Ball State University Athletics
Softball Travels To Miami University
April 11, 2008 | Softball
ABOUT THE GAMES
The Cardinals will travel to Oxford, Ohio to play the Redhawks this weekend . . . Miami OH is currently second in the MAC East, while the Cardinals are second in the MAC West . . . BSU will play Miami at 2 p.m. on Saturday and finish the weekend with a 1 p.m. game on Sunday . . . Miami swept BSU last year 5-0, and 4-2.
ABOUT THE CARDINALS
The Cardinals are currently 26-20 with a 4-4 mark in Mid-American Conference play . . . Alicia Barkley leads the team with a .311 batting average . . . Abby Gross is hitting .301 and leads the team with 38 RBI . . . Lisa Rozanski leads the team in runs scored (25), hit by pitch (11), and stolen bases (23) . . . Elizabeth Milian has been consistent at the plate, and on the mound for BSU . . . Milian has nine doubles, three triples, two home runs and 21 RBI . . . She leads the pitching rotation with an ERA of 2.48 and a record of 13-7.
ABOUT THE REDHAWKS
Miami OH has a 15-17 overall record with a 6-2 mark in the MAC . . . Halle Popson leads the team with a .359 batting average and 10 stolen bases . . . Breanna Robinson has a team-high seven home runs and 32 RBI . . . Alicia Hogl, Sarah Billstrom and Jenna McGivney each have seven doubles and over 10 RBIs . . . Shalise Lugo and Meredith Linch split time on the mound for the Redhawks . . . Lugo owns a 3.98 ERA with an overall record of 5-9 . . . Linch is 10-8 with a 4.08 ERA . . . Linch leads the rotation with 93 strikeouts . . . Ball State leads the all-time series 39-35.
STAR SENIORS
Abby Gross entered her senior season as the career home run leader in Ball State history . . . She also ranks first on the career BSU records list with 113 RBI . . . Gross started the 2008 season with a home run against LSU, Feb. 15 at Tiger Park . . . Gross is hitting .301 with a .466 slugging percentage and 38 RBI this season . . . Amanda Pick has five doubles, three home runs and a batting average of .297 . . . Pick is third on the team with 18 RBI.
FANTASTIC FOUR
Alicia Barkley, Alyssa Collins, Kate Wilczynski and Lisa Rozanski have all made an impact for the Cardinals during thier freshmen season . . . Barkley has started all 46 games at shortstop for BSU . . . Barkley is hitting .311 with six doubles and 14 RBI . . . Collins starts in right field and has a batting average of .270 . . . She has five doubles, one triple and 17 RBI . . . Wilczynski starts at third base for BSU . . . She is hitting .302 with six doubles and 16 RBI . . . Rozanski starts in center field for the Cards . . . Rozanski is hitting .212 and leads the team with 23 stolen bases, and 25 runs scored.
WALK IT OUT
Amanda Pick has been walked 24 times this season . . . She is currently tied for the most walks in one season on the BSU records list . . . Pick has been walked 61 times in her career moving her to third place on the all-time BSU records list . . . Kelli Jeziorski holds the record with 65 walks.
RBI RECORD - GROSS 3 AWAY
Abby Gross leads the team with 38 RBI . . . Gross set the single-season RBI record last year with 41 . . . Look for Gross to set the new record this weekend at Miami OH . . . Gross picked up seven RBIs in two games against IUPUI.
30 WIN SEASON
There have only been five teams in Ball State softball history to win 30 games in a season . . . The last time the Cardinals picked up 30 wins was in 2001 when they finished 32-20 . . . Follow the Cardinals through the last 19 games to see if they will make it to 30 wins!
STEALING THE SHOW - 22 AWAY FROM NEW SCHOOL RECORD
The Cardinals stole a school record 127 bases in 2007 . . . the old record was 98 stolen bases in a single season set by the 1991 team . . . Ball State has 105 stolen bases in 2008 . . . Lisa Rozanski leads the team with 23.
MAC WEST PITCHER OF THE WEEK (Feb. 27 & March 19)
Tiffany Garofano went 1-1 at the Panera Bread Tournament with an ERA of 2.00 . . . She recorded 21 strikeouts and only gave up four runs through 14 innings pitched . . . She recorded a career high 12 strikeouts against St. Francis to lead BSU to a 2-1 victory. (Feb. 27) Garofano went 2-0 at the USF Under Armour Tournament. She shut down Long Island leading the Cardinals to a 1-0 victory. Garofano picked up her other win against Georgia Southern. She had an ERA of 1.00 over the weekend and struck out 11. (March 19)
MAC WEST PLAYER OF THE WEEK (Feb. 27)
Amanda Pick hit .429 with a slugging percentage of 1.000 at the Panera Bread Tournament . . . She had two doubles, two home runs and five RBI helping the Cardinals to a 4-1 record in the tournament . . . Pick hit her first home run of the season against East Tennessee State . . . She also hit a three-run home run against Lipscomb to lead Ball State to a 5-3 victory.
MILIAN ON THE MOUND (PLAYER OF THE WEEK APRIL 1)
Elizabeth Milian is having another fantastic year on the mound for the Cardinals . . . Milian leads the team with an overall record of 13-7 with an ERA of 2.48 . . . Of her 18 starts, she has thrown 16 complete games and also has three saves . . . Milian has thrown a team-high 135 innings and is second on the team with 79 stikeouts.
15-0
Ball State walked away with a 15-0 win against IUPUI in their last game . . . The Cardinals scored 10 runs in the top of the seventh inning off six hits . . . Abby Gross, Alicia Barkley and Allie Pennock each had three hits for the Cardinals.
SEND HER HOME - 27 AWAY FROM SCHOOL RECORD
The Cardinals broke the runs scored record in 2007 with 221 . . . The old record was 214 set by the 1998 team . . . Allie Pennock scored 37 runs last year which placed her second all-time in the single season BSU record books . . . Five Cardinals have scored over 20 runs in 2008 pushing the total to 194 . . . Lisa Rozanski leads the team with 25.
STRIKE THREE, YOUR OUT!
Tiffany Garofano has shut down opponents so far this season . . . Garofano has recorded a team-high 122 strikeouts, and has an ERA of 2.14.
UP NEXT
Ball State will travel to Bloomington, Ind. to face the Hoosiers on April 15, at 4:00 p.m. . . . The Cardinals will host the Purdue Boilermakers on Wednesday, April 16 at the BSU Softball Complex.
