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1 RESULTS/SCHEDULE February 12 vs. UC Davis L, vs. Loyola Marymount L, (9) 13 vs.bakersfield L, vs. Illinois L, vs. Long Beach State L, vs. Auburn W, 1-0 (8) 26 vs. Radford L, vs. Hofstra L, vs. Mississippi Valley L, vs. Florida State L, 0-6 March 5 vs. Delaware W, at Marshall W, vs. Delaware W, Cleveland State W, at Marshall W, vs. Albany W, vs. Siena W, at Radford L, at Radford L, vs. Siena W, vs. Longwood L, vs. Longwod W, vs. St. John s W, vs. St. John s W, vs. Coastal Carolina W, 7-3 (11) 31 Penn State L, Penn State L, 5-9 April 2 at Northern Illinois* W, at Northern Illinois* L, at Western Michigan* W, at Western Michigan* W, Buffalo* 2:00 p.m. 11 Buffalo* 1:00 p.m. 14 Robert Morris DH 3:00 p.m. 16 Miami* DH 1:00 p.m. 17 Ball State* 2:00 p.m. 18 Ball State* 1:00 p.m. 23 at Ohio* DH 1:00 p.m. 24 at Akron* 2:00 p.m. 25 at Akron* 1:00 p.m. 27 at Cleveland State DH 3:00 p.m. 30 Eastern Michigan* DH 1:00 p.m. May 1 Central Michigan* 2:00 p.m. 2 Central Michigan* 1:00 p.m. 7 Toledo* DH 1:00 p.m. 8 Bowling Green* 2:00 p.m. 9 Bowling Green* 1:00 p.m MAC Tournament (Akron, Ohio) TBA NCAA Regionals TBA Athletic Communications 106 M.A.C. Center P.O. Box 5190 Kent, KENT STATE UNIVERSITY GOLDEN FLASHES April 10-11, 2010 ON DECK: University at Buffalo- Kent, Ohio MAC East leading Kent State (16-15, 3-1 MAC) will host division foe Buffalo (10-20, 2-2) Saturday and Sunday (April 10-11) at the Diamond at Dix. Going after a fifth straight MAC East title, the Golden Flashes have posted a 15-6 record since March 5. During that span senior pitcher Kylie Reynolds is 10-3 with four saves and a 1.49 ERA, while averaging 1.54 strikeouts per inning. At the plate, KSU has already matched its home run total of 30 from last season. Live Stats Live stats for both games will be available at Archual Setting The Table Senior center fielder and leadoff batter Leah Archual is hitting.467 (7-for-15) in four MAC games with a double and four runs scored. She recorded a pair of hits in all three of Kent State s victories last weekend and has hit safely in her last five games. In a 2-1 win over Western Michigan, Archual led off the sixth inning with a single that ignited a pivotal two-run rally. Since the beginning of March, Archual is hitting.355 with 19 runs scored and five extra base hits. The Golden Flashes are 12-3 in games when Archual scores a run and 4-12 when she does not cross home plate. Top Five Flourishing The one through five hitters have been the strength of KSU s lineup (Leah Archual, Lauren Grimes, Beth Cinadr, Jess Carmichael, Ashlee Hein) over the past 12 games, hitting a combined.349 (67-for-192) during that span. Batting in the two-spot, Grimes is hitting.450 (18-for-40) over her last 12 games with four home runs, two doubles, 11 RBI, 17 runs scored and three stolen bases. Cinadr has piled up five doubles in 12 games with three home runs, nine runs scored and a.438 on-base percentage. Hein carries a.452 on-base percentage in her last 12 games with eight RBI. Hitting in the cleanup spot, Carmichael has belted four home runs in her last 10 games. In the 12-game span she is batting.297 with 13 RBI and two doubles. Archual is batting.364 over the last 12 games. She has tripled and scored 12 runs. Bottom Four Struggling Five players (Jess Blanton, Amy Hair, Mary Holt, Heather Duhon, Lauren Brocklehurst) have started in the six through nine spots in the lineup over the last 12 games, combining for a.144 batting average during that time. The Opposition Buffalo- The Bulls split games at Western Michigan and Northern Illinois last weekend. The win over NIU was Buffalo s first since Senior pitcher Sharon Barr earned both wins last weekend. Barr ranks fourth in the MAC in victories (9) and fifth in strikeouts (83). She did not allow an earned run in a complete game win over Western Michigan last Friday. Sophomore hurler Terese Diaz has made 10 starts on the year and can also help her own cause at the plate. She has hit three homers and two doubles. Sophomore Kristin Waldorn is fourth in the MAC in hits. She is batting.327 and leads the team in doubles (4), triples (3), runs scored (13) and RBI (14). Freshman Ashley Bertot has only played in 13 games, but is hitting.342, while going 9-for-9 on stolen base attempts. Buffalo ranks third in the MAC in fielding percentage at.964. Kent State Softball Release 1

2 FLASH FACTS school information Name: Kent State University Location: Kent, Ohio Founded: 1910 Enrollment: 33,786 (all campuses) Nickname: Golden Flashes Mascot: Flash the Golden Eagle Colors: Navy Blue and Gold Affiliation: NCAA Division I Conference: Mid-American (East Division) Home venue: Kent State Softball Field Surface and Capacity: Natural Grass President: Dr. Lester A. Lefton Director of Athletics: Laing Kennedy coaching staff Head coach: Karen Linder Alma Mater: Otterbein 80 Record at Kent State: / 14 seasons Career record: / 25 seasons MAC Record at Kent State: MAC Tournament Record at Kent State: Assistant Coaches: Kim Burke (Central Michigan 01), Amy Densevich (Kent State 99) Athletic Trainer: Leslie Dent Softball Office Phone: team history 2009 Record: (15-6 MAC) 2009 Conference Finish: 1st/East MAC Tournament Seed: 2nd Letterwinners Returning/Lost: 13/3 Position Starters R/L: 7/3 Newcomers: 7 First Season of Softball: 1976 All-Time Record: All Time MAC Record: All-Time MAC Tourn. Record: (.500) MAC Tournament Championships: 2006, 2008 Athletic Communications Director : Alan Ashby Assistant Director: Todd Vatter Assistant Director: Sheila Blackman Assistant Director/Softball Contact: Aaron Chimenti Office Phone: achiment@kent.edu Athletic Communications Office: 106 M.A.C. Center P.O. Box 5190 Kent, Ohio Office Phone: Office Fax: Website: MID-AMERICAN CONFERENCE STANDINGS MAC Overall East Division W L T Pct. W L T Pct. Kent State Miami Akron Buffalo Bowling Green Ohio MAC Overall West Division W L T Pct. W L T Pct. Eastern Michigan Ball State Central Michigan Northern Illinois Western Michigan Toledo Series History Kent State owns a commanding 17-4 all-times series lead over Buffalo, sweeping doubleheaders in each of the last four seasons. Kylie Reynolds has tossed a shutout against the Bulls in three straight seasons including a five-inning no-hitter as a freshman in Last season, the Flashes downed the Bulls 2-0 and 9-1 in five innings in Kent. Reynolds allowed just two hits in the opener as Leah Archual s third-inning two-run homer made the difference. KSU rallied for nine third-inning runs on seven hits in game two, including another homer from Archual. Sharon Barr and Terese Diaz each pitched in both games for the Bulls. Reynolds Earns 16th Pitcher of the Week Award For the fourth time in a month s span, Kylie Reynolds was named MAC East Pitcher of the Week Tuesday. The Flashes right-handed ace has now earned the honor 16 times throughout her career. In four weekend appearances against conference opponents, Reynolds went 3-0 with a 1.07 ERA. She tossed a two-hit shutout in Kent State s 9-0 win over Northern Illinois last Friday. On Sunday, Reynolds made one start and one relief appearance against Western Michigan, allowing one run in 10.2 innings. She earned wins in both games, struck out 19 batters on the day and allowed five hits. With the three weekend victories, Reynolds is now tied with Carla Brookbank for the most wins in school history with 70. She is also seven wins behind the MAC s career leader Tina Kinney (77), who pitched for Central Michigan from Reynolds and Heather Duhon have each earned MAC Female Scholar Athlete of the Week honors this season. Last week, Lauren Grimes was named MAC East Player and Pitcher of the Week for the third time this season after helping the Golden Flashes to a 5-1 weekend at the Coastal Carolina Invitational. Grimes hit.545 over six games (12-for-22) with four walks and a.615 on-base percentage. In a 5-4 win over Longwood, Grimes threw out three runners from left field and went 3-for-4 at the plate with a home run and three RBI. In an 11-7 win over St. John s, she went 3-for-3 with two walks, a home run, a double and a stolen base. Grimes scored 10 runs on the weekend and carried an.864 slugging percentage. Grimes also won MAC East Player of the Week honors on Feb. 16 and March 11, giving her three awards in just five weeks of competition. MAC Leaders Freshman outfielder Lauren Grimes leads all MAC players with a.438 batting average, eight home runs, 42 hits and a.505 on-base percentage. Her 29 runs scored rank second in Kent State Softball Release 2

3 2010 NUMERICAL ROSTER No. Name year Position Hometown/High School 1 Clare Sullivan SO OF North Ridgeville, Ohio/Keystone 2 Jessica Carmichael JR 3B/SS Dalton, Ohio/Dalton 3 Shannon Laughlin R-SO OF Fairview Park, Ohio/Fairview 5 Natalie Bagby FR. C Westerville, Ohio/Westerville North 6 Sarah Starr SO 2B Cambridge, Ohio/Cambridge 7 Holly Finchum JR OF Galloway, Ohio/Bishop Ready 8 Ashlee Hein JR C Marysville, Ohio/Marysville 9 Kylie Reynolds SR P Greensboro, Ga./Morgan County 10 Heather Duhon SR 2B Akron, Ohio/Ellet 11 Alyssa Frobase SR 1B/3B Curtice, Ohio/St. Ursula Academy 12 Jessica Blanton SO C/3B Wheelersburg, Ohio/Wheelersburg 14 Sara Chance SO OF Westerville, Ohio/Westerville North 15 Abby Rhodes FR SS/3B Somerset, Ohio/Sheridan 16 Lauren Balodis FR 1B North Royalton, Ohio/North Royalton 18 Beth Cinadr JR OF Hudson, Ohio/Hudson 19 Rachel Wilson FR 2B Butler, Ohio/Clear Folk 20 Amy Hair SR C/1B Massillon, Ohio/Massillon Perry 21 Lauren Mokler SO OF Uniontown, Ohio/Lake 22 Lauren Brocklehurst SR OF Medina, Ohio/Medina 23 Mary Holt SO SS/3B Providence, R.I./LaSalle Academy 24 Maleeya Coleman SO P Sugar Land, Texas/Kempner 25 Leah Archual SR OF Tallmadge, Ohio/Tallmadge 26 Markie Pozzuto JR P Cortland, Ohio/Maplewood 27 Danielle Abernathy FR P Adairsville, Ga./Adairsville 28 Lauren Grimes FR OF Tallmadge, Ohio/Tallmadge 2010 Roster COACHES AND SUPPORT STAFF Head Coach: Karen Linder (14th Season) Alma Mater Otterbein 80 Assistant Coach: Amy Densevich (Third Season) Alma Mater Kent State 99 Assistant Coach: Kim Burke (Fourth Season) Alma Mater Central Michigan 01 Athletic Trainer Leslie Dent the conference, while her 18 RBI are sixth and her.729 slugging percentage is third. Junior Beth Cinadr is tied for second in the MAC with seven home runs. She also ranks in the top six in RBI (19), doubles (7), runs scored (19), on-base percentage (.477), slugging (.655) and walks (17). Junior Ashlee Hein leads the league with 18 walks. Senior Kylie Reynolds leads the conference with 195 strikeouts, four saves, and 9.99strikeouts per game. Her 11 wins are tied for second in the MAC and her.204 opponent batting average is fourth. More Highlights From Last Week Lauren Grimes hit.333 on the week with two home runs, five RBI, a double, four walks and a.455 on-base percentage. Danielle Abernathy pitched 3.1 scoreless innings against Western Michigan. Jess Carmichael s home run last week against Penn State was her fourth in a sixgame span. Ashlee Hein carried a.444 on-base percentage last week and homered against Penn State. Reynolds Setting the Standard for MAC Pitchers Since Feb. 26, Kylie Reynolds has: 1. Become the MAC s all-time strikeout leader now with 1, Thrown her fifth and sixth career nohitters 3. Earned her 13th, 14th, 15th and 16th MAC East Pitcher of the Week awards. 4. Moved into a tie for first place among Kent State s career win leaders with Moved into a tie for first place among KSU s career leaders in shutouts with 26. Sullivan Comes Through in Clutch On March 28 in just her second career at bat, sophomore Clare Sullivan smacked a pinch hit, three-run homer in the top of the 11th to lift KSU over tournament host Coastal Carolina. Sullivan had missed the first three weekends of competition with an injury. Flashes Picked 2nd in MAC East In a 2010 preseason poll, Mid-American Conference softball coaches projected Kent State to finish second in the East Division. The Golden Flashes were picked behind Miami in the East, who was also chosen to repeat as MAC Tournament champion. After winning last year s regular season title, Ball State was selected to repeat as MAC West Division champions. Western Michigan claimed the number two spot in the West. Up Next The Flashes will host a non-conference doubleheader with Robert Morris Wednesday, April 14 at 3 p.m. KSU s eight-game homestand continues next weekend hosting Miami and Ball State. Kent State Softball Release 3

4 2010 Season Statistics The Automated ScoreBook Overall Statistics for Kent State (as of Apr 04, 2010) (All games Sorted by Batting avg) Record: Home: 0-2 Away: 6-3 Neutral: Conference: 3-1 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% 28 GRIMES, Lauren CINADR, Beth ARCHUAL, Leah BALODIS, Lauren CARMICHAEL, Jessica HOLT, Mary BROCKLEHURST, Laur HEIN, Ashlee BLANTON, Jessica DUHON, Heather FROBASE, Alyssa HAIR, Amy FINCHUM, Holly STARR, Sarah SULLIVAN, Clare LAUGHLIN, Shannon MOKLER, Lauren CHANCE, Sara ABERNATHY, Danielle WILSON, Rachel RHODES, Abby Totals Opponents LOB - Team (207), Opp (195). DPs turned - Team (6), Opp (7). Picked off - HOLT 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 9 REYNOLDS, Kylie / ABERNATHY, Danielle / COLEMAN, Maleeya / POZZUTO, Markie / Totals / Opponents / PB - Team (7), HEIN 5, BLANTON 2, Opp (8). Pickoffs - Team (1), BLANTON 1. SBA/ATT - REYNOLDS, K. (24-32), BLANTON (19-25), HEIN (15-21), POZZUTO (7-7), COLEMAN (2-5), ABERNATHY (1-3). Kent State Softball Release 4

5 2010 Conference Statistics The Automated ScoreBook Conference statistics for Kent State (as of Apr 04, 2010) (Conference games only Sorted by Batting avg) Record: 3-1 Home: 0-0 Away: 3-1 Conference: 3-1 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% 25 ARCHUAL, Leah HOLT, Mary GRIMES, Lauren DUHON, Heather BLANTON, Jessica CINADR, Beth CARMICHAEL, Jessica HEIN, Ashlee HAIR, Amy FROBASE, Alyssa CHANCE, Sara ABERNATHY, Danielle FINCHUM, Holly MOKLER, Lauren BROCKLEHURST, Laur Totals Opponents LOB - Team (24), Opp (20). DPs turned - Team (0), Opp (1). (Conference games only Sorted by Earned run avg) Player era w-l app gs cg sho sv ip h r er bb so 2b 3b hr b/avg wp hp bk sfa sha 9 REYNOLDS, Kylie / POZZUTO, Markie / ABERNATHY, Danielle / Totals / Opponents / PB - Team (2), HEIN 1, BLANTON 1. SBA/ATT - REYNOLDS, K. (1-2), HEIN (1-2). Kent State Softball Release 5

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Overall Statistics for Florida State (as of Feb 24, 2006) (All games Sorted by Batting avg) Record: 8-5 Home: 6-2 Away: 2-1 Neutral: 0-2 ACC: 0-0 Player AVG GP-GS AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI TB SLG% BB HBP SO