2014 AUBURN SOFTBALL GAME NOTES Auburn Athletic Communications • Auburn Athletics Complex, 392 South Donahue Drive • Auburn, AL 36849 • 334.670.5655 • www.AuburnTigers.com Softball Contact: John Thomas • email: [email protected] • office: 334.844.9800 • cell: 334.750-9245 • Twitter: @AUAthletics/@AuburnTigersSB RADFORD • 3/14 • 5:30 p.m. 2014 SCHEDULE/RESULTS 2014 Record: 4-12 Head Coach: Maggie Johnson White Big South Record: 0-0 RU: 22-40 (2nd year) Feb. 6 Troy Troy, Ala. T, 5-5 Last Time: W, 8-0 in 2014 Career: 109-120 (5th Year) PLAINSMAN INVITE Series: TIED 1-1 Feb. 7 N. Dakota St. AUBURN W, 11-3 (6) Feb. 8 Morehead St. AUBURN W, 12-0 (5) IPFW • 3/14 • 7:30 p.m. Feb. 8 ULM AUBURN W, 9-2 2014 Record: 14-6 Head Coach: John Bassett Feb. 9 Notre Dame AUBURN L, 3-2 (8) Summit League Record: 0-0 IPFW: 0-0 (1st year) Feb. 9 Tennessee Tech AUBURN W, 8-4 AUBURN Last Time: W, 2-0, in 2012 Career: 167-130 (7th season) TIGER INVITATIONAL Tigers Series: AUBURN leads 1-0 Feb. 14 Marshall AUBURN W, 19-5 (5) Feb. 14 Loyola AUBURN W, 11-2 (5) ESSENTIALS SAVANNAH STATE • 3/15 • 3:30 p.m. Feb. 15 Neb.-Omaha AUBURN W, 4-2 2014 Record: 20-4-1 2014 Record: 10-9 Head Coach: Jose Gonzalez SEC Record: 2-1 MEAC Record: 0-0 SSU: 104-158 (7th year) Feb. 15 Western Illinois AUBURN W, 6-0 Last Time Out: W vs. Troy (13-5 Last Time: First Meeting Career: Same Feb. 16 Winthrop AUBURN W, 16-0 (5) in 5 innings) Series: First Meeting WILSON/DEMARINI CLASSIC Head Coach: Clint Myers Feb. 21 Jacksonville St. AUBURN W, 6-5 (9) Auburn: 20-4-1 (1st) BALL STATE • 3/15 • 5:30 p.m. Feb. 21 Samford AUBURN W, 3-0 Career: 930-149-1 (8th 2014 Record: 12-7 Head Coach: Tyra Perry Feb. 22 Jacksonville St. AUBURN W, 13-3 (5) season in NCAA) MAC Record: 0-0 BSU: 0-0 (1st year) Feb. 23 Purdue AUBURN W, 8-0 (5) Last Time: W, 9-0, in 2002 Career: 342-344-1 (13th Series: AUBURN leads 4-1 year) Feb. 26 #9 Florida State AUBURN L, 5-4 2014 STATISTICAL LEADERS DIAMOND 9 CITRUS CLASSIC Average: Kasey Cooper (.420) Feb. 28 Oregon Kissimmee, Fla. L, 3-0 Home Runs: Two players (6) ALABAMA A&M • 3/16 • 1 p.m. Feb. 28 Illinois State Kissimmee, Fla. W, 3-2 RBI: Branndi Melero (38) 2014 Record: 8-13 Head Coach: Nakeya Hall March 1 Syracuse Kissimmee, Fla. W, 10-1 ERA: Lexi Davis (1.53) SWAC Record: 0-0 AAMU: 0-0 (1st year) Strikeouts: Lexi Davis (74) Last Time: W, 6-0, in 2008 Career: Same March 1 Maryland Kissimmee, Fla. W, 16-3 Series: AUBURN leads 9-0 March 2 Radford Kissimmee, Fla. W, 8-0 March 7 LSU* AUBURN L, 4-1 March 8 LSU* AUBURN W, 6-4 QUICK HITS March 9 LSU* AUBURN W, 7-0 • Auburn will take on Radford, IPFW, Savannah State, Ball State and Alabama A&M this weekend as it March 12 Troy AUBURN W, 13-5 (5) hosts its final non-conference tournament of the year, the War Eagle Classic. WAR EAGLE CLASSIC • The Tigers are currently ranked No. 23/24 in the respective national softball polls. This is the second March 14 Radford AUBURN 5:30 p.m. week Auburn has been ranked nationally this season. (No. 25/NFCA, Feb. 24) March 14 IPFW AUBURN 7:30 p.m. • The Orange and Blue have won seven of its last eight games, falling only to No. 24 LSU in the first March 15 Savannah St. AUBURN 3:30 p.m. March 15 Ball State AUBURN 5:30 p.m. game of last weekend’s SEC opening series. March 16 Alabama A&M AUBURN 1 p.m. • Freshman Kasey Cooper is the newest SEC Freshman of the Week this week. The Dothan, Ala., native March 19 Murray State DH AUBURN 3/5 p.m. won the award after going 4-for-10 (.400) last week against LSU with two home runs. March 21 Miss. State* AUBURN 6 p.m. • The Tigers are currently fifth in the nation in scoring, averaging 7.83 runs per game in 2014. March 22 Miss. State* AUBURN 1 p.m. • Junior Branndi Melero continues to lead the SEC in RBI (38) and is fifth in the nation in RBI per game March 23 Miss. State* AUBURN 1 p.m. (1.54). March 26 Georgia St. Atlanta, Ga. 4 p.m. • Sophomore Lexi Davis continues to anchor the pitching staff with a 9-4 record and 74 strikeouts. March 28 Kentucky* Lexington, Ky. 5 p.m. • Auburn’s current home run (34) total is two more than the entire home run total from 2013 (32). March 29 Kentucky* Lexington, Ky. 2 p.m. March 30 Kentucky* Lexington, Ky. Noon PROJECTED STARTING LINEUP April 4 Florida* Gainesville, Fla. 5:05 p.m. April 5 Florida* Gainesville, Fla. 12:05 p.m. Pos. No. Name B/T Cl.-Exp. GP-GS Avg HR RBI Notes April 6 Florida* Gainesville, Fla. 12:05 p.m. C 25 McKenzie Kilpatrick R/R Jr.-2L 24-23 .209 5 16 Broke 6-game hitless streak with HR vs. LSU April 11 Missouri* AUBURN 6 p.m. 1B 8 Jade Rhodes R/R So.-1L 25-25 .231 2 19 Hit 3-run home run vs. Troy in 1st April 12 Missouri* AUBURN 1 p.m. 2B 5 Emily Carosone L/R So.-1L 25-25 .373 2 15 Team-leading 10 HBP; 3 vs. LSU April 13 Missouri* AUBURN 1 p.m. SS 14 Kelsey Bogaards R/R So.-1L 25-25 .255 3 10 Hit first grand slam of career vs. Troy April 16 Alabama Montgomery, Ala. 6:30 p.m. 3B 13 Kasey Cooper L/R Fr.-HS 25-25 .420 6 31 Reigning SEC Freshman of the Week April 18 Georgia* Athens, Ga. TBA LF 1 Tiffany Howard L/R So.-1L 25-25 .174 0 3 Has a hit in six of last nine games April 19 Georgia* Athens, Ga. TBA CF 3 Morgan Estell L/L RSJr.-3L 25-25 .309 3 18 Leads team in doubles (9) April 20 Georgia* Athens, Ga. TBA RF 17 Branndi Melero L/R Jr..-2L 25-25 .418 6 38 Current SEC leader in RBI (38) April 23 Alabama St. AUBURN 6 p.m. DP 44 Jenna Abbott L/L Fr.-HS 14-9 .233 3 13 At least 1 RBI in four of last six games April 25 Texas A&M* AUBURN 6 p.m. April 26 Texas A&M* AUBURN 1 p.m. Probable Pitchers April 27 Texas A&M* AUBURN 1 p.m. Pos. No. Name B/T Cl.-Exp. W-L ERA CG SO Notes May 2 South Carolina* Columbia, S.C. 6 p.m. RHP 23 Lexi Davis R/R So.-1L 9-4 1.53 10 74 Picked up 2nd save of year on Saturday vs. LSU May 3 South Carolina* Columbia S.C. 6 p.m. RHP 22 Marcy Harper R/R So.-1L 10-0 3.32 4 65 Tallied 9 strikeouts in the win vs. Troy on Wed. May 4 South Carolina* Columbia S.C. 1 p.m. May 7-10 SEC Tournament Columbia S.C. Bench May 16-18 NCAA Regionals Campus Sites Pos. No. Name B/T Cl.-Exp. GP-GS Avg HR RBI Notes May 23-25 NCAA Super Regionals Campus Sites C/DP 9 Austyn West R/R So.-1L 18-15 .257 2 8 Had key base hit vs. Florida State May 29-June 4 Women’s CWS Oklahoma Ctiy, Okla. C 12 Maria Mitchell R/R So.-JC 9-2 .364 1 5 Tie for team lead in slugging (.727) * - denotes Southeastern Conference game Bullpen Bold denotes home game at Jane B. Moore Field Pos. No. Name B/T Cl.-Exp. W-L ERA CG SO Notes (Auburn, Ala.) RHP 6 Hilary Mavromat R/R Sr.-3L 1-0 3.89 0 5 Closed out Radford game with scoreless inning Follow @AuburnSoftballSB/@AUAthletics www.facebook.com/AuburnSB 2014 AUBURN SOFTBALL GAME NOTES PAGE 2 AUBURN ATHLETIC 2014 TIGER Leaders MEDIA RELATIONS Category Player No. STATISTICAL COMPARISON John Thomas, Assistant Director of Communica- Batting Average Kasey Cooper .420 tions, is the primary media coordinator for the Tiger Slugging Percentage Branndi Melero .776 On-base Percentage Emily Carosone .571 CATEGORY AU OPP. softball team. Runs Scored Carosone/Estell 33 Overall Record 20-4-1 4-20-1 Phone: 334-750-9245 Hits Kasey Cooper 29 SEC Record 2-1 1-2 Fax: 334-844-9807 RBI Branndi Melero 38 Batting Average .293 .210 Cell Phone: Same as above phone Doubles Morgan Estell 9 Runs Scored 201 61 E-mail: [email protected] Triples N/A 0 Runs per game 8.04 2.44 Home Runs Melero/Cooper 6 Hits 177 122 Doubles 37 20 PRESS SERVICES Total Bases Branndi Melero 52 Walks Morgan Estell 23 Triples 0 3 Members of the media are supplied with weekly Hit by Pitch Emily Carosone 10 Home runs 34 17 release packages, which contain updated statistics, Sacrifice Bunts Tiffany Howard 5 Runs Batted In 184 57 features and information on what is ahead. On Sacrifice Flies Cooper/Bogaards/Carosone 2 Total Bases 316 199 game day, the communications staff will distribute Stolen Bases Carosone/Estell 3 Slugging Percentage .523 .343 immediate results, notes, statistics and other perti- Walks 137 52 On-Base Percentage .438 .285 nent information.