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ONLINE AT: BallStateSports.com/Softball BALL STATE FOLLOW US: @BallStateSB Softball Contact: Brad Caudill • Email: [email protected] • Office: 765.285.8928 • Cell: 765.730.5036 2021 SCHEDULE/RESULTS ALL: 2-2 | MAC: 0-0 | HM: 0-0 | RD: 0-1 | NEU: 2-1 vs. WESTERN KENTUCKY - March 5 2021 Record: 6-1 ● 2021 Team Avg: .347 ● 2021 Team ERA: 2.23 ● 2021 Team Fielding: .980 Coach B Classic (Carbondale, Ill.) Series Info: Ball State trails 3-4 (W2) ● Last: W, 6-5 (8) on 2/22/2020 ● H: 0-3 A: 3-1 N: 0-0 Feb. 26 vs. DePaul L, 5-6 (9) Live Stats: http://stats.statbroadcast.com/statmonitr/?id=329584 vs. St. Louis W, 8-1 Feb. 27 vs. Austin Peay W, 5-2 at Southern Illinois L, 6-1 at MISSISSIPPI STATE - March 5 Feb. 28 vs. DePaul Rained Out 2021 Record: 8-5 ● 2021 Team Avg: .301 ● 2021 Team ERA: 3.46 ● 2021 Team Fielding: .950 Series Info: First Meeting Bulldog Invitational (Starkville, Miss.) Live Video: https://www.espn.com/watch/player?id=56644147-18ae-4ca8-909c-3e66b4d03e5f March 5 vs. Western Kentucky 1:30 p.m. ET / 12:30 p.m. CT Live Stats: http://stats.statbroadcast.com/statmonitr/?id=329585 at Mississippi State 4 p.m. ET / 3 p.m. CT March 6 vs. Alcorn State 11 a.m. ET / 10 a.m. CT vs. ALCORN STATE - March 6 vs. TBA TBA 2021 Record: 2-4 ● 2021 Team Avg: .143 ● 2021 Team ERA: 5.50 ● 2021 Team Fielding: .857 March 7 vs. TBA TBA Series Info: First Meeting Live Stats: http://stats.statbroadcast.com/statmonitr/?id=329587 March 9 at Jacksonville State 6 p.m. ET / 5 p.m. CT at JACKSONVILLE STATE - March 9 Blazer Classic (Birmingham, Ala.) 2021 Record: 1-7 ● 2021 Team Avg: .248 ● 2021 Team ERA: 1.47 ● 2021 Team Fielding: .960 March 11 at UAB 6 p.m. ET / 5 p.m. CT Series Info: Ball State trails 0-1 (L1) ● Last: L, 4-8 on 3/11/2014 ● H: 0-0 A: 0-1 N: 0-1 March 12 vs. Samford 1 p.m. ET / 12 p.m. CT Live Stats: http://stats.statbroadcast.com/broadcast/?id=339577 vs. Southern Illinois 3:30 p.m. ET / 2:30 p.m. CT March 13 vs. Samford 2:30 p.m. ET / 1:30 p.m. CT QUICK HITS at UAB 7:30 p.m. ET / 6:30 p.m. CT » The Ball State softball team embarks on its annual spring break trip this week, starting with a stop in Starkville, Mississippi, for the Bulldog Invitational hosted by Mississippi State ... The MARCH 26 BOWLING GREEN* 3 p.m. MARCH 27 BOWLING GREEN * (DH) 1 p.m. Cardinals open play in the event Friday, with games versus Western Kentucky (1:30 p.m. ET / MARCH 28 BOWLING GREEN* 3 p.m. 12:30 p.m. ET) out of Conference USA and SEC powerhouse Mississippi State (4 p.m. ET / 3 April 2 at Central Michigan* 3 p.m. p.m. CT) ... The Cardinals close round robin play in the tournament Saturday morning against April 3 at Central Michigan* (DH) 1 p.m. Southwestern Athletic Conference foe Alcorn State (11 a.m. ET / 10 a.m. CT) ... Ball State will April 4 at Central Michigan* 3 p.m. play two more games in the event based on seeding and results. APRIL 9 KENT STATE* 3 p.m. APRIL 10 KENT STATE * (DH) 1 p.m. » After an off day on Monday, the Cardinals travel to Jacksonville, Mississippi, for a 6 p.m. APRIL 11 KENT STATE* 3 p.m. ET / 5 p.m. CT first pitch on Tuesday, March 9 at Jacksonville State from the Ohio Valley April 16 at Akron* 3 p.m. Conference. April 17 at Akron* (DH) 1 p.m. April 18 at Akron* 3 p.m. » Ball State closes spring break by competing in the Blazer Classic hosted by UAB from March April 20 at Miami* (DH) 2 p.m. 11-13 ... BSU opens with the host Blazers (6 p.m. ET / 5 p.m. CT) out of C-USA on Thursday APRIL 23 OHIO* 3 p.m. ... Friday, BSU plays both Samford (1 p.m. ET / Noon CT) from the Southern Conference and APRIL 24 OHIO* (DH) 1 p.m. APRIL 25 OHIO* 3 p.m. will face Southern Illinois (3:30 p.m. ET / 2:30 p.m. CT) in a rematch of last Saturday’s 6-1 loss April 27 at Butler 4 p.m. to the Missouri Valley Conference member ... Saturday will feature another pair of rematches, APRIL 28 MIAMI* (DH) 2 p.m. as the Cardinals are slated to play Samford (2:30 pm. ET / 1:30 p.m. CT) and UAB (7:30 p.m. APRIL 30 TOLEDO* 3 p.m. ET / 6:30 p.m. CT) MAY 1 TOLEDO* (DH) 1 p.m. MAY 2 TOLEDO* 3 p.m. » Ball State opened the 2021 season by going 2-2 at the Coach B Classic hosted by Southern MAY 4 NORTHERN ILLINOIS* (DH) 1 p.m. Illinois last weekend ... After a 6-5 (9) loss to a talented DePaul team, which has advanced to May 7 at Western Michigan* 3 p.m. the last three NCAA Regionals, the Cardinals picked up wins over Saint Louis (8-1) and Austin May 8 at Western Michigan* (DH) 1 p.m. Peay (5-2) ... Ball State closed the tournament with a 6-1 loss to host SIU, which is 9-0 on the May 9 at Western Michigan* 3 p.m. year and owns a win over then-No. 22 Mississippi State on Feb. 21. May 12 at Northern Illinois* (DH) 2 p.m. ET / 1 p.m. CT May 14 at Buffalo* 3 p.m. » The Ball State offense continued to shine opening weekend, pounding out an average of 8.5 May 15 at Buffalo* (DH) 1 p.m. May 16 at Buffalo* 3 p.m. hits per game and connecting for a .286 average ... A total of 12 different Cardinals recorded at least one hit, lead by six from senior left fielder Haley Dominique and five from junior right NCAA Softball Championships fielder Faith Hensley. May 21-23 Regionals (Campus Sites) TBA May 28-30 Super Regionals (Campus Sites) TBA » Ball State’s .286 team batting average is the best in the MAC so far this season, as is Haley June 3-9 Women’s College World Series (Oklahoma City, Okla.) TBA Dominique’s .667 individual average ... Among the 230 ranked NCAA Division I programs, Ball State’s average is 66th nationally, while Dominique’s average ranks fifth among all NCAA All Times are Listed in Eastern/Local and Subject To Change Division I players ... Faith Hensley is not far behind, with her .556 average ranking third in the * = MAC Game | Home Games In BOLD MAC and 16th nationally. www.ballstatesports.com/softball 1 March 5-7 at Bulldog Invitational hosted by Mississippi State (Starkville, Miss. / Nusz Park) 2021 BALL STATE SOFTBALL ROSTER ◀ QUICK FACTS ▶ # Name Pos. B/T Cl. Ht. Hometown (Previous School) UNIVERSITY INFORMATION: 00 Tieghan Morio RHP R/R Jr./Jr. 5-10 Mascoutah, Ill. (Mascoutah) Location ..............................................Muncie, Ind. 1 Kayla Lissy INF L/R Fr./Fr. 5-5 Valrico, Fla. (Durant) Founded ............................................................1918 2 Madison Arent C R/R So./So. 5-6 Lancaster, Ohio (Lancaster) Enrollment.....................................................21,579 3 Alyssa Rothwell RHP R/R Grad./Sr. 5-9 Ashville, Ohio (Teays Valley) Nickname ................................................ Cardinals 4 Gabby Magnifico INF/OF R/R Grad./Sr. 5-4 Elmhurst, Ill. (York / Valparaiso) Facility ................Softball Field at First Merchants 5 Brooke Ligacki OF R/R Fr./Fr. 5-4 Lockport, Ill. (Lockport Township) Ballpark Complex (1,000) 6 Amaia Daniel Utility R/R Jr./Jr. 5-4 Delaware, Ohio (Rutherford B. Hayes) Affiliation ....................................NCAA Division I 7 Kennedy Wynn INF/OF R/R 5th/Sr. 5-6 New Albany, Ind. (New Albany) Conference ................Mid-American Conference 9 Hailey Demnianiuk INF R/R Sr./Sr. 5-3 Escondido, Calif. (San Pasqual) President ......................................Geoffrey Mearns 10 Jazmyne Armendariz C/Utility R/R Jr./So. 5-8 El Paso, Texas (Chapin) Director of Athletics .............................Beth Goetz 11 Katie Janiga OF L/R Sr./Sr. 5-7 Chicago, Ill. (Mother McAuley) Press Box Phone ............................... 765.285.2463 12 Janae Hogg INF R/R Grad./Sr. 5-6 Indianapolis, Ind. (Cathedral) 13 Mackenzie McCarty C/Utility L/R Jr./Jr. 5-10 Alexandria, Ind. (Alexandria Monroe) SOFTBALL HISTORY: 14 Delanie Johnson C/Utility R/R Sr./Sr. 5-8 Streator, Ill. (Streator / Lake Land College) First Year of Softball ........................................1963 15 Haley Wynn INF/OF L/R So./So. 5-4 Greenfield, Wis. (Whitnall) All-Time Record (since 1975) .......... 1064-1069-4 16 Kaitlyn Mathews OF L/R Fr./Fr. 5-6 Paris, Ill. (Paris) MAC Regular Season Titles ......... 5 (last in 2014) 17 Trinity Eckerty INF R/R Jr./Jr. 5-8 Indianapolis, Ind. (Scecina Memorial) MAC West Division Titles ............ 7 (last in 2018) 19 Kendall Fields INF R/R Sr./Sr. 5-5 Lexington, Ky. (Tates Creek) MAC Tournament Titles .............. 3 (last in 2015) 21 Deborah Jones RHP R/R So./So. 6-0 Unionville, Ind. (Bloomington North) NCAA Regionals ........................... 3 (last in 2015) 22 Stacy Payton C/INF R/R Sr./Sr. 6-0 Brazil, Ind. (Northview) 23 Faith Hensley OF L/R Jr./Jr. 5-5 Monroe, Ohio (Monroe) TEAM INFORMATION: 24 Haley Dominique OF L/L Grad./Sr. 5-6 Oregon, Ohio (Clay) 2020 Overall Record ........................................ 18-9 27 Hannah Dukeman OF/C R/R Fr./Fr.