S O F T B A L L
SAINT FRANCIS UNIVERSITY RED FLASH 6-5
ARIZONA STATE / MINNESOTA / MOUNT ST. MARY’S 11-1 5-4 0-0
vs
Alberta B. Farrington Softball Stadium • Tempe, Ariz.
ASU Diamond Devil Invitational • February 27-28, 2016
SCHEDULE/RESULTS
TODAY’S GAME NOTES The Saint Francis softball team travels to Arizona for Spring Break, beginning the week at the Arizona State Diamond Devil Invitational.
She has 14 hits, including three doubles, three triples and two homers, while driving in 15 runs. Norton currently leads Division I in triples.
The Red Flash plays two games on Saturday, taking on No. 21 Minnesota at Noon and No. 19 Arizona State at 7:30 p.m. On Sunday, SFU faces Mount St. Mary’s at 1 p.m. and ASU at 3 p.m.
Kassidy Troxell is batting .364 in nine games, while Sierra McKee is hitting .333 through 11 games and leads the team with 13 runs scored.
The week continues on Wednesday with a doubleheader vs. Grand Canyon, beginning at 2 p.m.
Through 11 games, five freshmen have appeared in at least nine games. Freshmen have combined for 52 of the team’s 85 hits (61 percent) and 37 of 72 runs (51 percent).
The following weekend has SFU scheduled to play in the Arizona Wildcat Invitational, beginning on Friday with games against No. 10 James Madison and UTEP. On Saturday, SFU battles Mount St. Mary’s at 1 p.m. and No. 15 Arizona at 6 p.m. Smashing Seneca Sophomore shortstop Jordan Seneca earned the first NEC Player of the Week award this season for her performance through the first two weekends. She leads the team in batting average (.417), hits (15), doubles (4), home runs (3), RBI (16) and slugging percentage (.778).
Scouting the Opponents Arizona State, ranked 19th in the NFCA Poll, is 11-1 so far with a team ERA of 1.40. Taylor Becerra leads the team with a .520 batting average, while Chelsea Gonzales has four home runs and 15 RBI. Minnesota is 21st in the NFCA Poll with a 5-4 mark. They own a win over No. 9 Oklahoma. Sara Groenewegen leads the team with a 2.14 ERA in 36 innings, including a 4-2 record and 52 strikeouts. Mount St. Mary’s makes its 2016 season debut.
Through 11 games, Seneca has five multi-hit performances and four multi-RBI games. She had five RBI in wins over UNC Wilmington and UMass, with homers in both games. She also homered against Eastern Kentucky. Seneca has already topped her home run and RBI totals from the 2015 season. Sophomore Jordan Seneca Newcomers Freshmen made a big impact for the Red Flash in the first two weekends, including Hayley Norton, who was named NEC Rookie of the Week. Norton is second on the team with a .368 batting average. NEC STANDINGS (Through February 21, 2016) School NEC Pct. Overall Pct. Streak Home Away 1. Saint Francis 0-0 .000 6-5 .545 L1 0-1 2-1 2. LIU Brooklyn 0-0 .000 4-6 .400 W1 0-0 0-1 3. Robert Morris 0-0 .000 3-6 .333 L1 0-0 1-1 4. Bryant 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 - 0-0 0-0 Central Connecticut St. 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 - 0-0 0-0 Fairleigh Dickinson 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 - 0-0 0-0 Mount St. Mary’s 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 - 0-0 0-0 Sacred Heart 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 - 0-0 0-0 Wagner 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 - 0-0 0-0
Neutral 4-4 4-5 2-5 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0
FEBRUARY Fri. 12 at UNC Wilmington . . . . . . . . . .W, 11-0 (5) Fri. 12 vs. Army West Point . . . . . . . . . . . . . W, 8-5 Sat. 13 vs. Eastern Kentucky . . . . . . . . . . . . . . L, 4-3 Sat. 13 vs. Army West Point . . . . . . . . . W, 10-2 (6) Sun. 14 vs. Eastern Kentucky . . . . . . . . . . . . . . L, 6-4 Fri. 19 vs. UMass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W, 13-6 Fri. 19 vs. Bucknell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . L, 5-3 Sat. 20 vs. UMass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . L, 3-0 Sat. 20 at East Carolina . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W, 7-2 Sun. 21 vs. UMass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W, 8-0 Sun. 21 at East Carolina . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . L, 8-5 Sat. 27 vs. #20 Minnesota . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 p.m. Sat. 27 at #17 Arizona State . . . . . . . . . . . 7:30 p.m. Sun. 28 vs. Mount St. Mary’s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 p.m. Sun. 28 at #17 Arizona State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 p.m. MARCH Wed. 2 vs. Grand Canyon (DH) . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 p.m. Fri. 4 vs. #19 James Madison . . . . . . . . . . 11 a.m. Fri. 4 vs. UTEP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 p.m. Sat. 5 vs. Mount St. Mary’s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 p.m. Sat. 5 at #9 Arizona . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 p.m. Sat. 12 CORNELL (DH) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 p.m. Sun. 13 CORNELL (DH) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 p.m. Fri. 18 vs. Canisius . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12:15 p.m. Fri. 18 vs. Cornell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2:30 p.m. Sat. 19 vs. Cornell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2:30 p.m. Sat. 19 at George Mason . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 p.m. Sun. 20 vs. Georgetown . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12:15 p.m. Thurs. 24 LAFAYETTE (DH) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 p.m. Tues. 29 at Marshall (DH) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 p.m. APRIL Sat. 2 at LIU Brooklyn* (DH) . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 p.m. Sun. 3 at Wagner* (DH) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 p.m. Tues. 5 at Maryland (DH) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 p.m. Sat. 9 CENTRAL CONN ST* (DH) . . . . . . 1 p.m. Sun. 10 FAIRLEIGH DICKINSON* (DH) . . 12 p.m. Wed. 13 at Pittsburgh . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 p.m. Sat. 16 Staff at Sacred Heart* (DH) . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 p.m. Coaching Head Coach . . . . . . . . .BUCKNELL . . . . . . . . . . . .(DH) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jennifer Patrick-Swift Tues. 19 3 p.m. Alma Mater . . . . . . . .BRYANT* . . . . . . . . . . (DH) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Methodist Sat. 23 1 p.m.’04 Career Record / Season. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138-119-1 / Sixth Sun. 24 MOUNT ST. MARY’s* (DH) . . . . . 12 p.m. Record at SFU / Season. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45-54 / Second Wed. 27 at Penn State (DH) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 p.m. Assistant Coach. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Patrick Swift
MAY Alma Mater / Season . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Chowan ’05 / First Sun. 1 at Robert Morris (DH)* . . . . . . . . . . . 12 p.m. . . . . . .NEC . . . .Championship . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .John Patrick Assistant Thu-Sat. Coach 12-14 . . . TBA
SOFTBALL GAME DAY f TEAM COMPARISON
SAINT FRANCIS ROSTER
SFU Minn/UA # Name OFFENSE 3 Melanie Martire Batting Average .287 .299/.364 4 Kate Blattenberger Hits 85 69/110 5 Sierra McKee Runs Scored 72 42/86 6 Brandi Dalious Runs Batted In 64 36/78 7 Halle Marion Stolen Bases 6 2/17 8 McKenzie Burge Doubles 13 18/15 9 Hayley Norton Triples 5 0/2 10 Cheyenne McKee Home Runs 7 7/12 11 Kassidy Troxell DEFENSE 12 Jordan Seneca Fielding Percentage .934 .945/.967 13 Kelsie Marconi Putouts 210 165/225 14 Ketarah DeVries Assists 88 41/70 15 Ethel Santai PITCHING 17 Aly Ramsaier Earned Run Average 3.30 2.55/1.40 18 Mikayla Bower Batting Average Against .261 .252/.241 19 Blaire Lauthers 20 Alexis Bower 21 Madison Cabell 22 Kindra Witthus COACHING STAFF Head Coach. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jennifer Patrick-Swift (Methodist ‘04) Head Coach SFU Record/Years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110-103 (Fifth Year) Assistant Coaches Assistant Coach. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Patrick Swift (Fourth Year) Davina Kachnovitz (First Year) Volunteer Assistant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . John Patrick
RED FLASH TEAM LEADERS HITTING Batting Average . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jordan Seneca (.417) Runs Scored. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sierra McKee (13) Hits. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jordan Seneca (15) Home Runs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jordan Seneca (3) Runs Batted In. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jordan Seneca (16) Slugging Percentage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jordan Seneca (.778) On-Base Percentage. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Kindra Witthus (.676) PITCHING Earned Run Average. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Blaire Lauthers (2.45) Wins. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Lauthers/Santai (2) Innings Pitched. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ethel Santai (21.1) Strikeouts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Ketarah DeVries (20) Batting Average Against. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ketarah DeVries (.207)
SAINT FRANCIS QUICK FACTS
Location. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Loretto, Pa. Founded. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1847 Colors. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Red & White Enrollment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,668 Nickname. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Red Flash Stadium. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Red Flash Softball Field President . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rev. Malachi Van Tassell, T.O.R., Ph.D. Director of Athletics. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Bob Krimmel Deputy Director of Athletics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Erika Renwick Senior Assoc. AD/Marketing & Communications. . . . . . . . . . Jim Brazill Assoc. AD/Academic Services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . John Krimmel Asst. AD/ Facilities & Operations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A.J. Anderson Asst. AD/Compliance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Kevin Cavooris
Yr. C/3B OF C/OF OF/3B OF UT OF SS 3B SS OF P P INF P/UT P INF/P INF C/INF
Pos. Fr. Sr. Fr. Fr. Fr. Fr. Fr. Fr. Fr. So. Jr. R-Jr. Jr. Sr. Fr. Jr. Jr. So. Jr.
Ht. 5-4 5-8 5-6 5-5 5-4 5-4 5-8 5-6 5-8 5-8 5-3 6-0 5-8 5-4 5-6 5-9 5-8 5-9 5-6
B/T R/R R/R R/R R/R L/R L/L L/L R/R R/R R/R L/R R/R R/R R/R R/R R/R R/R R/R R/R
Hometown/High School Herndon, Va./Herndon Martinsburg, Pa./Central DuBois, Pa./DuBois Harrington, Del./Polytech Middletown, Pa./Middletown Osceola Mills, Pa./Phillipsburg-Osceola Spring Grove, Pa./Spring Grove DuBois, Pa./DuBois Navarre, Ohio/Perry New Kensington, Pa./Plum Lowber, Pa./Yough Forreston, Ill./Forreston Pine Grove, Pa./Pine Grove Area Mesa, Ariz./Mountain View Williamsport, Pa./Williamsport Doylesburg, Pa./Fannett-Metal Cogan Station, Pa./Williamsport Area Ivor, Va./Southampton Hudson, Wis./Hudson
Jennifer Patrick-Swift (Methodist ’04), Fifth Season Patrick Swift, Davina Kachnovitz, John Patrick
By Class Seni or Kate Blattenberger, OF Aly Ramsaier, INF Redshirt Junior Ketarah DeVries, P
By Position
Pitcher 14 Ketarah DeVries, R-Jr, R 15 Ethel Santai, Jr, R 18 Mikayla Bower, Fr, R 19 Blaire Lauthers, Jr, R 20 Alexis Bower, Jr, R Catcher 3 Melanie Martire, Fr, R/R 5 Sierra McKee, Fr, R/R 22 Kindra Witthus, Jr, R/R
Junior Alexis Bower, INF/P Blaire Lauthers, P Kelsie Marconi, OF Ethel Santai, P Kindra Witthus, C/INF
Infield 1 Jordan Seneca, So, R/R 3 Melanie Martire, Fr, R/R 6 Brandi Dalious, Fr, R/R 10 Cheyenne McKee, Fr, R/R 11 Kassidy Troxell, Fr, R/R 17 Aly Ramsaier, Sr, R/R 20 Alexis Bower, Jr, R/R 21 Madison Cabell, So, R/R 22 Kindra Witthus, Jr, R/R
Sophomore Madison Cabell, INF Jordan Seneca, SS Freshman Mikayla Bower, P/UT McKenzie Burge, UT Brandi Dalious, OF/3B Halle Marion, OF Melanie Martire, C/3B Cheyenne McKee, SS Sierra McKee, C/OF Hayley Norton, OF Kassidy Troxell, 3B
Outfield 4 Kate Blattenberger, Sr, R/R 5 Sierra McKee, Fr, R/R 6 Brandi Dalious, Fr, R/R 9 Halle Marion, Fr, L/R 13 Kelsie Marconi, Jr, L/R 24 Haley Norton, Fr, L/L Utility 8 McKenzie Burge, Fr, L/L 18 Mikayla Bower, Fr., R/R
ATHLETICS COMMUNICATIONS Softball Contact. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Paul Marboe Office. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 814-472-3916 E-mail . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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The Automated ScoreBook Overall Statistics for Saint Francis (as of Feb 21, 2016) (All games Sorted by Batting avg) Record: 6-5 Home: 0-0 Away: 2-1 Neutral: 4-4 Conference: 0-0 Player
avg gp-gs
ab
r
h 2b 3b hr rbi tb slg% bb hp so gdp ob% sf sh sb-att
Seneca, Jordan Norton, Hayley Troxell, Kassidy Witthus, Kindra McKee, Sierra Cabell, Madison McKee, Cheyenne Burge, McKenzie Blattenberger, Kate Bower, Mikayla Ramsaier, Aly Bower, Alexis Martire, Melanie Marconi, Kelsie Lauthers, Blaire
.417 .368 .364 .353 .333 .300 .294 .261 .143 .143 .111 .100 .000 .000 .000
11-11
1-1
36 10 15 38 7 14 22 3 8 17 8 6 39 13 13 20 5 6 34 10 10 23 1 6 14 2 2 7 1 1 9 0 1 30 5 3 6 2 0 1 5 0 0 0 0
Totals
.287
11
Opponents
.261
11
11-11 9-6 11-11 11-11 9-8 11-11 9-9 8-6 4-2 4-2 9-9 3-2 5-1
4 3 0 2 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
0 3 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 16 28 .778 2 15 29 .763 0 3 8 .364 0 3 8 .471 0 5 15 .385 1 7 10 .500 1 5 17 .500 0 2 6 .261 0 2 2 .143 0 0 1 .143 0 2 1 .111 0 4 4 .133 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 .000
9 4 2 8 7 9 2 2 2 1 0 4 1 0 0
0 4 0 9 0 0 2 1 3 0 0 0 0 1 0
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
2-2 0-0 0-0 2-3 1-2 0-0 0-0 1-2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-1 0-0
po
a
e fld%
24 21
3 .938
15
1
0 1.000
3 12
0 1.000
7 6 3 1 4 2 5 3 3 1 2 5 2 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
.533 .478 .417 .676 .435 .517 .368 .346 .368 .250 .111 .206 .143 .500 .000
296 72 85 13 5 7 64 129
.436 51 20 44
1
.425 0 5 6-10
287 41 75 16 1 5 35 108
.376 39 4 37
2
.355 2 6 12-17 214 100 17 .949
45
6
2 .962
14
0
1 .933
4
9
3 .813
16 13
4 .879
48
0
0 1.000
8
0
0 1.000
0
0
0 .000
3
3
2 .750
25
3
1 .966
1
2
1 .750
0
0
0 .000
1
8
1 .900
210 88 21 .934
LOB - Team (86), Opp (87). DPs turned - Team (2), Opp (2).
(All games Sorted by Earned run avg) Player
Lauthers, Blaire DeVries, Ketarah Santai, Ethel Bower, Alexis Bower, Mikayla
era w-l
app gs cg sho sv
ip
2.45 2.62 3.28 4.80 14.00
2-1 1-1 2-3 1-0 0-0
6 6 6 3 1
2 2 5 2 0
0 1 1 1 0
0/0 1/1 0/1 0/0 0/0
0 1 0 0 0
20.0 16.0 21.1 11.2 1.0
Totals
3.30
6-5
11 11
3
2/1
1
Opponents
5.30
5-6
11 11
2
1/0
2
h
r
er
bb
so
2b 3b hr b/avg wp hp bk sfa sha
24 10 7 7 5 12 6 6 10 20 23 15 10 9 4 13 8 8 13 8 3 2 2 0 0
5 1 5 4 1
0 0 1 0 0
0 2 2 1 0
.276 .207 .253 .289 .500
0 5 0 1 0
0 1 2 1 0
0 0 0 0 0
1 1 0 0 0
0 2 2 2 0
70.0
75
41
33
39
37
16
1
5
.261
6
4
0
2
6
71.1
85
72
54
51
44
13
5
7
.287
8 20
1
0
5
PB - Team (0), Opp (6). SBA/ATT - Witthus, K. (12-17), Lauthers, B. (4-7), Santai, E. (4-5), DeVries, K. (3-3), Bower, A. (1-2). SFUATHLETICS.COM
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