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1 Softball w w w. h o r i z o n l e a g u e. o r g 201 S. Capitol Ave., Suite 500, Indianapolis, IN (317) ; Fax (317) Weekly Release #2 Tuesday, February 27, 2007 Player of the Week Amanda Houchin Cleveland State 3B --- Sophomore Lima, Ohio Houchin went 4-for-10 with a double, two home runs and three RBI to help the Vikings to a perfect 3-0 mark at the Longwood Spring Classic. She launched her first career home run to knot the score at 1-1 against Canisius and then drilled another bomb to extend CSU s lead to 2-0 versus Longwood. Houchin added a double against the Lancers for her first career two-hit game, helping raise her slugging percentage to on the weekend. She also played a fl awless third base, fielding all 13 chances cleanly. STATS AVG SLG AB H R 2B HR RBI Pitcher of the Week Amanda Macenko Cleveland State RHP --- Freshman Brunswick, Ohio Macenko allowed no runs and just one hit while fanning six in 9.2 innings of work to earn a pair of victories to propel CSU to the Longwood Spring Classic title. Her fi rst career victory came against Canisius, as she tossed 2.2 hitless innings in relief. Later the same day, she hurled a one-hitter against Longwood, striking out five with one walk while giving up just a clean infield single in the fourth inning. STATS ERA W-L G CG IP H ER SO Standings Contact: Nate Flannery nflannery@horizonleague.org Horizon League Overall Team W L T Pct. W L T Pct. Cleveland State UW-Green Bay UIC Detroit Loyola Youngstown State Butler Wright State Recent Results Friday, February 16 Cal State Northridge 8, Wright State 0 * Southern Utah 16, Wright State 2 * Saturday, February 17 Drake 11, UW-Green Bay 1 $ Oregon State 9, Wright State 2 * Bradley 2, UW-Green Bay 0 $ Cal Poly 9, Wright State 1 * Sunday, February 18 UW-Green Bay 5, Bradley 3 $ Portland State 8, Wright State 2 * Western Illinois 8, UW-Green Bay 0 $ UCLA 12, Wright State 2 * Friday, February 23 Arizona State 6, UIC 2 ^ Nevada 8, UIC 7 ^ Saturday, February 24 BYU 8, UIC 1 ^ Cal State Fullerton 3, UIC 0 ^ Cleveland State 9, Norfolk State 0 & Cleveland State 3, Canisius 1 & Cleveland State 3, Longwood 0 & Sunday, February 25 Cal Poly 4, UIC 1 ^ * - Louisville Slugger Desert Classic - Las Vegas, Nev. $ - Schutt Invitational - Peoria, Ill. ^ - Palm Spring Classic in Palm Spring, Calif & - Longwood Spring Classic in Farmville, Va. On The Horizon: Friday, March 2 UIC vs. Tennessee # a.m. Wright State vs. Middle Tennessee State % a.m. Wright State vs. Purdue %...12 p.m. Loyola at Cal Riverside (DH)... 3 p.m. UIC vs. Tennessee-Martin #...3:30 p.m. Saturday, March 3 Butler at 10 a.m. Wright State vs. San Jose State % a.m. Youngstown State vs. Dayton! a.m. Loyola at UCLA **... 1 p.m. Butler vs. 3 p.m. Youngstown State at Eastern Kentucky!... 3 p.m. UIC vs. Austin Peay #...5:45 p.m. Wright State vs. Winthrop %... 7 p.m. Loyola vs. Florida **...8:30 p.m. Sunday, March 4 Detroit vs. Valparaiso $$... 9 a.m. Butler vs. 10 a.m. Youngstown State at Eastern Kentucky! a.m. UIC vs. Tennessee Tech #... 12:15 p.m. Butler vs. 12:30 p.m. Detroit vs. Maine $$... 1 p.m. Youngstown State vs. Dayton!... 1 p.m. UIC vs. Tennessee #...2:30 p.m. Loyola at UCLA **... 5 p.m. Loyola vs. Long Beach State **...7:30 p.m. Wright State vs. TBA %...TBA # - UTC Frost Tournament - Chattanooga, Tenn. % - Buzz Classic - Marietta, - University of Kentucky Tournament - Lexington, Ky.! - Eastern Kentucky Tournament - Richmond, Ky. ** - Stacy Winsberg Memorial Tournament - Los Angeles, Calif. $$ - Rebel Spring Games - Kissimmee, Fla.

2 Horizon League Softball Weekly Release #2 February 27, 2007 Page 2 Other Top Performances From the Week Ending Feb Award Winners Liz Jacoby, UIC First Team Senior * OF * Beecher, Ill. Amy Hyerczyk, Butler Jacoby picked up her second home run of the season with a grand slam home run in the bottom of the third Michele Penney, Cleveland State inning versus Nevada to give the Flames a 4-3 lead. She totaled three hits, one run, four RBI and posted a.375 Whitney Willard, Cleveland State slugging percentage in the three-day event. In right field, Jacoby committed zero errors and totaled 12 putouts Sarah Dickey, Detroit in five games. Katrina Klemp, Detroit Kaleigh Rafter, Detroit Joyce Cathey, UIC Tara Miller, Loyola Jenna Woepse, UW-Green Bay Kate Sullivan, UW-Green Bay (DP) Grace Luginbuhl, Cleveland State (P) Lisa Meissner, UW-Green Bay (P) Second Team Jenny Jacobs, Butler Christa Coppus, Cleveland State J.J. Thornberry, Cleveland State Michelle Baggio, Detroit Nicole Robinson, UIC Katerina Krause, Loyola Nora Schober, Loyola Anna Nieznanski, UW-Green Bay Tiffany Patteson, Youngstown State Amanda Cody, Wright State (DP) Sarah Clynes, UIC (P) Karlie Burnell, Youngstown State (P) All-Newcomer Team Christa Coppus, CSU Brittney Hire, UDM Melissa Marinacci, UIC Sarah Clynes, UIC Laura DeLeon, LUC Kaycee Tharp, LUC Melanie McInally, WSU Michelle Logan, WSU Jessie Granger, WSU Kristen McDonnell, YSU Player of the Year Kaleigh Rafter, Detroit Pitcher of the Year Grace Luginbuhl, Cleveland State Newcomer of the Year Sarah Clynes, UIC Top Returning Statistics Batting Average Kaleigh Rafter, Detroit.359 Home Runs Kaleigh Rafter, Detroit 12 RBI Nora Schober, Loyola 43 Earned Run Average Sarah Clynes, UIC 2.44 Wins Sarah Clynes, UIC 16 Karlie Burnell, Youngstown State 16 UIC played in its second tournament of the season, going 0-5 at the Palm Springs Classic last weekend. The Flames dropped their first matchup at the tournament, 6-2, to the No. 2 team in the country, Arizona State. Registering only three hits in the contest, the team managed to put across two runs on four Sun Devil errors. Game two pitted the Flames against Nevada and it would come down to a top-of-the-seventh home run by Krist Stith that gave the Wolfpack the 8-7 win. Senior Liz Jacoby provided much of the offense for the team with a grand slam in the third inning, while sophomore Sarah Clynes knocked in two more runs in the sixth. On Saturday, UIC could manage only three hits off of BYU pitching in a 8-1 loss. Clynes worked four innings in the circle, surrendering six runs (one earned). The offense was also missing in second game of the day as the team dropped a 3-0 decision to Cal State Fullerton. Freshman Chelsea Fuemmeler threw her second complete game of the year, allowing four hits and three runs in the loss. In the final game at the tourney, the Flames again Weekly Recap managed only three hits in falling to Cal Poly, 4-1. Junior Nicole Robinson and Clynes both went 1-for-2 in the contest. Cleveland State kicked off the 2007 campaign in style over the weekend, sweeping its way to the Longwood Spring Classic title. Originally scheduled as a two-day event, the tournament was shortened to one day due to an approaching winter storm. In the first game on Saturday, the Vikings got out of the gates early, posting four runs in the first, two in the second and three more in the third. Freshman Tara Meyer threw a two-hitter in the 9-0, five-inning victory. The team allowed its only run in game two as CSU knocked off Canisius, 3-1. Junior Whitney Willard posted her second-straight 2-for-3 performance, while sophomore Amanda Houchin blasted the team's first home run of the year, a solo shot in the fi fth. In the final game, freshman Amanda Macenko threw a one-hitter, walking one and striking out fi ve in the 3-0 win. Sophomore Christa Coppus went 3-for-4 in the game and Houchin belted her second long ball. Horizon League Network Puts Action at Your Fingertips The Horizon League, in partnership with CSTV Networks, Inc., have launched the Horizon League Network (HLN) as the premier broadband destination for free, live video of League games and other video-on-demand features highlighting the League s teams and student- athletes. An extension of a venture that produced more than 150 events last year, the Horizon League Network is a comprehensive conference-wide broadband initiative designed to provide coverage of member institutions athletic programs to fans, parents, alumni, boosters, current and prospective student-athletes, the general public and the media with quality live game web casts and other compelling video ondemand programming. The Horizon League Network is the centerpiece of the League s newly re-designed web site located at which launched in late October. The League s goals for HLN are to produce more than 200 events with a focus on men s and women s basketball regular-season and tournament games, selected additional championship events and other specialty programming. In addition to the many live games, selected events will be archived for on-demand viewing for a specifi ed time, allowing fans to catch a game they missed, watch it again or check out highlights. Free, live coverage of... more than 140 Horizon League regular-season men s and women s basketball conference games fi rst- and second-round games of the Horizon League men s basketball championship fi rst-round, quarterfi nal and semifi nal games of the Horizon League women s basketball championship

3 Horizon League Softball Weekly Release #2 February 27, 2007 Page 3 Horizon League News & Notes Butler Bulldogs - Junior fi rst baseman Amy Hyerczyk garnered First-Team All-Horizon League honors last year when she batted.343 with five home runs and 24 runs batted in. She had two 10-game hitting streaks as a sophomore. - The Bulldogs return two of last year s top three pitchers, senior Jamie Wonderly and junior Nikki Naffziger. Wonderly led the team in strikeouts with 59, while Naffziger was second on the squad with 40. The two combined to record 10 of Butler s 17 wins. - Butler softball recruit Kristie Malinkey, who compiled a perfect 26-0 pitching record in 2006, was a Second Team choice on the 2006 Louisville Slugger National Fastpitch Coaches Association (NFCA) High School All-America squad. Cleveland State Vikings - Angie Nicholson s debut as Cleveland State s 10th head coach was a successful one, as the Vikings went 3-0 on Saturday to claim the Longwood Spring Classic title. Originally scheduled for Saturday and Sunday, the tournament was shortened to one day due to an approaching winter storm. - Sophomore Amanda Houchin had a solid opening weekend, going 4-for-10 with a pair of home runs and three RBI. The performance was even more stunning considering she went 3-for-30 all of last season, driving in just three runs the entire year. - Freshman Amanda Macenko made quite an impression in her collegiate debut in the circle. In her first appearance, she earned the win by pitching 2.2 hitless innings in relief against Canisius. She then came back a couple of hours later and one-hit Longwood, allowing just a fourth-inning infield single while fanning five. Detroit Titans - Junior Kaleigh Rafter returns as the reigning Horizon League Player of the Year. Rafter, who set the Detroit single-season home run record last spring with 12, is also in third place all-time in homers at Detroit. The NFCA All-Region pick hit.359 last season overall and an even more impressive.435 in League play. - Head coach Bob Wilkerson returns for his 11th season at the helm of the Titans. Wilkerson, the longest-tenured coach in the League was picked by his peers as the Horizon League Coach of the Year after leading his troops to 13 League wins, a new school record. - The Titans lost 11 letterwinners from last season, including All-League pick Katrina Klemp and All-Newcomer selection Brittney Hire. UIC Flames - UIC moved to 2-8 on the season after falling to fi ve 2006 NCAA participant team s at the Palm Springs Classic, Feb Senior Liz Jacoby picked up her second homer of the season on a grand slam in the bottom of the third inning versus Nevada. Trailing by three runs, Jacoby gave UIC a 4-3 lead with the home run. - Junior Mallory Studzinski led the team with a.500 batting average. Studzinski was 3-for-6 at the plate, totaling three runs scored and one double. - Junior Ashlee Ackerman picked up three hits, three runs and UIC s lone steal on the weekend. Loyola Ramblers - Loyola, which won nine of its fi nal 15 contests a year ago, will be a young team yet again as this year s roster features fi ve freshmen and fi ve sophomores. - The Ramblers return their top two hitters from a year ago in senior outfielders Tara Miller and Nora Schober. Miller, who became the third Rambler in program history to earn All-Mideast Region honors, batted.357 and had school-record totals of 50 runs and 34 stolen bases a year ago. Miller also hit eight home runs and had eight doubles, a triple and 24 RBI en route to First Team All-Horizon League honors. - A year ago, the Ramblers established single-season school standards for runs (202), home runs (33), walks (154) and stolen bases (101). UW-Green Bay Phoenix - Freshman Katie Cooney picked up her first collegiate win in her first career start, a 5-3 UW-Green Bay victory over Bradley Feb. 18. Cooney tossed a complete game and helped her own cause with two hits and two RBI. Among her three pitching strikeouts was one of her sister, Christine, a senior on Bradley s team. - The Phoenix pounded out 10 hits in its 5-3 victory over Bradley on Feb. 18, but managed just eight combined hits in its other three contests. - Junior outfi elder Dana Brockman led UW-Green Bay with a.444 batting average at the Schutt Invitational. She tied classmate Jenna Woepse with a team-high four hits at the tournament including two doubles and a run batted in. Wright State Raiders - It was a tough opening weekend for Wright State as the Raiders were outscored 62-9 in six games at the Louisville Slugger Desert Classic in Las Vegas, including matchups with #7 Oregon State and national power UCLA. - Wright State and UCLA combined for nine roundtrippers, with Wright State hitting two and the Bruins setting a school record with seven. Kristen Bradshaw gave WSU an early lead with a solo shot to left center and Allison Cox hit her second of the season to left. - Overall, the Raiders hit four home runs last weekend as Cox connected against Southern Utah and UCLA, Bradshaw versus UCLA and Kristen Farley against Portland State. Youngstown State Penguins - The Penguins captured their first Horizon League Championship and reached NCAA Tournament for the first time in school history last spring. Graduated shortstop Tiffany Patteson provided the heroics for the squad with a walk-off, solo home run in the seventh inning of the championship game, while McKenzie Bedra earned tournament most Valuable Player honors after hitting fi ve round-trippers. Karlie Burnell posted all four of the Penguins victory at the League summit. - Head Coach Christy Cameron needs just 14 more wins to collect her 150th win at Youngstown State University. - Sophomore Kristen McDonnell became the third Youngstown State player in four seasons to earn Great Lakes All-Region honors in McDonnell also tied the Penguins single-season home run record with 10 in Valparaiso Crusaders - Valpo returns all but one player from the squad that won 22 games last season, the most victories by a Crusader softball team since Head coach Randy Schneider became Valpo s all-time winningest coach with the team s 21st win last season. He has won 55 games over his three years at the helm. - Senior outfi elder Megan Carroll hit.410 in 24 games last year before missing the second half of the season due to injury. She currently is tied for third in Valpo history with 22 doubles, and is on pace to fi nish her career in the top-fi ve in hits, runs scored and stolen bases. - Catcher Shannon Robinson collected 51 hits in 51 games last year, the second-most hits in a single season in Crusader history. The junior also tied Valpo s single-season doubles record with 13.

4 Horizon League Softball Weekly Release #2 February 27, 2007 Page 4 UIC picked as preseason favorite Flames in search of 10th regular-season title in last 12 seasons Horizon League Softball Contacts Butler Jim McGrath Offi ce: (317) Fax: (317) jmcgrath@butler.edu Cleveland State Alan Ashby Offi ce: (216) Fax: (216) a.ashby02@csuohio.edu Detroit Pat Moore Offi ce: (313) Fax: (313) moorepi@udmercy.edu UIC Beth Usewicz Offi ce: (312) Fax: (312) bethu@uic.edu Loyola Bill Behrns Offi ce: (773) Fax: (773) bbehrns@luc.edu UW-Green Bay Nick Brilowski Offi ce: (920) Fax: (920) brilowsn@uwgb.edu Wright State Matt Zircher Offi ce: (937) Fax: (937) matt.zircher@wright.edu Youngstown State Jamie Hall Offi ce: (330) Fax: (330) jehall@ysu.edu Horizon League Nate Flannery Offi ce: (317) Fax: (317) nfl annery@horizonleague.org A familiar team sits atop the Horizon League s preseason softball poll this year as the University of Illinois at Chicago claimed the top spot after winning at least a share of nine of the last 11 regularseason titles. The Flames earned 48 points and six first place votes in the polling of the League s head coaches. Co-head coaches Sarah O Malley-Fisher and Tom Gray head into the 2007 season attempting to make the prediction come true. UIC has eight letterwinners returning from a team that went 14-6 in conference action last season. Sophomore Sarah Clynes headlines the squad after placing on the Second-Team All-League and earning Newcomer of the Year honors. The right-handed pitcher threw a team-best innings, fi nishing with a 16-6 record and 2.44 ERA. She also had success at the plate and returns to the team with the top batting average (.304) and home run total (fi ve) from a year ago. Other key returnees include senior Liz Jacoby and junior Nicole Robinson. Jacoby batted.302 in 44 appearances for the Flames, while Robinson finished with a team-high 38 RBI. Placing second in the poll is Yvette Healy and the Loyola University Chicago Ramblers. The team brings back its top two offensive threats from a year ago in seniors Tara Miller and Nora Schober. Miller led the Horizon League and set Rambler records with 50 runs scored and 34 stolen bases in Schober was a beneficiary of Miller being on the base paths as she led the team with 43 RBI. Junior shortstop Katerina Krause also figures to be a main contributor to this season s squad, coming off of a season in which she set a Loyola record with 11 long balls. The pitching duties on this season s team will fall on sophomore Krista Crosson and junior Katie Schupbach. Crosson worked a team-high 157 innings a year ago and struck out a Rambler-best 87 batters, while Schubach went 1-3 in 70 innings in the circle. Last year s tournament champion, Youngstown State University, sits in third place in the preseason forecast. Head coach Christy Cameron looks to carry forward the momentum of last season s strong finish. Senior Karlie Burnell is expected to lead the pitching staff after posting a record and 3.30 ERA in 35 appearances last year. The Brampton, Ontario, native earned the victory in each of the Penguins four tournament games in 2006, earning a spot on the All-Tournament Team. Sophomore Kristen McDonnell will be looked upon to carry some of the YSU offensive load after the graduation of Tiffany Patteson. McDonnell had a school-best 10 home runs a year ago, while also notching team-best marks in RBI (31) and slugging percentage (.586). Bob Wilkerson, the longest-tenured coach in the League, enters his 11th season at the University of Detroit Mercy and is projected as the fourth-place team in the conference. Reigning player of the year Kaleigh Rafter returns to the squad after setting a Titan-record with 12 deep flies in She led the League in home runs, RBI (35), slugging percentage (.725) and total bases (95). Another All-League First-Team member returns to UDM in senior Sarah Dickey. Expected to anchor the infield at shortstop and bat leadoff in 2007, Dickey hit.420 in 20 League contests a year ago. The biggest question mark for the Titans comes in the circle as only one of four pitchers (Adrienne Baran) from last year s squad returns (81.2 of innings pitched). Cleveland State University, a year after making it to the fi nal day of the Horizon League Championship, ranks 2007 PRESEASON POLL Team (First Place Votes) Total Points 1. UIC (6) Loyola (1) Youngstown State (1) Detroit Cleveland State UW-Green Bay Wright State Butler 7 fifth in the 2007 preseason poll. The Vikings ended the 2006 campaign with a record (14-7 League) and will welcome in new head coach Angie Nicholson, a 2000 CSU graduate. The Vikings return their top four batting averages from 2006 with junior Whitney Willard s.353 clip leading the pack. Senior Michele Penney and sophomore Christa Coppus expect to provide the power numbers on the club after knocking in 38 and 37 runs, respectively, a season ago. CSU will have to replace of 365 innings pitched last season with the departure of two key pitchers in Grace Luginbuhl (226 IP, 2.17 ERA, 224 SO) and Kortney Spidell (121 IP, 1.85 ERA, 43 SO). Christina Swierz returns as the only player to pitch last season, going 1-0 in three appearances (8.1 IP). There will be a lot of new faces anticipated to produce for the sixth-slated University of Wisconsin-Green Bay as just four starters return. Of the team s four players to hit above.300 in 2006 only junior Jenna Woepse comes back. A First-Team All-League recipient for her performance last year, Woepse hit.356 with 20 runs scored in 32 games. In the circle, the Phoenix needs to replace Lisa Meissner, the school s all-time career leader in strikeouts. Junior Vanessa Lefan and sophomore Amanda Margelofsky both saw limited action in the circle last year, pitching a combined 64.2 innings. Margelofsky posted a 3-6 record and 26 strikeouts, while Lefan had no decisions in five appearances. Similar to several teams in the League this year, seventhpredicted Wright State University and head coach Mike Larabee need to replace most of the pitching staff from last season. Offensively, the Raiders look solid with four of their top five hitters from 2006 returning. Junior Michelle Logan tops the group with a.301 average a year ago, while sophomore Melanie McInally leads all returnees in home runs (seven) and RBI (30). Senior Ashley Clapsaddle is the only pitcher to return to the club with just 21 innings pitched and nine strikeouts. Butler University will be led by first-year head coach Jeanne Rayman in Rayman, a former player and assistant coach for the Bulldogs takes the reins and will look to improve upon a overall record and a last-place finish in the Horizon League standings at Butler welcomes back junior first baseman Amy Hyerczyk, who was a First-Team All-League pick last spring after posting a.601 slugging percentage, good for second-best in the League. Junior outfielder Jenny Jacobs is also returning for the Bulldogs after being named to the All-League Second Team. Jacobs finished with a team-high 26 RBI last year and tied for top team honors in home runs (5). Valparaiso University enters its final season in the Mid-Continent Conference and will officially join the Horizon League on July 1, The Crusaders finished fifth in the Mid-Con last season with a conference record of 9-15 (22-30 overall). Senior Megan Carroll and junior Shannon Robinson figure to be two of Valpo s top offensive producers in the 2007 season. Carroll hit.410 with nine extra-base hits in just 24 contests a year ago. Robinson garnered Second-Team All-Mid-Con honors after finishing third in doubles (13) and 14th in batting averaged (.321). She also led VU in RBI with 24 on the season. Valpo s entire pitching staff from 2006 returns with junior Andrea Zappia holding the best ERA (2.41), win total (10), and strikeout total (100) among the group. Sophomore Stephanie Kelly will attempt to follow up her solid freshman campaign in which she threw innings, going 4-7 with a 3.45 ERA.

5 Horizon League Softball Weekly Release #2 February 27, 2007 Page Team-by-Team Schedules and Results BUTLER BULLDOGS (0-0, 0-0 Horizon League) 3 vs. Kentucky # 10 a.m. 3 vs. IUPUI # 3 p.m. 4 vs. Evansville # 10 a.m. 4 vs. IUPUI # 12:30 p.m. 11 Rebel Spring Games * 27 Bellarmine (DH) 2 p.m. 28 at Bradley (DH) 2 p.m. 31 at Wright State (DH) 1 p.m. 1 at Wright State 1 p.m. 3 at Purdue (DH) 2 p.m. 4 Evansville (DH) 2 p.m. 6 Cleveland State (DH) 2 p.m. 7 Cleveland State 11 a.m. 11 Indiana State (DH) 2 p.m. 12 at UIC (DH) 5:30 p.m. 14 at Detroit (DH) 1 p.m. 15 at Detroit 12 p.m. 16 IUPUI 2 p.m. 18 at Dayton (DH) 3 p.m. 21 Youngstown State (DH) 1 p.m. 22 Youngstown State 12 p.m. 24 Ball State 4 p.m. 26 at IPFW (DH) 3 p.m. 28 at Loyola (DH) 1 p.m. 29 at Loyola 1 p.m. 30 Oakland (DH) 1 p.m. 5 UW-Green Bay (DH) 1 p.m. 6 UW-Green Bay 11 a.m. CLEVELAND STATE VIKINGS (3-0, 0-0 Horizon League) FEBRUARY 24 vs. Norfolk State # W, vs. Canisius # W, at Longwood # W, vs. Lafayette * 1 p.m. 11 vs. Army * 5 p.m. 12 vs. George Washington * 9 a.m. 12 vs. Rider * 1 p.m. 13 vs. Lafayette * 3 p.m. 13 vs. Manhattan * 5 p.m. 14 vs. IUPUI * 9 a.m. 14 vs. Colgate * 11 a.m. 15 vs. Yale * 1 p.m. 15 vs. Columbia * 5 p.m. 23 vs. Sacred Heart % 9:30 a.m. 23 vs. Niagara % 11:30 a.m. 24 vs. Holy Cross % 8:45 a.m. 24 at UMBC % 12:35 p.m. 25 at Tournament Play % TBA 27 at Oakland (DH) 2 p.m. 28 Ohio (DH) 3 p.m. 31 UW-Green Bay (DH) 1 p.m. 1 UW-Green Bay 11 a.m. 3 at Youngstown State 3 p.m. 4 at Kent State (DH) 3 p.m. 6 at Butler (DH) 2 p.m. 7 at Butler 11 a.m. 9 at IPFW (DH) 3 p.m. 12 Niagara (DH) 3 p.m. 14 Wright State (DH) 1 p.m. 15 Wright State 1 p.m. 17 at St. Francis (Pa.) (DH) 3 p.m. 21 Loyola (DH) 1 p.m. 22 Loyola 12 p.m. 25 Youngstown State (DH) 4 p.m. 26 at Toledo (DH) 4 p.m. 28 at UIC (DH) 2 p.m. 29 at UIC 12 p.m. 1 Robert Morris (DH) 3 p.m. 5 at Detroit (DH) 1 p.m. 6 at Detroit 12 p.m. # - University of Kentucky Tournament - Lexington, Ky. * - Rebel Spring Games - Kissimmee, Fla. # - Longwood Spring Classic - Farmville, Va. * - Rebel Spring Games - Kissimmee, Fla. % - UMBC Spring Classic - Baltimore, Md.

6 Horizon League Softball Weekly Release #2 February 27, 2007 Page Team-by-Team Schedules and Results DETROIT TITANS (0-0, 0-0 Horizon League) 4 vs. Valparaiso * 9 a.m. 4 vs. Maine * 1 p.m. 5 vs. Monmouth * 3 p.m. 5 vs. South Dakota State * 5 p.m. 6 vs. LaSalle * 1 p.m. 6 vs. Lehigh * 3 p.m. 8 vs. IPFW * 9 a.m. 8 vs. Georgetown * 1 p.m. 9 vs. Holy Cross * 9 a.m. 9 vs. Valparaiso * 1 p.m. 16 vs. Radford # 2 p.m. 16 at Western Carolina # 6 p.m. 17 vs. UNC Wilmington # 9 a.m. 17 vs. Mississippi Valley State # 1 p.m. 28 Central Michigan (DH) 2 p.m. 31 Loyola (DH) 12 p.m. 1 Loyola 12 p.m. 3 Michigan State (DH) 3:30 p.m. 4 Eastern Michigan (DH) 2:30 p.m. 6 at Youngstown State (DH) 3 p.m. 7 at Youngstown State 1 p.m. 10 at Oakland (DH) 3 p.m. 12 IPFW (DH) 3 p.m. 14 Butler (DH) 1 p.m. 15 Butler 12 p.m. 17 Bowling Green (DH) 3 p.m. 21 at UIC (DH) 2 p.m. 22 at UIC 1 p.m. 28 at UW-Green Bay (DH) 2 p.m. 29 at UW-Green Bay 1 p.m. 1 at Wayne State (DH) 3 p.m. 3 Wright State (DH) 1 p.m. 5 Cleveland State (DH) 1 p.m. 6 Cleveland State 12 p.m. UIC FLAMES (2-8, 0-0 Horizon League) FEBRUARY 9 vs. Nicholls State # W, vs. Marshall # L, vs. Tulsa # W, vs. Pacifi c # L, at UNLV # L, vs. Arizona State % L, vs. Nevada % L, vs. BYU % L, vs. Cal State Fullerton % L, vs. Cal Poly % L, vs. Tennessee ^ 10 a.m. 2 at Tennessee-Martin ^ 3:30 p.m. 3 vs. Austin Peay ^ 5:45 p.m. 4 vs. Tennessee Tech ^ 12:15 p.m. 4 vs. Tennessee ^ 2:30 p.m. 8 vs. Northern Illinois & 12 p.m. 8 vs. Tennessee Tech & 2 p.m. 9 vs. Indiana & 11 a.m. 9 vs. Massachusetts & 4 p.m. 10 vs. Georgia Tech & 11 a.m. 11 at Tournament Play & TBA 21 at Illinois 5 p.m. 23 vs. Buffalo $ 11 a.m. 23 at Indiana $ 1 p.m. 24 vs. Eastern Michigan $ 11 a.m. 24 at Tournament Play $ TBA 25 at Tournament Play $ TBA 29 Bradley (DH) 5:30 31 Youngstown State (DH) 2 p.m. 1 Youngstown State 1 p.m. 3 vs. Wisconsin 5 p.m. 7 at UW-Green Bay (DH) 2 p.m. 8 at UW-Green Bay 12 p.m. 12 Butler (DH) 5:30 p.m. 14 at Loyola (DH) 2 p.m. 15 at Loyola 2 p.m. 17 at Wisconsin 6 p.m. 19 DePaul 7 p.m. 21 Detroit (DH) 2 p.m. 22 Detroit 1 p.m. 25 at Notre Dame 7 p.m. 28 Cleveland State (DH) 2 p.m. 29 Cleveland State 12 p.m. 1 at DePaul 5 p.m. 5 at Wright State (DH) 2 p.m. 6 at Wright State 2 p.m. * - Rebel Spring Games - Kissimmee, Fla. # - Best Western Catamount Classic - Cullowhee, N.C. # - Alexis Resort Kickoff - Las Vegas, Nev. % - Palm Springs Classic - Palm Springs, Calif. ^ - UTC Frost Tournament - Chattanooga, Tenn. & - Adidas Tournament - Clearwater, Fla. $ - IU Classic - Bloomington, Ind.

7 Horizon League Softball Weekly Release #2 February 27, 2007 Page Team-by-Team Schedules and Results LOYOLA RAMBLERS (0-0, 0-0 Horizon League) 2 at UC Riverside (DH) 3 p.m. 3 at UCLA # 1 p.m. 3 vs. Florida # 8:30 p.m. 4 at UCLA # 5 p.m. 4 vs. Long Beach State # 7:30 p.m. 6 at Cal State Fullerton 7:30 p.m. 7 at California 7 p.m. 9 vs. San Diego State * 3 p.m. 9 vs. Sacramento State * 9 p.m. 10 at Stanford * 7 p.m. 10 vs. UC Santa Barbara * 9 p.m. 11 at Tournament Play * TBA 14 at Illinois State (DH) 4 p.m. 27 at Wisconsin 5 p.m. 28 Illinois (DH) 4 p.m. 31 at Detroit (DH) 1 p.m. 1 at Detroit 12 p.m. 6 Wright State (DH) 2 p.m. 7 Wright State 1 p.m. 10 at DePaul 5 p.m. 12 Western Michigan (DH) 4 p.m. 14 UIC (DH) 2 p.m. 15 UIC 2 p.m. 17 Northwestern 5 p.m. 18 at UW-Green Bay (DH) 3 p.m. 21 (DH) 1 p.m p.m. 26 DePaul 5 p.m. 28 Butler (DH) 2 p.m. 29 Butler 1 p.m. 1 Notre Dame 5 p.m. 5 at Youngstown State (DH) 1 p.m. 6 at Youngstown State 12 p.m. UW-GREEN BAY PHOENIX (1-3, 0-0 Horizon League) FEBRUARY 17 vs. Drake # L, at Bradley # L, at Bradley # W, vs. Western Illinois # L, vs. Columbia * 1 p.m. 11 vs. Colgate * 5 p.m. 12 vs. Manhattan * 9 a.m. 12 vs. Vermont * 11 a.m. 13 vs. Army * 1 p.m. 13 vs. Saint Louis * 3 p.m. 15 vs. IUPUI * 9 a.m. 15 vs. Lafayette * 11 a.m. 16 vs. Bucknell * 9 a.m. 16 vs. Dayton * 1 p.m. 17 vs. Florida A&M * 11 a.m. 17 vs. Wagner * 3 p.m. 31 (DH) 1 p.m a.m. 7 UIC (DH) 2 p.m. 8 UIC 12 p.m. 11 Minnesota (DH) 2 p.m. 14 at Youngstown State (DH) 1 p.m. 15 at Youngstown State 11 a.m. 18 Loyola (DH) 3 p.m. 21 Wright State (DH) 2 p.m. 22 Wright State 12 p.m. 24 Wisconsin (DH) 3 p.m. 28 Detroit (DH) 2 p.m. 29 Detroit 12 p.m. 2 at Minnesota (DH) 5 p.m. 5 at Butler (DH) 1 p.m. 6 at Butler 11 a.m. # - Stacy Winsberg Memorial Tournament - Los Angeles, Calif. * - Stanford Classic - Palo Alto, Calif. # - Schutt Invitational - Peoria, Ill. * - Rebel Spring Games - Kissimmee, Fla.

8 Horizon League Softball Weekly Release #2 February 27, 2007 Page Team-by-Team Schedules and Results WRIGHT STATE RAIDERS (0-6, 0-0 Horizon League) FEBRUARY 16 vs. Cal State Northridge # L, vs. Southern Utah # L, vs. Oregon State # L, vs. Cal Poly # L, vs. Portland State # L, vs. UCLA # L, vs. Middle Tennessee State ^ 10 a.m. 2 vs. Purdue ^ 12 p.m. 3 vs. San Jose State ^ 10 a.m. 3 vs. Winthrop ^ 7 p.m. 4 at Tournament Play ^ TBA 10 at Morehead State 10 a.m. 10 vs. Oakland * 12:30 p.m. 11 vs. Oakland * 10 a.m. 11 at Morehead State 3 p.m. 20 Dayton (DH) 2 p.m. 23 vs. Winthrop $ 10 a.m. 23 at Mercer $ 3 p.m. 24 vs. Harvard $ 10 a.m. 24 at Tournament Play $ TBA 25 at Tournament Play $ TBA 28 IPFW (DH) 2 p.m. 31 Butler (DH) 1 p.m. 1 Butler 1 p.m. 3 IUPUI (DH) 2 p.m. 4 Eastern Kentucky (DH) 2 p.m. 6 at Loyola (DH) 2 p.m. 7 at Loyola 1 p.m. 11 at Ohio State (DH) 5 p.m. 14 (DH) 1 p.m p.m. 17 Miami (Ohio) (DH) 2 p.m. 19 at Ball State (DH) 2 p.m. 21 at UW-Green Bay (DH) 2 p.m. 22 at UW-Green Bay 12 p.m. 25 at Ohio (DH) 2 p.m. 28 Youngstown State (DH) 1 p.m. 29 Youngstown State 1 p.m. YOUNGSTOWN STATE PENGUINS (0-0, 0-0 Horizon League) 3 vs. Dayton # 11 a.m. 3 at Eastern Kentucky # 3 p.m. 4 at Eastern Kentucky # 11 a.m. 4 vs. Dayton # 1 p.m. 10 at George Mason * 9 a.m. 10 vs. Brown * 1 p.m. 11 vs. Morgan State * 11 a.m. 23 vs. Purdue % 10 a.m. 23 vs. Toledo % 12 p.m. 24 vs. Michigan State % 2 p.m. 24 at Miami (Ohio) % 4 p.m. 25 at Miami (Ohio) % 12 p.m. 28 Robert Morris (DH) 4 p.m. 31 at UIC (DH) 2 p.m. 1 at UIC 12 p.m. 3 Cleveland State 3 p.m. 4 St. Francis (Pa.) (DH) 2 p.m. 6 Detroit (DH) 3 p.m. 7 Detroit 1 p.m. 10 Pittsburgh (DH) 4 p.m. 11 at Ohio (DH) 1 p.m. 14 UW-Green Bay (DH) 1 p.m. 15 UW-Green Bay 11 a.m. 18 Toledo (DH) 3 p.m. 19 Akron (DH) 3 p.m. 21 at Butler (DH) 1 p.m. 22 at Butler 12 p.m. 25 (DH) 3 p.m. 28 at Wright State (DH) 1 p.m. 29 at Wright State 11 a.m. 1 at Canisius (DH) 3 p.m. 2 at Niagara (DH) 3 p.m. 5 Loyola (DH) 1 p.m. 6 Loyola 12 p.m. 3 at Detroit (DH) 2 p.m. 5 UIC (DH) 1 p.m. 6 UIC 2 p.m. # - Louisville Slugger Desert Classic - Las Vegas, Nev. ^ - Buzz Classic - Marietta, Ga. * - Morehead, Ky. $ - Nissan Invitational - Macon, Ga. # - Eastern Kentucky Tournament - Richmond, Ky. * - George Mason Invitational - Fairfax, Va. % - Miami (Ohio) Invitational - Oxford, Ohio

9 Horizon League Unknown Statistics as of Feb 27, 2007 (All games) TEAM BATTING G Avg OBpct Slug AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB SBA S SF Cleveland State UIC Wright State UW-Green Bay TEAM PITCHING G ERA BAvg W L IP H R ER BB SO CG HR ShO SV BB/7 SO/ Cleveland State UIC UW-Green Bay Wright State INDIVIDUAL BATTING Min 2.0 AB/Team game CL G Avg OBpct Slug AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB SBA S SF WILLARD, Whitney CSU... JR COPPUS, Christa CSU... SO BROCKMAN, Dana UWGB... JR HOUCHIN, Amanda CSU... SO WOEPSE, Jenna UWGB... JR MILOSEK, Sarah CSU... SR CLYNES, Sarah UIC... SO COONEY, Katie UWGB... FR BRADSHAW, Kristen WSU... FR WILLIAMS, Jherica WSU... JR INDIVIDUAL PITCHING Min 1.0 IP/Team game CL G GS ERA BAvg W-L IP H R ER BB SO CG HR ShO SV BB/7 SO/ MACENKO, Amanda CSU... FR MEYER, Tara CSU... SO SWIERZ, Christina CSU... JR FUEMMELER, Chelsea UIC... FR CLYNES, Sarah UIC... SO COONEY, Katie UWGB... FR BLUEMEL, Anna UWGB... JR LOSSELYONG, Amy UWGB... SO PERKINS, Jamie WSU... FR COX, Allison WSU... FR

10 Horizon League Unknown Statistics as of Feb 27, 2007 (All games) HITS CL G H H/G RUNS SCORED CL G R R/G CLYNES, Sarah UIC... SO STUDZINSKI, Mallory UIC... JR DIXON, Brittany UIC... JR FRYDENDALL, Brooke UIC... FR JACOBY, Elizabeth UIC... SR ACKERMAN, Ashlee UIC... JR ACKERMAN, Ashlee UIC... JR CLYNES, Sarah UIC... SO FRYDENDALL, Brooke UIC... FR JACOBY, Elizabeth UIC... SR MARINACCI, Melissa UIC... SO DIXON, Brittany UIC... JR STUDZINSKI, Mallory UIC... JR WOEPSE, Jenna UWGB... JR WILLARD, Whitney CSU... JR HOUCHIN, Amanda CSU... SO tied with 4 hit(s) 8 tied with 2 run(s) scored HOME RUNS CL G HR HR/G DOUBLES CL G 2B 2B/G FRYDENDALL, Brooke UIC... FR JACOBY, Elizabeth UIC... SR JACOBY, Elizabeth UIC... SR DIXON, Brittany UIC... JR HOUCHIN, Amanda CSU... SO BROCKMAN, Dana UWGB... JR COX, Allison WSU... FR tied with 1 double(s) 5. KURZYNSKE, Andrea UWGB... SR FARLEY, Kristen WSU... SR BRADSHAW, Kristen WSU... FR GORDON, Lia CSU... FR TRIPLES CL G 3B 3B/G RUNS BATTED IN CL G RBI RBI/G MILOSEK, Sarah CSU... SR JACOBY, Elizabeth UIC... SR ACKERMAN, Ashlee UIC... JR COX, Allison WSU... FR ROBINSON, Nicole UIC... JR FRYDENDALL, Brooke UIC... FR MARINACCI, Melissa UIC... SO HOUCHIN, Amanda CSU... SO tied with 2 RBI(s) STOLEN BASES CL G SB SB/G TOTAL BASES CL G TB TB/G WILLARD, Whitney CSU... JR JACOBY, Elizabeth UIC... SR ACKERMAN, Ashlee UIC... JR FRYDENDALL, Brooke UIC... FR GORDON, Lia CSU... FR HOUCHIN, Amanda CSU... SO KOEPPL, Chelsey UWGB... FR DIXON, Brittany UIC... JR REMSHARD, Erica CSU... FR COX, Allison WSU... FR COPPUS, Christa CSU... SO ACKERMAN, Ashlee UIC... JR BRENNAN, Lauren UIC... JR CLYNES, Sarah UIC... SO PENNEY, Michele CSU... SR BRADSHAW, Kristen WSU... FR WOEPSE, Jenna UWGB... JR tied with 6 total base(s) HOUCHIN, Amanda CSU... SO WALKS CL G BB BB/G ON BASE PERCENTAGE CL G AB H BB HBP SF OB% MARINACCI, Melissa UIC... SO WILLARD, Whitney CSU... JR BRENNAN, Lauren UIC... JR COPPUS, Christa CSU... SO ACKERMAN, Ashlee UIC... JR WOEPSE, Jenna UWGB... JR tied with 2 walk(s) 4. BROCKMAN, Dana UWGB... JR WILLIAMS, Jherica WSU... JR MILOSEK, Sarah CSU... SR HOUCHIN, Amanda CSU... SO CLYNES, Sarah UIC... SO MARINACCI, Melissa UIC... SO BRADSHAW, Kristen WSU... FR SLUGGING PERCENTAGE CL G AB H 2B 3B HR SLUG% HOUCHIN, Amanda CSU... SO BROCKMAN, Dana UWGB... JR MILOSEK, Sarah CSU... SR COPPUS, Christa CSU... SO BRADSHAW, Kristen WSU... FR WOEPSE, Jenna UWGB... JR WILLARD, Whitney CSU... JR JACOBY, Elizabeth UIC... SR FRYDENDALL, Brooke UIC... FR KURZYNSKE, Andrea UWGB... SR

11 Horizon League Unknown Statistics as of Feb 27, 2007 (All games) WINS CL G W-L INNINGS PITCHED CL G IP IP/G MACENKO, Amanda CSU... FR CLYNES, Sarah UIC... SO CLYNES, Sarah UIC... SO FUEMMELER, Chelsea UIC... FR COONEY, Katie UWGB... FR COX, Allison WSU... FR MEYER, Tara CSU... SO PERKINS, Jamie WSU... FR MACENKO, Amanda CSU... FR COONEY, Katie UWGB... FR LOSSELYONG, Amy UWGB... SO BLUEMEL, Anna UWGB... JR MEYER, Tara CSU... SO SWIERZ, Christina CSU... JR STRIKEOUTS CL G SO SO/G APPEARANCES CL App GS W L Sv CLYNES, Sarah UIC... SO FUEMMELER, Chelsea UIC... FR FUEMMELER, Chelsea UIC... FR CLYNES, Sarah UIC... SO LOSSELYONG, Amy UWGB... SO COX, Allison WSU... FR COX, Allison WSU... FR PERKINS, Jamie WSU... FR BLUEMEL, Anna UWGB... JR LOSSELYONG, Amy UWGB... SO MACENKO, Amanda CSU... FR BLUEMEL, Anna UWGB... JR PERKINS, Jamie WSU... FR COONEY, Katie UWGB... FR COONEY, Katie UWGB... FR MACENKO, Amanda CSU... FR SWIERZ, Christina CSU... JR tied with 1 appearance(s) 2 tied with 1 strikeout(s) SAVES CL G Sv GAMES STARTED CL App GS W L Sv None 1. FUEMMELER, Chelsea UIC... FR CLYNES, Sarah UIC... SO PERKINS, Jamie WSU... FR COX, Allison WSU... FR LOSSELYONG, Amy UWGB... SO SWIERZ, Christina CSU... JR MEYER, Tara CSU... SO MACENKO, Amanda CSU... FR COONEY, Katie UWGB... FR BLUEMEL, Anna UWGB... JR SHUTOUTS CL G ShO COMPLETE GAMES CL App GS CG W L MEYER, Tara CSU... SO FUEMMELER, Chelsea UIC... FR MACENKO, Amanda CSU... FR MACENKO, Amanda CSU... FR PERKINS, Jamie WSU... FR COX, Allison WSU... FR LOSSELYONG, Amy UWGB... SO CLYNES, Sarah UIC... SO COONEY, Katie UWGB... FR MEYER, Tara CSU... SO BLUEMEL, Anna UWGB... JR SWIERZ, Christina CSU... JR OPP. BATTING AVERAGE CL G AB H AVG. TEAM FIELDING PO A E Pct DP SBA-ATT MACENKO, Amanda CSU... FR Cleveland State MEYER, Tara CSU... SO UIC SWIERZ, Christina CSU... JR UW-Green Bay CLYNES, Sarah UIC... SO Wright State FUEMMELER, Chelsea UIC... FR COONEY, Katie UWGB... FR BLUEMEL, Anna UWGB... JR LOSSELYONG, Amy UWGB... SO PERKINS, Jamie WSU... FR COX, Allison WSU... FR