LOBOS 2002 UNM SOFTBALL NEW MEXICO QUICK FACTS Conference... Mountain West Enrollment... 23,762 Founded... 1889 Colors/Nickname... Cherry and Silver/Lobos President... Dr. William Gordon Athletics Director... Rudy Davalos Senior Women s Administrator... Janice Ruggiero Head Coach (Alma Mater)... Susan Craig (UNM 70) Overall Record/Years... 654-557-1/25 Years Record at UNM/Years... Same Office Phone... 505-277-2338 Assistant Coaches... Bill Gracey (UNM, 70), Tracy Vun Kannon (UNM, 91), Ron Mims (Eastern New Mexico 75) 2001 Overall/Conference Record (Place).. 39-24-1/10-9-1 (Fourth) Letterwinners Returning/Lost... 11/5 Starters Returning/Lost... 9/2 Athletic Trainer... Susan McGowen Field/Surface/Dimensions... Lobo Field/natural grass/215-225-230 Capacity... 1,500 Softball SID... Heather Croze E-mail... hcroze@unm.edu Office Phone... 505-925-5854 Home Phone... 505-710-6426 Office Fax... 505-925-5529 UNM Athletics... 505-925-5500 Press Box Phone... 505-925-5724 Up Next: TEXAS TECH March 5-Noon (dh) March 6-Noon 2002 UNM Softball Schedule 2/1 vs. Ole Miss~ L, 10-9 vs. Indiana~ T, 2-2 2/2 vs. Indiana~ L, 5-4 2/15 Sacramento State! W, 12-7 Cal State Northridge! W, 1-0 2/16 Pacific! L, 6-0 2/22 Illinois-Chicago@ W, 5-4 #5 LSU@ L, 5-0 2/23 #9 Nebraska@ L, 5-0 Utah@ L, 5-3 2/24 Boston University@ W, 1-0 Missouri@ L, 4-0 3/5 Texas Tech (dh) 12:00 pm 3/6 Texas Tech 12:00 pm 3/13-17 Kia Classic Fullerton, CA 3/22-24 NMSU Tournament Las Cruces, NM 3/30 Colorado State* Albuquerque, NM 1:00 pm 4/5 Utah* Salt Lake City, UT 1:00 pm 4/6 BYU* Provo, UT 1:00 pm 4/12 San Diego State* Albuquerque, NM 1:00 pm 4/13 UNLV* Albuquerque, NM 1:00 pm 4/20 Colorado State* Fort Collins, CO 1:00 pm 4/26 UNLV* Las Vegas, NV 1:00 pm 4/28 San Diego State* San Diego, CA 1:00 pm 5/3 Utah* Albuquerque, NM 1:00 pm 5/4 BYU* Albuquerque, NM 1:00 pm 5/9-11 MWC Championships Provo, UT *Mountain West Conference games ~Diamond Invitational!Campbell/Cartier Classic (San Diego, CA) @NFCA (Columbus, GA) #L obo Invitational %Kia Classic (Sacramento, CA) ^New Mexico State Tournament (Las Cruces, NM) $MWC Tournament Lobos To host Texas Tech In Three Games NEXT PITCH: The University of New Mexico softball team (4-7-1) is back in action this week with three games against Texas Tech. The Lobos were supposed to host their second tournament of the year last weekend but the games were called due to bad weather. LOBO LEADERS: The UNM hitters are starting to get their bats going. Kelly Glass and Brooke Chaffee lead the Lobo hitters. Glass has a.425 average while Chaffee is batting.359. Chaffee currently leads the team in extra base hits with six doubles. Chaffee and Tiffany Chambers both have seven RBIs on the year. On the mound, Amy Dumas (3-3) and Hayley Punter (1-3) have done most of the work so far. Dumas has 18 strikeouts in 37.1 innings of work, while Punter has 26
strikeouts in 37 innings of action. Lauren McCoy (0-1) has pitched 10.1 innings with 10 strikeouts. ABOUT TEXAS TECH: The Red Raiders have been idle since claiming the Troy Cox Classic on Feb. 24. Texas Tech won the title with a 4-2 record including a pair of wins over no. 17 ranked Florida State. The games this week between UNM and TTU mark the first time the two schools have met since the 2000 season. Tech lost bothgames in Albuquerque, 3-0 and 7-1. HEAD COACH SUSAN CRAIG: Let s talk numbers. Susan Craig has been at New Mexico for 26 years. She has 654 career wins which ranks her tied for 14th in wins by active Division I coaches. With her 654 wins it puts her tied for17th all-time in the NCAA for career victories. In 17 of the 26 years that Craig has been at New Mexico, she has coached teams to national rankings. Her softball teams have been consistently among the most successful programs at the University of New Mexico. After over 1,000 games and three conference champions, Craig knows what it takes to run a successful program. More importantly, she is a teacher. A teacher with a wealth of knowledge. Craig is not a coach who comes without credentials. Craig was the first-ever president of the National Softball Coaches Association. The organization was created to create uniformity and better working conditions for coaches across the country. In 1993, Craig s achievements were honored as she was named to the New Mexico branch of the American Softball Association s Hall of Fame. In 1991, she was also honored by being named to the the Albuquerque Baseball and Softball Hall of Fame. Her recognition by the two halls of fame were surely due to the aggregate of her contribution to the softball community throughout the state. But in 1996, Craig was recognized nationally for a feat that was based purely on performance. The LOBOS WHEN... at home 0-1 on the road 0-1-1 at neutral sites 4-5 vs. conference teams 0-0 vs. ranked teams 0-3 in day games 3-6-1 in night games 1-1 longest winning streak 2 longest losing streak 2 leading after five innings 4-0 trailing after five innings 0-7 tied after five innings 0-1 in one-run games 3-2 in two-run games 0-1 in five-plus-run games 1-3 in extra inning games 0-2 in shutouts 2-4 when McCoy starts 0-1 when Dumas starts 3-2 when Punter starts 1-4 vs. left-handed pitcher 1-0 vs. right-handed pitcher 3-7-1 home attendance away attendance total attendance 105(105 avg.) 402 (36 avg.) 507 (42 avg.) KELLY GLASS CAYLEY WARNER CASSIE CHAVEZ KRYSTAL MEJIZ BROOKE CHAFFEE MICHELLE CARTER JUANITA GONZALEZ SABRINA SANDBERG CASSIE CHAVEZ LAUREN MCCOY AMY DUMAS HAYLEY PUNTER LAUREN MCCOY LAUREN MCCOY KRYSTAL MEJIA TIFFANY BRADLEY TIFFANI CHAMBERS KIM KORSAK BRIAWNA SCHULTZ
National Softball Coaches Association presented her with an award recognizing her achievement of reaching the 500-win milestone in her career. By receiving the award, she became a member of what is known as the Easton Victory Club. In 2000, Craig crossed the 600-win plateau, putting her in even more elite company. In 1999, Craig was named Western Athletic Conference Co-Coach of the Year along with Fresno State s Margie Wright. Craig s current overall record is 654-569 Her 654 wins rank her in the top 25 of all NCAA Division I head softball coaches who are active and it ranks her tied for 17th of all who have ever coached in Division I. Over the past couple of years, Craig and the Lobo softball program have established a Camp for Kids program. The program is a week-long camp that gives girls between the ages of nine and 12 a chance to attend softball camp, when normally their families would not be able to afford it. Along with her pursuits in the community, Craig has also authored a couple of books on softball strategy. The Softball Handbook was written to help in the overall understanding of softball fundamentals and has been used throughout the U.S. and other English speaking countries as a standard tool to that end. Power Offense was another book written by Craig and former assistant Ken Johnson thats scope ranges from hitting, to attacking defenses with aggressive baserunning, to implementing an offensive strategy. Craig s area of expertise with the Lobos - and the one where her influence will be seen the most - will be with the infielders. Craig herself was an infielder and one that garnered attention as a fine player. A second baseman by nature, Craig played major ASA fast-pitch softball and was three times an all-region selection for her team. The Western Athletic Conference s Coach-of-the-Year in 1992 and 1999, Craig has helped produce four All-Americans, 39 all-region and 46 all-conference athletes. She also coached one player (Dena Mullins) to WAC Player-of-the-Year honors and another (Heather Medearis) to conference Freshman-of-the-Year recognition. A 1970 graduate of the University of New Mexico, Craig is a native of Albuquerque. DOUBLE DOUBLE TOIL AND TROUBLE: In the past two season the Lobos have turned 67 double-plays. Last year UNM lead the conference with nine. This year the Lobos have turned four double-plays to their opponents 1. RECORD-SETTERS: Kelly Glass broke onto UNM s career charts with a.336 average last year, good enough for 2nd place. She is currently has 61 stolen bases which puts her in fourth place. In pitching, UNM has two players that have made an impression. Amy Dumas finished last year with a 1.09 ERA, that landed her 3rd on the career chart. Hayley Punter found herself in two season records. She started 28 games last year which put her tied for 3rd and her 158 strikeouts on the season put her in 4th place. STEALING HOME: Senior Cayley Warner finished last year in New Mexico s career records for stolen bases. She has already nabbed one steal this year and she currently sits in second place on the career records with 76. She needs only 12 stolen bases this year to put her as UNM s career leader. Kelly Glass is also in the steals record book. She is in fourth place with 61 career steals. AUSSIE SENSATION: The Lobos latest pitching sensation is Hayley Punter. She came to New Mexico by way of Australia. Punter, already a veteran to softball, played on the Australian Junior National Team and before she came to America was chosen to play on the Australian National Team. Punter has also played softball in Italy. Punter led the team all last year in strikeouts and finished the season with 158 while walking only 46 batters for a K:BB ratio of 3.4. This season she already has 12 K s in 18.1 innints of work. THAT S RANK: Three of the Lobos seven losses have come at the hand of ranked opponents. UNM lost to Pacific who at the time was tied for 19th. Then at the NFCA Classic UNM lost to #5 LSU and #9 Nebraska. Nebraska would eventually go on to win the NFCA Tournament. LOBOS PICKED FOURTH IN THE MOUNTAIN WEST: The Lobos were picked to finish fourth in the Mountain West Conference preseason coaches poll. The Lobos received one first place vote and finished with 17 total points. Utah was the first place pick with two votes and 21 total points. The Utes narrowly edged out BYU who received three votes for 20 total points. GAME RECAPS DIAMOND INVITATIONAL: The Lobos had to battle with Indiana University, Ole Miss and the weather as it opened the 2002 season hosting its annual Diamond Invitational. Wintry weather cancelled four games, including two games for UNM. New Mexico lost to the Ole Miss Rebels and gained a tie with Indiana University after day one action. New Mexico s game with Indiana was called with the score tied 2-2 after seven innings due to darkness. The game will officially be scored as a tie and will not be made up. This is only the second tie game in UNM softball history, the first being a 5-5 deadlock with the University of Utah last year. In the first game, the Ole Miss Rebels stormed back from an early 6-0 deficit to beat the University of New Mexico 10-9 in 11 innings. New Mexico s Cassie Chavez hit a sacrifice fly in the top half of the 11th, scoring Lauren McCoy to give the Lobos a 9-8 lead heading into the bottom half of the inning, where the Rebels won it with two runs. The game was played under International Softball Rules. The Rebels hit a leadoff double to tie the game at 9-9. New Mexico nearly forced an additional frame after Ole Miss loaded the bases with no outs when UNM pitcher Amy Dumas forced Ole Miss to hit into a 6-2-3 double play, leaving the Rebels with runners on second and third and two outs. A sharp liner off third baseman Krystal Mejia (which was ruled a hit) gave the Rebels its first lead of the game and the win. Dumas (0-1) earned the loss in 6 2/3 innings of relief, allowing four runs on seven hits. Hayley Punter started the game for the Lobos and gave up six hits and six runs in four innings of work. Offensively, Ole Miss outhit the Lobos 15-8, and seven Rebel batters had two hits on the afternoon. For the Lobos, catcher Tiffani Chambers went 2-4 with 3 RBIs, while centerfielder Kelly Glass was 2-4 with one RBI and a run scored. New Mexico got off to another fast start in the second game against Indiana, scoring two quick runs on a Chambers two-run homer to stake UNM to a 2-0 lead after one inning of play. Indiana scored two runs in the bottom of the fifth to tie the game at 2-2. IU hit a leadoff, solo homerun in the bottom of the fifth to cut lead to 2-1, then a bases-loaded single tied the game at 2-2. On day two against IU, UNM rallied, but fell short, losing 5-4 to the Hoosiers. Down 5-2 in the bottom of the seventh inning, New Mexico rallied with two runs on three straight hits off IU s starting pitcher. Junior Kelly Glass led off with a
USA Today/NFCA Top 25 Poll As of Feb. 20, 2002 School Record Points Last Week 1. UCLA (24 13-0 672 2 2. Stanford (1) 9-0 637 3 3. Arizona (2) 12-2 632 1 4. Oklahoma 8-0 570 7 5. LSU 8-3 536 4 6. Washington 14-3 515 9 7. California 8-4 507 5 8. Arizona State 9-2 471 8 9. Nebraska 6-4 398 12 10. Michigan 4-1 379 11 11. Oregon State 12-2 341 18 12. Pacific 5-2 334 19 (tie) 13. Fresno State 6-3 330 16 14. Cal State Fullerton 6-5 308 10 15. DePaul 4-1 284 19 (tie) 16. Iowa 2-3 247 6 17. Florida State 9-4 212 15 18. Alabama 7-6 207 13 19. Notre Dame 3-2 204 14 20. South Carolina 7-3 177 22 21. Florida Atlantic 7-2 161 NR 22. Louisiana-Lafayette 5-2 122 21 23. Georgia 15-0 101 NR 24. Mississippi State 8-2 71 NR 25. Massachusetts 3-2 60 24 Others Receiving Votes: Hawaii 37, Texas 36, Ohio State 31, Wisconsin 30, Florida Atlantic 18, North Carolina 14, Cal State Northridge 12, Virginia 8, Hofstra 2 Mountain West Conference 2001 Final Standings Pl. Team (1st) Overall Record MWC Record 1. BYU 35-24 11-6 2. Utah 37-25 11-8-1 3. San Diego State 38-23 10-8 4. New Mexico 39-24 10-9-1 5. Colorado State 10-37 7-12 6. UNLV 26-30 7-13 2002 LOBO ROSTER No. Name Yr. Pos. B/T Ht. High School/Hometown 1 Hayley Punter So. P L/L 5 6 Brentwood Secondary SchoolVictoria, Australia 2 Brooke Chaffee Sr. 2B R/R 5 2 Washburn Rural/Topeka, KS 3 Cassie Chavez Fr. IF R/R 5 2 Carlsbad/Carlsbad, NM 4 Sabrina Sandberg So. SS R/R 5 6 Capital/Olympia, WA 5 Cayley Warner Sr. OF S/R 5 2 Semiahmoo Secondary/Surrey, BC 6 Kelly Glass Jr. OF S/R 5 6 Bonanza/Las Vegas, NV 7 Juanita Gonzalez Fr. OF R/R 5 4 Palisade/Palisade, CO 8 Krystal Mejia Fr. IF R/R 5 9 Sylmar/Sylmar, CA 9 Tiffani Chambers Sr. C/U R/R 5 8 Scripps Ranch/San Diego, CA 13 Amy Dumas So. P/3B R/R 5 6 Farmington/Farmington, NM 15 Lauren McCoy Fr. P/IF R/R 5 6 Corona/Corona, CA 16 Briawna Schultz Fr. C/OF R/R 5 10 Cibola/Albuquerque, NM 17 Elena Cranmer Jr. 1B/2B R/R 5 8 Valley View/Moreno Valley, CA 19 Tiffany Bradley Fr. UT R/R 5 4 Farmington/Farmington, NM 23 Kim Korsak So. C R/R 5 6 Centennial/Gresham, OR 31 Michelle Carter Sr. C/3B R/R 5 8 Highlands Coll./Albuquerque, NM Head Coach: Susan Craig (UNM 70) Assistant Coaches: Bill Gracey (UNM 70), Tracy Vun Kannon (UNM 91) Volunteer Assistant Coach: Ron Mims (Eastern New Mexico 75) Athletic Trainer: Susan McGowen Mountain West Conference Preseason Coaches Poll Pl. Team (1st) Points 2001 Record 1. Utah (2) 21 37-25-1/11-8-1 2. BYU (3) 20 35-24/11-6 3. San Diego State 18 38-23/10-8 4. New Mexico (1) 17 39-24-1/10-9-1 5. UNLV 9 26-30/7-12 6. Colorado State 5 10-37/7-12 single up the middle and advanced to second on another single by senior Michelle Carter. Senior Tiffani Chambers then followed with a well-hit double into the gap in left-center field, scoring Glass and Carter. Pinch runner Briawna Schultz moved to third base on senior Brooke Chaffee s ground out, but would get no closer. Indiana gained its three-run advantage with a big twoout rally in the top of the seventh inning off Lobo freshman Lauren McCoy. After allowing the catcher to steal second base with one out, McCoy struck out the Hoosier second baseman for the second out of the inning. However, the going got tough for McCoy as the first baseman crushed a homerun, followed by a single by the centerfielder. Sophomore Amy Dumas came on in relief and after allowing the next batter to reach base, escaped further damage by inducing the leftfielder to ground out to shortstop Sabrina Sandberg. Chambers and Carter paced UNM with three hits, including one double, apiece. In all, eight different Lobos recorded hits. Despite the loss, McCoy pitched fairly well, striking out three batters in just 4.2 innings of work. CAMPBELL/CARTIER CLASSIC RECAP: The University of New Mexico (2-2-1) grabbed their first two wins of the 2002 season today as they defeated Cal State Northridge and Sacramento State in the first day of the Campbell/Cartier Softball Tournament hosted by San Diego State. Against Sacramento State the Lobos scored early and often as they won a long game, 12-7. Amy Dumas on the mound for the Lobos picked up her win, evening her record at 1-1. In game two the Lobos defeated perennial powerhouse, Cal State Northridge 1-0. Hayley Punter picked up her first win for UNM. On the day, Brooke Chaffee was 5-8 with three doubles and four RBI. The Lobos turned three double-plays on the day. Last season UNM led the conference in double-plays turned and set a new school record. San Diego, CA-Day two at the Campbell/Cartier Classic at San Diego State had the New Mexico Lobos (2-3-1) unable to capitalize on two big wins yesterday as they dropped a 6-0 decision to Pacific. Hayley Punter, on the mound, picked up the loss and is now 1-1 on the year. Lauren McCoy was a bright light for UNM. The freshman had some stellar defensive plays while also whacking a double and walking twice to get on base.
NFCA LEADOFF CLASSIC RECAP: The Lobos split in the first day of the National Fastpitch Coaches Association Leadoff Classic. UNM lost to #5 LSU in game one, 5-0, but bounced back against Illinois-Chicago, winning 5-4. In game one against Illinois-Chicago, the Flames got on the board first scoring three runs in the first inning. The Lobos were able to get two runs across the board in the third inning and then in the fifth innin the Lobos scored the winning run on an error by the Flames third baseman. Amy Dumas (2-1) picked up the win. Glass was again big for the Lobos as she went 2-3. Chaffee was also 2-3 with another double and she now leads the team with 17 doubles. Hayley Punter got her first at-bat of her collegiate career. Punter hit a two-rbi double in the third inning. Against LSU, the Lobos were only able to manage four hits, allowing the Tigers to score four runs on nine hits. All of LSU's runs came on extra-base hits. Kelly Glass went 1-3 while Brooke Chaffe and Tiffany Chambers both smacked doubles. Hayley Punter (1-2) picked up her second loss of the year. The Lobos split again in day three action at the NFCA Leadoff Classic. UNM defeated Boston, 1-0 in the morning game but then lost to Missouri 4-0. In the first game, the Lobos pitching and defense helped them in the shutout of Boston University. The Lobos scored their lone run in the third inning of a squeeze play. UNM would have four hits while allowing Boston to have five. Amy Dumas picked up the win and she is now 3-2 on the year. In the semifinals of the consolation bronze bracket the Lobos were unable to capitalize on their earlier victory as they fell to Missouri, 4-0. Amy Dumas was again the pitcher of record as she evened her record at 3-3. In yesterday's action the Lobos started the day off by losing to eventual NFCA Leadoff champion, #9 Nebraska, 6-0. UNM was only able to manage one hit off the Huskers pitchers while also having two errors. In game two the Lobos matched up with an opponent they know very well. UNM had to go all the way to Georgia to see a Mountain West Conference opponent as UNM and Utah squared off. The Utes were able to come back from a 3-1 deficit to defeat the Lobos 5-3. Unm got on the board first as Brooke Chaffee and Michelle Carter hit back-to-back home runs. Hayley Punter got the loss. Inning by Inning Summary 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th Extra Total New Mexico 6 9 5 3 7 1 4 0 1 1 37 Opponents 8 11 6 8 7 6 4 0 1 2 53
2002 Statistics 2002 New Mexico Individual Statistics ALL G AMES Record: 4-7-1 Home: 0-1 Road: 0-1-1 Neutral: 4-5 Mtn. West: 0-0 HITTING Player Avg GP-GS AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI TB SLG% BB HB SO OB% SF SH SB-A Glass, K..425 12-12 40 6 17 1 0 0 2 18.450 2 1 4.465 0 1 9-10 Chaffee, B..359 12-12 39 4 14 6 0 1 7 23.590 3 0 3.395 1 0 0-0 Korsak, K..294 8-6 17 2 5 1 0 0 2 6.353 1 0 4.333 0 0 0-0 Chambers, T..256 12-12 39 3 10 3 0 1 7 16.410 2 0 4.286 1 0 0-0 Mejia, K..235 12-12 34 2 8 0 1 0 4 10.294 6 0 6.350 0 2 1-2 Carter, M..222 12-12 36 5 8 2 0 1 6 13.361 3 1 3.286 2 2 1-1 McCoy, L..200 12-12 35 2 7 1 0 0 2 8.229 3 1 7.282 0 0 0-0 Punter, H..167 2-1 6 0 1 1 0 0 2 2.333 0 0 4.167 0 0 0-0 Warner, C..194 12-12 36 5 7 0 0 0 1 7.194 5 0 3.293 0 2 4-4 Chavez, C..136 8-8 22 5 3 0 0 0 1 3.143 1 1 1.200 1 2 0-0 Bradley, T..091 7-3 11 0 1 0 0 0 0 1.091 0 0 3.091 0 2 1-1 Sandberg, S..000 7-6 16 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.000 0 1 3.059 0 1 0-0 Schultz, B..000 6-1 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.000 0 0 2.000 0 0 0-0 Gonzalez, J..000 6-0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.000 0 0 1.000 0 0 1-1 Dumas, A..000 1-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000 0 0 0.000 0 0 0-0 UNM.242 6-6 335 37 80 14 1 3 32 105.319 26 5 48.302 5 9 17-19 Opponents.319 6-6 364 53 116 17 1 9 46 162.445 23 8 54.371 1 7 12-18 LOB-Team (89), Opp (103). DPs Turned-Team (4), Opp (1). IBB-Team (0), Opp (4). Picked off-mejia 1, McCoy 1, Warner 1 PITCHING Player ERA W-L APP GS CG SH SV IP H R ER BB SO 2B 3B HR BF OpBA BK HB McCoy, L. 4.35 0-1 3 0 0 0 0 10.1 15 5 5 4 10 2 0 2 48.312 0 1 Punter, H 4.86 2-3 7 5 3 1 0 37.0 47 22 20 7 26 9 1 5 154.305 0 4 Dumas, A. 5.30 2-3 9 7 2 0 0 37.1 54 26 22 12 18 6 0 2 162.333 0 3 UNM 5.00 4-7 12 12 5 1 0 84.2 116 53 47 23 54 17 1 9 364.319 0 8 Opponents 2.79 7-4 12 12 6 4 0 87.0 81 37 27 26 48 15 1 3 335.242 0 5 PB-Team (2), Chambers 2, Opp (0). Pickoffs-Team (1), Chambers 1, Opp (2). SBA/ATT-Chambers (11-17), McCoy (4-5), Punter (4-7), Dumas (4-6) FIELDING Player PO A E FLD% Warner, C 12 0 0 1.000 Korsak, K 1 0 0 1.000 Chambers, T 58 16 1.987 McCoy, L 53 11 1.985 Chaffee, B 34 25 2.967 Bradley, T 29 0 1.967 Mejia, K 23 20 2.956 Carter, M 13 2 1.938 Chavez, C 9 5 1.933 Glass, K 11 0 1.917 Sandberg, S 9 15 3.889 Dumas, A 2 7 2.818 Punter, H 0 2 2.500 Gonzalez, J 0 0 0.000 Schultz, B 0 0 0.000 UNM 254 103 17.955 Opponents 261 111 20.949