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Iowa State University Athletics
Cyclones Play At Creighton, Host No. 15 Texas A&M
04.02.2012 | Softball
AMES, Iowa - On Wednesday, the Cyclones (10-22, 0-6 Big 12) will travel to Omaha, Neb. to play a make-up game at Creighton before returning home for a two-day, three-game series with No. 15 Texas A&M on Friday and Saturday.
Iowa State is coming off a series sweep at Texas Tech last weekend that included Sunday's 5-3 eight-inning loss. The Cyclones hit a home run in each of the contests with the Red Raiders after not going deep in the previous four games. Iowa State also collected at least five hits in each game, the first time the team has put together a stretch of three games with five hits since amassing a five-game streak last month.
Sophomore Sara Davison entered the Tech series hitting .191 this season but heated up, going 4-for-9 against the Red Raiders to raise her batting average to .267. Junior Erica Miller also went 4-for-9 against TTU, including a home run in game two. Miller leads the team this season with a .374 batting average, ranked 10th in the Big 12.
Wednesday's game at Creighton is scheduled for a 5 p.m. CST first pitch. Friday, the Cyclones and Aggies will play a doubleheader beginning at 2 p.m. and Saturday's series finale will start at noon.
Cyclone Notebook
- Iowa State will play a make-up game at Creighton on Wednesday before hosting Texas A&M on Friday and Saturday for three games.
- The Cyclones dropped three games at Texas Tech last weekend, falling to 0-6 in the Big 12. The only Iowa State team to lose its first seven league contests was the 2005 squad.
- The 1995 Cyclones opened Big Eight play 0-11, the worst conference start in program history.
- Freshman Amber Ewert drove in her seventh two-out RBI on Sunday, hitting a double to tie the game and send it into extra innings.
- Sunday's game was the second extra-innings affair for the Cyclones this season. Iowa State is 1-1 in such contests, winning 6-2 over Western Illinois on Feb. 12.
- Iowa State ranks third in league play in batting with runners (.299), RISP (.343) and batting with two outs (.255).
- The squad is fourth in batting with the bases loaded (.400), leadoff hitting (.359) and fifth with 10 two-out RBIs this season.
- Entering the TTU series, sophomore Sara Davison was hitting .191 but led the team (along with Erica Miller), with a .444 batting average during the weekend series to raise her overall average to .267,
- Miller, Ewert, Tori Torrescano and Lexi Slater each had two RBIs against the Red Raiders.
- Both Ewert and Slater drove in both their runs with two outs.
- Iowa State had seven at bats with the bases loaded against Tech but, despite hitting .429 (3-for-7) in those at bats, the Cyclones scored 12 runs over the weekend while the Red Raiders, who were 1-for-3 with the bases loaded, scored 30 runs.
- Dalyn Varela and Lexi Slater were the only Cyclones to come to the plate on three or more occasions with runners in scoring position. The duo finished the weekend 1-for-7 (.143) in those at bats.
- Miller and Torrescano carry four game hitting streaks into Wednesday's game at Creighton.
- After not hitting a home run in their previous four games, the Cyclones recorded a home run in each of their games at TTU, including first-ever home runs by Sara Rice and Jorden Smith.
- Miller hit her fifth home run of the season on Saturday, taking sole possession of third place all-time at Iowa State with 23 career home runs. Torrescano is fourth with 22 career four-baggers.
- Iowa State compiled five runs or more in each of the weekend's games. The longest streak of five or more hits in a game this season is five, from March 17-March 24. (Saint Mary's, Santa Clara, Saint Mary's, Texas Gm 1, Texas Gm 2)
- Walks have been hard to come by for the Cyclones in 2012. The team has 12 games of 3-5 walks but only one of those games has come during league play.
- By comparison, opponents have walked 3-6 times in 20 games against the Cyclones, including five of six conference games.
- Texas Tech hit three home runs Friday and four on Sunday, giving Iowa State opponents 14 multi-home run games and 10 games with at least three home runs this season.
- Strikeouts have challenged the Cyclones both at the plate and in the circle this season. Iowa State batters have struck out four or more times a game 23 times and seven or more times in 10 games. The Cyclone pitching staff has fanned 0-2 batters in 16 contests this spring, recording more than four strikeouts 11 times. Only during the second game against Texas did the Cyclones strike out three batters.
- The first four innings have become a results indicator for the Cyclones in 2012. The squad is 8-1 when leading after four but 0-20 when trailing after the first 24 outs have been recorded.
- The Cyclones are 3-7 in their last 10 games but that hasn't slowed Torrescano who is 10-for-25 (.400) during that stretch with four extra-base hits, including a home run, and a team-high eight RBIs and five walks.
- Jorden Smith and Torrescano are the only Cyclones to walk more than once over the course of six Big 12 games this season, each tallying two bases on balls.
- Extra-base hits have been present but not numerous through the first two Big 12 series for Iowa State; the team has at least one extra-base hit in each of its six league games but tallied three such hits in only half.
- Texas and Texas Tech combined for four games with at least five extra-base hits against the Cyclones.
Notble Big 12 Rankings
- Erica Miller is 10th in the league batting .374 this season (Bennett, UT, .433)
- Tori Torrescano is tied for eighth in the league with eight home runs (Chamberlain, OU, 17)
- Lexi Slater and Miller are third in the Big 12 with eight doubles this season (Hall, TTU/Taylor, UT, 9)
- With 29 RBIs this season, Torrescano is eighth in the Big 12 (Chamberlain, OU, 49)
- Torrescano ranks 10th with 61 total bases on the year (Chamberlain, OU, 95)
- The junior is slugging .685 this season, seventh-best in the conference (Chamberlain, OU, .979)
- Iowa State's six home runs against Brown ties with Texas Tech (vs. Midwestern State), for the most by a Big 12 team this season
- The Cyclones' 35 total bases against Brown are tops in the league.
- Together, Iowa State and Texas Tech topped the league last weekend with the most runs scored (26), hits (27), RBIs (23), at bats (62) and assists (32) in a game this season. The first three marks were set during the March 30 game, the other two on April 1.
- Miller is one of three players with a league-best four runs scored in a game. Miller had four runs scored against Brown.
- Slater ranks sixth in assists with 67 on the year (Hall, TTU, 114).
- Miller is seventh in putouts with 221 (Shults, OU, 330)
- In conference action, Iowa State's .244 batting average is fourth.
- Slater (16, 4th) and Dalyn Varela (14, 8th) ranks in the top 10 in assists during league games.
- Iowa State ranks third in league play in batting with runners (.299), RISP (.343) and batting with two outs (.255).
- The squad is fourth in batting with the bases loaded (.400), leadoff hitting (.359) and fifth with 10 two-out RBIs this season.
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.
- 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.
- 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.
- The Bluejays will play a doubleheader at South Dakota State on Tuesday before Wednesday's make-up game with Iowa State.
- The Bluejays have won their last six games, all in the Missouri Valley, for a 17-13 overall mark and 6-3 conference record.
- Allie Mathewson (.396), Ellen Homan (.371) and Amy Baker (.369) are the heavy hitters for Creighton this season.
- Alexis Cantu leads the team in home runs with six and in walks with 29 on the year.
- Quick on the bases, the Bluejays have 41 doubles and eight triples to go along with 22 stolen bases this year, led by Mathewson who has swiped nine bags.
- Becca Changstrom has completed eight games in the circle for Creighton, compiling a 9-7 record, 3.07 ERA and 86 strikeouts in 86.2 innings this year.
Getting to Know No. 15 Texas A&M
- The Aggies are 35-6 all-time against Iowa State entering their final Big 12 series with the Cyclones.
- Last year, A&M swept both games in College Station by the scores of 8-0 and 7-5.
- In the first game last season, Erica Miller recorded the only hit, a single, for Iowa State off pitcher Melissa Dumezich.
- The Aggies scored two runs on wild pitches, one by Rachel Zabriskie, the other by Lauren Kennewell.
- An illegal pitch from Kennewell plated another TAMU run and the reliever walked in a run.
- Game two was all about the home runs as the Aggies tapped Iowa State for three, off the bats of Cassie Tysarczyk, Kelsea Orsak and Rhiannon Kliesing.
- For the Cyclones, Dalyn Varela and Amandine Habben each smashed home runs.
- This season the Aggies are 25-10 and 5-2 in Big 12 play after taking two of three from Oklahoma State last weekend.
- Dumezich is back in the circle for the Aggies this season, throwing 18 complete games, four shutouts, striking out 192 batters and compiling a 17-7 record with a 1.99 ERA.
- Emily Albus leads the team hitting .400, having played in 32 games this season.
- Dumezich (9) and Meagan Mel (8) lead the club in home runs.
- Orsak and Natalie Villarreal have yet to be stopped on the bases, snagging all of the combined 14 bases they've attempted to steal.
- Against Dumezich and her fellow pitchers, including last season's game two winner Lindsey Sisk, opponents are hitting just .196.
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