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Iowa State University Athletics
Cyclones Visit Creighton, Host No. 6 Texas
03.19.2012 | Softball
AMES, Iowa - The Iowa State Cyclones (9-15, 0-0 Big 12) will travel to Omaha, Neb. on Wednesday to play a doubleheader with Creighton (11-11, 2-1 MVC) before returning home for their first conference series of the season against No. 6 Texas (23-2, 2-0 Big 12) this weekend.
The Cyclones head to Creighton on a two game winning streak, having beaten Santa Clara and St. Mary's to close out the 2012 Gaels Classic last weekend. In both wins, Iowa State scored first and led after four innings, both of which have been good indicators of the Cyclones' success this season. Iowa State is 7-0 both with scoring first and leading after four innings. However, when their opponent strikes first, the Cyclones are 2-15 and the team is 0-14 when trailing after the fourth frame.
Iowa State split its games with Creighton in Ames last year and swept the Bluejays 2-1 and 3-1 in Omaha in 2010. This year, the Cyclones will face four Bluejays with more than 10 RBIs on the season on Wednesday. Amy Baker leads the Bluejays with 27 runs driven in, followed by Bri Lingl (17), Allie Mathewson (12) and Liz Dike (11).
The Longhorn pitching staff has allowed just a .159 batting average against it this season in which it has lost to only Florida and California. Sophomore Rachel Fox leads the staff with a 1.07 ERA through 52.1 innings of work and ace Blair Luna has logged 59.1 innings in the circle, compiling a 9-1 record and 171 strikeouts.
Wednesday's first game against the Bluejays is slated for 4 p.m. CST with game two to follow. Friday's weekend-opener with Texas is scheduled for 4 p.m. CST at the Southwest Athletic Complex.
Cyclone Notebook
- Iowa State plays a doubleheader at Creighton on Wednesday. Game one is slated for 4 p.m. CST with game two to follow. This weekend the Cyclones will host No. 6 Texas in the first Big 12 series of the season.
- The Cyclones carry a two-game winning streak into their games at Creighton after defeating Santa Clara and St. Mary's over the weekend.
- The first four innings are telling for Iowa State this season. The squad is a perfect 7-0 when leading after the fourth frame but has yet to win a game, going 0-14, when trailing after four.
- The adage, "the early bird gets the worm" also applies to the Cyclones who are 7-0 when scoring first in a game.
- Leadoff hitters have been solid for the Cyclones, combining for a .444 average this season. The combined average for the six players with at least 14 leadoff at-bats is .449 (44-for-8).
- With runners in scoring position, junior Erica Miller can be looked to for a timely hit. Miller is 9-for-21 (.429) with runners on second and third this season.
- Tori Torrescano and Lexi Slater can be counted on to bring runners home with two outs, compiling 15 and 11 two-out RBIs, respectively.
- Although Sara Davison (.217) has struggled at the plate this season, she has contributed five two-out RBIs, along with part-time starter Amber Ewert.
- In Sunday's 9-3 win over the Gaels, Iowa State collected 11 hits, the first time in five games the team has tallied double-digit hits.
- Saturday against the Broncos, sophomore Taylor Smith pitched her first complete game as a Cyclone, also picking up her first win of the season.
- Infielder Sara Rice started two games last weekend at third base, the first time the sophomore has started this season and the first time in her Iowa State career she has appeared in the hot corner.
- Rice was the only Cyclone to hit safely in all three games last weekend.
- Torrescano drove in four runs against St. Mary's in the weekend finale, including two on her eighth homer of the season. Torrescano now ranks third in Iowa State history with 22 career home runs.
- The junior's four RBIs against the Gaels marks the fourth time this season and the sixth time in Torrescano's history she has pushed four runs across home in a game.
Big 12 Notable Rankings
- Erica Miller ranks ninth with a .397 batting average (Albus, TAMU, .478)
- Tori Torrescano is tied for fifth in the league with eight home runs (Chamberlain, OU, 11)
- Lexi Slater is third in the Big 12 with seven doubles this season, one of five players with seven or more two-baggers (Hall, TTU, 9)
- With 25 RBIs this season, Torrescano is eighth in the Big 12 (Bennett, UT, 37)
- Torrescano also ties for seventh with 54 total bases on the year (Shults, OU, 73)
- The junior is slugging .771 this season, fifth-best in the conference (Shults, OU, .880)
- Iowa State's six home runs against Brown are the most by a Big 12 team this season, as are the Cyclones' 35 total bases in the same game.
- Miller is one of three players with a league-best four runs scored in a game. Miller had four runs scored against Brown.
- Dalyn Varela (51) and Sara Davison (46) rank in the top-10 in assists, coming in sixth and ninth, respectively (Hall, TTU, 101)
Getting to Know Creighton
- Iowa State is 25-29-1 against Creighton and split a doubleheader with the Bluejays last year, winning 7-1 and falling, 9-3.
- The last time Iowa State visited Creighton, the Cyclones lost, 9-7 and 4-1.
- Iowa State's last win in Omaha was a 6-4, 10-inning victory during the 2008 season.
- Creighton is 11-11 this season and 2-1 in the Missouri Valley after a split with Bradley last weekend.
- Four Bluejays have collected more than 10 RBIs this season: Amy Baker (27), Bri Lingl (17), Allie Mathewson (12) and Liz Dike (11).
- Alexis Cantu leads the squad with 21 walks this season.
- Creighton has stolen 14 bases this season, twice that of the Cyclones. Mathewson leads in steals with six.
- Becca Changstrom (5-6) has completed five games in the circle for the Bluejays, throwing 59 innings and compiling a 3.92 ERA with 52 strikeouts.
- Britany Linton has made 11 starts for the Gaels, compiling a 3-5 record through 49 innings. Linton's 5.57 ERA is just slightly better than fellow starter Lemmon's 5.71 ERA.
Last Time Against Creighton
- The Cyclones and Bluejays split a doubleheader on March 31 of last season in Ames.
- Iowa State took game one, 7-1, getting three RBIs from Erica Miller and two from Amandine Habben.
- The Cyclones had 11 hits in their win.
- For Creighton in game one, Ellen Homan had two hits and Amy Baker was responsible for the only Bluejay run, hitting a solo home run.
- Creighton took game two by the score of 9-3, scoring five unearned runs off five Iowa State errors.
- Homan had two more hits but neither scored nor drove in a run in either game.
- MaKenzie Michael had two pinch-hit RBIs for the Bluejays.
- Iowa State's runs came at the hands of Sara Davison, Miller and Dalyn Varela, the latter two hit solo home runs for the home team.
Getting to Know Texas
- The Longhorns hold the 33-1 all-time series lead against Iowa State.
- The Cyclones' lone win against Texas was a 1-0 decision in 2005.
- Texas is 23-2 this season including 2-0 in Big 12 play after sweeping two games with Texas Tech last weekend.
- The Longhorns' only losses have come at the hands of Florida and California.
- Lexy Bennett and Brejae Washington are both hitting over .400 this season for Texas with averages of .471 and .434, respectively.
- Washington leads the league in stolen bases (17), Bennett is tops in RBIs (37) and the duo is tied for the most triples in the conference with three each.
- Bennett also cracks the league top-10 in on base percentage (.539, 2nd) and slugging (.871, 3rd)
- The Longhorns have already stolen 58 bases this season behind Washington (17), Taylor Hoagland (12) and Torie Schmidt (11).
- The Texas pitching staff, consisting of two juniors, one sophomore and one freshman, has a combined ERA of 1.25 and 17 complete games this season.
- Sophomore Rachel Fox has started seven games for the Longhorns and, through 52.1 innings in the circle, held opponents to .168 hitting, allowing just eight earned runs for an ERA of 1.07.
- Junior Blair Luna has logged the most time for the pitching staff, with 59.1 innings while Gabby Smith has fanned a team-high 173 batters.
Last Time Against Texas
- Iowa State traveled to Texas last season, falling 3-0 and 6-1 to the No. 3 Longhorns.
- In the first game, Dalyn Varela and Anna Cole were the only Cyclones to score hits off Texas starter Blair Luna.
- Luna threw all seven innings in the game, allowing two hits, no runs, no walks and striking out 11.
- 2011 senior Amy Hooks tallied all three RBIs for Texas, driving in two on a two-run home run.
- In game two against the Longhorns, Iowa State got hits from Heidi Kidwell, Sara Davison and Erin Johnson, who drove in the Cyclones' only run with a double.
- Six different Longhorns tapped the Cyclones for RBIs in game two.
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