2006 WEEKLY RELEASE-- MARCH 29-APRIL 2
2006 WEEKLY RELEASE-- MARCH 29-APRIL 2 Softball SID: Mike Koon • 217/244-1256 (voice) • 217-333-5540 (fax) • [email protected] Assistant Softball SID: Katie Bradley • 309/287-0408 (voice) • [email protected]
THE WEEK AHEAD Illinois (13-15) vs. Iowa (17-12) When: Friday, March 31, 6 p.m.; Saturday, April 1, Noon Where: Eichelberger Field, Urbana, Ill. Series: Iowa leads 7-6 Illinois (13-15) vs. Wisconsin (11-10) When: Sunday, April 2, Noon Where: Eichelberger Field, Urbana, Ill. Series: Illinois leads 10-3 What’s at stake: Illinois opens the Big Ten home and Big Ten season vs. the Hawkeyes. The top eight teams make the Big Ten Tournament in a single-elimination format at the end of the season. The Illini missed the tourney for the first time in school history last year. Illini in home openers: The Illini are 10-0 in previous opening days with doubleheader sweeps over Valparaiso (2001), Eastern Illinois (2002), Bradley (2003), Illinois State (2004), and Loyola (2005). This is the first time that the home opener has also been the Big Ten opener Illini in Big Ten openers: Illinois is 3-2 in Big Ten openers, with the most significant game being a 4-0 victory at No. 14 Michigan. That win gave Illinois a victory over every Big Ten team in school history. No Repeat of 2005: The Illini finished 10th in the Big Ten a year ago with a 4-14 record. Illinois started the conference season 0-11. The Illini are hoping not to repeat those fortunes. Gaining momentum: The good news is Illinois
Probable Illinois line-up
ended the season with an 8-7 victory over the No. 2006 SCHEDULE (13-15) 18 Hawkeyes. Jenna Hall’s grand slam keyed the victory. FEBRUARY 10 Wichita State (@) This is our house: This is the fourth trip for 10 Baylor (@) Iowa to Eichelberger Field and two of the three 11 Tulsa (@) L previous trips have resulted in Illini sweeps. In 11 #10 Baylor (@) W 2001, a team of 18 freshman, including pitchers 12 Wichita State (@) W Kathryn Nevard and Amanda Fortune limited the 12 Tulsa L No. 12 Hawkeyes to 10 hits in two games as 17 #12 Oregon State (!) L Illinois won 1-0 and 3-0. As seniors, the Illini 17 #6 California (!) L Utah State (!) W pulled off two of the biggest wins in school histo- 18 18 Utah (!) W ry. Needing two victories to tie Iowa for second 19 Portland State (!) L in the conference and gain the No. 2 seed in the 24 Florida (#) L conference tournament, the Illini did just that, 24 #18 Nebraska (#) L winning 2-0 and 5-2. 25 Florida Atlantic (#) We meet again: Illinois has faced Wisconsin more 25-26 Bracket Play (#) than any other team in school history, with a MARCH commanding 10-3 advantage. Like Iowa, the 9 Coastal Carolina ($) L Fordham ($) W Illini are 4-2 vs. the Badgers in Urbana, with both 9 10 #23 Virginia Tech ($) W Badger wins coming last season, 7-3 and 3-1. 10 Chattanooga ($) L Scouting Iowa: Iowa spent the first three weeks 11 Central Michigan ($) W of the season in the top 25, reaching as high as 11 Purdue ($) L 19th in the rankings. At 17-12, The Hawkeyes 14 at Illinois State are two away from the number of losses all of last 17 Columbia (+) season (14). Illinois and Iowa had three common 17 Colorado State (+) L 18 #6 California (+) L opponents. The Illini defeated Long Island, 11-8 18 Long Island (+) W and the Hawkeyes fell 7-1. The Illini have lost to 19 Southern Utah (+) W California twice (6-4 and 5-0) while Iowa lost to 24 Princeton (%) L the Bears 1-0. Iowa downed Loyola, 5-0, at the 24 Santa Clara (%) W Hawkeye Classic while the Illini swept the 25 #5 Stanford (%) L Ramblers in Chicago, 12-2 (5) and 3-2. 25 UC-Davis (%) W Scouting Wisconsin: The Badgers are 11-10 and 26 Princeton (%) L 28 at Loyola (DH) W, W winners of five straight, after going 4-0 at the Capital Classic in Sacramento. 31 Iowa*
Pos. No.
Name
Ht.
Yr. Avg.
Key Stats
CF 3B 1B DP/P SS RF 1B C 2B
Rachelle Coriddi Shanna Diller Jenna Hall Kacey Coonce Angelena Mexicano Molly Lawhead Kistin Martin Lana Armstrong Courtney Hoogeveen
5-6 5-10 5-8 5-8 5-4 5-8 5-10 5-7 5-6
Sr. So. Sr. Fr. So. Jr. Jr. Fr. Fr.
28R, 19-20 SB 7 2B, 4 HR, 26 RBI, .505 SLUG 8 2B, 9 HR, 26 RBI, .947 SLUG 10 R, 2 2B, 2 HR, 20 RBI 10 2B, 4 HR, 24 RBI, .558 SLUG 17 R, 4 HR, 13 RBI, 10-10 SB 1 2B, 2 HR, 6 RBI 2 HR, 5 RBI 15 R, 1 2B, 5 RBI
Pos. No.
Reserves
Ht.
Yr. Avg.
Key Stats
LF C OF UT C IF C-IF OF OF
Laura Zobrist Brittany Koester Makenzie Smith Denise Prather Sydney Lisy Kristin Schnake Katrina Ross Sarah Bryers Katie Gaitros
5-5 5-10 5-6 5-5 5-6 5-3 5-7 5-8 5-7
Sr. Jr. So. Fr. Jr. Fr. Fr. So. So.
.000 .069 .214 --.200 .000 .158 .154 ---
2-2 SB
Pitchers
Ht.
Yr.
W-L-S ERA BB K
RHP RHP RHP
5 3 4 10 9 13 24 25 17
1 2 7 12 18 19 21 22 42
No.
8 10 16
Claire DeVreese Kacey Coonce Brooke Buzard
5-11 5-8 5-3
So. Fr. Fr.
.369 .333 .487 .241 .302 .308 .257 .176 .333
9-7-1 4-8-0 0-0-0
1 HR, 4 RBI 1 RBI 7R 1 2B, 3 RBI 1 2B
4.88 5.59 3.65
67 24 1
59 14 3
IP
104.2 71.1 7.2
APRIL 1 2 4 7 8 9 12 14 15 16 18 21 22 26 28 29 30 MAY 3 4 6 7 11-13 19-21 26-27 June 1-7
Iowa* Wisconsin* (DH) at Bradley (DH) at Ohio State* at Ohio State* at Penn State* (DH) at DePaul (DH) Purdue* Purdue* Indiana* (DH) Illinois State at Minnesota* at Minnesota* Eastern Illinois (DH) at Michigan* (ESPNU) at Michigan* at Michigan State* (DH)
cancelled cancelled 0-2 12-6 8-7 7-8 (8) 7-15 (5) 4-6 8-1 7-2 6-7 10-11 1-21 (5)
2-7 8-3 (8) 5-4 1-10 6-3 7-11 postponed cancelled 2-12 0-5 11-8 10-0 0-2 6-1 1-6 7-4 3-4 12-2 (5), 3-2 6 p.m. Noon Noon 5 p.m. 5 p.m. 11 a.m. 11 a.m. 3 p.m. 6 p.m. Noon Noon 6 p.m. 6 p.m. Noon 4 p.m. 5 p.m. 11 a.m. 11 a.m.
Southern Illinois (DH) 4 p.m. at Illinois State 5 p.m. Northwestern* 6 p.m. Northwestern* 1 p.m. Big Ten Tournament Conference champion NCAA Regionals NCAA Super Regionals NCAA Women’s College World Series @Oklahoma City, Okla. (@) Getterman Classic (Waco, Texas) (!) Louisville Classic (Las Vegas, Nev.) (#) NFCA Leadoff Classic (Columbus, Ga.) ($) Speedline Tournament (Clearwater, Fla.) (+) Capital Classic (Sacramento, Calif.) (%) Stanford Classic (Palo Alto, Calif.) (*) Big Ten Home games in bold are played at Eichelberger Field
ILLINI UPDATE The latest: Illinois went 2-3 at the St a n f o rd Invitational last weekend, then swept Loyola, 12-2 and 3-2 on Tuesday night in Chicago. Re versal of fortunes: Illinois entered play last weekend first in the Big Ten in hitting (.304) and at the bottom of the league in pitching. Illinois had its best pitching (3.61) and fielding (.981) weekend of the ye a r, while only batting .233. Iron horse: Illinois pitcher Claire DeVreese has appeared in eve ry one of the Il l i n i’s games this season. Her numbers are steadily improving. In her last 10 appearances, five of them s t a rts, DeVreese has a 2.77 ERA, seeing her ERA drop from 6.68 to 4.88. In addition De Vreese has given up just three home ru n s c o m p a red to 14 in her first 18 games. Hall re c ove ring from knee injury: Jenna Ha l l banged her knee into the wall going after a foul ball during Fr i d a y’s game with Pr i n c e t o n Friday in Palo Alto. She played the next game vs. Santa Clara that day, but sat out Sa t u rd a y’s action vs. St a n f o rd and UC-Davis. Hall has played the last three games at designated playe r. She still has stiffness in her knee, but is gradually gaining mobility. Gibsonesque moment: Hall had a moment that, although not as dramatic, resembled that of Kirk Gi b s o n’s home run during the 1988 World Series. Not being able to get a round the bases real fast, Hall smacked a home run over the right-center field fence vs. Princeton and made the slow trot around the
bases. The home run gave the Illini a 3-2 lead. The Tigers rebounded for a 4-3 victory, h owe ve r. De-fense, Defense: The Illini fielding has been outstanding of late. Illinois has not committed an error in three straight games and has a .981 percentage in its last 11 outings. In the process they have raised their season fielding percentage from .957 to .966. • Molly Lawhead has thrown two players out trying to score and one vs. Loyola trying to s t retch a single into a double. • Angelena Mexicano has made some re m a rkable plays at short s t o p, showing great range and turing a diving catch into a double play in game two of the twinbill vs. Loyola. • Rachelle Coriddi has cove red a lot of g round in center field, accounting for the final two outs of the game vs. Loyola on a s n a re of a line drive and a bullet of a throw to first to double up the ru n n e r. Pulling rank: The Illini have two wins ove r ranked teams this season, defeating No. 10 Baylor 12-6 in Waco during the first week of the ye a r, then downing No. 23 Virginia Tech on Ma rch 10 in Clearwater, Fla. The Il l i n i h a ve had at least three wins against ranked opponents each year with scholarship playe r s -- five in 2001, three in 2002, three in 2003, six in 2004, and three in 2005. Four of their remaining opponents are ranked -- No. 13 Michigan, No. 15 No rt h western, No. 23 De Paul & No. 25 Southern Illinois.
PROMOTIONS Friday, March 31 • Iowa • Canned Food Drive/Schedule Magnet Give-away The University of Illinois Greek system, including the Interfraternity Council, Panhellenic Council, Black Greek Council, and United Greek Council, will be conducting a canned food drive. Bring two nonperishable food items for free admission into the game. Schedule magnet give-away at the door. Saturday, April 1 • Iowa • Meet the Team The team will be available for autographs and kids eighth grade and under will have an opportunity to run the bases at the conclusion of the game. Schedule magnet give-away at the door while available. Sunday, April 2 • Wisconsin • Team Day Teams are eligible for the group rate by registering with the marketing department by Wednesday, March 29th. To register your team or for more information, contact Allison Berg at 217-244-0062 or [email protected]. Sunday, April 16 • Indiana • Easter Egg Hunt . . . There will be an Easter Egg hunt for kids eighth grade and under between games one and two of the doubleheader. Wednesday, May 3 • Southern Illinois • Dog Day/Faculty and Staff Day One day only, dogs are allowed in Eichelberger Field for Dog Day! Bring your dog and receive free admission into the game. There will be dog contests between games one and two of the doubleheader. The categories include cutest dog, most Illini spirit, and best trick. Faculty and Staff receive free admission with their UIUC staff ID card. Saturday, May 6 • Northwestern • World’s Largest Softball Tailgate/Girl Scout Day To register your troop contact Allison Berg Sunday, May 7 • Northwestern • Senior Day
2006 ILLINOIS SOFTBALL ROSTER No. 1 2 3 4 5 7 8 9 10 12 13 16 17 18 19 21 22 24 25 42
Name Ht. Laura Zobrist 5-5 Brittany Koester 5-10 Shanna Diller 5-10 Jenna Hall 5-8 Rachelle Coriddi 5-6 Makenzie Smith 5-6 Claire DeVreese 5-11 Angelena Mexicano 5-4 Kacey Coonce 5-8 Denise Prather 5-5 Molly Lawhead 5-8 Brooke Buzard 5-3 Courtney Hoogeveen 5-6 Sydney Lisy 5-6 Kristin Schnake 5-3 Katrina Ross 5-7 Sarah Bryers 5-8 Kisten Martin 5-10 Lana Armstrong 5-7 Katie Gaitros 5-7 Head Coach: Terri Sullivan (seventh year) Associate Head Coach: Donna DiBiase Assistant Coach: Molly Freeman Volunteer Assistant: Larry Crews Athletic Trainer: Heather Hellman
Pos. OF C IF IF OF OF P INF P UT OF P INF C UT C-IF OF INF C OF
Year Sr. Jr. So. Sr. Sr. So. So. So. Fr. Fr. Jr. Fr. Fr. Jr. Fr. Fr. So. Jr. Fr. So.
B/T L/R R/R L/R L/R L/R R/R R/R R/R R/R L/L L/R R/R L/R R/R R/R R/R R/R L/L R/R R/R
Hometown (High School) Washington, Ill. (Washington) Chatham, Ill. (Glenwood) Bloomington, Ill. (Normal Community) Channahon, Ill. (Minooka) Forth Worth, Texas (Southwest) Lancaster, Calif. (Desert Christian) Mishawaka, Ind. (Mishawaka) San Jose, Calif. (Mt. Pleasant) Goreville, Ill. (Goreville) Mt. Zion, Ill. (Mt. Zion) Monticello, Ill. (Monticello) Glenview, Ill. (Glenbrook South) Kalamazoo, Mich. (Lincoln, Neb. Southeast) Joliet, Illl. (Joliet Catholic/Case-Western Reserve) Richview, Ill. (Nashville) Puyallup, Wash. (Rogers) Bloomingdale, Ill. (Glenbard North) Vienna, Ill. (Vienna) Rowlett, Texas (Garland) Pekin, Ill. (Pekin)
ILLINOIS RECORD WHEN... Overall Record . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13-15 Conference Record . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .0-0 Home Record . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .0-0 Road Record . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3-1 Neutral Site Record . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10-14 Record vs. Ranked Teams . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2-5 Day Games . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10-12 Night Games . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3-3 vs. left-handers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .0-3 vs. right-handers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13-12 February . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4-7 March . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9-8 April . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .0-0 May . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .0-0 Scoring 0-2 runs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .0-8 Scoring 3-5 runs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2-2 Scoring 6-9 runs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7-4 Scoring 10+ runs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4-1 Giving up 0-2 runs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6-2 Giving up 3-5 runs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4-2 Giving up 6-9 runs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3-5 Giving up 10+runs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .0-6 Games decided by one run . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3-4 Games decided by 2 runs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .0-3 Games decided by 5+ runs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7-7 Record in 1st game of DH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1-0 Record in 2nd game of DH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1-0 Having more hits than opponent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8-1 Having fewer hits than opponent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4-13 Having as many hits as opponent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1-1 Record in extra-inning games . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .0-3 Hit 0 home runs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2-1 Hit 1 home run . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3-3 Hit 2+ home runs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5-5 Make no errors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6-6 Make 1 error . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5-3 Make 2+ errors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2-6 Leading after 4 innings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10-1 Trailing after 4 innings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1-12 Tied after 4 innings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2-2 Leading after 5 innings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11-1 Trailing after 5 innings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .0-11 Tied after 5 innings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1-0 Leading after 6 innings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10-2 Trailing after 6 innings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .0-9 Tied after 6 innings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2-0
The number of times Illinois has.....
Shutout an opponent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .0 Has been shutout . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2 Has no-hit an opponent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .0 Has been no-hit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .0 Has one-hit an opponent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .0 Has been one hit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .0 Won a game in its last at-bat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2 Lost a game in the last at-bat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2 Scored first (record) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 (12-3) Scored in the first inning (record) . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13 (7-6) Opponents scored first . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12 (4-8) Opponents scored in the first inning . . . . . . . . . . .13 (1-12)
2006 BIG TEN STANDINGS Penn State Northwestern Michigan Michigan State Iowa Ohio State Indiana Purdue Wisconsin Illinois Minnesota
Big Ten 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0
Overall 18-4 18-8 18-9 18-10 17-12 16-12 13-11-1 18-16 11-10 13-15 11-14
Illini in Big Ten Statistics (As of 3/27) Kacey Coonce 4th in appearances (20) 7th in RBI (19) Rachelle Coriddi 2nd in stolen bases (18) 3rd in runs scored (25) 6th in hits (33) 10th in batting average (.347) Claire DeVreese 1st in appearances (26) 3rd in innings pitched (96.2) Shanna Diller 3rd in RBI (25) 4th in runs scored (24) 9th in total bases (45) Jenna Hall 1st in batting average (.480) 1st in on-base percentage (.567) 1st in total bases (71) 1st in home runs (9) 1st in slugging percentage (.947) 2nd in RBI (28) 3rd in hits (36) 3rd in walks (14) 4th in doubles (8) Molly Lawhead 6th in stolen bases (9) 7th in home runs (4) Angelena Mexicano 3rd in doubles (9) Players of the Week Player 2/14 Stacy Hibma, OSU 2/21 Kristen Amegin, NU 2/28 Tiffany Krcelich, PU 3/7 Tammy Williams, NU 3/14 Jenna Hall, UI 3/21 Garland Coper, NU 3/22 Hollee Haines, PSU 4/2 4/9 4/16 4/23 4/30 5/7
Pitcher Diana LaRiva, PU Rachel Turney, MSU Missy Beseres, PSU Jennie Ritter, UM Mariangee Bogado, IU Eileen Canney, NU Lorilyn Wilson, UM
Career Recor d Update Highest Batting A verage 1. Jenna Hall (03-06) 2. Lindsey Hamma (01-04) 3. Rachelle Coriddi (03-06)
.346 .345 .339
Highest Slugging Per centage 1. Jenna Hall (03-06) 2. Erin Montgomery (01-04) 3. Lindsey Hamma (01-04) 4. Rachelle Coriddi (03-06)
.568 .457 .409 .403
Highest On-Base Per centage 1. Jenna Hall (03-06) 2. Lindsey Hamma (01-04) 3. Rachelle Coriddi (03-06)
.453 .421 .360
Most Runs Scor ed 1. Lindsey Hamma (01-04) 2. Rachelle Coriddi (03-06) 3. Erin Jones (01-04) 4. LeeAnn Butcher (02-05) 5. Erin Montgomery
147 133 118 110 101
Most Hits 1. Lindsey Hamma (01-04) 2. Rachelle Coriddi (03-06) 3. Erin Jones (01-04) 4. Erin Montgomery (01-04) 5. LeeAnn Butcher (02-05)
269 229 227 187 178
Most Doubles 1. Erin Montgomery (01-04) 2. Jenna Hall (03-05) 3. Katie O’Connell (01-04) 4. Janna Sartini (01-04) Lindsey Hamma (01-04) 6. Erin Jones (01-04) 7. Rachelle Coriddi (03-06) 8. Sarah Baumgartner (01-04) Angelena Mexicano (05-06 10. Shanna Diller (05-06)
52 39 31 28 28 25 19 16 16 15
Most Triples 1. Rachelle Coriddi (03-06) 5. Molly Lawhead (04-06)
12 2
Most Home Runs 1. Jenna Hall (03-06) 2. Erin Montgomery (01-04) 3. Janna Sartini (01-04) 4. Katie O’Connell (01-04) 5. Shanna Diller (05-06) 6. Molly Lawhead (04-06) Sarah Baumgartner (01-04) 8. Angelena Mexicano (05-06)
29 24 15 14 10 6 6 4
Most RBI 1. Jenna Hall (03-05) 2. Erin Montgomery (01-04) Lindsey Hamma (01-04) 4. Janna Sartini (01-04) 5. Katie O’Connell (01-04) 6. Erin Jones (01-04) 7. Shanna Diller (05-06) 8. Sarah Baumgartner (01-04) 9. Rachelle Coriddi (03-06) 10. Angelena Mexicano (05-06)
132 111 111 100 98 89 65 60 54 42
Most Walks 1. Jenna Hall (03-05) 2. Lindsey Hamma (01-04) 9. Shanna Diller (05-06) 10. Rachelle Coriddi (03-06)
106 98 28 22
Most Stolen Bases 1. Rachelle Coriddi (03-05) 6. Alicia Hammel (01-02) 7. Molly Lawhead (04-06) 8. Laura Zobrist (03-06)
85 23 19 18
NATIONAL POLLS 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12 13 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24. 25.
ESPN.com/USA Softball (March 28) School Rec. Points Pvs Arizona (15) 29-3 495 T2 Texas (3) 35-3, 470 4 UCLA (2) 28-2 447 1 Alabama 29-4 427 7 Stanford 26-4 418 5 Tennessee 27-4, 399 T2 Oregon State 25-2 385 8 Cal 29-3 374 6 Arizona State 34-3 356 9 Georgia 28-8 299 11 Louisiana-Lafayette 23-6 288 10 LSU 31-5 267 14 Michigan 17-9 266 12 Washington 25-8 262 13 Northwestern 18-8 212 16 Texas A&M 23-9 210 15 Auburn 22-8 172 18 Oklahoma 23-10-1 156 17 Nebraska 20-6 144 20 Baylor 19-13 123 19 Louisville 19-4 82 21 Mississippi State 27-8 64 24 DePaul 11-7 49 22 Fresno State 20-13 43 23 Southern Illinois 19-4 33 25
Parenthesis Denotes first place votes. Others receiving votes: Georgia Tech (25), Virginia Tech (21), North Carolina (14), Cal State Fullerton (4), BYU (3), Colorado State (1), Oregon (1).
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25
USA Today/NFCA Poll (March 29) School Rec. Points Texas (11) 35-3 724 UCLA (16) 28-2 720 Arizona (3) 29-3 701 Alabama 29-4 647 Tennessee 27-4 622 Stanford 26-4 621 Oregon State 25-2 556 California 29-3 554 Arizona State 34-3 520 Georgia 28-8 450 LSU 31-5 419 Michigan 17-9 416 Louisiana-Lafayette 23-6 411 Washington 25-8 364 Texas A&M 23-9 319 Northwestern 18-8 279 Oklahoma 23-10-1 258 Auburn 22-8 230 Nebraska 20-6 229 Louisville 19-4 164 Baylor 20-13 142 Mississippi State 27-8 137 North Carolina 28-10 77 Fresno State 20-13 73 Georgia Tech 28-9 16
Pvs 3 1 4 6 2 5 8 7 9 11 13 12 10 14 16 18 15 19 17 20 21 22 24 23 NR
Others receiving votes: Southern Illinois 13, DePaul 12, Florida 12, Penn State 11, Missouri 8, Oregon 6, Missouri State 4, Long Beach State 3, Notre Dame 2.Illinois opponents underlined.
ALL-TIME VS. NFCA RANKED TEAMS By season: Total 21-45-2 2001 – 5-2 2002 – 2-10 2003 – 3-9-1 2004 – 6-10-1 2005 -- 3-9 2006 – 2-5 2/23/2001, Illinois 1, #16 Florida St. 0 2/25/2001, #16 Florida State 2, Illinois 0 3/18/2001, Illinois 3, #18 So. Miss. 1 3/24/2001, Illinois 1, #21 Wisconsin 0 4/14/2001, Illinois 1, #12 Iowa 0 $ 4/15/2001, Illinois 3, #12 Iowa 0 $ 5/12/2001, #15 Iowa 11, Illinois 2 * 2/24/2002, #5 California 8, Illinois 0 3/29/2002, #24 Minnesota 2, Illinois 0 3/30/2002, Illinois 2, #24 Minnesota 0 4/5/2002, #19 Iowa 8, Illinois 2 $ 4/6/2002, #19 Iowa 5, Illinois 4 $ 4/21/2002, #22 Ohio St. 6, Illinois 5 4/21/2002, #22 Ohio St. 5, Illinois 2 4/26/2002, #11 Michigan 3, Illinois 1 $ 4/30/2002, #18 DePaul 3, Illinois 0 4/30/2002, #18 DePaul 5, Illinois 4 5/9/2002, Illinois 3, #22 Iowa 2 * 5/9/2002, #20 Ohio State 5, Illinois 0 2/21/2002, Illinois 3, #24 Georgia Tech 2 3/6/2003, #24 South Florida 1, Illinois 0 3/8/2003, #12 Stanford 7, Illinois 6 3/9/2003, Illinois 6, #21 UMass 4 3/21/2003, #3 Washington 9, Illinois 1 3/28/2003, Illinois 4, #14 Michigan 0 3/29/2003, #14 Michigan 12, Illinois 4 4/24/2003, #6 DePaul 3, #21 Illinois 0$ 4/24/2003, #21 Illinois 1, #6 DePaul 1 (10) $ 4/27/2003, #24 Iowa 8, Illinois 0 (6) 4/27/2003, #24 Iowa 7, Illinois 0 5/9/2003, #23 Iowa 3, Illinois 2 (8) 5/16/2003, #16 Alabama 4, Illinois 2 % 2/6/2004, #4 Oklahoma 7, Illinois 0 2/6/2004, #14 LSU 7, Illinois 3 2/8/2004, Illinois 7, #14 LSU 2 2/8/2004, Illinois 2, #4 Oklahoma 2 2/20/2004, Illinois 5, #15 Texas A&M 0 2/21/2004, Illinois 4, #15 Texas A&M 3 3/17/2004, #1 Arizona 4, Illinois 1 3/18/2004, #7 Oklahoma 5, Illinois 2 3/19/2004, #15 Fresno State 3, Illinois 0 3/19/2004, Illinois 4, #23 Arizona State 2 3/21/2004, #1 Arizona 2, Illinois 0 3/27/2004, #13 Stanford 5, Illinois 0 4/16/2004, #9 Michigan 4, Illinois 2 4/17/2004, Illinois 3, #9 Michigan 2 5/21/2004, #21 Baylor 5, Illinois 0% 5/22/2004, Illinois 4, #21 Baylor 0% 5/23/2004, #3 LSU 4, Illinois 1% 2/4/2005, #17 Baylor 5, #22 Illinois 2 2/5/2005, #17 Baylor 3, #22 Illinois 1 2/12/2005, #11 Washingto 17, #22 Illinois 7 2/12/2005, #22 Illinois 5, #5 LSU 3 3/25/2005, #5 Stanford 3, Illinois 1 3/26/2005, Illinois 5, #20 Northwestern 3 4/1/2005, #20 Northwestern 10, Illinois 0 4/2/2005, #20 Northwestern 4, Illinois 1 4/3/2005, #1 Michigan 8, Illinois 7 4/3/2005, #1 Michigan 10, Illinois 0 5/7/2005, #18 Iowa 4, Illinois 3 5/8/2005, Illinois 8, #18 Iowa 7 2/11/2006, Illinois 12, #10 Baylor 6 2/17/2006, Illinois 7, #12 Oregon State 15 2/17/2006, Illinois 4, #6 California 6 2/24/2006, Illinois 1, #18 Nebraska 21 3/10/2006, Illinois 5, #23 Virginia Tech 4 3/18/2006 #6 California 5, Illinois 0 3/25/2006 Illinois 6, #5 Stanford 1 $ Home games * Big Ten Tournament %NCAA Tournament
Longest Hitting Streaks Season Current Shanna Diller Molly Lawhead Courtney Hoogeveen Jenna Hall Rachelle Coriddi Angelena Mexicano Kacey Coonce Lana Armstrong Kisten Martin Sarah Bryers Katrina Ross Brittany Koester Makenzie Smith Sydney Lisy
8 7 7 7 7 6 4 3 2 2 2 2 1 1
2 6 4 2 1 1 -
Multiple Hit Games Jenna Hall Rachelle Coriddi Shanna Diller Angelena Mexicano Molly Lawhead Kacey Coonce Courtney Hoogeveen Kisten Martin Lana Armstrong
2
3
4 Total
9 5 6 6 5 3 2 2 1 39
4 3 2 1 1 1 2 14
2 2
13 10 8 7 6 4 4 2 1 55
Multiple RBI Games 2 Jenna Hall Shanna Diller Angelena Mexicano Molly Lawhead Kacey Coonce Kisten Martin Makenzie Smith Rachelle Coriddi
3
4 Total
4 3 1 8 5 2 8 4 1 7 3 1 4 1 2 3 2 2 1 1 1 1 20 8 3 34 Note: Shanna Diller has a five-RBI game and Angelena Mexicano has two five-RBI games
IN THE HALL W I T H THE ALUMINUM PI PE Jenna Hall has been on a tremendous roll this season. He re are some her significant accomplishments: • Earned Bi g Ten Pl a yer of the Week Hall, after having had one of the best offensive weekends in Illinois softball history. The senior first baseman hit four home runs at the USF/Adidas Tournament in Clearwater, Fla., including one that helped the Illini upset No. 23 Virginia Tech (5-4). In that game Hall was 3-for-3 with a home run, a walk, two RBI, and a run s c o red. Hall had four home runs and seven RBI for a 1.263 slugging percentage for the week. She hit two home runs vs. Central Michigan, just the third time in Illini history that a player had a multi-home run game. Hall also had two long balls vs. Texas A&M on Fe b. 20, 2004. • Hall has a significant lead in the Big Ten in both batting average (.487) and slugging percentage (.947), out-distancing her competitors by over 60 points in average and by nearly 300 points in slugging percentage. • Hall also leads the Big Ten in on-base percentage (.567), home runs (9), total bases (72), and walks (18) while ranking second in RBI (28), third in hits (37).
GOOD GOLLY MISS MOLLY Molly Lawhead from nearby Monticello has continued as one of the most c o m p e t i t i ve players on team. For the season, Lawhead is batting .308 with four home runs, three doubles and 13 RBI. Defensively, she has throw n two runners out trying to score and has five total assists from the outfield. • Lawhead re p resented Illinois on the Capital Classic all-tournament team after going 7-for-12 (.583) with four runs scored and two RBI during the tourney
CORIDDI ON TORRID STREAK Rachelle Coriddi has been the ideal lead-off hitter so far this season. • A speed demon on the base paths so far this year, Coriddi has 19 stolen bases in 20 attempts. Coriddi, already Il l i n o i s’ stolen base leader now has 83 for her care e r, but her pace is far ahead of any of her previous two seasons. She had 23 steals as a freshman, 19 as a sophomore and 22 all of last year. • The stolen base leader in Division I was Sh a ronda Mc Donald with 48 steals in 51 games for 0.94 per game. • Coriddi has a .469 batting average. When she gets on base, more times than not she scores with 38 hits and six walks and 28 runs scored
FRIENDLY RIVALRY • Last year Shanna Diller and Jenna Hall went down to the final we e k e n d to determine the team lead in RBI each with a shot at the school re c o rd . Hall set the school re c o rd with 43 runs driven in last season despite the Illini playing only 50 games. She did so on the final weekend of the season with two home runs, including a grand slam at Iowa. Diller set fre s h m a n re c o rds for home runs (7) and RBI (39). • This year the duo sits second and third in the Big Ten with 28 and 26 apiece.
MURDERERS ROW The top six batters in the order for Illinois have been as good as anyone so far in 2006. Fi ve of the six batters are batting .300 or better and a re a s o n why the Illini are ranked high in the power categories in the Big Ten. • The top six batters in the order are batting a combined .439 with 111 runs scored, 33 doubles, 22 home runs and 116 RBI. The half dozen have a combined .530 slugging percentage.
SCHEDULE CONTINUES S T RO N G Illinois Head Coach Terri Su l l i van has a philosophy that says that “in ord e r to be the best you should have to play the best.” That is reflected in this year’s schedule, where the Illini will play at least 23 games against teams that made the NCAA Tournament last year. • A total of nine teams from the pre-season Top 25 are on the schedule.
The Terri Sullivan File Date of Birth: Education:
Jan. 4, 1970 B.A. Communications, Loyola, 1992 M.S., Sport Management, UIC, 1994
PLAYING EXPERIENCE 1984-88 1988-92
Madonna High School, Chicago Loyola University, Chicago (ranks 3rd in innings and 6th in career strikeouts)
COACHING EXPERIENCE 1993-96 1997-99 2000-
Assistant Coach, Illinois-Chicago Associate Head Coach, Illinois-Chicago Head Coach, Illinois
SULLIVAN YEAR-BY-YEAR At Illinois-Chicago Year 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999
Record 57-14 56-16-1 51-16 42-13 52-28 56-21 67-17
Accomplishments 3rd, Mid-Continent 1st, Mid-Continent, College World Series 2nd, Midwestern Collegiate, NCAA Regional 1st Midwestern Collegiate 1st Midwestern Collegiate 1st Midwestern Collegiate 1st Midwestern Collegiate, NCAA Regional
At Illinois 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004
13-17 49-23 34-24 39-17-1 45-21-1
Launched new program with team of walk-ons 4th, Big Ten; 3rd, Big Ten Tournament 5th, Big Ten; 4th Big Ten Tournament 4th, Big Ten, NCAA Tournament Qualifier 2nd, Big Ten, 2nd Big Ten Tournament, NCAA Sweet 16 10th, Big Ten
2005 24-26 2006 11-15 HEAD COACHING TOTAL
215-143-2 (.599)
ACCOMPLISHMENTS • First head coach in Illinois history • Has led Illini to two NCAA Tournaments, 16 wins over ranked opponents, and to the 2004 NCAA Sweet 16 • Became first coach in Big Ten history to lead team to the Big Ten Tournament in first four years of existence. • Recruiting coordinator for UIC Flames who posted a 381-125 record (.751) with three NCAA appearances in her tenure, including an appearance in the 1994 Women’s College World Series.
MILESTONE VICTORIES First Win: Illinois 3, Coastal Carolina 2 (March 11, 2000) 100th Win: Illinois 9, St. John’s 0, 5 innings (Feb. 14, 2003) 200th Win: Illinois 5, Bradley 2 (April 21, 2005)
MORE ON IOWA Iowa enters the week 17-12 on the year heading into We d n e s d a y’s game with Upper Iowa. The Hawkeyes bat .249 as a team paced by St a c y May (.382) and Emily Nichols (.350). Ali Arnold paces the pitchers with a 6-5 re c o rd and a 2.73 ERA. Iowa has played an extremely tough schedule with seven of its 12 losses coming against teams currently in the Top 25, four of those to No. 9 Arizona State. The Hawkeyes have also lost to No. 5 Tennessee (11-2), No. 8 Cal (1-0), and No. 13 Louisiana-Lafayette (6-0). Iowa has victories over No. 10 Georgia (6-5) and No. 23 North Carolina (3-2, 8 innings).
MORE ON WISCONSIN Wisconsin is one of the hottest teams in the Bi g Ten, winners of five in a row and six of its last seven, but the Badgers have been idle since going 4-0 at the Capital Classic in Sa c r a m e n t o. The Badgers have struggled at the plate with only a .235 batting average as a team, paced by Samantha Polito, who it batting .357. Wisconsin has 12 home runs in 21 games. Eden Brock (8-5) has 13 of the Badgers 21 decisions in the c i rcle with 66 strikeouts in 81 innings pitched.
TEAM COMPARISONS Big Ten rank in () Batting Average Fielding Pe rc e n t a g e ERA
Illinois .293 (2) .966 (5) 5.51 (11)
Iow a .249 (9) .975 (4) 2.80 (9)
Wisconsin .235 (10) .950 (10) 3.15 (10)
MORE ON OFFENSIVE NUMBERS • At 27 home runs, the Illini are six off their best season of 33 roundtrippers set in 2003. • With 36 doubles, the Illini are on pace to break the re c o rd for most doubles in a season, 63 set also in 2003. • That year Illinois hit. 285 compared to this year’s .294 clip.
PLAYER UPDATES Lana Armstrong, 5-7, Fr., C, Rowlett, Texas • Has started 20 of the first 28 games for the Illini at catcher • Hit a solo home run against Central Michigan in the USF-Adidas Invitational. Sarah Bryers, 5-8, So., OF, Bloomingdale, Ill. • Started two games this season • Doubled and scored vs. UC-Davis Brooke Buzard, 5-3, Fr., P, Glenview, Ill. • Has made two appearances, posting a 4.20 season ERA Kacey Coonce, 5-10, P/DP/2B, • Multi-dimensional player, has been given the role of hitting behind Illini slugger Jenna Hall • Has hit a grand slam against two ranked teams this season -- one off of No. 10 Baylor’s Ashley Monceauz in Waco and another off No. 6 California’s Lauren Frankiewicz in Las Vegas. • In the circle, defeated Wichita State in Baylor, tossing a complete game. • Has made steady strides both at the plate and in the circle -- batted .545 (6-for-11) with a double, three walks and three RBI in final four games of the Stanford Tournament, raising her batting average from .206-.253. She has also lowered her ERA to .559 from 6.26, giving up just four earned runs in her last four games (14.1 innings pitched). Rachelle Coriddi, 5-6 Sr., CF, Forth Worth, Texas • Got off to one of the best starts of anyone in the country this season with a .441 batting average, 15 runs scored, and 11-11 stolen bases in her first nine games. • Stole 15 straight bases dating back to last season without being thrown out until being thrown out by Florida’s Kristen Butler. In last two seasons, she is 41 for 44 in stealing bases. • On Feb. 18 vs. Utah State and Utah, reached base five straight times and scored all five times. Against Utah, she was 4-for-4 with two stolen bases and four runs scored. • Also went 4-for-4 with two doubles and three runs scored in 12-2 victory over Loyola on March 28. • Has at least three hits in five games this season and at least two stolen bases in five games this year. • Ranks second in the Big Ten in stolen bases (19) and leads the league in runs scored (29). • Illinois’ all-time leader in career stolen bases with 83. With 19 stolen bases, on her way to shattering her own school record for steals in a season 23). • Batted .562 (9-for-16) with a double, three stolen bases and five runs scored at the Capital Classic. Claire DeVreese, 5-11, So., P, Mishawaka, Ind. • Has appeared in every game this season for the Illini, leading the Big Ten with 28 total appearances. • Threw the lion’s share of innings at the Las Vegas Tournament, tossing 21.2 of a possible 32 innings. • Has recorded victories in nine of Illinois’ 13 victories this season, while collecting a save in the other win. • Had seven strikeouts vs. Portland State, one off her career high of eight. • Has lowered her ERA from 6.68 to 4.88 from March 17-March 28. In that span she has given up 17 runs in 46 innings pitched for a 2.59 ERA.
Shanna Diller, 5-10, So., 3B, Bloomington, Ill. • Moved up to the No. 2 spot in the order this year, hitting behind Rachelle Coriddi and in front of Jenna Hall. • Ranks third in the Big Ten in RBI (26), giving her 65 for her career, which ranks seventh all-time in history. • Ranks fourth in the Big Ten in runs scored (26). • Has raised her career average to .303 with a .333 clip this year. • Had an eight-game hitting streak earlier this year. • Was a combined 3-for-6 with two doubles, a home run and two runs scored in victories over Utah State and Utah Feb. 18. • Paced the way by going 3-for-4 with a double, a home run, five RBI and two runs scored in the comeback win over Long Island. Her grand slam highlighted a five-run sixth inning as the Illini built an 8-3 lead.
Courtney Hoogeveen, 5-6, Fr., 2B, Kalamazoo, Michigan • Freshman has started all 28 games this season at second base. • Has been one of the reasons Illinois has had a big improvement in fielding -- has a .970 fielding percentage, playing one of the toughest positions to have a high fielding percentage. By contrast, Katie O’Connell, four-year starter, had a .950 average. • Had two hits vs. No. 12 Oregon State. • Batting in the No. 9 spot, has the capability to get on base ahead of the Big Five in the Illini order. • Has had two three-hit games on the season -- vs. Fordham and Loyola.
Jenna Hall, 5-10, Sr., 1B, Channahon, Ill. • One of the top power hitters in the Big Ten, off to stellar start. • Hall has a significant lead in the Big Ten in both batting average (.487) and slugging percentage (.947), out-distancing her competitors by over 60 points in average and by nearly 300 points in slugging percentage. • Hall also leads the Big Ten in on-base percentage (.567), home runs (9), total bases (72), and walks (18) while ranking second in RBI (28), third in hits (37). • Hall was 4-for-6 with a walk and a double in wins over Utah State and Utah. • Illini career leader in on-base percentage (.453) and slugging percentage (.568). Just moved past Lindsey Hamma in career batting average (.346). • With three RBI vs. No. 12 Oregon State, passed Erin Montgomery for Illinois’ career RBI record (117). • Became Illinois’ new career leader in home runs with a two homer game against Tennessee-Chattanooga. • Named Big Ten Player of the Week for March 12th-18th. • Hit four home runs, while posting a .526 batting average in the prestigious USF/Adidas Tournament. • Had a seven-game hit streak snapped against Purdue. • Injured her knee on March 24 vs. Princeton and has been the designated player in the past three games. • Has eight walks in the last seven games for a Big Ten-leading 18 on the year, on the pace to break her school-record 36 set last year.
Molly Lawhead, So., RF, Monticello, Ill. • Moved back to her natural position of right field this year after playing the final 22 games at second base last year. That was the first time she had played second regularly since really early in her softball career. • Hit one of two three-run home runs in a six-run sixth inning vs. Utah State. • Has shown her defensive skills in throwing out two runners trying to score this season. • Named to the All-Tournament Team at the Capital Classic after going 7for-12 (.583) with four runs scored and two RBI during the tourney. • Posted seven-game hitting streak from Ma rch 18-Ma rch 26.
Brittany Koester, 5-10, Jr., C, Chatham, Ill. • Started eight games at catcher
Sydney Lisy, 5-6, Jr., C, Joliet, Ill. • Singled home a run vs. Loyola on March 28 Kistin Martin, 5-10, Jr., IF, Vienna, IL • Hit a pinch hit solo home run against Purdue in the USF-Adidas Invitational. • Has started the last 11 games, seven at designated player and the last four at first base for Jenna Hall. • Was 2-for-4 with a homer and two RBI vs. Southern Utah in the final day of the Capital Classic. Angelena Mexicano, 5-4, So., SS, San Jose, Calif. • After getting acclimated to shortstop and the collegiate game last season, Mexicano has emerged this year as a star both in the field and at the plate. • The turnaround for Mexicano was really noticeable in the fall, where she was 3-for-8 with a double and two RBI in five fall games and 9-for-12 with three runs, two doubles, one home run, and three RBI (1.167 SLUG) in the Orange & Blue World Series intrasquad games. • This season Mexicano is second in the Big Ten in doubles (10) • Hit her first career home run -- a grand slam vs. Tulsa. In that game went 3-for-5 with five RBI. • Had seven RBI in the doubleheader vs. Loyola and has ten runs driven in in the past week. • Even as a sophomore has moved into ninth on Illinois’ all-time doubles list. Katrina Ross, 5-7, Fr., Inf., Puyallup, Wash. • Has the only triple on the team this year, coming March 9 vs. Fordham Makenzie Smith, 5-6, So., OF, Lancaster, Calif., Desert Christian • Hit second career home run vs. Loyola on March 28.
THE WEEK AHEAD Illinois (13-15) vs. Iowa (17-12) When: Friday, March 31, 6 p.m.; Saturday, April 1, Noon Where: Eichelberger Field, Urbana, Ill. Series: Iowa leads 7-6 Illinois (13-15) vs. Wisconsin (11-10) When: Sunday, April 2, Noon Where: Eichelberger Field, Urbana, Ill. Series: Illinois leads 10-3 What’s at stake: Illinois opens the Big Ten home and Big Ten season vs. the Hawkeyes. The top eight teams make the Big Ten Tournament in a single-elimination format at the end of the season. The Illini missed the tourney for the first time in school history last year. Illini in home openers: The Illini are 10-0 in previous opening days with doubleheader sweeps over Valparaiso (2001), Eastern Illinois (2002), Bradley (2003), Illinois State (2004), and Loyola (2005). This is the first time that the home opener has also been the Big Ten opener Illini in Big Ten openers: Illinois is 3-2 in Big Ten openers, with the most significant game being a 4-0 victory at No. 14 Michigan. That win gave Illinois a victory over every Big Ten team in school history. No Repeat of 2005: The Illini finished 10th in the Big Ten a year ago with a 4-14 record. Illinois started the conference season 0-11. The Illini are hoping not to repeat those fortunes. Gaining momentum: The good news is Illinois
Probable Illinois line-up
ended the season with an 8-7 victory over the No. 2006 SCHEDULE (13-15) 18 Hawkeyes. Jenna Hall’s grand slam keyed the victory. FEBRUARY 10 Wichita State (@) This is our house: This is the fourth trip for 10 Baylor (@) Iowa to Eichelberger Field and two of the three 11 Tulsa (@) L previous trips have resulted in Illini sweeps. In 11 #10 Baylor (@) W 2001, a team of 18 freshman, including pitchers 12 Wichita State (@) W Kathryn Nevard and Amanda Fortune limited the 12 Tulsa L No. 12 Hawkeyes to 10 hits in two games as 17 #12 Oregon State (!) L Illinois won 1-0 and 3-0. As seniors, the Illini 17 #6 California (!) L Utah State (!) W pulled off two of the biggest wins in school histo- 18 18 Utah (!) W ry. Needing two victories to tie Iowa for second 19 Portland State (!) L in the conference and gain the No. 2 seed in the 24 Florida (#) L conference tournament, the Illini did just that, 24 #18 Nebraska (#) L winning 2-0 and 5-2. 25 Florida Atlantic (#) We meet again: Illinois has faced Wisconsin more 25-26 Bracket Play (#) than any other team in school history, with a MARCH commanding 10-3 advantage. Like Iowa, the 9 Coastal Carolina ($) L Fordham ($) W Illini are 4-2 vs. the Badgers in Urbana, with both 9 10 #23 Virginia Tech ($) W Badger wins coming last season, 7-3 and 3-1. 10 Chattanooga ($) L Scouting Iowa: Iowa spent the first three weeks 11 Central Michigan ($) W of the season in the top 25, reaching as high as 11 Purdue ($) L 19th in the rankings. At 17-12, The Hawkeyes 14 at Illinois State are two away from the number of losses all of last 17 Columbia (+) season (14). Illinois and Iowa had three common 17 Colorado State (+) L 18 #6 California (+) L opponents. The Illini defeated Long Island, 11-8 18 Long Island (+) W and the Hawkeyes fell 7-1. The Illini have lost to 19 Southern Utah (+) W California twice (6-4 and 5-0) while Iowa lost to 24 Princeton (%) L the Bears 1-0. Iowa downed Loyola, 5-0, at the 24 Santa Clara (%) W Hawkeye Classic while the Illini swept the 25 #5 Stanford (%) L Ramblers in Chicago, 12-2 (5) and 3-2. 25 UC-Davis (%) W Scouting Wisconsin: The Badgers are 11-10 and 26 Princeton (%) L 28 at Loyola (DH) W, W winners of five straight, after going 4-0 at the Capital Classic in Sacramento. 31 Iowa*
Pos. No.
Name
Ht.
Yr. Avg.
Key Stats
CF 3B 1B DP/P SS RF 1B C 2B
Rachelle Coriddi Shanna Diller Jenna Hall Kacey Coonce Angelena Mexicano Molly Lawhead Kistin Martin Lana Armstrong Courtney Hoogeveen
5-6 5-10 5-8 5-8 5-4 5-8 5-10 5-7 5-6
Sr. So. Sr. Fr. So. Jr. Jr. Fr. Fr.
28R, 19-20 SB 7 2B, 4 HR, 26 RBI, .505 SLUG 8 2B, 9 HR, 26 RBI, .947 SLUG 10 R, 2 2B, 2 HR, 20 RBI 10 2B, 4 HR, 24 RBI, .558 SLUG 17 R, 4 HR, 13 RBI, 10-10 SB 1 2B, 2 HR, 6 RBI 2 HR, 5 RBI 15 R, 1 2B, 5 RBI
Pos. No.
Reserves
Ht.
Yr. Avg.
Key Stats
LF C OF UT C IF C-IF OF OF
Laura Zobrist Brittany Koester Makenzie Smith Denise Prather Sydney Lisy Kristin Schnake Katrina Ross Sarah Bryers Katie Gaitros
5-5 5-10 5-6 5-5 5-6 5-3 5-7 5-8 5-7
Sr. Jr. So. Fr. Jr. Fr. Fr. So. So.
.000 .069 .214 --.200 .000 .158 .154 ---
2-2 SB
Pitchers
Ht.
Yr.
W-L-S ERA BB K
RHP RHP RHP
5 3 4 10 9 13 24 25 17
1 2 7 12 18 19 21 22 42
No.
8 10 16
Claire DeVreese Kacey Coonce Brooke Buzard
5-11 5-8 5-3
So. Fr. Fr.
.369 .333 .487 .241 .302 .308 .257 .176 .333
9-7-1 4-8-0 0-0-0
1 HR, 4 RBI 1 RBI 7R 1 2B, 3 RBI 1 2B
4.88 5.59 3.65
67 24 1
59 14 3
IP
104.2 71.1 7.2
APRIL 1 2 4 7 8 9 12 14 15 16 18 21 22 26 28 29 30 MAY 3 4 6 7 11-13 19-21 26-27 June 1-7
Iowa* Wisconsin* (DH) at Bradley (DH) at Ohio State* at Ohio State* at Penn State* (DH) at DePaul (DH) Purdue* Purdue* Indiana* (DH) Illinois State at Minnesota* at Minnesota* Eastern Illinois (DH) at Michigan* (ESPNU) at Michigan* at Michigan State* (DH)
cancelled cancelled 0-2 12-6 8-7 7-8 (8) 7-15 (5) 4-6 8-1 7-2 6-7 10-11 1-21 (5)
2-7 8-3 (8) 5-4 1-10 6-3 7-11 postponed cancelled 2-12 0-5 11-8 10-0 0-2 6-1 1-6 7-4 3-4 12-2 (5), 3-2 6 p.m. Noon Noon 5 p.m. 5 p.m. 11 a.m. 11 a.m. 3 p.m. 6 p.m. Noon Noon 6 p.m. 6 p.m. Noon 4 p.m. 5 p.m. 11 a.m. 11 a.m.
Southern Illinois (DH) 4 p.m. at Illinois State 5 p.m. Northwestern* 6 p.m. Northwestern* 1 p.m. Big Ten Tournament Conference champion NCAA Regionals NCAA Super Regionals NCAA Women’s College World Series @Oklahoma City, Okla. (@) Getterman Classic (Waco, Texas) (!) Louisville Classic (Las Vegas, Nev.) (#) NFCA Leadoff Classic (Columbus, Ga.) ($) Speedline Tournament (Clearwater, Fla.) (+) Capital Classic (Sacramento, Calif.) (%) Stanford Classic (Palo Alto, Calif.) (*) Big Ten Home games in bold are played at Eichelberger Field
ILLINI UPDATE The latest: Illinois went 2-3 at the St a n f o rd Invitational last weekend, then swept Loyola, 12-2 and 3-2 on Tuesday night in Chicago. Re versal of fortunes: Illinois entered play last weekend first in the Big Ten in hitting (.304) and at the bottom of the league in pitching. Illinois had its best pitching (3.61) and fielding (.981) weekend of the ye a r, while only batting .233. Iron horse: Illinois pitcher Claire DeVreese has appeared in eve ry one of the Il l i n i’s games this season. Her numbers are steadily improving. In her last 10 appearances, five of them s t a rts, DeVreese has a 2.77 ERA, seeing her ERA drop from 6.68 to 4.88. In addition De Vreese has given up just three home ru n s c o m p a red to 14 in her first 18 games. Hall re c ove ring from knee injury: Jenna Ha l l banged her knee into the wall going after a foul ball during Fr i d a y’s game with Pr i n c e t o n Friday in Palo Alto. She played the next game vs. Santa Clara that day, but sat out Sa t u rd a y’s action vs. St a n f o rd and UC-Davis. Hall has played the last three games at designated playe r. She still has stiffness in her knee, but is gradually gaining mobility. Gibsonesque moment: Hall had a moment that, although not as dramatic, resembled that of Kirk Gi b s o n’s home run during the 1988 World Series. Not being able to get a round the bases real fast, Hall smacked a home run over the right-center field fence vs. Princeton and made the slow trot around the
bases. The home run gave the Illini a 3-2 lead. The Tigers rebounded for a 4-3 victory, h owe ve r. De-fense, Defense: The Illini fielding has been outstanding of late. Illinois has not committed an error in three straight games and has a .981 percentage in its last 11 outings. In the process they have raised their season fielding percentage from .957 to .966. • Molly Lawhead has thrown two players out trying to score and one vs. Loyola trying to s t retch a single into a double. • Angelena Mexicano has made some re m a rkable plays at short s t o p, showing great range and turing a diving catch into a double play in game two of the twinbill vs. Loyola. • Rachelle Coriddi has cove red a lot of g round in center field, accounting for the final two outs of the game vs. Loyola on a s n a re of a line drive and a bullet of a throw to first to double up the ru n n e r. Pulling rank: The Illini have two wins ove r ranked teams this season, defeating No. 10 Baylor 12-6 in Waco during the first week of the ye a r, then downing No. 23 Virginia Tech on Ma rch 10 in Clearwater, Fla. The Il l i n i h a ve had at least three wins against ranked opponents each year with scholarship playe r s -- five in 2001, three in 2002, three in 2003, six in 2004, and three in 2005. Four of their remaining opponents are ranked -- No. 13 Michigan, No. 15 No rt h western, No. 23 De Paul & No. 25 Southern Illinois.
PROMOTIONS Friday, March 31 • Iowa • Canned Food Drive/Schedule Magnet Give-away The University of Illinois Greek system, including the Interfraternity Council, Panhellenic Council, Black Greek Council, and United Greek Council, will be conducting a canned food drive. Bring two nonperishable food items for free admission into the game. Schedule magnet give-away at the door. Saturday, April 1 • Iowa • Meet the Team The team will be available for autographs and kids eighth grade and under will have an opportunity to run the bases at the conclusion of the game. Schedule magnet give-away at the door while available. Sunday, April 2 • Wisconsin • Team Day Teams are eligible for the group rate by registering with the marketing department by Wednesday, March 29th. To register your team or for more information, contact Allison Berg at 217-244-0062 or [email protected]. Sunday, April 16 • Indiana • Easter Egg Hunt . . . There will be an Easter Egg hunt for kids eighth grade and under between games one and two of the doubleheader. Wednesday, May 3 • Southern Illinois • Dog Day/Faculty and Staff Day One day only, dogs are allowed in Eichelberger Field for Dog Day! Bring your dog and receive free admission into the game. There will be dog contests between games one and two of the doubleheader. The categories include cutest dog, most Illini spirit, and best trick. Faculty and Staff receive free admission with their UIUC staff ID card. Saturday, May 6 • Northwestern • World’s Largest Softball Tailgate/Girl Scout Day To register your troop contact Allison Berg Sunday, May 7 • Northwestern • Senior Day
2006 ILLINOIS SOFTBALL ROSTER No. 1 2 3 4 5 7 8 9 10 12 13 16 17 18 19 21 22 24 25 42
Name Ht. Laura Zobrist 5-5 Brittany Koester 5-10 Shanna Diller 5-10 Jenna Hall 5-8 Rachelle Coriddi 5-6 Makenzie Smith 5-6 Claire DeVreese 5-11 Angelena Mexicano 5-4 Kacey Coonce 5-8 Denise Prather 5-5 Molly Lawhead 5-8 Brooke Buzard 5-3 Courtney Hoogeveen 5-6 Sydney Lisy 5-6 Kristin Schnake 5-3 Katrina Ross 5-7 Sarah Bryers 5-8 Kisten Martin 5-10 Lana Armstrong 5-7 Katie Gaitros 5-7 Head Coach: Terri Sullivan (seventh year) Associate Head Coach: Donna DiBiase Assistant Coach: Molly Freeman Volunteer Assistant: Larry Crews Athletic Trainer: Heather Hellman
Pos. OF C IF IF OF OF P INF P UT OF P INF C UT C-IF OF INF C OF
Year Sr. Jr. So. Sr. Sr. So. So. So. Fr. Fr. Jr. Fr. Fr. Jr. Fr. Fr. So. Jr. Fr. So.
B/T L/R R/R L/R L/R L/R R/R R/R R/R R/R L/L L/R R/R L/R R/R R/R R/R R/R L/L R/R R/R
Hometown (High School) Washington, Ill. (Washington) Chatham, Ill. (Glenwood) Bloomington, Ill. (Normal Community) Channahon, Ill. (Minooka) Forth Worth, Texas (Southwest) Lancaster, Calif. (Desert Christian) Mishawaka, Ind. (Mishawaka) San Jose, Calif. (Mt. Pleasant) Goreville, Ill. (Goreville) Mt. Zion, Ill. (Mt. Zion) Monticello, Ill. (Monticello) Glenview, Ill. (Glenbrook South) Kalamazoo, Mich. (Lincoln, Neb. Southeast) Joliet, Illl. (Joliet Catholic/Case-Western Reserve) Richview, Ill. (Nashville) Puyallup, Wash. (Rogers) Bloomingdale, Ill. (Glenbard North) Vienna, Ill. (Vienna) Rowlett, Texas (Garland) Pekin, Ill. (Pekin)
ILLINOIS RECORD WHEN... Overall Record . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13-15 Conference Record . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .0-0 Home Record . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .0-0 Road Record . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3-1 Neutral Site Record . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10-14 Record vs. Ranked Teams . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2-5 Day Games . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10-12 Night Games . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3-3 vs. left-handers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .0-3 vs. right-handers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13-12 February . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4-7 March . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9-8 April . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .0-0 May . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .0-0 Scoring 0-2 runs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .0-8 Scoring 3-5 runs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2-2 Scoring 6-9 runs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7-4 Scoring 10+ runs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4-1 Giving up 0-2 runs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6-2 Giving up 3-5 runs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4-2 Giving up 6-9 runs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3-5 Giving up 10+runs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .0-6 Games decided by one run . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3-4 Games decided by 2 runs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .0-3 Games decided by 5+ runs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7-7 Record in 1st game of DH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1-0 Record in 2nd game of DH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1-0 Having more hits than opponent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8-1 Having fewer hits than opponent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4-13 Having as many hits as opponent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1-1 Record in extra-inning games . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .0-3 Hit 0 home runs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2-1 Hit 1 home run . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3-3 Hit 2+ home runs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5-5 Make no errors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6-6 Make 1 error . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5-3 Make 2+ errors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2-6 Leading after 4 innings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10-1 Trailing after 4 innings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1-12 Tied after 4 innings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2-2 Leading after 5 innings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11-1 Trailing after 5 innings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .0-11 Tied after 5 innings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1-0 Leading after 6 innings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10-2 Trailing after 6 innings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .0-9 Tied after 6 innings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2-0
The number of times Illinois has.....
Shutout an opponent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .0 Has been shutout . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2 Has no-hit an opponent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .0 Has been no-hit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .0 Has one-hit an opponent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .0 Has been one hit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .0 Won a game in its last at-bat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2 Lost a game in the last at-bat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2 Scored first (record) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 (12-3) Scored in the first inning (record) . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13 (7-6) Opponents scored first . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12 (4-8) Opponents scored in the first inning . . . . . . . . . . .13 (1-12)
2006 BIG TEN STANDINGS Penn State Northwestern Michigan Michigan State Iowa Ohio State Indiana Purdue Wisconsin Illinois Minnesota
Big Ten 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0
Overall 18-4 18-8 18-9 18-10 17-12 16-12 13-11-1 18-16 11-10 13-15 11-14
Illini in Big Ten Statistics (As of 3/27) Kacey Coonce 4th in appearances (20) 7th in RBI (19) Rachelle Coriddi 2nd in stolen bases (18) 3rd in runs scored (25) 6th in hits (33) 10th in batting average (.347) Claire DeVreese 1st in appearances (26) 3rd in innings pitched (96.2) Shanna Diller 3rd in RBI (25) 4th in runs scored (24) 9th in total bases (45) Jenna Hall 1st in batting average (.480) 1st in on-base percentage (.567) 1st in total bases (71) 1st in home runs (9) 1st in slugging percentage (.947) 2nd in RBI (28) 3rd in hits (36) 3rd in walks (14) 4th in doubles (8) Molly Lawhead 6th in stolen bases (9) 7th in home runs (4) Angelena Mexicano 3rd in doubles (9) Players of the Week Player 2/14 Stacy Hibma, OSU 2/21 Kristen Amegin, NU 2/28 Tiffany Krcelich, PU 3/7 Tammy Williams, NU 3/14 Jenna Hall, UI 3/21 Garland Coper, NU 3/22 Hollee Haines, PSU 4/2 4/9 4/16 4/23 4/30 5/7
Pitcher Diana LaRiva, PU Rachel Turney, MSU Missy Beseres, PSU Jennie Ritter, UM Mariangee Bogado, IU Eileen Canney, NU Lorilyn Wilson, UM
Career Recor d Update Highest Batting A verage 1. Jenna Hall (03-06) 2. Lindsey Hamma (01-04) 3. Rachelle Coriddi (03-06)
.346 .345 .339
Highest Slugging Per centage 1. Jenna Hall (03-06) 2. Erin Montgomery (01-04) 3. Lindsey Hamma (01-04) 4. Rachelle Coriddi (03-06)
.568 .457 .409 .403
Highest On-Base Per centage 1. Jenna Hall (03-06) 2. Lindsey Hamma (01-04) 3. Rachelle Coriddi (03-06)
.453 .421 .360
Most Runs Scor ed 1. Lindsey Hamma (01-04) 2. Rachelle Coriddi (03-06) 3. Erin Jones (01-04) 4. LeeAnn Butcher (02-05) 5. Erin Montgomery
147 133 118 110 101
Most Hits 1. Lindsey Hamma (01-04) 2. Rachelle Coriddi (03-06) 3. Erin Jones (01-04) 4. Erin Montgomery (01-04) 5. LeeAnn Butcher (02-05)
269 229 227 187 178
Most Doubles 1. Erin Montgomery (01-04) 2. Jenna Hall (03-05) 3. Katie O’Connell (01-04) 4. Janna Sartini (01-04) Lindsey Hamma (01-04) 6. Erin Jones (01-04) 7. Rachelle Coriddi (03-06) 8. Sarah Baumgartner (01-04) Angelena Mexicano (05-06 10. Shanna Diller (05-06)
52 39 31 28 28 25 19 16 16 15
Most Triples 1. Rachelle Coriddi (03-06) 5. Molly Lawhead (04-06)
12 2
Most Home Runs 1. Jenna Hall (03-06) 2. Erin Montgomery (01-04) 3. Janna Sartini (01-04) 4. Katie O’Connell (01-04) 5. Shanna Diller (05-06) 6. Molly Lawhead (04-06) Sarah Baumgartner (01-04) 8. Angelena Mexicano (05-06)
29 24 15 14 10 6 6 4
Most RBI 1. Jenna Hall (03-05) 2. Erin Montgomery (01-04) Lindsey Hamma (01-04) 4. Janna Sartini (01-04) 5. Katie O’Connell (01-04) 6. Erin Jones (01-04) 7. Shanna Diller (05-06) 8. Sarah Baumgartner (01-04) 9. Rachelle Coriddi (03-06) 10. Angelena Mexicano (05-06)
132 111 111 100 98 89 65 60 54 42
Most Walks 1. Jenna Hall (03-05) 2. Lindsey Hamma (01-04) 9. Shanna Diller (05-06) 10. Rachelle Coriddi (03-06)
106 98 28 22
Most Stolen Bases 1. Rachelle Coriddi (03-05) 6. Alicia Hammel (01-02) 7. Molly Lawhead (04-06) 8. Laura Zobrist (03-06)
85 23 19 18
NATIONAL POLLS 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12 13 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24. 25.
ESPN.com/USA Softball (March 28) School Rec. Points Pvs Arizona (15) 29-3 495 T2 Texas (3) 35-3, 470 4 UCLA (2) 28-2 447 1 Alabama 29-4 427 7 Stanford 26-4 418 5 Tennessee 27-4, 399 T2 Oregon State 25-2 385 8 Cal 29-3 374 6 Arizona State 34-3 356 9 Georgia 28-8 299 11 Louisiana-Lafayette 23-6 288 10 LSU 31-5 267 14 Michigan 17-9 266 12 Washington 25-8 262 13 Northwestern 18-8 212 16 Texas A&M 23-9 210 15 Auburn 22-8 172 18 Oklahoma 23-10-1 156 17 Nebraska 20-6 144 20 Baylor 19-13 123 19 Louisville 19-4 82 21 Mississippi State 27-8 64 24 DePaul 11-7 49 22 Fresno State 20-13 43 23 Southern Illinois 19-4 33 25
Parenthesis Denotes first place votes. Others receiving votes: Georgia Tech (25), Virginia Tech (21), North Carolina (14), Cal State Fullerton (4), BYU (3), Colorado State (1), Oregon (1).
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25
USA Today/NFCA Poll (March 29) School Rec. Points Texas (11) 35-3 724 UCLA (16) 28-2 720 Arizona (3) 29-3 701 Alabama 29-4 647 Tennessee 27-4 622 Stanford 26-4 621 Oregon State 25-2 556 California 29-3 554 Arizona State 34-3 520 Georgia 28-8 450 LSU 31-5 419 Michigan 17-9 416 Louisiana-Lafayette 23-6 411 Washington 25-8 364 Texas A&M 23-9 319 Northwestern 18-8 279 Oklahoma 23-10-1 258 Auburn 22-8 230 Nebraska 20-6 229 Louisville 19-4 164 Baylor 20-13 142 Mississippi State 27-8 137 North Carolina 28-10 77 Fresno State 20-13 73 Georgia Tech 28-9 16
Pvs 3 1 4 6 2 5 8 7 9 11 13 12 10 14 16 18 15 19 17 20 21 22 24 23 NR
Others receiving votes: Southern Illinois 13, DePaul 12, Florida 12, Penn State 11, Missouri 8, Oregon 6, Missouri State 4, Long Beach State 3, Notre Dame 2.Illinois opponents underlined.
ALL-TIME VS. NFCA RANKED TEAMS By season: Total 21-45-2 2001 – 5-2 2002 – 2-10 2003 – 3-9-1 2004 – 6-10-1 2005 -- 3-9 2006 – 2-5 2/23/2001, Illinois 1, #16 Florida St. 0 2/25/2001, #16 Florida State 2, Illinois 0 3/18/2001, Illinois 3, #18 So. Miss. 1 3/24/2001, Illinois 1, #21 Wisconsin 0 4/14/2001, Illinois 1, #12 Iowa 0 $ 4/15/2001, Illinois 3, #12 Iowa 0 $ 5/12/2001, #15 Iowa 11, Illinois 2 * 2/24/2002, #5 California 8, Illinois 0 3/29/2002, #24 Minnesota 2, Illinois 0 3/30/2002, Illinois 2, #24 Minnesota 0 4/5/2002, #19 Iowa 8, Illinois 2 $ 4/6/2002, #19 Iowa 5, Illinois 4 $ 4/21/2002, #22 Ohio St. 6, Illinois 5 4/21/2002, #22 Ohio St. 5, Illinois 2 4/26/2002, #11 Michigan 3, Illinois 1 $ 4/30/2002, #18 DePaul 3, Illinois 0 4/30/2002, #18 DePaul 5, Illinois 4 5/9/2002, Illinois 3, #22 Iowa 2 * 5/9/2002, #20 Ohio State 5, Illinois 0 2/21/2002, Illinois 3, #24 Georgia Tech 2 3/6/2003, #24 South Florida 1, Illinois 0 3/8/2003, #12 Stanford 7, Illinois 6 3/9/2003, Illinois 6, #21 UMass 4 3/21/2003, #3 Washington 9, Illinois 1 3/28/2003, Illinois 4, #14 Michigan 0 3/29/2003, #14 Michigan 12, Illinois 4 4/24/2003, #6 DePaul 3, #21 Illinois 0$ 4/24/2003, #21 Illinois 1, #6 DePaul 1 (10) $ 4/27/2003, #24 Iowa 8, Illinois 0 (6) 4/27/2003, #24 Iowa 7, Illinois 0 5/9/2003, #23 Iowa 3, Illinois 2 (8) 5/16/2003, #16 Alabama 4, Illinois 2 % 2/6/2004, #4 Oklahoma 7, Illinois 0 2/6/2004, #14 LSU 7, Illinois 3 2/8/2004, Illinois 7, #14 LSU 2 2/8/2004, Illinois 2, #4 Oklahoma 2 2/20/2004, Illinois 5, #15 Texas A&M 0 2/21/2004, Illinois 4, #15 Texas A&M 3 3/17/2004, #1 Arizona 4, Illinois 1 3/18/2004, #7 Oklahoma 5, Illinois 2 3/19/2004, #15 Fresno State 3, Illinois 0 3/19/2004, Illinois 4, #23 Arizona State 2 3/21/2004, #1 Arizona 2, Illinois 0 3/27/2004, #13 Stanford 5, Illinois 0 4/16/2004, #9 Michigan 4, Illinois 2 4/17/2004, Illinois 3, #9 Michigan 2 5/21/2004, #21 Baylor 5, Illinois 0% 5/22/2004, Illinois 4, #21 Baylor 0% 5/23/2004, #3 LSU 4, Illinois 1% 2/4/2005, #17 Baylor 5, #22 Illinois 2 2/5/2005, #17 Baylor 3, #22 Illinois 1 2/12/2005, #11 Washingto 17, #22 Illinois 7 2/12/2005, #22 Illinois 5, #5 LSU 3 3/25/2005, #5 Stanford 3, Illinois 1 3/26/2005, Illinois 5, #20 Northwestern 3 4/1/2005, #20 Northwestern 10, Illinois 0 4/2/2005, #20 Northwestern 4, Illinois 1 4/3/2005, #1 Michigan 8, Illinois 7 4/3/2005, #1 Michigan 10, Illinois 0 5/7/2005, #18 Iowa 4, Illinois 3 5/8/2005, Illinois 8, #18 Iowa 7 2/11/2006, Illinois 12, #10 Baylor 6 2/17/2006, Illinois 7, #12 Oregon State 15 2/17/2006, Illinois 4, #6 California 6 2/24/2006, Illinois 1, #18 Nebraska 21 3/10/2006, Illinois 5, #23 Virginia Tech 4 3/18/2006 #6 California 5, Illinois 0 3/25/2006 Illinois 6, #5 Stanford 1 $ Home games * Big Ten Tournament %NCAA Tournament
Longest Hitting Streaks Season Current Shanna Diller Molly Lawhead Courtney Hoogeveen Jenna Hall Rachelle Coriddi Angelena Mexicano Kacey Coonce Lana Armstrong Kisten Martin Sarah Bryers Katrina Ross Brittany Koester Makenzie Smith Sydney Lisy
8 7 7 7 7 6 4 3 2 2 2 2 1 1
2 6 4 2 1 1 -
Multiple Hit Games Jenna Hall Rachelle Coriddi Shanna Diller Angelena Mexicano Molly Lawhead Kacey Coonce Courtney Hoogeveen Kisten Martin Lana Armstrong
2
3
4 Total
9 5 6 6 5 3 2 2 1 39
4 3 2 1 1 1 2 14
2 2
13 10 8 7 6 4 4 2 1 55
Multiple RBI Games 2 Jenna Hall Shanna Diller Angelena Mexicano Molly Lawhead Kacey Coonce Kisten Martin Makenzie Smith Rachelle Coriddi
3
4 Total
4 3 1 8 5 2 8 4 1 7 3 1 4 1 2 3 2 2 1 1 1 1 20 8 3 34 Note: Shanna Diller has a five-RBI game and Angelena Mexicano has two five-RBI games
IN THE HALL W I T H THE ALUMINUM PI PE Jenna Hall has been on a tremendous roll this season. He re are some her significant accomplishments: • Earned Bi g Ten Pl a yer of the Week Hall, after having had one of the best offensive weekends in Illinois softball history. The senior first baseman hit four home runs at the USF/Adidas Tournament in Clearwater, Fla., including one that helped the Illini upset No. 23 Virginia Tech (5-4). In that game Hall was 3-for-3 with a home run, a walk, two RBI, and a run s c o red. Hall had four home runs and seven RBI for a 1.263 slugging percentage for the week. She hit two home runs vs. Central Michigan, just the third time in Illini history that a player had a multi-home run game. Hall also had two long balls vs. Texas A&M on Fe b. 20, 2004. • Hall has a significant lead in the Big Ten in both batting average (.487) and slugging percentage (.947), out-distancing her competitors by over 60 points in average and by nearly 300 points in slugging percentage. • Hall also leads the Big Ten in on-base percentage (.567), home runs (9), total bases (72), and walks (18) while ranking second in RBI (28), third in hits (37).
GOOD GOLLY MISS MOLLY Molly Lawhead from nearby Monticello has continued as one of the most c o m p e t i t i ve players on team. For the season, Lawhead is batting .308 with four home runs, three doubles and 13 RBI. Defensively, she has throw n two runners out trying to score and has five total assists from the outfield. • Lawhead re p resented Illinois on the Capital Classic all-tournament team after going 7-for-12 (.583) with four runs scored and two RBI during the tourney
CORIDDI ON TORRID STREAK Rachelle Coriddi has been the ideal lead-off hitter so far this season. • A speed demon on the base paths so far this year, Coriddi has 19 stolen bases in 20 attempts. Coriddi, already Il l i n o i s’ stolen base leader now has 83 for her care e r, but her pace is far ahead of any of her previous two seasons. She had 23 steals as a freshman, 19 as a sophomore and 22 all of last year. • The stolen base leader in Division I was Sh a ronda Mc Donald with 48 steals in 51 games for 0.94 per game. • Coriddi has a .469 batting average. When she gets on base, more times than not she scores with 38 hits and six walks and 28 runs scored
FRIENDLY RIVALRY • Last year Shanna Diller and Jenna Hall went down to the final we e k e n d to determine the team lead in RBI each with a shot at the school re c o rd . Hall set the school re c o rd with 43 runs driven in last season despite the Illini playing only 50 games. She did so on the final weekend of the season with two home runs, including a grand slam at Iowa. Diller set fre s h m a n re c o rds for home runs (7) and RBI (39). • This year the duo sits second and third in the Big Ten with 28 and 26 apiece.
MURDERERS ROW The top six batters in the order for Illinois have been as good as anyone so far in 2006. Fi ve of the six batters are batting .300 or better and a re a s o n why the Illini are ranked high in the power categories in the Big Ten. • The top six batters in the order are batting a combined .439 with 111 runs scored, 33 doubles, 22 home runs and 116 RBI. The half dozen have a combined .530 slugging percentage.
SCHEDULE CONTINUES S T RO N G Illinois Head Coach Terri Su l l i van has a philosophy that says that “in ord e r to be the best you should have to play the best.” That is reflected in this year’s schedule, where the Illini will play at least 23 games against teams that made the NCAA Tournament last year. • A total of nine teams from the pre-season Top 25 are on the schedule.
The Terri Sullivan File Date of Birth: Education:
Jan. 4, 1970 B.A. Communications, Loyola, 1992 M.S., Sport Management, UIC, 1994
PLAYING EXPERIENCE 1984-88 1988-92
Madonna High School, Chicago Loyola University, Chicago (ranks 3rd in innings and 6th in career strikeouts)
COACHING EXPERIENCE 1993-96 1997-99 2000-
Assistant Coach, Illinois-Chicago Associate Head Coach, Illinois-Chicago Head Coach, Illinois
SULLIVAN YEAR-BY-YEAR At Illinois-Chicago Year 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999
Record 57-14 56-16-1 51-16 42-13 52-28 56-21 67-17
Accomplishments 3rd, Mid-Continent 1st, Mid-Continent, College World Series 2nd, Midwestern Collegiate, NCAA Regional 1st Midwestern Collegiate 1st Midwestern Collegiate 1st Midwestern Collegiate 1st Midwestern Collegiate, NCAA Regional
At Illinois 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004
13-17 49-23 34-24 39-17-1 45-21-1
Launched new program with team of walk-ons 4th, Big Ten; 3rd, Big Ten Tournament 5th, Big Ten; 4th Big Ten Tournament 4th, Big Ten, NCAA Tournament Qualifier 2nd, Big Ten, 2nd Big Ten Tournament, NCAA Sweet 16 10th, Big Ten
2005 24-26 2006 11-15 HEAD COACHING TOTAL
215-143-2 (.599)
ACCOMPLISHMENTS • First head coach in Illinois history • Has led Illini to two NCAA Tournaments, 16 wins over ranked opponents, and to the 2004 NCAA Sweet 16 • Became first coach in Big Ten history to lead team to the Big Ten Tournament in first four years of existence. • Recruiting coordinator for UIC Flames who posted a 381-125 record (.751) with three NCAA appearances in her tenure, including an appearance in the 1994 Women’s College World Series.
MILESTONE VICTORIES First Win: Illinois 3, Coastal Carolina 2 (March 11, 2000) 100th Win: Illinois 9, St. John’s 0, 5 innings (Feb. 14, 2003) 200th Win: Illinois 5, Bradley 2 (April 21, 2005)
MORE ON IOWA Iowa enters the week 17-12 on the year heading into We d n e s d a y’s game with Upper Iowa. The Hawkeyes bat .249 as a team paced by St a c y May (.382) and Emily Nichols (.350). Ali Arnold paces the pitchers with a 6-5 re c o rd and a 2.73 ERA. Iowa has played an extremely tough schedule with seven of its 12 losses coming against teams currently in the Top 25, four of those to No. 9 Arizona State. The Hawkeyes have also lost to No. 5 Tennessee (11-2), No. 8 Cal (1-0), and No. 13 Louisiana-Lafayette (6-0). Iowa has victories over No. 10 Georgia (6-5) and No. 23 North Carolina (3-2, 8 innings).
MORE ON WISCONSIN Wisconsin is one of the hottest teams in the Bi g Ten, winners of five in a row and six of its last seven, but the Badgers have been idle since going 4-0 at the Capital Classic in Sa c r a m e n t o. The Badgers have struggled at the plate with only a .235 batting average as a team, paced by Samantha Polito, who it batting .357. Wisconsin has 12 home runs in 21 games. Eden Brock (8-5) has 13 of the Badgers 21 decisions in the c i rcle with 66 strikeouts in 81 innings pitched.
TEAM COMPARISONS Big Ten rank in () Batting Average Fielding Pe rc e n t a g e ERA
Illinois .293 (2) .966 (5) 5.51 (11)
Iow a .249 (9) .975 (4) 2.80 (9)
Wisconsin .235 (10) .950 (10) 3.15 (10)
MORE ON OFFENSIVE NUMBERS • At 27 home runs, the Illini are six off their best season of 33 roundtrippers set in 2003. • With 36 doubles, the Illini are on pace to break the re c o rd for most doubles in a season, 63 set also in 2003. • That year Illinois hit. 285 compared to this year’s .294 clip.
PLAYER UPDATES Lana Armstrong, 5-7, Fr., C, Rowlett, Texas • Has started 20 of the first 28 games for the Illini at catcher • Hit a solo home run against Central Michigan in the USF-Adidas Invitational. Sarah Bryers, 5-8, So., OF, Bloomingdale, Ill. • Started two games this season • Doubled and scored vs. UC-Davis Brooke Buzard, 5-3, Fr., P, Glenview, Ill. • Has made two appearances, posting a 4.20 season ERA Kacey Coonce, 5-10, P/DP/2B, • Multi-dimensional player, has been given the role of hitting behind Illini slugger Jenna Hall • Has hit a grand slam against two ranked teams this season -- one off of No. 10 Baylor’s Ashley Monceauz in Waco and another off No. 6 California’s Lauren Frankiewicz in Las Vegas. • In the circle, defeated Wichita State in Baylor, tossing a complete game. • Has made steady strides both at the plate and in the circle -- batted .545 (6-for-11) with a double, three walks and three RBI in final four games of the Stanford Tournament, raising her batting average from .206-.253. She has also lowered her ERA to .559 from 6.26, giving up just four earned runs in her last four games (14.1 innings pitched). Rachelle Coriddi, 5-6 Sr., CF, Forth Worth, Texas • Got off to one of the best starts of anyone in the country this season with a .441 batting average, 15 runs scored, and 11-11 stolen bases in her first nine games. • Stole 15 straight bases dating back to last season without being thrown out until being thrown out by Florida’s Kristen Butler. In last two seasons, she is 41 for 44 in stealing bases. • On Feb. 18 vs. Utah State and Utah, reached base five straight times and scored all five times. Against Utah, she was 4-for-4 with two stolen bases and four runs scored. • Also went 4-for-4 with two doubles and three runs scored in 12-2 victory over Loyola on March 28. • Has at least three hits in five games this season and at least two stolen bases in five games this year. • Ranks second in the Big Ten in stolen bases (19) and leads the league in runs scored (29). • Illinois’ all-time leader in career stolen bases with 83. With 19 stolen bases, on her way to shattering her own school record for steals in a season 23). • Batted .562 (9-for-16) with a double, three stolen bases and five runs scored at the Capital Classic. Claire DeVreese, 5-11, So., P, Mishawaka, Ind. • Has appeared in every game this season for the Illini, leading the Big Ten with 28 total appearances. • Threw the lion’s share of innings at the Las Vegas Tournament, tossing 21.2 of a possible 32 innings. • Has recorded victories in nine of Illinois’ 13 victories this season, while collecting a save in the other win. • Had seven strikeouts vs. Portland State, one off her career high of eight. • Has lowered her ERA from 6.68 to 4.88 from March 17-March 28. In that span she has given up 17 runs in 46 innings pitched for a 2.59 ERA.
Shanna Diller, 5-10, So., 3B, Bloomington, Ill. • Moved up to the No. 2 spot in the order this year, hitting behind Rachelle Coriddi and in front of Jenna Hall. • Ranks third in the Big Ten in RBI (26), giving her 65 for her career, which ranks seventh all-time in history. • Ranks fourth in the Big Ten in runs scored (26). • Has raised her career average to .303 with a .333 clip this year. • Had an eight-game hitting streak earlier this year. • Was a combined 3-for-6 with two doubles, a home run and two runs scored in victories over Utah State and Utah Feb. 18. • Paced the way by going 3-for-4 with a double, a home run, five RBI and two runs scored in the comeback win over Long Island. Her grand slam highlighted a five-run sixth inning as the Illini built an 8-3 lead.
Courtney Hoogeveen, 5-6, Fr., 2B, Kalamazoo, Michigan • Freshman has started all 28 games this season at second base. • Has been one of the reasons Illinois has had a big improvement in fielding -- has a .970 fielding percentage, playing one of the toughest positions to have a high fielding percentage. By contrast, Katie O’Connell, four-year starter, had a .950 average. • Had two hits vs. No. 12 Oregon State. • Batting in the No. 9 spot, has the capability to get on base ahead of the Big Five in the Illini order. • Has had two three-hit games on the season -- vs. Fordham and Loyola.
Jenna Hall, 5-10, Sr., 1B, Channahon, Ill. • One of the top power hitters in the Big Ten, off to stellar start. • Hall has a significant lead in the Big Ten in both batting average (.487) and slugging percentage (.947), out-distancing her competitors by over 60 points in average and by nearly 300 points in slugging percentage. • Hall also leads the Big Ten in on-base percentage (.567), home runs (9), total bases (72), and walks (18) while ranking second in RBI (28), third in hits (37). • Hall was 4-for-6 with a walk and a double in wins over Utah State and Utah. • Illini career leader in on-base percentage (.453) and slugging percentage (.568). Just moved past Lindsey Hamma in career batting average (.346). • With three RBI vs. No. 12 Oregon State, passed Erin Montgomery for Illinois’ career RBI record (117). • Became Illinois’ new career leader in home runs with a two homer game against Tennessee-Chattanooga. • Named Big Ten Player of the Week for March 12th-18th. • Hit four home runs, while posting a .526 batting average in the prestigious USF/Adidas Tournament. • Had a seven-game hit streak snapped against Purdue. • Injured her knee on March 24 vs. Princeton and has been the designated player in the past three games. • Has eight walks in the last seven games for a Big Ten-leading 18 on the year, on the pace to break her school-record 36 set last year.
Molly Lawhead, So., RF, Monticello, Ill. • Moved back to her natural position of right field this year after playing the final 22 games at second base last year. That was the first time she had played second regularly since really early in her softball career. • Hit one of two three-run home runs in a six-run sixth inning vs. Utah State. • Has shown her defensive skills in throwing out two runners trying to score this season. • Named to the All-Tournament Team at the Capital Classic after going 7for-12 (.583) with four runs scored and two RBI during the tourney. • Posted seven-game hitting streak from Ma rch 18-Ma rch 26.
Brittany Koester, 5-10, Jr., C, Chatham, Ill. • Started eight games at catcher
Sydney Lisy, 5-6, Jr., C, Joliet, Ill. • Singled home a run vs. Loyola on March 28 Kistin Martin, 5-10, Jr., IF, Vienna, IL • Hit a pinch hit solo home run against Purdue in the USF-Adidas Invitational. • Has started the last 11 games, seven at designated player and the last four at first base for Jenna Hall. • Was 2-for-4 with a homer and two RBI vs. Southern Utah in the final day of the Capital Classic. Angelena Mexicano, 5-4, So., SS, San Jose, Calif. • After getting acclimated to shortstop and the collegiate game last season, Mexicano has emerged this year as a star both in the field and at the plate. • The turnaround for Mexicano was really noticeable in the fall, where she was 3-for-8 with a double and two RBI in five fall games and 9-for-12 with three runs, two doubles, one home run, and three RBI (1.167 SLUG) in the Orange & Blue World Series intrasquad games. • This season Mexicano is second in the Big Ten in doubles (10) • Hit her first career home run -- a grand slam vs. Tulsa. In that game went 3-for-5 with five RBI. • Had seven RBI in the doubleheader vs. Loyola and has ten runs driven in in the past week. • Even as a sophomore has moved into ninth on Illinois’ all-time doubles list. Katrina Ross, 5-7, Fr., Inf., Puyallup, Wash. • Has the only triple on the team this year, coming March 9 vs. Fordham Makenzie Smith, 5-6, So., OF, Lancaster, Calif., Desert Christian • Hit second career home run vs. Loyola on March 28.
