Softball | 4/2/2014 2:01:00 PM
FULL NOTES (PDF)MONMOUTH, Ore. -- The Western Oregon University softball team travels to Turlock, Calif., for another appeareance in the Tournament of Champions presented by Turlock CVB and hosted by Cal State-Stanislaus. The Wolves will play at least six games against West Region opponents.
LAST TIME OUT• Western Oregon won its fifth straight game, and 15th out of its last 16 games, with a series sweep fourth game win at Northwest Nazarene.
• The Wolves completed the four-game sweep with the 9-0 victory last Saturday. WOU outscored the Crusaders 41-8 in the four wins.
• In the circle,
Kelli Demianew allowed four hits, but no runs.
MARCH MADNESS• The Wolves completed the month of March with a 16-2 record. Their two losses were by one run.
• Among WOU's 16 victories in March, only one was decided by a single run, and the average margin of victory was by 5.4 runs.
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Melanie Pfeiffer and
Amanda Evola, who hit .516 and .492, in March.
• In March,
Kelli Demianew allowed just four earned runs in 53.0 innings. She completed all six games that she started.
BY THE NUMBERS• Western Oregon is three conference wins away from clinching a berth in the GNAC Championships held May 1-3 in Richland, Wash.
• The Wolves are fourth in NCAA Div. II averaging 0.63 double plays.
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Kelli Demianew leads the GNAC with a 1.73 ERA. Her two saves and two shutouts also top the conference.
• In the GNAC,
Melanie Pfeiffer and
Amanda Evola are third and fourth with .446 and .437 batting averages.
Kelsie Gardner is fifth at .400.
• Those three are first, second, and third in total hits; Pfeiffer (54), Evola (52), and Gardner (44). They also lead the conference in runs scored; Pfeiffer (38), Gardner (37), and Evola (34).
• Evola's 11 doubles, 35 RBI, and 75 total bases pace the GNAC as well. •
Jourdan Williams has been walked more than any batter in the conference at 17 times.
WE'RE GOING STREAKING• Western Oregon's eight straight wins to open the conference schedule was the best GNAC start in program history.
• The Wolves had their 10-game win streak snapped with a 3-2 home loss to Central Washington, one victory shy of the program record.
• Evola currently has the seventh longest hit streak in GNAC history at 15 games, equaling Pfeiffer's streak earlier this season.
• Demianew, who has won seven straight on the mound, has allowed one earned run in the last 36.2 innings.
REWRITING THE RECORD BOOK• Western Oregon is three double plays away from 25, breaking the previous program record for the most in a single season set in 2012.
• Pfeiffer and Evola are currently first and second in highest single season batting average in program history.
• Pfeiffer is 10 runs away from breaking Tyler Sutherland's five-year-old record for most runs scored in a single season with 47.
