Mavs and Huskers Battle in Lincoln on Tuesday at N
Mar 18, 2013 | General, Softball
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The UNO softball team makes the short trip to Lincoln on Tuesday for a 3 p.m. game against Nebraska at Bowlin Stadium. The game was originally scheduled for 5 p.m. but has now been moved to 3 p.m. Links to live video (subscription), live audio and live stats are available at OMavs.com. The game is the first of a home-and-home series for the Mavs and Huskers. NU will travel to Omaha on March 26 to play the Mavericks in the return game.
Series History
UNO leads the all-time series, 15-13, since softball became a sanctioned sport at Nebraska in 1976. Nebraska beat UNO twice last season in the first meetings since 1982, winning 2-1 in Lincoln and 1-0 (8 inn.) in Omaha. The Mavericks are 7-6 against the Huskers in Lincoln and 6-6 against NU in Omaha. The teams were originally scheduled to play in Omaha on March 12, but that game was postponed to March 26 because of wet field conditions at Westside Field at Westbrook throughout the week.
The Teams
The Mavs are off to a 22-2 start, marking the best start since the 2002 season when the Mavs began 25-2. The Mavs opened their season with eight straight wins and also boast a nine-game win streak this year, the longest since a 12-game win streak in late March and early April of 2011. UNO's scheduled home series against North Dakota State this past weekend was canceled due to wet field conditions, so the Mavs have not played a game since March 10.
Nebraska (18-5) is coming off a two-game sweep at home over New Mexico State and has now won seven games in a row. The final game of the series was canceled on Saturday because of cold weather. The Huskers received 21 votes in last week's NFCA Top 25 Poll, putting them in a tie for 26th. The Huskers' series with New Mexico State over the weekend was their first at home. All five of Nebraska's losses this season are to ranked opponents. The Huskers notched a 1-0 victory over No. 1 Oklahoma on March 2, the Sooners' only defeat of the season so far.
Last Time Out
The Mavs won their third tournament title this season with a perfect 5-0 record at the Tennessee State Tiger Classic in Nashville, Tenn., March 8-10. UNO outscored its five opponents (Indiana, Saint Louis, Alabama State, Tennessee State and Mississippi Valley) 33-1. Dana Elsasser was named the tournament MVP after pitching three complete-game shutouts in all three of her starts. Elsasser threw 19.0 innings of shutout softball and allowed just seven hits and three walks while striking out 23. She held her opponents to a .103 batting average and improved to 13-2 on the season with a 1.52 ERA. In addition to Elsasser, Molly Negrete, Campbell Ditto and Allie Mathewson all were selected to the all-tournament team. Kat Barrow returned to the circle for the first time since Feb. 15 because of an injury. Barrow threw a 5.0-inning complete-game shutout in a 9-0 win over Saint Louis on Friday. Barrow allowed just three hits in her return to the circle.
Up Next
After 25 straight games away from home to begin the season, the Mavs are scheduled to host Fort Wayne this weekend in their home opener and first Summit League series. The Mavs and Mastodons are scheduled for a 2 p.m. and 4 p.m. doubleheader on Friday and the series finale on Saturday at Noon.
About the Mavericks
• Leadoff hitter Allie Mathewson paces the Mavs with a .398 batting average, nine home runs, 27 RBIs, five doubles, five triples and 27 runs scored. She has a team-best .904 slugging percentage.
• Junior Amber Lutmer has a .328 batting average with 10 home runs and 34 RBIs. Lutmer also has four doubles and one triple.
• Molly Negrete hits a team-high .402 with two home runs, 21 RBIs, seven doubles, one triple and 17 runs scored.
• The Mavs' have gotten big contributions from two of their freshmen. Catcher Campbell Ditto hits .359 with seven doubles, four triples, three homers, 15 RBIs and 25 runs scored. Ditto is an athletic catcher, going 5-for-5 on the basepaths so far this season. Second baseman Tara Trede is hitting .373 with one triple and 15 runs scored.
• In the circle, junior ace Dana Elsasser leads the Mavs with a 13-2 record and 1.52 ERA, along with two saves. Elsasser has 12 complete games and seven shutouts, along with a combined shutout. Sophomore Kat Barrow and senior Ashton Hughes are a combined 9-0 for the Mavs.
Scouting Nebraska
• Dawna Tyson leads the Huskers at the plate with a .385 average and three home runs with 11 RBIs. Brooke Thomason hits .378 with a team-high five doubles, five home runs and 23 RBIs. Taylor Edwards (.314) also has five home runs to go with 22 RBIs. Tatum Edwards and Emily Lockman rotate in the circle for the Huskers. Edwards is 11-4 with a 1.92 ERA and has five shutouts. Lockman is 7-1 with a 1.36 ERA and three shutouts. Danica Bishop has appeared four times in relief, posting a 1.91 ERA and one save.
Mavs in The Summit League
• UNO leads The Summit League in runs per game (6.38), triples (12), home runs (28), batting average (.318), on-base percentage (.408) and slugging percentage (.534). The Mavs have also been hit by a league-high 15 pitches.
• The Mavs' pitching staff has a conference-best 1.59 ERA and has the second-best opponent batting average against (.209).
Mavs in the NCAA
• In all of Division I, Amber Lutmer is T-4th in home runs with 10. Allie Mathewson is T-12th with nine. Lutmer is also T-4th with 34 RBIs.
• Dana Elsasser is T-15th with two saves. She is T-5th with 13 wins in the circle.
• Allie Mathewson is T-2nd in Division I with five triples, and her slugging percentage (.904) ranks 17th.
• UNO ranks T-31st with a .318 batting average and is 17th with a .534 slugging percentage.
• The Mavs' pitching staff ranks 18th with a 1.59 ERA. Meanwhile, the Omaha offense ranks 28th with 6.38 runs per game.
• The Mavs are 11th in the nation with 28 home runs and are T-2nd with 12 triples. No team with more home runs than UNO has more than 10 triples, and nine of the 10 teams with more home runs have seven or fewer triples.
Climbing the School Record Charts
• Junior Amber Lutmer ranks second in school history with 32 career home runs. Leslie Svoboda (2005-08) holds the school record with 44 career homers.
• Lutmer is 13th in career RBIs with 119. Svoboda also holds that record with 192.
• Senior Lindsay Redding is tied for 12th in career stolen bases with 40. Toni Novak (1994-97) holds the record with 113 career steals.
• Sophomore Tonya Peterson ranks tied for third in school history with 17 times hit by pitch. The school record is 22, set by Tiffany Jones from 1999-2002.
• Junior pitcher Dana Elsasser has a career ERA of 1.23, which ranks sixth in school history.
• Elsasser's career opponent batting average of .199 ranks second all-time.
Elsasser Earns Third Summit League Honor
UNO pitcher Dana Elsasser was named Summit League Pitcher of the Week for the third time this season, the conference office announced on March 11. Elsasser pitched three complete-game shutouts in all three of her starts on the weekend to lead the Mavericks to a perfect 5-0 record at the Tennessee State Tiger Classic. Elsasser was named the tournament MVP following the weekend. She threw 19.0 innings of shutout softball and allowed just seven hits and three walks in 68 at-bats against while striking out 23. The right-handed hurler fanned a career-high nine batters in a two-hitter against Indiana. In an 11-0 run-rule vs. Tennessee State the Hershey, Neb., native struck out eight in five innings of work. In her final start of the weekend against Mississippi Valley, she threw her second two-hitter of the tournament, striking out six more in a 2-0 win. She held her opponents to a .103 batting average and is now 13-2 on the season with a 1.52 ERA for the 22-2 Mavericks. Elsasser has garnered three awards in five weeks this season, and she now has seven career weekly conference pitching awards.
Mathewson Accomplishes Incredible Feat
Sophomore Creighton transfer Allie Mathewson made the most of her Maverick debut, hitting a leadoff home run in the first at-bat of the season for the Mavs on Feb. 8 against Iona. In fact, she enjoyed it so much that she did it again in the Mavs' second game of the season. And then again in the third game. Indeed, the Papillion-La Vista South product led off three straight games to begin the season with a home run, something that has never been done before in school history. She ended the UNCW Beach Blast with four home runs to her credit.
Elsasser Back in Circle after Stellar Sophomore Season
Although just a junior, pitcher Dana Elsasser has already established herself as one of the all-time great pitchers in UNO history. Elsasser posted a 1.07 ERA as a sophomore in 2012, which ranked second among all Division I pitchers. Her 23 earned runs allowed were the fewest among any Division I starting pitcher who pitched at least 150.0 innings last season.
Mathewson A Welcome Addition
The Mavericks got some good news in the offseason when Creighton standout Allie Mathewson decided to transfer to UNO after playing one season with the Bluejays. As a freshman, Mathewson hit .339 while starting all 54 games in the outfield or at first base. She earned All-Missouri Valley Conference Second-Team honors after hitting five home runs and seven doubles while scoring a team-high 44 runs. She also stole a team-best 13 bases in 16 attempts.
Welcome to The Summit League
The UNO softball team begins its first season in The Summit League in 2013 after a 24-18 record last year in its first Division I season. The Mavs were a one-year member of the Great West Conference last year with Houston Baptist, North Dakota and Utah Valley. UNO went 3-3 in conference games and finished third at the conference tournament. The Mavericks begin Summit League competition on March 15 with a home doubleheader against North Dakota State. Each Summit League series is three games with a doubleheader scheduled for the first day of each series. The Mavs will play one series against all eight opponents for 24 conference games. UNO cannot qualify for The Summit League Championship until 2016.
Mavs Picked Fifth in Summit League Poll
The Mavs were picked to finish fifth out of nine teams in The Summit League Preseason Poll, voted on by the league's nine head coaches. The Mavericks, newcomers to The Summit League this season, received 38 points in the poll. Four-time defending champion North Dakota State was picked to win the league again this season with 64 points and eight first-place votes. Fort Wayne tallied 56 points and received the other first-place vote, as coaches were not allowed to vote for their own teams. Western Illinois came in third with 46 points, while Kansas City came in fourth with 40 points to barely edge the Mavericks. Following UNO in sixth was South Dakota (28), with IUPUI (26), South Dakota State (17) and Oakland (9) rounding out the poll. The top four teams in the regular season standings, excluding the Mavericks, will compete for The Summit League Softball Championship at the Ellig Sports Complex in Fargo, N.D., May 9-11. The tournament champion earns the league's automatic bid to the NCAA Softball Tournament.
Live Video
Live Audio
Live Stats
The UNO softball team makes the short trip to Lincoln on Tuesday for a 3 p.m. game against Nebraska at Bowlin Stadium. The game was originally scheduled for 5 p.m. but has now been moved to 3 p.m. Links to live video (subscription), live audio and live stats are available at OMavs.com. The game is the first of a home-and-home series for the Mavs and Huskers. NU will travel to Omaha on March 26 to play the Mavericks in the return game.
Series History
UNO leads the all-time series, 15-13, since softball became a sanctioned sport at Nebraska in 1976. Nebraska beat UNO twice last season in the first meetings since 1982, winning 2-1 in Lincoln and 1-0 (8 inn.) in Omaha. The Mavericks are 7-6 against the Huskers in Lincoln and 6-6 against NU in Omaha. The teams were originally scheduled to play in Omaha on March 12, but that game was postponed to March 26 because of wet field conditions at Westside Field at Westbrook throughout the week.
The Teams
The Mavs are off to a 22-2 start, marking the best start since the 2002 season when the Mavs began 25-2. The Mavs opened their season with eight straight wins and also boast a nine-game win streak this year, the longest since a 12-game win streak in late March and early April of 2011. UNO's scheduled home series against North Dakota State this past weekend was canceled due to wet field conditions, so the Mavs have not played a game since March 10.
Nebraska (18-5) is coming off a two-game sweep at home over New Mexico State and has now won seven games in a row. The final game of the series was canceled on Saturday because of cold weather. The Huskers received 21 votes in last week's NFCA Top 25 Poll, putting them in a tie for 26th. The Huskers' series with New Mexico State over the weekend was their first at home. All five of Nebraska's losses this season are to ranked opponents. The Huskers notched a 1-0 victory over No. 1 Oklahoma on March 2, the Sooners' only defeat of the season so far.
Last Time Out
The Mavs won their third tournament title this season with a perfect 5-0 record at the Tennessee State Tiger Classic in Nashville, Tenn., March 8-10. UNO outscored its five opponents (Indiana, Saint Louis, Alabama State, Tennessee State and Mississippi Valley) 33-1. Dana Elsasser was named the tournament MVP after pitching three complete-game shutouts in all three of her starts. Elsasser threw 19.0 innings of shutout softball and allowed just seven hits and three walks while striking out 23. She held her opponents to a .103 batting average and improved to 13-2 on the season with a 1.52 ERA. In addition to Elsasser, Molly Negrete, Campbell Ditto and Allie Mathewson all were selected to the all-tournament team. Kat Barrow returned to the circle for the first time since Feb. 15 because of an injury. Barrow threw a 5.0-inning complete-game shutout in a 9-0 win over Saint Louis on Friday. Barrow allowed just three hits in her return to the circle.
Up Next
After 25 straight games away from home to begin the season, the Mavs are scheduled to host Fort Wayne this weekend in their home opener and first Summit League series. The Mavs and Mastodons are scheduled for a 2 p.m. and 4 p.m. doubleheader on Friday and the series finale on Saturday at Noon.
About the Mavericks
• Leadoff hitter Allie Mathewson paces the Mavs with a .398 batting average, nine home runs, 27 RBIs, five doubles, five triples and 27 runs scored. She has a team-best .904 slugging percentage.
• Junior Amber Lutmer has a .328 batting average with 10 home runs and 34 RBIs. Lutmer also has four doubles and one triple.
• Molly Negrete hits a team-high .402 with two home runs, 21 RBIs, seven doubles, one triple and 17 runs scored.
• The Mavs' have gotten big contributions from two of their freshmen. Catcher Campbell Ditto hits .359 with seven doubles, four triples, three homers, 15 RBIs and 25 runs scored. Ditto is an athletic catcher, going 5-for-5 on the basepaths so far this season. Second baseman Tara Trede is hitting .373 with one triple and 15 runs scored.
• In the circle, junior ace Dana Elsasser leads the Mavs with a 13-2 record and 1.52 ERA, along with two saves. Elsasser has 12 complete games and seven shutouts, along with a combined shutout. Sophomore Kat Barrow and senior Ashton Hughes are a combined 9-0 for the Mavs.
Scouting Nebraska
• Dawna Tyson leads the Huskers at the plate with a .385 average and three home runs with 11 RBIs. Brooke Thomason hits .378 with a team-high five doubles, five home runs and 23 RBIs. Taylor Edwards (.314) also has five home runs to go with 22 RBIs. Tatum Edwards and Emily Lockman rotate in the circle for the Huskers. Edwards is 11-4 with a 1.92 ERA and has five shutouts. Lockman is 7-1 with a 1.36 ERA and three shutouts. Danica Bishop has appeared four times in relief, posting a 1.91 ERA and one save.
Mavs in The Summit League
• UNO leads The Summit League in runs per game (6.38), triples (12), home runs (28), batting average (.318), on-base percentage (.408) and slugging percentage (.534). The Mavs have also been hit by a league-high 15 pitches.
• The Mavs' pitching staff has a conference-best 1.59 ERA and has the second-best opponent batting average against (.209).
Mavs in the NCAA
• In all of Division I, Amber Lutmer is T-4th in home runs with 10. Allie Mathewson is T-12th with nine. Lutmer is also T-4th with 34 RBIs.
• Dana Elsasser is T-15th with two saves. She is T-5th with 13 wins in the circle.
• Allie Mathewson is T-2nd in Division I with five triples, and her slugging percentage (.904) ranks 17th.
• UNO ranks T-31st with a .318 batting average and is 17th with a .534 slugging percentage.
• The Mavs' pitching staff ranks 18th with a 1.59 ERA. Meanwhile, the Omaha offense ranks 28th with 6.38 runs per game.
• The Mavs are 11th in the nation with 28 home runs and are T-2nd with 12 triples. No team with more home runs than UNO has more than 10 triples, and nine of the 10 teams with more home runs have seven or fewer triples.
Climbing the School Record Charts
• Junior Amber Lutmer ranks second in school history with 32 career home runs. Leslie Svoboda (2005-08) holds the school record with 44 career homers.
• Lutmer is 13th in career RBIs with 119. Svoboda also holds that record with 192.
• Senior Lindsay Redding is tied for 12th in career stolen bases with 40. Toni Novak (1994-97) holds the record with 113 career steals.
• Sophomore Tonya Peterson ranks tied for third in school history with 17 times hit by pitch. The school record is 22, set by Tiffany Jones from 1999-2002.
• Junior pitcher Dana Elsasser has a career ERA of 1.23, which ranks sixth in school history.
• Elsasser's career opponent batting average of .199 ranks second all-time.
Elsasser Earns Third Summit League Honor
UNO pitcher Dana Elsasser was named Summit League Pitcher of the Week for the third time this season, the conference office announced on March 11. Elsasser pitched three complete-game shutouts in all three of her starts on the weekend to lead the Mavericks to a perfect 5-0 record at the Tennessee State Tiger Classic. Elsasser was named the tournament MVP following the weekend. She threw 19.0 innings of shutout softball and allowed just seven hits and three walks in 68 at-bats against while striking out 23. The right-handed hurler fanned a career-high nine batters in a two-hitter against Indiana. In an 11-0 run-rule vs. Tennessee State the Hershey, Neb., native struck out eight in five innings of work. In her final start of the weekend against Mississippi Valley, she threw her second two-hitter of the tournament, striking out six more in a 2-0 win. She held her opponents to a .103 batting average and is now 13-2 on the season with a 1.52 ERA for the 22-2 Mavericks. Elsasser has garnered three awards in five weeks this season, and she now has seven career weekly conference pitching awards.
Mathewson Accomplishes Incredible Feat
Sophomore Creighton transfer Allie Mathewson made the most of her Maverick debut, hitting a leadoff home run in the first at-bat of the season for the Mavs on Feb. 8 against Iona. In fact, she enjoyed it so much that she did it again in the Mavs' second game of the season. And then again in the third game. Indeed, the Papillion-La Vista South product led off three straight games to begin the season with a home run, something that has never been done before in school history. She ended the UNCW Beach Blast with four home runs to her credit.
Elsasser Back in Circle after Stellar Sophomore Season
Although just a junior, pitcher Dana Elsasser has already established herself as one of the all-time great pitchers in UNO history. Elsasser posted a 1.07 ERA as a sophomore in 2012, which ranked second among all Division I pitchers. Her 23 earned runs allowed were the fewest among any Division I starting pitcher who pitched at least 150.0 innings last season.
Mathewson A Welcome Addition
The Mavericks got some good news in the offseason when Creighton standout Allie Mathewson decided to transfer to UNO after playing one season with the Bluejays. As a freshman, Mathewson hit .339 while starting all 54 games in the outfield or at first base. She earned All-Missouri Valley Conference Second-Team honors after hitting five home runs and seven doubles while scoring a team-high 44 runs. She also stole a team-best 13 bases in 16 attempts.
Welcome to The Summit League
The UNO softball team begins its first season in The Summit League in 2013 after a 24-18 record last year in its first Division I season. The Mavs were a one-year member of the Great West Conference last year with Houston Baptist, North Dakota and Utah Valley. UNO went 3-3 in conference games and finished third at the conference tournament. The Mavericks begin Summit League competition on March 15 with a home doubleheader against North Dakota State. Each Summit League series is three games with a doubleheader scheduled for the first day of each series. The Mavs will play one series against all eight opponents for 24 conference games. UNO cannot qualify for The Summit League Championship until 2016.
Mavs Picked Fifth in Summit League Poll
The Mavs were picked to finish fifth out of nine teams in The Summit League Preseason Poll, voted on by the league's nine head coaches. The Mavericks, newcomers to The Summit League this season, received 38 points in the poll. Four-time defending champion North Dakota State was picked to win the league again this season with 64 points and eight first-place votes. Fort Wayne tallied 56 points and received the other first-place vote, as coaches were not allowed to vote for their own teams. Western Illinois came in third with 46 points, while Kansas City came in fourth with 40 points to barely edge the Mavericks. Following UNO in sixth was South Dakota (28), with IUPUI (26), South Dakota State (17) and Oakland (9) rounding out the poll. The top four teams in the regular season standings, excluding the Mavericks, will compete for The Summit League Softball Championship at the Ellig Sports Complex in Fargo, N.D., May 9-11. The tournament champion earns the league's automatic bid to the NCAA Softball Tournament.
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