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Iowa State University Athletics
Cyclones Play First Midweek Game At FGCU
03.18.2013 | Softball
FORT MYERS, Fla. – Iowa State (12-13, 0-0 Big 12) continues its Florida tour on Tuesday with a midweek game at Florida Gulf Coast, a first-time opponent for the Cyclones.
The Florida sun has acted as a catalyst for freshman Brittany Gomez who hit .667 during last weekend's Tournament at Clearwater. Gomez collected 10 hits, three RBI, four stolen bases, three walks and hit an in-the-park home run in Iowa State's win over Temple.
Tori Torrescano and Erica Miller also hit home runs in the win over the Owls; Torrescano now has nine homers on the year, including two against Liberty in the weekend's first game, and Miller has 30 career home runs, making her one of two Cyclone players to ever reach the 30 long ball mark – Torrescano is the other, sitting on 37 career home runs.
On Tuesday, Iowa State will face an Eagles team on a five-game win streak and offers players who can hit for power and race around the bases. Chelsea Zgrabik is the biggest offensive threat for FGCU, hitting .356 this season with nine doubles, 10 home runs and 43 RBI.
Jessica Barnes, who is hitting .337 and has walked a team-high 14 times this season, is 14-of-15 in stolen base attempts. She and three other Eagles have at least five steals on the year and are a combined 33-for-35 in steal attempts.
Tuesday's game is set for 5 p.m. CST at the FGCU Softball Complex on the university campus.
Cyclone Notebook
• The Cyclones went 2-3 at the Tournament at Clearwater, hosted by South Florida, last weekend and continue their trip through Florida with a midweek game at Florida Gulf Coast on Tuesday.
• On Sunday, the Cyclones downed Temple, 14-3, in six innings and continued their success at the plate with runners in scoring position. The team RISP average this season is .316, led by senior Erica Miller, who is averaging .441 with 15 hits.
• With the win over the Owls on Sunday, Iowa State is now 4-1 on Sundays this season.
• Tori Torrescano added to her home run total over the weekend with three home runs, including two in the Cyclones' win over Liberty. Torrescano's second homer of the game was a walk-off.
• Torrescano's day against the Flames tied career highs with three hits and five RBI in a single game.
• Over the weekend, Torrescano drove in eight runs, the highest on the team.
• Freshman Brittany Gomez counts 16 stolen bases to her name this season, two shy of the Iowa State single season record (Kelsey Kidwell, 2008; Lisa Frank, 2000).
• Gomez led the Cyclones with .667 hitting over the weekend, including a 4-for-4 day at the plate against Valpo. She counted 10 hits, one home run (in the park against Temple), three RBI, four stolen bases and three walks.
• Against Temple, Gomez collected her first multi-RBI game of the season and her fifth game with two stolen bases.
• Junior Sara Davison hit her second home run of the season and the fifth of her career, against Valparaiso.
• Jorden Spendlove continues her quiet run of success this season, going 2-for-3 against both Liberty and Rutgers and driving in two runs against Liberty, and finishing the weekend with 19 RBI on the year.
• The Cyclones are 12-2 this season when tallying at least as many hits as their opponents.
• The team is 11-2 both when its foes score five or fewer runs and when a game is tied or when the Cyclones lead after four innings.
• Keeping opponents from touching home in the first inning is key to Iowa State this season. The Cyclones are 2-7 when their opponents score in the first frame.
• Hally Lenzine had her first multi-hit game of her Cyclone career against Temple on Sunday.
• Torrescano leads the team with 13 two-out RBIs in 2013.
• Over the last two seasons, Iowa State has struggled in pinch hitting situations, hitting .200 in 2012 and .038 in 2011. No player with multiple pinch hit at-bats has hit above .167 in either of those seasons. This season, Iowa State is hitting .364 in pinch hit at-bats and Liana Henry is 5-for-7 (.714) in pinch hitting appearances this season.
Big 12 Notes and Rankings
• The Cyclones are third in fielding with a .974 percentage.
• Tori Torrescano is tied for third in the league with nine home runs this season and is eighth with a slugging percentage of .783.
• Sarah Hawryluk is one of six players with more than one triple this season and tied for second in the league with two.
• Freshman Brittany Gomez ranks fourth with 16 stolen bases on the year.
• Jorden Spendlove is seventh with nine doubles.
• Tori Torrescano is among the top-10 pitchers in the league in innings pitched (82.1, 7th), appearances (18, T6th), starts (12, T8th) and complete games (6, T7th).
Scouting FGCU
• Tuesday is the first meeting between Iowa State and Florida Gulf Coast.
• The Eagles are 20-9 overall and 3-0 in Atlantic Sun play this season and enter Tuesday on a five-game win streak.
• Chelsea Zgrabik (.356), Jessica Barnes (.337) and Kelsey Carpenter (.306) are FGCU's biggest threats at the plate. Zgrabik leads the team with nine doubles, 10 home runs and 43 RBI.
• Barnes is tops on the team with 14 stolen bases. She and three other Eagles have at least five stolen bases and are a combined 33-for-35 in steal attempts on the year.
• Eagles ace Shelby Morgan has logged 82.2 innings in the circle this season, posting a 9-5 record and a 2.71 ERA. Morgan has given up 14 doubles and four home runs this season
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