2010 INDIANA SOFTBALL MICHIGAN (APRIL 8) & MICHIGAN STATE (APRIL 10-11) • 1 INDIANA SOFTBALL Nate Wiechers - Assistant Media Relations Director (Softball Contact) E-MAIL - [email protected] • OFFICE - (812) 856-0146 • IUHOOSIERS.COM 2010 SCHEDULE Thursday, April 8, 2010 Date Opponent Time/Result February No. 2 Michigan (26-5, 3-0 Big Ten) vs. Indiana (7-21, 0-2 Big Ten) • 2:00 p.m. ET (DH) K-Club Classic (Kennesaw, Ga.) Michigan leads all-time series, 66-26 14 Wright State L, 3-5 Jacksonville State L, 6-7 Saturday, April 10, 2010 Louisville Slugger Desert Classic (Las Vegas, Nev.) 19 Boise State W, 7-3 Michigan State (16-17, 2-2 Big Ten) vs. Indiana (7-21, 0-2 Big Ten) • 1:00 p.m. ET Illinois-Chicago L, 3-6 Indiana leads all-time series, 53-45 20 Oregon W, 5-4 Utah L, 1-7 Sunday, April 11, 2010 21 at UNLV L, 2-13 (5) Southern Mississippi Invitational (Hattiesburg, Miss.) Michigan State (16-17, 2-2 Big Ten) vs. Indiana (7-21, 0-2 Big Ten) • 1:00 p.m. ET 27 Jackson State W, 8-0 (5) Indiana leads all-time series, 53-45 at Southern Miss L, 4-5 28 Central Arkansas W, 5-1 *Live Stats and Live Radio Broadcasts can be found at IUHoosiers.com Belmont W, 9-0 (5) March DeMARINI INVITATIONAL (Fullerton, Calif.) FIRST PITCH 5 Pacific L, 0-2 The Hoosiers opened the 2010 Big Ten schedule last weekend in Iowa City and dropped a pair of game to #20 North Carolina L, 5-7 the Hawkeyes and will look to get back on track with Thursday doubleheader against No. 2 Michigan at the IU 6 UC Davis L, 2-4 Softball Field. Senior Jennifer Glueckert continued her hot hitting by going 3-for-5 on the weekend with a double at Cal State Fullerton W, 4-1 7 #10 Stanford L, 0-4 and a triple. UNDER ARMOUR SHOWCASE (Clearwater, Fla.) Michigan comes into the game having won 18 of their last 19 games, with the lone loss come to No. 19 Texas. 13 Cleveland State L, 2-8 Jordan Taylor and Nikki Nemitz have been a dominant 1-2 combination in the circle this season, accounting for Jacksonville State L, 3-6 all but one of the team’s 26 wins to this point. 14 Radford L, 4-6 Boston University L, 2-6 15 Long Island L, 3-4 TURNING TWO IU CLASSIC (Bloomington, Ind.) The Hoosiers are tied for third in the country this week in the number of double plays turned per game (0.50). 20 SIU-EDWARDSVILLE L, 0-11 (5) In 28 games, the Hoosiers have turned 14 double plays, just one less than Purdue for the Big Ten lead. Last CENTRAL MICHIGAN L, 2-3 21 CENTRAL MICHIGAN L, 2-8 season, Indiana turned 11 double plays in 49 games. The most double plays turned by an IU team on record is 21, back in 1987, but the current total is the most since the 2007 team turned 17. 24 LOUISVILLE L, 0-11 (6) 30 at Indiana State W, 2-1 SCHEDULE NOTES There have been some changes to the IU schedule recently, including the rescheduling of a doubleheader April 3 at Iowa* L, 1-5 against Evansville. The March 25th doubleheader was cancelled due to rain and has now been slated for April 4 at Iowa* L, 1-12 (5) 13, starting at 2 p.m. at the IU Softball Field 8 MICHIGAN (DH)* 2:00pm And the day after the double dip with Evansville, the Hoosiers will travel to Ball State for a pair of games 10 MICHIGAN STATE* 1:00pm starting at 3 p.m. Originally the teams were scheduled for just one game but after both teams lost some games 11 MICHIGAN STATE* 1:00pm 13 EVANSVILLE (DH) 2:00pm due to weather earlier in the season, they decided to make it a doubleheader in Muncie. 14 at Ball State (DH) 3:00pm 17 at Minnesota* 1:00pm GLICK IS THE PICK TO CLICK 18 at Minnesota* 1:00pm Senior outfielder Jennifer Glueckert (pronounced “Glickert”) has been the most consistent hitter in the Indiana 21 at Ohio State (DH)* 5:00pm 24 NORTHWESTERN* 1:00pm lineup this season. She currently leads the team with a .347 batting average, is second in hits (26) and third in 25 NORTHWESTERN* 1:00pm doubles (6). She was inserted into the leadoff spot in the batting order in all three games of the IU Classic and 28 ILLINOIS (DH)* 2:00pm responded well, 5-for-9 (.556) with two doubles and a run scored. The South Bend native had appeared in the May leadoff spot five times in both the 2008 and 2009 seasons. 1 at Wisconsin* 1:00pm 2 at Wisconsin* 1:00pm In the last 16 games, Glueckert is hitting .396 with five doubles, two triples and a team-best 19 hits. 8 at Purdue* 4:00pm 9 at Purdue* 1:00pm IU SOFTBALL ON THE RADIO 14 PENN STATE* 4:00pm The Indiana University Department of Athletics announced earlier this winter that over 30 games on the IU 15 PENN STATE* 1:00pm softball schedule will be broadcast on IUHoosiers.com, and all games from here on out will be carried on the All times listed are local to the site website. All of the broadcasts will be free of charge through Stretch Internet, and available by going to the * Big Ten Opponent softball schedule page on IUHoosiers.com. Dave Leno will have the call for all the broadcasts, with Nathan Bold indicates home game Wiechers providing color commentary. Leno served as the voice of the IU volleyball and men’s and women’s soccer teams this past fall. Wiechers is the team’s sports information contact and is in third season with the softball team. 2010 INDIANA SOFTBALL MICHIGAN (APRIL 8) & MICHIGAN STATE (APRIL 10-11) • 2 THE COACHES 2010 INDIANA SOFTBALL ROSTER Indiana head coach Michelle Gardner is in her # Name Pos. B-T Year Hometown/High School/Prev. School second season with the Hoosiers, and her eighth 1 Kristin King UTL Sr. R/R Fort Branch, Ind./Gibson Southern season as a collegiate head coach after spending 2 Breanna Saucedo INF Fr. L/R Ontario, Calif./Chino six years at Nevada. Her career record is 204-236. 3 Monica Wright P R-Sr. L/R Morrison, Ill./Morrison/Northern Iowa She has a pair of NCAA Regional appearances to her 4 Sammy Berenter INF So. R/R Poway, Calif./La Jolla Country Day credit with the Wolfpack. 5 Kelsey Brannon UTL Fr. L/R Bloomington, Ind./Bloomington North Michigan head coach Carol Hutchins is in her 6 Cassie Loweth P/INF Fr. R/R Columbus, Ind./Columbus North 26th season with the Wolverines and has a record of 7 Sara Olson P/!B Jr. R/R Orland Park, Ill./Carl Sandburg 1156-409-4. 9 Cassie Gogreve C/INF Jr. R/R South Pasadena, Calif./South Carolina 10 Madison Diederich UTL Fr. R/R Garrett, Ind./Garrett IMPROVEMENT EVERYWHERE 12 Bridget Langan UTL So. L/R LaGrange, Ill./Lyons Township The 2010 season has seen marked improvement 13 Stephanie Turner INF Sr. R/R Pendleton, Ind./Pendleton Heights across the board for the Hoosiers, but most noticeably 14 Kelli Ritchison OF Sr. L/R Boonville, Ind./Boonville at the plate, where they are hitting 40 points higher 15 Amanda Wagner INF Fr. R/R Burbank, Ill./Queen of Peace this season through 28 games as opposed to last 16 Samantha Heyman OF Fr. L/R El Segundo, Calif./El Segundo season. Below is a comparison in a variety of 20 Jessica Dobson P Fr. R/R St. John, Ind./Lake Central categories from last year to this year: 21 Jennifer Glueckert OF Sr. L/R South Bend, Ind./John Adams 22 Kelsey Stander OF Jr. L/R Paradise Valley, Ariz./ Chaparral/Tennessee (Thru 28 Games) 23 Chelsea Noble OF Fr. S/R Bristol, Ind./Bethany Christian 2009 Category 2010 24 Heather Nelson OF So. L/R Riverside, Calif./La Sierra .210 Batting Average .250 26 Katherine Allert UTL Fr. R/R Lowell, Ind./Lowell 60 Runs Scored 86 32 Maria Gillis INF Fr. R/R South Bend, Ind./John Adams 11 Doubles 30 42 Brittany Stein C Jr. R/R Vancouver, Wash./Columbia River 52 RBI 76 55 Brittany Devitt UTL Jr. R/R Seabeck, Wash./Klahowya Secondary .290 Slugging Percentage .358 11 Stolen Bases 25 Head Coach: Michelle Gardner (Second year, Michigan ‘89) 7 Double Plays Turned 14 Assistant Coach: Amanda Rivera (Second year, UIC ‘04) 1.63 Opponent ERA 2.22 Assistant Coach: Christy Hebert (Second year, Iowa ‘97) 8 Opponent Been Caught Stealing 16 Volunteer Assistant Coach: Tory Yamaguchi (Second year, Indiana ‘07) Student Assistant Coach: Ashley Hobbs (First year, Indiana ‘09) CAUGHT YA! This season, junior catcher Cassie Gogreve has USA TODAY/NFCA POLL ESPN.COM/USA SOFTBALL been outstanding at preventing opponents from (April 7) (April 7) stealing bases, throwing out 16 attempted base Rk. Team Record Prv. Rk. Team Record Prv. stealers on the season. That total is tops among 1 Washington (28) 30-3 1 1 Washington (24) 30-3 1 Big Ten catchers and puts her among the best in 2 Michigan (2) 26-5 2 2 Arizona 30-4 2 IU history. Current volunteer coach Tory Yamaguchi 3 Arizona 30-4 3 3 Michigan (1) 26-5 3 was part of the 2008 squad that threw out 21 base 4 Florida 27-4 6 4 UCLA 27-6 5 5 UCLA 27-6 5 5 Florida 27-4 9 runners, with Yamaguchi accounting for 15 of those 6 Alabama 27-9 8 6 Georgia Tech 32-5 7 by herself.