@ SOFTBALL 2018 UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI SOFTBALL GAME NOTES Tempe, Ariz. Pac-12 Network GAMES 8:15 p.m. CT - Thursday, Feb. 8 N/A 1-6 Tempe Sports Complex mizzou.statbroadcast.com VS. ON THE AIR 0-0 0-0 PAC-12 NETWORK 0-0 0-0 PBP: TBA ANALYST: TBA NFCA POLL: RV NFCA POLL: NR USA SOFTBALL POLL: RV USA SOFTBALL POLL: NR NONE NCAA RPI: N/A NCAA RPI: NR PBP: N/A INTERIM HEAD COACH: HEAD COACH: ANALYST: N/A Gina Fogue (0-0 at Mizzou) Peter Turner (323-291 at San Jose State) SCHEDULE LEADING OFF... DATE OPPONENT SCORE / TIME (CT) ^ Mizzou Softball begins its 44th all-time season (1975-pres.) and sixth all-time campaign since joining the Southeastern Feb. 8 San Jose State % 8:15 pm Conference (2013-present) with six games over four days at the 2018 Kajikawa Classic in Tempe, Ariz. Feb. 9 UTEP % 12:30 pm ^ Feb. 9 Cal-State Northridge % 8:45 pm The Tigers are coming off their 11th consecutive trip to an NCAA Regional (2007-17) a season ago. The 2018 Mizzou campaign Feb. 10 (#3) Oregon % 12:45 pm will mark the first at the helm for new interim head coach Gina Fogue. She takes over the Tigers head duties following a 11- Feb. 10 (#21) Oklahoma State % 6 pm year tenure by former head coach Ehren Earleywine. Feb. 11 Oregon State % 10 am ^ Fogue possesses a traditional Mizzou talent laden squad, consisting of proven veterans and exciting newcomers. Offensively, Feb. 16 South Florida ^ 3 pm Feb. 16 UMass-Lowell ^ 5:30 pm 2018 Preseason All-SEC honoree Regan Nash, Kolby Romaine, Amanda Sanchez, Braxton Burnside, Cayla Kessinger Feb. 17 (#21) Oklahoma State ^ 9 am and Rylee Pierce higlight the returning Tigers. In the circle, Danielle Baumgartner and Madi Norman return for their junior Feb. 17 Marshall ^ 11:30 am campaigns. Feb. 18 Florida Atlantic ^ 10:15 am Feb. 18 South Florida ^ 12:30 pm ^ Nash has started 101 games in her first two years at Mizzou, earning 2017 Second Team All-SEC and 2016 Freshman All-SEC Feb. 22 (#19) BYU # 3 pm accolades. After missing almost all of the 2017 campaign due to injury, Sanchez returns in 2018 as a redshirt junior after being Feb. 22 (#7) Arizona # 5:30 pm granted a medical redshirt. The sweet swinging lefty is a career .346 hitter with 17 doubles, 23 home runs and 104 RBI. Burnside Feb. 23 North Carolina # 12:30 pm Feb. 24 Wisconsin # 11:30 am had a first-year campaign to remember last season, en route to 2017 Freshman All-SEC honors. The Top-25 finalist for the NFCA Feb. 24 Bethune-Cookman # 7 pm Division I National Freshman of the Year walloped 10 doubles, 12 home runs and 52 RBI overall. Feb. 25 (#4) UCLA # 11 am ^ In all, Coach Fogue welcomes 13 newcomers to the 2018 Tigers roster, including 11 freshmen and two transfers. The 2018 March 2 SE Louisiana + 3 pm March 2 Drake + 5:30 pm Mizzou freshmen class was nationaly heralded, ranked as high as No. 9 in the country according to FloSoftball.com. The 11 March 3 SE Louisiana + 11:30 am signees also marked Mizzou’s largest recruiting class in over a decade. March 3 Creighton + 2 pm ^ First-year Tigers Kendyll Bailey, Brooke Wilmes, Trenity Edwards, Callie Martin and Hatti Moore are expected to make March 4 Creighton + 12:30 pm instant impacts on the diamond. In the circle, freshman Lauren Rice, along with transfers Eli Daniel and Nalani Scates, March 4 Drake + 3 pm March 9 (#11) Tennessee * 4 pm round out a deep and talented Mizzou pitching staff. March 10 (#11) Tennessee * 1 pm ^ An incredible seven Tigers freshmen were listed in FloSoftball’s Class of 2017 “Top-200” players list. Bailey and Martin led March 11 (#11) Tennessee * 12:30 pm the way in individual rankings, checking-in at No. 11 and No. 45 overall, respectively. The home-grown Missouri duo also each March 14 Illinois (DH) 2 pm / 4 pm March 16 Mississippi State * 6:30 pm earned 2017 Premier Girls Fastpitch (PGF) All-American status following their standout senior seasons in high school. March 17 Mississippi State * 4 pm ^ Daniel enters her first-year as a Mizzou hurler in the circle, joining the Tigers after a 2017 NFCA NAIA First Team All-American March 18 Mississippi State * noon freshman campaign with Brenau University. The righty produced video game-esque numbers, including a 43-4 record with a 0.56 March 21 SEMO (DH) 4 pm / 6 pm March 23 Arkansas * 6 pm ERA and 579 strikeouts over 327.0 innings pitched. March 24 Arkansas * 1 pm March 25 Arkansas * 1 pm TIGERS SPOTLIGHT March 30 (#8) LSU * (DH) 3 pm / 6 pm March 31 (#8) LSU * 2 pm April 6 (#25) Georgia * 5 pm April 7 (#25) Georgia * 5 pm April 8 (#25) Georgia * 1 pm April 11 Omaha 4 pm April 13 (#13) Auburn * 6:30 pm April 14 (#13) Auburn * 2 pm April 15 (#13) Auburn * noon April 20 South Carolina * 4:30 pm April 21 South Carolina * 11 am April 22 South Carolina * noon April 25 Western Illinois (DH) 3 pm / 5 pm May 2 Wichita State (DH) 4 pm / 6:30 pm May 4 (#2) Florida * 7 pm May 5 (#2) Florida * 2 pm May 6 (#2) Florida * 2 pm Bold denotes home game % Kajikawa Classic (Tempe, Ariz.) ^ Michele Smith Pediatric Cancer Invitational (Clearwater, Fla.) Braxton Burnside // SS // So. Regan Nash // OF // Jr. Amanda Sanchez // 3B // RS-Jr. # Mary Nutter Classic (Cathedral City, Calif.) Team-leading 12 HR and 52 RBI in 2017 Led Tigers with .340 AVG in 2017 Career .346 hitter with 23 HR and 104 RBI + Mizzou Tournament (Columbia, Mo.) * Southeastern Conference 2017 Freshman All-SEC 2018 Preseason All-SEC 2015 Freshman All-SEC honors PREVIEW/ SCHEDULE ROSTER No. Name Pos. Yr. B/T Ht. Hometown (Last School) 00 Regan Nash OF Jr. L/R 5-7 Camden Point, Mo. (North Platte HS) 1 Tajiah Ellison OF Fr. L/R 5-7 Phoenix, Ariz. (Desert Vista HS) 2 Kendyll Bailey INF Fr. R/R 5-10 Grain Valley, Mo. (Grain Valley HS) 3 Paige Bange INF Sr. R/R 5-3 Jefferson City, Mo. (Helias HS) 5 Nalani Scates RHP So. R/R 5-9 Pleasanton, Calif. (Ohlone CC) 6 Kolby Romaine INF Jr. R/R 5-9 Chino Hills, Calif. (Rosary HS) 7 Brooke Wilmes INF Fr. L/R 5-5 Johnston, Iowa (Johnston HS) 9 Delaney McDannold OF Fr. L/R 5-10 Columbia, Mo. (Rock Bridge HS) 10 Danielle Baumgartner RHP Jr. R/R 5-10 Mexico, Mo. (Mexico HS) GINA FOGUE 11 Trenity Edwards C Fr. R/R 5-9 Moore, Okla. (Southmoore HS) INTERIM HEAD COACH 1st Season // 0-0 13 Kara Decker UTIL Fr. L/R 5-10 Leitchfield, Ky. (Grayson County HS) 15 Raime Cohen OF Jr. L/R 5-3 St. Louis, Mo. (Clayton HS) COACHING CAREER 17 Lauren Rice RHP Fr. R/R 5-4 Morrison, Ill. (Morrison HS) ^ Interim Head Coach at Mizzou (2018) 18 Callie Martin OF Fr. R/L 5-9 Raymore, Mo. (Raymore Peculiar HS) ^ Assistant Coach at Mizzou (2014-17) 20 Amanda Sanchez INF R-Jr. L/R 5-9 West Covina, Calif. (Bishop Amat HS) 22 Madi Norman RHP R-Jr. R/R 5-7 Tipton, Mo. (Louisville) PLAYING CAREER 25 Braxton Burnside INF So. R/R 5-6 Paragould, Ark. (Paragould HS) ^ Mizzou (2006-10) ^ Liberty High School (2002-05) 28 Gabby Garrison OF So. L/R 5-11 Missouri City, Texas (Ridge Point HS) 31 Hatti Moore UTIL Fr. R/R 5-9 La Grange, Texas (La Grange HS) NOTABLES 33 Cayla Kessinger OF So. L/R 5-9 Saugus, Calif. (Saugus HS) ^ Under her guidance as assistant coach last four 36 Rylee Pierce INF Jr. R/R 5-8 Visalia, Calif. (El Diamante HS) years, Mizzou outfielders have claimed... 42 Eli Daniel RHP So. R/R 5-8 Locust Grove, Ga. (Brenau) - Two All-American accolades 55 Cosette Tomita UTIL R-So. L/R 5-5 Oak Forest, Ill. (Tinley Park HS) - Five NFCA Southeast All-Region awards - Four All-SEC honors 67 Katherine Kadlec C Fr. R/R 5-6 Columbia, Mo. (Father Tolton HS) ^ 2016 First Team All-American, Emily Crane, and 99 Abby George OF Fr. L/R 5-4 St. Louis, Mo. (Lutheran South HS) 2014 Third Team All-American, Taylor Gadbois, each went on to professional careers in the Gina Fogue Interim Head Coach National Pro Fastpitch (NPF) league following Adam LaLonde Assistant Coach their tenures in Columbia, Mo. ^ Collectively as a member of the Tiger coaching staff the past four years, Fogue helped guide PROGRAM NOTABLES Mizzou to... s Since 2007, the Mizzou Softball program has been amongst the nation’s elite. A snapshot of the Tigers’ top team - Four-straight NCAA Regionals accomplishments can be found below: - Two NCAA Super Regionals (2015, ‘16) - 10 All-SEC honors - Five All-SEC Freshman Team accolades - 10 NFCA All-Southeast Region awards - Three NFCA All-Americans 11 8 3 ^ As a student-athlete at Mizzou, arguably most Consecutive NCAA Regional NCAA Super Regional Women’s College World Series remembered for thrilling walk-off home run Appearances (2007-17) Appearances (2008-13, 15-16) Appearances (2009-11) that ended the Tigers’ deciding game three win of the 2009 NCAA Super Regional at No. 1 seeded UCLA. ^ It was the highlight of a strong 2009 junior campaign, as she hit .321 with 43 R, 10 2B, 8 3 9 43 HR and 32 RBI.