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Iowa State University Athletics
Texas State, Purdue Up Next for 5-1 Cyclones
02.16.2011 | Softball
AMES, Iowa - The Iowa State softball team (5-1, 0-0 Big 12) heads south this weekend to San Marcos, Texas where it will play against host Texas State and Purdue in the CenturyLink Classic.
The Cyclones hope to continue their hot hitting from last weekend's Cyclone Indoor Invitational when they hit a Big 12 leading .423 with 69 hits in 163 at bats. Outfielder Bianca Lopez led all Cyclone hitters, batting .692 on the weekend and drawing a league-best nine walks.
Senior starting pitcher Rachel Zabriskie picked up where she left off in 2010, striking out at least one batter swinging in each of her first 11 innings, spanning two games. For the weekend, Zabriskie had a swinging strikeout in 12 of her 14 innings pitched while picking up her 12 career shutout over Western Illinois and earning wins 54 and 55.
Friday's game against the Texas State Bobcats starts at 6 p.m. CST at Bobcat Field on the Texas State University campus.
Weekend Coverage
Cyclone Notebook
- The Cyclones opened 2011 one a five-game winning streak after facing Creighton, Western Illinois South Dakota State and Valparaiso at the Cyclone Indoor Invitational.
- The team will travel to San Marcos, Texas this weekend to face Purdue and Texas State in the CenturyLink Classic, hosted by Texas State.
- Iowa State's only loss of the weekend came in the tournament finale against Valparaiso as the Crusaders defeated the Cyclones 11-2 in five innings.
- Four of the Cyclones' six games over the weekend went only five innings. Iowa State run-ruled Western Illinois (twice) and South Dakota State before losing in five to Valpo.
- Pitching ace Rachel Zabriskie picked up wins 54 and 55 of her career, pitching complete games against Creighton and Valparaiso.
- Zabriskie's 7-0 shutout win over the Bluejays was her 12th career shutout, moving her to seventh on the all-time shutouts list at Iowa State.
- Junior centerfielder Heidi Kidwell led off all six Iowa State games by reaching base (four singles, one walk, one error) and subsequently stealing second.
- Kidwell's 11 steal attempts last weekend are five short of her single-season high in attempts of 16 which she had in 2010. Overall, Kidwell finished 7-for-11 in steal attempts, collecting her seventh steal in the third inning in Iowa State's first game against Valpo on Sunday.
- Junior Bianca Lopez blistered the ball for the Cyclones in the opening weekend, going 9-for-13 (.692) with nine RBI, nine walks and 11 total bases. Lopez added a stolen base for good measure.
- After the first weekend of play, Lopez leads the Big 12 in batting average (.692), on-base percentage (.818) and walks (nine).
- Kidwell is tops in the conference in hits (13), runs (11) and stolen bases (seven).
- After six games, four Cyclones are hitting at or above the .500 mark: Dalyn Varela (.500), Tori Torrescano (.524), Kidwell (.591) and Lopez (.692).
- In their five wins last weekend, the Cyclones outscored their opponents 60-7.
- Kidwell's seven steals moves her up to second all-time at ISU with 40 steals, just eight off the record of 48 set by Adi Blackman (2000-03).
- Iowa State leads the Big 12 in batting average, hitting .423 after its first six games. Texas is second with a .421 mark.
- Freshman pitcher Bree Holliday posted a 0.91 ERA over 7.2 innings of work last weekend, picking up her first collegiate win in a one-run complete game over Western Illinois and pitching two scoreless innings against Valparaiso.
- After hitting three homeruns a year ago, Torrescano hit two homeruns in her first five games of 2011.
- Zabriskie and Torrescano were two of the four Big 12 starters to throw shutouts on opening weekend.
- Iowa State scored first in all five of its wins, putting runs on the board in the first inning of four games.
- Cyclone pitchers held opponents to a .206 BA with runners on base last weekend and .200 with two outs.
- Zabriskie recorded a swinging strikeout in each of her first 11 innings of work last weekend and 12 of her 14 total innings in her two complete games.
Getting to Know Texas State
- Texas State leads the all-time series 2-1-1.
- The Cyclones and Bobcats last met in 2006 at the Crowne Plaza Classic in Houston, Texas. Iowa State won 4-3.
- Texas State is 2-3 heading into the weekend's games after splitting games with Southern Utah and UC Davis last weekend and losing to No. 8 Hawai'i.
- Freshman Jordan Masek leads the Bobcats with a .462 BA after the first five games.
- Pitcher Chandler Hall compiled a 0.42 ERA last weekend despite going 1-2 in her three appearances.
- Texas State has five players hitting .300 or better after the first weekend of play.
- As a team, the Bobcats are hitting .224 and holding opponents to a .163 average.
- Texas State was the Southland Conference champion last year, compiling a 27-26 overall and 20-10 SLC record.
Getting to Know Purdue
- Purdue leads the all-time series 3-2.
- Last year, Iowa State defeated the Boilermakers in eight innings at the Marriott Houston Invitational in Houston, Texas, 3-2.
- Purdue is 2-2 with wins over Louisiana Tech and Bowling Green and losses to No. 16 LSU.
- Shortstop Molly Garst returns in 2011 after hitting .391 a year ago for Purdue.
- Freshman Andie Varsho is off to a quick start for the Boilermakers this year, hitting .545 on 6-of-11 hitting in the first four games.
- Boilermaker ace Suzie Rzegocki has appeared in all four of Purdue's games this season, starting three. Rzegocki is 2-1 with a 2.02 ERA.
- Purdue recorded a .500 season in 2010, with a 27-27 overall record, finishing sixth in the Big Ten with an 8-10 record.
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