We Are...Marshall Softball

Marshall Sports Information • P.O. Box Box 1360 • Huntington, W.Va. 25701 Softball Contact: Scott Hall • [email protected] Office: 304-696-4662 • Cell: 540-539-2032 2021 SCHEDULE 18-9, 7-5 C-USA Date Opponent Time The Journey of Team 28 Winthrop Kickoff - Rock Hill, S.C. 2021 Conference USA 2/19 Winthrop Canceled Charlotte: 28 all-time meetings, tied 14-14, last meeting March 16-17, 2019 - Herd won series 2-1 2/19 Bowling Green Canceled The Charlotte 49ers are 27-16 overall, and lead the C-USA East Division at 11-5. 2/20 Furman Canceled The 49ers took 3-of-4 from Middle Tennessee, Florida Atlantic and FIU before 2/20 Stony Brook Canceled splitting with WKU. All four games against the Hilltoppers on the road were close as the largest margin for either team was three, as WKU won the last 2/21 Furman Canceled game 6-3 on a walkoff 3-run homer. Since the WKU series, Charlotte has played Chanticleer Showdown - Conway, S.C. four non-conference games and suffered losses in each one. The 49ers fell 10-2 against UNC Greensboro, dropped a doubleheader at (RV) Notre Dame (3-0 2/26 Charleston Southern Canceled & 11-6), and then lost 3-0 at No. 22 James Madison on Wednesday. In the loss 2/26 Coastal Carolina Canceled at JMU, Lindsey Walljasper went the distance allowing eight hits, however her defense was able to make some plays to help keep the 49ers in the contest. On 2/27 Coastal Carolina Canceled offense, Charlotte managed six hits but struck out 11 times as Odicci Alexander improved to 10-0. This season, Charlotte is batting .286, and .283 in conference 2/27 Charleston Southern Canceled play, and the team is led by C-USA Player of the Year candidate Bailey Vannoy. The 2/28 Lipscomb Canceled junior catcher has been explosive at the plate in her whole career, but in 2021 she is batting .411 with 21 doubles and 12 home runs, slugging .816 and has 115 3/3 Akron W, 7-4 total bases. The 49ers have totaled 84 doubles, 33 home runs and seven triples 3/3 Akron W, 8-0 (5) in 43 contests. Charlotte is also not afraid to steal as the team is 54-of-65 with Spenser Gray (15-of-15) and Vannoy (14-of-18) leading the way. In the circle, Thundering Herd Round Robin the team has a combined 3.36 ERA and 209 strikeouts. Walljasper leads with a 3/5 Bowling Green W, 7-6 3.05 ERA, 12-8 record, 12 complete games and 94 strikeouts in 149.1 innings. Madelyn Wright is next with a 3.08 ERA, 12-6 record and 75 strikeouts in 100 3/6 Valparaiso W, 9-1 (6) innings. Head coach Ashley Chastain is in her second season at the helm. In the shortened 2020 season, she led the team to a 14-13 record, and she is now 3/6 St. Francis W, 2-0 41-29 overall. 3/7 St. Francis W, 2-1 MUSB Starters from previous game 3/7 Valparaiso L, 5-4 Player Avg. AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB HBP Slg % OB% 3/10 at Longwood L, 5-2 3. 1B Aly Harrell .405 74 19 30 7 0 9 25 13 4 .865 .516 3/10 at Longwood L, 7-5 4. DP Saige Pye .388 67 12 26 5 0 5 21 5 1 .687 .432 3/20 at Chattanooga W, 9-8 5. RF Mya Stevenson .280 82 23 23 7 0 6 12 9 3-SBs .585 .372 3/20 at Chattanooga W, 9-2 6. DP Katie Adams .380 71 10 27 9 0 2 18 7 1 .592 .443 3/21 at Chattanooga W, 8-1 1. SS Sierra Huerta .327 55 17 18 4 1 6 15 19 8 .764 .542 3/25 at Akron Postponed (weather) 2. LF Grace Chelemen .356 87 19 31 4 0 2 14 9 3-SBs .471 .414 3/25 at Akron Postponed (weather) 7. C Kat Sackett .276 58 7 16 7 0 5 16 1 1 .655 .295 3/27 Bellarmine L, 3-1 9. 2B Armani Brown .239 46 11 11 2 0 0 2 7 1 .283 .352 3/27 Bellarmine W, 5-3 8. 3B Camryn Michallas .118 17 3 2 1 0 0 4 0 0 .176 .118 3/28 Bellarmine W, 10-0 (5) Pitchers (by innings pitched) 4/1 WKU* Postponed Player W-L ERA App GS CG SHO SV IP R ER K 4/2 WKU* Postponed Cailey Joyce 5-2 2.85 12 10 4 1 0 59.0 27 24 35 4/2 WKU* Postponed Laney Jones 5-2 3.90 14 8 3 3 2 37.2 23 21 23 4/3 WKU* Postponed Ashley Blessin 3-3 4.00 10 7 2 0 0 35.0 25 20 18 4/9 at Middle Tennessee* W, 10-4 Brianna McCown 2-0 3.50 8 0 0 0 0 20.0 13 10 19 4/10 at Middle Tennessee* L, 9-8 (10) Megan Stauffer 2-1 2.42 9 0 1 0 0 17.1 10 6 9 4/10 at Middle Tennessee* L, 9-5 Madi Garay 1-1 6.35 6 2 1 0 1 14.1 14 13 13 4/11 at Middle Tennessee* L, 6-2 4/16 Florida Atlantic* W, 1-0 4/17 Florida Atlantic* L, 11-9 4/17 Florida Atlantic* W, 8-7 (9) 4/18 Florida Atlantic* W, 6-5 4/23 at FIU* W, 3-1 4/24 at FIU* W, 12-6 4/24 at FIU* L, 5-2 4/25 at FIU* W, 7-3 5/7 at Charlotte* 5:00 PM 5/8 at Charlotte* 1:00 PM 5/8 at Charlotte* 4:00 PM 5/9 at Charlotte* 12:00 PM Conference USA Tournament May 12-15 in Bowling Green, Ky. Key * C-USA Game Home Games at Dot Hicks Field in Bold & Green Dot Hicks Field All Times are Eastern General/Media Information #MUSB General Information Key Returners Softball Social Media Location (Founded) ....Huntington, W.Va. (1837) R-Sr. IF Blakely Burch ......................................... Twitter: @HerdSB @HerdZone Enrollment ..................................................... 13,631 .293/14 GS/12 H/7 R/6 XBH/8 RBI/.561 Slg Facebook: Marshall University Softball Affiliation .....................................NCAA Division I Grad. IF Sierra Huerta....................................... & Marshall University Athletics Conference ........................................................ USA .359/25 GS/28 H/27 R/8 2B/9 HR/26 RBI/.833 Slg % Instagram: HerdSB & HerdZone Nickname ....................................Thundering Herd Sr. IF Aly Harrell .................................................... Colors ................................Kelly Green and White Mascot .......................................Marco, The Buffalo .441/25 GS/30 H/22 R/8 2B/5 HR/23 RBI/.602 OB % President .................................. Dr. Jerry A. Gilbert Sr. IF Armani Brown ............................................ Athletics Director ...........................Mike Hamrick .347/25 GS/25 H/13 R/3-4 SB/.931 Fld % Assoc. AD/SWA .............Beatrice Crane Banford Sr. IF Saige Pye ...................................................... Home Field (Capacity) . Dot Hicks Field (1,000) .463/25 GS/37 H/20 R/6 2B/8 HR/28 RBI/.863 Slg % Sr. P Laney Jones ................................................... Softball History 8-2/3.62 ERA/19 APP/12 GS/4 CG/67.2 IP/61 K First Year .............................................................1994 Sr. C Katie Adams ................................................ All-Time Record .....................................822-663-3 .377/19 GS/23 H/8 R/5 2B/ 3 HR/16 RBI/.607 Slg % All-Time C-USA Record ......................181-154-3 Jr. OF Mya Stevenson .......................................... C-USA Tourn. Appearances ................................ 13 C-USA Tourn. Record.................................... 16-15 .385/25 GS/30 H/23 R/3 2B/12 HR/36 RBI/.910 Slg % Jr. OF Grace Chelemen ..................................... Fans can tune in to 88.1 WMUL-FM and online Softball Staff .293/20 GS/17 H/16 R/2 3B/1 HR/6-7 SB/.414 Slg % at www.marshall.edu/wmul for coverage of all Head Coach..............................Megan Smith Lyon So. P Ashley Blessin ............................................. the Marshall Softball games, and www.cusatv. Alma Mater .......................... North Carolina [‘99] 7-0/3.45 ERA/16 APP/10 GS/3 CG/46.2 IP/34 K Year at Marshall .................................................. 3rd com for the live stream of the home games & Conference USA road games. Select early Career Record ............................................471-303 Key Players Lost MU Record ...................................................... 78-38 2020 Sr. P Kailee Williamson .......................... season tournaments with neutral games will be Assistant Coach ...................................Corey Lyon 2-3/6.27 ERA/10 APP/3 GS/1 CG/22.1 IP/13 K simulcast on Facebook Live through the team Previous School ...................................UL-Monroe 2020 Sr. C Haleigh Christopher ..................... page. Year at Marshall .................................................. 3rd Assistant Coach ...............................Maddie Holub .237/19 GS/14 H/8 R/2 2B/6 HR/17 RBI/.576 Slg % Alma Mater ......................... [Fort Hays State ‘13] Year at Marshall .................................................. 3rd Newcomers Volunteer Assistant ..............................Sam Boone IF Camryn Michallas* (Gulf Coast State College) Year at Marshall ................................................... 1st P Cailey Joyce* (La Salle University) Athletic Trainer ................................ Becky Kaliher P Madi Garay* (Louisiana University) Year at Marshall ..................................................2nd IF Madison Whitaker* (Wright State) OF Paige Halliwill - freshman Softball Media IF Amaya Lee - freshman Softball Contact .......................................Scott Hall P Brianna McCown - freshman Office Phone ....................................304-696-4662 Cell Phone ........................................540-539-2032 C Kat Sackett - freshman Email [email protected] OF Mikaila “Kay Kay” Kenney - freshman Asst. AD, Media Relations ............ Jason Corriher * - transfer Fax Number .....................................304-696-2325 Mailing Address ....................... 1801 Third Avenue Media Guidelines ...................Cam Henderson Center, Room 2035 All media requests for Marshall University ..........................................Huntington, W.Va. 25703 softball must be coordinated with Scott Hall, Softball Office Phone ......................304-696-4370 Associate Director for Sports Information.

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