2007 year in review
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The University of Memphis softball program took a step forward in its second year of existence in 2007. The Tigers finished the year with a 36-25 overall record and placed sixth in Conference USA with a 10-12 mark. The U of M won eight of its last 10 games in the season, including six-straight to earn its first trip to the six-team CUSA Championship. At the end of the season, Memphis graduated the program’s first seniors. Six players were honored for their contributions to the infant program and all six went on to earn their college degree. Those finishing their college playing careers in 2007 were Nicki Johnson, Jenna Kubesch, Bridgette McNulty, Christi Morrison, Lindsey Pridgen and Kara Ross. AN IMPROBABLE FINISH To those on the outside, Memphis’ attempt to become one of six Conference USA teams earning a trip to the league’s championship in Orlando, Fla., was over after the Tigers were swept in three games at Marshall in mid April. Memphis needed to win all six of its remaining CUSA games against UAB and UCF to earn a top six finish. One loss would eliminate the team. But Memphis took on a playoff mentality. For six-straight games, the Tigers knew a loss would end its season and a win would keep the team alive. And the team, led by its six seniors, refused to lose. Sweeping UAB and UCF proved to be a difficult task with all of the games decided by a run and five of the six going down as 2-1 games. Two of the games went a Memphis record 11 innings with the Tigers using walk-off hits to earn the victories. Senior pitcher Jenna Kubesch earned five of the six victories and allowed just three runs in 35 and a third innings for a microscopic 0.59 ERA. The Memphis career leader in nearly every pitching category struck out 43 batters, while allowing only 17 hits. After having won the first five games, the Tigers met for one final home game on May 6 with a win advancing the team to Orlando and a loss ending the season. On a day set aside to celebrate the Memphis seniors, the six upper classmen showed they weren’t quite ready to hang up the spikes. Led by the seniors, the U of M earned a 2-1 win and a three-game sweep of UCF. Senior Bridgette McNulty gave Memphis the first run of the game in the sixth inning on a leadoff home run to left field. Her eighth homer of the year began a two-run inning after the Tigers had stranded six base runners in the previous five innings. Senior Kara Ross then put on the eventual
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received a commemorative souvenir ticket. The Tigers began playing in the new facility on March 24 in a three-game series against Houston. In all, Memphis played 18 home games in the stadium in 2007 and finished with a 12-6 record at the new complex. “This is huge for our program,” Thees said. “Having a place close to campus that is as beautiful as this place is wonderful. We’ve got the brick and the blue roofs. Everything about it screams Memphis and first class. Especially for recruiting purposes, having a place like this is going to make this program grow and grow.”
game-winner with her second walk of the game, giving way to senior pinch runner Christi Morrison. Morrison came around to score the winning run on a single by senior Lindsey Pridgen. “I can’t say enough about all my seniors,” said Memphis head coach Windy Thees. “The last few weeks of the season they really stepped up. Whether they got a hit or not, they had great at bats. Whether they made the best pitches in the world or not, they battled. I don’t know if I’ve ever been as proud of a team as I am of this one.” CONFERENCE USA CHAMPIONSHIP As the No. 6 seed in the Conference USA Championship in Orlando, Fla., Memphis faced third seeded Tulsa in the opening game. Tulsa came into the tournament having swept the Tigers in all six previous meetings between the two schools. Senior Jenna Kubesch gave up a leadoff home run in the first inning to give Tulsa an early lead. The dinger would be the only hit Kubesch would give up in the game. Down 1-0 in the seventh inning, the Tigers scored two runs to take the lead for the eventual victory without the benefit of a hit. Brittany Gooch scored from third on a wild pitch to tie the game. Tori Gross then brought in Christi Morrison with the game-winning run on a suicide squeeze bunt. Later that day, Memphis squared off against second seeded East Carolina in another pitching duel. Kubesch retired the first 27-consecutive batters against the Pirates and carried a perfect game into the ninth, but the Tigers failed to score when the opportunities were given, losing 1-0 to ECU in 10 innings. The loss snapped a program record eight-game winning streak. The Tigers were then eliminated from the tournament in another 1-0 game against Marshall. The game marked the 11th consecutive contest decided by a run for Memphis.
MEMPHIS TAKES NO. 7 LSU TO EXTRA INNINGS In the opening weekend of the 2007 season, Memphis began with a 4-1 start at the Easton Tiger Classic in Baton Rouge, La., and earned its way into the tournament championship game against host LSU. The LSU Tigers were ranked No. 7 in the nation and had already beaten Memphis 3-1 earlier that week. But the U of M showed just how far the program had come in the past year and battled the top 10 team into extra innings. The Tigers managed only two hits off LSU hurler Dani Hofer in the nine inning contest, but answered with a run every time LSU scored in regulation. A leadoff homer in the sixth inning gave LSU a 2-1 lead. However, Memphis freshman shortstop Heather Mott tied the game with a solo shot in the bottom of the inning. Memphis threatened to end the game in the bottom of the seventh inning by loading the bases with two outs, but was unable to score and eventually fell 7-2 after allowing five runs in the ninth. SUCCESS IN TENNESSEE Memphis found success in games played against Tennessee schools in 2007. In 14 games with in-state universities, the Tigers went 11-3. In the opening week, Memphis’ senior Jenna Kubesch threw a 1-0 no-hitter against Middle Tennessee at the Easton Tiger Classic in Baton Rouge, La. Memphis would go on to beat Middle Tennessee three times in the season and also earned doubleheader sweeps against Belmont, Lipscomb, UT Martin. The Tigers split doubleheaders with Tennessee State and Austin Peay and fell to No. 1 Tennessee in Knoxville, 4-1, after facing the 2007 USA Softball Collegiate Player of the Year, Monica Abbott.
TIGERS OPEN NEW SOFTBALL STADIUM Memphis officially dedicated its new Tiger Softball Complex on the school’s Park Avenue Campus on Saturday, April 7 before the final contest of a three-game series with Tulsa. University of Memphis President Dr. Shirley C. Raines threw out the ceremonial first pitch to sophomore Kimmi Hayden to officially open the $1.7 million complex in front of a full house. U of M Athletic Director R.C. Johnson and other school administrators were also in attendance, and the first 250 fans
The Tigers celebrate its 2-1 victory against Tulsa to open the C-USA Championship.
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2007 OVERALL STATISTICS RECORD: 36-25 HOME: 19-7 AWAY: 9-13 NEUTRAL: 8-5 C-USA: 10-12 PLAYER ROWAN, LEIGH DOLFO, LEILA HAYDEN, KIMMI MCNULTY, BRIDGETT ROSS, KARA NANCE, MELISSA GOOCH, BRITTANY HINES, LEANDRA PRIDGEN, LINDSEY KELSO, LINDSAY GROSS, TORI -------------SCHNEIDER, SARA STERLING, LYNDSEY MOTT, HEATHER KUBESCH, JENNA MORRISON, CHRISTI JOHNSON, NICKI
AVG GP-GS AB .317 46-20 82 .300 61-61 210 .291 56-54 165 .287 61-60 167 .286 61-59 175 .276 39-19 76 .275 43-33 80 .242 61-61 165 .234 61-61 167 .222 56-50 144 .208 61-61 144 .500 .400 .258 .000 .000 .000
18-0 3-1 10-10 2-0 37-0 1-0
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.265 .231
61-61 1620 61-61 1588
R 8 34 14 34 14 11 15 25 17 29 16
H 26 63 48 48 50 21 22 40 39 32 30
5 1 7 0 9 0
1 2 8 0 0 0
0 1 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 4 0 0 0
0 1 8 1 0 0
1 3 20 0 0 0
.500 .600 .645 .000 .000 .000
0 0 4 0 0 1
0 0 0 0 0 0
0 1 7 1 2 0
239 430 198 367
75 62
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47 34
219 170
650 541
.401 .341
182 115
27 17
310 363
2 5 31 4 3 0
2B 3B HR RBI 6 0 1 12 19 0 11 26 6 0 5 22 14 0 8 32 5 0 5 36 6 0 5 21 0 0 0 5 0 1 0 2 7 0 2 15 8 1 4 21 3 0 2 17
TB 35 115 69 86 70 42 22 42 52 54 39
SLG% BB .427 4 .548 23 .418 9 .515 43 .400 20 .553 7 .275 1 .255 13 .311 13 .375 28 .271 16
HBP 2 2 5 1 1 0 1 7 1 2 5
SO GDP 16 0 45 2 21 1 32 3 21 2 25 0 20 0 21 0 47 1 26 2 25 3
OB% .364 .374 .344 .434 .359 .337 .293 .324 .291 .354 .309
SF 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 1 1 0
SH SB-ATT PO A E 4 1-1 12 0 1 2 5-7 73 70 20 1 2-2 217 16 1 2 4-4 59 164 13 4 1-1 392 20 7 0 0-1 38 6 2 3 6-6 26 2 1 20 10-13 90 4 7 4 4-5 55 7 1 5 0-0 139 20 5 9 4-4 121 98 6
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.500 .400 .333 .000 .000 1.000
0 0 1 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0
14 10
.348 .289
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0-0 0-0 2-2 0-0 0-0 0-0
0 0 22 8 0 8
0 1 22 62 0 34
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39-46 1260 526 69 45-57 1234 477 77
LOB - TEAM (419), OPP (316). DPS TURNED - TEAM (15), OPP (22). IBB - TEAM (5), ROSS, K. 3, KELSO, L. 1, MCNULTY, B. 1, OPP (4). PICKED OFF - MCNULTY, B. 1. (ALL GAMES SORTED BY EARNED RUN AVG) PLAYER KUBESCH, JENNA JOHNSON, NICKI -------------DOLFO, LEILA STERLING, L.
ERA W-L APP GS CG SHO CBO 2.14 24-11 45 33 29 5 0 3.12 12-14 30 27 15 0 0
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2.60 36-25 3.15 25-36
5.25 8.40
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SV IP H R 2 242.1 186 89 1 173.0 174 102 1.1 3.1
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2B 32 29
3B 2 3
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44 35
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HR AB 20 902 13 664 0 1
B/AVG WP HBP BK SFA SHA .206 18 8 0 0 18 .262 5 9 0 7 27
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PB - TEAM (9), KELSO, L. 5, HAYDEN, K. 4, OPP (13). PICKOFFS - TEAM (2), KELSO, L. 2, OPP (1). SBA/ATT - JOHNSON, N. (23-31), KELSO, L. (20-29), HAYDEN, K. (25-28), KUBESCH, J. (22-26). (ALL GAMES SORTED BY FIELDING PCT) PLAYER KUBESCH, JENNA STERLING, LYNDSEY HAYDEN, KIMMI PRIDGEN, LINDSEY ROSS, KARA GROSS, TORI KELSO, LINDSAY GOOCH, BRITTANY MOTT, HEATHER NANCE, MELISSA MCNULTY, BRIDGETT JOHNSON, NICKI HINES, LEANDRA ROWAN, LEIGH DOLFO, LEILA MORRISON, CHRISTI SCHNEIDER, SARA TOTALS OPPONENTS
C 70 1 234 63 419 225 164 29 46 46 236 45 101 13 163 0 0
PO 8 0 217 55 392 121 139 26 22 38 59 8 90 12 73 0 0
A 62 1 16 7 20 98 20 2 22 6 164 34 4 0 70 0 0
E 0 0 1 1 7 6 5 1 2 2 13 3 7 1 20 0 0
FLD% 1.000 1.000 .996 .984 .983 .973 .970 .966 .957 .957 .945 .933 .931 .923 .877 .000 .000
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1260 1234
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Nicki Johnson completed her senior season in 2007 with a 12-14 record and a 3.12 ERA.
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DPS 3 0 0 0 10 5 1 0 3 2 10 0 0 0 4 0 0
SBA 22 0 25 0 0 0 20 0 0 0 0 23 0 0 0 0 0
CSB 4 0 3 0 0 0 9 0 0 0 0 8 0 0 0 0 0
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SBA% .846 .000 .893 .000 .000 .000 .690 .000 .000 .000 .000 .742 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000
PB 0 0 4 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
CI 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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Five of Christi Morrison’s nine runs in 2007 were game winners.
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Bridgette McNulty led the team in walks in 2007 and was second in home runs and slugging.
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AVG GP-GS AB .418 22-21 67 .353 18-9 34 .323 22-21 62 .321 22-22 78 .309 22-22 68 .303 13-13 33 .210 22-22 62 .203 22-22 64 .174 14-4 23 .167 22-22 54 .143 21-20 56 .000 .000
3-0 16-0
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.271 .274
22-22 602 22-22 603
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R 7 5 10 8 3 5 5 6 0 5 9
H 28 12 20 25 21 10 13 13 4 9 8
2B 3B HR RBI 2 0 3 10 1 0 1 3 4 0 2 10 7 0 3 11 1 0 1 9 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 7 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 1 1 0 1 5 1 0 1 5
TB 39 16 30 41 25 10 17 13 6 13 12
SLG% BB .582 2 .471 2 .484 12 .526 9 .368 8 .303 0 .274 3 .203 4 .261 0 .241 6 .214 12
HBP 4 2 1 1 1 1 0 2 0 1 2
SO GDP 10 1 11 0 9 1 16 0 6 1 6 0 22 0 12 0 9 0 13 0 11 1
OB% .459 .421 .434 .398 .390 .324 .242 .271 .174 .262 .310
SF 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
SH SB-ATT PO 1 0-0 92 2 1-1 6 0 1-1 16 0 1-1 33 1 0-0 160 1 1-1 11 1 0-1 14 6 2-2 36 0 0-0 2 5 0-0 44 2 0-0 40
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222 240
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58 49
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LOB - TEAM (170), OPP (120). DPS TURNED - TEAM (5), OPP (7). IBB - TEAM (3), ROSS, K. 2, MCNULTY, B. 1, OPP (4). (ALL GAMES SORTED BY EARNED RUN AVG) PLAYER KUBESCH, JENNA JOHNSON, NICKI -------------STERLING, L.
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IP 96.0 56.1
H 94 66
R 52 46
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2B 19 11
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B/AVG WP HBP BK SFA SHA .250 11 4 0 0 11 .300 1 3 0 4 7
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PB - TEAM (3), HAYDEN, K. 2, KELSO, L. 1, OPP (2). PICKOFFS - TEAM (2), KELSO, L. 2. SBA/ATT - HAYDEN, K. (10-10), KUBESCH, J. (10-10), JOHNSON, N. (57), KELSO, L. (5-7). (ALL GAMES SORTED BY FIELDING PCT) PLAYER HAYDEN, KIMMI KUBESCH, JENNA GOOCH, BRITTANY GROSS, TORI ROSS, KARA MCNULTY, BRIDGETT PRIDGEN, LINDSEY KELSO, LINDSAY JOHNSON, NICKI HINES, LEANDRA DOLFO, LEILA NANCE, MELISSA ROWAN, LEIGH SCHNEIDER, SARA STERLING, LYNDSEY MORRISON, CHRISTI
C 98 23 13 92 169 80 18 49 13 42 76 9 7 0 0 0
PO 92 2 11 44 160 16 14 40 2 36 33 2 6 0 0 0
A 6 21 2 46 5 60 3 6 10 2 35 6 0 0 0 0
E 0 0 0 2 4 4 1 3 1 4 8 1 1 0 0 0
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689 651
458 460
202 170
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FLD% 1.000 1.000 1.000 .978 .976 .950 .944 .939 .923 .905 .895 .889 .857 .000 .000 .000 .958 .968
DPS 0 1 0 3 5 2 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0
SBA 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
CSB 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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SBA% 1.000 1.000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .714 .714 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .882 .857
PB 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
CI 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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Lindsey Pridgen made just one error in 63 chances playing center field for Memphis in 2007.
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2007 GAME RESULTS GAME DATE $ Feb 09, 2007 $ Feb 09, 2007 $ Feb 10, 2007 $ Feb 10, 2007 $ Feb 11, 2007 $ Feb 11, 2007 ! Feb 16, 2007 ! Feb 16, 2007 ! Feb 17, 2007 ! Feb 17, 2007 # Feb 23, 2007 # Feb 23, 2007 # Feb 25, 2007 # Feb 25, 2007 Feb 27, 2007 Feb 27, 2007 % Mar 02, 2007 % Mar 03, 2007 % Mar 03, 2007 % Mar 04, 2007 % Mar 04, 2007 Mar 14, 2007 Mar 14, 2007 * Mar 17, 2007 * Mar 17, 2007 * Mar 18, 2007 * Mar 24, 2007 * Mar 24, 2007 * Mar 25, 2007 Mar 28, 2007 Mar 28, 2007 * Mar 31, 2007 * Mar 31, 2007 Apr 04, 2007 Apr 04, 2007 * Apr 06, 2007 * Apr 06, 2007 * Apr 07, 2007 Apr 10, 2007 Apr 12, 2007 Apr 12, 2007 * Apr 14, 2007 * Apr 14, 2007 Apr 18, 2007 Apr 18, 2007 * 04/21/07 * 04/21/07 * 04/22/07 Apr 24, 2007 Apr 24, 2007 Apr 25, 2007 Apr 25, 2007 * Apr 28, 2007 * Apr 28, 2007 * Apr 29, 2007 * May 05, 2007 * May 05, 2007 * May 06, 2007 ^ May 10, 2007 ^ May 10, 2007 ^ May 11, 2007
OPPOSING TEAM vs Centenary at #7 LSU vs Missouri vs Middle Tennessee. vs Missouri at #7 LSU vs Jacksonville vs South Carolina at #22 Florida State vs Kansas MISS. VALLEY STATE SOUTHEAST MISSOURI EVANSVILLE ALABAMA A&M BELMONT BELMONT at Univ. of San Diego vs CS Northridge vs Loyola Marymount at Univ. of San Diego vs UC Riverside LIPSCOMB LIPSCOMB at UTEP at UTEP at UTEP HOUSTON HOUSTON HOUSTON UT MARTIN UT MARTIN at Southern Miss at Southern Miss at Middle Tennessee at Middle Tennessee TULSA TULSA TULSA at #1 Tennessee ALCORN STATE ALCORN STATE at East Carolina at East Carolina TENNESSEE STATE TENNESSEE STATE at Marshall at Marshall at Marshall at Southeast Missouri at Southeast Missouri at Austin Peay at Austin Peay UAB UAB UAB UCF UCF UCF vs Tulsa vs East Carolina vs Marshall
SCORE 4-2 1-3 L W 9-3 W 1-0 W 7-3 2-7 L 1-2 L W 3-1 0-8 L 2-5 L W 8-2 W 2-1 1-7 L W 7-4 W 11-3 W 9-1 W 4-2 2-4 L W 3-0 W 5-2 W 1-0 W 13-4 W 9-5 W 7-3 2-8 L 3-4 L 1-5 L W 2-1 3-15 L W 7-4 W 2-1 W 6-1 3-6 L W 11-2 W 2-1 4-13 L 1-9 L 5-8 L 1-4 L W 11-3 W 7-0 W 8-3 0-5 L W 8-0 0-1 L 3-5 L 4-5 L 1-3 L 3-4 L W 10-1 0-1 L W 2-1 W 2-1 W 5-4 W 2-1 W 2-1 W 2-1 W 2-1 W 2-1 0-1 L 0-1 L W
R-H-E 4-10-1 1-4-1 9-16-1 1-5-1 7-9-0 2-2-0 1-7-1 3-8-0 0-0-5 2-2-0 8-9-0 2-9-3 1-4-1 7-6-1 11-11-1 9-9-2 4-7-1 2-5-2 3-4-2 5-5-1 1-5-1 13-10-0 9-7-5 7-12-1 2-8-2 3-7-1 1-2-1 2-7-2 3-3-4 7-13-0 2-3-3 6-11-1 3-11-1 11-13-0 2-10-1 4-7-3 1-4-3 5-7-0 1-2-1 11-13-2 7-8-0 8-11-1 0-4-1 8-10-0 0-3-3 3-9-0 4-8-1 1-7-1 3-8-0 10-13-0 0-3-0 2-8-0 2-6-1 5-11-2 2-6-1 2-10-2 2-7-0 2-5-0 2-1-0 0-3-0 0-2-0
* = Conference game $ = Easton Tiger Classic (Baton Rouge, La.) ! = Sunshine State Tournament (Tallahassee, Fla.) # = Blues City Classic (Southaven, Miss.) % = University of San Diego Tournament (San Diego, Calif.) ^ = Conference USA Championship () extra inning game
R-H-E INN OVERALL CONF 2-5-1 7 1-0-0 0-0-0 3-6-1 7 1-1-0 0-0-0 3-7-1 7 2-1-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 7 3-1-0 0-0-0 3-7-2 7 4-1-0 0-0-0 7-9-3 (9) 4-2-0 0-0-0 2-7-1 (8) 4-3-0 0-0-0 1-4-0 7 5-3-0 0-0-0 8-10-1 6 5-4-0 0-0-0 5-8-1 7 5-5-0 0-0-0 2-3-1 7 6-5-0 0-0-0 1-5-1 (9) 7-5-0 0-0-0 7-8-2 7 7-6-0 0-0-0 4-3-4 7 8-6-0 0-0-0 3-4-5 5 9-6-0 0-0-0 1-2-2 6 10-6-0 0-0-0 2-6-2 7 11-6-0 0-0-0 4-10-0 7 11-7-0 0-0-0 0-2-2 7 12-7-0 0-0-0 2-6-1 7 13-7-0 0-0-0 0-4-1 7 14-7-0 0-0-0 4-7-1 5 15-7-0 0-0-0 5-8-2 7 16-7-0 0-0-0 3-6-1 7 17-7-0 1-0-0 8-9-0 7 17-8-0 1-1-0 4-7-1 7 17-9-0 1-2-0 5-8-1 7 17-10-0 1-3-0 1-8-2 7 18-10-0 2-3-0 15-14-0 6 18-11-0 2-4-0 4-7-0 7 19-11-0 2-4-0 1-2-1 7 20-11-0 2-4-0 1-4-2 7 21-11-0 3-4-0 6-6-1 7 21-12-0 3-5-0 2-8-3 6 22-12-0 3-5-0 1-5-3 7 23-12-0 3-5-0 13-15-1 7 23-13-0 3-6-0 9-11-1 5 23-14-0 3-7-0 8-14-1 7 23-15-0 3-8-0 4-9-1 7 23-16-0 3-8-0 3-6-3 6 24-16-0 3-8-0 0-0-2 7 25-16-0 3-8-0 3-7-2 7 26-16-0 4-8-0 5-7-0 7 26-17-0 4-9-0 0-2-3 5 27-17-0 4-9-0 1-5-0 7 27-18-0 4-9-0 5-7-0 7 27-19-0 4-10-0 5-6-1 7 27-20-0 4-11-0 3-7-2 7 27-21-0 4-12-0 4-6-0 7 27-22-0 4-12-0 1-4-2 7 28-22-0 4-12-0 1-3-0 7 28-23-0 4-12-0 1-4-0 (8) 29-23-0 4-12-0 1-2-1 7 30-23-0 5-12-0 4-9-2 (11) 31-23-0 6-12-0 1-5-1 7 32-23-0 7-12-0 1-5-1 (11) 33-23-0 8-12-0 1-5-0 7 34-23-0 9-12-0 1-3-0 7 35-23-0 10-12-0 1-1-2 7 36-23-0 10-12-0 1-3-0 (10) 36-24-0 10-12-0 1-6-1 7 36-25-0 10-12-0
PITCHER OF RECORD JOHNSON, N. (W 1-0) KUBESCH, J. (L 0-1) JOHNSON, N. (W 2-0) KUBESCH, J. (W 1-1) KUBESCH, J. (W 2-1) JOHNSON, N. (L 2-1) JOHNSON, N. (L 2-2) KUBESCH, J. (W 3-1) JOHNSON, N. (L 2-3) KUBESCH, J. (L 3-2) JOHNSON, N. (W 3-3) KUBESCH, J. (W 4-2) KUBESCH, J. (L 4-3) KUBESCH, J. (W 5-3) JOHNSON, N. (W 4-3) KUBESCH, J. (W 6-3) KUBESCH, J. (W 7-3) JOHNSON, N. (L 4-4) KUBESCH, J. (W 8-3) JOHNSON, N. (W 5-4) KUBESCH, J. (W 9-3) KUBESCH, J. (W 10-3) JOHNSON, N. (W 6-4) KUBESCH, J. (W 11-3) JOHNSON, N. (L 6-5) KUBESCH, J. (L 11-4) KUBESCH, J. (L 11-5) JOHNSON, N. (W 7-5) JOHNSON, N. (L 7-6) KUBESCH, J. (W 12-5) JOHNSON, N. (W 8-6) KUBESCH, J. (W 13-5) JOHNSON, N. (L 8-7) KUBESCH, J. (W 14-5) JOHNSON, N. (W 9-7) KUBESCH, J. (L 14-6) JOHNSON, N. (L 9-8) KUBESCH, J. (L 14-7) JOHNSON, N. (L 9-9) JOHNSON, N. (W 10-9) KUBESCH, J. (W 15-7) KUBESCH, J. (W 16-7) JOHNSON, N. (L 10-10) KUBESCH, J. (W 17-7) JOHNSON, N. (L 10-11) KUBESCH, J. (L 17-8) JOHNSON, N. (L 10-12) KUBESCH, J. (L 17-9) JOHNSON, N. (L 10-13) KUBESCH, J. (W 18-9) KUBESCH, J. (L 18-10) JOHNSON, N. (W 11-13) KUBESCH, J. (W 19-10) KUBESCH, J. (W 20-10) KUBESCH, J. (W 21-10) KUBESCH, J. (W 22-10) JOHNSON, N. (W 12-13) KUBESCH, J. (W 23-10) KUBESCH, J. (W 24-10) KUBESCH, J. (L 24-11) JOHNSON, N. (L 12-14)
ATT. 543 831 591 205 352 173 139 84 93 117 187 109 353 253 220 123 241 403 110 237 267 475 131 332 119 273 129 50 80 197 173 346 213 448 486 452
2007 CONFERENCE USA STANDINGS C-USA
xy Houston East Carolina Tulsa UCF Marshall Memphis UAB Southern Miss UTEP
W-L 20-4 14-9 13-10 11-13 11-13 10-12 10-13 8-14 7-16
PCT. .833 .591 .565 .458 .458 .455 .435 .364 .304
H 11-1 7-3 7-4 9-3 7-5 7-4 9-3 2-8 5-7
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A 9-3 7-6 6-6 2-10 4-8 3-8 1-10 6-6 2-9
W-L 44-18 40-20 30-28 38-26 32-26 36-25 31-27 18-38 28-23
PCT. .710 .667 .517 .594 .552 .590 .534 .321 .549
H 24-7 21-7 18-8 22-9 14-5 19-7 18-8 5-12 17-9
A 13-11 13-9 9-15 7-13 7-17 9-13 7-17 7-18 8-11
N L-10 7-0 7-3 6-4 6-4 3-5 4-6 9-4 5-5 11-4 6-4 8-5 8-2 6-3 4-6 6-8 2-8 3-3 3-7
x,y - C-USA regular season and tournament champion
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The University of Memphis softball program took a step forward in its second year of existence in 2007. The Tigers finished the year with a 36-25 overall record and placed sixth in Conference USA with a 10-12 mark. The U of M won eight of its last 10 games in the season, including six-straight to earn its first trip to the six-team CUSA Championship. At the end of the season, Memphis graduated the program’s first seniors. Six players were honored for their contributions to the infant program and all six went on to earn their college degree. Those finishing their college playing careers in 2007 were Nicki Johnson, Jenna Kubesch, Bridgette McNulty, Christi Morrison, Lindsey Pridgen and Kara Ross. AN IMPROBABLE FINISH To those on the outside, Memphis’ attempt to become one of six Conference USA teams earning a trip to the league’s championship in Orlando, Fla., was over after the Tigers were swept in three games at Marshall in mid April. Memphis needed to win all six of its remaining CUSA games against UAB and UCF to earn a top six finish. One loss would eliminate the team. But Memphis took on a playoff mentality. For six-straight games, the Tigers knew a loss would end its season and a win would keep the team alive. And the team, led by its six seniors, refused to lose. Sweeping UAB and UCF proved to be a difficult task with all of the games decided by a run and five of the six going down as 2-1 games. Two of the games went a Memphis record 11 innings with the Tigers using walk-off hits to earn the victories. Senior pitcher Jenna Kubesch earned five of the six victories and allowed just three runs in 35 and a third innings for a microscopic 0.59 ERA. The Memphis career leader in nearly every pitching category struck out 43 batters, while allowing only 17 hits. After having won the first five games, the Tigers met for one final home game on May 6 with a win advancing the team to Orlando and a loss ending the season. On a day set aside to celebrate the Memphis seniors, the six upper classmen showed they weren’t quite ready to hang up the spikes. Led by the seniors, the U of M earned a 2-1 win and a three-game sweep of UCF. Senior Bridgette McNulty gave Memphis the first run of the game in the sixth inning on a leadoff home run to left field. Her eighth homer of the year began a two-run inning after the Tigers had stranded six base runners in the previous five innings. Senior Kara Ross then put on the eventual
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received a commemorative souvenir ticket. The Tigers began playing in the new facility on March 24 in a three-game series against Houston. In all, Memphis played 18 home games in the stadium in 2007 and finished with a 12-6 record at the new complex. “This is huge for our program,” Thees said. “Having a place close to campus that is as beautiful as this place is wonderful. We’ve got the brick and the blue roofs. Everything about it screams Memphis and first class. Especially for recruiting purposes, having a place like this is going to make this program grow and grow.”
game-winner with her second walk of the game, giving way to senior pinch runner Christi Morrison. Morrison came around to score the winning run on a single by senior Lindsey Pridgen. “I can’t say enough about all my seniors,” said Memphis head coach Windy Thees. “The last few weeks of the season they really stepped up. Whether they got a hit or not, they had great at bats. Whether they made the best pitches in the world or not, they battled. I don’t know if I’ve ever been as proud of a team as I am of this one.” CONFERENCE USA CHAMPIONSHIP As the No. 6 seed in the Conference USA Championship in Orlando, Fla., Memphis faced third seeded Tulsa in the opening game. Tulsa came into the tournament having swept the Tigers in all six previous meetings between the two schools. Senior Jenna Kubesch gave up a leadoff home run in the first inning to give Tulsa an early lead. The dinger would be the only hit Kubesch would give up in the game. Down 1-0 in the seventh inning, the Tigers scored two runs to take the lead for the eventual victory without the benefit of a hit. Brittany Gooch scored from third on a wild pitch to tie the game. Tori Gross then brought in Christi Morrison with the game-winning run on a suicide squeeze bunt. Later that day, Memphis squared off against second seeded East Carolina in another pitching duel. Kubesch retired the first 27-consecutive batters against the Pirates and carried a perfect game into the ninth, but the Tigers failed to score when the opportunities were given, losing 1-0 to ECU in 10 innings. The loss snapped a program record eight-game winning streak. The Tigers were then eliminated from the tournament in another 1-0 game against Marshall. The game marked the 11th consecutive contest decided by a run for Memphis.
MEMPHIS TAKES NO. 7 LSU TO EXTRA INNINGS In the opening weekend of the 2007 season, Memphis began with a 4-1 start at the Easton Tiger Classic in Baton Rouge, La., and earned its way into the tournament championship game against host LSU. The LSU Tigers were ranked No. 7 in the nation and had already beaten Memphis 3-1 earlier that week. But the U of M showed just how far the program had come in the past year and battled the top 10 team into extra innings. The Tigers managed only two hits off LSU hurler Dani Hofer in the nine inning contest, but answered with a run every time LSU scored in regulation. A leadoff homer in the sixth inning gave LSU a 2-1 lead. However, Memphis freshman shortstop Heather Mott tied the game with a solo shot in the bottom of the inning. Memphis threatened to end the game in the bottom of the seventh inning by loading the bases with two outs, but was unable to score and eventually fell 7-2 after allowing five runs in the ninth. SUCCESS IN TENNESSEE Memphis found success in games played against Tennessee schools in 2007. In 14 games with in-state universities, the Tigers went 11-3. In the opening week, Memphis’ senior Jenna Kubesch threw a 1-0 no-hitter against Middle Tennessee at the Easton Tiger Classic in Baton Rouge, La. Memphis would go on to beat Middle Tennessee three times in the season and also earned doubleheader sweeps against Belmont, Lipscomb, UT Martin. The Tigers split doubleheaders with Tennessee State and Austin Peay and fell to No. 1 Tennessee in Knoxville, 4-1, after facing the 2007 USA Softball Collegiate Player of the Year, Monica Abbott.
TIGERS OPEN NEW SOFTBALL STADIUM Memphis officially dedicated its new Tiger Softball Complex on the school’s Park Avenue Campus on Saturday, April 7 before the final contest of a three-game series with Tulsa. University of Memphis President Dr. Shirley C. Raines threw out the ceremonial first pitch to sophomore Kimmi Hayden to officially open the $1.7 million complex in front of a full house. U of M Athletic Director R.C. Johnson and other school administrators were also in attendance, and the first 250 fans
The Tigers celebrate its 2-1 victory against Tulsa to open the C-USA Championship.
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2007 OVERALL STATISTICS RECORD: 36-25 HOME: 19-7 AWAY: 9-13 NEUTRAL: 8-5 C-USA: 10-12 PLAYER ROWAN, LEIGH DOLFO, LEILA HAYDEN, KIMMI MCNULTY, BRIDGETT ROSS, KARA NANCE, MELISSA GOOCH, BRITTANY HINES, LEANDRA PRIDGEN, LINDSEY KELSO, LINDSAY GROSS, TORI -------------SCHNEIDER, SARA STERLING, LYNDSEY MOTT, HEATHER KUBESCH, JENNA MORRISON, CHRISTI JOHNSON, NICKI
AVG GP-GS AB .317 46-20 82 .300 61-61 210 .291 56-54 165 .287 61-60 167 .286 61-59 175 .276 39-19 76 .275 43-33 80 .242 61-61 165 .234 61-61 167 .222 56-50 144 .208 61-61 144 .500 .400 .258 .000 .000 .000
18-0 3-1 10-10 2-0 37-0 1-0
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.265 .231
61-61 1620 61-61 1588
R 8 34 14 34 14 11 15 25 17 29 16
H 26 63 48 48 50 21 22 40 39 32 30
5 1 7 0 9 0
1 2 8 0 0 0
0 1 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 4 0 0 0
0 1 8 1 0 0
1 3 20 0 0 0
.500 .600 .645 .000 .000 .000
0 0 4 0 0 1
0 0 0 0 0 0
0 1 7 1 2 0
239 430 198 367
75 62
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47 34
219 170
650 541
.401 .341
182 115
27 17
310 363
2 5 31 4 3 0
2B 3B HR RBI 6 0 1 12 19 0 11 26 6 0 5 22 14 0 8 32 5 0 5 36 6 0 5 21 0 0 0 5 0 1 0 2 7 0 2 15 8 1 4 21 3 0 2 17
TB 35 115 69 86 70 42 22 42 52 54 39
SLG% BB .427 4 .548 23 .418 9 .515 43 .400 20 .553 7 .275 1 .255 13 .311 13 .375 28 .271 16
HBP 2 2 5 1 1 0 1 7 1 2 5
SO GDP 16 0 45 2 21 1 32 3 21 2 25 0 20 0 21 0 47 1 26 2 25 3
OB% .364 .374 .344 .434 .359 .337 .293 .324 .291 .354 .309
SF 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 1 1 0
SH SB-ATT PO A E 4 1-1 12 0 1 2 5-7 73 70 20 1 2-2 217 16 1 2 4-4 59 164 13 4 1-1 392 20 7 0 0-1 38 6 2 3 6-6 26 2 1 20 10-13 90 4 7 4 4-5 55 7 1 5 0-0 139 20 5 9 4-4 121 98 6
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0 1 22 62 0 34
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39-46 1260 526 69 45-57 1234 477 77
LOB - TEAM (419), OPP (316). DPS TURNED - TEAM (15), OPP (22). IBB - TEAM (5), ROSS, K. 3, KELSO, L. 1, MCNULTY, B. 1, OPP (4). PICKED OFF - MCNULTY, B. 1. (ALL GAMES SORTED BY EARNED RUN AVG) PLAYER KUBESCH, JENNA JOHNSON, NICKI -------------DOLFO, LEILA STERLING, L.
ERA W-L APP GS CG SHO CBO 2.14 24-11 45 33 29 5 0 3.12 12-14 30 27 15 0 0
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5.25 8.40
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B/AVG WP HBP BK SFA SHA .206 18 8 0 0 18 .262 5 9 0 7 27
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C 70 1 234 63 419 225 164 29 46 46 236 45 101 13 163 0 0
PO 8 0 217 55 392 121 139 26 22 38 59 8 90 12 73 0 0
A 62 1 16 7 20 98 20 2 22 6 164 34 4 0 70 0 0
E 0 0 1 1 7 6 5 1 2 2 13 3 7 1 20 0 0
FLD% 1.000 1.000 .996 .984 .983 .973 .970 .966 .957 .957 .945 .933 .931 .923 .877 .000 .000
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AVG GP-GS AB .418 22-21 67 .353 18-9 34 .323 22-21 62 .321 22-22 78 .309 22-22 68 .303 13-13 33 .210 22-22 62 .203 22-22 64 .174 14-4 23 .167 22-22 54 .143 21-20 56 .000 .000
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22-22 602 22-22 603
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H 28 12 20 25 21 10 13 13 4 9 8
2B 3B HR RBI 2 0 3 10 1 0 1 3 4 0 2 10 7 0 3 11 1 0 1 9 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 7 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 1 1 0 1 5 1 0 1 5
TB 39 16 30 41 25 10 17 13 6 13 12
SLG% BB .582 2 .471 2 .484 12 .526 9 .368 8 .303 0 .274 3 .203 4 .261 0 .241 6 .214 12
HBP 4 2 1 1 1 1 0 2 0 1 2
SO GDP 10 1 11 0 9 1 16 0 6 1 6 0 22 0 12 0 9 0 13 0 11 1
OB% .459 .421 .434 .398 .390 .324 .242 .271 .174 .262 .310
SF 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
SH SB-ATT PO 1 0-0 92 2 1-1 6 0 1-1 16 0 1-1 33 1 0-0 160 1 1-1 11 1 0-1 14 6 2-2 36 0 0-0 2 5 0-0 44 2 0-0 40
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C 98 23 13 92 169 80 18 49 13 42 76 9 7 0 0 0
PO 92 2 11 44 160 16 14 40 2 36 33 2 6 0 0 0
A 6 21 2 46 5 60 3 6 10 2 35 6 0 0 0 0
E 0 0 0 2 4 4 1 3 1 4 8 1 1 0 0 0
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FLD% 1.000 1.000 1.000 .978 .976 .950 .944 .939 .923 .905 .895 .889 .857 .000 .000 .000 .958 .968
DPS 0 1 0 3 5 2 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0
SBA 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
CSB 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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2007 GAME RESULTS GAME DATE $ Feb 09, 2007 $ Feb 09, 2007 $ Feb 10, 2007 $ Feb 10, 2007 $ Feb 11, 2007 $ Feb 11, 2007 ! Feb 16, 2007 ! Feb 16, 2007 ! Feb 17, 2007 ! Feb 17, 2007 # Feb 23, 2007 # Feb 23, 2007 # Feb 25, 2007 # Feb 25, 2007 Feb 27, 2007 Feb 27, 2007 % Mar 02, 2007 % Mar 03, 2007 % Mar 03, 2007 % Mar 04, 2007 % Mar 04, 2007 Mar 14, 2007 Mar 14, 2007 * Mar 17, 2007 * Mar 17, 2007 * Mar 18, 2007 * Mar 24, 2007 * Mar 24, 2007 * Mar 25, 2007 Mar 28, 2007 Mar 28, 2007 * Mar 31, 2007 * Mar 31, 2007 Apr 04, 2007 Apr 04, 2007 * Apr 06, 2007 * Apr 06, 2007 * Apr 07, 2007 Apr 10, 2007 Apr 12, 2007 Apr 12, 2007 * Apr 14, 2007 * Apr 14, 2007 Apr 18, 2007 Apr 18, 2007 * 04/21/07 * 04/21/07 * 04/22/07 Apr 24, 2007 Apr 24, 2007 Apr 25, 2007 Apr 25, 2007 * Apr 28, 2007 * Apr 28, 2007 * Apr 29, 2007 * May 05, 2007 * May 05, 2007 * May 06, 2007 ^ May 10, 2007 ^ May 10, 2007 ^ May 11, 2007
OPPOSING TEAM vs Centenary at #7 LSU vs Missouri vs Middle Tennessee. vs Missouri at #7 LSU vs Jacksonville vs South Carolina at #22 Florida State vs Kansas MISS. VALLEY STATE SOUTHEAST MISSOURI EVANSVILLE ALABAMA A&M BELMONT BELMONT at Univ. of San Diego vs CS Northridge vs Loyola Marymount at Univ. of San Diego vs UC Riverside LIPSCOMB LIPSCOMB at UTEP at UTEP at UTEP HOUSTON HOUSTON HOUSTON UT MARTIN UT MARTIN at Southern Miss at Southern Miss at Middle Tennessee at Middle Tennessee TULSA TULSA TULSA at #1 Tennessee ALCORN STATE ALCORN STATE at East Carolina at East Carolina TENNESSEE STATE TENNESSEE STATE at Marshall at Marshall at Marshall at Southeast Missouri at Southeast Missouri at Austin Peay at Austin Peay UAB UAB UAB UCF UCF UCF vs Tulsa vs East Carolina vs Marshall
SCORE 4-2 1-3 L W 9-3 W 1-0 W 7-3 2-7 L 1-2 L W 3-1 0-8 L 2-5 L W 8-2 W 2-1 1-7 L W 7-4 W 11-3 W 9-1 W 4-2 2-4 L W 3-0 W 5-2 W 1-0 W 13-4 W 9-5 W 7-3 2-8 L 3-4 L 1-5 L W 2-1 3-15 L W 7-4 W 2-1 W 6-1 3-6 L W 11-2 W 2-1 4-13 L 1-9 L 5-8 L 1-4 L W 11-3 W 7-0 W 8-3 0-5 L W 8-0 0-1 L 3-5 L 4-5 L 1-3 L 3-4 L W 10-1 0-1 L W 2-1 W 2-1 W 5-4 W 2-1 W 2-1 W 2-1 W 2-1 W 2-1 0-1 L 0-1 L W
R-H-E 4-10-1 1-4-1 9-16-1 1-5-1 7-9-0 2-2-0 1-7-1 3-8-0 0-0-5 2-2-0 8-9-0 2-9-3 1-4-1 7-6-1 11-11-1 9-9-2 4-7-1 2-5-2 3-4-2 5-5-1 1-5-1 13-10-0 9-7-5 7-12-1 2-8-2 3-7-1 1-2-1 2-7-2 3-3-4 7-13-0 2-3-3 6-11-1 3-11-1 11-13-0 2-10-1 4-7-3 1-4-3 5-7-0 1-2-1 11-13-2 7-8-0 8-11-1 0-4-1 8-10-0 0-3-3 3-9-0 4-8-1 1-7-1 3-8-0 10-13-0 0-3-0 2-8-0 2-6-1 5-11-2 2-6-1 2-10-2 2-7-0 2-5-0 2-1-0 0-3-0 0-2-0
* = Conference game $ = Easton Tiger Classic (Baton Rouge, La.) ! = Sunshine State Tournament (Tallahassee, Fla.) # = Blues City Classic (Southaven, Miss.) % = University of San Diego Tournament (San Diego, Calif.) ^ = Conference USA Championship () extra inning game
R-H-E INN OVERALL CONF 2-5-1 7 1-0-0 0-0-0 3-6-1 7 1-1-0 0-0-0 3-7-1 7 2-1-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 7 3-1-0 0-0-0 3-7-2 7 4-1-0 0-0-0 7-9-3 (9) 4-2-0 0-0-0 2-7-1 (8) 4-3-0 0-0-0 1-4-0 7 5-3-0 0-0-0 8-10-1 6 5-4-0 0-0-0 5-8-1 7 5-5-0 0-0-0 2-3-1 7 6-5-0 0-0-0 1-5-1 (9) 7-5-0 0-0-0 7-8-2 7 7-6-0 0-0-0 4-3-4 7 8-6-0 0-0-0 3-4-5 5 9-6-0 0-0-0 1-2-2 6 10-6-0 0-0-0 2-6-2 7 11-6-0 0-0-0 4-10-0 7 11-7-0 0-0-0 0-2-2 7 12-7-0 0-0-0 2-6-1 7 13-7-0 0-0-0 0-4-1 7 14-7-0 0-0-0 4-7-1 5 15-7-0 0-0-0 5-8-2 7 16-7-0 0-0-0 3-6-1 7 17-7-0 1-0-0 8-9-0 7 17-8-0 1-1-0 4-7-1 7 17-9-0 1-2-0 5-8-1 7 17-10-0 1-3-0 1-8-2 7 18-10-0 2-3-0 15-14-0 6 18-11-0 2-4-0 4-7-0 7 19-11-0 2-4-0 1-2-1 7 20-11-0 2-4-0 1-4-2 7 21-11-0 3-4-0 6-6-1 7 21-12-0 3-5-0 2-8-3 6 22-12-0 3-5-0 1-5-3 7 23-12-0 3-5-0 13-15-1 7 23-13-0 3-6-0 9-11-1 5 23-14-0 3-7-0 8-14-1 7 23-15-0 3-8-0 4-9-1 7 23-16-0 3-8-0 3-6-3 6 24-16-0 3-8-0 0-0-2 7 25-16-0 3-8-0 3-7-2 7 26-16-0 4-8-0 5-7-0 7 26-17-0 4-9-0 0-2-3 5 27-17-0 4-9-0 1-5-0 7 27-18-0 4-9-0 5-7-0 7 27-19-0 4-10-0 5-6-1 7 27-20-0 4-11-0 3-7-2 7 27-21-0 4-12-0 4-6-0 7 27-22-0 4-12-0 1-4-2 7 28-22-0 4-12-0 1-3-0 7 28-23-0 4-12-0 1-4-0 (8) 29-23-0 4-12-0 1-2-1 7 30-23-0 5-12-0 4-9-2 (11) 31-23-0 6-12-0 1-5-1 7 32-23-0 7-12-0 1-5-1 (11) 33-23-0 8-12-0 1-5-0 7 34-23-0 9-12-0 1-3-0 7 35-23-0 10-12-0 1-1-2 7 36-23-0 10-12-0 1-3-0 (10) 36-24-0 10-12-0 1-6-1 7 36-25-0 10-12-0
PITCHER OF RECORD JOHNSON, N. (W 1-0) KUBESCH, J. (L 0-1) JOHNSON, N. (W 2-0) KUBESCH, J. (W 1-1) KUBESCH, J. (W 2-1) JOHNSON, N. (L 2-1) JOHNSON, N. (L 2-2) KUBESCH, J. (W 3-1) JOHNSON, N. (L 2-3) KUBESCH, J. (L 3-2) JOHNSON, N. (W 3-3) KUBESCH, J. (W 4-2) KUBESCH, J. (L 4-3) KUBESCH, J. (W 5-3) JOHNSON, N. (W 4-3) KUBESCH, J. (W 6-3) KUBESCH, J. (W 7-3) JOHNSON, N. (L 4-4) KUBESCH, J. (W 8-3) JOHNSON, N. (W 5-4) KUBESCH, J. (W 9-3) KUBESCH, J. (W 10-3) JOHNSON, N. (W 6-4) KUBESCH, J. (W 11-3) JOHNSON, N. (L 6-5) KUBESCH, J. (L 11-4) KUBESCH, J. (L 11-5) JOHNSON, N. (W 7-5) JOHNSON, N. (L 7-6) KUBESCH, J. (W 12-5) JOHNSON, N. (W 8-6) KUBESCH, J. (W 13-5) JOHNSON, N. (L 8-7) KUBESCH, J. (W 14-5) JOHNSON, N. (W 9-7) KUBESCH, J. (L 14-6) JOHNSON, N. (L 9-8) KUBESCH, J. (L 14-7) JOHNSON, N. (L 9-9) JOHNSON, N. (W 10-9) KUBESCH, J. (W 15-7) KUBESCH, J. (W 16-7) JOHNSON, N. (L 10-10) KUBESCH, J. (W 17-7) JOHNSON, N. (L 10-11) KUBESCH, J. (L 17-8) JOHNSON, N. (L 10-12) KUBESCH, J. (L 17-9) JOHNSON, N. (L 10-13) KUBESCH, J. (W 18-9) KUBESCH, J. (L 18-10) JOHNSON, N. (W 11-13) KUBESCH, J. (W 19-10) KUBESCH, J. (W 20-10) KUBESCH, J. (W 21-10) KUBESCH, J. (W 22-10) JOHNSON, N. (W 12-13) KUBESCH, J. (W 23-10) KUBESCH, J. (W 24-10) KUBESCH, J. (L 24-11) JOHNSON, N. (L 12-14)
ATT. 543 831 591 205 352 173 139 84 93 117 187 109 353 253 220 123 241 403 110 237 267 475 131 332 119 273 129 50 80 197 173 346 213 448 486 452
2007 CONFERENCE USA STANDINGS C-USA
xy Houston East Carolina Tulsa UCF Marshall Memphis UAB Southern Miss UTEP
W-L 20-4 14-9 13-10 11-13 11-13 10-12 10-13 8-14 7-16
PCT. .833 .591 .565 .458 .458 .455 .435 .364 .304
H 11-1 7-3 7-4 9-3 7-5 7-4 9-3 2-8 5-7
ALL GAMES
A 9-3 7-6 6-6 2-10 4-8 3-8 1-10 6-6 2-9
W-L 44-18 40-20 30-28 38-26 32-26 36-25 31-27 18-38 28-23
PCT. .710 .667 .517 .594 .552 .590 .534 .321 .549
H 24-7 21-7 18-8 22-9 14-5 19-7 18-8 5-12 17-9
A 13-11 13-9 9-15 7-13 7-17 9-13 7-17 7-18 8-11
N L-10 7-0 7-3 6-4 6-4 3-5 4-6 9-4 5-5 11-4 6-4 8-5 8-2 6-3 4-6 6-8 2-8 3-3 3-7
x,y - C-USA regular season and tournament champion
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