TEXAS A&M Softball 2010 GAME NOtes Three Big 12 Championships • 20 NCAA Tournament Appearances • Three Super Regionals • 11 WCWS Appearances • Three National Championships Softball Contact: Deanna Werner • [email protected] • Office: 979-862-5443 • Cell: 231-288-3700 • Website: AggieAthletics.com No. 18 Texas A&M at No. 24 BayloR 2010 SChEdulE Wednesday, March 31 • 6:30 p.m. Date Opponent Time/Result Waco, Texas • Getterman Stadium Kajikawa Classic Feb. 12 vs. Wisconsin W, 16-1 (5) vs. No. 11 California W, 3-2 Live audio: AggieAthletics.com • RadioAggieland.com • Sport Radio 1150 The Zone Feb. 13 vs. Nevada W, 6-4 Live stats: AggieAthletics.com at No. 5 Arizona State L, 4-10 Feb. 14 vs. Cal State Northridge W, 8-2 Feb. 17 at Sam Houston State W, 2-1 AGGie ClASSiC Feb. 19 Mississippi State W, 9-0 (5) oREgoN State W, 6-4 Feb. 20 Mississippi State W, 13-4 (5) louiSiana-Monroe W, 6-0 Feb. 21 LouiSiana-Monroe W, 9-4 Cathedral City Classic The No. 18 Texas A&M softball team travels to No. 24 Baylor on Wednesday for its first Big 12 Feb. 25 vs. Fordham L, 0-4 road game of the season. First pitch at Getterman Stadium is at 6:30 p.m. vs. Oregon L, 0-4 Feb. 26 vs. UNLV W, 4-3 vs. San Diego State W, 7-6 (8) A&M (29-7, 2-0 Big 12) is coming off of its first Big 12 sweep against Kansas last weekend. Walk- March 3 Houston W, 6-4 off grand slams by freshman Meagan May and junior Rhi Kliesing ended both games short of TexAS A&M invitationAl March 4 BYU l, 3-5 (8) seven innings, while freshman Melissa Dumezich picked up her first Big 12 Pitcher of the Week March 5 Northern Colorado W, 7-0 award after going 2-0 in the circle with a 0.00 ERA. BYU l, 4-5 March 6 MonmouTh N.J. W, 10-0 (5) Texas A&M has won 13 of its last 14 contests and are led offensively by May. The Aggie catcher Northern Colorado W, 11-1 (5) leads the conference in hits (45), home runs (15), walks (31), RBIs (49), total bases (105), on base March 9 Texas A&M C.C l, 3-4 Texas A&M C.C W, 8-0 (5) percentage (.569) and slugging percentage (1.010). Kliesing (.382) and senior Alex Reynolds (.370) AGGie invitationAl follow with 33 and 26 RBIs, respectively. Dumezich is second in the league with a 1.11 ERA. She is March 12 Utah State W, 10-4 8-0 with three shutouts. WRighT State W, 5-0 March 13 North Dakota State W, 4-0 uTAh State W, 8-0 (5) FOLLOW ThE ACTioN March 14 North Dakota State W, 5-2 Live stats and free live audio will be provided for Wednesday’s game on AggieAthletics.com. In San Diego Classic II March 19 vs. Harvard W, 10-1 (6) addition, fans can listen to the contest broadcast live on Sports Radio 1150 The Zone, making it vs. Long Beach State W, 4-2 available worldwide on any iPhone, iPod Touch, Blackberry or PDA free of charge. Log on to radio- March 20 vs. No. 25 UMass W, 1-0 (9) aggieland.com for more information. vs. Illinois-Chicago W, 5-0 March 21 at San Diego State W, 4-0 (9) March 24 No. 8 GeoRgiA Tech L, 0-4 oN dECk March 27 Kansas * W, 12-4 (6) The Aggies remain on the road this weekend, traveling to Nebraska for a pair of games. A&M is March 28 Kansas * W, 10-1 (6) set for a 5 p.m. first pitch on Friday and a 2 p.m. start on Saturday. March 31 at Baylor * 6:30 p.m. April 2 at Nebraska * 5:00 p.m. April 3 at Nebraska * 2:00 p.m. lAST TiME ouT ApRil 6 Stephen f. Austin 6:00 p.M. A&M earned its first Big 12 sweep with two run rules, 12-4 and 10-1, of Kansas at home last ApRil 7 Texas * 6:30 p.M. ApRil 10 OklAhoma * 2:00 p.M. weekend. With the game tied 4-4 going into the bottom of the sixth on Saturday, May led off the ApRil 11 OklAhoma * 12:00 p.M. inning and was intentionally walked. A&M proceeded to scored four runs and batted through the ApRil 14 Sam houstoN State 6:30 p.M. lineup before the Spring, Texas, native stepped to the plate for a second time in the frame, this April 17 at Iowa State * 2:00 p.m. time with the bases loaded. With a 2-2 count, May went with a curveball on the outside corner to April 18 at Iowa State * 11:00 a.m. April 21 at Texas * 6:30 p.m. launch her 15th home run of the season and the game-ending blow. On Sunday, Dumezich threw ApRil 24 MissouRi * 1:00 p.M. a no-hitter through five and two-thirds innings and had a career-high 11 strikeouts before Kliesing ApRil 25 MissouRi * 2:00 p.M. smacked her first career grand slam to end the game in the sixth. ApRil 28 BayloR * 6:30 p.M. May 1 at Texas Tech * 2:00 p.m. May 2 at Texas Tech * 12:00 p.m. SCouTiNg BAYLOR May 8 at Oklahoma State * 2:00 p.m. The Lady Bears (19-10, 0-2 Big 12) dropped their Big 12 series opener at Oklahoma State last May 9 at Oklahoma State * 1:00 p.m. May 13-16 Big 12 Championship TBA weekend with a pair of losses (7-4, 6-3) to the No. 15 Cowgirls. They are 2-3 in their last five May 20-23 NCAA Regionals TBA games and suffered the loss of two key starters this season, sophomore pitcher Whitney Canion May 27-30 NCAA Super Regionals TBA and junior infielder Meagan Weldon. Leading BU on offense is senior Nicole Wesley with a June 1-9 WCWS TBA conference-best .435 batting average. Twin sister Tiffany Wesley is hitting .372 and posts a team- *Denotes Big 12 Conference Game high 35 hits and 23 runs. Both players are a threat to steal with 27-of-27 combined stolen bases. All home games played at Aggie Softball Complex All Times Central 1 gENERAl iNformatioN Courtney Repka has carried the majority of the load in the circle with a 12-6 record, 2.23 ERA A&M’S recoRd When... LOCATION .......................College Station, Texas and 73 K’s in 122.1 innings pitched. FOUNDED .................................................. 1872 WiN-loSS Summary: ENROLLMENT ......................................... 48,787 VERSuS ThE lAdY BEARS Texas A&M leads the all-time series 53-19-1 Total .................................................................29-7 NICKNAME ...............................................Aggies and has won four of the last five games be- Conference ........................................................2-0 MASCOT................Reveille VIII, American Collie tween the two teams. All three meetings last Non-Conf .........................................................27-7 COLORS ................................Maroon and White year were one-run contests and BU came out Home ...............................................................17-4 CONFERENCE ........................................... Big 12 ahead last, winning 5-4 in the Big 12 Tourna- Away ..................................................................2-1 INTERIM PRESIDENT ............Dr. R. Bowen Loftin ment quarterfinals. Neutral.............................................................10-2 DIRECTOR OF ATHLETICS .................... Bill Byrne Day ..................................................................27-4 HOME FIELD (Capacity) Aggie Softball Complex BIG 12 PITChER OF ThE WEEk Night ..................................................................2-3 Dumezich earned her first Big 12 Pitcher of the vs Left ................................................................4-0 ................................................................(1,750) Week award on Tuesday. From Whiting, Ind., vs Right ............................................................25-7 OPENED ..................................................... 1994 Dumezich struck out a career-high 11 against 1-Run games ......................................................5-2 DIMENSIONS ............ 190 (LF) 220 (CF) 190 (RF) Kansas en route to 18 K’s on the weekend in 2-Run games ......................................................4-1 12 and two-thirds innings pitched. The Aggie 5+Run games ...................................................17-1 CoachiNg Staff hurler posted a 0.00 ERA, gave up just four Extra inns ...........................................................3-1 hits and went 2-0 on the week to improve her Shutouts ..........................................................11-3 HEAD COACH ...................Jo Evans (Utah, 1983) overall record to 8-0. She held her opponents Scoring 0-2 runs .................................................2-3 RECORD AT A&M ..........501-255-2 (13 seasons) to a .098 batting average and No. 8 Georgia Scoring 3-5 runs .................................................8-4 Tech without a run and just two hits in five CAREER RECORD ...........814-465-2 (24 seasons) Scoring 6-9 runs ...............................................11-0 and two-thirds innings of relief work. She ASSOCIATE HEAD COACHES ............................... Scoring 10+ runs ................................................8-0 also fanned five in the game. In one inning of Opponent 0-2 runs ..........................................20-0 Joy Jackson (Utah, 1991) relief work against Kansas Saturday, Dumezich Opponent 3-5 runs ............................................8-6 Mary Jo Firnbach (Southern Illinois, 1991) forced a groundout and struck out two. In her Opponent 6-9 runs ............................................1-0 first start of the week on Sunday, she threw a Team iNformatioN no-hitter through five and two-thirds innings Opponent 10+ runs ...........................................0-1 (of a six-inning game), held the Jayhawks to Scored in 1st inning .........................................15-2 2009 RECORD ........................................... 32-22 just two hits and posted a new career high in Scores first .......................................................24-3 2009 BIG 12 RECORD (FINISH) ............. 8-9 (6th) strikeouts. The only run Dumezich gave up all Opp. scores first .................................................5-4 After 4 leading .................................................23-1 2009 NCAA POSTSEASON .........NCAA Regionals weekend came on a passed ball. After 4 trailing....................................................1-2 LETTERWINNERS RETURNING/LOST ...........10/5 After 4 tied ........................................................5-4 STARTERS RETURNING/LOST ........................6/4 TWo-TiME Big 12 plAYER of ThE WEEk From Spring, Texas, May has earned Big 12 After 5 leading .................................................17-1 PITCHERS RETURNING/LOST .........................2/1 Player of the week twice this season.