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WARM UPS...
Griffon Softball navigated through the land of the four seasons at the Spring Sports Complex going 5-3 in games played last week. Last Wednesday the Griffs split a doubleheader with #20 Winona State falling in game one 2-1 while winning the nightcap 4-0. Offensively,
Tiffany Gillaspy drove in three of the four Griffon runs while
Jackie Bishop continued her dominance in the circle striking out six. In the opening round of the MWSU Softball Invitational on Friday, after an opening game defeat to Northern State 3-2, the team responded in a big way to run rule St. Cloud State 10-0 as
Brooke Schaben drove in four runs with Bishop tossing her third no-hitter of the season. On Saturday the Griffs picked up two big wins defeating Wayne State 4-3 and #5 Augustana 6-0. Schaben continued her hot hitting homering and driving in two in game one, while in game two solid pitching by Bishop and a grand slam home run to seal the game in the bottom of the sixth by freshman
Morgan Rathmann enabled the Griffons to beat the nationally ranked Vikings. On the tournaments final day, the Griffs knocked off Concordia-St. Paul 7-2 with
Janie Smith going the distance for the victory and in game two the Griffs lost a great pitchers dual 1-0 to Minnesota State as the teams mustered just three hits between them.
For her performance last week,
Jackie Bishop was named the MIAA Pitcher of the Week.
The Griffons are now 19-13 overall and have a week to recoup before returning to MIAA play this weekend at home. Action begins Saturday at 12 PM in a doubleheader against Pittsburg State and then Missouri Southern will be here on Sunday with first pitch set for 1 PM.
KNOW THE OPPONENTS...
Pittsburg State Team Info
Series since 2002: MWSU leads 17-11, Home: 6-4, Road: 10-4, Neutral: 1-3
The Gorillas are 15-13 overall after going 2-4 last weekend at the Missouri Western Invitational and falling 9-1 against Missouri-St. Louis. The Gorillas hit .313 as a team. They have hit 36 doubles, six triples and 36 home runs on the season.
Pitt State is led by Tiffany Brown and McKenzie Rynard who are both hitting over .400 for the season. Brown leads with a .459 batting average, 33 runs scored, 16 home runs and 44 RBI. Rynard hits .451 a team-leading eight doubles and adds 28 RBI. Brenna George is just under .400 with a .376 batting average. She is second on the team in runs scored with 30.
The Pitt State pitchers have a 3.25 ERA as a group. Sam Grove has pitched the majority of the innings and earned a 2.23 ERA and an 8-5 record in 91.0 innings pitched. Haleigh Sills and Kylie Harpst shared the remainder of the innings, each has just over a 4.00 ERA. Sills is 4-4 on the season in 56.1 innings. Harpst has a 3-3 records in 30.2 innings. Sills and Grove lead the team in strikeouts with 36.
Missouri Southern Team Info
Series with MSSU since 2002: MWSU leads 25-7 - Home: 7-3 - Road: 10-3 - Neutral: 8-1
The Lions are 10-20 overall after going 2-4 last weekend at the Missouri Western Invitational. The Lions hit .271 as a team. They have hit 42 doubles, five triples and 21 home runs on the season.
Missouri Southern is led by Dawn Grass and Jessica Castoe who are both hitting over .300 for the season. Grass leads with a .366 batting average with 34 hits and four home runs. Castoe hits .306 with nine runs and three doubles. Chloe Brown leads the way with home runs with 7.
The Missouri Southern pitchers have a 4.65 ERA as a group. Haley Kinnison has pitched the majority of the innings and earned a 3.82 ERA and an 6-9 record in 80.2 innings pitched. Sarah Williams and Shelby Mitchell and shared most of the remainder of the innings, each has just over a 5.00 ERA. Williams is 3-6 on the season in 71.1 innings. Mitchell has a 1-5 records in 40.0 innings. Kinninson leads the team in strikeouts with 55.
ABOUT THE GRIFFONS...
The Griffons are 19-13 overall after going 4-2 last weekend at the Missouri Western Invitational. The Griffons hit .278 as a team. They have hit 34 doubles, three triples and 28 home runs on the season.
The Griffons have five players hitting over .300 on the season with
Tiffany Gillaspy leading the charge with 34 hits, 22 runs scored, six home runs, 20 RBI and 58 total bases.
Bre Fleschner is hitting .319 with 22 runs scored, seven doubles and 30 hits whiel
Brooke Schaben is hitting .304 with 17 RBI.
Katie Klosterman and
Morgan Rathmann are hitting .303 with both hitting their first home runs of their career last week. Rathmann leads the team with 11 stolen bases.
The Missouri Western pitchers have a 1.94 ERA as a group.
Jackie Bishop has thrown three no hitters this season which included her first perfect game in a 10-0 victory last weekend against St. Cloud State. Bishop has 12-6 record with a 0.91 ERA. She has eight shutouts on the season with 149 strikeouts in 131.1 innings.
Janie Smith is 7-7 with a 3.53 ERA. She has two shutouts and nine complete games. She has thrown 85.1 innings for the Griffons.
GRIFF NOTES...
• #1
Kat Steponovich --Is hitting .274 with a team high 19 RBI. She has a hit in three of her last four game and has four home runs...also leads the team with 205 putouts from behind the plate.
• #2
Brooke Schaben -- Has gotten her hitting stroke back getting her average to .304...she has a hit in eight of her last 10 games and has hit two home runs in the last week...is second on the team with 17 RBI.
• #3
Jackie Bishop --
Jackie Bishop Missouri Western's all-time leader in victories with 82 is 12-6 on the season and threw her 4th career no-hitter in an 10-0 victory over St. Cloud State last weekend. She was named the MIAA Atroturf/Pitcher of the Week for her performance. She is also the Griffons all-time leader in strikeouts with 835 career strikeouts.
• #4
Katie Klosterman -- Klosterman is a freshman from Omaha, Neb. where she played her high school softball at Millard West HS. She has played in 13 games with 10 starts...she is hitting .303 with 10 hits, five runs scored, three doubles and one home run.
• #5
Morgan Rathmann - Rathmann a freshman from Neosho, Mo. has played and started all 32 games in center field. She is hitting .303 with 23 hits and 15 runs scored. She has also stolen 11 bases.
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Sydney Washington - Washington is a freshman from Columbia, Mo. and has played and started all 24 games in left field. Washington is hitting .270 with 17 hits and ten runs scored. She has two doubles, four home runs and 13 RBI. She has also stolen six bases.
• #7
Michelle Stevenson -- Has started all 32 games at second base...is hitting .191 with 18 hits. Six of her hits have been for extra bases as she has hit 3 doubles, 2 triples and a home runs. She has 10 RBI and is third on the team with three stolen bases.
• #8
Kristin Lange -- A freshman from Elkhorn, Neb. played her high school softball at Elkhorn HS...she has played in four games with four at bats.
• #9
Megan Korgie -- A freshman from Omaha, Neb. played her high school softball at Ralston HS...has played in two game with two at bats.
• #10
Sydney McCune -- A senior from Des Moines Area Community College..,she hit her first homer of her career against Northern State University last season...has played in one game with one at bat.
• #11
Tiffany Gillaspy -- Has stared all 32 games at first base..leads the team with a .337 average...has 34 hits, 22 runs scored and 20 RBIs...has six home runs and 188 putouts.
• #12
Taylor Anding -- Has started all 32 games with 24 hits and .273 batting average...has 12 runs scored, 3 home runs with 10 RBIs...has 46 putouts, 49 assists.
• #13
Taylor Schaben -- A freshman from Portsmouth, Iowa...has played in nine games with one stolen base and one at bat...also the Griffons third pitcher.
• #14
Bre Fleschner -- Has started all 32 games in right or left field...is hitting .319 with 30 hits, 7 doubles and 11 RBI...Hit her first homer of the season against Northwest Missouri State...went 8-for-8 against Northern State in a doubleheader last season...has a hit in nine of her last 11 games but zero in her last two games.
• #15
Kailey Green -- Freshman from Kearney, Mo. who has played in 21 games with 19 starts. She has 11 RBI which includes four against Illinois-Springfield. She had three hits in that contest as well.
• #17
Shelby Elliott -- A freshman from Platte City, Mo...has played in 17 games scoring six runs while pinch running.
• #18
Janie Smith -- Has pitched in 15 games with 10 starts...sits at 7-7 on the season with a 3.53 ERA...she has two shutouts with 39 K's...she is hitting .200 with eight hits which included her first home run of her career against Illinois-Springfield and her second against Washbrun.
UP NEXT...
The Griffons are back in action on Friday, April 4 with an MIAA home contest against the Fort Hays State Tigers. The double header will start at 4 pm from the MWSU SB Field at the Spring Sports Complex.
