2015 SCHEDULE FEBRUARY 6 vs. Butler! W, 6-5 7 vs. North Dakota! W, 8-3 vs. Samford! L, 5-4 8 vs. Miami (OH)! L, 4-3 13 vs. Loyola Marymount # W, 11-1 (5) vs. Drake # L, 9-1 (5) 14 vs. (14) Arizona # L, 6-2 vs. San Jose State # L, 11-2 (5) 15 vs. Wright State # W, 4-3 20 vs. St. Bonaventure $ Cancelled vs. Tennessee State $ Cancelled 21 vs. Miami (OH) $ Cancelled vs. St. Bonaventure $ Cancelled 22 vs. Northern Kentucky $ Cancelled 27 vs. Saint Joseph s % 12:30 p.m. vs. Coastal Carolina % 5:30 pm. 28 vs. Saint Joseph s % 9:00 a.m. vs. Mount St. Mary s % 11:30 a.m. MARCH 1 vs. Coastal Carolina % 11:30 a.m. 4 vs. Charleston Southern TBA 6 vs. Jacksonville ^ Noon vs. South Carolina State ^ 2:30 p.m. 7 vs. College of Charleston ^ 2:30 p.m. vs. Dartmouth ^ 5:00 p.m. 8 vs. Liberty ^ 9:00 a.m. 14 at Evansville * (DH) Noon 15 at Evansville * Noon 21 NORTHERN IOWA * (DH) Noon 22 NORTHERN IOWA * Noon 28 BRADLEY * (DH) Noon 29 BRADLEY * Noon APRIL 1 UIC 4:00 p.m. 3 at Drake * (DH) 2:00 p.m. 4 at Drake * Noon 8 at Northern Illinois (DH) 3:00 p.m. 11 at Missouri State * (DH) Noon 12 at Missouri State * Noon 15 INDIANA STATE * (DH) 1:00 p.m. 16 at DePaul 4:00 p.m. 18 SOUTHERN ILLINOIS * (DH) Noon 19 SOUTHERN ILLINOIS * Noon 22 at Indiana State * 4:00 p.m. 25 at Illinois State * (DH) Noon 26 at Illinois State * Noon MAY 2 WICHITA STATE * (DH) Noon 3 WICHITA STATE * Noon 7-9 at MVC Championship TBA 15-17 at NCAA Regional TBA * denotes Missouri Valley Conference game! denotes Total Control Sports Invitational # denotes Hillenbrand Invitational $ denotes Tiger Softball Classic % denotes Coastal Carolina Invitational ^ denotes Holy City Showdown LOYOLA SOFTBALL LEADING OFF COASTAL CAROLINA INVITATIONAL MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. LOYOLA RAMBLERS (4-5) vs. SAINT JOSEPH S HAWKS (2-3) COASTAL CAROLINA CHANTICLEERS (7-6) MOUNT ST. MARY S (0-5) LIVE STATS: loyolaramblers.com After a two-week break, the Loyola University Chicago softball team returns to action this weekend when they travel to the Coastal Carolina Invitational on Feb. 27-March 1. Hosted by Coastal Carolina, the tournament will feature 11 games over a three-day span. The Ramblers are set to play four games in Myrtle Beach, taking on Saint Joseph s and Coastal Carolina twice, along with one game against Mount Saint Mary s RAMBLINGS Loyola is coming off of a two-week break, as the Tiger Softball Classic set for last weekend was cancelled due to inclement weather. The Ramblers last played on Feb. 13-15 at the Hillenbrand Invitational in Tucson, Ariz., where they compiled a 2-3 record over the three-day tournament. Loyola topped Loyola Marymount and Wright State, but dropped games to No. 14 Arizona, Drake and San Jose State. Loyola opened the 2015 season two weekends ago at the Total Control Sports Invitational in Rosemont, Ill. The Ramblers finished the weekend with a 2-2 record, defeating Butler and North Dakota before falling to Samford and Miami (OH). Hannah Jenkins was named Missouri Valley Conference Player of the Week by College Sports Madness following her stellar performance in Loyola s season-opening tournament. The junior hit.667 over four games with one home run and two doubles, scoring three runs and knocking in four RBI. HEAD COACH JEFF TYLKA Jeff Tylka enters his first season as head coach of the Loyola University Chicago softball team after serving as an assistant coach for three years. Tylka has enjoyed tangible success in his three seasons working, primarily, with Loyola s hitters. The Ramblers have had 11 players earn all-conference honors during his tenure, including three (Brittany Gardner, Lauren Moore and Tarran Shaffer) taking home All-Missouri Valley accolades in 2014. He presided over an offense that set a school record with 44 home runs in 2013 while, individually, Moore finished her illustrious career as Loyola s all-time leader in RBI (124) while ranking third with 29 career round-trippers. All times are Central and subject to change Collectively, Loyola has advanced to the championship game of its conference tournament in each of the last two seasons and has averaged over 26 wins per season with Tylka in the dugout. LoyolaRamblers @LoyolaRamblers LoyolaChiAthletics
2015 LOYOLA SOFTBALL GAME NOTES COASTAL CAROLINA INVITATIONAL 2015 LEADERS AVG. Hannah Jenkins (.440) RUNS Brie Pasquale (7) HITS Hannah Jenkins (11) RBI Jenkins/Pasquale (7) HR Brie Pasquale (3) SLG % Brie Pasquale (.955) OB % Brie Pasquale (.563) 2015 SPECIALTY STATS PERFECT GAMES/NO HITTERS 5 Erin Smith 2 vs. Bucknell (3/10/99); vs. Wright State (4/18/99) BRITTANY GARDNER 2 vs. Cleveland State (4/15/12); vs. Green Bay (5/10/12) Brittany Gardner/Keali Engelkins 1 vs. Butler (4/30/11) SCOUTING THE OPPOSITION Saint Joseph s opened the season at the Landfall Park Hampton Inn & Suites Invitational in Wilmington, N.C., posting a 2-1 record at the tournament. The Hawks are coming off of a two-game series against Saint Francis, where they fell to the Red Flash 5-1 and 3-1. Friday s matchup will be the first-ever meeting between the two programs. Host Coastal Carolina enters the tournament with a 7-6 record after hosting three tournaments to begin the season. The Chanticleers went 2-2 at the Chanticleer Showdown last weekend, defeating Sacred Heart and Bucknell in five innings before falling to Boston College and Murray State. Loyola last met Coastal Carolina at the Kickin Chicken Classic in 2013, with the Chanticleers defeating the Ramblers twice to improve to 4-1 in the all-time series. Mount Saint Mary s opened the season at the Georgia Tech-Georgia State Invitational in Atlanta, Ga. The Mount dropped matches to Georgia Tech, Georgia State and Presbyterian to fall to 0-5 on the season. Saturday s matchup will be the firstever meeting between the two programs. 2015 ROSTER NO. NAME POS. HT. YR. B/T HOMETOWN/HIGH SCHOOL 1 Kat Widup 5-1 OF JR L/R Naperville, Ill./Neuqua Valley 2 Jamie O Brien 5-7 IF FR L/R Naperville, Ill./Neuqua Valley 4 Ashley Rogers 5-5 P JR R/R Evergreen Park, Ill./Mother McAuley 5 Jacquelyn Murphy 5-6 OF SO R/R Farmington Hills, Mich./Mercy 6 Annie Korth 5-8 OF SR R/R Elburn, Ill./St. Charles North 7 Brie Pasquale 5-5 IF JR R/R Naperville, Ill./St. Francis 9 Madison Hope 5-10 P FR L/R Winnipeg, Canada/Dakota Collegiate 10 Erica Nagel 5-8 OF SO L/R Lemont, Ill./Marist 11 Hannah Jenkins 5-9 IF JR R/R Chicago Ridge, Ill./Richards 13 Tarran Shaffer 5-9 C SR R/R Matherville, Ill./Sherrard 15 Ashley Parenti 5-4 IF FR R/R Berwyn, Ill./Fenwick 16 Katy LaCivita 5-7 C JR R/R Downers Grove, Ill./Downers Grove South 17 Alyssa Mannucci 5-4 IF JR R/R Plainfield, Ill./Plainfield South 18 Brooke Wyderski 5-10 IF FR R/R Justice, Ill./Marist 22 Kristina Vizza 5-10 P JR L/L Naperville, Ill./Naperville Central 27 Morgan Olszewski OF SO R/R Barrington, Ill./Barrington 44 Jessica Balzano 5-3 IF SR R/R Des Plaines, Ill./Elk Grove 52 Amanda Staheli 6-0 P FR B/R Pecatonica, Ill./Pecatonica COACHING STAFF Head Coach: Jeff Tylka (Knox, 2001) Assistant Coach: Brittany Cervantes (Kentucky, 2012) Assistant Coach: Marina Demore (Oregon State, 2013)
2015 LOYOLA SOFTBALL GAME NOTES COASTAL CAROLINA INVITATIONAL 2015 GAME HIGHS TEAM HITTING At-bats... 32, North Dakota (2/7) Runs... 11, Loyola Marymount (2/13) Hits... 15, North Dakota (2/7) Doubles...3, Loyola Marymount (2/13) Triples...1, North Dakota (1/7) Home Runs... 2, (3x) Loyola Marymount (2/13) Runs Batted In...11, Loyola Marymount (2/13) Walks...4 (3x) Loyola Marymount (2/13) Stolen Bases...2, Miami (OH) (2/8) FIELDING Assists... 16, Miami (OH) (2/8) Fewest Errors...1, Loyola Marymount (2/13) PITCHING Strike Outs...5, North Dakota (2/7) INDIVIDUAL HITTING Runs... 2, (2x) Brooke Wyderski, Noth Dakota (2/7) Hits...3, (2x) Hannah Jenkins,, Miami (OH) (2/8) Triples... 1, Ashley Parenti, North Dakota (2/7) Runs Batted In...3, (3x) Hannah Jenkins, Loyla Marymount (2/13) Walks...3, Brie Pasquale, Samford (2/7) Stolen Bases...1, Brooke Wydersku/Jessica Balzano FIELDING Put-outs... 13, Brie Pasquale, Loyola Marymount (2/13) Assists...7, Jamie O Brien, Butler (2/6) PITCHING Strike Outs...5, Madison Hope, North Dakota (2/7) * If multiple game-highs were accumulated, the most recent player is listed 2015 WEEKLY AWARD WINNERS HANNAH JENKINS College Sports Madness MVC Player of the Week...Feb. 10, 2015 2015 GAME-BY-GAME LEADERS OPPONENT HITS RUNS RBI STRIKEOUTS BUTLER Parenti (2) Wyderski/Pasquale (2) Parenti (2) Rogers/Hope (1) NORTH DAKOTA Parenti/Jenkins (3) Wyderski/Parenti (2) Shaffer (3) Hope (5) SAMFORD Jenkins (2) Four with (1) Jenkins (3) Rogers (2) MIAMI (OH) Jenkins (3) Three with (1) LaCivita (2) Rogers/Hope (1) LOYOLA MARYMOUNT Pasquale (3) Three with (2) Jenkins (3) Hope (4) DRAKE O Brien (1) O Brien (1) Pasquale (1) Rogers (3) ARIZONA Shaffer/Balzano (2) Pasquale/Balzano (1) Balzano (2) Rogers (2) SAN JOSE STATE Pasquale (2) Murphy/Pasquale (1) Pasquale (2) Rogers (1) WRIGHT STATE Five with (1) Four with (1) Balzano (2) Rogers (4) SAINT JOSEPH S COASTAL CAROLINA SAINT JOSEPH S MOUNT ST. MARY S COASTAL CAROLINA CHARLESTON SOUTHERN JACKSONVILLE SOUTH CAROLINA STATE COLLEGE OF CHARLESTON DARTMOUTH LIBERTY EVANSVILLE EVANSVILLE EVANSVILLE NORTHERN IOWA NORTHERN IOWA NORTHERN IOWA BRADLEY BRADLEY BRADLEY UIC DRAKE DRAKE DRAKE NORTHERN ILLINOIS NORTHERN ILLINOIS MISSOURI STATE MISSOURI STATE MISSOURI STATE INDIANA STATE INDIANA STATE DEPAUL SOUTHERN ILLINOIS SOUTHERN ILLINOIS SOUTHERN ILLINOIS INDIANA STATE ILLINOIS STATE ILLINOIS STATE ILLINOIS STATE WICHITA STATE WICHITA STATE WICHITA STATE
2015 LOYOLA SOFTBALL GAME NOTES KAT 1 WIDUP 5-1 Junior OF Naperville, Ill./Neuqua Valley AVG N/A AVG.000 (0-7) RUNS N/A RUNS 7 HITS N/A HITS 0 RBI N/A RBI 0 HR N/A HR 0 SB-SBA N/A SB-SBA 0-0 ASHLEY 4 ROGERS 5-5 Junior P Evergreen Park, Ill./Mother McAuley ERA 6.10 ERA 5.18 W-L 1-3 W-L 11-18 IP 31.0 IP 177.1 SO 14 SO 89 HITS 45 HITS 206 RUNS 32 RUNS 152 ANNIE 6 KORTH 5-8 Senior OF Elburn, Ill./St. Charles North AVG.111 (1-9) AVG.254 (97-382) RUNS 2 RUNS 58 HITS 1 HITS 97 RBI 1 RBI 30 HR 0 HR 7 SB-SBA 0-0 SB-SBA 9-10 MADISON 9 HOPE 5-10 Freshman P Winnipeg, Canada/Dakota Collegiate ERA 5.01 ERA 5.01 W-L 3-2 W-L 3-2 IP 23.1 IP 23.1 SO 11 SO 11 HITS 26 HITS 26 RUNS 14 RUNS 14 COASTAL CAROLINA INVITATIONAL JAMIE 2 O BRIEN 5-7 Freshman IF Naperville, Ill./Neuqua Valley AVG.227 (5-22) AVG.227 (5-22) RUNS 5 RUNS 5 HITS 5 HITS 5 RBI 0 RBI 0 JACQUELYN 5 MURPHY 5-6 Sophomore OF Farmington Hills, Mich./Mercy AVG.308 (4-13) AVG.226 (12-53) RUNS 4 RUNS 13 HITS 4 HITS 12 RBI 1 RBI 7 HR 1 HR 3 SB-SBA 0-0 SB-SBA 1-1 BRIE 7 PASQUALE 5-5 Junior IF Naperville, Ill./St. Francis AVG.409 (9-22) AVG.235 (75-319) RUNS 7 RUNS 58 HITS 9 HITS 75 RBI 7 RBI 55 HR 3 HR 17 SB-SBA 0-0 SB-SBA 4-4 ERICA NAGEL 5-8 Sophomore OF Lemont, Ill./Marist 10 AVG.333 (2-6) AVG.243 (26-107) RUNS 1 RUNS 14 HITS 2 HITS 26 RBI 0 RBI 8 SB-SBA 0-1 SB-SBA 7-8
2015 LOYOLA SOFTBALL GAME NOTES HANNAH 11 JENKINS 5-9 Junior if Chicago Ridge, Ill./Richards AVG.440 (11-25) AVG.223 (27-121) RUNS 4 RUNS 18 HITS 11 HITS 27 RBI 7 RBI 16 HR 1 HR 2 ASHLEY PARENTI 5-4 Freshman IF Berwyn, Ill./Fenwick 14 AVG.345 (10-29) AVG.345 (10-29) RUNS 3 RUNS 3 HITS 10 HITS 10 RBI 6 RBI 6 ALYSSA 17 MANNUCCI 5-4 Junior IF Plainfield, Ill./Plainfield South AVG N/A AVG.271 (35-129) RUNS N/A RUNS 16 HITS N/A HITS 35 RBI N/A RBI 23 HR N/A HR 4 SB-SBA N/A SB-SBA 0-0 COASTAL CAROLINA INVITATIONAL TARRAN 13 SHAFFER 5-9 Senior C Matherville, Ill./Sherrard AVG.296 (8-27) AVG.249 (111-445) RUNS 5 RUNS 48 HITS 8 HITS 111 RBI 7 RBI 69 HR 2 HR 3 SB-SBA 0-0 SB-SBA 0-1 KATY 16 LACIVITA 5-7 Junior C Downers Grove, Ill./Downers Grove South 2015 Season Highs Career Stats AVG.154 (2-13) AVG.128 (20-156) RUNS 2 RUNS 12 HITS 2 HITS 20 RBI 3 RBI 11 HR 0 HR 2 BROOKE WYDERSKI 5-10 Freshman IF Justice, Ill./Marist 2015 Season Highs Career Stats 22 AVG.222 (6-27) AVG.222 (6-27) RUNS 5 RUNS 5 HITS 6 HITS 6 RBI 3 RBI 3 HR 2 HR 2 SB-SBA 1-2 SB-SBA 1-2 KRISTINA VIZZA 22 5-10 Junior P Naperville, Ill./Naperville Central ERA N/A ERA 5.86 W-L N/A W-L 3-4 IP N/A IP 146.1 SO N/A SO 31 HITS N/A HITS 65 RUNS N/A RUNS 55 MORGAN OLSZEWSKI Sophomore OF Barrington, Ill./Barrington 27 AVG.000 (0-3) AVG.000 (0-3) RUNS 0 RUNS 0 HITS 0 HITS 0 RBI 0 RBI 0 SB-SBA 0 SB-SBA 0
2015 LOYOLA SOFTBALL GAME NOTES COASTAL CAROLINA INVITATIONAL JESSICA BALZANO 5-3 Senior if Des Plaines, Ill./Elk Grove 44 AVG.167 (5-30) AVG.282 (128-454) RUNS 3 RUNS 88 HITS 5 HITS 128 RBI 4 RBI 50 HR 1 HR 4 SB-SBA 2-2 SB-SBA 29-35 AMANDA STAHELI 6-0 Freshman P Pecatonica, Ill./Pecatonica 52 ERA N/A ERA N/A W-L N/A W-L N/A IP N/A IP N/A SO N/A SO N/A HITS N/A HITS N/A RUNS N/A RUNS N/A