Marshall Sports Information • P.O. Box Box 1360 • Huntington, W.Va. 25701 Softball Contact: Scott Hall • [email protected] Office: 304-696-4662 • Cell: 540-539-2032 2021 SCHEDULE 11-4, 0-0 C-USA Date Opponent Time The Journey of Team 28 Winthrop Kickoff - Rock Hill, S.C. 2021 Conference USA Opener 2/19 Winthrop Canceled MTSU: 19 all-time meetings, MU leads series 18-1, last meeting April 27-8, 2019, MU swept the series 2/19 Bowling Green Canceled The Blue Raiders are off to a 15-16 start this season and 1-3 in Conference USA 2/20 Furman Canceled play. Middle Tennessee opened C-USA action with a series at Charlotte with two 2/20 Stony Brook Canceled of the four games going to the eighth inning. The 49ers took the first two games 2/21 Furman Canceled before MTSU won game three, 8-3 in eight innings. Middle fell in the final game 6-4. The Blue Raiders are also coming off a 6-3 loss in 10 innings at Jacksonville Chanticleer Showdown - Conway, S.C. State on Tuesday as the Gamecocks hit a walkoff 3-run homer to finally end 2/26 Charleston Southern Canceled the contest. MTSU has played into extra innings six times this year, three in the eighth and three more in the tenth inning, and have a 4-2 record in those con- 2/26 Coastal Carolina Canceled tests. Summer Burgess and Kelci Hill have been hitting one and two, respectively, 2/27 Coastal Carolina Canceled in the lineup and both are batting over .300. Hill leads with a .351 average and has 34 hits, seven doubles and 10 RBI. Burgess is hitting .340 with 36 hits, 10 2/27 Charleston Southern Canceled doubles, two triples, one home run and is 8-of-10 in stolen bases. Lexi Cushing 2/28 Lipscomb Canceled leads the Blue Raiders with three home runs and 17 RBI. As a team, MTSU is bat- ting .272 while opponents are hitting .271. The Blue Raiders have been aggressive 3/3 Akron W, 7-4 on the base paths with 53 stolen bases in 62 attempts. Jaya Herring is 11-of-12 3/3 Akron W, 8-0 (5) this year in thefts to lead the team. Savannah Freeman has 10 and Nahri Tath- Slezak has eight stolen bases. MTSU has used six different pitchers this season Thundering Herd Round Robin who collectively have a 3.11 ERA. Corrina Dodd leads with a 2.37 ERA, 5-2 re- 3/5 Bowling Green W, 7-6 cord and 38 strikeouts in 68 innings. Amber Baldwin has pitched 63.2 innings, has a 5-6 record and a 3.41 ERA. Kailey Ahlstrom has thrown 37.1 innings and has a 3/6 Valparaiso W, 9-1 (6) 2.81 ERA with a 3-1 record. Gretchen Mead has tossed 25.2 innings with a 2.45 3/6 St. Francis W, 2-0 ERA, Danielle Tait has pitched 13 innings and Mia Marinakis has 8.2 innings. 3/7 St. Francis W, 2-1 MUSB Starters from previous game 3/7 Valparaiso L, 5-4 Player Avg. AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB (HBP) 3/10 at Longwood L, 5-2 1. LF Grace Chelemen .422 45 9 19 4 0 2 9 4 (3-6 SB) 3/10 at Longwood L, 7-5 2. 1B Aly Harrell .412 34 9 14 2 0 4 10 8 (0) 3/20 at Chattanooga W, 9-8 3. DP Katie Adams .385 39 6 15 6 0 1 9 6 (0) 3/20 at Chattanooga W, 9-2 4. C Kat Sackett .348 23 2 8 6 0 1 8 0 (0) 3/21 at Chattanooga W, 8-1 5. SS Madison Whitaker .304 23 4 7 3 0 1 5 1 (1) 3/25 at Akron Postponed (weather) 6. CF Paige Halliwill .250 44 7 11 2 1 4 13 6 (4) 3/25 at Akron Postponed (weather) 7. RF Kay Kay Kenney .500 2 4 1 0 0 1 2 4 (1-2 SB) 3/27 Bellarmine L, 3-1 8. 3B Blakely Burch .214 28 6 6 0 0 2 4 2 (1) 3/27 Bellarmine W, 5-3 9. 2B Armani Brown .273 22 6 6 2 0 0 1 2 (0) 3/28 Bellarmine W, 10-0 (5) Pitchers (by innings pitched) 4/1 WKU* Postponed Player W-L ERA App GS CG IP R ER K 4/2 WKU* Postponed Laney Jones 4-1 2.25 8 5 3 28.0 10 9 19 4/2 WKU* Postponed Ashley Blessin 3-1 2.55 7 5 2 24.2 14 9 15 4/3 WKU* Postponed Cailey Joyce 1-1 1.45 4 3 2 19.1 5 4 18 4/9 at Middle Tennessee* 7:00 PM Madi Garay 1-1 6.15 5 2 1 13.2 12 12 13 4/10 at Middle Tennessee* 3:00 PM Brianna McCown 1-0 4.77 3 0 0 7.1 5 5 8 4/10 at Middle Tennessee* 5:00 PM Megan Stauffer 1-0 0.00 3 0 0 5.0 0 0 1 4/11 at Middle Tennessee* 1:00 PM 4/16 Florida Atlantic* 1:00 PM 4/17 Florida Atlantic* 1:00 PM 4/17 Florida Atlantic* 3:00 PM 4/18 Florida Atlantic* 12:00 PM 4/23 at FIU* 5:00 PM 4/24 at FIU* 1:00 PM 4/24 at FIU* 3:30 PM 4/25 at FIU* 11:00 AM 5/7 at Charlotte* 5:00 PM 5/8 at Charlotte* 1:00 PM 5/8 at Charlotte* 4:00 PM 5/9 at Charlotte* 12:00 PM Conference USA Tournament May 12-15 in Bowling Green, Ky. Key * C-USA Game Home Games at Dot Hicks Field in Bold & Green Dot Hicks Field All Times are Eastern General/Media Information #MUSB General Information Key Returners Softball Social Media Location (Founded) ....Huntington, W.Va. (1837) R-Sr. IF Blakely Burch ......................................... Twitter: @HerdSB @HerdZone Enrollment ..................................................... 13,631 .293/14 GS/12 H/7 R/6 XBH/8 RBI/.561 Slg Facebook: Marshall University Softball Affiliation .....................................NCAA Division I Grad. IF Sierra Huerta....................................... & Marshall University Athletics Conference ........................................................ USA .359/25 GS/28 H/27 R/8 2B/9 HR/26 RBI/.833 Slg % Instagram: HerdSB & HerdZone Nickname ....................................Thundering Herd Sr. IF Aly Harrell .................................................... Colors ................................Kelly Green and White Mascot .......................................Marco, The Buffalo .441/25 GS/30 H/22 R/8 2B/5 HR/23 RBI/.602 OB % President .................................. Dr. Jerry A. Gilbert Sr. IF Armani Brown ............................................ Athletics Director ...........................Mike Hamrick .347/25 GS/25 H/13 R/3-4 SB/.931 Fld % Assoc. AD/SWA .............Beatrice Crane Banford Sr. OF Rachel Rousseau ..................................... Home Field (Capacity) . Dot Hicks Field (1,000) .326/25 GS/28 H/23 R/6 2B/2 HR/9-9 SB/.465 Slg % Sr. IF Saige Pye ...................................................... Softball History .463/25 GS/37 H/20 R/6 2B/8 HR/28 RBI/.863 Slg % First Year .............................................................1994 Sr. P Laney Jones ................................................... All-Time Record .....................................815-658-3 8-2/3.62 ERA/19 APP/12 GS/4 CG/67.2 IP/61 K All-Time C-USA Record ......................174-149-3 Sr. C Katie Adams ................................................ C-USA Tourn. Appearances ................................ 13 C-USA Tourn. Record.................................... 16-15 .377/19 GS/23 H/8 R/5 2B/ 3 HR/16 RBI/.607 Slg % Jr. OF Mya Stevenson .......................................... Softball Staff .385/25 GS/30 H/23 R/3 2B/12 HR/36 RBI/.910 Slg % Head Coach..............................Megan Smith Lyon Jr. OF Grace Chelemen ..................................... Alma Mater .......................... North Carolina [‘99] .293/20 GS/17 H/16 R/2 3B/1 HR/6-7 SB/.414 Slg % Year at Marshall .................................................. 3rd So. P Ashley Blessin ............................................. Career Record ............................................464-298 7-0/3.45 ERA/16 APP/10 GS/3 CG/46.2 IP/34 K MU Record ...................................................... 71-33 Assistant Coach ...................................Corey Lyon Key Players Lost Previous School ...................................UL-Monroe 2020 Sr. P Kailee Williamson .......................... Year at Marshall .................................................. 3rd Assistant Coach ...............................Maddie Holub 2-3/6.27 ERA/10 APP/3 GS/1 CG/22.1 IP/13 K Alma Mater ......................... [Fort Hays State ‘13] 2020 Sr. C Haleigh Christopher ..................... Year at Marshall .................................................. 3rd .237/19 GS/14 H/8 R/2 2B/6 HR/17 RBI/.576 Slg % Volunteer Assistant ..............................Sam Boone Year at Marshall ................................................... 1st Newcomers Athletic Trainer ................................ Becky Kaliher IF Taylor Robinson* (Gulf Coast State College) Year at Marshall ..................................................2nd IF Camryn Michallas* (Gulf Coast State College) P Cailey Joyce* (La Salle University) Softball Media P Madi Garay* (Louisiana University) Softball Contact .......................................Scott Hall OF Ellie Boteler* (Detroit Mercy) Office Phone ....................................304-696-4662 Cell Phone ........................................540-539-2032 IF Madison Whitaker* (Wright State) Email [email protected] OF Paige Halliwill - freshman Asst. AD, Media Relations ............ Jason Corriher IF Amaya Lee - freshman Fax Number .....................................304-696-2325 P Brianna McCown - freshman Mailing Address ....................... 1801 Third Avenue C Kat Sackett - freshman ...................Cam Henderson Center, Room 2035 OF Mikaila “Kay Kay” Kenney - freshman ..........................................Huntington, W.Va. 25703 * - transfer Softball Office Phone ......................304-696-4370 Softball Facebook .....facebook.com/herdsoftball Media Guidelines Softball Twitter ........................................@HerdSB RULES FOR FAN ATTENDANCE All media requests for Marshall University Website ..........................................HerdZone.com AT MARSHALL SOFTBALL HOME Twitter ......................................................@HerdSB softball must be coordinated with Scott Hall, Associate Director for Sports Information. 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