TEXAS A&M Softball 2010 GAME NOTES Three Big 12 Championships • 20 NCAA Tournament Appearances • Three Super Regionals • 11 WCWS Appearances • Three National Championships Softball Contact: Deanna Werner • [email protected] • Office: 979-862-5443 • Cell: 231-288-3700 • Website: AggieAthletics.com No. 20 Texas A&M at No. 11 oklAhoma state 2010 SChEdulE Saturday, May 8 • 2 p.m. Date Opponent Time/Result Saturday, May 8 • 4 p.m. Kajikawa Classic Feb. 12 vs. Wisconsin W, 16-1 (5) Stillwater, Okla. • Cowgirl Stadium vs. No. 11 California W, 3-2 Feb. 13 vs. Nevada W, 6-4 Live audio: AggieAthletics.com • RadioAggieland.com • Sports Radio 1150 The Zone at No. 5 Arizona State L, 4-10 Feb. 14 vs. Cal State Northridge W, 8-2 Live stats: AggieAthletics.com Feb. 17 at Sam Houston State W, 2-1 AGGIE CLASSIC Feb. 19 Mississippi State W, 9-0 (5) oREgoN State W, 6-4 Feb. 20 Mississippi State W, 13-4 (5) louiSiana-Monroe W, 6-0 Feb. 21 LouiSiana-Monroe W, 9-4 Cathedral City Classic Feb. 25 vs. Fordham L, 0-4 The No. 20 Texas A&M softball team travels to Stillwater, Okla., this weekend for its final regular vs. Oregon L, 0-4 season games against No. 11 Oklahoma State and a lot is at stake for both teams. First pitch of the two- Feb. 26 vs. UNLV W, 4-3 game set is Saturday at 2 p.m. Sunday’s contest begins at 1 p.m. vs. San Diego State W, 7-6 (8) March 3 Houston W, 6-4 TEXAS A&M INVItatIONAL The Aggies (39-13, 10-6 Big 12) sit in fourth place in the Big 12 and can finish as high third and as low March 4 BYU l, 3-5 (8) as fifth. The Cowgirls (43-11, 12-4 Big 12) are in third place in the conference and need just one win to March 5 Northern Colorado W, 7-0 secure that position and serve as the No. 3 seed in the Big 12 Championship. BYU l, 4-5 March 6 MonmouTh N.J. W, 10-0 (5) In addition to the league championship seeding, A&M looks to enhance its seeding and the potential Northern Colorado W, 11-1 (5) to host in the NCAA Tournament. In the most recent release of the NCAA RPI, the Aggies are 17th right March 9 Texas A&M C.C l, 3-4 Texas A&M C.C W, 8-0 (5) behind Oklahoma State at 16th. AGGIE INVItatIONAL March 12 Utah State W, 10-4 Texas A&M comes into the weekend having won its last four games. The team posts a .292 batting aver- WRighT State W, 5-0 age and 2.68 ERA and is 7-4 on the road this season. OSU has won two straight and is hitting .284 with March 13 North Dakota State W, 4-0 uTAh State W, 8-0 (5) a 2.02 ERA. The Cowgirls are 19-1 at home this year. March 14 North Dakota State W, 5-2 San Diego Classic II FOLLOW ThE ACTioN March 19 vs. Harvard W, 10-1 (6) Free live stats and live audio will be provided for both games this weekend on AggieAthletics.com. In vs. Long Beach State W, 4-2 addition, fans can listen to the broadcasts live on Sports Radio 1150 The Zone, making them available March 20 vs. No. 25 UMass W, 1-0 (9) vs. Illinois-Chicago W, 5-0 worldwide on any iPhone, iPod Touch, Blackberry or PDA free of charge. Log on to RadioAggieland.com March 21 at San Diego State W, 4-0 (9) for more information. March 24 No. 8 GeoRgiA Tech L, 0-4 March 27 Kansas * W, 12-4 (6) oN dECk March 28 Kansas * W, 10-1 (6) March 31 at No. 24 Baylor * L, 2-3 (10) With the regular season coming to a close this weekend, the Aggies look to the Big 12 Tournament April 3 at Nebraska * W, 6-3 Friday, May 14 - Sunday, May 16. Only the lowest four seeds play on Friday evening, while the top six April 3 at Nebraska * L, 3-8 seeds step on the diamond on Saturday. The winners of the single elimination tournament play again ApRil 6 Stephen f. Austin W, 7-0 Saturday evening, while the championship game is televised on FSN at noon Sunday. ApRil 7 No. 16 Texas * W, 1-0 ApRil 10 No. 11 oklAhoma * L, 0-6 ApRil 11 No. 11 oklAhoma * L, 4-9 lAST TiME ouT ApRil 14 Sam houstoN State W, 4-3 (8) Texas A&M used a balanced offense as nearly every player in the lineup recorded a hit in a 10-6 victory April 17 at Iowa State * W, 4-2 (8) over Texas Tech last Saturday. A&M tallied 13 hits, five Aggies had multiple-hit games, and four posted April 18 at Iowa State * W, 9-1 (6) multiple RBIs. On Sunday, sophomore Kelsea Orsak tallied a career-high five RBIs to lead A&M to an 8-4 April 21 at No. 14 Texas * L, 1-4 ApRil 24 No. 11 MissouRi * L, 1-14 (5) win against Tech. From Pearland, Texas, Orsak went 2-for-3 with a three-run home run as the Aggies ApRil 25 no. 11 MissouRi * W, 6-5 swept the Red Raiders for the third straight year. ApRil 28 BayloR * W, 1-11 (5) May 1 at Texas Tech * W, 10-6 MAY oWNS SiNglE SEASoN hoME RuN RECoRd May 2 at Texas Tech * W, 8-4 May 8 at No. 11 Oklahoma State * 2:00 p.m. With her 19th home run of the season on April 25, the freshman from Spring, Texas, set A&M’s single May 8 at No. 11 Oklahoma State * 4:00 p.m. season home run record, one that had not been broken since 1985. Now with 21 home runs on the May 14-16 Big 12 Championship TBA year, May surpassed a record previously held by two-time All-American Liz Mizera (18 homers, 1985) May 20-23 NCAA Regionals TBA and three-time All-American Megan Gibson (18 homers, 2005). May 27-30 NCAA Super Regionals TBA June 1-9 WCWS TBA *Denotes Big 12 Conference Game All home games played at Aggie Softball Complex All Times Central 1 gENERAl iNformatioN AT ThE Top of A liST of EliTE fREShMEN May is at the top of a list that includes several A&M’S recoRd When... LOCATION ........................... College Station, Texas elite freshmen in Big 12 history, three of which are from Texas A&M. She is tied for first in most FOUNDED .......................................................1872 home runs by a freshman in Big 12 games only WiN-loSS Summary: ENROLLMENT ..............................................48,787 with seven long balls. Lindsey Herrin (Iowa State, Total ...............................................................39-13 NICKNAME ................................................... Aggies 2002) holds the record with May, while two-time Conference ......................................................10-6 MASCOT.................... Reveille VIII, American Collie All-American Amanda Scarborough (2005) and Non-Conf .........................................................29-7 Lisa Klam (1999) each blasted six home runs in COLORS .................................... Maroon and White Home ...............................................................22-7 league play their freshman seasons. CONFERENCE ................................................Big 12 Away ..................................................................7-4 INTERIM PRESIDENT ................ Dr. R. Bowen Loftin Rpi Neutral.............................................................10-2 DIRECTOR OF ATHLETICS .........................Bill Byrne In the most recent NCAA softball RPI that came Day ..................................................................35-9 HOME FIELD (Capacity) .....Aggie Softball Complex out on May 4, Texas A&M moved up a spot to Night ..................................................................4-4 vs Left ................................................................4-3 .................................................................... (1,750) 17th. Alabama, Michigan, Washington, Florida and Georgia Tech round out the top five, while vs Right ..........................................................35-10 OPENED ..........................................................1994 the Big 12 had five schools in the top 20. Texas 1-Run games ......................................................8-3 DIMENSIONS .................190 (LF) 220 (CF) 190 (RF) was ranked eighth, Missouri 10th, Oklahoma 2-Run games ......................................................5-1 11th, and Oklahoma State 16th. Texas Tech (45), 5+Run games ...................................................20-5 Nebraska (56), Iowa State (57), Baylor (61) and Extra inns ...........................................................5-2 CoachiNg Staff Kansas (88) are ranked further down on the list. Shutouts ..........................................................13-4 HEAD COACH ....................... Jo Evans (Utah, 1983) Scoring 0-2 runs .................................................3-7 WHO’S HOT? RECORD AT A&M .............. 501-255-2 (13 seasons) Scoring 3-5 runs ...............................................10-6 In the last three games, Orsak has been in a CAREER RECORD ............... 814-465-2 (24 seasons) league of her own, batting .556 with two of five Scoring 6-9 runs ...............................................16-0 ASSOCIATE HEAD COACHES .................................... hits for extra bases, seven RBIs, a 1.000 slug- Scoring 10+ runs ..............................................10-0 Joy Jackson (Utah, 1991) ging percentage and a .600 on base percentage. Opponent 0-2 runs ..........................................25-0 Orsak reached base at least once and recorded Opponent 3-5 runs ..........................................12-8 Mary Jo Firnbach (Southern Illinois, 1991) at least one RBI in every game. The second home Opponent 6-9 runs ............................................2-3 run of her career was a three-run shot that put Opponent 10+ runs ...........................................0-2 Team iNformatioN Sunday’s game out of reach for the sweep. It Scored in 1st inning .........................................19-3 was part of a career performance that included Scores first .......................................................30-5 2009 RECORD ............................................... 32-22 a five-RBI game. Senior Macie Morrow is right on Opp. scores first .................................................9-8 2009 BIG 12 RECORD (FINISH) ..................8-9 (6th) Orsak’s tail with a .545 average, six hits, six runs, After 4 leading .................................................28-2 2009 NCAA POSTSEASON ............. NCAA Regionals four RBIs and two stolen bases in the last three After 4 trailing....................................................4-6 LETTERWINNERS RETURNING/LOST ..............