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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Feb. 15, 2013 2013 Schedule (2-3, 0-0 MW) Date Opponent Time (MT)/Results Red Desert Classic (St. George, Utah) Feb. 7 vs. BYU W, 4-1 Feb. 7 vs. Loyola Marymount L, 0-9 Feb.

1 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Feb. 15, Schedule (2-3, 0-0 MW) Date Opponent Time (MT)/Results Red Desert Classic (St. George, Utah) Feb. 7 vs. BYU W, 4-1 Feb. 7 vs. Loyola Marymount L, 0-9 Feb. 8 vs. Arkansas L, 4-5 Feb. 8 vs. Utah State W, 4-3 Feb. 9 vs. Oklahoma State L, 1-4 Troy Cox Classic (Las Cruces, N.M.) Feb. 15 vs. Penn State 9 a.m. Feb. 15 vs. Texas Tech 11:30 a.m. Feb. 16 at New Mexico State 4 p.m. Feb. 16 vs. UMKC 6 p.m. Feb. 17 at New Mexico State 11:30 a.m. Mary Nutter Collegiate Classic (Palm Springs, Calif.) Feb. 21 vs. Georgia 11:30 a.m. Feb. 21 vs. Oregon State 7 p.m. Feb. 22 vs. Utah 11:30 a.m. Feb. 23 vs. Virginia 6 p.m. Feb. 23 vs. Syracuse 8:30 p.m. Colorado State Classic (Fort Collins, Colo.) March 1 Bradley 1:30 p.m. March 1 Brown 3:45 p.m. March 2 Nebraska Omaha 11:15 a.m. March 3 Bradley 11:15 a.m. March 3 Washington 3:45 p.m. March 6 Northern Colorado 4 p.m. San Diego Classic II (San Diego, Calif.) March 15 vs. Fairfield 12:30 a.m. March 15 vs. Harvard 3 p.m. March 16 vs. Massachusetts 10 a.m. March 16 vs. Miami 5:30 p.m. March 17 vs. Seton Hall 10 a.m. March 19 at Long Beach State 2:30 p.m. Colorado State Spring Tournament (Fort Collins, Colo.) March 22 Ball State 1:30 p.m. March 22 Columbia 3:45 p.m. March 23 Columbia 1:30 p.m. March 23 Marist 3:45 a.m. March 24 Ball State 11:15 a.m. March 28 UNLV * 4 p.m. March 29 UNLV * 4 p.m. March 30 UNLV * 1 p.m. April 5 at Texas A&M 6 p.m. April 6 at Texas A&M 3 p.m. April 7 at Texas A&M 11 a.m. April 12 at Nevada * 4 p.m. April 13 at Nevada * 2 p.m. April 14 at Nevada * 1 p.m. April 17 at Northern Colorado 5 p.m. April 19 Fresno State * 4 p.m. April 20 Fresno State * 1 p.m. April 21 Fresno State * 1 p.m. April 26 at Boise State * 3 p.m. April 27 at Boise State * 3 p.m. April 28 at Boise State * 1 p.m. May 3 San Diego State * 4 p.m. May 4 San Diego State * 1 p.m. May 5 San Diego State * 1 p.m. May 9 at New Mexico * 6 p.m. May 10 at New Mexico * 6 p.m. May 11 at New Mexico 1 p.m. May Regionals TBD May Super Regionals TBD May 30-June 5 Women s College World Series TBD Home games in BOLD. * Denotes conference games Game 1 (Troy Cox Classic) Colorado State vs. Penn State Feb. 15, 2013 Las Cruces, N.M 9 a.m. MT Game 2 (Troy Cox Classic) Colorado State vs. Texas Tech Feb. 15, 2013 Las Cruces, N.M. 11:30 a.m. MT Game 3 (Troy Cox Classic) Colorado State vs. New Mexico State Feb. 16, 2013 Las Cruces, N.M. 4 p.m. MT Game 4 (Troy Cox Classic) Colorado State vs. UKMC Feb. 16, 2013 Las Cruces, N.M. 6 p.m. MT Game 5 (Troy Cox Classic) Colorado State vs. New Mexico State Feb. 17, 2013 Las Cruces, N.M. 11:30 a.m. MT Sam Ward, Softball Contact Phone: 970/ swfawn@rams.colostate.edu Coming up... The Colorado State softball program travels to Las Cruces, New Mexico for the Troy Cox Classic. The Rams will play five games in three days, matching up against Penn State, Texas Tech, New Mexico State, and UMKC. Recapping Red Desert Classic... The Colorado State Rams started out the tournament with a win of 4-1 against BYU. Kacie McCarthy pitched a complete game and recorded her first win of the season. The Rams then played against Loyola Marymount where the Lions kept the Rams scoreless for the entire game. Moving on to the second day of the tournament, CSU started it off by playing Arkansas where they lost in a close game of 4-5. Afterwards, the Rams posted a win against Utah State in another close game of 4-3. During the game, Chelsea hit her first home run of the season and Holly Reinke notched a first win as a CSU pitcher. The Rams closed the tournament with a loss to Oklahoma State of ROSTER No. Name Pos. Ht. B/T Yr. Exp. Hometown (Last School) 2 Chelsea Biglow IF 5-5 R/R JR 2L Tigard, Ore. (Tigard H.S.) 3 Sam Keller* OF 5-9 L/R SO TR Longmont, Colo. (Webber International Univ.) 4 Kali Haas P 5-9 L/R JR 1L Longmont, Colo. (Holy Cross) 5 Molly Randle P 5-9 L/R SO 1L Beaumont, Texas (Clifton J. Ozen H.S.) 6 Michaela Good IF 5-5 L/R FR HS Castle Rock, Colo. (Castle View H.S.) 7 Ashlie Ortega IF 5-5 L/R JR 1L Brighton, Colo. (Univ. of Missouri) 8 Jaelyn Manzanares C 5-5 L/R FR HS Pueblo, Colo. (Centennial H.S.) 9 Lauren Snodgrass OF 5-6 L/R FR HS Windsor, Colo. (Windsor H.S.) 10 Kendal Butterfi eld OF 5-5 R/R JR 2L Grass Valley, Calif. (Nevada Union H.S.) 11 Kailey Snyder P 5-6 R/R SR 1L Santa Maria, Calif. (Santa Barbara C.C.) 12 Taylor Hutton OF 5-5 R/R SO 1L Platteville, Colo. (Valley H.S.) 15 Holly Reinke P 5-10 R/R FR HS Littleton, Colo. (D Evelyn H.S.) 17 Shae Rodriguez OF 5-1 L/R SO 1L Westminster, Colo. (Legacy H.S.) 18 Maci Stouffer OF 5-9 R/R FR HS Scottsbluff, Neb. (Scottsbluff H.S.) 19 Haley David IF 5-4 L/R SO 1L Erie, Colo. (Erie H.S.) 20 Kacie McCarthy P 5-10 R/R SR 1L Shingletown, Calif. (Chico State Univ.) 21 Cassy Mosser IF 5-3 R/R JR 2L Danville, Calif. (California H.S.) 22 Brianna Donahue OF 5-6 L/R SR 3L Westminster, Colo. (Ralston Valley H.S.) 24 Danielle Wikre IF 5-4 R/R SO 1L Berthoud, Colo. (Berthoud H.S.) 29 Alysa Greckel IF 5-6 R/R JR 2L Omaha, Neb. (Millard West H.S.) 85 Emily Pohl C 5-6 R/R JR 2L Vail, Ariz. (Cienega H.S.) -- Chelsea O Connor* OF 5-7 R/R JR TR Windsor, Colo. (Boston Univ.) Head Coach: Jen Fisher (Third season at CSU) Assistant Coach: Dedeann Pendleton (Eighth season at CSU) Assistant Coach: Melissa Perea (Third season at CSU) Volunteer Assistant Coach: Kyle Roberts (Second season at CSU) Student Manager: Greg Thompson (First season at CSU) L - Varsity Letter TR - Transfer HS - High School 311 McGraw Athletic Center Fort Collins, Colo Phone: (970) Fax: (970) Tickets: RAMS

2 The Rams Record When 2013 Overall Record MW Record Home Away Neutral In One-Run Games In Two-Run Games In Three-Run Games In Four-Run Games In Five-Run Games In Six-Run Games In Seven + Run Games In Extra-Innings Games In Shutouts Scoring First Opponents Score First Scoring in First Inning Ahead After First Inning Ahead After Second Inning Ahead After Third Inning Ahead After Fourth Inning Ahead After Fifth Inning Ahead After Sixth Inning Trailing After First Inning Trailing After Second Inning Trailing After Third Inning Trailing After Fourth Inning Trailing After Fifth Inning Trailing After Sixth Inning Tied After First Inning Tied After Second Inning Tied After Third Inning Tied After Fourth Inning Tied After Fifth Inning Tied After Sixth Inning Teams Combine For Less Than 10 Runs Teams Combine For 10 or More Runs February March April May Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday Current Streak... 1 Home Streak...-- Road Streak...-- Neutral Streak...-- Longest Winning Streak... 1 Longest Losing Streak... 2 Largest Margin of Victory... 1 Largest Margin of Loss... 2 Rams second in MW Preseason Poll... The Colorado State softball program was picked to finish second in the Mountain West standings in the leagues preseason coaches poll release on Feb. 5. The Rams were one of three teams to receive a fi rst-place vote, joining preseason favorite San Diego State and Boise State, who was picked to fi nish fourth. Below is a look at the MW preseason projections: Rank Team (fi rst-place votes) Points 1. San Diego State (5) Colorado State (1) Fresno State Boise State (1) New Mexico UNLV Nevada 8 Returning all-conference performers The Rams return four all-mountain West performers from 2012, including conference Pitcher of the Year senior Kacie McCarthy. Also returning after all-league seasons are a trio of juniors in third baseman Chelsea Biglow, shortstop Ashlie Ortega and catcher Emily Pohl. In addition to the player honors, Rams head coach Jen Fisher was also named MW Coach of the Year in Keeping the ball rolling... The Colorado State softball team continues play this week at the Troy Cox Classic looking to jump start their momentum once again after they fi nished the Red Desert Classic with a record of 2-3. Rams in the MW rankings Several of Colorado State s retuning players ranked among the Mountain West s best in 2012: Ashlie Ortega placed into fi ve categories: Second in at bats (185), tied for second with 107 assists, third in plate appearances (207), fi fth in hits (66) and fi fth in doubles (12). Kacie McCarthy placed into fi ve categories: fi rst for number of batters struck out looking (49), second for number of wins (17), third for opposing batting average (.247), fi fth in innings pitched (151.2) and fi fth in batters struck out (105). Alysa Greckel placed into four categories: tied for third for number of doubles (14), fourth for number of walks (26), fourth for number of chances (349), and fourth for number of putouts (334). Emily Pohl placed into two categories: fi rst in walks (41), and third with 11 players caught stealing. Chelsea Biglow placed into one category, earning fourth for number of runs batted in (45). Kendal Butterfi eld placed into one category, tying fourth with seven sacrifi ce bunts. Tough competition The 2013 Colorado State softball team will face one of the toughest schedules in recent program history. The Rams will face off against eight teams receiving votes in the NFCA and USA Softball top-25 polls. Three teams on the Rams schedule are ranked in the top-17 Quick Facts General Information Location... Fort Collins, Colo. Founded Enrollment... 26,769 Nickname... Rams Colors...Green and Gold Elevation... 5,004 feet Home Field (Capacity)...Ram Field (500) Conference... Mountain West President...Dr. Anthony A. Frank Director of Athletics...Jack Graham Assoc. A.D./SWA...Christine Susemihl Faculty Representative... Jim Francis Athletic Department Phone...970/ Athletic Website... Press Box Phone...970/ Staff Information Head Coach Jen Fisher... Third Year (Colorado State, 1997) Record at CSU Four-Year School Record Career Record (13 Seasons) Assistant Coaches Dedeann Pendleton... Eighth Year (Creighton, 1995) Melissa Perea... Third Year (CSU-Pueblo, 2005) Volunteer Assistant Kyle Roberts...Second Year Athletic Trainer Brittany Koehler... First Year Student Manager Greg Thompson... First Year Sport Program Coordinator Karen Taylor... 14th Year Team Information 2012 Record MWC Record (Finish) (T-2nd) 2012 Postseason Play Final Ranking...-- Letterwinners Returning/Lost... 14/3 Starters Returning/Lost... 9/1 Pitchers Returning/Lost... 4/1 Newcomers... 7 CSU Softball History First Year of Softball Overall Record (.493) Conference Championships... 5 Last Championship MWC Regular-Season NCAA Postseason Appearances (Record)... 2 (2-4) Last Appearance NCAA Regionals Media Information Softball Contact...Sam Ward Offi ce Phone...970/ Cell Phone...303/ swfawn@rams.colostate.edu Assistant Sports Information Director... Danny Mattie Offi ce Phone...970/ Cell Phone...970/ d.mattie@colostate.edu SID FAX...970/ SID Mailing Address McGraw Athletic Center Fort Collins, CO Feb. 14, 2013 Conference Overall Team (AP/USAToday) W-L Pct. H A W-L Pct. H A N Fresno State Nevada San Diego State Boise State Colorado State UNLV New Mexico Colorado State Softball

3 USA Today/NFCA - Feb Alabama (21) Oklahoma (10) Arizona State Tennessee Florida Texas Oregon Missouri California LSU Texas A&M USF Georgia Michigan Louisiana Lafayette Arizona Louisville Washington UCLA Hawai i Hofstra Stanford North Carolina Kentucky Florida State Others Receiving Votes: Georgia Tech (30), Baylor (13), DePaul (10), Ohio State (8), Tulsa (7), Virginia Tech (3), Syracuse (2), South Alabama (1). CSU opponents in BOLD ESPN.com/USA Softball - Feb Oklahoma (12) Alabama (8) Arizona State Tennessee Florida Texas Missouri California Oregon Texas A&M LSU South Florida Michigan Georgia Louisiana-Lafayette T16 Louisville T16 Washington UCLA Arizona Stanford Florida State Kentucky Hawaii Georgia Tech Hofstra Receiving Votes: North Carolina (40); Baylor (36); Virginia Tech (10); South Alabama (8); San Diego State (6); Tulsa (5); Syracuse (2); DePaul (2); Mississippi State (2) CSU opponents in BOLD in the preseason rankings, as CSU is slated to match up against No. 9/8 Georgia (Feb. 21 at the Mary Nutter Collegiate Classic), No. 16/16 Washington (March 3 in the Colorado State Classic) and No. 17/17 Texas A&M (April 5-7 in a three-game series in College Station, Texas). The Rams open the season at the Red Desert Classic against a pair of teams - BYU and Oklahoma State - that are receiving votes in the rankings. Texas Tech (Feb. 15 at the Troy Cox Classic), Oregon State (Feb. 21 at the Mary Nutter Collegiate Classic), and UMass (March 16 at the San Diego Classic II) are also receiving preseason top-25 votes. Returning production The 2013 Colorado State Rams return a majority of the team s offensive and pitching production, having lost just two seniors - outfi elder Lyssa Roberts and pitcher Kelli Eubanks - to graduation. Offensively, the Rams return 90 percent of their runs, 88 percent of their hits, 91 percent of the team s doubles, 89 percent of triples, 95 percent of home runs and 94 percent of RBIs from last season. In the circle, the Rams bring back 89 percent of their wins and 81 percent of their strikeouts. Rams in the national rankings The 2012 Rams ranked among the national leaders in a number of categories, placing in the top 50 in the nation in five team categories: Doubles per game (24th, 1.37), runs per game (29th, 5.64), batting average (38th,.294) and slugging percentage (44th,.438). Individually, four Rams ranked in the top 100 nationally. Emily Pohl was 12th in the NCAA in walks per game (0.82), Alysa Greckel came in at 47 in doubles per game (0.28), Chelsea Biglow was rated 57th in RBI per game (0.88) and Shae Rodriguez was just behind Biglow with 0.8 runs batted in per contest. Rams vs. the tournament field The Rams will play fi ve games in three days this weekend against Penn State, Texas Tech, UKMC, and two games against New Mexico State. Here is a look at the Rams competition: Penn State recorded a record in 2012 and returns 14 letterwinners, including eight starters in The Nittany Lions placed 11th with a record of 9-15 in the Big Ten Conference in Texas Tech logged a record in 2012 and returns 10 letterwinners, including 4 starters in The Raiders fi nished 5th with a record of in the Big 12 Conference in the 2012 season. UKMC notched a record in 2012 and returns nine letterwinners, including 10 starters in The Roos placed 4th with a record of in the Summit League during the 2012 season. New Mexico State posted a record in 2012 and returns 13 letterwinners and fi ve starters in The Aggies finished with a 5-16 record for 2012 in the Western Athletic Conference. Up next The Rams return to the diamond Feb for fi ve games in three days at the Mary Nutter Collegiate Classic, in Palm Springs, Calif. The Rams will go up against Georgia, Oregon State, Utah, Virginia, and, Syracuse Colorado State Softball 2012 Multiple-Hit Games No. Name Tot. 2 Chelsea Biglow Kali Haas Molly Randle Michaela Good Ashlie Ortega Jaelyn Manzanares Lauren Snodgrass Kendal Butterfi eld Kailey Snyder Taylor Hutton Holly Reinke Shae Rodriguez Maci Stouffer Haley David Kacie McCarthy Cassy Mosser Brianna Donahue Danielle Wikre Alysa Greckel Emily Pohl Team Multiple-RBI Games No. Name Tot. 2 Chelsea Biglow Kali Haas Molly Randle Michaela Good Ashlie Ortega Jaelyn Manzanares Lauren Snodgrass Kendal Butterfi eld Kailey Snyder Taylor Hutton Holly Reinke Shae Rodriguez Maci Stouffer Haley David Kacie McCarthy Cassy Mosser Brianna Donahue Danielle Wikre Alysa Greckel Emily Pohl Team Hitting Streaks No. Name Long Current 2 Chelsea Biglow 1-4 Kali Haas Molly Randle Michaela Good Ashlie Ortega 2-8 Jaelyn Manzanares Lauren Snodgrass Kendal Butterfield Kailey Snyder Taylor Hutton Holly Reinke Shae Rodriguez Maci Stouffer Haley David Kacie McCarthy Cassy Mosser Brianna Donahue Danielle Wikre 1-29 Alysa Greckel Emily Pohl 1 - The Fisher File Senior College Record: (363 games -.452) Colorado State Record: (Third Season) Mountain West Record: 9-18 (Third Season) Years... School... Record Otero Junior College Metro State College Pres... Colorado State TOTAL

4 2013 Game-by-Game Results Date Opponent W-L Score Att. Pitcher Record Notes Feb. 7 BYU! W McCarthy (1-0) 1-0 Rams collect first win of season and first victory since May 11, 2012 Loyola Marymount! L Snyder (0-1) 1-1 Greckel, Biglow each tally a hit for CSU Feb. 8 Arkansas! L McCarthy (1-1) 1-2 Ashlie Ortega hits her first triple of the season, extra innings Utah State! W Reinke (1-0) 2-2 Holly Reinke earns her first win as a CSU Ram Feb. 9 Oklahoma State! L Randle (0-1) 2-3 Shae Rodriguez hit an RBI triple to right field Feb. 15 Texas Tech# Penn State# Feb. 16 New Mexico State # UMKC# Feb. 17 New Mexico State# Feb. 21 Georgia $ Oregon State $ Feb. 22 Utah $ Feb. 23 Virginia $ Syracuse $ March 1 Bradley% Brown% March 2 Nebraska-Omaha% March 3 Bradley% Washington March 6 Northern Colorado March 15 Fairfield ^ Harvard ^ March 16 Massachusetts ^ Miami (Oh) ^ March 17 Seton Hall ^ March 19 Long Beach State March 22 Ball State Columbia March 23 Columbia Marist March 24 Ball State March 28 UNLV* March 29 UNLV* March 30 UNLV* April 5 Texas A&M April 6 Texas A&M April 7 Texas A&M April 12 Nevada* April 13 Nevada* April 14 Nevada* April 17 Northern Colorado April 19 Fresno State* April 20 Fresno State* April 21 Fresno State* April 26 Boise State* April 27 Boise State* April 28 Boise State* May 3 San Diego State* May 4 San Diego State* May 5 San Diego State* May 9 New Mexico* May 10 New Mexico* May 11 New Mexico* All dates and times subject to change Home games played at Ram Field! - Red Desert Classic - St George, Utah (Utah State) # - Troy Cox Classic - Las Cruces, N.M. (New Mexico State) $ - Mary Nutter Collegiate Classic - Palm Springs, Calif. (Oregon State) % - Colorado State Classic - Fort Collins, Colo. (Colorado State) ^ - San Diego Classic II - San Diego, Calif. (San Diego State University) * - Mountain West Conference Game Home games are in bold Colorado State Softball

5 2013 Current Statistics The Automated ScoreBook Overall Statistics for Colorado State (as of Feb 14, 2013) (All games Sorted by Batting avg) Record: 2-3 Home: 0-1 Away: 0-0 Neutral: 2-2 Conference: 0-1 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% 22 DONAHUE, Brianna GRECKEL, Alysa MOSSER, Cassy ORTEGA, Ashlie RODRIGUEZ, Shae WIKRE, Danielle BIGLOW, Chelsea POHL, Emily BUTTERFIELD, Kendal HUTTON, Taylor MANZANARES, Jaelyn DAVID, Haley GOOD, Michaela SNODGRASS, Lauren RANDLE, Molly REINKE, Holly HAAS, Kali MCCARTHY, Kacie SNYDER, Kailey Totals Opponents LOB - Team (29), Opp (43). DPs turned - Team (0), Opp (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 5 RANDLE, Molly / REINKE, Holly / MCCARTHY, Kacie / SNYDER, Kailey / HAAS, Kali / Totals / Opponents / PB - Team (2), MANZANARES 2. SBA/ATT - POHL (1-1), MCCARTHY (1-1), SNYDER (1-1), MANZANARES (1-1). The Automated ScoreBook Overall Statistics for Colorado State (as of Feb 14, 2013) (All games Sorted by Fielding pct) Player c po a e fld% dp sba csb sba% pb ci 85 POHL, Emily MANZANARES, Jaelyn RODRIGUEZ, Shae HUTTON, Taylor GRECKEL, Alysa MOSSER, Cassy ORTEGA, Ashlie BUTTERFIELD, Kendal DONAHUE, Brianna BIGLOW, Chelsea SNYDER, Kailey MCCARTHY, Kacie RANDLE, Molly SNODGRASS, Lauren DAVID, Haley WIKRE, Danielle REINKE, Holly GOOD, Michaela HAAS, Kali Totals Opponents Colorado State Softball

Game 49 Colorado State vs. New Mexico May 10, 2012 Fort Collins, Colo. 4 p.m. MT

Game 49 Colorado State vs. New Mexico May 10, 2012 Fort Collins, Colo. 4 p.m. MT FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 7, 2012 2012 Schedule (26-22, 5-4 MW) Date Opponent Time (MT)/Results Texas Classic (Austin, Texas) Feb. 10 Texas-San Antonio W, 10-2 (5) Cal State Fullerton L, 13-10 Feb. 11