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Softball Heads To Bowling Green For Weekend Series
April 20, 2023 | Softball
| Ball State (21-21; 11-9Â MAC) at Bowling Green (8-30; 1-17 MAC) | |
| Game 43 at Bowling Green | Saturday, April 22 at 1 p.m. Live Stats | Listen |
| Game 44 at Bowling Green | Saturday, April 22 at 3:30 p.m. Live Stats | Listen |
| Game 45 at Bowling Green | Sunday, April 23 at Noon Live Stats | Listen |
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» THIS WEEK IN BALL STATE SOFTBALL: The Ball State softball team is scheduled to return to action Saturday, when it travels to Bowling Green for a 1 p.m. doubleheader at Meserve Field ... The teams are also slated to play a single game Sunday at Noon.
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» A QUICK LOOK AT THE CARDINALS: Ball State enters Friday's contest at BGSU with a 21-21 (11-9 MAC) record after sweeping a three-game home series versus Buffalo last weekend ... The Cardinals swept an April 15 doubleheader by scores of 4-1 and 6-2, before topping the Bulls 11-3 (6) Sunday ... Senior Amaia Daniel leads the Ball State offense and ranks 40th nationally with her .419 batting average and is currently on an 11-game hitting streak ... In the circle, sophomore Angelina Russo leads the Ball State pitching staff with her 2.89 ERA and .222 batting average against over 99.1 innings of work.
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» THE OVERALL RECORD: Ball State enters the weekend with a 1142-1137-4 (.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.
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» ABOUT BOWLING GREEN:
- The Falcons enter the series with an 8-30 (1-17 MAC) record and are currently on a 15-game losing streak ... Last weekend, BGSU was swept by Akron ... The Zips won both ends of a Saturday doubleheader by scores of 10-2 (5) and 7-1, while taking Sunday's contest 11-1 (5).
- Sophie Weber leads the squad in nearly every offensive category with a .314 average, 16 RBI, nine doubles, and three home runs ... Maycee Goldbolt is second on the squad with a .263 average ... As a team, the Falcons are batting just .229 on the year.
- Six different pitchers have seen action in the circle for BGSU this season, with Hannah Davies leading the squad with 84.2 innings of work over 20 appearances ... Davies has a 6.12 ERA and a 1-13 record, with opponents batting .316 off her.
- Bowling Green holds a 54-48 edge in the all-time series, including wins in two of three games last season in Muncie ... The Falcons won the first game of an April 29 twinbill by a score of 2-1 (9), while Ball State took the nightcap 7-2 ... Unfortunately, BGSU added another 2-1 win the next day to win the series ... This weekend's games will mark the first hosted by Bowling Green since the 2018 season, with the Falcons holding a 23-20 edge at home ... BSU did win two of three in its last trip to Meserve Field, splitting a March 23, 2018, doubleheader by scores of 9-0 and 2-4, while earning a 12-0 (5) win the following day.
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BALL STATE NEWS & NOTES:
» WHERE WE STAND: Ball State enters the week ranked sixth in the MAC standings with its .550 (11-9) league winning percentage ... The top four teams earn a berth in the 2023 MAC Tournament which will be hosted by the No. 1 overall seed ... Ohio currently holds the top spot at .700 (14-6), followed by Akron at .650 (13-7), and both Miami and Central Michigan at .647 (11-6) ... Northern Illinois is also currently ahead of the Cardinals at .562 (9-7).
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» CHASING 200: Senior shortstop Amaia Daniel enters the Bowling Green series with 197 career hits and is three shy of becoming just the ninth player in program history to reach 200 career hits ... Over 206 career games, Daniel has tallied 137 singles, 39 doubles, three triples, and 18 home runs ... She is also looking to become the eighth-fastest player in program history to reach 200 career hits, with the fastest being Jennifer Gilbert (2011-14) who did it in 153 games.
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» MORE ON DANIEL: Amaia Daniel, who has reached base safely in 38 of Ball State's 42 games this season, enters the weekend on an 11-game hitting streak which ties her career long ... That has helped her climb to 15th in program history with a .333 career batting average ... Just the 16th Cardinal to record 100 career RBI, currently ranking 12th on BSU's career charts at 117, Daniel is eighth all-time with a .430 on base percentage ... She is also tied for ninth in career doubles (39), 11th in runs scored (122), and 16th in home runs (18) ... On defense, she has helped turn 46 career double plays, which is the second-most in program history.
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» SPEAKING OF DOUBLE PLAYS: Ball State's defense has registered 19 double plays over its first 42 games of the season and currently ranks second in the MAC and 21st nationally with a 0.45 double plays-per-game average ... Junior infielder Samantha-Jo Mata has had a hand in 12 double plays, while Amaia Daniel at shortstop has factored in 11.
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» 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) ... Since then, she has added seven more home runs and is second on the team with eight on the year ... Of those seven additional home runs, four came in back-to-back two home run games starting with a three-run blast and solo homer in the 15-9 victory over Kent State (March 17) and followed by a pair of solo shots in the 8-4 victory over Central Michigan (March 25).
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» MORE ON WYNN: Haley Wynn enters the BGSU series as one of the most prolific batters in program history ranking 13th on Ball State's career charts with a .335 career average, including her .386 mark this season ... She is also 13th all-time in slugging percentage (.533) and 14th in on base percentage (.411) ... In addition, her 124 career runs score are 10th in program history, while her 0.88 runs per game average this season is second in the MAC and 80th nationally.
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» ON THE BASE PATHS: Ball State picked up right where it left off last season, stealing a total of 55 bases over the first 42 games of the season ... The Cardinals currently rank third in the MAC and 77th nationally with a 1.33 steals-per-game average ... Junior outfielder Remington Ross leads the way, going a perfect 18-for-18 in stolen base attempts ... With the mark, Ross remains first in program history with a .976 (40-for-41) stolen base percentage ... In addition, her 40 career stolen bases are tied for 12th in program history.
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» NEAR PERFECTION: Sophomore pitcher Angelina Russo, who threw the first perfect game in program history versus Western Michigan last season, added to her lore in the 10-1 (5) victory over Lindenwood (Feb. 19), collecting just the 18th recorded no-hitter for the Cardinals 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 in the contest.
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» ANOTHER NO-NO: Ball State registered the 19th recorded no-hitter in last Sunday's win over Buffalo as sophomore Angelina Russo and freshman Bridie Murphy combined to hold the Bulls hitless in the 11-3 (6) victory ... Russo threw the first 4.0 innings, allowing no hits and striking out five batters ... Murphy followed by retiring six of the seven batters she faced with a pair of strikeouts ... The lone base runner came on a two-run error ... The effort marked just the fourth combined no-hitter in program history … The last combined no-hitter was thrown May 5, 2019, when Aeshia Miles (3.0) and Darcie Huber (2.0) combined for a 10-0 (5) win versus Oakland.
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» THE MURPHY FACTOR: Bridie Murphy was nearly perfect in the circle over her two appearances versus the Bulls last weekend, retiring 15 of the 16 batters she faced, with an error being the only blemish … She finished the weekend with a 0.00 ERA over 5.0 innings and registered seven strikeouts ... She was also credited with her first career save in Saturday's 6-2 victory over the Bulls in which she retired all nine batters she faced.
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» DOUBLING UP: The Cardinals rank second in the MAC and 21st nationally with a 1.55 doubles-per-game average ... Senior catcher/infielder Jazmyne Armendariz is tied for second in the MAC with 11 doubles, while redshirt sophomore utility player McKenna Mulholland is tied for eighth with nine ... BSU has 65 doubles on the year, with at least one double in 32 games, including a season-high six versus Sacred Heart (March 10).
