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Southern Utah Softball Kyle Cottam Asst. Sports Information Director 435-586-7752 cottam@suu.edu 2011 Schedule/Results February (3-9) 10 at Hawaii! L, 1-9 (5) 11 vs UC Davis! L, 2-4 11 vs Texas State!

-Monroe @ W, 10-7 (8) 20 at New Mexico State @ L, 1-6 22 vs Tennessee L, 1-10 (5) 22 at UNLV L, 3-4 March (6-7) 4 at Boise State (DH) # L, 3-7/L, 0-12 (5) 5 vs Seattle # W, 12-10 5 at Boise State #

State (DH) St. George, Utah 25 at Centenary (DH) * Shreveport, La. 26 at Centenary * Shreveport, La.

(DH) * Brookings, S.D. 9 at South Dakota State * Brookings, S.D. 13 Dixe State Cedar City, Utah 15 at Oakland (DH) * Rochester, Mich. 16 at Oakland * Rochester, Mich.

1 Southern Utah Softball Kyle Cottam Asst. Sports Information Director Schedule/Results February (3-9) 10 at Hawaii! L, 1-9 (5) 11 vs UC Davis! L, vs Texas State! L, 0-9 (6) 12 at Hawaii! L, vs Texas State! W, vs Sam Houston W, vs L, at New Mexico L, vs W, 10-7 (8) 20 at New Mexico L, vs Tennessee L, 1-10 (5) 22 at UNLV L, 3-4 March (6-7) 4 at Boise State (DH) # L, 3-7/L, 0-12 (5) 5 vs Seattle # W, at Boise State # L, vs Seattle # W, 8-7 (8) 9 Utah (DH) L, 3-5/L, IPFW (DH) * W, 4-3/L, 3-14 (5) 12 IPFW * W, Western Illinois (DH) * W, 8-6/ W, Western Illinois * L, at Dixie State (DH) St. George, Utah 25 at Centenary (DH) * Shreveport, La. 26 at Centenary * Shreveport, La. April 1 at Utah Valley $ Orem, Utah 1 vs Northern Colordao $ Orem, Utah 2 vs Northern Colorado $ Orem, Utah 2 at Utah Valley $ Orem, Utah 6 at Brigham Young (DH) Provo, Utah 8 at South Dakota State (DH) * Brookings, S.D. 9 at South Dakota State * Brookings, S.D. 13 Dixe State Cedar City, Utah 15 at Oakland (DH) * Rochester, Mich. 16 at Oakland * Rochester, Mich. 22 IUPUI (DH) * Cedar City, Utah 23 IUPUI * Cedar City, Utah 27 at Weber State (DH) Ogden, Utah 29 North Dakota State (DH) * Cedar City, Utah 30 North Dakota State * Cedar City, Utah May 6 at UMKC (DH) * Kansas City, Mo. 7 at UMKC * Kansas City, Mo. 10 Brigham Young Cedar City, Utah Summit League tournament! - Denotes Univ. of Hawaii - Denotes New Mexico St. tournament # - Denotes Boise State tournament $ - Denotes Utah Valley tournament * - Denotes Summit League contest SUU Softball at Dixie State on Tuesday CEDAR CITY, Utah - Southern Utah and Dixie State will meet on the softball diamond on Tuesday afternoon in a doubleheader that was originally scheduled for February 26. The games are set to begin at 3:00 p.m. and 5:00 p.m. at Karl Brooks Field on the campus of Dixie State College. The Thunderbirds will be looking to snap a two-game losing skid against the Red Storm and also change the momentum in the recent series between the two schools as DSC has taken five of the last eight. The SUU offense will enter the game averaging.253 from the plate with 95 runs, 27 doubles and 17 home runs. Cora Cordova leads a group of four Thunderbirds batting over.300 with her own.345 clip from the plate. Aly Daniels and Darleen Fernandez have provided the pop in the line-up with four home runs with Fernandez also leading the team with 21 RBI. Heather Black has been the anchor for the T-Bird pitching staff, leading the team in victories (eight), ERA (4.04), innings pitched (85.0) and strikeouts with 51. Pitching as a whole has struggled this year with the staff averaging a 6.26 ERA while allowing opposing teams to hit.333 from the plate. Fans can follow the games on Tuesday online with live stats available online at Last Time Southern Utah went 2-1 against Western Illinois last weekend, posting victories in games one and two with a walk-off home run and walk-off RBI double. The Thunderbirds had been leading 6-0 and then 7-6 in game three, but a five-run, two-out rally by the Fighting Leathernecks prevented the series sweep. Scouting Dixie State Dixie State will enter the games on Tuesday with an overall record of 10-3, including a recent eight-game winning streak. The run includes a pair of victories over Weber State last week. The Red Storm have used strong hitting and pitching to pick up the victories as the team carries an overall batting average of.316 and an ERA of 3.38 in the circle. Six players are batting over.300 for DSC, including Breanna Egge and Jaelle Judkins who are leading the team with averages of.424 and.422, respectively. Ashley McFarland, third on the team with a.364 average, leads the team with five home runs and 29 total bases. In addition to her.422 average, Judkins is tied with teammate Ryanne Dascosin for the team lead in stolen bases as the pair have swiped a perfect 6-of-6. Lauren Folta and Brittnie Miller have spent equal time for the Red Storm in the circle as each has appeared in 37.2 innings and recorded five victories. Miller holds the advantage in strikeouts, 32 to 26, but Folta has the better ERA, 2.60 to 3.35, respectively.

Last time against Dixie State Southern Utah was swept in a two-game set against the Dixie State Red Storm during the first weekend in May during the 2010 season.

2 Last time against Dixie State Southern Utah was swept in a two-game set against the Dixie State Red Storm during the first weekend in May during the 2010 season. The Thunderbirds dropped decisions of 8-0 and 7-6 in the pair of defeats. Senior Leadership Southern Utah returns a wealth of experience in 2011 with a total of eight seniors appearing on the roster. Elementary Circle Despite the depth on the roster, SUU will be young in the circle with a pair of firsttime Division I starters in Heather Black (JUCO transfer from Snow College) and Danielle Axe (transfer from Mesa State, D-II) All-Conference Returnees Aly Daniels and Brittany Henderson are a pair of all-summit League performers returning for the T-Birds in Daniels was a first-team all-conference pick in 2009 with Henderson earning second-team all-conference accolades last season. Sister Face-off Southern Utah will face two members of the Ricketts family in 2011, facing Stephanie, a pitcher for the University of Hawaii and Keilani, a pitcher for the University of Oklahoma. Only the Top Competition Southern Utah will have faced three teams in the top 10 of the country to begin the season with games against No. 9 Hawaii, No. 6 Oklahoma and No. 3 Tennessee. (Rankings based on the pre-season NFCA poll) Double the Fun Southern Utah has turned 18 double plays so far this season. The mark ranks No. 1 in the Summit League this season. Winning is a Hit Southern Utah is only 3-14 on the season when being out hit by opponents. Beaten off the Line Southern Utah is 1-10 on the year when opponents score the first run of the game. Kyle Magnusson was named the head coach of Southern Utah University softball in the summer of 2010, becoming the ninth head coach of the program in its history. Magnusson comes to Cedar City after stops at the University of Utah, Salt Lake Community College and Hunter High School Head Coach Kyle Magnusson (West Valley). Most notably, Magnusson has been a member of the U.S. National fast-pitch team, playing in international tournaments from In his two seasons at the University of Utah, Magnusson served as an assistant coach and co-head coach, leading the Utes to a Mountain West tournament championship in Utah went on to advance to the finals at the NCAA Regionals, but fell to Texas in the championship game. At Salt Lake Community College, Magnusson laid the ground work of the Bruins first appearance at the NJCAA World Series in Magnusson began his coaching career with Hunter High School, turning around a program and leading the Wolverines to three consecutive second-place region finishes. HHS also recorded its best finish at the state tournament under Magnusson, finishing fifth in He was originally drawn to Utah to join the prestigious Larry Miller Toyota fast-pitch team in The team finished second in the ISC in 1995 while Magnusson earned several individual accolades, including three-time ISC all-world team and five-time ASA Major All-American citations. Magnusson recently retired from the Men s U.S. National team where he helped his teams to a goldmedal finish in 2002 in Guatemala, a silver-medal finish at the Pan-Am Games in 2003 and a bronze-medal finish in South Africa in He has also helped his club fast-pitch teams to three ASA National Championships, including titles in 2003, 2005 and Magnusson has continued to make an impact on the international softball scene as he was named one of only 21 coaches in the nation to the USA Softball National Coaches pool, including head coaches from BYU, Arizona State, Alabama, Oregon, San Diego State and Southern Mississippi. Magnusson graduated from Olivet Nazarene in 1993 with a degree in business administration.

3 Southern Utah University 2011 Sotball Numerical Roster 00 Madison Resley 1B R/R 5-10 Fr. Salina, Kan. (Salina) 1 Cora Cordova INF R/R 5-5 Fr. San Diego, Calif. (Valhalla) 2 Jenavieve Purcell OF L/R 5-7 Sr. La Puente, Calif. (New Mexico St.) 3 Heather Richardson UT R/R 5-8 Jr. Taylorsville, Utah (Snow College) 5 Kadi Henderson UT R/R 5-3 Fr. Vancouver, Wash. (Union) 6 Sami Jo Parry OF R/R 5-4 Fr. Taylorsville, Utah (Taylorsville) 7 Heather Black P R/R 5-10 Jr. Lancaster, Calif. (Snow College) 8 Kelci Simmons P R/R 5-11 Fr. Washington, Utah (Desert Hills) 9 Darleen Fernandez INF R/R 5-4 Sr. Las Vegas, Nev. (Las Vegas) 10 Kara Bendt P R/R 5-4 Sr. S. Jordan, Utah (UNLV) 11 Ariel Morbeck OF R/R 5-7 So. Sierra Vista, Ariz. (Buena) 12 Terysa Dyer UT L/R 5-8 Fr. West Jordan, Utah (Copper Hills) 13 Nicole Huntsman 1B L/L 5-6 So. Taylorsville, Utah (Taylorsville) 15 Haylee Hoch 3B R/R 5-9 Jr. Roy, Utah (Univ. of Utah) 16 Danielle Swopes OF R/R 5-7 Sr. Layton, UT (Salt Lake CC) 17 Stephanie DeJesus INF L/R 5-3 Sr. Las Vegas, Nev. (Bonanza HS) 18 Brittany Henderson UT R/R 5-3 Sr. Las Vegas, Nev. (Cimarron Mem.) 20 Katie Bubba Kearns P/INF R/R 5-9 Sr. West Jordan, Utah (West Jordan) 21 Danielle Axe P L/L 5-7 So. Missoula, Mont. (Mesa State) 22 Aly Daniels INF R/R 5-6 Sr. Puyallup, Wash. (Puyallup) 24 Courtney Fick C R/R 5-3 Fr. San Diego, Calif. (Ramona) 25 Katie Olinger C R/R 5-4 So. Yucaipa, Calif. (Yucaipa) 26 Jayli Zingleman UT R/R 5-8 So. Cedar City, Utah (Canyon View) Head coach: Kyle Magnusson Assistant coaches: Marc Benjamin, Diana Phillips PRONUNCIATION GUIDE 5 KADI Henderson Katie 11 ARIEL Morbeck Air eee el (Like the mermaid) 12 TERYSA Dyer Ter ess ah 15 Haylee HOCH Hoke (sounds like Coke) 16 Danielle SWOPES (Rhymes with slopes) 17 Stephanie DEJESUS Da Hey Zoos 25 Katie OLINGER Oh ling grr

Southern Utah s record... Overall... 9-16 Home... 4-4 Road... 0-8 Neutral... 5-4 Batting Average 1. Cora Cordova.345 2. Aly Daniels.306 3. Haylee Hoch.304 4. Katie Olinger.300 5. Darleen Fernandez.

4 Southern Utah s record... Overall Home Road Neutral Batting Average 1. Cora Cordova Aly Daniels Haylee Hoch Katie Olinger Darleen Fernandez.292 Southern Utah University Leaders Home runs 1. Darleen Fernandez 4 Aly Daniels 4 3. Nicole Huntsman 3 Madison Resley 3 5. Haylee Hoch 2 Tournaments Summit League Summit at home Summit away vs ranked teams on Sunday on Monday on Tuesday on Wednesday on Thursday on Friday on Saturday in February in March in April in May in 1-run games in 2-run games in 5+ run games Runs 1. Aly Daniels Jenavieve Purcell Stephanie DeJesus 8 Cora Cordova 8 5. Two tied with 7 Hits 1. Aly Daniels Jenavieve Purcell Darleen Fernandez Madison Resley Haylee Hoch 17 RBI 1. Darleen Fernandez Aly Daniels Madison Resley Haylee Hoch 9 5. Nicole Huntsman 7 Doubles 1. Madison Resley 5 Haylee Hoch 5 Darleen Fernandez 5 4. Aly Daniels 3 5. Three tied with 2 Stolen bases 1. Aly Daniels 3 Jenavieve Purcell 3 3. Heather Richardson 2 4. Four tied with 1 ERA 1. Heather Black Danielle Axe Bubba Kearns Kara Bendt Innings pitched 1. Heather Black Danielle Axe Bubba Kearns Kara Bendt 9.1 Strikeouts 1. Heather Black Danielle Axe Bubba Kearns 6 4. Kara Bendt 5 in day games (before 5 pm) in night games (after 5 pm) in extra innings in mercy-rule games in shutouts when scoring first when opponent scores first when scoring in first inning when opponent scores in first when hitting 0 home runs when hitting 1 home run when hitting 2+ home runs when opponent hits 0 home runs when opponent hits 1 home run when opponent hits 2+ home runs when making 0 errors when making 1 error when making 2+ errors when opponent makes 0 errors when opponent makes 1 error when opponent makes 2+ errors when out-hitting opponent Summit League conference O overall Record Pct. Record Pct. South Dakota State IPFW IUPUI Western Illinois Southern Utah UMKC Oakland Centenary North Dakota State March 22 Central Michigan at IPFW (DH) Valparaiso at IUPUI (DH) March 23 South Dakota at South Dakota State (DH) Toledo at Oakland (DH) Wichita State at Western Illinois (DH) March 24 Central Arkansas at Centenary March 25 IUPUI at Western Illinois North Dakota State at IPFW (DH) Games this week March 26 IUPUI at Western Illinois (DH) North Dakota State at IPFW South Dakota State at UMKC (DH) March 27 South Dakota State at UMKC when out-hit by opponent when hits are tied

5 Southern Utah University Line-up Team Hawaii Purcell DeJesus Daniels Fernandez Resley B. Henderson Morbeck Richardson Huntsman UC Davis Purcell DeJesus Daniels Fernandez Resley B. Henderson Richardson Morbeck Huntsman Texas State Purcell DeJesus Daniels Fernandez Resley B. Henderson Richardson Morbeck Olinger Hawaii Purcell Richardson Daneils Fernandez Hoch B. Henderson Huntsman Cordova Parry Texas State Purcell Richardson Daniels Hoch Resley Morbeck DeJesus K. Henderson Olinger Sam Houston St. Purcell Richardson Daniels Fernandez Resley Hoch Morbeck B. Henderson DeJesus Oklahoma Purcell Richardson Daneils Fernandez Resley Hoch Morbeck Olinger DeJesus New Mexico St. Purcell Richardson Daniels Fernandez Resley Hoch Morbeck B. Henderson Cordova La.-Monroe Purcell Richardson Daniels Fernandez Resley B. Henderson DeJesus Olinger Parry New Mexico St. Purcell Richardson Daniels Fernandez Resley Morbeck Hoch B. Henderson DeJesus Tennessee Purcell Richardson Daniels Fernandez Hoch Resley Morbeck B. Henderson DeJesus UNLV Purcell Richardson Daniels Fernandez Hoch Relsey Morbeck B. Henderson DeJesus Boise State Purcell Morbeck Richardson Fernandez Hoch Resley Cordova K. Henderson Parry Boise State Purcell Daniels Richardson Hoch Resley Huntsman B. Henderson K. Henderson Cordova Seattle Purcell Daniels Richardson Fernandez Resley Olinger Huntsman Bendt DeJesus Boise State Purcell Daniels Richardson Fernandez Resley Hoch Olinger Morbeck DeJesus Seattle Purcell Daniels Richardson Fernandez Resley Hoch Huntsman Olinger DeJesus Utah Purcell Daniels Richardson Fernandez Resley Hoch Olinger Huntsman DeJesus Utah Daniels Olinger Fernandez Resley Hoch B. Henderson Bendt DeJesus Purcell IPFW Purcell Daniels Hoch Fernandez Resley Olinger Richardson Huntsman Cordova IPFW Purcell Daniels Hoch Fernandez Resley Olinger Richardson Huntsman Cordova IPFW Purcell Daniels Hoch Fernandez Resley Olinger Richardson Huntsman Cordova Western Illinois Purcell Daniels Hoch Fernandez Resley Olinger Richardson Huntsman Cordova Western Illinois Purcell Daniels Hoch Fernandez Resley Richardson Huntsman B. Henderson Cordova Western Illinois Purcell Daniels Hoch Fernandez Resley Olinger Richardson Huntsman Cordova

6 Southern Utah University Starters By Position Team dp catcher First Second Third Shortstop Left Center Right Hawaii Resley B. Henderson Huntsman DeJesus Fernandez Daniels Morbeck Purcell Richardson UC Davis Resley B. Henderson Huntsman DeJesus Fernandez Daniels Morbeck Purcell Richardson Texas State Purcell Olinger Resley DeJesus Fernandez Daniels B. Henderson Morbeck Richardson Hawaii Hoch B. Henderson Huntsman Cordova Fernandez Daniels Parry Purcell Richardson Texas State Hoch Olinger Resley DeJesus K. Henderson Daniels Morbeck Purcell Richardson Sam Houston St. Hoch B. Henderson Resley DeJesus Fernandez Daniels Morbeck Purcell Richardson Oklahoma Hoch Olinger Resley DeJesus Fernandez Daniels Morbeck Purcell Richardson New Mexico St. Hoch B. Henderson Resley Cordova Fernandez Daniels Morbeck Purcell Richardson La.-Monroe B. Henderson Olinger Resley DeJesus Fernandez Daniels Parry Purcell Richardson New Mexico St. Hoch Richardson Resley DeJesus Fernandez Daniels B. Henderson Purcell Morbeck Tennessee Hoch Richardson Resley DeJesus Fernandez Daniels B. Henderson Purcell Morbeck UNLV Hoch B. Henderson Resley DeJesus Fernandez Daniels Morbeck Purcell Richardson Boise State Hoch Richardson Resley K. Henderson Fernandez Cordova Parry Purcell Morbeck Boise State Huntsman B. Henderson Relsey Cordova K. Henderson Daniels Richardson Purcell Hoch Seattle Resley Richardson Huntsman DeJesus Fernandez Daniels Olinger Purcell Bendt Boise State Hoch Richardson Resley DeJesus Fernandez Daniels Olinger Purcell Morbeck Seattle Resley Richardson Huntsman DeJesus Fernandez Daniels Olinger Purcell Hoch Utah Resley Richardson Huntsman DeJesus Fernandez Daniels Olinger Purcell Hoch Utah Hoch B. Henderson Resley DeJesus Fernandez Daniels Olinger Purcell Bendt IPFW Resley Richardson Huntsman Cordova Fernandez Daniels Olinger Purcell Hoch IPFW Resley Richardson Huntsman Cordova Fernandez Daniels Olinger Purcell Hoch IPFW Resley Richardson Huntsman Cordova Fernandez Daniels Olinger Purcell Hoch Western Illinois Resley Richardson Huntsman Cordova Fernandez Daniels Olinger Purcell Hoch Western Illinois Resley Richardson Huntsman Cordova Fernandez Daniels B. Henderson Purcell Hoch Western Illinois Resley Richardson Huntsman Cordova Fernandez Daniels Olinger Purcell Hoch

7 The Automated ScoreBook Overall Statistics for Southern Utah (as of Mar 19, 2011) (All games Sorted by Batting avg) Record: 9-16 Home: 4-4 Away: 0-8 Neutral: 5-4 Summit: 4-2 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% Cora Cordova Aly Daniels Haylee Hoch Katie Olinger Darleen Fernandez Jenavieve Purcell Madison Resley Nicole Huntsman Heather Richardson Ariel Morbeck Stephanie DeJesus Kara Bendt Brittany Henderson Sami Jo Parry Kadi Henderson Courtney Fick Danielle Swopes Totals Opponents LOB - Team (147), Opp (164). DPs turned - Team (18), Opp (7). (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 Heather Black / Danielle Axe / Bubba Kearns / Kara Bendt / Totals / Opponents / PB - Team (6), RICHARDSON 4, OLINGER 1, B. HENDERSON 1, Opp (2). SBA/ATT - RICHARDSON (15-21), AXE (13-17), BLACK (12-15) HENDERSON (9-11), OLINGER (6-7), KEARNS (3-5), BENDT (3-3), MORBECK (1-1).

SOFTBALL. Southern Utah Wraps Up Summit League Home Schedule Hosting UMKC SOUTHERN UTAH UNIVERSITY

SOFTBALL. Southern Utah Wraps Up Summit League Home Schedule Hosting UMKC SOUTHERN UTAH UNIVERSITY SOUTHERN UTAH UNIVERSITY THUNDERBIRD Southern Utah softball concludes the home portion of its 2010 Summit League schedule hosting UMKC for a three-game set this weekend. Friday s doubleheader will begin