2020 AUBURN SOFTBALL #WarEagle | 15 All-Americans • Two SEC Titles • 2015, 2016 Women’s College World Series Softball Contact | Taylor Shirey • @taylor_shirey14 • [email protected] • (C) 334-750-0710 Auburn Athletics Communications | 392 South Donahue Drive • Auburn, AL 36830 • AuburnTigers.com • @AuburnSoftball 2020 SCHEDULE/RESULTS FLORIDA Date Opponent Time/Result AUBURN TIGERS Feb. 7 ! vs. (RV) Baylor L, 0-8 (5) RECORD: 14-8 (0-0 SEC) Feb. 7 ! vs. (RV) Notre Dame W, 4-1 RANKINGS: NR NFCA | RV USA Softball | NR DI Softball | NR Softball America Feb. 8 ! vs. Liberty W, 5-3 HEAD COACH: Mickey Dean (Elon, 1987) Feb. 8 ! vs. Texas State W, 3-1 CAREER RECORD: 572-218 (14th Season) Feb. 9 ! vs. Illinois L, 0-2 RECORD AT AUBURN: 94-46 (3rd Season) Feb. 13 Kennesaw State L, 1-4 Feb. 14 $ UNC Wilmington W, 8-7 (10) FLORIDA GATORS Feb. 14 $ Alabama State W, 9-1 (5) RECORD: 18-4 (0-0 SEC) Feb. 15 $ Alabama State W, 7-0 RANKINGS: #7 NFCA | #8 USA Softball | #8 DI Softball | #8 Softball America Feb. 15 $ UNC Wilmington W, 18-1 (5) HEAD COACH: Tim Walton (Oklahoma, 1996) Feb. 16 $ UNC Wilmington W, 10-1 (5) CAREER RECORD: 912-235 (18th Season) Feb. 20 ^ vs. #16 Arizona State L, 0-13 (5) RECORD AT FLORIDA: 789-171 (15th Season) Feb. 21 ^ vs. #25 Northwestern W, 6-4 Feb. 21 ^ vs. California L, 1-8 Feb. 22 ^ vs. #5 Arizona L, 0-2 Feb. 23 ^ vs. #1 UCLA L, 1-11 (5) HOW TO WATCH Feb. 28 & Georgia Southern W, 5-4 (9) BROADCAST: SEC Network + (Friday-Saturday) LOCATION: Gainesville, Fla. Feb. 28 & #18 Minnesota L, 4-5 Feb. 29 & #18 Minnesota W, 5-1 SEC Network (Sunday) STADIUM: Katie Seashole Pressly Stadium (2,691) Feb. 29 & Binghamton W, 10-3 Mar. 1 & Binghamton W, 11-6 TALENT: Mike Couzens (Play-by-Play) WEATHER FORECAST Mar. 1 & Georgia Southern W, 6-0 Michele Smith (Analyst) FRIDAY: 70 Degrees - Mostly Sunny (10%) Mar. 6 * at #7 Florida 5 p.m.+ Amanda Scarborough (Analyst) SATURDAY: 62 Degrees - Sunny (0%) Mar. 7 * at #7 Florida 5 p.m.+ Mar. 8 * at #7 Florida 2 p.m.# SUNDAY: 72 Degrees - Sunny (10%) Mar. 10 at Jacksonville 4 p.m. RADIO: JJ Jackson (Play-by-Play) Mar. 11 Georgia State 7 p.m.+ Auburn Sports Network Mar. 14 * Missouri 4 p.m.+ 95.9 WTGZ or 99.9 WQNR Mar. 15 * Missouri 6 p.m.# Mar. 16 * Missouri 6 p.m.# Mar. 20 * at Georgia 5 p.m.+ QUICK HITS Mar. 21 * at Georgia 1 p.m.+ • After weather postponed Wednesday’s doubleheader at Mercer, the Tigers quickly turn their attention to Mar. 22 * at Georgia 1 p.m.u Mar. 27 * Mississippi State 6 p.m.+ Southeastern Conference play with a three-game, road series against the No. 7 Gators. Mar. 28 * Mississippi State 4 p.m.+ • This weekend marks the fourth time that Auburn has opened SEC play against Florida. The Gators have won the Mar. 29 * Mississippi State 2 p.m.+ last three opening-weekend series. The Tigers are searching for their first series win in Gainesville since 2002. Apr. 1 Team USA (Exh.) 6 p.m.= • Auburn holds a 34-26 overall record in its opening SEC series. Auburn is looking to win back-to-back SEC opening- Apr. 3 * at South Carolina 5 p.m.+ Apr. 4 * at South Carolina 3 p.m.+ weekend series for the first time since 2015-2014. Apr. 5 * at South Carolina 12 p.m.+ • Florida will be Auburn’s sixth ranked opponent of the 2020 season. The Tigers are currently 2-4 against ranked Apr. 7 Alabama State 6 p.m.+ squads this season after splitting two games with No. 18 Minnesota during the Tiger Invitational. Apr. 9 * Ole Miss 5 p.m.# • For the first time in program history, Auburn swept the SEC’s weekly softball awards with Alyssa Rivera, Samantha Apr. 10 * Ole Miss 5 p.m.# Yarbrough and Carlee McCondichie winning Co-Player, Co-Pitcher and Co-Freshman of the Week, respectively. Apr. 11 * Ole Miss 4 p.m.+ Apr. 14 at Mercer 4 p.m. • Entering conference play with just two strikeouts over 65 at-bats, Makenna Dowell ranks as the fourth toughest Apr. 14 at Mercer 6 p.m. batter in the Southeastern Conference to strike out this season. Apr. 15 Chattanooga 6 p.m.+ • With a perfect 7-for-7 weekend on the base paths, Alyssa Rivera now stands in a tie for fifth place in program Apr. 18 Charlotte 4 p.m.+ history with 34 career stolen bases. Apr. 19 Charlotte 2 p.m.+ Apr. 22 at Troy 6 p.m. Apr. 25 * at Alabama 3 p.m.= BY THE NUMBERS Apr. 26 * at Alabama 1 p.m.= Apr. 27 * at Alabama 6 p.m.# For the first time in program Right-handed Going 7-for-7 in steal May 1 * LSU 6 p.m.+ history, Auburn swept the SEC’s pitcher Samantha attempts during the May 2 * LSU 1 p.m.u 1 1.99 34 May 3 * LSU 12 p.m.= weekly awards with Alyssa Yarbrough leads Tiger Invitational, May 6-9 % SEC Tournament TBA Rivera, Sam Yarbrough and Carlee the Southeastern Conference and all of senior Alyssa Rivera brought her May 14-17 NCAA Regionals TBA May 21-24 NCAA Super Regionals TBA McCondichie being named Co-Player, Division I softball with a 1.99 hits per career total to 34 stolen bases. She May 28 - June 3 Women’s College World Series TBA Co-Pitcher and Co-Freshman of the seven inning average. is now tied for fifth in school history BOLD indicates home contest | All time Central and subject to change Weekly, respectively. with Lauren Walton (2004-07). * - Southeastern Conference Game ! - NFCA Leadoff Classic (Clearwater, Fla.) | $ - Plainsman Invitational (Auburn, Ala.) ^ - Mary Nutter Classic (Palm Springs, Calif.) | & - Tiger Invitational (Auburn, Ala.) % - SEC Tournament (Tuscaloosa, Ala.) + - SEC Network + | # - SEC Network | @ - FloSoftball ($) | = - ESPN2 | u - ESPNU 2020 AUBURN SOFTBALL FLORIDA | MARCH 6-8 /AuburnSoftball #WarEagle AuburnTigers.com @AuburnSoftball | @AuburnTigers /AuburnTigers TEAM SCHEDULE AND MEDIA AVAILABILITY ›› MARCH 2 - MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY SUNDAY March 2 March 3 March 4 March 5 March 6 March 7 March 8 OFF DAY PRACTICE PRACTICE TRAVEL DAY GAME GAME GAME 4 p.m. - 7 p.m. CT 3:30 p.m. - 6:30 p.m. CT 5 p.m. at Florida 5 p.m. at Florida 2 p.m. at Florida No Media Weekly Media Availability Interviews by Request No Media Interviews Postgame Interviews Postgame Interviews Postgame AUBURN ATHLETICS COMMUNICATIONS QUICK FACTS AUBURNTIGERS.COM GAME DAY / PRESS SERVICES UNIVERSITY INFORMATION For updated game notes, statistics and all the latest Press releases, statistics and game information City ....................................................................... Auburn, Ala. information on Auburn softball and gameday will be available each week via AuburnTigers. Founded ............................................................................1856 activities, go to AuburnTigers.com. com/Softball. Media members may request to be Enrollment .....................................................................29,776 added to email lists to automatically receive up- Nickname .........................................................................Tigers INTERVIEW POLICY to-date information on Auburn softball. Notes and Colors ............................................Navy Blue and Burnt Orange Coach Dean, assistant coaches and selected statistics for both teams and game programs will Affiliation ..........................................................NCAA Division I student-athletes are available for phone and be provided prior to first pitch of each home game. Conference ................................Southeastern Conference (SEC) personal interviews by contacting Taylor Shirey. Final box scores will be available after the game. Stadium (Capacity) ......................... Jane B. Moore Field (2,316) Weekly media availabilities will be conducted 30 Wireless internet is available in the press box. Stadium Dimensions ................................... LF/RF: 201, CF: 220 minutes prior to Tuesday practices throughout Contact Taylor Shirey for password information. Interim President .................................................Dr. Jay Gogue the season - unless otherwise specified. Specific Athletic Director ....................................................Allen Greene request should be made at least 24 hours in VIDEO SERVICES advance to ensure availability. Practices are open FTP feeds of selected Auburn softball highlights ATHLETICS COMMUNICATIONS unless otherwise specified. are available for the media. A number of studio and Associate AD/External Relations ................................. Evin Beck satellite services may be arranged for electronic Associate AD/Communications .............................Kirk Sampson Postgame interviews with Coach Dean and media by calling Andrew Aaron at 334-750-7133 or Cell .............................................................. 334-750-1385 requested players will be conducted on the field by emailing [email protected]. Email ...............................................sampska@auburn.edu following a brief cooling-off period. Assistant Director/Softball Contact .......................Taylor Shirey PHOTOGRAPHY Cell .............................................................. 334-750-0710 CREDENTIALS For photos of Auburn softball or Auburn Athletics, Email .................................................trs0010@auburn.edu Media members wishing to cover Auburn softball contact Shanna at 334-332-5750 or via email should contact Taylor Shirey at least 24 hours prior at [email protected]. Credentials to shoot TEAM INFORMATION to each home contest. Only working media will be Auburn softball will be issues to only accredited Letterwinners Returning/Lost ............................................11/8 allowed access to the press and photo areas. photographers on assignment. Photographers may Starters Returning/Lost ........................................................5/7