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WISCONSIN SOFTBALL WISCONSIN AT BIG TEN/ACC CHALLENGE QUICK FACTS FEB. 19- FEB. 21 . DAIL SOFTBALL STADIUM . RALEIGH, NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL Location ..................Raleigh, North Carolina LOUISVILLE CARDINALS City/State: Madison, Wis. Site ..............................Dail Softball Stadium Rankings (AP/Coaches) ............................NR/NR Population: 245,691 TV ..........................................................None 2015-16 Record (AA) ..................................4-1-0 Founded: 1848 Radio ....................................................None Head Coach (Yrs.) .................Sandy Pearsall (16) Series History ................................UW leads 2-1 Enrollment: 43,193 (Undergraduates: 29,302) Live Stats ..........................UWBadgers.com Live Blog ...........................UWBadgers.com Nickname:Badgers Live Updates.......@BadgerSoftball (Twitter) NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY Colors: Cardinal (PMS 200) and White WOLFPACK Affiliation: NCAA I Rankings (AP/Coaches) .............................NR/23 Conference: Big Ten 2015-16 Record (AC) ..................................... 3-2 Head Coach (Yrs.) .................. Shawn Rychcik (3) Chancellor: Rebecca Blank Series History .................................First Meeting Athletic Director: Barry Alvarez Senior Women’s Administrator: Terry Gawlik OPENING WEEKEND Athletic Dept. Phone: 608-262-1866 The Badgers opened their season at the Kajikawa Classic on Feb. 11 with an upset win over No. Website: UWBadgers.com 21 California, 4-2. Wisconsin finished the weekend with winning record of 4-1. Sophomore Kelsey Jenkins clinched the win over No. 21 California with a walk-off home run HEAD COACH YVETTE HEALY in the bottom of the seventh inning bringing in both Stephanie Lombardo and herself. Hometown: Alma Mater: DePaul, 1999 Freshman Melanie Cross hit her first career home run during the game against No. 21 Career Record: 296-278-1 (12th year) California. She then followed up by hitting another home run and RBI against BYU. Record at Wisconsin: 165-106 (Sixth season) In just her ninth plat appearance of her career, Brooke Mann knocked a grand slam out of the park to clinch a steady 7-0 lead for Wisconsin after just one inning of play against Portland ASSISTANT COACHES State. The last grand slam from the Badgers came in 2014. Randy Schneider (Sixth season) The Badgers applied the run-rule in the fifth inning twice . Kristen Verdun (First season) to secure their victories over Portland State, 13-5, and UC Riverside, 9-1. SUPPORT STAFF . Andie Varsho (Volunteer Assistant Coach) Taylor-Paige Stewart pitched 14.1 innings allowing 15 . Lori Murphy (Program Specialist) hits and eight runs. Stewart pitched the last inning in both . Ashley Parr (Athletic Trainer) games against No. 21 California and UC Riverside, where . Jeff Zuhlke (Strength and Conditioning Coach) she allowed no hits. In the opening weekend, Ashley Van Zeeland had six hits, TEAM INFORMATION five runs and two RBIs. 2015 Overall Record: 21-31 2015 Big Ten Record (Finish): 5-17 (13th) 2015 Final Rank: Not Ranked BADGER REWIND Starters Returning/Lost: 8/4 The 2015-16 Badgers return 11 letterwinners and eight Pitchers Returning/Lost: 2/1 starters, including the team’s leaders in slugging percent- Letterwinners Returning/Lost: 11/8 age, on base percentage, RBI, doubles, home runs, total Newcomers: 8 bases and walks. TEAM HISTORY Wisconsin returns 53.1 percent of its runs scored, 49.9 per- Freshman Melanie Cross knocked out First Year of Softball: 1996 cent of its hitting and 61.0 percent of its RBI production two home runs on the same day in the Badgers’ opening weekend. She also Record (Years): 535-527-2 (19) from last season. had a team-high six hits in five games Big Ten Record (Years): 151-243 (19) Eight members of the 2014-15 Wisconsin softball team played. Big Ten Tournament Championships: 1 (2013) earned NFCA All-America Scholar-Athlete honors for the NCAA Tournament Record: 5-10 2014-15 academic year. Last NCAA Tournament: 2014/ L - Oregon, 6-0 First Team All-Big Ten Selections: 10 ARENA INFORMATION Name: 31 61 1 Goodman Softball Complex Senior ace Taylor-Paige Stewart Wisconsin returns 61 percent of its The Badgers return one first-team Capacity: is tied for ninth in program history RBI production from last season, All-Big Ten selection back to the 1,600 with 31 career wins under her belt. including its leader in RBI, junior field. Sophomore Kelsey Jenkins Record at Goodman: 139-114 (.549) The veteran returns to the circle Chloe Miller. Miller, an NFCA was the first-ever freshman in pro- Press Box Phone: 608-265-0750 in 2015-16 after recording a team Great Lakes All-Region third team gram history to earn the accolade season-high 124 strikeouts last selection in 2014, tallied 45 RBI in the 2014-15 season. season. last season. Softball Contact: Kelli Grashel . Office: 608-262-8216 . Cell: 608-445-4086 . E-mail: [email protected] . Twitter: @KelliGrashel Athletic Communications Office . University of Wisconsin . Kellner Hall . 1440 Monroe Street . Madison, WI 53711 BIG TEN/ACC CHALLENGE GENERAL NOTES SHE’S THE MANN winning all five of their matches going a perfect 5-0 on the weekend. 2015-16 SCHEDULE Brooke Mann, a freshman from Monrovia, California, knocked out a grand slam that UW stands in fifth with a batting average of .311 and third with an earned run average DATE OPPONENT TIME (CT) TV helped the Badgers clinch a 7-0 lead in the of 2.41. at Kajikawa Classic, Tempe, Arizona first inning against Portland State that even- Feb. 12 vs. California W, 4-2 tually led to a 13-5 run-rule victory. The Badgers are ranked fourth in runs Feb. 12 at BYU L, 5-4 It was the first grand slam for the program scored, hits and runs batted in but are Feb. 13 at Nevada W, 3-2 since Sara Novak hit one on April 2, 2014 tied for first in doubles, along with Feb. 13 vs. Portland State W, 13-5 at Michigan. Northwestern and Illinois. Feb. 14 vs. UC Riverside W, 9-1 Despite Wisconsin hitting an impressive six VAN ZINGLE home runs, the Badgers stand in third while Nebraska leads with 11 home runs. at NC State Hyatt Place Challenge, Raleigh, NC Ashley Van Zeeland got off to a hot start at Feb. 19 at Louisville 3 p.m. the Kajikawa Classic with a team-high six The Badgers lead in steal attempts with 13. Feb. 20 vs. Louisville 1:30 p.m. hits and also notched a team-best five runs. In pitching, Wisconsin is tied for second Feb. 20 at NC State 6:30 p.m. ESPN3 with Nebraska allowing only eight walks Feb. 21 vs. NC State 11:30 a.m. ESPN3 TPS AT YOUR SERVICE while Minnesota leads with six. Taylor-Paige Stewart, a senior from Wisconsin is tied for first with a feilding at USF Tournament, Tampa, Florida Calabasas, California, made her farewell percentage of .985. Feb. 26 at Kansas 8:15 a.m. tour debut at the Kajikawa Classic picking Feb. 26 vs. UNLV 10:30 a.m. up two wins and a save. Team game highs went to the Badgers for Feb. 27 at USF 10:30 a.m. 14 strikeouts against BYU and for having Feb. 27 TBA 1 or 3:15 p.m. Stewart is now tied with Katie Layne (2005) six stolen bases against UC Riverside. Feb. 28 TBA $ 8 or 10:15 a.m. for the program record of career saves with Chloe Miller is tied for having an indi- three. vidual game high of three walks along with at Judi Garman Classic, Fullerton, California Minnesota’s Groenewegen and Fabian. Mar. 4 Cal State Fullerton 7 p.m. SKYBALL MILLER Mar. 4 Arizona State 10 p.m. Chloe Miller only hit one home run as a Kelsey Jenkins leads in total plate appear- Mar. 5 Oregon State 2 p.m. sophomore after breaking a UW freshman ances with 20 followed by teammates Chloe Mar. 5 Fresno State 9:30 p.m. record in her first campaign with 12 home Miller and Ashley Van Zeeland with 19. Mar. 6 Long Beach State 11 a.m. runs. She hit her first of the season against UC Riverside on Feb. 14. A NEW ERA BEGINS at Rebel Classic, Las Vegas, Nevada The 2015-16 Badgers return 11 letterwin- Mar. 11 Santa Clara University 5:45 p.m. KJ ALL DAY ners and eight starters, including the team’s Mar. 12 Valparaiso 5:45 p.m. leaders in slugging percentage, on base Kelsey Jenkins, a sophomore from Tucson, Mar. 12 UNLV 8 p.m. percentage, RBI, doubles, home runs, total Arizona, did not disappoint in her return to Mar. 13 Utah State 11 a.m. bases and walks. Mar. 13 Santa Clara 1:15 p.m. the diamond at the Kajikawa Classic. Wisconsin returns 53.1 percent of its runs In the Wisconsin softball team’s first game scor, 49.9 percent of its hitting and 61.0 per- Mar. 22 Detroit 12/2 p.m. of the season, sophomore Kelsey Jenkins Mar. 24 Michigan State 3 p.m. cent of its RBI production from last season. clinched an opening upset for the Badgers Mar. 25 Michigan State 12 p.m. (1-1) with a walk-off home run in the bot- The Badgers welcome a new pitching coach Mar. 26 Michigan State 12 p.m. tom of the seventh inning to upset No. 21 in Kirsten Verdun, who played profession- Mar. 30 South Dakota 2/4 p.m. California, 4-2. ally for one year with the Chicago Bandits April 1 Ohio State 4 p.m. and was a two-time All-American at April 2 Ohio State 1 p.m. DePaul University. April 3 Ohio State 1 p.m. EVEN STEVENS April 5 North Dakota State 3/5 p.m. Kirsten Stevens, a junior transfer from The Badgers went 3-1 in the fall exhibition April 8 Purdue 4 p.m.