April 28, 2014
| Last Week | Score | Upcoming Schedule | Time (CT) |
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| Missouri State (April 23) |
W, 5-0 |
Creighton, Tue., April 29 |
3 p.m. |
| at No. 3 Florida (April 25) |
W, 5-3 |
Creighton, Tue., April 29 |
5 p.m. |
| at No. 3 Florida (April 26) |
L, 9-4 |
No. 7 Alabama, Thurs., May 1 |
7 p.m. |
| at No. 3 Florida (April 27) |
W, 5-4 |
No. 7 Alabama, Fri., May 2 |
6:30 p.m. |
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No. 7 Alabama, Sat. May 3 |
1 p.m. |
THE LAST WEEK OF MIZZOU SOFTBALL
• No. 15 Mizzou Softball (38-13, 14-7 SEC) kept its run of Southeastern Conference success rolling at No. 3 Florida from Friday, April 25-Sunday, April 27, taking two out of three games from the Gators to win a fifth-straight SEC series.
• Head coach Ehren Earleywine's team won the UF series-opener on Friday, 5-3, behind strong games at the plate from redshirt sophomore OF Taylor Gadbois (3-for-4, two runs scored) and junior 3B/C Angela Randazzo (1-for-3, three RBI, one double). The series was clinched with Tiger long balls on Sunday, with junior IF Corrin Genovese hitting her first career grand slam and freshman P/OF/1B Casey Stangel adding a solo shot in the 5-4 win.
• Mizzou became the first SEC program to win both Player of the Week and Pitcher of the Week honors in the same week this season when Genovese and freshman P Tori Finucane laid claim to the awards. Genovese earned her first career weekly conference honor by batting .462 (6-for-13) to lead the Tigers to a 3-1 week and series win at No. 3 Florida (April 25-27). She continued her strong league performance, hitting 4-for-10 (.400) against the Gators, with her SEC batting average of .466 ranking second-best in the conference. Read the full release of the Tiger duo's SEC honors here.
• Finucane posted a 3-0 record in three complete game performances to improve to 19-5 overall, including her two SEC victories at No. 3 Florida. She limited Mizzou's opponents to just a .181 batting average at the plate in her 21.0 innings of work during the week. She controlled the Gators in the series-opening 5-3 win on Friday, April 25, improving to 7-0 in Friday league starts with a complete game (7.0 IP), four-hit, six-strikeout outing. She then struck out 10 in the series finale on Sunday, April 27, a 5-4 victory for Mizzou, to earn her 10th victory in conference play.
• Mizzou has won 12 of its last 15 SEC games to run its league record to 14-7, which is currently tied for second in the stout softball conference. Alabama, who the Tigers host at University Field this week, sits atop the standings with a 17-4 mark. Tennessee also sports a 14-7 conference record. Three SEC wins would help Mizzou match Alabama in the final regular season standings.
• Strong weeks were also had by redshirt sophomore SS/C Sami Fagan (4-for-9), sophomore 2B/OF Emily Crane (5-for-13) and Gadbois (5-for-14). Both Crane and Fagan recorded two two-hit games at Florida, while Gadbois went off for her 3-for-4 hitting performance in the series-opener (April 25).
• Genovese and Randazzo helped lead the way at the plate in Mizzou's 5-0 shutout of in-state foe Missouri State on April 23. Both Tigers hit 2-for-3, with Randazzo also recording two RBI and scoring two runs with a triple and home run. Finucane pitched the midweek game for the Tigers, allowing just three hits in the complete game (7.0 IP) with five strikeouts.
NOTES:
• Batted .462 (6-for-13) to lead No. 15 Mizzou to a 3-1 week and series win at No. 3 Florida (April 25-27), including the first grand slam of her career to help the Tigers clinch the Florida series on Sunday, April 27.
• Helped lead Mizzou at the plate (4-for-10) en route to its fifth-straight SEC series win.
• Recorded a hit in all four games of the week with two multi-hit games, batting 2-for-3 vs. Missouri State (April 23) and 2-for-3 with her grand slam in the Florida series finale.
• Posted team highs for Mizzou in hits (6), RBI (6) and total bases (10) during the week of action, along with an impressive .500 on-base percentage.
• Continued her strong league performance with a 4-for-10 series at No. 3 Florida, moving her SEC batting average to .466, second-best in the conference.
• Closed out the Florida series win batting 2-for-3 on Sunday, April 27, her 10th multi-hit conference game of the season, which is tied for the team-lead.
NOTES:
• Went 3-0 in three complete game performances to improve to 19-5 overall, including two SEC victories at No. 3 Florida to help No. 15 Mizzou claim its fifth-straight conference series win.
• Limited Mizzou's opponents to just a .181 batting average at the plate in her 21.0 innings of work during the week.
• Controlled the Gators in the series-opening 5-3 win on Friday, April 25, improving to 7-0 in Friday league starts with a complete game (7.0 IP), four-hit, six-strikeout outing.
• Pitched through adversity to earn the series-clinching win (7.0 IP) at UF on Sunday, April 27, striking out 10 batters and getting Florida out in all four of its opportunities with bases loaded, stranding 10 Gators on the bases overall in the win.
• Picked up her sixth complete game shutout of the season with her 7.0-inning, three-hit performance in the 5-0 win vs. Missouri State (April 23), striking out five and walking just one batter.
