DRAKE SOFTBALL GAMENCAA TOURNAMENT1 • AUG. 29, 2013 • BYU • •7 P.M.MAY CDT17 • • 5 DESPM CSTMOINES, • ESPN3 IOWA • •JANE DRAKE SANDERS STADIUM STADIUM (14,557) (EUGENE, ORE.) 2018 SCHEDULE February DRAKE BULLDOGS (43-10) 9 vs Green Bay! W, 11-0 Head Coach: Rich Calvert 10 vs Green Bay! W, 6-0 Career Record: Same at Drake: 456-397 (16 seasons) in NCAA: 0-2 10 vs South Dakota St! W, 10-2 11 vs Southeast Missouri St! W, 1-0 11 vs UMKC! L, 1-2 BYU COUGARS (35-10) 16 vs Murray State# L, 3-5 Head Coach: Gordon Eakin 16 at Mississippi State# W, 1-0 Career Record: Same at BYU: 640-281 (16 seasons) 18 vs South Alabama# W, 4-0 18 at Mississippi State# L, 0-1 QUICK FACTS GAME NOTES 23 vs Bryant% W, 13-0 23 at South Florida% W, 4-1 Bulldogs Nickname Cougars The Drake University softball team is back in the NCAA Tournament for the first 43-10 Record 35-20 time in 10 seasons. Drake (43-10), which swept the Missouri Valley Conference 24 vs Fordham% L, 4-5 24-1 Conference Record 13-1 regular season and tournament titles, opens the tournament Thursday against 24 vs Bryant% W, 8-0 .289 Batting Average .297 BYU (35-20) at 5 p.m. CST in the Eugene Regional at Jane Sanders Stadium. 25 vs Fordham% W, 5-2 Host Oregon (47-7), the No. 1 overall seed in the tournament, and Albany (30- .392 Slugging Percentage .478 24), the America East champions are the other teams in the regional and will .380 On Base Percentage .391 play at 7:30 p.m. CST. Every game of the three-day regional will be broadcast on March 21 Home Runs 57 ESPN3. The four teams will battle in a double-elimination format with the regional 2 at Missouri$ L, 3-4 214 Runs Batted In 287 winner advancing to next weekend’s Super Regionals. 3 vs Southeastern Louisiana$ W, 7-2 89/111 Stolen Bases/Attempts 62/70 3 vs Creighton$ L, 1-2 Eugene Regional Schedule (All Times Central) .971 Fielding Percentage .956 Thursday, May 17 4 vs Creighton$ W, 2-1 1.19 Earned Run Average 2.98 Game 1: BYU vs. Drake – 5 p.m. 4 at Missouri$ L, 3-10 8 Saves 2 Game 2: Albany vs. Oregon vs – 7:30 p.m. 8 at Tulsa W, 7-2 .186 Batting Average Against .253 Friday, May 18 9 vs Connecticut^ W, 4-1 435 Strikeouts 276 Game 3: Game 1 Winner vs. Game 2 Winner – 5 p.m. Game 4: Game 1 Loser vs. Game 2 Loser – 7:30 p.m. 9 vs Oklahoma State^ L, 0-2 DRAKE IN THE MVC Game 5: Game 3 Loser vs. Game 4 Winner – 10 p.m. 10 vs St. Francis^ L, 1-3 Saturday, May 19 10 vs Pacific^ W, 4-2 MVC Regular Season Champions 1993, 2015, 2018 Game 6: Game 3 Winner vs. Game 5 Winner – 6 p.m. (Elimination) 11 vs Purdue^ W, 1-0 Game 7: Repeat Game 6 (If Necessary) – 8:30 p.m. (Elimination) 17 at Evansville* W, 3-0 MVC Tournament Champions Season Recap 17 at Evansville* W, 6-3 1993, 1994, 2008, 2018 Drake, which has won 28 of its last 29 games, including a program-record 24 18 at Evansville* W, 3-0 game winning streak, is making its third-ever trip to the NCAA Tournament after 23 at Indiana State* W, 4-0 DRAKE IN THE NCAA TOURNAMENT it dominated the MVC regular season with a 24-1 overall record. The Bulldogs 23 at Indiana State* W, 8-0 then defeated Valparaiso and Southern Illinois on their home field, Buel Field, to 1994 28 at Iowa W, 3-1 Hawaii 1 Drake 0 win the program’s fourth MVC Tournament title and claim the league’s automatic Kansas 3 Drake 0 bid to the NCAA Tournament. This season has been a banner year for Drake, 30 Bradley* W, 10-2 whic has won a program-record 43 games and set the program-best MVC win 30 Bradley* W, 9-8 2008 total with 24, which tied the all-time mark for an MVC program in regular season 31 Bradley* W, 6-3 DePaul 3 Drake 1 play, equaling the 2005 SIU team (24-3). Since the Valley went to a 27-game Western Illinois 3 Drake 1 league schedule in 2001, Drake is the only MVC team to suffer just one loss in regular season league play. The Bulldogs’ impressive winning percentage of April All-Time Record: 0-4 .960 in conference games is a new league-record since the 27-game schedule 7 Southern Illinois* W, 1-0 was adopted. Drake’s 19 road wins are the most by any Division I team in 2018. 7 Southern Illinois* W, 7-2 DRAKE VS 2018 NCAA TOURNAMENT TEAMS Drake led the MVC in batting, pitching and fielding holding the top mark in team 8 Southern Illinois* W, 2-1 Fordham: 0-1 batting average (.289), earned run average (1.19) and fielding percentage 15 vs. Valparaiso*& W, 4-0 Mississippi State: 1-1 (.971). The Bulldogs rank in the top 5 of nearly all of the subcategories in batting, 15 vs. Valparaiso*& W, 2-1 Missouri: 0-2 pitching and fielding. Drake took the most walks (190) and stole the most bases 17 at UNI* W, 4-0 Oklahoma State: 0-1 (89), struck out the most hitters (435), held a team ERA that was nearly 1.50 17 at UNI* W, 4-3 South Florida: 1-0 lower than next team and committed the fewest errors (42). Nationally, Drake’s St. Francis: 0-1 ERA is third behind Oregon (1.19) and Washington (1.15). 21 at Illinois State* W, 8-0 Tulsa:1-0 21 at Illinois State* W, 8-3 Drake in the NCAA 22 at Illinois State* W, 3-0 Drake returns to the NCAA Tournament for the first time since 2008 with the Record: 3-6 24 UNI* W, 6-0 DRAKE KEY PERFORMERS 28 at Loyola* W, 7-1 28 at Loyola* W, 6-3 4 1 12 3 24 29 at Loyola* L, 0-3 May 5 Missouri State* W, 6-2 5 Missouri State* W, 4-3 6 Missouri State* W, 2-1 11 Valparaiso@ W, 2-0 12 Southern Illinois@ W, 4-1 17 BYU+ 5 p.m. CST NICOLE NEWMAN, P MACY JOHNSON, OF SARAH MADDOX, IF MANDI ROEMMICH, IF NICOLE TIMMONS, P Record 21-3 Batting Average .356 Batting Average .322 Batting Average .355 Record 13-4 * MVC game ERA 0.62 Hits 47 Hits 49 Hits 59 ERA 1.97 ! UNI Dome Tournament (Ceder Falls, Iowa) Saves 1 Runs Scored 21 Runs Scored 24 Runs Scored 34 Saves 0 # February Freezer (Starkville, Miss.) Strikeouts 238 Doubles 6 Doubles 6 Doubles 12 Strikeouts 119 % USF Tournament (Tampa, Fla.) Earned Runs Allowed 13 Home Runs 2 Home Runs 4 Home Runs 1 Earned Runs Allowed 31 $ Mizzou Tournament (Columbia, Mo.) Innings Pitched 146.0 Runs Batted In 23 Runs Batted In 30 Runs Batted In 22 Innings Pitched 110.0 ^ Hall of Fame Classic (Oklahoma City, Okla.) & UNI Dome (Cedar Falls, Iowa) @ MVC Tournament (Des Moines, Iowa) + NCAA Tournament (Eugene, Ore.) 2018 DRAKE SOFTBALL 2018 AWARDS & HONORS GAME NOTES DRAKE’S 2018 RECORD... Tasha Alexander - All-MVC Second Team program’s first trip in 1994. Both of those postseason berths where also earned Overall ...................................43-10 MVC All-Tournament Team by winning the MVC Tournament. The Bulldogs are 0-4 all-time in the NCAA Conference ..............................24-1 Tournament as they lost Hawaii and Kansas in 1994 and to DePaul and Western Kennedy Frank - All-MVC Second Team Illinois in 2008. Non-Conference ......................17-9 Home .........................................9-0 Macy Johnson - All-MVC Second Team Against the Field Away ........................................19-4 MVC Newcomer - May 6 Drake and BYU have previously played twice (2004, 2008) with the Cougars Player of the Week - May 6 winning both games. Both games were neutral contests with the first taking place Neutral Sites ............................15-5 MVC All-Tournament Team in Las Cruces, N.M. and the second in Tempe, Ariz. The Bulldogs and the Ducks vs. Top-25 ..................................1-2 have also played twice (2005, 2016) with both games taking place in Las Vegas. Extra Innings ..............................1-1 Gabbie Jonas - MVC All-Defensive Team Oregon won both games. Drake and Albany have never played before. Shutouts ..................................18-3 Sarah Maddox - All-MVC First Team Quick Hits Scoring 0-2 runs ........................9-6 MVC Scholar-Athlete Honorable Mention Nicole Newman dominated from the circle during the MVC tournament, claiming the MVP award. In the semifinals versus the Crusaders, Newman tossed her third Scoring 3-5 runs ......................15-4 Nicole Newman - MVC Pitcher of the Year career no-hitter and just the fourth-ever in the MVC tournament, striking out 15. Scoring 6-9 runs ......................15-0 All-MVC First Team She then followed that performance with a complete game against the Salukis Scoring 10+ runs .......................4-0 MVC All-Tournament MVP where she allowed one run on two hits with 10 strikeouts. Newman, who already MVC All-Tournament Team has the most strikeouts in Drake history, improved to 21-3 this season and is three Opp. scores 0-2 runs ...............36-4 MVC Pitcher of the Week - Feb. 12,19; wins away from tying the program’s all-time record held by Laurie Bowden (1990- Opp. scores 3-5 runs .................6-5 March 26; April 2, 9, 16, 23; May 6 93), who won 66 games.