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GAME 34/35 SOFTBALL QUICK HITS INSIDE THE SERIES QUOTING UNRUH: “We love Senior Day! We love Overall Friends Leads 27-2 recognizing players that have made a 4-year Home 13-2 commitment to being a student-athlete! It’s not easy Away 14-0 to be successful on the field and still do great work in Neutral Site 0-0 the classroom! These 4 seniors were are honoring this Current Streak FRND 5W at weekend have a combined GPA of over 3.6 cumulative. Longest FRND Winning Streak 22, 2006-17 STERLING FRIENDS UNIV. Longest STER Winning Streak 1W Senior Day is a team effort and our program does a Last Meeting Saturday • April 10, 2021 • Doubleheader @ 12:00 p.m. great job spoiling our seniors on this day! We have Twitter: @FriendsFalcons worked the last few days to prepare our team for LAST MEETING: Falcons ace Hali Walters pitched Instagram: @FriendsFalcons her third straight shutout victory that pushed Facebook: @FriendsFalcons Sterling College! We will need to stay aggressive and strong at the plate while our pitching staff stays her scoreless inning streak to 27 in the Falcons’ RECORD BREAKDOWN 2-0 win over the Sterling College Lady Warriors in Overall Conf. Overall Conf. successful and keeps the Sterling hitters off the base path!” the opening tilt on Apr. 9 at the Two Rivers Youth 6-20 4-8 Overall 22-11 11-3 Complex. The Falcons then completed the sweep by 3-15 1-5 Home 14-7 5-1 scoring three runs in the sixth inning to rally for a 3-5 3-1 Away 8-2 6-2 LAST TIME OUT: The Falcons continued their surge 0-0 0-0 Neutral 0-2 0-0 up the standings with a sweep of the University of 5-4 victory. — — Rank — — Saint Mary Spires in KCAC action Wednesday (Apr. 7) 2021 SCHEDULE STATISTICAL COMPARISON at Kansas City Kansas Community College in Kansas Date Opponent Location Time Feb. 22 NW Oklahoma State Wichita, Kan. L, 4-6 Rank* Total Category Total Rank* City, Kan. Feb. 22 NW Oklahoma State Wichita, Kan. W, 6-3 6-20 Win/Loss 22-11 POTW: The Falcons swept KCAC Player of the Week Feb. 27 Mount Marty Wichita, Kan. W, 8-7 12th .256 Batting Average .325 4th honors for last week. Pitcher Hali Walters won pitcher Feb. 27 Mount Marty Wichita, Kan. W, 17-7 13th 18 Doubles 60 1st Feb. 28 Hastings Wichita, Kan. W, 9-0 T-10th 4 Triples 7 4th of the week posting a 0.68 ERA with 23 strikeouts in Feb. 28 Hastings Wichita, Kan. W, 5-3 12th 3 Homeruns 33 2nd four outings. Catcher Carolyn Dallimore grabbed Mar. 5 Doane Wichita, Kan. W, 3-2 T-9th 85 RBIs 191 2nd hitter of the week honors hitting .500 at the plate with Mar. 5 Dakota State Wichita, Kan. W, 16-3 12th .308 Slugging % .517 2nd three homers and five RBIs. Mar. 6 Briar Cliff Wichita, Kan. L, 1-9 69 Walks 71 Mar. 6 Peru State Wichita, Kan. W, 3-2 123 Strikeouts 161 SWEEPING: The Falcons have swept seven series’ this Mar. 6 Jamestown Wichita, Kan. L, 1-9 2nd 61 Stolen Bases 47 5th season, including four in KCAC play. In the 2019 season Mar. 7 Concordia Wichita, Kan. L, 2-10 10th .935 Fielding % .939 T-7th Mar. 7 Jamestown Wichita, Kan. W, 11-8 the Falcons swept six series, all of which came in KCAC Mar. 10 Morningside Wichita, Kan. L, 5-18 4th 4.66 ERA 2.97 2nd play. Mar. 10 Morningside Wichita, Kan. L, 2-4 1 Shutouts 7 Mar. 11 Midland^ McPherson, Kan. L, 0-6 0 Saves 0 GOING YARD: The Falcons have hit 31 homeruns this Mar. 11 Concordia^ McPherson, Kan. L, 2-4 7th 65 Walks 63 6th season which is the most in a season since 2015. With Mar. 16 Avila* Wichita, Kan. L, 5-6 T-8th 87 Strikeouts 179 2nd Mar. 16 Avila* Wichita, Kan. W, 6-2 * Out of 12 KCAC Teams 12 regular season games remaining, the Falcons are Mar. 20 at Kansas Wesleyan* Salina, Kan. W, 4-1 on pace for 43 homers which would be the second Mar. 20 at Kansas Wesleyan* Salina, Kan. L, 2-3 most since accurate records began in 2006. The Mar. 25 at Central Christian McPherson, Kan. W, 9-0 Falcons rank 10th in the NAIA in homeruns per game Mar. 25 at Central Christian McPherson, Kan. W, 11-0 and second in the KCAC. Carolyn Dallimore leads the Mar. 27 Tabor* Wichita, Kan. W, 7-3 Mar. 27 Tabor* Wichita, Kan. W, 9-8 Overall Conf. Home Away Neutral Falcons with seven shots this season. Mar. 30 at Ottawa* Ottawa, Kan. W, 12-0 Ottawa 25-5 12-2 13-5 8-0 4-0 Mar. 30 at Ottawa* Ottawa, Kan. W, 9-3 Friends 22-11 11-3 14-7 8-2 0-2 PRESEASON POLLS: The Friends University Falcons Apr. 1 at McPherson McPherson, Kan. L, 4-5 Avila 14-13 8-3 7-4 5-7 2-2 were picked third in the 2021 KCAC Preseason Coach’s Apr. 1 at McPherson McPherson, Kan. W, 9-4 Oklahoma Wesleyan 19-11 7-3 8-6 11-5 0-0 poll. The Falcons had not played a conference game Apr. 3 Bethel Wichita, Kan. W, 4-0 Kansas Wesleyan 12-10 5-3 4-4 1-1 7-5 prior to the shutdown last season, but had marks of Apr. 3 Bethel Wichita, Kan. W, 8-0 Bethany 11-24 5-4 4-12 5-10 2-2 Apr. 7 at Saint Mary Leavenworth, Kan. W, 8-0 Saint Mary 11-22 6-8 6-8 4-9 1-5 17-7 in the KCAC and 28-19 overall while advancing to Apr. 7 at Saint Mary Leavenworth, Kan. W, 16-3 McPherson 11-13 4-6 6-6 4-4 1-3 the NAIA National Tournament in head coach Suzanne Apr. 10 Sterling Wichita, Kan. 12:00 PM Bethel 7-17 4-6 3-9 3-3 1-5 Unruh’s first season at the helm in 2019. McPherson Apr. 10 Sterling Wichita, Kan. Game 2 Tabor 8-24 4-8 4-6 1-6 3-12 College was the coach’s choice to win the league this Apr. 13 at York York, Neb. TBA Sterling 6-20 4-8 3-15 3-5 0-0 year with nine first-place votes, followed by Ottawa Apr. 13 at York York, Neb. Game 2 York 4-17 2-8 4-6 0-4 0-7 Apr. 17 at Bethany Lindsborg, Kan. TBA Southwestern 7-16 1-9 4-11 3-5 0-0 University in second with three first-place tallies. Apr. 17 at Bethany Lindsborg, Kan. Game 2 Apr. 21 Oklahoma Wesleyan Wichita, Kan. TBA UP NEXT: The Falcons go on the road for the next four Apr. 21 Oklahoma Wesleyan Wichita, Kan. Game 2 with two-game series at York (Apr. 13) and Bethany Apr. 27 Southwestern Wichita, Kan. TBA (Apr. 17). Apr. 27 Southwestern Wichita, Kan. Game 2 * KCAC Conference Game Friends University Athletics is excited to have Home2 ^ McPherson Invitational Suites by Hilton as an official sponsor this season! For more on what they can offer, click HERE to visit their official webpage. FRIENDS FALCONS (22-11, 11-3 KCAC) Head Coach: Suzanne Unruh (Fort Hays State University) Assistant Coaches: Dave Millspaugh, Ashly Giddens Record at Friends: 56-44-0 (3rd Season) / Career: Graduate Assistants: Renee Downey No. Name Yr. Pos. Ht. Hometown COACHING BIO 1 Hannah Lang JR 2B/SS R/R 5-6 Topeka, Kan. Suzanne Unruh enters her third season as head coach of the Friends University softball 2 Madison Smith SO OF L/L 5-5 Murrieta, Calif. program. 3 Ericka Baca JR OF/2B R/R 5-3 Arlington, Texas Her second season at the helm was cut short due to the COVID-19 pandemic, but Unruh 4 Laila Spracklen SO P/INF R/R 5-8 San Diego, Calif. enjoyed a banner first season at the helm, guiding the Falcons to their first KCAC tournament 5 Laney Leath JR OF R/R 5-5 Las Vegas, Nev. championship since 2013 and as a result, a berth to the NAIA National Tournament. 5 Meghan Low JR 2B/SS R/R 5-3 Collinsville, Okla. For Unruh, it was her second straight conference tournament title, as she also led Tabor 6 Kayla Zavala FR P/OF R/R 5-2 Eastvale, Calif. College to both the KCAC regular season and tournament championship in the 2018 season. 7 Gianna Tijerina SO OF L/L 5-3 Fort Lupton, Colo. The Falcons played their best ball down the stretch, winning eight straight and 18 of their 8 Hali Walters SR P R/R 5-11 Longmont, Colo. last 21 games prior to competing in the NAIA National tourney. 9 Bobbie Flores JR 3B R/R 5-5 Riverside, Calif. Unruh arrived as no stranger to the Falcons or the KCAC, as she was coming off a nine-year 10 Tate Tilley-Bedick SO OF/C R/R 5-5 Cashion, Okla. tenure as head coach of Tabor College. 11 Michelle Kroell SO P R/R 5-8 Clovis, Calif. Last season, Unruh was selected the league’s top coach by her peers after leading the 12 Aleigha Gale FR P/OF L/L 5-1 Winfield, Kan. Bluejays to the conference regular season championship and a berth in the NAIA National 13 Makenna Mitchell SO INF R/R 5-8 Orange County, Calif.