Valencia, CA (Valencia HS) 7 Morgan Kurtz JR 5-8 OF L/R Alpine, CA (Granite Hills HS) 8 Chloe Kaneko JR 5-6 3B R/R Huntington Beach, CA (Marina HS) 9 Kylie Crawford JR 5-7 1B R/R West Linn, OR (West Linn HS) 10 Sierra Berryessa SO 5-7 OF L/R Medford, OR (North Medford HS) 13 Olivia Sandusky FR 5-10 1B/CF R/R Huntington Beach, CA (Lutheran HS of Orange County) 15 Kelly Cobb FR 5-3 C R/L Riverside, CA (Martin Luther King HS) 16 Megan Sabbatini FR 5-5 RHP R/R Hollister, CA (San Benito HS) 17 Charly Swanberg SR 5-8 C R/R Temecula, CA (UC San Diego) 18 Grace Hernandez SO 5-6 RHP R/R San Diego, CA (Patrick Henry HS) 19 Mary Grabowski SO 5-11 C R/R San Diego, CA (Christian HS) 21 Jenny Lahitte SR 5-8 RHP R/R Alpine, CA (Granite Hills HS) 22 Cassidy Coleman SR 5-7 RHP R/R San Diego, CA (Horizon Christian Academy) 24 Noelle Devlin JR 5-10 2B R/R Tucson, AZ (Catalina Foothills HS)

Coaches Head Coach: Melissa McElvain (13th season) - Oklahoma State, ‘99 Assistant Coach/Hitting Coach: Jessica Williams (3rd season) - Marshall, ‘06 Assistant Coach/Pitching Coach: Erin Harmonson (6th season) - San Diego, ‘06 Volunteer Asst. Coach: Josh Jonte (3rd season)

Roster Breakdown By State By Position Seniors: 5 California: 16 Infielders: 8 Juniors: 6 Oregon: 2 Outfielders: 4 Sophomores: 5 Arizona: 1 Catchers: 3 Freshmen: 3 RHP: 4 LHP: 0

Pronunciation Guide Danielle Mavridis...... MAV-rid-iss Kylie Ordos ...... OR-dose Chloe Kaneko ...... kuh-NAKE-o Charly Swanberg...... CHAR-lee Jenny Lahitte ...... luh-HEAT Noelle Devlin ...... no-ELL Melissa McElvain ...... MACK-uhl-vain Josh Jonte ...... JOHN-tay

The Automated ScoreBook Overall Statistics for San Diego (as of Mar 24, 2014) (All games Sorted by Batting avg)

Record: 15-15 Home: 8-7 Away: 3-1 Neutral: 4-7 WCC: 0-0

Player avg gp-gs ab r h 2b 3b hr rbi tb slg% bb hp so gdp ob% sf sh sb-att po a e fld% 13 SANDUSKY, Olivia . 3 8 2 27-24 68 14 26 4 1 1 16 35 . 5 1 5 3 3 9 0 . 4 2 7 1 2 6-7 21 1 4 . 8 4 6 2 SCHULTZ, Tatum . 3 3 3 30-30 84 11 28 2 0 0 6 30 . 3 5 7 4 4 7 0 . 3 9 1 0 4 1-3 37 25 4 . 9 3 9 8 KANEKO, Chloe . 3 3 3 26-24 75 8 25 6 1 2 12 39 . 5 2 0 3 1 3 0 . 3 6 7 0 1 0-0 25 29 1 . 9 8 2 19 GRABOWSKI, Mary . 3 1 3 29-28 83 15 26 1 1 4 19 41 . 4 9 4 3 2 12 0 . 3 4 8 1 0 0-1 73 2 1 . 9 8 7 1 PRELSNIK, Dana . 2 9 0 30-30 93 20 27 5 1 0 5 34 . 3 6 6 8 0 10 0 . 3 4 3 1 2 6-9 33 3 0 1.000 5 ORDOS, Kylie . 2 4 1 30-30 79 8 19 4 0 2 10 29 . 3 6 7 1 1 22 0 . 2 5 6 1 3 1-3 45 38 6 . 9 3 3 4 MAVRIDIS, Danielle . 2 3 1 23-20 52 8 12 4 0 2 12 22 . 4 2 3 4 4 7 0 . 3 3 3 0 3 0-0 41 21 1 . 9 8 4 6 ROONEY, Caitlin . 2 2 5 30-30 80 1 18 4 0 0 10 22 . 2 7 5 5 4 5 0 . 2 9 7 2 4 0-0 142 11 0 1.000 17 SWANBERG, Charly . 1 8 9 23-21 53 2 10 1 0 1 5 14 . 2 6 4 3 0 8 0 . 2 3 2 0 4 0-0 156 9 0 1.000 7 KURTZ, Morgan . 1 5 2 26-14 33 9 5 0 0 0 1 5 . 1 5 2 1 0 3 0 . 1 7 1 1 1 3-3 17 0 1 . 9 4 4 ------21 LAHITTE, Jenny . 2 8 6 7-5 14 1 4 1 0 0 0 5 . 3 5 7 2 0 6 0 . 3 7 5 0 0 0-0 3 5 5 . 6 1 5 9 CRAWFORD, Kylie . 1 5 4 11-4 13 0 2 1 0 0 0 3 . 2 3 1 3 1 3 0 . 3 5 3 0 0 0-0 0 0 0 . 0 0 0 3 MCNUTT, Kylie . 1 4 8 24-11 27 7 4 0 0 0 2 4 . 1 4 8 0 0 6 0 . 1 4 8 0 1 0-1 9 0 1 . 9 0 0 24 DEVLIN, Noelle . 0 0 0 5-0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 . 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 . 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 0 0 0 . 0 0 0 10 BERRYESSA, Sierra . 0 0 0 14-0 3 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 . 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 . 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 1 0 0 1.000 15 COBB, Kelly . 0 0 0 2-0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 . 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 . 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 0 0 0 . 0 0 0 18 HERNANDEZ, Grace . 0 0 0 2-1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 . 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 . 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 0 7 0 1.000 22 COLEMAN, Cassidy . 0 0 0 1-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 . 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 . 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 1 8 4 . 6 9 2 16 SABBATINI, Megan . 0 0 0 1-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 . 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 . 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 1 1 0 1.000 Totals . 2 7 0 30 763 108 206 33 4 12 100 283 . 3 7 1 40 20 107 0 . 3 2 0 7 25 17-27 605 160 28 . 9 6 5 Opponents . 2 2 3 30 762 101 170 18 3 17 93 245 . 3 2 2 79 30 219 2 . 3 1 9 4 18 33-37 585 262 35 . 9 6 0

LOB - Team (164), Opp (190). DPs turned - Team (5), Opp (6). CI - Team (1), GRABOWSKI 1. IBB - Team (0), Opp (1). Picked off - MAVRIDIS 1.

(All games Sorted by Earned run avg)

Player era w-l app gs cg sho sv ip h r er bb so 2b 3b hr b/avg wp hp bk sfa sha 21 LAHITTE, Jenny 2 . 7 9 7-7 17 13 7 1/0 1 87.2 78 45 35 34 98 8 0 10 . 2 3 3 4 6 1 1 7 22 COLEMAN, Cassidy 2 . 8 9 6-7 20 14 9 2/0 1 87.1 67 42 36 35 109 7 1 6 . 2 0 7 7 20 1 2 8 ------18 HERNANDEZ, Grace 2 . 8 8 1-1 7 1 0 0/0 0 17.0 20 8 7 4 7 2 1 1 . 2 8 2 1 3 0 0 2 16 SABBATINI, Megan 2 . 9 0 1-0 4 2 0 0/0 0 9.2 5 6 4 6 5 1 1 0 . 1 5 2 0 1 0 1 1 Totals 2 . 8 5 15-15 30 30 16 3/0 2 201.2 170 101 82 79 219 18 3 17 . 2 2 3 12 30 2 4 18

Opponents 2 . 9 1 15-15 30 30 14 3/0 2 195.0 206 108 81 40 107 33 4 12 . 2 7 0 9 20 1 7 25

PB - Team (1), GRABOWSKI 1, Opp (2). Pickoffs - Team (1), GRABOWSKI 1, Opp (1). SBA/ATT - SWANBERG (22-25), LAHITTE (16-19), COLEMAN (13-14), GRABOWSKI (11-12), HERNANDEZ (3-3), SABBATINI (1-1).