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Softball Welcomes Toledo For Weekend Series
April 06, 2023 | Softball
| Ball State (16-17; 6-5 MAC) hosts Toledo (11-18; 4-7 MAC) | |
| Game 34 hosts Toledo | Friday, April 7 at 3 p.m. Live Stats |  Watch |
| Game 35 hosts Toledo | Saturday, April 8 at 1 p.m. Live Stats |  Watch |
| Game 36 hosts Toledo | Saturday, April 8 at 3 p.m. Live Stats |  Watch |
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» THIS WEEK IN BALL STATE SOFTBALL: The Ball State softball team returns home this weekend for a three-game series versus Toledo ... The Cardinals and Rockets will play a 3 p.m. single game Friday and a 1 p.m. doubleheader Saturday at the Softball Field at First Merchants Ballpark Complex.
» A QUICK LOOK AT THE CARDINALS: Ball State enters the weekend with a 16-17 (6-5 MAC) record after suffering a 10-2 (6) loss at Notre Dame Tuesday night ... Despite the setback, the Cardinals still boast two of the nations' top 70 batters with senior Haley Wynn ranking 60th among all NCAA Division I players with a .408 average, while senior Amaia Daniel is 69th with her .406 mark ... As a team, the Cardinals rank 67th nationally with a .291 average ... In the circle, sophomore Angelina Russo leads the Ball State pitching staff with her 2.80 ERA and .226 batting average against.
» THE OVERALL RECORD: Ball State enters the week with a 1137-1133-4 (.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 TOLEDO:
- Toledo enters Friday's game with an 11-18 (4-7 MAC) record after being swept at home by Akron last weekend ... The Rockets dropped the series opener 10-6 on Saturday, while losing both ends of Sunday's doubleheader by scores of 8-2 and 3-2.
- Riley Mohr and Jenna Kroll are tied for the team lead with .361 batting averages ... Kroll leads the squad with 18 RBI and five home runs, while Mohr is second on the team with 16 RBI and has a team-best five doubles.
- Erin Hunt leads the Rockets pitching staff with a 2.64 ERA and a .195 average against ... Over 108.2 innings of work, Hunt has struck out 99 batters and allowed just 41 earned runs ... She owns an 8-10 record, including four complete game shutouts.
- The Cardinals hold a 64-50-1 lead in the all-time series after taking two of three meetings last season in Toledo ... The Rockets won the opener by as score of 11-0 (5) on April 15, while Ball State took both ends of an April 16 twinbill by scores of 10-2 and 9-5 ... Ball State holds a 30-22 lead in games played in Muncie, including a 5-4 (8) win in the last contest played at the Softball Field at First Merchants Ballpark Complex on May 2, 2021.
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) ... Since then, she has added five more home runs to rank second on the squad with six so far this season ... Of those five home runs, four came in back-to-back two home run games starting with 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).
» MORE ON WYNN: Haley Wynn has only picked up speed after her season-opening performance, as she currently ranks third in the Mid-American Conference and 60th nationally with a .406 batting average ... She has reached base safely in 29 of Ball State's 33 games, including a career-best 12 game hitting streak ... Wynn also leads the squad with 30 runs scored, with her 0.91 runs-per-game average ranking second in the MAC and 65th nationally.
» DRIVING THEM HOME: Senior shortstop Amaia Daniel enters the weekend with 22 RBI so far this season ... 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 sixth inning to make the score 12-4 ... She is currently 13th in program history with 111 career RBI and needs three more to reach 12th.
» MORE ON DANIEL: Amaia Daniel, who has reached base safely in 29 of Ball State's 33 games this season, enters the weekend ranked ninth in program history with a .425 career on base percentage ... She is also 11th in career runs scored (114), tied for 11th in career doubles (38), and 16th in career home runs (16) ... On defense, she has helped turn 43 career double plays, which is the second-most in program history.
» SPEAKING OF DOUBLE PLAYS: Ball State's defense has registered 12 double plays over its first 33 games of the season and currently ranks second in the MAC and 63rd nationally with a 0.36 double plays-per-game average ... Junior infielder Samantha-Jo Mata has had a hand in 10 double plays, while Amaia Daniel at shortstop has factored in eight.
» ON THE BASE PATHS: Ball State picked up right where it left off last season, stealing a total of 37 bases over the first 33 games of the season ... The Cardinals currently rank fourth in the MAC and 112th nationally with a 1.15 steals-per-game average ... Junior outfielder Remington Ross leads the way, going a perfect 10-for-10 in stolen base attempts ... With the mark, Ross remains first in program history with a .970 (32-for-33) stolen base percentage ... In addition, her 32 career stolen bases are 18th 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 ... Russo enters the weekend with a team-low 2.80 ERA, including a 1.70 ERA in league play ... She has allowed just one earned run in her last five outings.
» 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 catcher/infielder McKayla Timmons has reached base safely in 23 of the 31 games she has played for the Cardinals this season ... In fact, she ranks third on the team with a .329 batting average and leads the squad with 30 RBI ... She has also smashed seven home runs this season, including a walk-off blast to cap the CMU series ... Timmons, who smashed four home runs in her debut season in 2022, enters the weekend ranked third among active Ball State players with 11 career home runs.
» WELCOME TO THE #BALLSTATESB BOMB SQUAD: Redshirt freshman utility player 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 infielder 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 the Ohio series.
» TRIPLE THREAT: After collecting three more triples in the NIU series, Ball State enters the weekend ranked 45th nationally with a 0.27 triples-per-game average ... McKenna Mulholland and Haley Wynn lead the team with three triples apiece, while McKayla Timmons, Kaitlyn Mathews, and Remington Ross each have one ... Overall, the Cardinals rank third in the MAC with nine triples, trailing only Northern Illinois (14) and Ohio (12).
» DOUBLING UP: The Cardinals are even better when it comes to doubles, ranking third in the MAC and 39th nationally with a 1.48 doubles-per-game average ... Senior catcher/infielder Jazmyne Armendariz is tied for third in the MAC with nine doubles, while Amaia Daniel and Haley Wynn are tied for 12th with seven apiece ... BSU has 49 doubles on the year, with at least one double in 25 games, including a season-high six versus Sacred Heart (March 10).
