MERCER SOFTBALL 2017 QUICK FACTS QUICK FACTS ALL-TIME RECORD: 675-932-1 (.420) UNIVERSITY INFORMATION Location Macon, Ga. Founded 1833 Enrollment 8,623 Nickname Bears Colors Orange (PMS 716 C) and Black Affiliation NCAA Division I Conference Southern President William D. Underwood (Oklahoma Baptist, 1982) Athletics Director Jim Cole (Mercer, 1993) STADIUM INFORMATION Stadium Capacity 300 Dimensions LF: 200 CF: 215 RF: 200 Surface Natural Grass COACHING STAFF Head Coach Stephanie DeFeo Alma Mater Louisiana Lafayette (1997) Overall Record 215-214 (8) Record at Mercer 99-76 (3) es Volunteer Asssistant Coach SUPPORT STAFF Athletics Director Media Relations Athletic Trainer Heather Han Mike Giannamore Kathleen Watson-Otani Jim Cole Gerrit Van Genderen Aaron Herndon MERCER MEDIA RELATIONS Graduate Assistant/Softball Contact Gerrit Van Genderen Cell (919) 632-0217 Email gerrit.w.vangenderen@live.mercer.edu ONLINE Athletics Website Twitter Instagram Facebook ON THE AIR Video MercerBears.com MercerUSoftball MercerUSoftball MUSoftball ESPN3 TEAM INFORMATION 2016 Overall Record 23-35 SoCon Record (Finish) 4-14 (7th) SoCon Tournament Record 2-2 Postseason N/A Letterwinners Returning/Lost 15/4 Position Starters Returning/Lost 8/1 Pitchers Returning/Lost 4/1 Newcomers 6 HISTORY First Year of Softball 1986 All-Time Record 675-932-1 Regular Season Conference Titles 0 Conference Tournament Titles 0 NCAA Tournament Appearances 0 KEY RETURNERS 2016 Statistics POSITION PLAYERS Pos. Name Yr. B/T G/GS AVG R H RBI SS Emma Andrew Jr. R/R 57/57.232 29 36 25 C/OF Megan Lane So. L/R 49/41.240 19 29 16 3B Quirisa Mauga Jr. R/R 57/57.264 30 43 29 OF Taylor Miller Sr. L/R 57/57.414 36 79 17 UTIL Taylor Rodgers Sr. R/R 35/12.290 3 18 10 OF Meghan Rud Jr. L/R 58/58.309 41 59 22 1B Caroline Taylor* R-Jr. R/R 59/59.287 22 45 41 INF Shaila Warren So. L/R 58/58.312 26 48 21 * Taylor s stats from 2015 season (DNP in 2016 due to injury) % RETURNING FROM 2016 BATTING (.282 AVG) Category Returning/Total Pct. AB 1205/1538 78.3% R 206/270 76.3% H 343/433 79.2% 2B 42/55 76.4% 3B 7/8 87.5% HR 20/34 58.8% RBI 170/247 68.8% TB 459/606 75.7% BB 108/161 67.1% HBP 23/30 76.7% SO 193/252 76.6% GDP 1/1 100% SF 8/13 61.5% SH 14/19 73.7% SB 66/76 86.8% 2016 BY THE NUMBERS Overall: 23-35 SoCon: 4-14 Home: 11-11 Away: 6-14 Neutral: 6-10 MERCER OPPONENTS.282 BA.292 270 R 296 433 H 454 55 2B 70 8 3B 8 34 HR 34 247 RBI 272 161 BB 154 252 SO 195 76 SB 37.952 FLD%.960 4.43 ERA 4.06 PITCHERS Pos. Name Yr. W-L ERA G/GS K IP OBA RHP Megan Bilgri Jr. 8-9 4.25 16/29 42 112.0.290 RHP Jill McElderry Jr. 4-10 5.23 14/24 42 83.0.302 RHP Anna O Neill Sr. 4-8 3.81 12/22 71 82.2.297 RHP Maxine Rodriguez Sr. 7-8 3.80 16/22 39 92.0.269 % RETURNING FROM 2016 PITCHING (4.43 ERA) Category Returning/Total Pct. W 23/23 100.0% L 35/35 100.0% APP 52/58 89.7% GS 58/58 100.0% SV 1/1 100.0% IP 369.9/376 97.7% H 438/453 97.7% R 350/358 97.8% ER 225/238 94.5% BB 144/154 93.5% SO 194/195 99.5% 2B 64/70 91.4% 3B 4/4 100% HR 75/76 98.7%
NUMERICAL ROSTER No. Name Pronunciation Pos. B/T Ht. Yr. Exp. Hometown / Previous School 00 Megan Lane C/OF L/R 5-5 So. 1L Brooksville, Fla. / Hernando HS 2 Shaila Warren SHAY-luh INF L/R 5-4 So. 1L Mulberry, Fla. / Mulberry HS 3 Taylor Miller OF L/R 5-8 Sr. 3L Lawrenceville, Ga. / Mountain View HS 4 Stella Preston P R/R 5-3 Fr. HS Safety Harbor, Fla. / Countryside HS 5 Abby Walsh OF L/L 5-7 Fr. HS Frisco, Texas / Centennial HS 6 Maxine Rodriguez P/1B R/R 5-5 Sr. 1L Lakewood, Calif. / Saint Joseph HS / DePaul 7 Emma Andrew INF R/R 5-6 Jr. 2L Jacksonville, Fla. / Episcopal School of Jacksonville 8 Catie Josselet JOSS-LET UTIL R/R 5-3 So. 1L Lee s Summit, Mo. / Blue Springs HS 10 Taylor Rodgers UTIL R/R 5-3 Sr. 3L Copan, Okla. / Bartlesville HS 11 Megan Bilgri BILL-GREE P R/R 5-8 Jr. 2L Naperville, Ill. / Neuqua Valley HS 12 Anna O Neill P R/R 5-8 Sr. 3L Norfolk, Mass. / King Philip Regional HS 16 Quirisa Mauga MOW (rhymes with cow) -guh INF R/R 5-3 Jr. 2L San Diego, Calif. / Mira Mesa HS 17 Katie Petersen 1B R/R 6-0 So. 1L Coral Springs, Fla. / Marjory Stoneman Douglas HS 21 Jill McElderry MICK-uhl-DARE-EE P R/R 5-9 Jr. 1L Springhill, Fla. / Fivay HS / State College of Florida 22 Hannah Williamson C R/R 5-8 Fr. HS Evans, Ga. / Greenbrier HS 29 Caroline Taylor 1B R/R 6-0 R-Jr. 2L Alma, Ga. / Bacon County HS 31 Danielle Castleberry INF/OF L/R 5-3 Fr. HS Ellenwood, Ga. / Woodland HS 34 Kate Buckland C R/R 5-4 Fr. HS Okemos, Mich. / Okemos HS 42 Jaya Alaan JIE (rhymes with lie) -uh ah-lawn C/UTIL R/R 5-2 Jr. 2L Diamond Bar, Calif. / Diamond Ranch HS 44 Meghan Rud RUDE OF L/R 5-1 Jr. 2L Cumming, Ga. / South Forsyth HS 91 Amanda Schwartz INF R/R 5-5 Fr. HS Oak Park, Calif. / Agoura HS ROSTER BREAKDOWN BY CLASS Seniors (4) Taylor Miller, Anna O Neill, Taylor Rodgers, Maxine Rodriguez Redshirt Juniors (1) Caroline Taylor Juniors (6) Jaya Alaan, Emma Andrew, Megan Bilgri, Quirisa Mauga, Jill McElderry, Meghan Rud Sophomores (4) Catie Josselet, Megan Lane, Katie Petersen, Shaila Warren Freshmen (6) Kate Buckland, Danielle Castleberry, Stella Preston, Amanda Schwartz, Abby Walsh, Hannah Williamson BY POSITION Pitcher (5) Megan Bilgri, Jill McElderry, Anna O Neill, Stella Preston, Maxine Rodriguez Infield (8) Emma Andrew, Danielle Castleberry, Quirisa Mauga, Katie Petersen, Maxine Rodriguez, Amanda Schwartz, Caroline Taylor, Shaila Warren Catcher (4) Jaya Alaan, Kate Buckland, Megan Lane, Hannah Williamson Outfield (5) Danielle Castleberry, Megan Lane, Taylor Miller, Meghan Rud, Abby Walsh Utility (3) Jaya Alaan, Catie Josselet, Taylor Rodgers BY STATE Florida (6) Georgia (5) California (4) Michigan (1) Oklahoma (1) Massachusetts (1) Illinois (1) Missouri (1) Texas (1) BATTING STANCE Right-Handed Hitters (15) Left-Handed Hitters (6) THROWING HAND Right-Handed (20) Left-Handed (1) PRONUNCIATION GUIDE Jaya Alaan Megan Bilgri Quirisa Mauga Jill McElderry Meghan Rud Shaila Warren Stephanie DeFEO Head Coach Fourth Season Louisiana Lafayette, 1997 JIE (rhymes with lie) -uh ah-lawn BILL-GREE MOW (rhymes with cow) -guh MICK-uhl-DARE-EE RUDE SHAY-luh Stephanie DeFeo de-fay-oh Heather Han HAHN Mike Giannamore JEE-ON-ah-MORE Kathleen Watson-Otani OH-TAHN-EE Heather HAN Mike GIANNAMORE Kathleen WATSON-OTANI Volunteer Second Season First Season First Season Eastern Michigan, 2009 Ohio Valley, 2010 California Lutheran, 2014 2
2017 TV/RADIO ROSTER Megan LANE 00 C/OF / 5-5 / L/R Brooksville, Fla. Emma ANDREW 7 INF / 5-6 / R/R Jacksonville, Fla. Katie PETERSEN 17 1B / 6-0 / R/R Coral Springs, Fla. 42 Jaya ALAAN C/UTIL / 5-2 / R/R Diamond Bar, Calif. Shaila WARREN 2 INF / 5-4 / L/R Mulberry, Fla. Catie JOSSELET 8 UTIL / 5-3 / R/R Lee s Summit, Mo. Jill McELDERRY Stella PRESTON 4 OF / 5-8 / L/R Sr. / 3L Lawrenceville, Ga. P / 5-3 / R/R Safety Harbor, Fla. Taylor RODGERS 10 Megan BILGRI 11 UTIL / 5-3 / R/R Sr. / 3L Copan, Okla. P / 5-9 / R/R Jr. / 1L Springhill, Fla. Hannah WILLIAMSON C / 5-8 / R/R Evans, Ga. Meghan RUD Amanda SCHWARTZ OF / 5-1 / L/R Cumming, Ga. INF / 5-5 / R/R Oak Park, Calif. 21 44 3 Taylor MILLER Caroline TAYLOR 22 91 P / 5-8 / R/R Naperville, Ill. 29 1B / 6-0 / R/R R- Powder Springs, Ga. 3 5 Abby WALSH Maxine RODRIGUEZ OF / 5-7 / L/L Frisco, Texas RHP/1B / 5-5 / R/R Sr. / 1L Lakewood, Calif. Anna O NEILL 12 P / 5-8 / R/R Sr. / 3L Norfolk, Mass. Danielle CASTLEBERRY INF/OF / 5-3 / L/R Ellenwood, Ga. 31 6 Quirisa MAUGA 16 INF / 5-3 / R/R San Diego, Calif. Kate BUCKLAND C / 5-4 / R/R Okemos, Mich. 34 @ MercerUSoftball
2017 SCHEDULE FEBRUARY Fri. 10 KENT STATE Macon, Ga. 2:30 p.m. Fri. 10 MURRAY STATE Macon, Ga. 4:45 p.m. Sat. 11 PORTLAND STATE Macon, Ga. 2 p.m. Sat. 11 DAYTON Macon, Ga. 4:15 p.m. Fri. 17 CREIGHTON Auburn, Ala. 10:45 a.m. Fri. 17 EVANSVILLE Auburn, Ala. 1 p.m. Sat. 18 SIUE Auburn, Ala. 11:30 a.m. Sun. 19 SIUE Auburn, Ala. 12:45 p.m. Sun. 19 at AUBURN Auburn, Ala. 3 p.m. Wed. 22 GEORGIA STATE Macon, Ga. 6 p.m. Fri. 24 SAVANNAH STATE Macon, Ga. 3:15 p.m. Fri. 24 MARIST Macon, Ga. 5:30 p.m. Sat. 25 INDIANA-PURDUE FORT WAYNE Macon, Ga. 2:30 p.m. Sat. 25 SAVANNAH STATE Macon, Ga. 4:45 p.m. Sun. 26 MARIST Macon, Ga. 12:15 p.m. Sun. 26 INDIANA-PURDUE FORT WAYNE Macon, Ga. 2:30 p.m. MARCH Wed. 1 FLORIDA A&M Macon, Ga. 4 p.m. Wed. 1 FLORIDA A&M Macon, Ga. 6 p.m. Fri. 3 KANSAS Orlando, Fla. 3:30 p.m. Fri. 3 FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL Orlando, Fla. 5:45 p.m. Sat. 4 BRYANT Orlando, Fla. 2:45 p.m. Sat. 4 JAMES MADISON Orlando, Fla. 5 p.m. Sun. 5 BOSTON COLLEGE Orlando, Fla. 10 a.m. Fri. 10 GEORGIA Orlando, Fla. 9:30 a.m. Fri. 10 DELAWARE STATE Orlando, Fla. 2:30 p.m. Sat. 11 at UCF Orlando, Fla. 5:30 p.m. Sun. 12 OHIO STATE Orlando, Fla. 11:30 a.m. Sun. 12 at UCF Orlando, Fla. 1:30 p.m. Wed. 15 NOTRE DAME Macon, Ga. 6 p.m. Fri. 17 BELMONT Macon, Ga. 2:30 p.m. Fri. 17 EASTERN ILLINOIS Macon, Ga. 5 p.m. Sat. 18 EASTERN ILLINOIS Macon, Ga. 11:45 a.m. Sat. 18 EASTERN MICHIGAN Macon, Ga. 2 p.m. Sun. 19 BELMONT Macon, Ga. 1:15 p.m. Sun. 19 SAVANNAH STATE Macon, Ga. 3:30 p.m. Sat. 25 CHATTANOOGA* [Game 1] Macon, Ga. 1 p.m. Sat. 25 CHATTANOOGA* [Game 2] Macon, Ga. 3 p.m. Sun. 26 CHATTANOOGA* Macon, Ga. 1 p.m. APRIL Sat. 1 at ETSU* [Game 1] Johnson City, Tenn. 1 p.m. Betty Basler Field Sat. 1 at ETSU* [Game 2] Johnson City, Tenn. 3 p.m. Betty Basler Field Sun. 2 at ETSU* Johnson City, Tenn. 1 p.m. Betty Basler Field MAY Sat. 8 UNCG* [Game 1] Macon, Ga. 1 p.m. Sat. 8 UNCG* [Game 2] Macon, Ga. 3 p.m. Sun. 9 UNCG* Macon, Ga. 1 p.m. Thurs. 13 at SOUTH CAROLINA Columbia, S.C. 5 p.m. Beckham Field Fri. 14 at FURMAN* [Game 1] Greenville, S.C. 1 p.m. Pepsi Stadium Fri. 14 at FURMAN* [Game 2] Greenville, S.C. 3 p.m. Pepsi Stadium Sat. 15 at FURMAN* Greenville, S.C. 12 p.m. Pepsi Stadium Sat. 22 at SAMFORD* [Game 1] Birmingham, Ala. 2 p.m. Samford Softball Field Sat. 22 at SAMFORD* [Game 2] Birmingham, Ala. 4 p.m. Samford Softball Field Sun. 23 at SAMFORD* Birmingham, Ala. 2 p.m. Samford Softball Field Sat. 29 WESTERN CAROLINA* [Game 1] Macon, Ga. 1 p.m. Sat. 29 WESTERN CAROLINA* [Game 2] Macon, Ga. 3 p.m. Sun. 30 WESTERN CAROLINA* Macon, Ga. 1 p.m. Wed. 3 ALABAMA STATE Macon, Ga. 5 p.m. SOUTHERN CONFERENCE TOURNAMENT Wed. 10 TBA Chattanooga, Tenn. TBA Thurs. 11 TBA Chattanooga, Tenn. TBA Fri. 12 TBA Chattanooga, Tenn. TBA Sat. 13 TBA Chattanooga, Tenn. TBA All Times Eastern. All dates and times subject to change. * - denotes Southern Conference game. 4
2016 STATISTICS OVERALL 23-35 HOME 11-11 AWAY 6-14 NEUTRAL 6-10 SOCON 4-14 BATTING - FIELDING # Player AVG GP GS AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI TB SLG% BB HBP SO GDP OB% SF SH SB ATT PO A E FLD% 3 Taylor Miller.414 57 57 191 36 79 0 1 0 17 81.424 8 2 18 0.443 0 4 26 31 92 0 1.989 5 Natalie Shiver.325 58 58 166 30 54 6 0 7 40 81.488 23 2 22 0.407 3 1 5 5 216 30 5.980 2 Shaila Warren.312 58 58 154 26 48 4 0 4 21 64.416 14 3 27 0.378 1 2 8 10 114 68 17.915 44 Meghan Rud.309 58 58 191 41 59 3 4 1 22 73.382 23 1 34 0.386 0 4 21 24 100 10 3.973 16 Quirisa Mauga.264 57 57 163 30 43 10 1 7 29 76.466 15 8 17 0.351 2 0 0 0 55 96 9.944 0 Megan Lane.240 49 41 121 19 29 5 0 1 16 37.306 16 1 28 0.331 1 1 6 6 31 2 3.917 7 Emma Andrew.232 57 57 155 29 36 4 1 5 25 57.368 9 2 34 0.281 1 0 4 6 103 96 20.909 23 Lindsay Boynton.219 46 32 96 24 21 4 1 6 28 45.469 20 3 30 0.367 1 0 4 4 0 0 0.000 6 Maxine Rodriguez.190 58 58 137 12 26 9 0 1 26 38.277 17 4 19 1.296 1 2 1 1 244 36 7.976 10 Taylor Rodgers.290 35 12 62 3 18 5 0 0 10 23.371 3 1 5 0.324 2 0 0 0 10 2 0 1.000 77 Kaytlin Haney.211 44 31 71 10 15 3 0 1 9 21.296 10 2 7 0.321 1 4 1 1 41 2 2.956 42 Jaya Alaan.192 24 3 26 5 5 2 0 1 4 10.385 3 1 10 0.300 0 1 0 1 2 0 0 1.000 8 Catie Josselet.000 16 0 3 5 0 0 0 0 0 0.000 0 0 1 0.000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000 17 Katie Petersen.000 24 16 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000 0 0 0 0.000 0 0 0 0 109 2 5.957 Totals.282 58 58 1538 270 433 55 8 34 247 606.394 161 30 252 1.358 13 19 76 89 1127 388 77.952 Opponents.292 58 58 1550 296 453 70 4 76 272 759.490 154 37 195 5.368 9 35 37 48 1133 437 66.960 LOB - Team (360), Opp (363). DPs turned - Team (21), Opp (14). IBB - Team (1), Shiver 1. Picked off - Lane 2, Rud 1. PITCHING # Player ERA W L APP GS CG SHO CBO SV IP H R ER BB SO 2B 3B HR AB B/Avg WP HBP BK SFA SHA 6 Maxine Rodriguez 3.80 7 8 22 16 7 1 0 0 92.0 101 72 50 46 39 13 0 16 376.269 7 5 1 1 7 12 Anna O Neill 3.81 4 8 22 12 6 1 0 1 82.2 101 55 45 28 71 18 1 13 340.297 3 12 0 2 11 11 Megan Bilgri 4.25 8 9 29 16 10 2 0 0 112.0 133 72 68 27 42 19 2 30 459.290 3 4 0 2 8 21 Jill McElderry 5.23 4 10 24 14 4 0 0 0 83.0 103 82 62 43 42 14 1 16 341.302 5 16 0 4 8 20 Ginny Hearn 14.37 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 6.1 15 15 13 10 1 6 0 1 34.441 1 0 0 0 1 Totals 4.43 23 35 58 58 27 4 0 1 376.0 453 296 238 154 195 70 4 76 1550.292 19 37 1 9 35 Opponents 4.06 35 23 58 58 33 7 0 1 377.2 433 270 219 161 252 55 8 34 1538.282 23 30 2 13 19 PB - Team (7), Shiver 7, Opp (10). Pickoffs - Team (1), Shiver 1, Opp (3). SBA/ATT - Shiver (37-48), O Neill (11-16), McElderry (11-13), Rodriguez (7-10), Bilgri (8-9). 5
2016 SOCON STATISTICS OVERALL 4-14 HOME 1-8 AWAY 3-6 BATTING - FIELDING # Player AVG GP GS AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI TB SLG% BB HBP SO GDP OB% SF SH SB ATT PO A E FLD% 3 Taylor Miller.406 18 18 64 11 26 0 0 0 3 26.406 2 0 4 0.424 0 0 6 8 39 0 0 1.000 5 Natalie Shiver.358 18 18 53 11 19 0 0 3 16 28.528 5 1 6 0.417 1 0 2 2 57 6 2.969 2 Shaila Warren.340 18 18 47 9 16 2 0 1 6 21.447 3 1 7 0.392 0 0 2 3 33 15 4.923 16 Quirisa Mauga.265 18 18 49 8 13 3 0 4 11 28.571 6 2 7 0.368 0 0 0 0 20 23 2.956 44 Meghan Rud.254 18 18 59 12 15 0 2 0 2 19.322 5 1 13 0.323 0 2 4 5 35 4 2.951 7 Emma Andrew.234 17 17 47 9 11 1 0 1 7 15.319 2 1 10 0.275 1 0 0 1 34 24 6.906 6 Maxine Rodriguez.220 18 18 41 1 9 1 0 0 11 10.244 4 0 8 0.289 0 0 1 1 64 10 1.987 23 Lindsay Boynton.132 16 12 38 6 5 0 0 1 4 8.211 5 0 17 0.227 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.000 10 Taylor Rodgers.321 15 6 28 2 9 3 0 0 7 12.429 2 0 2 0.355 1 0 0 0 10 2 0 1.000 77 Kaytlin Haney.286 15 10 28 4 8 2 0 0 3 10.357 4 1 1 0.394 0 0 0 0 15 2 1.944 0 Megan Lane.200 12 9 25 3 5 0 0 0 0 5.200 3 0 7 0.286 0 0 1 1 8 0 1.889 42 Jaya Alaan.000 5 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000 0 0 2 0.000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000 8 Catie Josselet.000 6 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0.000 0 0 1 0.000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000 17 Katie Petersen.000 9 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000 0 0 0 0.000 0 0 0 0 28 0 2.933 Totals.280 18 18 485 79 136 12 2 10 70 182.375 41 7 85 0.343 4 2 16 21 345 104 23.951 Opponents.315 18 18 483 111 152 23 0 33 106 274.567 58 13 49 0.400 4 13 6 7 354 140 21.959 LOB - Team (106), Opp (115). DPs turned - Team (5), Opp (1). Picked off - Rud 1. PITCHING # Player ERA W L APP GS CG SHO CBO SV IP H R ER BB SO 2B 3B HR AB B/Avg WP HBP BK SFA SHA 11 Megan Bilgri 4.93 2 5 10 8 4 1 0 0 44.0 56 33 31 13 13 8 0 15 183.306 2 2 0 1 5 21 Jill McElderry 5.04 0 4 10 2 0 0 0 0 25.0 32 26 18 15 14 4 0 6 102.314 1 5 0 2 4 6 Maxine Rodriguez 5.46 2 3 9 7 3 0 0 0 33.1 39 31 26 18 14 3 0 10 136.287 4 4 0 1 2 12 Anna O Neill 10.00 0 2 4 1 0 0 0 0 7.0 14 10 10 4 7 3 0 2 34.412 1 2 0 0 1 20 Ginny Hearn 12.35 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 5.2 11 11 10 8 1 5 0 0 28.393 1 0 0 0 1 Totals 5.78 4 14 18 18 7 1 0 0 115.0 152 111 95 58 49 23 0 33 483.315 9 13 0 4 13 Opponents 3.56 14 4 18 18 13 2 0 1 118.0 136 79 60 41 85 12 2 10 485.280 5 7 0 4 2 PB - Team (2), Shiver 2, Opp (3). Pickoffs - Team (1), Shiver 1, Opp (1). SBA/ATT - Shiver (6-7), Bilgri (3-3), McElderry (3-3), O Neill (0-1). 6