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Iowa State University Athletics
Cyclones Look for More Return on Performance
03.02.2011 | Softball
AMES, Iowa - The Cyclones softball team hits the road again this weekend. Iowa State will go to Tulsa, Okla. to the Holiday Inn Tulsa-City Center Festival to play Ohio State, host Tulsa, North Dakota and Drake on Friday and Saturday.
Iowa State (9-6) is coming off a trip to Charleston, S.C. where it went 3-2, falling by one run to both Notre Dame and Charleston. Despite picking up both losses last weekend, senior Rachel Zabriskie (4-3, 1 save) was almost lights-out in her four appearances, which included three starts. Zabriskie put up an ERA of 0.67 in the three day span, and, pitching the final two innings of the Cyclones' win over Drexel, struck out five. The staff ace allowed one earned run each against Notre Dame and Charleston but the Cyclones hit their own offensive walls in the games, falling 1-0 and 2-1, respectively.
Walks appear to be the early story of the season for Iowa State, both giving them up and working them at the plate. In their nine wins, the Cyclones have worked opposing pitchers for 52 walks, compared with 12 walks in their six losses. While walking more than three batters in a game has happened only three times this season, three has become the magic number early on. Iowa State is 8-4 when walking three or fewer batters and improves to 5-0 when two or fewer batters reach base on a walk.
Play on Friday begins at 12:15 p.m. CST against Ohio State and continues at 4:45 p.m. against Tulsa. Live stats for all this weekend's game can be found at the tournament central page linked above.
Cyclone Notebook
- The Cyclones travel to Tulsa, Okla. on Friday for the Holiday Inn Tulsa-City Center Festival this weekend.
- Ohio State, Tulsa, North Dakota and in-state rival Drake are the Cyclones' weekend opponents.
- Iowa State improved to 9-6 last weekend with wins over Marist, Liberty and Drexel. The team fell in two one-run games to Notre Dame (receiving votes in both polls) and host Charleston.
- Senior Rachel Zabriskie was the pitcher of record in both Cyclone losses. Zabriskie allowed one earned run in each game as the Cyclones fell 1-0 to the Irish and 2-1 to the hosting Cougars.
- In 21 innings over the weekend, Zabriskie allowed only those runs scored the two losses, boasting a 0.67 ERA as she shutout Liberty and earned her first save of the season against Drexel.
- Throwing the final two innings against the Dragons on Sunday morning, Zabriskie struck out five of the six batters she faced.
- Catcher Amandine Habben recorded the first multi-hit game of her career against Liberty, getting two hits in the contest.
- Freshman Bree Holliday won her second game of the year over Marist, striking out a season-high three batters in the 10-1 route
- Third baseman Erica Miller turned on the power over the weekend, collecting her first triple of her career and her first dinger of the season.
- Miller punished opposing pitchers in S.C., hitting .429 (3-of-7) with runners on base and pushing three runs across with two outs.
- Along with Tori Torrescano, Miller is leading the Cyclones with 15 RBI on the year. Six of Torrescano's RBI have come with two outs.
- The duo has the only ISU players to have more than 30 at bats with runners on base and both are making foes pay. Torrescano is 13-for-34 (.382) when those in front of her reach base and Miller is close behind, putting the ball in play 10 times in 31 at bats, an average of .323.
- Whether reaching base or sacrificing, Miller is stellar in her first full season as a starter. Miller has advanced 20 runners in 34 at bats (.588).
- Six Cyclones with more than 20 opportunities to move runners over have done so at an average of .514 or better. Torrescano (.514), Sara Rice (.545), Miller (.588), Dalyn Varela (.613), Bianca Lopez (.692) and Heidi Kidwell (.708).
- The Cyclone pitchers allowed an average of 1.35 runs per game last weekend.
- Outfielder Carleigh Berry is off to a good start when leading off an inning this year. When Berry is first to bat in an inning, she is hitting .727 (8-for-11). Overall with the bases empty, Berry is batting .556.
- Kidwell is tearing it up with runners in scoring position, leading the team with a .526 average.
- As a team, Iowa State is building a pattern of scoring early and holding leads in the final few innings. The Cyclones are 8-0 when scoring first and when they lead after four innings of play.
- Despite being out-hit by opponents in nine games so far, Iowa State is 8-1 in those situations, thanks in large part to its pitchers who are holding teams to a .263 batting average, including a .209 average with two outs.
Zabriskie Eying 700 K's
• Senior pitcher Rachel Zabriskie is the only Iowa State student-athlete to ever eclipse 600 strikeouts. 13 K's away from 700, Zabriskie is 72 strikeouts away from joining the top 10 Big 12 strikeout leaders in league history.
1. 687 Rachel Zabriskie, 2008-
2. 495 Courtney Dully, 1994-97
3. 486 Alyssa Ransom, 2004-07
4. 438 Suzanne Wedemeier, 1980-82
5. 391 Erica Martinez, 2000-03
6. 350 Mandy Loushin, 1998-00
7. 344 Lori Young, 1984-85
8. 326 Jen Bice, 2000-03
9. 275 Amie Ford, 2006-08
10. 249 Kelli Alberts, 1985-87
Getting to Know Ohio State
- Iowa State leads the all-time series 4-0.
- The Cyclones have not played the Buckeyes since the 1995 season.
- In 1995, Iowa State shut out Ohio State, 1-0, at the Florida State Tournament.
- Entering Friday's contest, the Big Ten foe is 4-11 on the season, including 3-10 at neutral sites.
- Included in the Buckeyes' losses are games with No. 2 UCLA, No. 18 Nebraska, No. 21 Texas A&M, No. 25 BYU and Kentucky and DePaul whom are both receiving votes in the polls.
- Junior shortstop Alicia Herron leads the Buckeyes this season with a .391 BA and is 5-for-5 in stolen bases.
- Despite its 11 losses, six of Ohio State's players are hitting above .300.
- Kasie Kelly heads the pitching staff for OSU, working 42.2 innings and posting a 4.92 ERA.
Getting to Know Tulsa
- Tulsa leads the tight series, 3-2 including the last two meetings, 3-1 and 8-0, both in 2007.
- Part of Conference USA, Tulsa is 10-5 this season, before playing Oklahoma State on Wednesday night.
- Tulsa's losses include to (currently ranked) No. 12 Texas and No. 5 Michigan.
- Outfielder Caitlin Everett is blistering the ball in 15 games this season, hitting .447, the only Golden Hurricane over .400.
- The pitching duo of Aimee Creger and Lacey Middlebrooks has combined to go 9-2 this winter for the Golden Hurricane. Creger boasts a 1.07 ERA while Middlebrooks adds a 1.59 ERA. Both pitcher have thrown over 39 innings.
Getting to Know North Dakota
- This is the first game between Iowa State and North Dakota.
- The Fighting Sioux are members of the Great West Conference.
- North Dakota is 2-7 on the year with losses coming to earlier ISU opponent Texas State, weekend participant Drake and UTEP (three times).
- The Sioux offense is headed by sophomore Kayelee Schoeny who is hitting .440 in seven starts.
- Emma Gronseth and Michelle Frank have recorded North Dakota's two wins this year. Gronseth has pitched 20.2 innings with an ERA of 6.97 and Frank has passed the 14 IP mark with a 8.36 ERA.
Getting to Know Drake
- Iowa State leads the all-time series 66-18.
- No stranger to the Bulldogs, the Cyclones beat their in-state rivals in the 2010 season opener, 5-2, and again at the Razorback Invitational, 2-1, before dropping both games of the home/away in-season series by the scores of 3-2 and 5-2.
- The Missouri Valley team is 6-3 this year heading into a Wednesday game with No. 17 Missouri.
- Nicole Randel is Drake's biggest offensive threat, hitting .474 in seven games with two home runs.
- Strong throughout on offense, Torey Craddock (.444), Jenna DeLong (.440, 3 HR) and Erin Mollohan (.429, 2HR) are also batting above .400.
- A double threat, DeLong has already been named the MVC Pitcher of the Week twice. DeLong has a 4-0 record in which she has thrown 30.2 innings with 41 K's and a 1.60 ERA.
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