ZACH GOURLEY Assistant Director Athletics Communications Iowa State Athletics SOFTBALL Jacobson Athletic Building Ames, Iowa 50011 32-21 OVERALL 6-12 BIG 12 2-9 HOME 15-8 AWAY 15-4 NEUTRAL (641) 849-0321 [email protected] IOWA STATE CYCLONES 32-21 overall (6-12 Big 12) vs MISSOURI TIGERS UNI PANTHERS UIC FLAMES 38-15 overall (15-9 SEC) 31-18 overall (20-7 MVC) 29-21 overall (23-11 Horizon) Coaches Poll: -- Overall: 453-461 (16th year) Coaches Poll: 14 Coaches Poll: -- Coaches Poll: -- Head Coach: Jamie Pinkerton ISU Record: 103-92 (4th year) Head Coach: Larissa Anderson Head Coach: Ryan Jacobs Head Coach: Lynn Curylo Overall: 222-120-1 (6th year) Overall: 392-309 (14th year) Overall: 289-283 (11th year) MU Record: 92-47 (3rd year) UNI Record: 392-309 (14th year) UIC Record: 142-98 (5th year) MAY 21-23, 2021 Mizzou Softball Stadium / Columbia, Mo. ESPN.com/Watch Live Stats at Cyclones.com 2021 SCHEDULE/RESULTS THE LEAD The Iowa State softball team is the No. 2 seed this weekend in the NCAA Co- Doc Halverson UNI Dome Tournament (Cedar Falls, Iowa) Feb. 12 South Dakota State W, 4-2 lumbia Regional in Columbia, Mo. The Cyclones, playing in the program’s first Feb. 12 UNI W, 12-2 (6) NCAA Tournament since 1988, will open the regional on Friday at 1 p.m. CT vs. No. Feb. 13 Butler W, 8-0 (6) Feb. 13 Omaha W, 4-2 3-seeded UNI at Mizzou Softball Stadium. Missouri, the region’s host, No. 1 seed Feb. 14 Drake W, 10-1 and No. 8 national seed, will face UIC Friday at 3 p.m. CT. FAU “Strikeout Cancer” Tournament (Boca Raton, Fla.) Feb. 19 Ole Miss W, 2-0 Feb. 19 FAU W, 6-3 Feb. 20 No. 21 Missouri W, 9-8 KEY STORYLINES Feb. 20 FAU L, 5-2 J This is the second NCAA Tournament J Williams collected the 329th base hit of Feb. 21 Ole Miss W, 7-6 appearance in program history. Iowa State her career with a double vs. Baylor in OKC, GCU Purple Classic (Phoenix, Ariz.) Feb. 26 Portland State W, 10-6 has never won a NCAA Tournament game. breaking the Big 12 career hits record of 328 Feb. 26 Grand Canyon W, 7-2 The Cyclones fell to Creighton, 3-2, and set by Norrelle Dickson (OU, 2004-07). Feb. 27 Portland State W, 13-5 (5) Nebraska, 5-2, in the NCAA Central Regional J Williams is now the Big 12’s all-time leader Feb. 27 No. 13 Arizona State L, 8-3 in 1988 in Lincoln, Nebraska. Feb. 28 Grand Canyon W, 13-7 in career hits (329), doubles (79) and total UT-Arlington Boerner Invitational (Arlington, Texas) J Iowa State enters the NCAA Tournament bases (627). Williams’ 79 career doubles March 5 North Texas W, 7-1 with a record of 32-21 on the season. ISU’s are tied for third-most in NCAA DI softball March 5 UT Arlington W, 8-2 .604 winning percentage is on pace to be history. Her 627 total bases are fourth-most March 6 Texas A&M - Corpus Christi W, 6-3 the program’s best since 1989 (.657). in NCAA history. March 7 Missouri State L, 3-1 March 7 Wichita State L, 3-1 J The Cyclones are coming off a fifth-place J Milaysia Ochoa is T-No. 1 in the Big 12 and Mizzou Tournament (Columbia, Mo.) finish at the 2021 Phillips 66 Big 12 ranks T-No. 15 among NCAA freshmen with 18 March 12 Kent State W, 9-1 (6) March 13 Kent State W, 11-4 Championship in Oklahoma City. Iowa State stolen bases. defeated Baylor, 3-1, in the fifth-place game. March 13 No. 17 Missouri L, 3-2 J So far in 2021, 86.5 percent of all innings March 14 Drake W, 6-3 J Sami Williams, a finalist for the 2021 Senior have been pitched by a freshman or March 14 No. 17 Missouri Canceled March 19 Saint Louis W, 11-2 (6) CLASS Award, holds ISU’s all-time records for sophomore. Shannon Mortimer is the lone March 20 Saint Louis W, 7-2 hits (329) doubles (79), home runs (67), RBI upperclassman in the bullpen. March 21 Saint Louis W, 4-3 (180), runs scored (212), at-bats (833) and March 26 No. 1 OKLAHOMA* L, 9-7 games played (253). March 27 No. 1 OKLAHOMA* L, 10-2 (6) March 28 No. 1 OKLAHOMA* L, 22-2 (5) March 30 Drake W, 12-5 April 1 No. 11 Oklahoma State* L, 3-1 April 2 No. 11 Oklahoma State* L, 4-1 April 3 No. 11 Oklahoma State* L, 2-1 (8) April 9 TEXAS* L, 8-5 2 4 62 April 10 TEXAS* L, 11-5 April 11 TEXAS* L, 10-0 (6) April 13 DRAKE L, 7-6 April 14 UNI L, 10-2 (6) April 17 North Dakota State W, 10-4 Sami Williams and Jamie Pinkerton is now one Iowa State has hit 62 April 23 BAYLOR* L, 9-5 Mikayla Ramos are of just four active head home runs this season, April 24 BAYLOR* W, 6-4 one of two sets of coaches in the country setting a new single- April 25 BAYLOR* L, 4-1 teammates to both rank to guide three different April 27 KANSAS CITY W, 8-0 season school record. The April 30 Texas Tech* W, 4-1 in the top 10 nationally programs to the NCAA program’s single-season JUST THE JUST May 1 Texas Tech* W, 6-3 FACTS in RBI, joining Tiare Tournament, joining Tyra home run record has May 2 Texas Tech* L, 3-2 Jennings and Jocelyn Perry (Illinois), Lu Harris- been set in each of Jamie May 7 Kansas* W, 9-3 Alo (Oklahoma). Williams Champer (Georgia) and Pinkerton’s three full May 8 Kansas* W, 5-4 and Ramos are T-No. 9 Mickey Dean (Auburn). seasons as Iowa State’s May 9 Kansas* W, 12-4 nationally with 54 RBI Pinkerton led Arkansas to head coach (2018 - 45, 2021 Big 12 Championship (Oklahoma City, Okla.) each. They are also regionals in 2008 & 2009, May 14 No. 10 Texas L, 7-4 2019 - 48, 2021 - 62). tied atop Iowa State’s Montana in 2017 and Iowa The record was 40 prior May 14 No. 9 Oklahoma State L, 6-5 single-season RBI list. State in 2021. May 15 Baylor W, 3-1 to Pinkerton’s arrival in NCAA Columbia Regional (Columbia, Mo.) Ames. May 21 UNI 1 p.m. May 22 TBD TBD May 23 TBD TBD FOLLOW THE Home Games In Bold CYCLONES *Big 12 Conference Game /IowaStateSoftball @CycloneSB @iowastatesoftball cyclones.com All Times Central 2021 IOWA STATE ROSTER HEAD COACH No. Name Pos B/T Year Hometown (Last School) JAMIE 00 Milaysia Ochoa OF L/L Fr. Chino, Calif. (Chino) 1 Carli Spelhaug UT R/R So. Bettendorf, Iowa (Pleasant Valley) PINKERTON 3 Janessa Jasso RHP R/R So. Dos Palos, Calif. (Dos Palos) 4th year at Iowa 4 Kali Gose OF L/R Fr. Hughson, Calif. (Hughson) State 5 Alesia Ranches UT R/R So. Ewa Beach, Hawaii (Campbell) Twitter: 6 Logan Schaben INF R/R Sr. Portsmouth, Iowa (Harlan) @CoachPinkerton 7 Sami Williams INF R/R Sr. Laguna Niguel, Calif. (Dana Hills) College: 8 Kasey Simpson INF R/R Jr. Keller, Texas (Keller) Tulsa (‘97) 9 Alyssa Orr OF R/R Fr. Fresno, Calif. (Clovis North) Wife: 10 Emilie Guerra UT R/R Jr. Glendale, Ariz. (Cactus) Dori 11 Rachel Wicker INF L/R Fr. Puyallup, Wash. (Rogers) Children: 12 Karlie Charles RHP R/R So. The Colony, Texas (The Colony) Sarah & Dane 13 Natalie Wellet C R/R Fr. Waukee, Iowa (Waukee) 14 Sarah Tyree INF R/R RSo. Bixby, Okla. (Bixby) 15 Kelly Treves INF/OF R/R Fr. Bellevue, Wash. (Bellevue) COACH NOTES 16 Shannon Mortimer RHP R/R Jr. South Grafton, Mass. (Grafton Memorial) 17 Makaylin Powers OF L/L So. Burlington, Iowa (Burlington) J Named Iowa State’s 9th head softball 19 Lea Nelson OF R/R So. Davenport, Iowa (Assumption) coach on August 20, 2017. 20 Malia Cockrell UT R/R Fr. Huntington Beach, Calif. (Huntington Beach) J Big Sky Conference Coach of the Year at 21 Skyler Ramos OF L/L Sr. Ventura, Calif. (Ventura) Montana in 2016 and 2017). 24 Camille Marin C/INF R/R Fr. Whittier, Calif. (St. Paul) J Has coached three NCAA Regional 26 Jayden McKeague C R/R Jr. Huntington Beach, Calif. (Edison) squads (Arkansas in 2008 & 2009, 27 Saya Swain RHP R/R Fr. Paris, Texas (Paris) Montana in 2017). 28 Angelica Gonzalez OF R/R So. San Juan Capistrano, Calif. (San Juan Hills) 32 Ellie Spelhaug UT R/R So. Bettendorf, Iowa (Pleasant Valley) J In 2019, led Iowa State to its second- 35 Abby Gunter INF R/R Fr. Salinas, Calif. (Santa Catalina) winningest season in program history 42 Kaylee Pond INF R/R Fr. Lafayette, Calif. (Acalanes) (37-25). 44 Mikayla Ramos C/INF R/R Jr. Riverside, Calif. (King) J Coached Iowa State to the highest RPI finish (No. 48) in program history in 2019, and the program’s second-ever COACHING STAFF appearance in a national postseason tournament. J Led Iowa State to a runner-up finish in the 2019 NISC Tournament, claiming an NISC Regional Championship along the way. J Iowa State set a new single-season record with 48 home runs in 2019, breaking the previous mark of 45 set in Pinkerton’s first season at ISU.