B1G Quarterfinals MINNESOTA SOFTBALL SCHEDULE/RESULTS NFCA DIVISION 1 LEADOFF CLASSIC Date Opponent Result Feb. 7 Missouri State W, 1-0 Batting Average....................Natalie DenHartog (.429) Feb. 7 NC State W, 13-7 Feb. 8 Missouri L, 7-4 (8) Runs.........................................Natalie DenHartog (5) Feb. 8 South Alabama W, 10-0 No. 14/13 Minnesota Home Runs............................. Natalie DenHartog (1) Feb. 9 No. 15 Kentucky L, 7-0 RBI.......................................... Emily Hansen (7) Feb. 14 No. 16 Oklahoma State Stolen Bases............................ Two tied (1) Feb. 14 No. 5 Florida State 2020: 3-2 Feb. 15 Virginia Tech ERA...........................................Amber Fiser (3.52) Feb. 16 No. 19 Missouri Strikeouts....................................Amber Fiser (38) Feb. 21 Texas State Feb. 21 Tulsa Feb. 22 Texas State No. 16/16 Oklahoma Virginia Tech Feb. 22 at Baylor Feb. 23 Tulsa State Feb. 28 Binghamton Feb. 15 • 4:00 p.m. Feb. 28 at Auburn 2020 Record ....................................................2-2 2020 Record ....................................................4-1 Feb. 29 Georgia Southern Feb. 29 at Auburn Top hitter .......................... Chyenne Factor (.500) Top hitter ...............................Kelsey Brown (.556) Mar. 1 Binghamton Top pitcher ...........................Carrie Eberle (14 Ks) Top pitcher ..................Keely Rochard (1.64 ERA) Mar. 6 Cal State Fullerton Mar. 6 at Long Beach State Mar. 7 Cal Poly No. 5/5 Florida State No. 19/18 Missouri Mar. 7 at UCLA Mar. 8 UCF Feb. 14 • 5:00 p.m. Feb. 16 • 8:30 a.m. Mar. 11 at Hawaii Mar. 12 Texas Tech Mar. 13 Drexel 2020 Record .................................................... 5-0 2020 Record ................................................... 5-0 Mar. 13 at Hawaii Top hitter ..........................Kiersten Landers (.579) Top hitter .............................. Jazmyn Rollin (.529) Mar. 14 Texas Tech Mar. 20 at Ohio State (B1G) Top pitcher....................... Caylan Arnold (0.00 ERA) Top pitcher ........................ Eli Daniel (1 W, 2 Svs) Mar. 21 at Ohio State (B1G) Mar. 22 at Ohio State (B1G) Mar. 27 Nebraska (B1G) Mar. 28 Nebraska (B1G) Weekend Info Weekend Recap Mar. 29 Nebraska (B1G) For the second straight year the Gophers will com- The Gophers went 3-2 at the NFCA Div. I Leadoff Clas- Apr. 3 at Michigan (B1G) Apr. 4 at Michigan (B1G) pete at the St. Pete/Clearwater Elite Invitational. The sic to open the season. They picked up victories over Apr. 5 at Michigan (B1G) Invitational is one of the most prestigious softball Missouri State, NC State and South Alabama and fell to Apr. 10 Illinois (B1G) Missouri and No. 15/14 at the time Kentucky. Apr. 11 Illinois (B1G) tournaments in the entire country with every game Apr. 12 Illinois (B1G) presented on one of the ESPN Family of Networks. Apr. 15 Wisconsin (B1G) The Gophers won in different ways on opening day. Apr. 15 Wisconsin (B1G) They topped Missouri State 1-0 in a pitcher’s duel and Apr. 17 at Indiana (B1G) All four of the Gophers game will be available on Apr. 18 at Indiana (B1G) ESPN3. Minnesota is just one of two Big Ten teams used timely hitting to outscore NC State, 13-7. The Go- Apr. 19 at Indiana (B1G) invited and the only Big Ten team to be invited in phers fought back to force extra inning against Missouri Apr. 22 NDSU Apr. 22 NDSU both seasons of the SPC Invite. They will face three but lost 7-4 in the eighth. They used eight runs in the Apr. 24 Rutgers (B1G) top-20 teams in No. 16/16 Oklahoma State, No. seventh inning to cruise past South Alabama 10-0. A Apr. 25 Rutgers (B1G) 5/5 Florida State and No.19/18 Missouri. The fourth Sunday tradition was snapped against Kentucky when Apr. 26 Rutgers (B1G) May 1 at Northwestern (B1G) team Minnesota will play is Virginia Tech who is the Gophers fell 7-0. Last season, Minnesota went 14-0 May 2 at Northwestern (B1G) receiving votes in both major polls. on Sunday games. May 3 at Northwestern (B1G) May 7 B1G Tournament Begins Oklahoma State made the WCWS last season and In the circle, sophomore transfer Autumn Pease are 2-2 to start the 2020 season. impressed in her Minnesota debut. She made two May 15 NCAA Tournament Begins starts and a total of four appearances. She finished the Florida State began 2020 with a perfect 5-0 record, weekend 1-0 with 13 innings pitched and 19 strikeouts. most notably knocking off No. 1 Alabama in both All-American Amber Fiser led the entire tournament meetings (8-7 in eight innings, 8-0 in five innings). with 38 strikeouts on the weekend. Virginia Tech is coming off an ACC regular season MaKenna Partain was named to the NFCA D1 Leadoff title and are 4-1 to start the year. All-Tournament Team after an outstanding perfor- mance. The senior finished the weekend with three Mizzou was a perfect 5-0 at the NFCA Division I doubles, a triple, five RBIs and drew four walks to Leadoff Classic and handed Minnesota their first finish with a .389 batting average and a .500 on base loss of the season. percentage. 2020 GOPHER SOFTBALL @GOPHERSOFBALL 2020 Record When Overall...................................................3-2 Fiser’s Finest Home.......................................... 0-0 Amber Fiser has already cemented herself as one of the top players in Gopher softball history and Away........................................... 0-0 is making a case for one of the top players in all of NCAA softball. She is fifth all-time in program Neutral........................................ 3-2 history in wins (74) and strikeouts (704). With UCLA’s Rachel Garcia taking an Olympic redshirt, Big Ten.................................................... 0-0 Fiser is the NCAA active leader in strikeouts. Home.......................................... 0-0 Away........................................... 0-0 In 2019, Fiser was named a First Team NFCA All-American, was a Honda Cup Award Finalist and Non-Conference....................................3-2 was named the Big Ten Pitcher of the Year. She ranked third in the NCAA in wins, fifth in strike- Home.......................................... 0-0 outs and 12th in ERA. Her 31 wins on the season tied for second all-time in program history and Away........................................... 0-0 346 strikeouts was third all-time. She set a school record and matched a conference record with Neutral........................................ 3-2 six Big Ten Pitcher of the Week awards. She also picked up two NFCA Division I Pitcher of the vs. Ranked opponents...........................0-1 Week awards. vs. Unranked opponents..........................3-1 vs. Left Hand Starter............................... 0-0 Fiser can’t seem to get over the 13 strikeout mark. She has hit the impressive number seven vs. Right Hand Starter............................ 3-2 times in her career including twice already in opening weekend. She tossed 38 strikeouts last One-run games .......................................1-0 weekend and leads the NCAA in season strikeouts. Fiser pitched four complete game one-hitters Two-run games .......................................0-0 in 2019. She has thrown two no-hitters in her career, both in 2018. Her last one was a perfect Five or more run games .........................2-1 game at Purdue on Apr. 27, 2018. In extra innings .......................................0-1 Shutouts ................................................2-1 The Van Horne, Iowa native opened the season as the No. 7 ranked player on Softball America’s Scoring 0-2 runs .....................................1-1 Top-100 list. She is also a Softball America Preseason All-American and was named to the USA Scoring 3-5 runs .....................................0-1 Softball Top-50 Collegiate Player of the Year Watch List. Scoring 6-9 runs .....................................0-0 Scoring 10+ runs ....................................2-0 Run MaKenna, Run! Allowing 0-2 runs ....................................2-0 MaKenna Partain has etched her name into Gophers history and has a chance to leave as one of Allowing 3-5 runs ....................................0-0 the most productive offensive players in team history but has done so quietly when it comes to na- Allowing 6-9 runs ....................................1-2 tional attention. She has already made 180 career starts with the majority of her action coming at Allowing 10+ runs ...................................0-0 second base. She is tied for fifth in career runs at 165 and seventh in career doubles at 45. Both Scoring first .............................................3-0 records are in reach as Tyler Walker holds the record with 197 career runs and Kaitlyn Richardson Opponent scores first .............................0-2 has the doubles record with 64. Partain spent last season as the Gophers leadoff batter and broke Has more hits........................................ 2-1 the program single season record with 66 runs. She also set program and Big Ten record with five Opponent has more hits .........................1-1 runs scored at Maryland on Mar. 23. Hits are tied ............................................0-0 Leading after four innings .......................3-0 Partain led Minnesota in batting average (.383), runs (66), hits (72), triples (4) and on base Trailing after four innings ........................0-2 percentage (.484) in 2019. She is a two-time All-Big Ten honoree and a three-time NFCA All-Great Tied after four innings .............................0-0 Lakes All-Region selection. She was named a Preseason