DRAKE SOFTBALL GAMEMISSOURI 1 • AUG.STATE 29, • MARCH 2013 • 27-28 7 P.M. • KILLIANCDT • DES STADIUM MOINES, (SPRINGFIELD, IOWA • DRAKE MO.) •STADIUM ESPN+ 2021 SCHEDULE February DRAKE BULLDOGS (5-15, 1-2 MVC) 12 vs South Dakota State! L, 6-1 Head Coach: Rich Calvert 13 vs Butler! W, 9-6 Career Record: 514-446 (19 seasons) at Drake: Same 13 vs South Dakota State! L, 7-6 14 vs Iowa State! L, 10-1 14 vs Omaha! W, 3-0 (13-9, 4-1 MVC) MISSOURI STATE BEARS 27 vs Kansas City L, 8-0 Head Coach: Holly Hesse 27 vs Kansas City L, 5-4 Career Record: 818-800-2 (33 seasons) at Missouri State: Same 28 vs Kansas City L, 7-4 THE MATCHUP The Drake University softball team travels to Missouri State Drake vs. Missouri State March 27-28 for a three game Missouri Valley Conference March Bulldogs Nickname Bears series. The doubleheader Saturday has a first pitch set for 4 at No. 20 Arkansas# L, 6-3 5-15 Record 13-9 noon while the series finale is Sunday at 11 a.m. Sunday’s 4 at No. 20 Arkansas# L, 6-4 1-2 Conference Record 4-1 5 vs Kansas# L, 10-5 .265 Batting Average .223 game will be streamed on ESPN+. 5 vs Northwestern St.# W, 12-2 .357 Slugging Percentage .346 .329 On Base Percentage .321 Drake (5-15, 1-2 MVC) started its MVC schedule taking 6 vs Kansas# L, 3-2 6 Home Runs 12 one of three games at Southern Illinois last weekend. The 13 vs Kent State^ W, 5-0 64 Runs Batted In 67 13 at No. 17 Missouri^ L, 5-0 25/31 Stolen Bases/Attempts 32/36 Bulldogs snapped the Salukis’ 22-game home winning 14 vs Iowa State (RV)^ L, 6-3 .931 Fielding Percentage .955 streak with their win Saturday in the second game of 14 at No. 17 Missouri^ L, 10-2 5.29 Earned Run Average 2.52 doubleheader. SIU’s streak was the third longest home run 20 at SIU (RV)* L, 10-2 1 Saves 1 in the nation. 20 at SIU (RV)* W, 7-6 .284 Batting Average Against .240 21 at SIU (RV)* L, 7-1 117 Strikeouts 133 Sophomore Emily Valtman went 3-for-5 (.600) at the plate 27 at Missouri State* 12 p.m. MVC STANDINGS in the SIU series with two home runs, two runs scored and 27 at Missouri State* 2 p.m. Through games played March 26 three RBI while also drawing two walks and she was hit by 28 at Missouri State* 11 a.m. MVC Overall 30 Iowa State 4 p.m. Illinois State 3-0 16-4 one pitch. Valtman’s first home run came in the opening Missouri State 4-1 13-9 game of the series while the second happened in the series April Evansville 2-1 14-7 finale. This season, she is batting .304 and is tied for the 2 Illinois State* 2 p.m. Bradley 2-1 9-7 team home run lead with two and runs batted in with 10. 2 Illinois State* 4 p.m. Southern Illinois 2-3 20-5 UNI 1-2 10-12 3 Illinois State* 12 p.m. Valparaiso 1-2 5-12 Missouri State (13-9, 4-1 MVC) swept SIU Wednesday 6 Western Illinois 4 p.m. Loyola 1-2 5-13 afternoon in a midweek doubleheader in Carbondale. 6 Western Illinois 6 p.m. Drake 1-2 5-15 Steffany Dickerson and Madison Hunsaker each tossed 10 Indiana State* 12 p.m. Indiana State 0-3 6-13 complete games and held the Salukis’ offense to just one 10 Indiana State* 2 p.m. run in the two games. The Bears offense hit three home 11 Indiana State* 11 a.m. runs in the two wins to back Dickerson and Hunsaker. 13 at Iowa State 4 p.m. FOLLOW THE BULLDOGS 17 Evansville* 12 p.m. Facebook “f” Logo CMYK / .eps Facebook “f” Logo CMYK / .eps Drake Athletics 17 Evansville* 2 p.m. Drake University Softball Drake begins its home schedule Tuesday, March 30 with 18 Evansville* 11 a.m. an in-state contest against Iowa State. First pitch at Buel @DUBulldogs 20 UNI* 4 p.m. @DrakeSoftball Field is scheduled for 5 p.m. 20 UNI* 6 p.m. 24 at Valparaiso* 12 p.m. 24 at Valparaiso* 2 p.m. 25 at Valparaiso* 11 a.m. 27 at UNI* 6 p.m. DRAKE KEY PERFORMERS May 1 Loyola* 12 p.m. 121 59 563 1411 1 2 1 Loyola* 2 p.m. 2 Loyola* 11 a.m. 7 at Bradley* 12 p.m. 7 at Bradley* 2 p.m. 8 at Bradley* 11 a.m. 13-15 MVC Tournament@ TBA All Times Central MACY JOHNSON, OF LIBBY RYAN, UT EMILY VALTMAN, UT LAURA ANDERSON, C ADDIE LIGHTNER, UT Home Games in Bold Batting Average .486 Batting Average .395 Batting Average .304 Batting Average .278 Batting Average .246 * MVC game Hits 35 Hits 17 Hits 15 Hits 15 Hits 10 ! UNI Dome Tournament (Ceder Falls, Iowa) Doubles 3 Runs 7 Runs 7 Doubles 3 Runs 2 Runs 15 Doubles 5 Doubles 4 # Woo Pig Classic (Fayetteville, Ark.) RBI 8 Home Runs 1 Home Run 2 Doubles 2 Home Run 2 % Mizzou Tournament (Columbia, Mo.) Stolen Bases 15 RBI 7 RBI 10 RBI 3 RBI 12 @ Evansville, Ind. 2021 DRAKE SOFTBALL • MARCH 27-28 • MISSOURI STATE DRAKE LEADERS BATTING AVERAGE Macy Johnson .486 DRAKE BULLDOGS Libby Ryan .395 No. Name Pos. B/T Yr. Hometown (Previous School) 1 Macy Johnson OF L/R Sr. Winterset, Iowa (Winterset) HOME RUNS 2 Addie Lightner UT R/R Fr. Blue Springs, Mo. (Blue Springs South) Addie Lightner 2 3 Molly Hoekstra P R/R Fr. Carlisle, Iowa (Carlisle, Iowa) Emily Valtman 2 5 Libby Ryan UT R/R Sr. Mount Vernon, Iowa (Mount Vernon) RUNS BATTED IN 7 Kristen Arias C R/R RSo. Fresno, Calif. (Edison) Addie Lightner 12 8 Haylee Lehman UT L/R Fr. Nichols, Iowa (West Liberty) Emily Valtman 10 9 Delaney Taylor OF R/R So. Waukee, Iowa (Waukee) 10 Emma Richards P R/R Fr. Clive, Iowa (Waukee) STOLEN BASES 11 Laura Anderson C R/R Sr. Boone, Iowa (Boone) Macy Johnson 15 13 Mackenzie Hupke P R/R So. Independence, Iowa (Independence) Delaney Taylor 5 20 Aubree Beitzinger IF L/R So. Pittsburg, Kan. (Pittsburg) 24 Nicole Timmons P R/R Sr. Davenport, Iowa (Assumption) WINS Nicole Timmons 2 25 Skylar Rigby UT R/R Fr. Huxley, Iowa (Ballard) Mackenzie Hupke 1 31 Alexia Lara UT R/R Jr. Bettendorf, Iowa (Pleasant Valley) Emma Richards 1 32 MaKayla Rice UT R/R Fr. Lee’s Summit, Mo. (Lee’s Summit) 41 Allie Timmons P R/R So. Davenport, Iowa (Assumption) EARNED RUN AVERAGE 56 Emily Valtman UT L/R So. Newton, Iowa (Newton) Nicole Timmons 4.38 Mackenzie Hupke 4.64 Head Coach: Rich Calvert Assistant Coaches: Tina DeAngelo, Kasey Griffith STRIKEOUTS Nicole Timmons 49 Volunteer Assistant Coach: Taryn Pena Emma Richards 30 PRONUNCIATION GUIDE Beitzinger – bites-zinger Hoekstra – hook-stra Hupke – hub-key Lara – laa-raa The Automated ScoreBook Overall Statistics for Drake (as of Mar 22, 2021) (All games Sorted by Batting avg) 2021 OVERALL STATS Record: 5-15 Home: 0-0 Away: 1-9 Neutral: 4-6 Conference: 1-2 Player avg gp-gs ab r h 2b 3b hr rbi tb slg% bb hp so gdp ob% sf sh sb-att po a e fld% Johnson,Macy . 4 8 6 20-20 72 17 35 3 1 1 8 43 . 5 9 7 3 0 7 0 . 5 0 7 0 0 15-17 35 1 1 . 9 7 3 Ryan,Libby . 3 9 5 14-14 38 8 15 4 0 1 7 22 . 5 7 9 6 1 7 0 . 4 8 9 0 1 0-1 14 12 6 . 8 1 3 Valtman,Emily . 3 0 4 20-19 56 7 17 5 1 2 10 30 . 5 3 6 5 1 12 0 . 3 5 4 3 0 0-0 75 5 0 1.000 Anderson,Laura . 2 7 8 14-13 36 2 10 2 0 0 3 12 . 3 3 3 3 0 9 0 . 3 3 3 0 1 1-1 73 2 2 . 9 7 4 Lightner,Addie . 2 4 6 20-20 61 7 15 4 0 2 12 25 . 4 1 0 8 0 14 1 . 3 2 9 1 0 0-0 31 17 4 . 9 2 3 Taylor,Delaney . 2 4 6 20-20 57 13 14 0 0 0 5 14 . 2 4 6 7 1 4 0 . 3 3 8 0 1 5-7 33 0 2 . 9 4 3 Richards,Emma . 2 4 0 13-8 25 1 6 3 0 0 4 9 . 3 6 0 1 0 7 0 . 2 6 9 0 0 0-0 1 6 1 . 8 7 5 Lara,Alexia . 2 2 0 18-16 50 4 11 3 0 0 5 14 . 2 8 0 2 0 13 0 . 2 4 5 1 0 0-0 25 1 2 . 9 2 9 Beitzinger,Aubree . 2 1 9 13-11 32 4 7 0 0 0 4 7 . 2 1 9 1 1 6 0 . 2 6 5 0 1 0-0 6 1 0 1.000 Lehman,Haylee . 1 8 5 18-12 27 4 5 1 0 0 2 6 .