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Nevada Media Services - Legacy Hall/MS 232 - Reno, NV 89557-2232 Fax: 775.784.4386 2012 Schedule Date Opponent Time/Result F 10 vs. Boise State # L, 4-0 F 11 vs.

1 Nevada Media Services - Legacy Hall/MS Reno, NV Fax: Schedule Date Opponent Time/Result F 10 vs. Boise State # L, 4-0 F 11 vs. Boise State # L, 7-3 F 11 at UC Davis # W, 6-3 F 12 vs. Loyola Marymount # L, 4-0 F 12 at UC Davis # L, 2-0 F 17 vs. Pacific % L, 4-1 F 17 vs. Bradley % L, 12-7 F 18 at No. 8 Stanford % W, 11-3 (5) F 18 at No. 8 Stanford % L, 8-2 F 19 vs. Pacific W, 7-5 F 24 vs. UNLV ^ L, 1-0 F 24 vs. UC Santa Barbara ^ L, 3-2 F 25 vs. No. 23Houston ^ L, 2-1 F 25 vs. San Diego ^ W, 3-2 F 26 at UC Santa Barbara ^ L, 8-1 M 2 vs. Long Beach State $ L, 6-5 (10) M 2 at San Diego $ L, 2-1 M 3 vs. San Diego State $ W, 5-2 M 3 vs. Cal State Northridge $ L, 4-3 M 4 vs. Cal Poly $ L, 8-2 M 7 vs. Sacramento State L, 7-6 (8) M 7 vs. Sacramento State L, 10-1 (5) M 9 vs. San Diego ~ W, 6-5 M 9 vs. Wisconsin ~ L, 11-9 (9) M 10 vs. Wisconsin ~ L, 8-5 M 10 vs. San Diego ~ W, 9-6 (6) M 11 vs. Wisconsin ~ L, 7-1 M 11 vs. San Diego ~ W, 7-6 (8) M 23 vs. Fresno State * L, 3-0 M 24 vs. Fresno State * W, 4-3 M 24 vs. Fresno State * L, 7-3 M 29 at Weber State L, 5-3 M 29 at Weber State W, 7-1 M 30 at Utah State * 8-7 (9) M 30 at Utah State * W, 3-1 M 31 at Utah State * L, 4-0 A 6 vs. San Jose State * L, 11-2 A 7 vs. San Jose State * W, 1-0 A 7 vs. San Jose State * L, 10-0 A 12 at UTEP L, 2-0 A 12 at UTEP W, 9-2 A 13 at New Mexico State * W, 7-6 A 14 at New Mexico State * W, 8-7 A 14 at New Mexico State * L, 12-4 A 20 vs. No. 14 Hawai'i * L, 6-0 A 21 vs. No. 14 Hawai'i * L, 6-2 A 21 vs. No. 14 Hawai'i * W, 4-0 A 25 at Jackson State W, 4-3 A 25 at Jackson State W, 11-4 A 27 at Louisiana Tech * W, 5-1 A 28 at Louisiana Tech * L, 10-2 A 28 at Louisiana Tech * W, 5-0 M 4 vs. BYU * L, 8-0 M 5 vs. BYU * L, 10-0 M 5 vs. BYU * 3 p.m. M 9-12 WAC Tournament * Las Cruces, N.M. Key: * - WAC Game; # - Aggie Stampede; % - Stanford Nike Invitational; ^ - Gaucho Classic; $ - San Diego Classic; ~ - Wolf Pack Softball Classic Nevada Wolf Pack Softball Nevada the fifth seed at the WAC Tournament THIS WEEK For the first time since 2009, the Nevada softball team will take part in the Western Athletic Conference Championships, which get underway Wednesday at the New Mexico State Softball Complex in Las Cruces. Nevada is the fifth seed in the tournament and will take on fourth-seeded San Jose State in the tournament s opening game Wednesday at 3:30 p.m. (Pacific). In the second game of the opening day, third-seeded Fresno State will take on Louisiana Tech. Regular season champion Hawaii is the tournament s top seed and will play the winner of the Nevada-San Jose State game on Thursday. BYU is the second seed and will play the Fresno State-Louisiana Tech winner on Thursday. The tournament is a double elimination format with the championship game set for Saturday afternoon. The bracket can be found on page three of this release. ON AIR All of Nevada s games in the tournament will be broadcast in Northern Nevada on ESPN Radio 1450 AM. The pre-game show will be 15 minutes before each game so the broadcast for the opening game against San Jose State will begin at 3:15 p.m. (Pacific). The WAC will videostream the 2012 WAC Softball Tournament live from Las Cruces, N.M. Viewers can sign up by visiting Every game of the tournament can be viewed for a single subscription price of $14.95, which will include on-demand viewing of any of the games the following day. More information and how to subscribe to any of these video streaming events can be found at PACK VS. SPARTANS San Jose State won two of three from Nevada in season series between the teams. The Spartans took a pair of big wins over the Pack around a brilliant 1-0 shutout win by Nevada s Karlyn Jones in the second game of the series, which was April 6-7 at Hixson Park. ALL-WAC ANNOUNCED WEDNESDAY The All-WAC teams will be announced Wednesday prior to the tournament s first game at a pre-tournament banquet. Last year, Nevada had just one all-conference selection but has a handful of worthy candidates this season. PARSONS LEADS WAC IN DOUBLES Entering the WAC Championships, Nevada sophomore Sara Parsons leads the Western Athletic Conference in doubles with 17 on the year. With.31 doubles per game, Parsons is 25th in the nation in that category. With the certainty of at least two games remaining in the season Parsons has a chance to break Nevada s single-season record for doubles. The record is 18 and is held by three players: Jiliane Hartfiel (2004), Brittany Puzey (2007) and Noelle Micka (2008). In 20 at-bats as a freshman, Parsons did not have a double. NEVADA IN THE NCAA STATS Nevada enters this week with three players ranked in the top 50 in one NCAA in four different categories. The list is headed by sophomore pitcher Karlyn Jones, who leads the country in walks allowed per seven innings at 0.58 per seven. She is also 35th in the nation in Rhonda Lundin, Associate AD/Communications (rlundin@unr.edu) - Chad Hartley, Assistant AD/Media Services (hartleyc@unr.edu) Jack Kuestermeyer, Assistant Director/Media Services (jkuester@unr.edu) - Darron Pinkney, Assistant Director/Media Services (dpinkney@unr.edu) Nick Saccomanno, Media Services Assistant (nsaccomanno@unr.edu) - TBA, Creative Director 1

2 Nevada Media Services - Legacy Hall/MS Reno, NV Fax: saves with three. Sara Parsons is 25th in doubles per game and junior outfielder Megan Fincher is 15th in sacrifice flies with four on the year. TRACKING DARBY Mallary Darby is third at Nevada in virtually every pitching category in the Wolf Pack record books. And the senior from Spanish Spring is also near the top of several active career leaders lists within the Western Athletic Conference. Entering this week, Darby is fifth in career wins with 44. She is second in career complete games with 63 and second in innings pitched with (trailing in both only Stephanie Rickets from Hawaii, this week s opponent). Darby is also third in career strikeouts with 555. FOLLOW ALONG All of Nevada s games will feature GameTracker coverage on NevadaWolfPack.com. Additionally, fans can get updates and more information by on Twitter. BUTERA NAMED WAC HITTER OF THE WEEK (March 5) DENVER Nevada s Ashley Butera and Hawai i s Stephanie Ricketts have been named the Verizon Western Athletic Conference Hitter and Pitcher of the Week, respectively, for Feb. 27-March 4. This is the first-ever honor for Butera and the second of the season and ninth overall for Ricketts. Butera, a freshman catcher player from Saugus, Calif. (Saugus HS), hit.533 (8-for-15) with a triple and four home runs in five games for the Wolf Pack at the San Diego Classic last weekend. Butera recorded 22 total bases as she had an on-base percentage of.563 and a slugging percentage of She drove in seven runs and scored four. Butera started behind the plate all five games and played errorless ball at catcher. In Nevada s win over San Diego State, she started the Wolf Pack comeback with a solo home run in the fourth inning. PACK PICKED FIFTH Nevada was picked to finish fifth in its final season in the Western Athletic Conference in the preseason poll, which was voted on by the coaches. Fresno State took the top spot in the preseason poll with 44 points and three first-place votes. Hawai`i came in second, picking up two first-place votes and 42 points, followed by New Mexico State in third place with 37 points and two first-place votes. Brigham Young received the other firstplace vote and came in fourth place with 35 points. Nevada was picked to finish fifth with 20 points, followed by San Jose State and Louisiana Tech tied for sixth with 17 points apiece. Utah State rounded out the poll in eighth place with 12 points. JONES OUT Nevada was dealt a blow on the eve of the season when junior third baseman Erin Jones suffered a knee injury in practice. Jones is expected to miss the entire season. The junior was Nevada s lone representative on the Preseason All-WAC team after she earned second-team honors in 2011 by batting.362 with five home runs and 21 in her first season with the Pack after transferring from Sacramento State. 2

2012 WAC Softball Tournament May 9-12 d Las Cruces, N.M. No. 1 Hawai i No. 4 San Jose State Game 3 Thursday, May 10 11:30 a.m. Game 1 Wednesday, May 9 4:30 p.m. No. 5 Nevada No.

3 2012 WAC Softball Tournament May 9-12 d Las Cruces, N.M. No. 1 Hawai i No. 4 San Jose State Game 3 Thursday, May 10 11:30 a.m. Game 1 Wednesday, May 9 4:30 p.m. No. 5 Nevada No. 3 Fresno State Game 7 Friday, May 11 2 p.m. Game 2 Wednesday, May 9 7 p.m. No. 6 Louisiana Tech Game 4 Thursday, May 10 2 p.m. No. 2 Brigham Young Game 10 Saturday, May 12 2 p.m. Loser Game 7 Loser Game 2 Game 5 Thursday, May 10 4:30 p.m. Loser Game 3 Game 9 Friday, May 11 7 p.m. Game 11 Saturday, May 12 5 p.m. WAC Champion Earns NCAA Automatic Bid Game 8 Friday, May 11 4:30 p.m. Loser Game 1 Game 6 Thursday, May 10 7 p.m. Loser Game 10 (if first loss) Loser Game 4

4 Nevada Media Services - Legacy Hall/MS Reno, NV Fax: Alphabetical No. Player Position B/T Ht. Class-Exp. Hometown (Last School) 2 Alex Arciniega OF L/R 5-7 Sr. 1L Sparks, Nev. (Western Nevada College) 3 Chelsea Barilli OF R/R 5-5 Jr.-2L Poway, Calif. (Poway HS) 21 Bailey Brewer P R/R 5-7 Fr.*-RS Mount Vernon, Wash. (Sedro Valley HS) 9 Ashley Butera C R/R 5-7 Fr.-HS Saugus, Calif. (Saugus HS) 8 Caylin Campbell 2B L/R 5-3 So.-1L Westlake Village, Calif. (Westlake Village HS) 6 Ariel Craig P R/R 5-6 So.-1L Poway, Calif. (Poway HS) 17 Mallary Darby P R/R 5-9 Sr.-3L Sparks, Nev. (Spanish Springs HS) 1 Megan Fincher OF R/R 5-10 Jr.-2L Reno, Nev. (Galena HS) 12 Alex Hayes C/1B R/R 5-9 Jr.-1L Sherman Oaks, Calif. (LA Pierce College) 24 Karley Hopkins SS L/R 5-6 So.-1L Sparks, Nev. (Spanish Springs HS) 7 Erin Jones ^ 3B R/R 5-5 Jr.-1L Antioch, Calif. (Sacramento State) 15 Sydney Jones OF R/R 5-7 Fr.*-RS Sparks, Nev. (Reed HS) 20 Karlyn Jones P R/R 5-7 So.-TR Sparks, Nev. (Pitt) 16 Jayme King ^ UT R/R 5-5 Jr.-1L Fernley, Nev. (Shasta College) 4 Lauren Lastrapes 1B R/R 5-5 Jr.-2L Laguna Niguel, Calif. (Laguna Hills HS) 10 Molly McWilliams UT R/R 5-3 Fr.-HS Anderson, Calif. (West Valley HS) 23 Sara Parsons C/OF R/R 5-9 So.-1L Fallon, Nev. (Churchill County HS) 26 Sam Puzey DP L/R 6-0 So.*-1L Reno, Nev. (Reno HS) 13 Emily Seidel P R/R 5-7 Fr.-HS Burbank, Calif. (Village Christian HS) 11 Chelsea Venable C R/R 5-7 Jr.-1L Las Vegas, Nev. (Feather River College) 5 Kortnee Wiley OF L/R 5-3 Sr.-3L Oakley, Calif. (Freedom HS) * has redshirted; ^ not expected to play this season. Coaching Staff Head coach: Matt Meuchel, fourth year (Arizona State, 2000). Assistant coaches: Melanie Meuchel, seventh year (Mesa State, 2002); Andy Dominique, third year (Nevada, 2011). Athletic trainer: Jay Henke. SID: Chad Hartley. Roster By Class Seniors (3): Alex Arciniega, Mallary Darby, Kortnee Wiley. Juniors (7): Chelsea Barilli, Megan Fincher, Alex Hayes, Erin Jones, Jayme King, Lauren Lastrapes, Chelsea Venable. Sophomore (7): Caylin Campbell, Ariel Craig, Karley Hopkins, Karlyn Jones, Sydney Jones, Sara Parsons, Sam Puzey. Freshmen (4): Bailey Brewer, Ashley Butera, Molly McWilliams, Emily Seidel. Pronunciation Guide Arciniega ARSE uh nayga Meuchel Michael Barilli BUH-rilly Puzey PEW-zee Lastrapes luh-straps Seidel sigh-dell 3

Nevada Media Services - Legacy Hall/MS 232 - Reno, NV 89557-2232 Fax: 775.784.

5 Nevada Media Services - Legacy Hall/MS Reno, NV Fax: The 2012 Nevada Wolf Pack Back Row (L to R): Kortnee Wiley, Molly McWilliams, Ariel Craig, Alex Arciniega, Lauren Lastrapes, Karley Hopkins, Bailey Brewer, Chelsea Venable, Ashley Butera, Erin Jones, Caylin Campbell. Front Row: Sydney Jones, Alex Hayes, Chelsea Venable, Megan Fincher, Mallary Darby, Sara Parsons, Sam Puzey. Not Pictured: Karlyn Jones, Jayme King. UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA Location: Reno, Nevada Founded: 1874 (Land Grant) Enrollment: 17,000 Nickname: Wolf Pack (two words) Colors: Navy Blue & Silver Conference: Western Athletic Conference Interim President: Dr. Marc Johnson Director of Athletics: Cary Groth Associate Athletics Director/SWA: Rhonda Lundin Athletic Dept. Phone: (775) Athletic Dept. Website: WOLF PACK SOFTBALL STAFF Head Coach: Matt Meuchel (Arizona State, 2000) Career Record: (fourth season) Record at Nevada: same Office Phone: (775) mmeuchel@unr.edu Softball Fax: (775) Assistant Coaches: Melanie Meuchel (seventh season; Mesa State, 2002); Andy Dominique (fourth season; Nevada, 2011) Athletic Trainer: Jay Henke SID: Chad Hartley Strength Coach: Jeff Bourque Academic Advisor: Laura Scott SOFTBALL FACILITY Home Field: Christina M. Hixson Softball Park The 2012 Nevada Wolf Pack Capacity (Year Built): 750 (2007) Press Box Number: (775) TEAM INFORMATION 2011 Overall Record: Home: 7-11, Away: 4-11, Neutral: WAC Record (Finish): 4-17 (Seventh) Letterwinners Returning/Lost: 14/3 Starters (Position Players) Returning/Lost: 7/2 Pitchers Returning/Lost: 3/0 Newcomers: 4 (two position players. two pitchers) SOFTBALL HISTORY (since reinstatement in 2003) First Year of Softball: 2003 Program's Overall Record (nine years): Overall WAC Record (nine years): WAC Championships: 2006 (tournament), 2008, 2009 WAC Tournament Appearances (since tourney reinstatement in 2006): Four NCAA Tournament Appearances: Three (2006, 2008, 2009) MEDIA SERVICES Primary Contact: Chad Hartley Secondary Contact: Nick Saccomanno hartleyc@unr.edu & nsaccomanno@unr.edu Office Phone: (775) & (775) Cell Phone: (775) & (702) Office Fax: (775) Website: 4

6 2012 Nevada Softball Overall Statistics for Nevada (as of May 05, 2012) (All games Sorted by Batting avg) Record: Home: 6-14 Away: 12-9 Neutral: 3-11 WAC: 9-12 Player avg gp-gs ab r h 2b 3b hr rbi tb slg% bb hp so gdp ob% sf sh sb-att po a e fld% Hopkins, Karley Lastrapes, Lauren Parsons, Sara Butera, Ashley Barilli, Chelsea Campbell, Caylin Fincher, Megan Puzey, Sam Venable, Chelsea Seidel, Emily Arciniega, Alex Jones, Karlyn McWilliams, Molly Wiley, Kortnee Brewer, Bailey Hayes, Alex Darby, Mallary Totals Opponents LOB - Team (369), Opp (369). DPs turned - Team (9), Opp (22). CI - Team (0), Opp (1). IBB - Team (3), Puzey, S 2, Hopkins, K 1, Opp (1). Picked off - Barilli, C 1, Campbell, C 1. (All games Sorted by Earned run avg) Player era w-l app gs cg sho sv ip h r er bb so 2b 3b hr b/avg wp hp bk sfa sha Jones, Karlyn / Darby, Mallary / Brewer, Bailey / Craig, Ariel / Seidel, Emily / Totals / Opponents / PB - Team (7), Butera, A 4, Venable, C 3, Opp (14). Pickoffs - Team (0), Opp (2). SBA/ATT - Butera, A (22-31), Darby, M (12-19), Venable, C (12-15), Jones, K (11-13), Brewer, B (7-9), Craig, A (4-5).

7 2012 Nevada Softball Overall Statistics for Nevada (as of May 05, 2012) (All games Sorted by Fielding pct) Player c po a e fld% dp sba csb sba% pb ci Fincher, Megan Craig, Ariel Arciniega, Alex Puzey, Sam Butera, Ashley Lastrapes, Lauren Hopkins, Karley Venable, Chelsea Parsons, Sara Brewer, Bailey Darby, Mallary Barilli, Chelsea Campbell, Caylin Seidel, Emily Jones, Karlyn Wiley, Kortnee McWilliams, Molly Hayes, Alex Totals Opponents Hitting minimums AB/Game Pitching minimums IP/Game

8 2012 Nevada Softball Conference statistics for Nevada (as of May 05, 2012) (WAC games only Sorted by Batting avg) Record: 9-12 Home: 3-9 Away: 6-3 WAC: 9-12 Player avg gp-gs ab r h 2b 3b hr rbi tb slg% bb hp so gdp ob% sf sh sb-att po a e fld% Parsons, Sara Hopkins, Karley Barilli, Chelsea Lastrapes, Lauren Seidel, Emily Fincher, Megan Campbell, Caylin Venable, Chelsea Puzey, Sam Arciniega, Alex Butera, Ashley Brewer, Bailey Wiley, Kortnee Hayes, Alex McWilliams, Molly Totals Opponents LOB - Team (130), Opp (144). DPs turned - Team (3), Opp (10). CI - Team (0), Opp (1). Picked off - Campbell, C 1. (WAC games only Sorted by Earned run avg) Player era w-l app gs cg sho sv ip h r er bb so 2b 3b hr b/avg wp hp bk sfa sha Jones, Karlyn / Darby, Mallary / Brewer, Bailey / Craig, Ariel / Totals / Opponents / PB - Team (2), Venable, C 2, Opp (4). Pickoffs - Team (0), Opp (1). SBA/ATT - Venable, C (7-9), Darby, M (2-4), Jones, K (3-3), Brewer, B (2-2).

9 2012 Nevada Softball Conference statistics for Nevada (as of May 05, 2012) (WAC games only Sorted by Fielding pct) Player c po a e fld% dp sba csb sba% pb ci Barilli, Chelsea Brewer, Bailey Fincher, Megan Butera, Ashley Arciniega, Alex Craig, Ariel Wiley, Kortnee Lastrapes, Lauren Venable, Chelsea Parsons, Sara Hopkins, Karley Jones, Karlyn Campbell, Caylin Seidel, Emily Darby, Mallary Puzey, Sam McWilliams, Molly Hayes, Alex Totals Opponents Hitting minimums AB/Game Pitching minimums IP/Game

2013 Nevada Softball Schedule Quick Facts. Week 14 Notes

2013 Nevada Softball Schedule Quick Facts. Week 14 Notes 2013 Nevada Softball 2013 Quick Facts Week 14 Notes Schedule - May 9-11, 2013 at Boise State (Boise, Idaho - Dona Larsen Park) Thursday - 2 p.m. Friday - 2 p.m. Saturday - 12 p.m. Nevada Wolf Pack - 29-21