DAYTON SOFTBALL
DAYTON SOFTBALL Overall Record 39-14; Atlantic 10 Record 20-2 2015 Atlantic 10 Regular Season Champions
TEAM ACCOMPLISHMENTS
• Earned the program’s first Atlantic 10 Regular Season title • Broke the UD record for single-season wins – 39 • Third consecutive, fourth in the last five years and seventh overall appearance in the A-10 Championship • Advanced to the A-10 Tournament Championship final for first time in history • Broke the program’s single-season record for conference wins with 20 (the old record was 12) • Went undefeated at home for the first time in program history • Kayla English threw the first perfect game in UD history on March 29, 2015 against Rhode Island • New program records: batting average (.291), saves (10), wins (39), winning percentage (.736), strikeouts (353), shutouts (12), runs allowed (155), earned runs allowed (118), hits allowed (296), doubles allowed (60), triples allowed (13), home runs allowed (24) • Swept six of eight A-10 regular season series
INDIVIDUAL HONORS
• 4 Players on NFCA All-Region Teams • 12 Atlantic 10 All-Conference honors including a sweep of the major awards: Coach of the Year (Cara LaPlaca), Player of the Year (Tiffany Ricks), Pitcher of the Year (Kayla English), Rookie of the Year (Manda Cash). • Five A-10 Pitcher of the Week Awards • Six A-10 Rookie of the Week Awards • Two A-10 Player of the Week Awards
• Three College Sports Madness Players of the Week • One NFCA National Pitcher of the Week
NCAA RANKINGS
Team • 18th - Earned Run Average (2.31) • 22nd - WL Percentage (.736) • 49th - Doubles per Game (1.47) • 77th - Fielding Percentage (.965) Individual • 1st - Manda Cash, Saves (8) • 6th - Kathryn Hess, Sacrifice Hits Per Game (.40) • 8th - Gabrielle Snyder, Doubles Per Game (.38) • 11th - Manda Cash, ERA (1.49) • 14th - Manda Cash, Strikeouts Per 7 inn. (9.6) • 22nd - Manda Cash, Hits Allowed per 7 inn. (4.81) • 27th - Kayla English, Hits Allowed per 7 inn. (4.90) • 53rd - Kayla English, ERA (2.14) • 57th - Tiffany Ricks, Home Runs Per Game (.29) • 60th - Tiffany Ricks, Slugging % (.764)
DAYTON SOFTBALL Overall Record 39-14; Atlantic 10 Record 20-2 2015 Atlantic 10 Regular Season Champions
ATLANTIC 10 RANKINGS
Team - Top 3 • 1st - Sacrifice Bunts (56) • 1st - ERA (2.31) • 1st - Opposing Batting Avg. (.219) • 1st - Batters Struck Out (353) • 1st - Batters Struck Out Looking (79) • 1st - Wins (39) • 1st - Saves (10) • 1st - Runs Allowed (155) • 1st - Hits Allowed (297) • 2nd - Doubles (78) • 2nd - RBI (227) • 3rd - Hits (406) • 3rd - Runs Scored (257) Individual - Top 5 • 1st - Manda Cash, ERA (1.49) • 1st - Manda Cash, Strikeouts Per Game (9.56) • 1st - Manda Cash, Appearances (39) • 1st - Manda Cash, Saves (8) • 1st - Tiffany Ricks, Home Runs (14) • 1st - Gabrielle Snyder, Doubles (20) • 1st - Manda Cash, Opp. Batting Avg. (.187) • 1st - Kayla English, Opp. Batting Avg. (.187) • 2nd - Kayla English, ERA (2.03) • 2nd - Kayla English, Shutouts (6) • 2nd - Tiffany Ricks, Total Bases (113) • 3rd - Gabrielle Snyder, Batting Avg. (.399) • 3rd - Tiffany Ricks, Slugging % (.769) • 3rd - Kayla English, Strikeouts Per Game (6.81) • 4th - Gabrielle Snyder, Hits (65) • 4th - Kayla English, Wins (17) • 5th - Tiffany Ricks, Batting Avg. (.395) • 5th - Tiffany Ricks, On Base %(.467) • 5th - Gabrielle Snyder, Saves (2) ATLANTIC 10 CONFERENCE
2015 Dayton Players of the Week
Player Date Jaclyn Kweder - Rookie of the Week Feb. 10 Manda Cash - Rookie of the Week Feb. 25 Kayla English - Pitcher of the Week March 10 Tiffany Ricks- Player of the Week March 24 Kayla English- Pitcher of the Week March 24 Manda Cash- Rookie of the Week March 24 Kayla English - Pitcher of the Week March 30 Kayla Haberstich - Rookie of the Week March 30 Kayla English - Pitcher of the Week April 13 Manda Cash- Rookie of the Week April 13 Manda Cash - Rookie of the Week April 27 Manda Cash - Pitcher of the Week May 4 Gabrielle Snyder - Player of the Week May 4
UD Softball Team awards voted on by the players.
MVP: Natalie Mariano Offensive POY: Tiffany Ricks Defensive POY: Natalie Mariano Rookie of the Year: Manda Cash Most Improved Player: Kathryn Hess
2015 DAYTON SOFTBALL HONORS Kirsten Bartlett (Jr., Brownsburg, Ind.)
• Named to the A-10 Commissioner’s Honor Roll following the fall 2014 semester
Kailee Budicin (Fr., Lisle, Ill.)
• A-10 All-Rookie Team • A-10 College Sports Madness Player of the Week (March 16) • Named to the A-10 Commissioner’s Honor Roll following the fall 2014 semester
Manda Cash (Fr., Columbus, Ohio)
• A-10 Rookie of the Year • A-10 All-Rookie Team • A-10 Second Team All-Conference • A-10 All-Championship Team • 4x A-10 Rookie of the Week (Feb. 25, March 24, April 13, April 27) • A-10 Pitcher of the Week (May 4) • NFCA National Pitcher of the Week (May 5) • NFCA Division I Mid-Atlantic All-Region Second Team • Ranked first in the A-10 in ERA (1.49), Strikeouts per game (9.56), Appearances (39), Saves (8) • Ranked first in NCAA in saves, 11th in ERA, 14th in Strikeouts per seven innings and 22nd in hits allowed per seven innings (4.81). • Dayton’s Rookie of the Year
Lyndsey Diggs (Sr., Dayton, Ohio)
• Named to the A-10 Commissioner’s Honor Roll following the fall 2014 semester
Kayla English (Sr., Grapevine, Texas)
• A-10 Pitcher of the Year • A-10 First Team All-Conference • 4x A-10 Pitcher of the Week (March 10, March 24, March 30, April 13) • NFCA Division I Mid-Atlantic All-Region Second Team • Threw the first perfect game in UD history on March 29, 2015 against Rhode Island • Ranked first in the A-10 in opponent batting average (.187) and second in ERA (2.03), shutouts (6), third in strikeouts per game (6.81) and fourth in wins (17). • Holds the UD all-time career record in strikeouts with 564, ranks third in wins with 53, and third in innings pitched with 584.0
Emily Froment (Jr., West Alexandria, Ohio) • Named to the A-10 Commissioner’s Honor Roll following the fall 2014 semester
Kayla Haberstich (Fr., Bartlett, Ill.)
• A-10 Rookie of the Week (March 30)
Kathryn Hess (Jr., East Hampton, N.Y.)
• Dayton’s Most Improved Player of the Year • Ranked sixth in NCAA for Sacrifice Hits Per Game (.40)
Natalie Mariano (Sr., Strongsville, Ohio)
• A-10 First Team All-Conference • A-10 College Sports Madness Player of the Week (March 24, March 31) • Dayton’s Most Valuable Player of the Year • Dayton’s Defensive Player of the Year • Named to the A-10 Commissioner’s Honor Roll following the fall 2014 semester
Rebekkah Potter (So., Ironton, Ohio)
• Named to the A-10 Commissioner’s Honor Roll following the fall 2014 semester
Tiffany Ricks (Sr., Reynoldsburg, Ohio)
• A-10 Player of the Year • A-10 First Team All-Conference • A-10 All-Championship Team • A-10 Player of the Week (March 24) • NFCA Division I Mid-Atlantic All-Region Third Team • First in the A-10 in homeruns (14), second in total bases (113), third in slugging % (.769) and fifth in batting average (.395) • Finished as UD’s all-time leader in career RBI (126) and slugging percentage (.660) and second all-time in home runs (36) • Dayton’s Offensive Player of the Year
Katie Ryan (So., Geneva, Ill.)
• Named to the A-10 Commissioner’s Honor Roll following the fall 2014 semester
Gabrielle Snyder (So., Indianapolis, Ind.)
• A-10 First Team All-Conference • A-10 All-Academic Team • A-10 All-Championship Team • A-10 Player of the Week (May 4) • NFCA Division I Mid-Atlantic All-Region Third Team • Led the Flyers in batting average (.399) which was third-best in the A-10 • Led the A-10 in doubles with 20, which broke the UD single-season record and was ranked eighth in the NCAA for doubles per game • Named to the A-10 Commissioner’s Honor Roll following the fall 2014 semester
TEAM ACCOMPLISHMENTS
• Earned the program’s first Atlantic 10 Regular Season title • Broke the UD record for single-season wins – 39 • Third consecutive, fourth in the last five years and seventh overall appearance in the A-10 Championship • Advanced to the A-10 Tournament Championship final for first time in history • Broke the program’s single-season record for conference wins with 20 (the old record was 12) • Went undefeated at home for the first time in program history • Kayla English threw the first perfect game in UD history on March 29, 2015 against Rhode Island • New program records: batting average (.291), saves (10), wins (39), winning percentage (.736), strikeouts (353), shutouts (12), runs allowed (155), earned runs allowed (118), hits allowed (296), doubles allowed (60), triples allowed (13), home runs allowed (24) • Swept six of eight A-10 regular season series
INDIVIDUAL HONORS
• 4 Players on NFCA All-Region Teams • 12 Atlantic 10 All-Conference honors including a sweep of the major awards: Coach of the Year (Cara LaPlaca), Player of the Year (Tiffany Ricks), Pitcher of the Year (Kayla English), Rookie of the Year (Manda Cash). • Five A-10 Pitcher of the Week Awards • Six A-10 Rookie of the Week Awards • Two A-10 Player of the Week Awards
• Three College Sports Madness Players of the Week • One NFCA National Pitcher of the Week
NCAA RANKINGS
Team • 18th - Earned Run Average (2.31) • 22nd - WL Percentage (.736) • 49th - Doubles per Game (1.47) • 77th - Fielding Percentage (.965) Individual • 1st - Manda Cash, Saves (8) • 6th - Kathryn Hess, Sacrifice Hits Per Game (.40) • 8th - Gabrielle Snyder, Doubles Per Game (.38) • 11th - Manda Cash, ERA (1.49) • 14th - Manda Cash, Strikeouts Per 7 inn. (9.6) • 22nd - Manda Cash, Hits Allowed per 7 inn. (4.81) • 27th - Kayla English, Hits Allowed per 7 inn. (4.90) • 53rd - Kayla English, ERA (2.14) • 57th - Tiffany Ricks, Home Runs Per Game (.29) • 60th - Tiffany Ricks, Slugging % (.764)
DAYTON SOFTBALL Overall Record 39-14; Atlantic 10 Record 20-2 2015 Atlantic 10 Regular Season Champions
ATLANTIC 10 RANKINGS
Team - Top 3 • 1st - Sacrifice Bunts (56) • 1st - ERA (2.31) • 1st - Opposing Batting Avg. (.219) • 1st - Batters Struck Out (353) • 1st - Batters Struck Out Looking (79) • 1st - Wins (39) • 1st - Saves (10) • 1st - Runs Allowed (155) • 1st - Hits Allowed (297) • 2nd - Doubles (78) • 2nd - RBI (227) • 3rd - Hits (406) • 3rd - Runs Scored (257) Individual - Top 5 • 1st - Manda Cash, ERA (1.49) • 1st - Manda Cash, Strikeouts Per Game (9.56) • 1st - Manda Cash, Appearances (39) • 1st - Manda Cash, Saves (8) • 1st - Tiffany Ricks, Home Runs (14) • 1st - Gabrielle Snyder, Doubles (20) • 1st - Manda Cash, Opp. Batting Avg. (.187) • 1st - Kayla English, Opp. Batting Avg. (.187) • 2nd - Kayla English, ERA (2.03) • 2nd - Kayla English, Shutouts (6) • 2nd - Tiffany Ricks, Total Bases (113) • 3rd - Gabrielle Snyder, Batting Avg. (.399) • 3rd - Tiffany Ricks, Slugging % (.769) • 3rd - Kayla English, Strikeouts Per Game (6.81) • 4th - Gabrielle Snyder, Hits (65) • 4th - Kayla English, Wins (17) • 5th - Tiffany Ricks, Batting Avg. (.395) • 5th - Tiffany Ricks, On Base %(.467) • 5th - Gabrielle Snyder, Saves (2) ATLANTIC 10 CONFERENCE
2015 Dayton Players of the Week
Player Date Jaclyn Kweder - Rookie of the Week Feb. 10 Manda Cash - Rookie of the Week Feb. 25 Kayla English - Pitcher of the Week March 10 Tiffany Ricks- Player of the Week March 24 Kayla English- Pitcher of the Week March 24 Manda Cash- Rookie of the Week March 24 Kayla English - Pitcher of the Week March 30 Kayla Haberstich - Rookie of the Week March 30 Kayla English - Pitcher of the Week April 13 Manda Cash- Rookie of the Week April 13 Manda Cash - Rookie of the Week April 27 Manda Cash - Pitcher of the Week May 4 Gabrielle Snyder - Player of the Week May 4
UD Softball Team awards voted on by the players.
MVP: Natalie Mariano Offensive POY: Tiffany Ricks Defensive POY: Natalie Mariano Rookie of the Year: Manda Cash Most Improved Player: Kathryn Hess
2015 DAYTON SOFTBALL HONORS Kirsten Bartlett (Jr., Brownsburg, Ind.)
• Named to the A-10 Commissioner’s Honor Roll following the fall 2014 semester
Kailee Budicin (Fr., Lisle, Ill.)
• A-10 All-Rookie Team • A-10 College Sports Madness Player of the Week (March 16) • Named to the A-10 Commissioner’s Honor Roll following the fall 2014 semester
Manda Cash (Fr., Columbus, Ohio)
• A-10 Rookie of the Year • A-10 All-Rookie Team • A-10 Second Team All-Conference • A-10 All-Championship Team • 4x A-10 Rookie of the Week (Feb. 25, March 24, April 13, April 27) • A-10 Pitcher of the Week (May 4) • NFCA National Pitcher of the Week (May 5) • NFCA Division I Mid-Atlantic All-Region Second Team • Ranked first in the A-10 in ERA (1.49), Strikeouts per game (9.56), Appearances (39), Saves (8) • Ranked first in NCAA in saves, 11th in ERA, 14th in Strikeouts per seven innings and 22nd in hits allowed per seven innings (4.81). • Dayton’s Rookie of the Year
Lyndsey Diggs (Sr., Dayton, Ohio)
• Named to the A-10 Commissioner’s Honor Roll following the fall 2014 semester
Kayla English (Sr., Grapevine, Texas)
• A-10 Pitcher of the Year • A-10 First Team All-Conference • 4x A-10 Pitcher of the Week (March 10, March 24, March 30, April 13) • NFCA Division I Mid-Atlantic All-Region Second Team • Threw the first perfect game in UD history on March 29, 2015 against Rhode Island • Ranked first in the A-10 in opponent batting average (.187) and second in ERA (2.03), shutouts (6), third in strikeouts per game (6.81) and fourth in wins (17). • Holds the UD all-time career record in strikeouts with 564, ranks third in wins with 53, and third in innings pitched with 584.0
Emily Froment (Jr., West Alexandria, Ohio) • Named to the A-10 Commissioner’s Honor Roll following the fall 2014 semester
Kayla Haberstich (Fr., Bartlett, Ill.)
• A-10 Rookie of the Week (March 30)
Kathryn Hess (Jr., East Hampton, N.Y.)
• Dayton’s Most Improved Player of the Year • Ranked sixth in NCAA for Sacrifice Hits Per Game (.40)
Natalie Mariano (Sr., Strongsville, Ohio)
• A-10 First Team All-Conference • A-10 College Sports Madness Player of the Week (March 24, March 31) • Dayton’s Most Valuable Player of the Year • Dayton’s Defensive Player of the Year • Named to the A-10 Commissioner’s Honor Roll following the fall 2014 semester
Rebekkah Potter (So., Ironton, Ohio)
• Named to the A-10 Commissioner’s Honor Roll following the fall 2014 semester
Tiffany Ricks (Sr., Reynoldsburg, Ohio)
• A-10 Player of the Year • A-10 First Team All-Conference • A-10 All-Championship Team • A-10 Player of the Week (March 24) • NFCA Division I Mid-Atlantic All-Region Third Team • First in the A-10 in homeruns (14), second in total bases (113), third in slugging % (.769) and fifth in batting average (.395) • Finished as UD’s all-time leader in career RBI (126) and slugging percentage (.660) and second all-time in home runs (36) • Dayton’s Offensive Player of the Year
Katie Ryan (So., Geneva, Ill.)
• Named to the A-10 Commissioner’s Honor Roll following the fall 2014 semester
Gabrielle Snyder (So., Indianapolis, Ind.)
• A-10 First Team All-Conference • A-10 All-Academic Team • A-10 All-Championship Team • A-10 Player of the Week (May 4) • NFCA Division I Mid-Atlantic All-Region Third Team • Led the Flyers in batting average (.399) which was third-best in the A-10 • Led the A-10 in doubles with 20, which broke the UD single-season record and was ranked eighth in the NCAA for doubles per game • Named to the A-10 Commissioner’s Honor Roll following the fall 2014 semester
