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South Dakota State University Athletics
Warmer temps and Centenary await Jackrabbits
3/31/2009 1:00:00 AM | Softball
South Dakota State leaves the snow and cold in Brookings this weekend for a weekend series against Centenary in Shreveport, La., where show and cold should not be a problem, as the weather calls for sunshine and temps in the 72-79 degree range.
The Jackrabbits did not battle any snow last weekend when they hosted Southern Utah in the earliest-ever home softball games in SDSU history, but they did battle the cold.
Friday's single game started with temps hovering around 32 degrees, and the Jackrabbit offense came out cold in a 1-0 loss. The wether warmed-up a few degrees for Saturday's doubleheader and SDSU played much better on offense, but six errors sent the Jacks to a 5-4 loss. Things finally started clicking for the Jacks in Game 2, as they earned a split on the day with a convincing 8-0, five inning win.
SDSU returns home on Tuesday, weather permitting, to host North Dakota in a doubleheader in Brookings at 3 p.m., and then returns to league play next weekend with a three game series against IPFW. The series starts with a double header on Friday, followed by a single game on Saturday.
JACKRABBIT SOFTBALL STADIUM ? Located just north of Coughlin Alumni Stadium, the Jackrabbits played their first game in Jackrabbit Softball Stadium on April 20, 2007, and finished their first season on the new field with a 5-6 record.
An unusually wet spring limited the Jacks to just one doubleheader in 2008, a split with Iowa State on the final day of the season, giving the Jackrabbits a 6-7 all-time record on its relatively new field.
POSTMAS ?STEAL' THE SHOW ? Senior Brooke Postma stole 14 bases in 14 attempts in 2006, followed that up with an SDSU single-season record 27-for-28 effort in 2007 and then stole 17 more bases in 2008 for an SDSU career record of 58. Brooke enters the week with three steals in 2009 for a career total of 61.
Senior Brittany Postma stole ten bases in 2007, 25 in 2007 and ten more in 2008 for a career total or 45 heading into the 2009 season, good for fifth all-time. Her six steals this season gives her 49 for her career, good for second all-time, trailing only her twin sister.
EVANS WALKS INTO THE RECORD BOOK ? Senior Stacey Evans continues to climb the SDSU all-time charts for walks. She started the season out of the top-10, but enter's the week with 11 walks on the season, 58 for her career, good for fifth all-time and one short of fourth place. Stacey Warner holds the SDSU record with 71 free passes from 1995-98.
MARSTON IN CAREER TOP 10s ? Senior Jenna Marston entered her final year at SDSU ranked in the top-10 in eight different career-pitching categories and on pace to finish first all-time in four of them.
The only Jackrabbit pitcher to start more than 100 games, Marston ranks first all-time at SDSU with 101 starts and with 128 appearances. She enters the week ranked second all-time with 71 complete games, one shy of the record and 26.2 innings shy of taking over the top spot in innings pitched. She also ranks third all-time with ten shutouts, two shy of tying the record and ranked fourth on the all-time strikeout list with 383.
TRANSITION OVER ? The NCAA Division I Management Council Administrative Committee, acting on behalf of the DI Management Council, announced in late June that South Dakota State University met the requirements to become an active member of NCAA Division I, starting at the beginning of the 2008-09 academic year.
Previously a member of Division II, SDSU Successfully completed the five-year process of moving its athletic programs to comply with Division I membership requirements. Those requirements include compliance with Division I rules for the final four years, meeting minimum financial aid and contest scheduling limits, engaging in a rules compliance review and successfully complete the athletics certification process.
SDSU officials submitted an extensive self-study to the NCAA in the spring of 2007 and a peer-review team completed the study during a campus visit in October 2007.
The Ladies, who host Nicholls State on Wednesday, enter the week with a 21-12 overall record, 4-3 in The Summit League, after splitting a doubleheader with Western Illinois last Friday in Macomb, Ill. Weather claimed the third and final game of the series with the Westerwinds.
Lindsey Smith leads the Ladies offense with a .356 batting average, with ten homeruns and with 29 RBI, she also enters the series with nine doubles and a team-high .731 slugging percentage. Caitlin Vacarra enters the week with a .320 batting average with a team-high ten doubles. Allison Shepperd bats .293 and ranks second on the team with five homeruns, with 16 RBI and with a .520 slugging percentage.
Hillary Phillips leads the Centenary pitching staff with a 1.71 ERA to go along with her 10-4-1 record in 22 appearances, 14 starts. She also leads the team with four shutouts and with 85 strikeouts.
Jessica Bock leads the Ladies with 11 wins to go along with her six losses and one save over 23 appearances, 17 starts. Bocks can also lay claim to three of the Ladies seven shutouts.
The Series vs. Centenary ? The Jackrabbits lead the all-time series 2-1, after taking two games of a three games series last year in a relocated home series in Omaha.
SDSU ended the Ladies school record 14-game winning streak in sweeping a doubleheader, but dropped the series finale in an eight-inning slugfest that saw Ashley Durazo and Brittany Postma hit their first-career homeruns in the same inning.
The Jackrabbits enter the series with Centenary after dropping two games in a three game series to Southern Utah last weekend, but they did win the series finale in a convincing 8-0, five inning game.
SDSU played the earliest softball home opener in school history on a chilly Friday afternoon at Jackrabbit Softball Stadium, but came out cold in a 1-0 loss to Southern Utah.
Southern Utah's Kristina Brooks gave up just one infield hit to Brooke Postma in the sixth and got just one run of support on an Aly Daniels solo shot to get the 1-0 win.
The two teams combined for ten errors in Game 1 on Saturday, six by the Jacks and four by the T-Birds, which led to a combined total of just three earned runs as SUU took the second game of the series 5-4.
SDSU got back-to-back homeruns from Ashley Durazo and Dani Broshar and a walk-off double from Greta Stroh in the second game of Saturday's doubleheader with Southern Utah to help lead the Jacks to an 8-0, five inning, Game 2 win, a split on the day and avoid the series sweep.
Ashley Durazo continues to lead Jacks offense with a .386 batting average, with seven doubles and with 17 RBI. Brittany Postma ranks second on the team with a .317 batting average and leads the team with two triples.
Pam Nicholson leads the Jackrabbit pitching staff with a 5.11 ERA over 72.2 innings in 14 games. Nicholson also leads the team with 50 strikeouts. Jenna Marston enters the week with a 6.13 ERA over 83.1 innings in 17 appearances and leads the team with two shutouts.
The Jackrabbits did not battle any snow last weekend when they hosted Southern Utah in the earliest-ever home softball games in SDSU history, but they did battle the cold.
Friday's single game started with temps hovering around 32 degrees, and the Jackrabbit offense came out cold in a 1-0 loss. The wether warmed-up a few degrees for Saturday's doubleheader and SDSU played much better on offense, but six errors sent the Jacks to a 5-4 loss. Things finally started clicking for the Jacks in Game 2, as they earned a split on the day with a convincing 8-0, five inning win.
SDSU returns home on Tuesday, weather permitting, to host North Dakota in a doubleheader in Brookings at 3 p.m., and then returns to league play next weekend with a three game series against IPFW. The series starts with a double header on Friday, followed by a single game on Saturday.
JACKRABBIT SOFTBALL STADIUM ? Located just north of Coughlin Alumni Stadium, the Jackrabbits played their first game in Jackrabbit Softball Stadium on April 20, 2007, and finished their first season on the new field with a 5-6 record.
An unusually wet spring limited the Jacks to just one doubleheader in 2008, a split with Iowa State on the final day of the season, giving the Jackrabbits a 6-7 all-time record on its relatively new field.
POSTMAS ?STEAL' THE SHOW ? Senior Brooke Postma stole 14 bases in 14 attempts in 2006, followed that up with an SDSU single-season record 27-for-28 effort in 2007 and then stole 17 more bases in 2008 for an SDSU career record of 58. Brooke enters the week with three steals in 2009 for a career total of 61.
Senior Brittany Postma stole ten bases in 2007, 25 in 2007 and ten more in 2008 for a career total or 45 heading into the 2009 season, good for fifth all-time. Her six steals this season gives her 49 for her career, good for second all-time, trailing only her twin sister.
EVANS WALKS INTO THE RECORD BOOK ? Senior Stacey Evans continues to climb the SDSU all-time charts for walks. She started the season out of the top-10, but enter's the week with 11 walks on the season, 58 for her career, good for fifth all-time and one short of fourth place. Stacey Warner holds the SDSU record with 71 free passes from 1995-98.
MARSTON IN CAREER TOP 10s ? Senior Jenna Marston entered her final year at SDSU ranked in the top-10 in eight different career-pitching categories and on pace to finish first all-time in four of them.
The only Jackrabbit pitcher to start more than 100 games, Marston ranks first all-time at SDSU with 101 starts and with 128 appearances. She enters the week ranked second all-time with 71 complete games, one shy of the record and 26.2 innings shy of taking over the top spot in innings pitched. She also ranks third all-time with ten shutouts, two shy of tying the record and ranked fourth on the all-time strikeout list with 383.
TRANSITION OVER ? The NCAA Division I Management Council Administrative Committee, acting on behalf of the DI Management Council, announced in late June that South Dakota State University met the requirements to become an active member of NCAA Division I, starting at the beginning of the 2008-09 academic year.
Previously a member of Division II, SDSU Successfully completed the five-year process of moving its athletic programs to comply with Division I membership requirements. Those requirements include compliance with Division I rules for the final four years, meeting minimum financial aid and contest scheduling limits, engaging in a rules compliance review and successfully complete the athletics certification process.
SDSU officials submitted an extensive self-study to the NCAA in the spring of 2007 and a peer-review team completed the study during a campus visit in October 2007.
Centenary Ladies (21-12, 4-3 Summit, 9-5 Home)
The Ladies, who host Nicholls State on Wednesday, enter the week with a 21-12 overall record, 4-3 in The Summit League, after splitting a doubleheader with Western Illinois last Friday in Macomb, Ill. Weather claimed the third and final game of the series with the Westerwinds.
Lindsey Smith leads the Ladies offense with a .356 batting average, with ten homeruns and with 29 RBI, she also enters the series with nine doubles and a team-high .731 slugging percentage. Caitlin Vacarra enters the week with a .320 batting average with a team-high ten doubles. Allison Shepperd bats .293 and ranks second on the team with five homeruns, with 16 RBI and with a .520 slugging percentage.
Hillary Phillips leads the Centenary pitching staff with a 1.71 ERA to go along with her 10-4-1 record in 22 appearances, 14 starts. She also leads the team with four shutouts and with 85 strikeouts.
Jessica Bock leads the Ladies with 11 wins to go along with her six losses and one save over 23 appearances, 17 starts. Bocks can also lay claim to three of the Ladies seven shutouts.
The Series vs. Centenary ? The Jackrabbits lead the all-time series 2-1, after taking two games of a three games series last year in a relocated home series in Omaha.
SDSU ended the Ladies school record 14-game winning streak in sweeping a doubleheader, but dropped the series finale in an eight-inning slugfest that saw Ashley Durazo and Brittany Postma hit their first-career homeruns in the same inning.
South Dakota State Jackrabbits (7-24, 4-2 Summit, 3-8 Away)
The Jackrabbits enter the series with Centenary after dropping two games in a three game series to Southern Utah last weekend, but they did win the series finale in a convincing 8-0, five inning game.
SDSU played the earliest softball home opener in school history on a chilly Friday afternoon at Jackrabbit Softball Stadium, but came out cold in a 1-0 loss to Southern Utah.
Southern Utah's Kristina Brooks gave up just one infield hit to Brooke Postma in the sixth and got just one run of support on an Aly Daniels solo shot to get the 1-0 win.
The two teams combined for ten errors in Game 1 on Saturday, six by the Jacks and four by the T-Birds, which led to a combined total of just three earned runs as SUU took the second game of the series 5-4.
SDSU got back-to-back homeruns from Ashley Durazo and Dani Broshar and a walk-off double from Greta Stroh in the second game of Saturday's doubleheader with Southern Utah to help lead the Jacks to an 8-0, five inning, Game 2 win, a split on the day and avoid the series sweep.
Ashley Durazo continues to lead Jacks offense with a .386 batting average, with seven doubles and with 17 RBI. Brittany Postma ranks second on the team with a .317 batting average and leads the team with two triples.
Pam Nicholson leads the Jackrabbit pitching staff with a 5.11 ERA over 72.2 innings in 14 games. Nicholson also leads the team with 50 strikeouts. Jenna Marston enters the week with a 6.13 ERA over 83.1 innings in 17 appearances and leads the team with two shutouts.
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