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Iowa State University Athletics
Friday, April 23
Ames, Iowa
4:00 PM
Iowa State
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Baylor
Cyclones To Battle Baylor In Final Home Series
04.22.2021 | Softball
AMES, Iowa - The Iowa State softball team resumes Big 12 play this weekend with a three-game home series vs. Baylor at the Cyclone Sports Complex. The Cyclones and Lady Bears open the series on Friday at 4 p.m. Sunday's game will be senior day for Logan Schaben and Sami Williams.
Admission will be open to the general public, with masks required at all times while inside the Cyclone Sports Complex. All three games of this weekend's series will be broadcast on Big 12 Now on ESPN+.
vs. Baylor
Where: Ames, Iowa – Cyclone Sports Complex
When: April 23-25
Watch: Big 12 Now on ESPN+
Live Stats: Available here
Series Schedule
Friday – vs. Baylor at 4 p.m. CT
Saturday – vs. Baylor at 1 p.m. CT
Sunday – vs. Baylor at 12 p.m. CT
FROM THE NOTEBOOK
-Iowa State is 15-41 all-time vs. Baylor. The Cyclones earned their first-ever three-game sweep of BU in 2019 in Waco.
-Last time out, the Cyclones bested North Dakota State, 10-4, on Saturday in Fargo. ISU tied a season high with three homers.
-With 118 win during their Cyclone careers, the duo of Sami Williams and Logan Schaben are already set to depart as Iowa State's winningest senior class since 1989.
-Iowa State has hit 48 home runs this season - matching the single-season school record set in 2019. The program's single-season home run record has been set in each of Jamie Pinkerton's three complete seasons as Iowa State's head coach (2018 - 45, 2019 - 48, 2021 - 48).
-Iowa State has piled up 61 stolen bases this season, ranking No. 1 in the Big 12, No. 6 among Power 5 programs and No. 26 nationally. Milaysia Ochoa has 15 stolen bases, ranking No. 12 nationally among NCAA freshmen.
-Sami Williams has 16 home runs on the season, ranking No. 8 nationally, and two shy of breaking the single-season school record of 17 she set in 2019.
-As a team, Iowa State is T-No. 8 nationally in doubles with 63 on the season.
-Williams holds ISU's all-time records for hits (311), doubles (77), home runs (62), RBI (172), runs scored (195), games played (240) and at-bats (793).
-Iowa State boasts two of the top 30 doubles hitters in the nation this season in Sami Williams (T-No. 10 - 13) and Mikayla Ramos (T-No. 28 - 11).
-Sophomore pitcher Ellie Spelhaug has already recorded three saves - T-No. 18 nationally.
- Williams continues to ascend among the NCAA's all-time doubles leaders. Williams is now No. 5 in NCAA DI history with 77 career doubles. She is the nation's active leader and ranks first in Big 12 history in the category.
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