syracuse Softball 2008 contact: Kevin Zalaznik • phone: 315.443.2608 • fax: 315.443.2076 • e-mail: [email protected] GETTERMAN CLASSIC • WACO, TEXAS Fri., Feb. 15 vs. Centenary L, 4-3 BIG EAST PLAY Fri., Feb. 15 at 7/10 Baylor L, 0-8 (6) Sun., Feb. 17 vs. Purdue L, 0-10 (5) M a r . 2 4 - M a r . 3 0 Sun., Feb. 17 at 7/10 Baylor L, 1-6 PIRATE CLASSIC • GREENVILLE, N.C. Syracuse(14-19, 5-3) • Niagara(14-14, 3-1 MAAC) Fri., Feb. 23 vs. Appalachian State L, 2-7 (20-14, 6-2) • (32-13, 7-1) Fri., Feb. 23 at East Carolina L, 3-4 (8) Louisville South Florida Sat., Feb. 24 vs. NR/RV Purdue L, 2-6 Sat., Feb. 24 vs. Penn State L, 0-8 (5) Apr. 8 vs. Niagara 4 p.m. Apr. 11 at Louisville 6 p.m. Apr. 8 vs. Niagara 6 p.m. Apr. 13 at South Florida Noon NFCA LEADOFF • ColumbuS, GA. Apr. 11 at Louisville 4 p.m. Apr. 13 at South Florida 2 p.m. Fri., Feb. 29 vs. NR/RV N.C. State L, 0-2 Fri., Feb. 29 vs. UCSB L, 1-8 HOME AND AWAY...AND AWAY REFLECTING ON PC AND UCONN Sat., Mar. 1 vs. 18/18 Mississippi St. L, 2-8 The Orange hosts Niagara on Tuesday, April 8 for Syracuse went 2-2 last weekend, beginning Sat., Mar. 1 vs. Nebraska L, 3-8 Sun., Mar. 2 vs. Auburn L, 0-6 a 4 p.m. doubleheader at the SU Softball Stadium with a sweep of Providence, 6-0, and, 3-0. The at SkyTop and then travels south for two BIG doubleheader was suspended through four- EAST games during the weekend. On Friday, April and-a-half on April 4 and resumed on April 5. USF INVITational • Tampa, FLA. Fri., Mar. 7 vs. Sam Houston W, 3-2 11, the squad has two at Louisville at 4 p.m. and Connecticut defeated Syracuse, 9-1, in five innings Sat., Mar. 8 vs. Indiana L, 2-3 then on Sunday, April 13, SU goes to South Florida and, 7-6, on April 6. Sat., Mar. 8 vs. Fairfield W, 6-3 for a noon doubleheader. • The back-to-back shutouts were the 11th all- Sat., Mar. 9 vs. Quinnipiac W, 10-0 (5) • Syracuse is currently in fifth place in the BIG time in school history. Fri., Mar. 8 vs. Kennesaw State L, 0-4 EAST with a 5-3 mark (.625). • It was the first BIG EAST shutout sweep for • The doubleheader on Tuesday will be the fifth the Orange since blanking Virginia Tech, 5-0 C OF C CLASSIC • CHARLESton, S.C. and sixth straight games at the SU Softball and 3-0, in 2002. Fri., Mar. 14 vs. Binghamton W, 2-1 (8) Stadium. • During game two against the Huskies, SU Fri., Mar. 14 vs. Charleston W, 12-4 (6) • SU is 2-2 at home this season. threatened with a runner on second base in Sat., Mar. 15 vs. St. John’s W, 3-2 (9) • The Orange, which spent the first 27 games the bottom of the seventh with junior catcher Sat., Mar. 15 at Charleston L, 0-2 away from home, owns a 4-5 record on the Amy Kelley at the plate, but an inward- Sun., Mar. 16 vs. Binghamton W, 3-2 (8) road. blowing wind held Kelley’s shot in the air and • Syracuse opened conference play on the road about 10 feet short of clearing the centerfield Wed., Mar. 26 at Binghamton^ Postponed with a pair of 7-2 victories at Rutgers on fence. Sat., Mar. 29 at Rutgers^ W, 7-2 • W, 7-2 March 29 and split, 4-1 and 2-0, at Villanova • Kelley paced the Orange during the weekend Sun., Mar. 30 at Villanova^ W, 4-1 • L, 0-2 Wed., Apr. 2 Albany^ Cancelled on March 30. by going 5-for-10 with a .900 slugging Fri., Apr. 4 Providence^ W, 6-0 • W, 3-0 • In a series that dates back to 2005, the Orange percentage and a .615 on-base percentage. Sun., Apr. 6 Connecticut^ L, 1-9 (5) • L, 6-7 is 6-0 all-time against Niagara, including 6-4 • Junior second baseman Lindsay Wasek Tues., Apr. 8 Niagara^ 3 p.m. and 8-7 wins last season at Niagara. posted a .417 average (5-for-12) and hit the Fri., Apr. 11 at Louisville^ 4 p.m. • Syracuse and Louisville have met five times second triple of her career. Sun., Apr. 13 at USF^ Noon and the Cardinals are 5-0. The two teams met Wed., Apr. 16 at Cornell^ 3:30 p.m. in the first round of the 2007 BIG EAST CLIMBING THE MOUNTAIN Fri., Apr. 18 St. John’s^ 2 p.m. Championship. UofL prevailed 5-0. Junior catcher Amy Kelley is having a career-year, Sun., Apr. 20 Seton Hall^ Noon • Against the Bulls, The Orange is 1-3 and batting .364, which ranks seventh in the conference, Thurs., Apr. 24 at Canisius^ 3 p.m. Sat., Apr. 26 at Pittsburgh^ Noon earned its first victory versus the Tampa, Fla. and has hit a BIG EAST-leading seven home runs. Wed., Apr. 30 Buffalo^ 1 p.m. school during the second game last year, 1-0. • Kelley, who has started every game behind the Sat., May 3 22/25 DePaul^ 4 p.m. Team Comparison plate, leads the team in batting average, hits Sun., May 4 Notre Dame^ 11 a.m. (32), RBI (16), slugging percentage (.648) and on-base percentage (.440). She is tied for the BIG EAST • LOUISVILLE, KY. team lead for doubles (four). Thurs., May 8 TBA TBA • Her 32 hits has pulled her level with her career Fri., May 9 TBA TBA W-L 14-19 14-14 20-14 32-13 mark, which was accomplished through 43 Sat., May 10 TBA TBA .AVG .262 .288 .270 .267 games and 117 at-bats last season - she has 88 at-bats in 2008. runs 103 118 146 165 Home games in BOLD CAPS • She has crossed home plate a career-high tying HITS 227 186 247 308 ^ indicates double-header 12 times and is one double away from tying her * indicates BIG EAST Conference game HR 17 34 14 16 All times ET career mark of five. Her 16 RBI are three away SLG% .358 .510 .381 .347 from the 19 she posted last year. OB% .334 .350 .348 .359 Contact Infomation • She is currently second on SU’s single-season SF 2 7 8 9 record list for slugging and on-base percentage. Softball Contact ..................................... Kevin Zalaznik SH 20 29 32 36 Office Phone ..........................................(315) 443-2608 She trails Alexis Switenko, who posted a Cell Phone ...............................................(412) 605-4668 SB-ATT 21-25 3-7 20-24 46-61 .742 slugging percentage and a .471 on-base Fax ............................................................(315) 443-2076 FLD% .951 .946 .967 .964 percentage in 2006. Email .......................................................suacpr@syr.edu ERA 2.83 3.59 2.35 1.30 • She has risen her career slugging percentage to Website .....................................................suathletics.com SO 122 89 203 317 .502 and batting average to .307, which rank Office Location ............................................102 Manley RUNS 139 106 105 80 fifth and sixth in SU history. BIG EAST Standings Inside The Numbers BIG EAST OVERALL HITTING STREAKS MULTI-HIT GAMES USF 7-1 .875 32-13 .711 No. Name Longest Current No. Name 2 3 4 5+ Tot Notre Dame 5-1 .833 24-10 .706 4 Jamie Kelling 11 2 15 Amy Kelley 5 4 - - 9 Pittsburgh 6-2 .750 21-14 .600 7 Rachel Tilford 10 2 4 Jamie Kelling 7 1 - 1 9 04/09/08 Louisville 6-2 .750 20-14 .588 15 Amy Kelley 6 3 7 Rachel Tilford 8 - - - 8 Connecticut 4-2 .667 15-14 .517 22 Chanel Roehner 6 4 22 Chanel Roehner 6 2 - - 8 Syracuse 5-3 .625 14-19 .424 19 Hallie Gibbs 5 3 10 Lindsay Wasek 6 1 - - 7 DePaul 3-3 .500 24-12 .667 33 Nicole Miller 4 - 19 Hallie Gibbs 7 - - - 7 Villanova 3-5 .375 14-14-1 .500 6 Rachel Helman 4 - 33 Nicole Miller 5 - - - 5 Rutgers 2-6 .250 16-21 .432 1 Ev Anderson 3 1 6 Rachel Helman 4 - - - 4 Seton Hall 2-8 .200 15-20 .429 10 Lindsay Wasek 3 3 1 Ev Anderson 2 - - - 2 St. John’s 2-8 .200 15-24 .385 14 Tawni Irvine 2 2 14 Tawni Irvine 2 - - - 2 Providence 1-5 .167 15-16-1 .484 16 Jorden Rosen 2 - MULTI-RBI GAMES Record Breakdown HOME RUNS No. Name 2 3 4 5+ Tot 19 Hallie Gibbs 5 - 1 - 6 When scoring first ......................................................9-4 No. Name 1 2 3 4 Tot 15 Amy Kelley 6 - 1 - 7 33 Nicole Miller 3 1 1 - 5 When leading after first inning.................................3-2 19 Hallie Gibbs 3 - - 1 4 22 Chanel Roehner 3 2 - - 5 When leading after five ...........................................11-3 33 Nicole Miller - 2 - - 2 7 Rachel Tilford 2 1 - - 3 When leading after six ...............................................9-1 22 Chanel Roehner - 1 - - 1 15 Amy Kelley 2 - - 1 3 When tied after five ...................................................1-1 16 Jorden Rosen - 1 - - 1 16 Jorden Rosen 1 - - - 1 When tied after six .....................................................3-2 7 Rachel Tilford - - 1 - 1 10 Lindsay Wasek 1 - - - 1 When trailing after five ............................................1-13 10 Lindsay Wasek 1 - - - 1 When trailing after six .............................................0-12 Record in extra innings..............................................3-1 When scoring four runs or less ..............................6-18 Inning-By-Inning When scoring five runs or more ..............................8-1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 EX Total When holding opponents to four runs or less ............13-7 Syracuse 8 24 14 13 18 15 7 3 1 - 103 Shutouts .......................................................................3-7 OPPONENTS 21 24 35 16 15 18 8 2 0 - 139 One-run games ...........................................................5-4 Two-run games ...........................................................1-3 FLIPPING THE SCRIPT FITTING INTO THE BIG EAST Three-run games ........................................................3-0 After the first 13 games, the Orange was winless As a team, the Orange is near the top in the BIG Four-run games ..........................................................0-2 with a .174 batting average and a 4.29 ERA.