RED FLASH SOFTBALL 2017, 2018 Northeast Conference Champions SOFTBALL 2017, 2018 Tucson Regionals 2019 SCHEDULE WEEKEND SIX BASH IN THE BORO Feb 8 Savannah State W, 7-2 Hoosier Classic Feb 8 at Georgia Southern L, 6-5 March 15-17 Feb 9 UT Martin L, 3-1 Feb 9 at Georgia Southern W, 10-1 Bloomington, Indiana Ohio Bobcats Southern Miss Feb 10 Winthrop W, 5-4 SOFTBALL 15-8, 0-0 7-12, 0-0 Saint Francis Red Flash ECU Pirate Clash 8-15 Feb 15 Purdue L, 6-2 Feb 15 Cleveland State W, 5-0 Feb 16 Purdue PPD-RAIN #17 Indiana Hoosiers Feb 16 at East Carolina L, 7-5 21-3, 0-0 Feb 17 Cleveland State W, 9-3 Gardner-Webb Tournament Feb 22 Bowling Green L, 8-7 THE STARTING NINE Feb 22 ETSU W, 16-11 Feb 23 ETSU L, 16-5 Feb 23 at Gardner Webb L, 2-1 Head Coach Jess O’Donnell is in her first year at SFU, O’Donnell replaces Jennifer Feb 24 Bowling Green W, 12-7 1 Patrick-Swift who left Saint Francis after six seasons for North Carolina State Easton Crimson Classic Mar 1 Southern Miss W, 1-0 The Red Flash return four of their top five run producers from a season ago, Saint Mar 1 Michigan State L, 8-0 2 Francis led the NEC and was 35th in the NCAA with 5.6 runs per game in 2018 Mar 2 Michigan State L, 6-2 Mar 2 at Alabama L, 3-1 Mar 3 Southern Miss PPD The Red Flash picked up where they left off in 2018, averaging 5 runs per game South Florida Tournament 3 through 23 games so far this season Mar 8 Villanova L, 7-0 Mar 8 SD State L, 7-2 Reigning NEC Player of the Year Cheyenne McKee is among the SFU returners, Mar 9 Providence L, 2-1 (8) Mar 9 Western Michigan L, 10-8 4 McKee is now 3rd all time at Saint Francis with 199 career hits Mar 10 Army L, 9-1 Hoosier Classic McKee is also #2 on the NCAA active career leaderboard with 63 hit-by-pitches, Mar 15 Ohio 10AM 5 McKee was third in the NCAA last year, getting hit 25 times Mar 15 Toledo 1230 PM Mar 16 Toledo 1230 PM Mar 16 Ohio 530 PM Senior Hayley Norton has gotten off to scorching start, hitting .446 so far this Mar 17 at Indiana 11AM 6 season and is 21st in the NCAA with 33 hits Mar 20 at George Mason 230/430PM Mar 30 at Bryant* 1PM/3PM Mar 31 at CCSU* Noon/2PM Norton moved to first on the all-time on the SFU career hit list (204) and is second 7 in homers (47), she is one homer shy tying the school record Apr 3 at Penn State 5PM/7PM Apr 6 vs ROBERT MORRIS* 1PM/3PM Apr 7 at Mount St. Mary’s* 2PM/4PM Additionally, Norton leads the NEC in total bases with 57 and RBI with 22, her 47 Apr 9 vs PITT 2PM 8 career homers are 4th on the NCAA career list as are her 177 RBI Apr 13 vs SACRED HEART* 1PM/3PM Apr 14 vs WAGNER* NOON/2PM Apr 19 at FDU* 1PM/3PM The Red Flash will turn to freshmen Lauren Bertig, Christina Clark and Meadow Apr 24 at Kent State 2PM/4PM Apr 27 vs BUCKNELL 1PM/3PM 9 Uncapher as well as senior utility player Mikayla Bower to handle pitching duties Apr 28 vs LIU BROOKLYN* Noon/2PM HOME GAMES IN ALL CAPS * NORTHEAST CONFERENCE GAME ATHLETICS COMMUNICATIONS Follow the Red Flash Softball Contact ................................... Dan Griffin @RedFlashSB Office ......................................... 814-472-3180 E-mail ................................ [email protected] @SFUAthletics Facebook ........................ facebook.com/SFUathletics Twitter ..................................... @SFUathletics NOTES Scouting the Weekend ESPN.com/USA Softball Collegiate Top 25 The dawn of a New Era March 12th Poll Saint Francis has only five games of combined experience against this weekend’s opponents. The Red RK TEAM........................Record 2019 will start the Jess O’Donnell coaching era at Saint Flash are 0-2 all-time against the Ohio Bobcats, drop- 1. UCLA (16) ....................22-1 Francis as she was named the 12th coach in school ping a double header back in 2002. SFU is 2-1 against 2. Oklahoma (1) .............20-2 history in the fall. O’Donnell takes over from Jennifer the Rockets, splitting in 2010 and winning a solo contest Patrick-Swift who took over at NC State after winning in 2003. The Red Flash have faced Indiana (PA) 20 times 3. Florida State ...............25-2 back-to-back Northeast Conference titles. and are 11-9 overall but have never faced the Hoosiers. 4. Alabama (3) ....................25-0 5. Tennessee ...................18-3 The Bobcats are the reigning Mid-American Conference 6. Washington ................22-3 Tournament Champions and are off to another solid 50 Year Celebration start this season, coming into the weekend at 15-8. 7. Florida ..........................22-4 Senior utility player Morgan Geno has led the offense, 8. LSU ................................21-5 2018-19 marks the 50 year anniversary of women’s pouring in 27 RBI to date, more than double her closest 9. Georgia ........................23-3 athletics at Saint Francis. Saint Francis softball’s modern teammate. Geno has driven in Katie Yun routinely this 10. Texas Tech ...................24-1 era enters its 33rd season in 2019. The Red Flash first season as Yun leads the team with 32 hits and is tied with 14 runs scored. In the circle, underclassmen Madi 11. Louisiana .....................18-3 took the field in 1986 under the direction of head coach 12. Arizona .........................18-7 Tom “Huck” Cicero. They earned their first victory in McCrady (sophomore) and Mackensie Kohl (freshman) their second game, a 5-4 triumph over Juniata and their have led Ohio. McCrady leads the staff with eight wins 13. Texas .............................21-5 first D-I win, a 4-3 victory over Robert Morris during while Kohl owns a team best 2.31 ERA. 14. Oklahoma State ........18-5 that season. Toledo comes into the weekend at 7-12 on the season. 15. Indiana ...........................21-3 The Rockets were picked 10th in the MAC pre-season 16. Auburn .........................22-4 poll. Toledo was also a part of the USF tournament 17. Arkansas ......................19-4 that the Red Flash competed in last weekend and each 18. Kentucky .....................15-7 We’re Going Streaking squad shares a loss to Army. Kylie Norwood is leading the team in average at .378 and 12 RBI. The Rockets are 19. Arizona State .............19-7 averaging just over three runs per game and have been 20. South Carolina...........18-5 The Red Flash currently own a 38-game conference kept in ball games thanks to stellar pitching. Maggie 21. Minnesota ...................15-7 winning streak after going 16-0 each of the past two McGurk leads the team with a 2.03 ERA and Erin Hunt 22. Wisconsin ....................21-3 reguar seasons and 3-0 in each NEC tournament. Saint has an ERA just over three in a team high 41 innings Francis last NEC regular season loss came on May 5, pitched. 23. James Madison .........11-5 2016, a 5-4 setback to Central Connecticut and last loss 24. Michigan ...................12-10 in tournament play came on May 13, 2016 to RMU in Indiana wasn’t one of the six Big-10 ranked in the 25. Virginia Tech ...............18-4 the NEC tournament. The 38-game conference win NCAA pre-season poll but they are certainly ranked streak is the longest current streak in the NCAA and now, rising to #15 in the latest poll thanks to a 21-3 start fourth-longest all-time to the year. The Hoosiers have wins over #8 LSU and #9 Georgia. Indiana sports a balanced offense with three 1. Massachusetts A-10 52 2000-03 players in double digits in RBI and three more with 2. Lehigh Patriot 44 2004-06 eight. Kacie Lacefield leads the team with a .353 average 3. James Madison Colonial 42 2014-17 and five homers. The Hoosier pitching has been lights 4. Saint Francis U Northeast 38 2016-Current out, with a team ERA of 1.36 and two pitchers with sub- FASTPITCH NEWS TOP 25 5. Florida SEC 37 2008-09 1.00 ERA. Tara Trainer is 16-2 with a .83 ERA in 110 T-6. Florida State ACC 35 2016-18 innings so far this season. *March 12th Poll T-6. Fresno State WAC 35 1999-2000 RK TEAM........................Record 8. Texas State Southland 34 2000-02 NEC Pre-Season Poll 1 UCLA .............................22-1 9. Princeton Ivy League 33 1993-96 10. Fresno State MW 32 2015-16 1. Sacred Heart (8) 2 Florida State ...............25-2 2. LIU Brooklyn 3 Alabama ........................25-0 3. Saint Francis U 4 Oklahoma ...................20-2 4. Central Connecticut 5 Washington ................22-3 5. Bryant Closing Strong 6. Fairleigh Dickinson 6 Tennessee ...................18-3 7. Mount St. Mary’s 7 Florida ..........................22-4 Saint Francis has closed games strong so far this season, 8. Wagner 8 Texas Tech ...................24-1 outscoring opponents 35-6 over the final two innings 9. Robert Morris 9 Arizona .........................18-7 including a 27-2 advantage in the sixth inning alone. 10 LSU ................................21-5 The Red Flash are a perfect 7-0 when leading after six innings and 8-0 when leading after seven innings. The two-time defending conference champion Saint 11 Louisiana .....................19-3 Francis softball team was picked to finish third in the 12 Indiana .........................21-3 Northeast Conference pre-season poll as voted on by 13 Texas .............................21-5 the conference coaches.