Wednesday, April 11
Toledo, Ohio
5:00 p.m.
Purdue Fort Wayne
at
Toledo
Photo by: Lucas Carter
Softball Ranked 20th in Latest Mid-Major Poll
4/10/2012 1:43:00 PM | Softball
FORT WAYNE, Ind. - The IPFW softball team will put its Mid-Major National ranking on the line on Wednesday, as the 'Dons face off against the Rockets of Toledo. The Mastodons climbed to the No. 20 spot in the Mid-Major Softball Poll released on Monday, earning 24 points, three times the amount they had after last week's poll, which had them 24th.
Game: at Toledo Rockets (10-24, 3-5 Mid-American Conference)
When: Wednesday, April 11, 2012
Where: Toledo, Ohio | Scott Park
Live Stats: Toledo Live Stats
SCOUTING THE ROCKETS
Toledo comes into the mid-week game having lost five of its last six games, with the lone win in that span coming via an 11-9 win at Buffalo.
This season the offense has been paced by Brooke Gates who has a .325 batting average in 83 at-bats, with a team-high 10 doubles and is a perfect 7-of-7 on stolen base attempts. Jilian Spink (.318) and Lindsey Tobias (.309) also sport batting averages over .300 with at least 80 at-bats on the year. Gates, Tobias, and Morgan Smith each have two home runs, while Tobias leads the team with 22 runs batted in and eight stolen bases.
Casi Rohr has been in the pitching circle for the majority of innings for the Rockets, and has a 5-14 record in 104.1 innings of work. She has struck out 65 batters and walked 58, while giving up an average of 5.87 earned runs per game. Amy Newell is 1-2 with a 6.52 ERA, while Alli Beery is 4-8 with a 6.61 ERA. This season all 211 of Toledo's innings in the circle have been pitched by freshman, who have a combined 111 strikeouts and 129 walks allowed.
SCOUTING THE MASTODONS
The Mastodons step out of conference with a 27-9 overall record, and will look to tie the program's all-time win mark this weekend.
The squad is led by sophomore Alex Bousquet who leads the team in batting average (.367), runs (28), total bases (54), slugging percentage (.551), hit by pitches (18), and on-base percentage (.540). Larissa Franklin (.330), Ashleigh Bousquet (.325), and Mackenzie Ritsema (.303) each have a batting average above .300 for players with at least 90 at-bats. Courtney Cronin leads the team with five home runs, while Ashleigh Bousquet has a team- and Summit League-high 34 runs batted in.
Leading the pitching staff has been Cronin, who is 14-2 on the year witha 0.92 ERA and five complete game shutouts. She also leads the team with 96 strikeouts in 113.2 innings of work. Sophomore Megan Flenniken and freshman Miranda Kramer also see time in the pitching staff, as Flenniken leads the pair with a 8-4 record, and a 1.41 ERA. Flenniken also has 66 strikeouts in 74.2 innings of work, while Kramer (5-3, 1.65 ERA) has 57 strikeouts in 55 innings.
NATIONALLY RANKED
Two Mastodons rank inside of the top-10, while the squad's ERA total also is among the National Leaders according to the most recent National Rankings (April 8).
Alex Bousquet, who has been hit by a pitch 18 times this season ranks fourth in hit by pitches per game (0.50), while senior Courtney Cronin ranks fifth in earned run average, at 0.92, as there are seven pitchers across the country with ERA's below 1.00. Miranda Kramer's three saves ranks 12th in the country, while Alex Bousquet's .540 on-base percentage is 17th best. IPFW's 1.24 ERA ranks eighth overall in the country, while the team's won-loss percentage of .750 is 22nd highest.
Toledo's highest individual ranking comes from Brooke Gates, who ranks 48th nationally in doubles per game (0.29), while the team is 96th in stolen bases per game (1.09 per game).
HIGH-MARK WINS
The Mastodons have won 27 games this season, the second-most single-season wins in school history. This season's total is just two away from the school record for wins in a season, 29, set two seasons ago, and one behind last years' 28, and there are 19 games remaining on the schedule this year.
ALL-TIME SERIES
Despite a split in last season's two-game series with the Rockets, Toledo holds a commanding 11-1 all-time lead against IPFW. The teams met four times in 2002 (all Toledo wins), and two more times each in 2003, 2004, and 2005, before last season's split.
LAST YEAR vs. TOLEDO
Last season the teams split their games against each other, with IPFW dominating the opener 17-1, before Toledo earned the split with a 5-1 win in the nightcap.
The opening game saw the Mastodons score at least three runs in all four innings that the squad batted, led by a five-RBI effort from Cassie Wolfe, which included two home runs, while Kristina Karpun drove in four, while Sara Hopwood and Kirsten Rohn each drove in three, Rohn's on a three-run home run in the fourth inning, as IPFW totaled a dozen hits while drawing eight walks in the opener.
The nightcap saw Toledo score one run in the top of the first, and two more in the top of the third, giving the visitors more than enough runs in the win. Pitcher Jen Solanics held the Mastodons to just five hits, while striking out five and picking up the win.
HIT ME WITH YOUR BEST SHOT
Alex Bousquet has been hit by a pitch 18 times in 36 games this season, easily out-distancing the previous single-season and career marks at IPFW. Her total is the third-highest single-season total in Summit League history, while her 21 career hit by pitches ranks in a tie for eighth in league history. To reach inside of the top-20 all-time in NCAA history, Bousquet will need to reach 22 hit-by-pitches. The NCAA record for the statistic is 44, while the Summit League record is 27.
~ Feel the Rumble ~
Game: at Toledo Rockets (10-24, 3-5 Mid-American Conference)
When: Wednesday, April 11, 2012
Where: Toledo, Ohio | Scott Park
Live Stats: Toledo Live Stats
SCOUTING THE ROCKETS
Toledo comes into the mid-week game having lost five of its last six games, with the lone win in that span coming via an 11-9 win at Buffalo.
This season the offense has been paced by Brooke Gates who has a .325 batting average in 83 at-bats, with a team-high 10 doubles and is a perfect 7-of-7 on stolen base attempts. Jilian Spink (.318) and Lindsey Tobias (.309) also sport batting averages over .300 with at least 80 at-bats on the year. Gates, Tobias, and Morgan Smith each have two home runs, while Tobias leads the team with 22 runs batted in and eight stolen bases.
Casi Rohr has been in the pitching circle for the majority of innings for the Rockets, and has a 5-14 record in 104.1 innings of work. She has struck out 65 batters and walked 58, while giving up an average of 5.87 earned runs per game. Amy Newell is 1-2 with a 6.52 ERA, while Alli Beery is 4-8 with a 6.61 ERA. This season all 211 of Toledo's innings in the circle have been pitched by freshman, who have a combined 111 strikeouts and 129 walks allowed.
SCOUTING THE MASTODONS
The Mastodons step out of conference with a 27-9 overall record, and will look to tie the program's all-time win mark this weekend.
The squad is led by sophomore Alex Bousquet who leads the team in batting average (.367), runs (28), total bases (54), slugging percentage (.551), hit by pitches (18), and on-base percentage (.540). Larissa Franklin (.330), Ashleigh Bousquet (.325), and Mackenzie Ritsema (.303) each have a batting average above .300 for players with at least 90 at-bats. Courtney Cronin leads the team with five home runs, while Ashleigh Bousquet has a team- and Summit League-high 34 runs batted in.
Leading the pitching staff has been Cronin, who is 14-2 on the year witha 0.92 ERA and five complete game shutouts. She also leads the team with 96 strikeouts in 113.2 innings of work. Sophomore Megan Flenniken and freshman Miranda Kramer also see time in the pitching staff, as Flenniken leads the pair with a 8-4 record, and a 1.41 ERA. Flenniken also has 66 strikeouts in 74.2 innings of work, while Kramer (5-3, 1.65 ERA) has 57 strikeouts in 55 innings.
NATIONALLY RANKED
Two Mastodons rank inside of the top-10, while the squad's ERA total also is among the National Leaders according to the most recent National Rankings (April 8).
Alex Bousquet, who has been hit by a pitch 18 times this season ranks fourth in hit by pitches per game (0.50), while senior Courtney Cronin ranks fifth in earned run average, at 0.92, as there are seven pitchers across the country with ERA's below 1.00. Miranda Kramer's three saves ranks 12th in the country, while Alex Bousquet's .540 on-base percentage is 17th best. IPFW's 1.24 ERA ranks eighth overall in the country, while the team's won-loss percentage of .750 is 22nd highest.
Toledo's highest individual ranking comes from Brooke Gates, who ranks 48th nationally in doubles per game (0.29), while the team is 96th in stolen bases per game (1.09 per game).
HIGH-MARK WINS
The Mastodons have won 27 games this season, the second-most single-season wins in school history. This season's total is just two away from the school record for wins in a season, 29, set two seasons ago, and one behind last years' 28, and there are 19 games remaining on the schedule this year.
ALL-TIME SERIES
Despite a split in last season's two-game series with the Rockets, Toledo holds a commanding 11-1 all-time lead against IPFW. The teams met four times in 2002 (all Toledo wins), and two more times each in 2003, 2004, and 2005, before last season's split.
LAST YEAR vs. TOLEDO
Last season the teams split their games against each other, with IPFW dominating the opener 17-1, before Toledo earned the split with a 5-1 win in the nightcap.
The opening game saw the Mastodons score at least three runs in all four innings that the squad batted, led by a five-RBI effort from Cassie Wolfe, which included two home runs, while Kristina Karpun drove in four, while Sara Hopwood and Kirsten Rohn each drove in three, Rohn's on a three-run home run in the fourth inning, as IPFW totaled a dozen hits while drawing eight walks in the opener.
The nightcap saw Toledo score one run in the top of the first, and two more in the top of the third, giving the visitors more than enough runs in the win. Pitcher Jen Solanics held the Mastodons to just five hits, while striking out five and picking up the win.
HIT ME WITH YOUR BEST SHOT
Alex Bousquet has been hit by a pitch 18 times in 36 games this season, easily out-distancing the previous single-season and career marks at IPFW. Her total is the third-highest single-season total in Summit League history, while her 21 career hit by pitches ranks in a tie for eighth in league history. To reach inside of the top-20 all-time in NCAA history, Bousquet will need to reach 22 hit-by-pitches. The NCAA record for the statistic is 44, while the Summit League record is 27.
~ Feel the Rumble ~
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