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Pr e s b y t e r i a n Co l l e g e So f t b a l l Contact: AJ Henderson Assistant Sports Info Director Phone: (864) 833-8252 Fax: (864) 833-8323 E-mail: ajhenders@presby.edu Web: GoBlueHose.

1 Pr e s b y t e r i a n Co l l e g e So f t b a l l Contact: AJ Henderson Assistant Sports Info Director Phone: (864) Fax: (864) ajhenders@presby.edu Web: GoBlueHose.com Address: 105 Ashland Ave., Clinton, SC Sc h e d u l e W 2/17 LANDER W, 5-0 LANDER W, 11-2 (5) F 2/19 at Savannah State W, 11-3 (5) at Savannah State W, 9-0 (6) Sa 2/20 at Jacksonville L, 0-1 at Jacksonville L, 0-4 Su 2/21 at Jacksonville L, 0-1 W 2/24 OAKLAND W, 3-2 OAKLAND W, 8-0 Th 2/25 FURMAN PPD Low Country Invitational F 3/5 vs. UNC Wilmington W, 4-2 at Charleston Southern L, 2-5 Sa 3/6 vs. Dayton W, 3-2 at Charleston Southern L, 1-9 W 3/10 at Lander PPD Th 3/11 FURMAN PPD Tu 3/16 at Appalachian State PPD Sa 3/20 at ETSU W, 4-0 at ETSU W, 3-1 Tu 3/23 SC STATE W, 7-1 3/23 SC STATE W, 8-0 (5) W 3/24 WINTHROP * L, 2-9 Sa 3/27 at Gardner-Webb * L, 1-2 at Gardner-Webb * W, 6-5 W 3/31 at Winthrop * L, 1-2 (9) at Winthrop * L, 3-4 F 4/2 CHARLESTON SOUTHERN * L, 0-1 CHARLESTON SOUTHERN * L, 1-11 (5) Sa 4/3 CHARLESTON SOUTHERN * L, 9-14 W 4/7 GARDNER-WEBB * L, 0-1 Sa 4/10 at Radford * L, 0-3 at Radford * L, Su 4/11 at Radford * L, 3-6 W 4/14 at Western Carolina 4p at Western Carolina 6p Th 4/15 FURMAN 2p FURMAN 4p Sa 4/17 at Tennessee 2p at Tennessee 4p Tu 4/20 at South Carolina State 1p at South Carolina State 3p Th 4/22 at Furman 3p at Furman 5p Sa 4/24 at Coastal Carolina * 4p at Coastal Carolina * 6p Su 4/25 at Coastal Carolina * 1p Sa 5/1 LIBERTY * 2p LIBERTY * 4p Su 5/2 LIBERTY * 1p Th 5/6 at College of Charleston 3p at College of Charleston 5p Th-Su 5/13-5/16 Big South Conference Tournament Conway, S.C. PC a t We s t e r n Ca r o l i n a (13-16) (5-32) 4/14-4p/6p Fu r m a n a t PC (13-17) (13-16) 4/15-3p/5p PC a t Te n n e s s e e (13-16) (33-8) 4/17-4p/6p about the week The Blue Hose play a trio of doubleheaders this week with a trip to Western Carolina on Wednesday followed by a home make-up game with Furman. The week wraps up on Saturday afternoon at Tennessee. Last week, PC dropped a midweek game to Gardner-Webb before falling in a series sweep to Radford. Quick Hits Head coach Dave Majeski reached the 100 win plateau against Dayton earlier this season when the Blue Hose downed the Flyers 3-2 en route to a second place finish at the Low Country Invitational. PC s Probable position starters Pos. Name Cl. B/T BA/HR/RBI Notes C Rachel Hopper So. R/R.220/1/5 No errors in the 127 chances 1B/DP Rachel Parker Sr. R/R.291/2/7 17 games at 1B, 6 at DP 1B/P Leslie Hensley So. R/R.159/2/7 10 starts at 1B, 11 at P 2B Morgan Durham Fr. R/R.230/2/6.962 fielding percentage SS Amanda Miller Jr. R/R.263/0/1 Started 28 games at SS 3B Taylor Staten Jr. R/R.353/6/19 Started all 29 games at 3B OF Krysten Handy Jr. R/R.246/3/8 6-of-16 hits go for extra bases OF Tera Powell Fr. L/R.234/0/1 8-for-8 in stolen bases DH Katie Anderson Jr. R/R.286/1/16 Five RBI in GM2 at Winthrop OF Lindsey Trombley Jr. R/R.107/0/2 Has started 16 games C Mary Ellen Morris Fr. R/R.095/0/3 Started five games behind plate 2B Kayla Handy Jr. L/R.212/1/5 Started 11 games P/DP Mary Gordon Sr. R/R.182/1/3 PC is 6-4 when Gordon starts (P) P/OF Brittany Howell Jr. L/L.189/0/2 Started 19 games - 1 -

2 Qu i c k Fa ct s Mailing Address 105 Ashland Ave. Clinton, SC Enrollment 1,200 Founded 1880 Colors Blue, Garnet & White Preferred Moniker Presbyterian College Nickname Blue Hose Mascot Scotsman Affiliation NCAA Division I (Transitional) Conference Big South Facility (Capacity) PC Softball Complex (500) President Dr. John V. Griffith Faculty Athletic Representative Dr. Craig Powell Interim Director of Athletics Mike Smith Director of Sports Medicine Nelson Jones Director of Sports Information Brent C. Hager Assistant SID (Baseball Contact) AJ Henderson Sports Information Telephone (864) Sports Information Fax (864) Henderson s Cell Phone (276) Athletic Department Phone (864) Head Coach Dave Majeski Record at PC (Three Seasons) Overall Record (Four seasons Assistant Coach Amy Dumas Assistant Coach 2010 Pr e s b y t e r i a n Co l l e g e So f t b a l l - Ga me w e e k 9 Cambria Miranda PC avoided a doubleheader sweep against Gardner-Webb on Saturday by pulling out the 6-5 victory. PC scored twice in the sixth inning to give Mary Gordon the win in the circle. On the fast track: PC designated softball as one of the fast tracked sports for NCAA eligibility. This season, Majeski s team is eligible for the Big South Tournament and possibly the NCAA Softball Championships. Taylor Staten ranks 10th in the Big South with a.352 batting average as of the latest BSC statistical report. The Blue Hose pitching staff is ranked among the league s leaders. Mary Gordon s 2.36 ERA ranks third in the league while Leslie Hensley s mark of 3.02 places her fifth. Taylor Staten hit her fourth home run of the season last week to extend her team lead in the category. Four other Blue Hose have two home runs. Leslie Hensley has saved the day three times this season in the circle. She leads the Big South in saves and is one of just two pitchers to have two saves. The Blue Hose defense has been solid this season. PC ranks third in the Big South with a.971 fielding percentage. With just 20 errors, PC has the second lowest total of miscues in the league Record Total Lettermen Returning/Lost 12/5 Total Starters Returning/Lost 8/1 Newcomers 4 What s A Blue Hose??? Big So u t h Sta n d i n g s Thru games of April 12 Conference Overall Team W-L-T W-L-T Radford Liberty Gardner-Webb Winthrop Charleston Southern Coastal Carolina Presbyterian College A Blue Hose is a fierce Scotch-Irish warrior. If you have ever seen the movie Braveheart, you have seen a true Blue Hose. Despite this depiction, it still has been asked many times where Presbyterian College received its Blue Hose nickname. Several rumors exist and Ray Frank in his book, What s In A Nickname delved into the subject. Frank discovered that there were many opinions. One story had it that the Presbyterian Scotch-Irish wore blue stockings in the Puritan beginnings of our country. Another said that a fierce war-like band of Scotch-Irish named the Hose painted their entire bodies blue before going into battle. Yet, probably the true story lies in a letter dated June 15, 1935, written by then PC athletic director Walter Johnson to an inquiring English professor in Virginia... (quoting from Walter Johnson s letter) It was about the second or third year, 1915, if I remember right. I think it happened this way: I changed uniform colors to blue, wearing blue stockings and jerseys, and some sports writer started calling in his articles the Presbyterian College teams the Blue Stockings.... in later years Stocking became abbreviated to the Hose, particularly in newspaper headlines, and was more or less officially adopted by the student body in the 1950 s. All the PC media guides since 1996 continued to elaborate on the issue, quoting an article by Ben Hay Hammet entitled The Spirt of PC. The piece by Hammet articulated that, Johnson always insisted on the fact that his players wear long blue socks similar to stockings (after all, there were White Sox and Red Sox in baseball). Coach Johnson s explanation may simply be coincidental to the fact that the phrase Blue Stocking Presbyterian goes back informally quite a few years in the denomination s history. Nevertheless, PC s athletic nickname was shortened to Blue Hose in

3 Presbyterian College softball will utilize home and away uniforms which bear different numbers for each player. The WHITE roster refers to the uniform which has a white torso and blue shoulder accents. The BLUE roster refers to the full blue jersey with white piping. PC Wh i t e Ro s t e r No. Name Pos. B/T Ht. Class Hometown/Previous School 1 Tera Powell OF L/R 5-3 Fr. Green Cove Springs, Fla. (Clay H.S.) 3 Krysten Handy OF R/R 5-8 Jr. Gainesville, Fla. (Buchholz H.S.) 4 Morgan Durham 2B R/R 5-6 Fr. Simpsonville, S.C. (Hillcrest H.S.) 5 Mary Gordon P R/R 5-4 Sr. Vernon, Conn. (Kingswood Oxford H.S.) 6 Kayla Handy 2B L/R 5-8 Jr. Gainesville, Fla. (Buchholz H.S.) 7 Taylor Staten 3B R/R 5-5 Jr. Belvedere, S.C. (North Augusta H.S.) 8 Leslie Hensley P/1B R/R 5-11 So. Cheraw, S.C. (Cheraw H.S.) 9 Katie Anderson RF/1B R/R 5-4 Jr. North Augusta, S.C. (North Augusta H.S.) 11 Rachel Hopper C R/R 5-9 So. Simpsonville, S.C. (Hillcrest H.S.) 12 Brittany Howell P/OF L/L 5-4 Jr. Concrete, Wash. (East Carolina) 14 Amanda Miller SS R/R 5-10 Jr. Orlando, Fla. (Boone H.S.) 15 Stephanie Payne OF/3B R/R 5-8 Sr. Myrtle Beach, S.C. (Myrtle Beach H.S.) 16 Lindsey Trombley OF R/R 5-4 Jr. Ridgeway, S.C. (Blythewood H.S.) 17 Becca Caldwell OF L/R 5-5 So. Savannah, Ga. (Savannah Christian Prep) 19 Rachel Parker 1B R/R 5-9 Sr. Lake City, Fla. (Belmont Abbey) 21 Mary Ellen Morris C R/R 6-0 Fr. Georgetown, S.C. (Andrews H.S.) PC Bl u e Ro s t e r No. Name Pos. B/T Ht. Class Hometown/Previous School 1 Mary Ellen Morris C R/R 6-0 Fr. Georgetown, S.C. (Andrews H.S.) 3 Krysten Handy OF R/R 5-8 Jr. Gainesville, Fla. (Buchholz H.S.) 5 Mary Gordon P R/R 5-4 Sr. Vernon, Conn. (Kingswood Oxford H.S.) 6 Kayla Handy 2B L/R 5-8 Jr. Gainesville, Fla. (Buchholz H.S.) 7 Taylor Staten 3B R/R 5-5 Jr. Belvedere, S.C. (North Augusta H.S.) 8 Leslie Hensley P/1B R/R 5-11 So. Cheraw, S.C. (Cheraw H.S.) 9 Katie Anderson RF/1B R/R 5-4 Jr. North Augusta, S.C. (North Augusta H.S.) 12 Brittany Howell P/OF L/L 5-4 Jr. Concrete, Wash. (East Carolina) 14 Amanda Miller SS R/R 5-10 Jr. Orlando, Fla. (Boone H.S.) 15 Stephanie Payne OF/3B R/R 5-8 Sr. Myrtle Beach, S.C. (Myrtle Beach H.S.) 16 Lindsey Trombley OF R/R 5-4 Jr. Ridgeway, S.C. (Blythewood H.S.) 17 Becca Caldwell OF L/R 5-5 So. Savannah, Ga. (Savannah Christian Prep) 19 Rachel Parker 1B R/R 5-9 Sr. Lake City, Fla. (Belmont Abbey) 20 Morgan Durham 2B R/R 5-6 Fr. Simpsonville, S.C. (Hillcrest H.S.) 22 Rachel Hopper C R/R 5-9 So. Simpsonville, S.C. (Hillcrest H.S.) 25 Tera Powell OF L/R 5-3 Fr. Green Cove Springs, Fla. (Clay H.S.) Coaching staff Head Coach: Dave Majeski (Fourth year) Assistant Coach: Amy Dumas (First year) Assistant Coach: Cambria Miranda (First year) Athletic Trainer: John Michael Leppert (First year) Pronunciation Guide Taylor Staten - STAY-ten Tera Powell - TARE-uh Cambria Miranda - CAME-bree-uh - 3 -

4 Ov e r a l l Sta t i s t i cs Record: Home: 6-5 Away: 5-11 Neutral: 2-0 Big South: 1-11 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% STATEN, Taylor PARKER, Rachel ANDERSON, Katie MILLER, Amanda HANDY, Krysten POWELL, Tera DURHAM, Morgan HOPPER, Rachel HENSLEY, Leslie HANDY, Kayla HOWELL, Brittany GORDON, Mary TROMBLEY, Lindsey MORRIS, Mary Ellen PAYNE, Stephanie CALDWELL, Becca Totals Opponents LOB - Team (145), Opp (169). DPs turned - Team (7), Opp (7). Picked off - HOPPER, R. 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 HENSLEY, Leslie / GORDON, Mary / HOWELL, Brittany / Totals / Opponents / PB - Team (6), HOPPER, R. 3, MORRIS, M. 3, Opp (3). Pickoffs - Team (1), HOPPER, R. 1, Opp (1). SBA/ATT - HOPPER, R. (12-17), HENSLEY, L. (4-7), HOWELL, B. (5-7), GORDON, M. (5-7), MORRIS, M. (2-4)

5 De f e n s i v e Sta t i s t i cs Player c po a e fld% dp sba csb sba% pb ci HOPPER, Rachel GORDON, Mary ANDERSON, Katie HANDY, Krysten POWELL, Tera CALDWELL, Becca PARKER, Rachel HANDY, Kayla STATEN, Taylor MORRIS, Mary Ellen DURHAM, Morgan HENSLEY, Leslie MILLER, Amanda TROMBLEY, Lindsey PAYNE, Stephanie HOWELL, Brittany Totals Opponents Hitting minimums - 2 Games 50% of Games 1.5 AB/Game 10 TPA Pitching minimums - 1 Games 20 IP Mi s ce l l a n e o u s Sta t i s t i cs Multiple Hit Games Total STATEN, Taylor ANDERSON, Katie HANDY, Krysten DURHAM, Morgan HENSLEY, Leslie PARKER, Rachel MILLER, Amanda POWELL, Tera HANDY, Kayla HOPPER, Rachel GORDON, Mary TEAM Multiple RBI Games Total STATEN, Taylor ANDERSON, Katie HENSLEY, Leslie MORRIS, Mary Ellen PAYNE, Stephanie HANDY, Kayla HANDY, Krysten PARKER, Rachel GORDON, Mary DURHAM, Morgan HOPPER, Rachel TEAM Hitting Streaks Longest Current STATEN, Taylor 9 - HANDY, Krysten 5 - HENSLEY, Leslie 5 - PARKER, Rachel 5 1 HOPPER, Rachel 4 - HOWELL, Brittany 4 - DURHAM, Morgan 4 - POWELL, Tera 3 2 ANDERSON, Katie 3 - MILLER, Amanda 3 - HANDY, Kayla 3 2 GORDON, Mary 2 - PAYNE, Stephanie 1 - TROMBLEY, Lindsey 1 - MORRIS, Mary Ellen

6 Sta t i s t i cs Su m m a r y Score by innings Total Presbyterian College Opponents Record when... Overall Conference 1-11 Non-Conference 12-5 Home games 6-5 Away games 5-11 Neutral site 2-0 Day games Night games 0-2 vs Left starter 2-2 vs Right starter Run games Run games Run games 7-4 Extra innings 0-1 Shutouts 5-6 Scoring 0-2 runs runs runs runs 2-1 Opponent 0-2 runs runs runs runs 0-3 Scored in 1st inning 8-4 Opp. scored in 1st 4-11 Scores first 10-3 Opp. scores first 3-13 After 4 leading trailing tied 0-1 After 5 leading trailing tied 1-2 After 6 leading trailing tied 0-1 Hit 0 home runs home run home runs 5-2 Opponent 0 home runs home run HRs 1-3 Made 0 errors error errors 3-3 Opp. made 0 errors error errors 5-3 Out-hit opponent 11-2 Out-hit by opponent 2-14 Hits are tied 0-0 Record when team scores: Runs W-L Record when opponent scores: Runs W-L Record when leading after: Inn W-L Record when trailing after: Inn W-L Record when tied after: Inn W-L Current losing streak: 9 Longest winning streak: 4 Longest losing streak: 9 Home attendance : 1022 ( 8 dates avg = 127 ) Away attendance : 3420 ( 17 dates avg = 201 ) Total attendance: 4442 ( 25 dates avg = 177 ) - 6 -

7 2010 Re s u lt s Date Opponent Score Inns Overall Big South Pitcher of record Attend Time Feb 17, 2010 LANDER UNIVERSITY-1 W HENSLEY, L. (W 1-0) - 1:30 Feb 17, 2010 LANDER UNIVERSITY-2 W GORDON, M. (W 1-0) 109 1:25 Feb 19, 2010 at Savannah State Univ.-1 W HOWELL, B. (W) 55 1hr1 Feb 19, 2010 at Savannah State Univ.-2 W HOWELL, B. (W) 40 1hr4 Feb 20, 2010 at Jacksonville-1 L HENSLEY, L. (L) 446 1:30 Feb 20, 2010 at Jacksonville-2 L GORDON, M. (L 2-1) 448 1:36 Feb 21, 2010 at Jacksonville L HENSLEY, L. (L 1-2) 516 1:38 Feb 24, 2010 OAKLAND UNIVERSITY-1 W HENSLEY, L. (W 2-2) - 1:42 Feb 24, 2010 OAKLAND UNIVERSITY-2 W GORDON, M. (W 2-1) 85 1:38 Mar 05, 2010 vs UNC Wilmington W HENSLEY, L. (W 3-2) 72 1:40 Mar 05, 2010 at Charleston Southern L GORDON, M. (L 2-2) 104 1:50 Mar 06, 2010 vs Dayton W GORDON, M. (W 3-2) 63 1:39 Mar 06, 2010 at Charleston Southern L HOWELL, B. (L 2-2) 119 1:30 Mar 20, 2010 at East Tennessee State-1 W HENSLEY, L. (W 4-2) - 1:39 Mar 20, 2010 at East Tennessee State-2 W GORDON, M. (W 4-2) 234 2:01 Mar 23, 2010 SCSU-1 W GORDON, M. (W 5-2) 83 1:46 Mar 23, 2010 SCSU-2 W HOWELL, B. (W 3-1) 72 1:05 * Mar 24, 2010 WINTHROP UNIVERSITY L HENSLEY, L. (L 4-3) 149 1:38 * Mar 27, 2010 at Gardner-Webb L HENSLEY, L. (L 4-4) hr * Mar 27, 2010 at Gardner-Webb W GORDON, M. (W 6-2) 150 2:30 * Mar 31, 2010 at Winthrop University-1 L 1-2 (9) HENSLEY, L. (L 4-5) 177 2:23 * Mar 31, 2010 at Winthrop University-2 L GORDON, M. (L 6-3) 177 1:37 * Apr 02, 2010 CHARLESTON SOUTHERN-1 L HENSLEY, L. (L 4-6) - 1:52 * Apr 02, 2010 CHARLESTON SOUTHERN-2 L GORDON, M. (L 6-4) 159 1:32 * Apr 03, 2010 CHARLESTON SOUTHERN L HENSLEY, L. (L 4-7) 213 2:03 * Apr 07, 2010 GARDNER-WEBB L HENSLEY, L. (L) 152 1:38 * Apr 10, 2010 at Radford-1 L HOWELL, B. (L 3-2) 249 1:07 * Apr 10, 2010 at Radford-2 L HOWELL, B. (L 3-3) 249 2:04 * Apr 11, 2010 at Radford L GORDON, M. (L 6-5) 176 1:50 () extra inning game - 7 -

PRESBYTERIAN COLLEGE SOFTBALL NOTES

PRESBYTERIAN COLLEGE The Setting: SOFTBALL NOTES The Presbyterian College softball team has an extremely busy week. After traveling to Anderson for a doubleheader, the Blue Hose return home for their Big