ONLINE AT: BallStateSports.com/Softball BALL STATE FOLLOW US: @BallStateSB Softball Contact: Brad Caudill • Email: [email protected] • Office: 765.285.8928 • Cell: 765.730.5036 2021 SCHEDULE/RESULTS WEEKEND MATCHUP - SIDE-BY-SIDE ALL: 10-9 | MAC: 4-0 | H: 4-0 | A: 1-4 | N: 5-5 10-9; 4-0 MAC ..................RECORD .................. 4-14; 2-6 MAC Coach B Classic (Carbondale, Ill.) Lacy Wood ................... HEAD COACH .............McCall Salmon Feb. 26 vs. DePaul L, 5-6 (9) 1st Season ............................YEARS ...........................2nd Season vs. St. Louis W, 8-1 10-9 (1 year) .............CAREER RECORD ..... 200-102 (8 years) Feb. 27 vs. Austin Peay W, 5-2 BALL .302 ...............................BATTING AVG. .............................. .224 at Southern Illinois L, 6-1 28 ............................................. 2Bs .............................................. 17 Feb. 28 vs. DePaul Rained Out STATE CARDINALS 4 ............................................... 3Bs .................................................1 Bulldog Invitational (Starkville, Miss.) 13 .............................................HRs ................................................9 March 5 vs. Western Kentucky L, 3-4 4.31 ..........................................ERA .......................................... 5.73 at Mississippi State L, 3-8 78 .............................................. Ks ............................................. 115 March 6 vs. Alcorn State W, 10-3 90 ............................................. BBs .............................................. 44 vs. Western Kentucky L, 1-8 .950 ................................. FIELDING % ................................. .964 CENTRAL March 7 vs. Alcorn State W, 8-3 SERIES INFO: CMU Leads 76-34 MICHIGAN LAST MEETING: April 27, 2019 at CMU - L, 8-10 CHIPPEWAS March 9 at Jacksonville State W, 4-2 Blazer Classic (Birmingham, Ala.) » THIS WEEK IN BALL STATE SOFTBALL: The Ball State softball team will face its first March 11 at UAB L, 3-6 road test of the 2021 Mid-American Conference season this weekend when it travels to March 12 vs. Samford L, 0-1 Central Michigan for a four-game series ... The teams will play a single game Friday (3 p.m.), vs. Southern Illinois L, 1-7 a doubleheader Saturday (1 p.m.) and a single game Sunday (Noon) at Margo Jonker Stadium. March 13 vs. Samford W, 9-6 at UAB L, 6-12 » VENUE UPDATE: Unfortunately, due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and resulting department of health guidance, there will be no general public attendance at this weekend’s MARCH 26 BOWLING GREEN* W, 8-6 games at Central Michigan. MARCH 27 BOWLING GREEN * (DH) W, 7-5 / W, 9-1 (5) MARCH 28 BOWLING GREEN* W, 9-5 » HOW TO FOLLOW: While you can not be there in person, you can still watch this weekend’s April 2 at Central Michigan* 3 p.m. games live with a free video stream courtesy of Central Michigan Athletics ... In addition, live April 3 at Central Michigan* (DH) 1 p.m. stats will be available for all four games ... Links can be found on the softball schedule page on April 4 at Central Michigan* Noon BallStateSports.com APRIL 9 KENT STATE* 3 p.m. APRIL 10 KENT STATE * (DH) 1 p.m. » THE MAC SCHEDULE: You may have noticed the MAC schedule looks a little different this APRIL 11 KENT STATE* Noon season, with teams playing eight four-game weekend series at one site and a pair of midweek April 13 at Butler 4 p.m. home-and-home doubleheaders versus the remaining two league opponents ... The winner April 16 at Akron* 3 p.m. of the massive 40-game round-robin schedule will earn the MAC’s automatic berth into the April 17 at Akron* (DH) 1 p.m. NCAA Division I Softball Championships, as there is no MAC Tournament this season. April 18 at Akron* Noon April 20 at Miami* (DH) 2 p.m. » LET OUR #MACTION BEGIN: While it was the last team to open MAC play, Ball State APRIL 23 OHIO* 3 p.m. started league play with a bang, sweeping its four-game home series versus Bowling Green last APRIL 24 OHIO* (DH) 1 p.m. weekend ... It is the first 4-0 start in league play for the Cardinals since the 2013 team went APRIL 25 OHIO* Noon 12-0 ... Ball State hit an impressive .400 in the series versus the Falcons, led by a .700 (7-for-10) APRIL 28 MIAMI* (DH) 2 p.m. effort from senior catcher/designated player Delanie Johnson and a .600 (6-for-10) mark by APRIL 30 TOLEDO* 3 p.m. senior catcher/designated player Stacy Payton. MAY 1 TOLEDO* (DH) 1 p.m. MAY 2 TOLEDO* Noon » SERIES VS. CENTRAL MICHIGAN: The Chippewas hold a 76-34 edge in the all-time MAY 4 NORTHERN ILLINOIS* (DH) 1 p.m. series versus the Cardinals, including a 43-17 edge in games played in Mount Pleasant, May 7 at Western Michigan* 3 p.m. Michigan ... In the last series between the clubs, Ball State won the opening game of an April May 8 at Western Michigan* (DH) 1 p.m. 26, 2019 doubleheader by a score of 7-3 ... Central Michigan took the nightcap, 8-3, and also May 9 at Western Michigan* Noon earned a 10-8 victory in the series finale the next day. May 12 at Northern Illinois* (DH) 2 p.m. ET / 1 p.m. CT MAC RECORDS FROM 2009-PRESENT May 14 at Buffalo* 3 p.m. Leaders in the MAC Team W L T Win % Ball State 160 72 0 .690 May 15 at Buffalo* (DH) 1 p.m. Since the 2009 season, the Ball State softball Kent State 157 80 0 .662 May 16 at Buffalo* Noon program has proven to be the MAC’s premier Miami 154 93 0 .623 program, compiling a 160-72 (.690) league record Ohio 148 96 0 .607 NCAA Softball Championships ... Kent State is second over the same span at 157- Central Michigan 131 111 2 .541 80 (.662), while this weekend’s opponent Central Northern Illinois 129 116 0 .527 May 21-23 Regionals (Campus Sites) TBA Western Michigan 123 120 1 .506 May 28-30 Super Regionals (Campus Sites) TBA Michigan is fifth at 131-111-2 (.541) ... During the Akron 94 145 1 .394 June 3-9 Women’s College World Series (Oklahoma City, Okla.) TBA run, the Cardinals have claimed five MAC regular Toledo 97 150 0 .393 season titles (2009, 2010, 2012, 2013 and 2014) Bowling Green 97 152 0 .390 All Times are Listed in Eastern/Local and Subject To Change and advanced to the NCAA Regionals twice (2010 Buffalo 76 157 1 .328 * = MAC Game | Home Games In BOLD and 2015) ... In addition, Ball State boasts a 428- Note: EMU was 70-144-1 from 2009-2018 before 425-1 (.502) all-time MAC record over 37 years. its program was eliminated www.ballstatesports.com/softball 1 April 2-4 at Central Michigan (Mount Pleasant, Mich. / Margo Jonker Stadium) 2021 BALL STATE SOFTBALL ROSTER ◀ QUICK FACTS ▶ # Name Pos. B/T Cl. Ht. Hometown (Previous School) UNIVERSITY INFORMATION: 00 Tieghan Morio RHP R/R Jr./Jr. 5-10 Mascoutah, Ill. (Mascoutah) Location ..............................................Muncie, Ind. 1 Kayla Lissy INF L/R Fr./Fr. 5-5 Valrico, Fla. (Durant) Founded ............................................................1918 2 Madison Arent C R/R So./So. 5-6 Lancaster, Ohio (Lancaster) Enrollment.....................................................21,579 3 Alyssa Rothwell RHP R/R Grad./Sr. 5-9 Ashville, Ohio (Teays Valley) Nickname ................................................ Cardinals 4 Gabby Magnifico INF/OF R/R Grad./Sr. 5-4 Elmhurst, Ill. (York / Valparaiso) Facility ................Softball Field at First Merchants 5 Brooke Ligacki OF R/R Fr./Fr. 5-4 Lockport, Ill. (Lockport Township) Ballpark Complex (1,000) 6 Amaia Daniel Utility R/R Jr./Jr. 5-4 Delaware, Ohio (Rutherford B. Hayes) Affiliation ....................................NCAA Division I 7 Kennedy Wynn INF/OF R/R 5th/Sr. 5-6 New Albany, Ind. (New Albany) Conference ................Mid-American Conference 9 Hailey Demnianiuk INF R/R Sr./Sr. 5-3 Escondido, Calif. (San Pasqual) President ......................................Geoffrey Mearns 10 Jazmyne Armendariz C/Utility R/R Jr./So. 5-8 El Paso, Texas (Chapin) Director of Athletics .............................Beth Goetz 11 Katie Janiga OF L/R Sr./Sr. 5-7 Chicago, Ill. (Mother McAuley) Press Box Phone ............................... 765.285.2463 12 Janae Hogg INF R/R Grad./Sr. 5-6 Indianapolis, Ind. (Cathedral) 13 Mackenzie McCarty C/Utility L/R Jr./Jr. 5-10 Alexandria, Ind. (Alexandria Monroe) SOFTBALL HISTORY: 14 Delanie Johnson C/Utility R/R Sr./Sr. 5-8 Streator, Ill. (Streator / Lake Land College) First Year of Softball ........................................1963 15 Haley Wynn INF/OF L/R So./So. 5-4 Greenfield, Wis. (Whitnall) All-Time Record (since 1975) .......... 1072-1076-4 16 Kaitlyn Mathews OF L/R Fr./Fr. 5-6 Paris, Ill. (Paris) MAC Regular Season Titles ......... 5 (last in 2014) 17 Trinity Eckerty INF R/R Jr./Jr. 5-8 Indianapolis, Ind. (Scecina Memorial) MAC West Division Titles ............ 7 (last in 2018) 19 Kendall Fields INF R/R Sr./Sr. 5-5 Lexington, Ky. (Tates Creek) MAC Tournament Titles .............. 3 (last in 2015) 21 Deborah Jones RHP R/R So./So. 6-0 Unionville, Ind. (Bloomington North) NCAA Regionals ........................... 3 (last in 2015) 22 Stacy Payton C/INF R/R Sr./Sr. 6-0 Brazil, Ind. (Northview) 23 Faith Hensley OF L/R Jr./Jr. 5-5 Monroe, Ohio (Monroe) TEAM INFORMATION: 24 Haley Dominique OF L/L Grad./Sr. 5-6 Oregon, Ohio (Clay) 2020 Overall Record ........................................ 18-9 27 Hannah Dukeman OF/C R/R Fr./Fr. 5-7 St. Joseph, Ill. (St. Joseph Ogden) MAC Record / Finish .......................................N/A 28 Darcie Huber RHP R/R Grad./Sr. 5-6 Greenfield, Ind. (Greenfield Central) Letterwinners Returning/Lost ........................19/2 34 Paige Dorsett INF R/R Fr./Fr. 5-11 Martinsville, Ind. (Martinsville) Position Starters Returing/Lost ........................9/0 Pitchers Returning/Lost .....................................3/1 ## Caridid Estes LHP R/L Fr./Fr. 5-7 West Palm Beach, Fla.