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Iowa State University Athletics
Busy Week Against UNI, Creighton, No. 21 Texas A&M
03.28.2011 | Softball
AMES, Iowa - The Iowa State softball team is off and running now that it is at the halfway point of the 2011 season. After opening Big 12 play with a split series with No. 17 Oklahoma State last weekend, the Cyclones (15-9, 1-1 Big 12) travel to Northern Iowa on Wednesday, host a make-up doubleheader against Creighton on Thursday and fly south to take on No. 21 Texas A&M on Saturday and Sunday.
Sophomore designated hitter Tori Torrescano found a groove against the Cowgirls, blasting two home runs during the season, one in each game. Torrescano has five four-baggers on the year, eclipsing her total of three from her freshman campaign.
Since 2009, the Cyclones are 3-1 against Creighton, including a 7-0 shutout at the Cyclone Indoor Invitational earlier this season. The Panthers and Cyclones have split the last two games, with Iowa State walking away with a 6-0 win in 2010.
Last year playing the Aggies at home, Iowa State pushed the 22nd-ranked squad to eight innings in the first game of the two-game series before falling, 4-2. In game two, the Aggies got hot on offense, defeating the home team, 9-1 in six innings.
Wednesday's action gets underway at 4 p.m. in Cedar Falls. On Thursday, game one of the doubleheader with the Bluejays gets underway at 2 p.m. with game two scheduled for 4 p.m. Saturday's game with the Aggies begins at 2 p.m. and Sunday's finale is scheduled for noon. All times CDT.
Cyclone Notebook
- The Cyclones travel to UNI on Wednesday, return home on Thursday for a doubleheader with Creighton before heading south to Texas A&M on Saturday and Sunday.
- Iowa State beat No. 17 Oklahoma State, 4-3, on Saturday for the program's first win over a ranked opponent since beating No. 10 Missouri in Columbia on April 22, 2009.
- The win is the Cyclones' first home win against a ranked opponent since No. 22 Oklahoma came to Ames on April 22, 2006.
- The weekend split with the Cowgirls is only the fourth conference-opening split for Iowa State since 2000. The other seven league-opener series were sweeps with only the 2002 squad earning the sweep win.
- The Cyclones' extended their win-streak to six on Saturday before Sunday's loss.
- Heidi Kidwell (1), Tori Torrescano (4) and Erica Miller (3) each hit home runs on Saturday, the first time since last season against Missouri that three Cyclones have hit a homer in the same game.
- Torrescano hit her second dinger in as many days on Sunday, giving her five on the year, already two better than her total of three as a freshman in 2010.
- Rachel Zabriskie pitched the 77th complete game of her career on Saturday and is one CG shy of the Iowa State record of 78 set by Alyssa Ransom (2004-07).
- Patterns held true for Iowa State over the weekend as the team improved to 9-1 in games when scoring in the first inning. The team is 13-2 when it scores first in a game, regardless of the inning.
- The Cyclone pitchers continued their late-inning strong hold when handed a lead after four innings. The team is 13-0 when leading after four frames.
- Kidwell ranked eighth in the Big 12 this season with a .411 batting average through 24 games.
- Freshman Sara Davison's six-game hitting streak ended on Saturday
- Kidwell has her own six-game hitting streak going after the opening conference weekend.
- Amandine Habben got her first two career conference-play starts against the Cowgirls.
Zabriskie Passes 700 K's
Senior pitcher Rachel Zabriskie is the only Iowa State student-athlete to ever eclipse 700 strikeouts. Zabriskie is 41 strikeouts away from joining the top 10 Big 12 strikeout leaders in league history.
1. 728 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
Watch Kidwell Run
Junior outfielder Heidi Kidwell sits seventh all-time at Iowa State with 26 career stolen bases. In 2011, Kidwell is 12-15 in steals through 24 games and there's a pattern emerging when trying to predict Kidwell's next theft.
SB after leading off an inning: 9-12
SB when not leading off an inning: 3-3
SB with no outs: 9-12
SB with 1 out: 1-1
SB with 2 outs: 2-2
Getting to Know Northern Iowa
- Iowa State is 37-34-1 all-time against UNI, including 4-3 under head coach Stacy Gemeinhardt-Cesler.
- The Cyclones beat the Panthers, 6-0 last season in Cedar Falls.
- UNI is 17-13 this season with a 5-0 record at the Robinson-Dresser Sports Complex.
- Junior Jaye Hutcheson leads all Panthers with a .381 batting average.
- Infielder Courtney Dunker is a home run threat with seven dingers already this season. Unsurprisingly, Dunker also leads the team in walks with 20.
- Pitcher Jamie Fisher holds a 10-4 record through 17 appearances for the Missouri Valley competitors. Opponents are hitting .208 against Fisher, who boasts a 2.11 ERA.
Getting to Know Creighton
- The Cyclones are 26-28-1 against the Bluejays after defeating them 7-0 earlier this year at the Cyclone Indoor Invitational.
- ISU's Tori Torrescano went 3-for-4 in the first meeting between the teams this year with three RBI.
- Zabriskie struck out a season-high 13 batters in the game.
- The Missouri Valley Conference foes are 11-13 this season including 3-6 away from home.
- Three of the Bluejays are hitting over .300 this season. The team is led by Christa Ruf who is hitting .328 with six home runs and 12 walks.
- Pitcher Becca Changstrom is Creighton's leader on the mound. Changstrom is 8-5 in 13 starts with a 1.42 ERA.
- Creighton opponents are avoiding Amy Baker this year. Baker has hit eight home runs and teams have walked her 16 times.
- Baker also leads the team in strikeouts with 20.
- The Bluejays play Nebraska on Wednesday night in Lincoln before traveling to Ames.
Getting to Know No. 21 Texas A&M
- The Aggies hold the series lead over the Cyclones, 33-6.
- Last season, the Cyclones pushed TAMU to extra-innings in game one of the series in College Station before falling, 4-2 (8 inn.) and were defeated 9-1 on day two of the series in six innings.
- TAMU is 28-8 this year including going 13-0 at home heading into the weekend.
- Senior Rhiannon Kliesing is on fire this year, hitting .380 with 13 home runs and walking 26 times.
- Sophomore Meagan May and Kliesing lead the team with 40 RBI each.
- Pitchers Lindsey Sisk and Melissa Dumezich have shut down opponents in 2011. Sisk is tops with a 1.79 ERA while opponents are hitting .187 against Dumezich and have struck out 136 times against her.
- Sisk and Dumezich have recorded five and seven shutouts, respectively.
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