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Iowa State Travels To Fullerton For Easton Invitational
03.14.2019 | Softball
CYCLONE NOTEBOOK
1. The Iowa State softball team (13-9) is headed back to California for the second-straight week to compete in the Easton Invitational, hosted by Cal State Fullerton. The Cyclones will take on DePaul, Boston, Harvard, College of Charleston and Long Beach State at the tournament.
2. ISU will be hoping to build off its best showing of the season at last week's ShareSLO Mustang Classic in Sal Luis Obispo, Calif. The Cyclones went 4-1 on the weekend, including a three-game sweep of host Cal Poly. It was ISU's first 4-1 showing at a non-conference tournament since March 16-18, 2018 at the Marucci Desert Classic.
3. Iowa State junior Sami Williams made history on day one of the ShareSLO Mustang Classic, hitting her school record-breaking 42nd career double. Williams, now ISU's all-time leader, broke the previous program record of 41 set by Lexi Slater (2012-15).
4. Williams continues to climb the ISU career record charts during her junior campaign. The native of Laguna Niguel, Calif., is already No. 2 on Iowa State's all-time list in batting average (.377), No. 1 in doubles (42) and No. 7 in home runs (24). Williams currently ranks No. 2 in the Big 12 in doubles per game at .36.
5. Senior hurler Emma Hylen also placed her name atop the ISU record books, picking up the ISU record-tying seventh save of her career on March 10 vs. Cal Poly. Hylen was excellent at the tournament, going 2-0 with a save and a 1.02 ERA in 13.2 innings of work at the tournament. Hylen is now tied with Rachel Zabriskie (2008-11) atop ISU's career saves list.
6. Logan Schaben had perhaps the best outing of her collegiate career in the Mustang Classic finale vs. Cal Poly. The junior infielder went 2-of-4 at the plate with two home runs, setting new career-high's with four RBI's and three runs scored to lead the Cyclones past the Mustangs, 8-2. It was the first multi-home run game of her career and the first by a Cyclone since March 13, 2018 (Williams vs. UT Arlington).
7. Freshman Shannon Mortimer once again went 2-0 on the weekend, picking up wins over Utah State and Cal Poly. The Cyclone newcomer's season ERA is down to 2.05 after allowing just one earned run in 13.1 innings of work at the Mustang Classic. Mortimer is now 4-0 with a 0.80 ERA and two complete game victories over the past two weeks.
8. The Cyclone defense turned in yet another strong showing this weekend, as they continue to show marked improvement this season under head coach Jamie Pinkerton and assistant Courtney Martinez, who has been charged with tutoring the infield. The Cyclones turned in a .981 fielding percentage over the weekend, good for No. 2 in the Big 12 during that span. Iowa State's overall fielding percentage this season is .974, up from .956 a season ago. The Cyclones have already turned 10 double plays in 22 games after turning 17 all of last season.
9. Kaylee Bosworth is known for being among the Big 12's best defensive catchers, but she has turned in a career-best year so far at the plate. The senior from Manvel, Texas has the second-best slugging percentage on the team at .474 and is hitting .364 with a team-best 10 RBI's over the past 10 games.
10. Williams is coming off a Second Team All-Big 12 season in which she hit .388 (No. 6 single-season batting average in school history), to go with 12 home runs and 14 doubles. Williams was named to the 2018 Google Cloud Academic All-America Division I Softball Team, selected by the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA). Williams maintained a 4.0 GPA in software engineering.
11. Iowa State hit a single-season school record 45 home runs in 2018, breaking the previous program mark of 40 set during Pinkerton's first stint at Iowa State as an assistant coach in 2013. Williams led the way with 12 homers on the year, as ISU returns 36 of its 45 dingers from a season ago.
12. The Cyclones aren't strangers to playing in hostile environments, as just seven of ISU's last 78 contests have been played at home, dating back to 2018. ISU was the only Power 5 program in the nation that played fewer than 12 home games in 2018, and tied for No. 7 nationally in NCAA DI for fewest total home games played.
COMPLETE GAME NOTES
For complete game notes, click here (PDF).
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