2021 AUBURN SOFTBALL #WarEagle | 16 All-Americans • Two SEC Titles • 2015, 2016 Women’s College World Series Softball Contact | Taylor Shirey • @taylor_shirey14 • [email protected] • (C) 334-750-0710 Auburn Athletics Communications | 392 South Donahue Drive • Auburn, AL 36830 • AuburnTigers.com • @AuburnSoftball 2021 SCHEDULE/RESULTS LSU Date Opponent Time/Result AUBURN TIGERS Feb. 13 SOUTHEAST MISSOURI STATE W, 8-0 (5) RECORD: 26-19 (6-15 SEC) Feb. 13 SOUTHEAST MISSOURI STATE W, 5-1 RANKINGS: RV NFCA | NR USA Softball | NR DI Softball | NR Softball America Feb. 14 SOUTHEAST MISSOURI STATE W, 3-1 HEAD COACH: Mickey Dean (Elon, 1987) Feb. 20 ! vs. #19/20 South Carolina W, 5-4 CAREER RECORD: 600-240 (15th Season) Feb. 20 ! vs. Jacksonville W, 5-1 RECORD AT AUBURN: 122-68 (4th Season) Feb. 21 ! vs. #19/20 South Carolina L, 5-6 LSU TIGERS Feb. 25 $ JACKSONVILLE W, 2-0 RECORD:29-17 (11-10 SEC) Feb. 26 $ MURRAY STATE W, 1-0 RANKINGS: #16 NFCA | #13 USA Softball | #11 DI Softball | #16 Softball America Feb. 26 $ MURRAY STATE W, 3-1 HEAD COACHES: Beth Torina (Florida, 2000) Feb. 27 $ IUPUI W, 5-0 CAREER RECORD: 540-285 (14th Season) Feb. 27 $ IUPUI W, 5-0 RECORD AT LSU: 411-174 (10th Season) Mar. 4 ^ (RV/RV) TROY W, 8-1 Mar. 5 ^ SOUTHERN MISS W, 6-4 Mar. 5 ^ SOUTHERN MISS W, 2-1 HOW TO WATCH Mar. 6 ^ SOUTHEASTERN LOUISIANA W, 9-2 TELEVISION: ESPNU [Friday] LOCATION: Baton Rouge, La. Mar. 6 ^ SOUTHEASTERN LOUISIANA W, 9-1 (6) Mar. 10 at Troy W, 3-0 SEC Network+ [Saturday-Sunday] STADIUM: Tiger Park (2,489) Mar. 12 * #4/4 ALABAMA L, 0-6 Mar. 13 * #4/4 ALABAMA L, 1-4 TALENT: Pam Ward & Kayla Braud [Friday] Mar. 14 * #4/4 ALABAMA L, 2-4 WEATHER FORECAST Mar. 20 & KENNESAW STATE L, 0-2 RADIO: Brit Bowen FRIDAY: 84 Degrees - Sunny (10%) Mar. 20 & #13/13 FLORIDA STATE L, 1-10 (5) Auburn Sports Network SATURDAY: 76 Degrees - Mostly Sunny (10%) Mar. 21 & #13/13 FLORIDA STATE W, 2-1 95.9 WTGZ or 99.9 WQNR SUNDAY: 87 Degrees - Scattered Storms (40%) Mar. 21 & KENNESAW STATE W, 4-3 Mar. 26 * at #18/20 Missouri L, 1-2 (9) Mar. 27 * at #18/20 Missouri L, 5-6 Mar. 28 * at #18/20 Missouri W, 3-0 QUICK HITS Apr. 1 * #13/11 Arkansas L, 1-6 Apr. 2 * #13/11 Arkansas L, 0-3 • Rounding out the regular season with one final road trip, Auburn treks to Baton Rouge, La., for a three-game series against Apr. 3 * #13/11 Arkansas L, 0-2 No. 18/16 LSU. Auburn is looking for its first win at Baton Rouge since the 2015 season. Apr. 9 * at RV/#25 Texas A&M W, 6-2 • Freshman Makayla Packer is a perfect 14-for-14 in stolen base attempts this season. Her 14 stolen bases are the second Apr. 10 * at RV/#25 Texas A&M L, 1-4 most by an Auburn freshman in school history. She is tied with Kim Blair (1997) and Case McCrackin (2019) for 10th in Apr. 11 * at RV/#25 Texas A&M W, 3-1 single season history. Apr. 13 ALABAMA STATE W, 5-0 • Shelby Lowe was named a finalist for Schutt Sports/NFCA National Freshman of the Year behind one of the most Apr. 14 at Georgia State W, 4-1 dominating debuts in the circle by an Auburn freshman. She leads the SEC in ERA, strikeout-to-walk ratio and fewest walks Apr. 16 * #12/12 Kentucky W, 5-3 allowed per seven innings. Apr. 17 * #12/12 Kentucky W, 4-2 • Maddie Penta is just two strikeouts shy of joining Shelby Lowe with 100 for the season. Auburn has never had two freshmen Apr. 18 * #12/12 Kentucky L, 1-5 record at least 100 strikeouts in the same season. Lowe holds the third most strikeouts by an Auburn freshman with 167. Apr. 21 at Chattanooga L, 0-1 • With a double in Auburn's series finale at Ole Miss, Alyssa Rivera recorded her 200th base hit. She is just the 11th Tiger in Apr. 23 * at RV/RV Ole Miss L, 0-1 (8) program history to ever hit the milestone. She needs just four hits to jump into the top 10 in Auburn career history. Apr. 24 * at RV/RV Ole Miss L, 1-6 • Head coach Mickey Dean reached a major career milestone as her recorded his 600th Division I career victory in Sunday's Apr. 25 * at RV/RV Ole Miss W, 3-1 series finale against the Rebels. Dean holds a career .714 win percentage and earned his 100th victory as the head coach of Apr. 30 * #18/16 Tennessee L, 1-2 the Tigers earlier this season. May 1 * #18/16 Tennessee L, 2-3 • Behind four saves this season, KK Dismukes is tied for sixth with six additional Tigers for the most saves in a single season May 2 * #18/16 Tennessee L, 1-2 at Auburn. The last Tiger to record at least four saves in a season was Kaylee Carlson during the 2017 campaign. Dismukes May 7 * at #16/#13 LSU 5:30 p.m.u currently ranks fourth in the SEC in saves. May 8 * at #16/#13 LSU 6 p.m.+ • With just six strikeouts over 115 at-bats, Tyler King ranks as the fourth toughest player in the Southeastern Conference to May 9 * at #16/#13 LSU 1 p.m.+ strike out. King has struck out just three times in conference play and leads the team with a .274 SEC average. May 11-15 % SEC Tournament TBA May 20-23 NCAA Regionals TBA BY THE NUMBERS May 27-30 NCAA Super Regionals TBA June 3-9 Women’s College World Series TBA Shelby Lowe is just four Maddie Penta (3) and Shelby Auburn's three games BOLD indicates home contest | All times listed in Central and subject to change strikeouts away from Lowe (2) have combined for at LSU brings its total Additional non-conference games will be announced at a later time 5 23 4 recording the second most a program record five SEC number of games * - Southeastern Conference Game by an Auburn freshman in program Freshman of the Week honors this against the top 25 in ! - Osprey/Dolphin Invitational (Jacksonville, Fla.) | $ - Tiger Invite (Auburn, Ala.) ^ - Auburn Invitational (Auburn, Ala.) | & - War Eagle Battle (Auburn, Ala.) history. The milestone would also move season. the NCAA RPI to 23 games. % - SEC Tournament (Tuscaloosa, Ala.) her into the top 10 in the program's Auburn boasts the seventh-toughest + - SEC Network + | # - SEC Network| = - ESPN2 | u - ESPNU | ? - ESPN+ single-season history. schedule in the country. 2021 AUBURN SOFTBALL LSU | MAY 7-9 #WarEagle AuburnTigers.com @AuburnSoftball | @AuburnTigers /AuburnSoftball /AuburnTigers TEAM SCHEDULE AND MEDIA AVAILABILITY ›› WEEK OF MAY 3-9 MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY SUNDAY May 3 May 4 May 5 May 6 May 7 May 8 May 9 OFF DAY PRACTICE PRACTICE TRAVEL DAY GAME GAME GAME 10 to 1:10 p.m. CT 1 to 4 p.m. CT 5:30 p.m. CT at LSU 6 p.m. CT at LSU 1 p.m. CT at LSU NO MEDIA Interviews By Request Interviews By Request NO MEDIA Interviews Postgame Interviews Postgame Interviews Postgame AUBURN ATHLETICS COMMUNICATIONS QUICK FACTS AUBURNTIGERS.COM based on demand to ensure an opportunity for all members of the media to UNIVERSITY INFORMATION For updated game notes, statistics, safety protocols and latest information on cover a contest in person. Auburn softball and Auburn Athletics, visit AuburnTigers.com. City ___________________________ Auburn. Ala. All persons at Jane B. Moore Field are required to wear face coverings and Founded _____________________________ 1856 INTERVIEW POLICY observe social distancing. Enrollment ____________________________29,776 Coach Dean, assistant coaches and select student-athletes are available Nickname ____________________________ Tigers for interviews by contacting Taylor Shirey in the communications office. All No media will have access to field level at any time. Colors ___________________ Burnt Orange & Navy Blue interviews during the week will be conducted via phone or through ZOOM. Affiliation _______________________ NCAA Division I Weekly media availabilities will be conducted approximately 30 minutes prior GAME DAY / PRESS SERVICES Conference _____________________ Southeastern (SEC) to Tuesday practices throughout the season unless otherwise specified. ZOOM Press releases, statistics and game information will be available each week via Stadium (Capacity) ___________ Jane B. Moore Field (2,316) information will be emailed to the media on Mondays. Specific interview AuburnTigers.com/Softball. Media members may request to be added to email President _________________________ Dr. Jay Gouge request should be made at least 24 hours in advance to ensure availability. lists to automatically receive up-to-date information on Auburn softball. Notes, Athletic Director ______________________Allen Greene Due to COVID protocols, all practices during the 2021 season statistics, lineups and box scores will be available digitally. Printed copies will are CLOSED. not be provided this season. Wireless internet is available in the press box. TEAM INFORMATION Contact Taylor Shirey for password information. Pool photos, video highlights Letterwinners Returning/Lost __________________ 17/5 Postgame interviews with Coach Dean and requested players will be conducted and recordings of the post-game Zoom interviews will also be posted to the Starters Returning/Lost ______________________ 7/2 via ZOOM following a brief cooling-off period. ZOOM links will be emailed out SEC FTP site and ImagenCloud. Pitchers Returning/Lost ______________________ 3/1 to media on game days. Newcomers _______________________________9 VIDEO SERVICES 2020 Overall Record_______________________ 16-11 CREDENTIALS FTP feeds of selected Auburn softball highlights are available for the media.