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Iowa State University Athletics
Four Games Ahead For Cyclones At FAU Tournament
03.20.2013 | Softball
BOCA RATON, Fla. – The Cyclones (12-14, 0-0 Big 12) will play four games March 22-23 at the FAU Parents' Tournament hosted by Florida Atlantic in Boca Raton, Fla. Iowa State is wrapping up a 10-day, 10-game trip through the state of Florida.
During the two day tournament, the Cyclones will play two teams, Dartmouth and Elon, for the first time. Iowa State and FAU have played five games in previous years and Iowa State won the only other meeting with Bethune-Cookman.
The Cyclones are coming off a 10-inning loss on Tuesday at Florida Gulf Coast in which Iowa State rallied to tie the game in the seventh inning, sending the contest into extra frames. The Eagles finally broke through for the win with a home run in the 10th.
Erica Miller and Jorden Spendlove each hit home runs in the loss; Spendlove's three run shot came with two outs in the third inning and, at the end of the night, Iowa State had 51 two-out RBI on the season.
The sophomore Spendlove is putting together a strong second season at Iowa State, hitting .325 with 22 RBI but has made her run quietly, as foes focus on the power hitting duo of Miller and Tori Torrescano. Spendlove is second on the team with 10 two-out RBI and has driving in multiple runs in a game seven times this season.
Dartmouth is the only opponent for the weekend that has a winning record this season, going 8-5 in its first 13 games. Elon is 10-11 overall and counts a win at No. 8 Georgia as its best win of the season. Bethune-Cookman is 4-24 this season, losing 12 of its last 13 games and the hosting Owls are 16-18, owing their wins to small ball success rather than power hitting as the team has hit a combined nine home runs this season.
Iowa State gets the weekend started Friday morning at 9 a.m. CST against Dartmouth before facing Bethune-Cookman at 11:15 a.m.
Cyclone Notebook
• Iowa State makes its final stop on its 10-day Florida trip this weekend with four games scheduled at the FAU Parents' Weekend Tournament, hosted by Florida Atlantic, March 22-23.
• Tuesday's loss was back-and-forth from the get-go, with the teams knotting the score four times and trading leads five times.
• Iowa State drove in four runs with two outs against FGCU. On the year, the team has 51 RBI, accounting for 37 percent of its RBI.
• Tori Torrescano leads the team with 13 two-out RBIs in 2013 and Jorden Spendlove is second with 10, including three on her Tuesday night home run.
• Erica Miller has joined Torrescano as the only two Cyclones in program history to reach 30 home runs. Miller has 31 career dingers, Torrescano leads the program with 37.
• 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).
• Spendlove continues her quiet run of success this season, hitting .325 this season and driving in 22 runs, third-most on the team behind Miller and Torrescano who each have 25 RBI.
• 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 is 11-3 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 2-8 when their opponents score in the first frame, including their loss to FGCU, who got a first inning home run on Tuesday.
• 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 .348 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 fourth in fielding with a .972 percentage.
• Tori Torrescano is tied for third in the league with nine home runs this season and is ninth with a slugging percentage of .761.
• Sarah Hawryluk is one of six players with more than one triple this season and tied for third in the league with two.
• Freshman Brittany Gomez ranks fourth with 16 stolen bases on the year and Hawryluk has also cracked the top 10, coming in 10th with eight steals.
• Torrescano's 17 walks are the ninth-most in the league.
• Jorden Spendlove is seventh with nine doubles.
• Tori Torrescano is among the top-10 pitchers in the league in innings pitched (91.2, 5th), appearances (19, T5th), starts (13, 6th) and complete games (7, 7th).
Scouting Dartmouth
• Friday is the first meeting between Dartmouth and Iowa State
• Dartmouth has played just 13 games this season, going 8-5. The Big Green will play games on Tuesday and Wednesday before facing Iowa State on Friday morning.
• Two of Dartmouth's players are hitting above .400 in the early season: Hillary Hubert (.436) and Morgan Wharton (.417).
• Hubert leads the team with 17 hits and 10 RBI.
• Ace Kristen Rumley is 7-1 on the year with a 1.30 ERA. She has allowed just 10 earned runs and walked 10 batters while compiling 51 strikeouts in 54 innings of work.
Scouting Bethune-Cookman
• Iowa State is 1-0 all-time against Bethune-Cookman, winning by the score of 3-0 in 2006.
• The Wildcats are 4-24 this season, losing 12 of their last 13 games.
• Michelle Smith-Banuelos is the lone Wildcat hitting above .300 this season, with a .342 average. Smith-Banuelos has seven doubles and four home runs on the year.
• Calesha Shelley is tops on the team in stolen bases, stealing 14 in 15 attempts.
• B-CU counts one two pitchers this season and ace Shanel Tolbert is 2-18 with a 5.14 ERA. Tolbert has thrown 17 wild pitches, walked 57 and given up 13 home runs to opponents who are hitting .345 against her this season.
Scouting Elon
• Elon is a first time opponent of the Cyclones
• The Phoenix are 10-11 overall and 1-5 in Southern Conference play this season, counting a win at No. 8 Georgia among their non-conference wins.
• Five players are hitting .300 or better this season, led by Tomeka Watson's .435 average.
• Watson leads the team in average and with 30 hits and 10 home runs but Johanna Spencer has the most RBI, with 24.
• Pitcher Kayla Caruso is 4-5 with a 2.95 ERA this season. Caruso has allowed 24 extra-base hits, including 10 home runs.
• Elon will play a midweek game on Wednesday before making the trip to Boca Raton for the weekend.
Scouting Florida Atlantic
• Florida Atlantic holds a 4-1 series lead over the Cyclones. The last meeting between the teams was in 2004, with FAU winning, 5-0.
• The Owls are 16-18 overall and 5-3 in Sun Belt play this season.
• Carnesha Thompson leads the team with a .347 batting average and Stephanie Call is tops with 21 RBI.
• The club is not known for its power, with no player having more than two home runs for the season and the team totaling nine combined home runs.
• Call is one of FAU's two hurlers, throwing 74 innings and striking out 73 batters on her way to a 2.46 ERA and 13-7 record.
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