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March 07, 2023 | Softball
| Ball State (8-7; 0-0 MAC) at East Tenneessee State (March 8) / Liberty Flames Classic (March 9-12) | |
| Games 16 at ETSU (3-12) | Wednesday, March 8 at 2 p.m. Live Stats |
| Games 17 at ETSU | Wednesday, March 8 at 4 p.m. Live Stats |
| Game 18 at Liberty (9-9) | Thursday, March 9 at 5 p.m. Live Stats | ESPN+ |
| Game 19 vs. Sacred Heart (5-5) | Friday, March 10 at 2:30 p.m. Live Stats |
| Game 20 vs. Sacred Heart | Friday, March 10 at 4:30 p.m. Live Stats |
| Game 21 vs. Maryland (15-4) | Saturday, March 11 at 10Â a.m. Live Stats |
| Game 22 vs. Fairfield (3-5) | Sunday, March 12 at 10Â a.m. Live Stats |
| Tickets Info | Free Admission |
| Notes | Ball State | ETSU | Liberty | Sacred Heart | Maryland | Fairfield |
| Social Media | Twitter  |  Instagram |
» THIS WEEK IN BALL STATE SOFTBALL: The Ball State softball team returns to action Wednesday when it visits East Tennessee State for a 2 p.m. doubleheader ... From there, the Cardinals travel to Lynchburg, Virginia, to participate in the Liberty Flames Classic ... With wet weather in the forecast, the schedule has already been adjusted with Ball State now playing the host Flames at 5 p.m. Thursday ... BSU will face Sacred Heart in a Friday doubleheader starting at 2:30 p.m. ... The Cardinals closes the event with 10 a.m. games versus Maryland Saturday and Fairfield Sunday.
» A QUICK LOOK AT THE CARDINALS: Ball State enters the week with an 8-7 record after going 3-2 at last weekend's Bulldog Classic hosted by then-No. 16 Georgia ... Over the course of the tournament, Ball State swept two games versus Stetson, topped Samford, and lost a pair of contests to the host Bulldogs ... In Friday's 14-8 loss to Georgia, the Cardinals snapped UGA's 40-inning shutout streak and scored more runs than any school against the Bulldogs so far this season ... Ball State currently boast two of the nations' top hitters with senior Haley Wynn ranking 20th among all NCAA Division I batters with a .490 average, while redshirt sophomore McKayla Timmons is 40th with her .459 mark ... In the circle, sophomore Angelina Russo is second in the Mid-American Conference and 112th nationally with her 1.62 ERA.
» THE OVERALL RECORD: Ball State enters the Bulldog Classic with a 1129-1123-4 (.501) overall record dating back to the 1975 season ... The Cardinals have tallied 30-or-more wins in 16 seasons, most recently a 37-18 mark under current head coach Lacy Schurr in 2021 ... Of the 16 seasons with 30-or-more wins, 11 have come in the past 15 seasons.
» ABOUT THIS WEEKEND'S OPPONENTS:
- ETSU enters Wednesday's doubleheader with a 3-12 overall record, with its last game being a 5-4 loss to Appalachian State in its home opener Feb. 28.
- Liberty enters a Tuesday night game versus Virginia with a 9-9 overall record, with six of the losses coming versus Top 17 teams, including one-run setbacks to No. 1 Oklahoma and No. 2 UCLA.
- Sacred Heart is 5-5 on the year with its last game being an 11-3 (6) win at Gardner-Webb (March 5) ... The Pioneers have also played Bellarmine twice, opening the season with a 9-4 win (Feb. 17) before suffering a 13-2 (6) loss (Feb. 18) to the Knights.
-Maryland enters the weekend with a 15-4 record and received votes in the latest ESPN.com/USA Softball Collegiate Top 25 poll ... So far this season, the Terps have knocked off then-No. 22 Oregon 7-3 in its season opener (Feb. 9) and then-No. 3 Oklahoma State, 11-6 on Feb. 12.
- Fairfield enters the weekend with a 3-5 record and losses in its last five games ... The Stags have also played Stetson twice this season with a 2-1 win (Feb. 17) and a 3-0 loss (Feb. 18.)
BALL STATE NEWS & NOTES:
» GONE WITH THE WYNN: Senior infielder Haley Wynn opened the year with a bang, smashing a solo home run to center field for Ball State's first hit of the 2023 season in the team's 5-3 victory over Samford (Feb. 17) last Friday ... She went on to add a single in the fifth inning and led off the seventh inning with a triple to fall a double shy of the cycle.
» MORE ON WYNN: Haley Wynn has only picked up speed after her season-opening performance, as she currently leads the squad and is 20th nationally with a .490 batting average ... She has reached base safely in all 15 games for the Cardinals and is on a career-best 11 game hitting streak ... Wynn also leads the squad with 15 runs scored, with her 1.00 runs-per-game average ranking 43rd nationally.
» DRIVING THEM HOME: Amaia Daniel enters the week with a team-leading 14 RBI ... With her final of four RBIs in Ball State's 14-4 (6) victory over Bellarmine (Feb. 25), Daniel became just the 16th player in program history to reach 100 career RBI ... The moment came on a bases loaded sacrifice fly in the top of the sixth inning to make the score 12-4 ... She is currently tied for 14th in program history with 103 career RBI and needs four more to reach 13th.
» MORE ON DANIEL: Amaia Daniel, who has reached base safely in 12 of Ball State's 15 games this season, enters Wednesdays's doubleheader at ETSU ranked 10th in program history with a .416 career on base percentage ... She is also 14th in career runs scored (101), tied for 15th in career doubles (33), and 18th in career home runs (14) ... On defense, she has helped turn 39 career double plays, which is the third-most in program history.
» SPEAKING OF DOUBLE PLAYS: Ball State's defense has registered six double plays over its first three weekends and currently ranks second in the MAC and 50th nationally with a 0.40 double plays-per-game average ... First baseman Samantha-Jo Mata has had a hand in five double plays, while Amaia Daniel at shortstop has factored in four and Haley Wynn at second base has combined in three.
» ON THE BASE PATHS: Ball State picked up right where it left off last season, stealing a total of 18 bases over the first 15 games of the season ... The Cardinals currently rank 98th nationally, and second in the MAC, with a 1.20 steals-per-game average ... Junior Remington Ross leads the way, going a perfect 5-for-5 in stolen base attempts ... With the mark, Ross remains first in program history with a .964 (27-for-28) stolen base percentage ... In addition, her 27 career stolen bases are 20th in program history.
» NEAR PERFECTION: Sophomore pitcher Angelina Russo, who threw the first perfect game in program history last season, added to her lore in the 10-1 (5) victory over Lindenwood (Feb. 19), collecting just the 18th recorded no-hitter in program history dating back to the 1980 season ... The 2022 MAC Freshman Pitcher of the Year and a MAC All-Freshman Team selection, Russo retired 15 of the 17 batters she faced against the Lions with a walk and an error being the lone blemishes ... She also struck out three batters on her way to her second win of the weekend.
» WELCOME BACK MCKAYLA: After missing the last 18 games of the 2022 season due to injury, minus a pair of pinch running appearances in the Akron series, redshirt sophomore McKayla Timmons has reached base safely in 13 games for the Cardinals this season ... In fact, she ranks second on the team and 40th nationally with a .459 batting average, while having smashed a pair of two-run home runs ... Timmons, who blasted four home runs in her debut season in 2022, enters the week ranked fourth among active Ball State players with six career home runs.
» WELCOME TO THE #BALLSTATESB BOMB SQUAD: Redshirt freshman McKenna Mulholland made sure her first collegiate hit was a memorable one, as she blasted a solo home run in her first collegiate at bat to open the bottom of the second inning in the 10-1 (5) win over Lindenwood (Feb. 19) ... Sophomore Kaitlyn Gibson added her first collegiate round tripper in the 14-8 setback at No. 16 Georgia (March 3) ... Overall, nine active Cardinals have at least one career home run heading into Wednesday's twinbill at ETSU.
» TRIPLE THREAT: Ball State enters the week ranked 27th nationally with a 0.33 triples-per-game average ... McKenna Mulholland and Haley Wynn each have a pair of triples this season, while McKayla Timmons has one ... Ball State is currently the only team in the MAC to have multiple players with more than one triple.
» FIRST BALL STATE WINS: Freshman Bridie Murphy and redshirt junior transfer Alyssa Stramaglia each earned their first Ball State pitching wins at the Velvet Milkman Invitational ... Murphy's came in the 10-2 (5) victory over Bellarmine (Feb. 24), as she limited the Knights to four hits and two runs over 5.0 innings ... She also struck out a career-high seven batters ... Stramaglia earned her first BSU victory in the 14-4 (6) win over Bellarmine the following day, limiting the Knights to four hits and four runs over 6.0 innings with four strikeouts ... In two seasons pitching at Triton College, Stramaglia boasted a 44-7 record.
