DRAKE SOFTBALL GAMENCAA TOURNAMENT 1 • AUG. 29, • GEORGIA2013 • 7 •P.M. MAY CDT17 • 6 PM• DES • ESPN2 MOINES, • JANE IOWASAGE COWLES • DRAKE STADIUM STADIUM (MINNEAPOLIS, (14,557) MINN.) 2019 SCHEDULE DRAKE BULLDOGS (42-14) February Head Coach: Rich Calvert 8 vs Toledo! W, 7-0 Career Record: 500-413 (17 seasons) at Drake: Same 9 vs South Dakota State! L, 4-6 Record in NCAA: 2-4 (3 appearances: 2008, 2018, 2019) 9 vs Toledo! W, 11-10 10 vs Saint Louis! W, 7-1 10 vs SEMO! W, 6-1 GEORGIA BULLDOGS (40-17) 15 vs Texas Tech# L, 0-1 Head Coach: Lu Harris-Champer 15 vs Furman# W, 11-3 Career Record: 1,104-402 (23 seasons) at Georgia: 900-338 (19 seasons) 16 at No. 20 Auburn# L, 0-2 THE MATCHUP Coming off its sweep of the Missouri Valley Conference regular season and 17 vs Texas Tech# L, 0-4 tournament, the Drake University softball team will play Georgia Friday, May 17 22 vs IUPUI% W, 5-0 Drake vs. Georgia at 6 p.m. in the 2019 NCAA Tournament in the Minneapolis Regional. The game 22 vs SEMO% W, 6-2 Bulldogs Nickname Bulldogs will be broadcast on ESPN2. 23 vs SEMO% W, 7-5 40-14 Record 40-17 23 at No. 12 Arkansas% W, 3-1 24-2 Conference Record 12-12 In the Minneapolis, Drake (42-14) and Georgia (40-17) are joined by the 24 vs SIUE% W, 3-2 22 RPI 26 tournament’s No. 7 overall seed and regional host Minnesota (41-12) and North 28 at Arizona L, 0-4 24/25 Rankings 16/14 Dakota State (42-14). The four teams will battle in a double-elimination format with the regional winner advancing to next weekend’s Super Regionals. .278 Batting Average .303 March .386 Slugging Percentage .517 Minneapolis Regional Schedule 1 vs No. 23 Minnesota$ L, 0-2 .388 On Base Percentage .397 Friday, May 17 1 at No. 12 Arizona$ L, 4-9 22 Home Runs 71 Game 1: Georgia vs. Drake – 6 p.m. 2 vs No. 19 James Madison$ L, 0-8 261 Runs Batted In 319 Game 2: North Dakota State at Minnesota – 8:30 p.m. 2 vs No. 23 Minnesota$ L, 1-4 94/119 Stolen Bases/Attempts 51/58 Saturday, May 18 3 at Kent State$ W, 8-0 .973 Fielding Percentage .965 Game 3: Game 1 Winner vs. Game 2 Winner – 3 p.m. 8 vs Grand Canyon^ W, 3-1 1.83 Earned Run Average 2.32 Game 4: Game 1 Loser vs. Game 2 Loser – 5:30 p.m. 8 vs No. 23 Northwestern^ L, 1-2 5 Saves 7 Game 5: Game 3 Loser vs. Game 4 Winner – 8 p.m. 9 at No. 3 Oklahoma^ L, 2-5 .163 Batting Average Against .202 Sunday, May 19 10 at Tulsa L, 2-3 546 Strikeouts 322 Game 6: Game 3 Winner vs. Game 5 Winner – 3 p.m. (Elimination) 16 at SIU* W, 6-0 Game 7: Repeat Game 6 (If Necessary) – 5:30 p.m. (Elimination) 16 at SIU* W, 6-4 DRAKE MVC CHAMPIONSHIPS 17 at SIU* L, 0-1 MVC Regular Season Champions Head to Head 23 at Bradley* W, 6-1 1993, 2015, 2018, 2019 Drake and Georgia have previously played twice with the Georgia Bulldogs 23 at Bradley* W, 7-6 winning both games. The two games took place in Athens, Ga., with Georgia 24 at Bradley* Cancelled MVC Tournament Champions winning 2-0 and 1-0 in a doubleheader. 26 at Nebraska* W, 7-1 1993, 1994, 2008, 2018, 2019 Season Recap 26 at Nebraska W, 14-0 DRAKE IN NCAA TOURNAMENT 30 Indiana State* W, 2-0 All-Time Record: 2-6 Drake is the first-ever MVC team to sweep back-to-back MVC regular season and tournament titles. The Bulldogs’ tournament championship earned them the 31 Indiana State* W, 10-0 1994 NCAA Tournament 31 Indiana State* W, 8-0 Hawaii 1 Drake 0 Valley’s automatic berth to the NCAA Tournament as the program in the NCAA Kansas 3 Drake 0 postseason in consecutive seasons for the first time ever. Drake has previously made the NCAA Tournament in 1993, 2008 and 2018. April 2008 NCAA Tournament 3 at Iowa State Cancelled DePaul 3 Drake 1 Drake reached 40 wins for the second-straight year with its regular season finale 6 at Valparaiso* W, 10-0 Western Illinois 3 Drake 1 victory over Evansville on May 4. It is the first time the program has recorded 6 at Valparaiso* W, 1-0 consecutive 40 wins seasons. The Bulldogs also matched their league-record 7 at Valparaiso* W, 14-3 2018 NCAA Tournament for MVC wins with 24 (24-2). They matched last season’s team that went 45-12 Drake 3 BYU 2 9 UNI* W, 3-1 Oregon 5 Drake 0 overall with a 24-1 mark in league action. 9 UNI* W, 11-3 Drake 3 BYU 0 13 Loyola* W, 9-0 Oregon 3 Drake 0 The Bulldogs earned national recognition with the program’s first-ever rankings 13 Loyola* W, 1-0 coming after the final week of the regular season. Drake, which had received 14 Loyola* W, 11-0 DRAKE VS. 2019 NCAA TEAMS votes throughout the season, ranked No. 25 in the USA Today/NFCA Top 25 and 17 Iowa W, 5-0 Record: 8-9 the ESPN.com/USA Softball Top 25 on May 7. In Tuesday’s (May 14) newest poll, the Bulldogs moved up to No. 24 in the ESPN.com/USA Softball poll and 19 Illinois State* W, 8-0 Arkansas 1-0 Oklahoma 0-1 19 Illinois State* W, 3-2 Arizona 0-2 SEMO 3-0 stayed at No. 25 in the USA Today/NFCA poll. James Madison 0-1 SIU 2-0 20 Illinois State* W, 3-0 Minnesota 0-2 Texas Tech 0-2 Quick Hits 23 at UNI* W, 1-0 Northwestern 0-1 Toledo 2-0 Nicole Newman is just the second MVC athlete to be selected the MVC Pitcher 27 at Missouri State* W, 9-0 27 at Missouri State* L, 2-4 DRAKE KEY PERFORMERS 28 at Missouri State* W, 9-5 1 121 39 73 144 24 May 1 Iowa State W, 6-5 3 Evansville* W, 2-0 3 Evansville* W, 7-0 4 Evansville* W, 7-2 10 at Bradley@ W, 7-0 11 vs. UNI@ W, 4-1 17 vs. Georgia& 6 p.m. MACY JOHNSON, OF MANDI ROEMMICH, IF KENNEDY FRANK, IF NICOLE NEWMAN, P NICOLE TIMMONS, P * MVC game Batting Average .333 Batting Average .385 Batting Average .327 Record 28-6 Record 14-8 ! UNI Dome Tournament (Ceder Falls, Iowa) Hits 50 Hits 70 Hits 49 Complete Games 26 Complete Games 11 # Plainsman Invitational (Auburn, Ala.) Runs 40 Runs 50 Runs 27 ERA 0.88 ERA 2.83 % Razorback Invite (Fayetteville, Ark.) Doubles 9 Doubles 15 Doubles 10 Saves 5 Saves 0 $ Wildcat Invitational (Tuscon, Ariz.) ^ Oklahoma Invite (Norman, Okla.) Triples 3 Triples 0 Home Runs 2 Strikeouts 393 Strikeouts 152 @ MVC Tournament (Peoria, Ill.) RBI 24 RBI 32 RBI 40 Innings Pitched 206.0 Innings Pitched 148.2 & NCAA Tournament (Minneapolis, Minn.) 2019 DRAKE SOFTBALL 2019 AWARDS & HONORS GAME NOTES DRAKE’S 2019 RECORD... Abby Buie - MVC All-Defensive Team of the Year three times. Newman is 28-6 overall with a 0.88 earned run average Overall ...................................42-14 (second in nation) and a nation-leading 393 strikeouts. She also leads the country Conference ..............................24-2 Kennedy Frank - All-MVC First Team in strikeouts per seven innings at 13.4, hits allowed per seven innings at 2.55 and Non-Conference ....................18-12 • MVC All-Tournament Team strikeout-to-walk ratio of 9.14. Her 13 shutouts rank second in the nation. Her 28 • MVC Scholar-Athlete Honorable Mention wins are the most by a Drake pitcher since Laurie Bowden won a program-record Home .......................................16-0 28 games in 1990. This season, Newman has five perfect games and two no- Away ........................................14-7 Macy Johnson - All-MVC First Team hitters. She won 10 MVC Pitcher of the Week awards this season and a league- Neutral Sites ............................12-7 record 23 overall and was tabbed to the All-MVC First Team four times in her Sarah Maddox - MVC Scholar-Athlete vs. Top-25 ..................................1-8 Honorable Mention outstanding career. She is the Drake and the MVC all-time career strikeouts leader with 1,193, a total that is tops among active NCAA player. She is also Drake’s all- Extra Innings ..............................1-1 Nicole Newman - MVC Pitcher of the Year time wins leader with 92, a total that ranks second all-time in the Valley. Shutouts ..................................21-7 • All-MVC First Team Scoring 0-2 runs ......................5-12 • MVC Tournament MVP Kennedy Frank earned all-conference honors for the third time in her career with Scoring 3-5 runs ........................9-2 • MVC All-Tournament Team her 2019 All-MVC First Team selection. As a senior this season, she has started • MVC Pitcher of the Week - 10 Times all 56 games at second base while batting .327 with one triple, two home runs, Scoring 6-9 runs ......................20-0 • USA College Softball Player of Year Finalist 10 doubles, 27 runs scored and a career-high 40 runs batted in. Frank is Drake’s Scoring 10+ runs .......................8-0 • USA Softball Player of the Week - May 14 career leader in walks with 113 and ranks eighth in career runs with 107.