Bowling Green State University Athletics
Friday, May 6
Bowling Green, OH
3:00 PM
Bowling Green State University
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Ohio
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Falcons Host Bobcats on Final Weekend of Regular Season
May 05, 2016 | Softball
BGSU's six seniors will be recognized before Saturday's twinbill
| T H I S Â W E E K Â I NÂ Â F A L C O N Â S O F T B A L L | ||||
| BGSU vs. Ohio (DH) | Friday, May 6 | Meserve Field | 3:00 p.m. | Live Stats | |
| BGSU vs. Ohio | Saturday, May 7 | Meserve Field | 1:00 p.m. | Live Stats | |
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LEADING OFF
The Bowling Green State University softball team will close the 2016 schedule and honor the program's seniors this weekend. First-year head coach Sarah Willis and the Falcons will face Ohio University in a three-game Mid-American Conference series, beginning with a 3:00 p.m. doubleheader on Friday (May 6) at Meserve Field.
Then, the Falcons and Bobcats will meet in a Saturday (May 7) single game. The game is tentatively scheduled to begin at 1:00 p.m.*, and Saturday will be 'Senior Day' for the BGSU program, as the team's six seniors will be recognized in ceremonies prior to the first game of the day. Admission to all home BGSU softball action is free.
* NOTE: Start time for Saturday's game could be moved to earlier in the day, depending upon the weather forecast. Check back to BGSUFalcons.com Friday evening for the latest information
QUOTING COACH WILLIS
"We are looking forward to ending our season on a winning note and honoring our seniors the right way. These six individuals have played a big part in creating the culture and starting the process that will continue next year. This program is going to do great things in the future, and we want to thank the 2016 seniors for their hard work and their efforts in beginning our climb."
FOLLOW THE FALCONS
If you can't make it to Meserve Field, there are still a number of ways you can follow the Falcons. All three of this weekend's games vs. Ohio will have live stats available, and in-game updates for all BGSU action, both at home and on the road, can be found at @BGSUSoftball on your twitter machine. To follow the Falcons, simply log on to BGSUFalcons.com and click the 'calendar' link on the day of the game, or navigate your way to the softball page for any and all available links.
THANKS, SENIORS
Saturday, as mentioned, will be Senior Day for the BGSU softball program. The Falcons' six seniors – Marina Cobbs, Braiden Dillow, Molly Holliday, Chandler Scott, Marisa Shook and Katie Turski – will be recognized in on-field ceremonies prior to Saturday's game. A quick look at each of those seniors...
SENIOR OUTFIELDER MARINA COBBS
Cobbs came to BGSU after two stellar seasons at Tallahassee Community College. She started all 48 of BG's games last spring, in her first season on campus, and has started 86 of the Falcons' 99 total games since she arrived in Northwest Ohio. Cobbs has hit .260 with a .306 on-base percentage, 33 runs scored and 22 RBI during that time, and she has stolen 12 bases in 14 attempts as a Falcon.
SENIOR PITCHER/DP BRAIDEN DILLOW
Dillow has been the Falcons' top pitcher as well as BGSU's top hitter in MAC play this season. She has started 10 of the Falcons' 20 conference games this year to date, with six complete games in those 10 starts. She batted sparingly in her first two-plus seasons, but started the last five games of 2015 as the designated player, and hit .462, including what proved to be the winning homer in the final game of the year. This season, she is batting .318 overall, and is hitting a team-leading .373 in MAC play.
SENIOR OUTFIELDER MOLLY HOLLIDAY
Holliday came to BGSU after two years at Weatherford College, where she helped the team to 72 wins and set the single-season record for stolen bases. She started all 48 games last season, leading the Falcons and ranking 12th in the MAC with a .354 batting average. She was seventh in the league in stolen bases. This year, she again leads the Falcons in steals, and has topped her 2015 totals in runs scored and runs batted in. She has a career batting average of .309 as a Falcons, and has started 96 of the Falcons' 99 games in that time.
SENIOR INFIELDER CHANDLER SCOTT
Scott has seen occasional duty for the Falcons since arriving at BGSU in 2012-13. She started a pair of games as a freshman, with a career-high 11 at-bats in that 2013 season. Scott had an on-base percentage of .286 as a sophomore, with a pair of walks in seven plate appearances, and she also drew a walk in a pinch-hitting appearance during the Falcons' four-run sixth-inning in a come-from-behind win at Akron a week and a half ago (April 24).
SENIOR OUTFIELDER MARISA SHOOK
Shook has been one of the Falcons' top performers this season. One of two Falcons to start all 51 games, she leads the team in runs scored, RBI, doubles, homers, on-base percentage and slugging pct. Shook has 12 doubles and eight homers this season, and has obliterated her season-best totals in nearly every offensive category. She was named MAC Player of the Week earlier this season, and was one of three finalists for BGSU's Female Senior Scholar-Athlete-of-the-Year award at The Ziggys, BGSU's Athletics Honors Night, last week.
SENIOR PITCHER KATIE TURSKI
Turski came to BGSU after a record-setting tenure at Owens Community College. She was named the conference pitcher of the year in her only spring with the Express, and is ranked among the top-five players in school history in career wins, appearances and complete games. She has seen spot duty during her BGSU career, having appeared in seven games in relief during her first two-plus years. She had an earned-run average of just 1.50 in the 2014 season for the Falcons.
ABOUT THE FALCONS
• The Falcons are 18-33 on the season, and BGSU is 6-14 in MAC play. This weekend's Ohio series will conclude the 2016 campaign for the Brown and Orange.
• The Falcons are 3-8 at home, 5-15 on the road and 10-10 in neutral-site games this season to date. In MAC play, BGSU is 2-7 at Meserve Field, and the Brown and Orange finished 4-7 in road games.
• BGSU played in no fewer than six tournaments in as many weekends to open the 2016 campaign. The Brown and Orange participated in events in Cleveland; Kennesaw, Ga.; Mobile, Ala.; Towson, Md.; Clearwater, Fla.; and Bloomington, Ind.
• BGSU has scored 197 runs and allowed 283 this season to date. The Falcons have a team batting average of .259, while the opponents are hitting .290 entering the weekend.
• Two Falcons – senior Marisa Shook and junior Haley Schrock – have started all 51 games this season. Redshirt sophomore Chelsea Raker has made 49 starts, while senior Molly Holliday has started 47 games and true soph Katee Hinkle 46. Sophomore Morgan Evangelista and senior Marina Cobbs have made 39 and 37 starts, respectively.
• Schrock has assumed the team batting lead. She is hitting .322 on the year, and also leads the Falcons in hits (48). Schrock, who has made starts at four different positions this season, is second on the team in at-bats (149) and on-base percentage (.386) and ranks third in total bases, extra-base hits and slugging pct.
• Senior Braiden Dillow is hitting .318 on the year. Dillow has started 30 games this spring, including each of the last 21 contests, and has 13 runs scored and 11 RBI. She is hitting .373 in MAC games, leading the team and ranking eighth in the entire league.
• Shook, who is hitting .293, paces the team in a plethora of categories, including runs scored (30), doubles (12), homers (eight), RBI (30), total bases (79), on-base pct. (.388) and slugging pct. (.537). She is tied for the BG lead in walks (21) and ranks third in hits (43).
• Raker is hitting .291 on the season. She, like Shook, has 21 walks this season, and Raker ranks second on the club in hits (44), extra-base hits (14), homers (five), RBI (22), total bases (69) and slugging pct. (.457), Raker has played in all but two games this year after missing all of last season due to injury.
• Both Shook and Raker have been named MAC Player of the Week once this season to date.
• Sophomore Kayla Gregory, after playing in just three of BGSU's first 22 games (all off the bench), has started each of the last 29 contests and is batting .280 on the season. Holliday is batting .264 and is second on the team with 22 runs scored. She leads the Falcons with seven stolen bases.
• Schrock is hitting .300 in MAC games, while Evangelista leads BG and is in the top 15 in the conference in RBI, with 13 in league contests.
• All five pitchers on the BGSU roster, including two freshmen, have seen action this spring. First-year Falcon Kiley Sosby has a team-low earned-run average of 3.85, and also leads the hurlers in appearances (25), games started (20), innings pitched (103 2/3), wins (nine) and strikeouts (92). She is 9-7 on the season and has allowed opponents to bat just .232 against her.
• Dillow has a 4.67 ERA and ranks second on the Falcons with six wins. She has a team-high nine complete games, including three in as many starts last week. Dillow has throw 99 innings this spring, and has started 10 of BG's 20 MAC games in the circle.
• Junior Briana Combs has an ERA of 4.75 in 66-plus innings of work. Combs has four complete games among her 13 starts.
• Freshman Brooke Parker has a 5.50 ERA and has 20 appearances in the circle this season (Sosby has 25, Dillow 23 and Combs 22). Parker leads the team with 18 relief appearances, and has the team's lone save. Senior Katie Turski has appeared in three games in relief this spring.
• A total of 22 different players have seen action, with 18 of those 22 making at least two starts this season.
• Last year, the Falcons finished with an overall record of 20-28, and BGSU went 8-14 in MAC play to place fifth in the league's East Division.
SCOUTING OHIO
• Ohio has an overall record of 30-21, and the Bobcats have a MAC record of 11-9 heading into the BGSU series this weekend.
• The 'Cats have won five of the last seven games, and Ohio has won each of the last two series, having captured two of three games from both Miami and Buffalo over the last two weekends.
• Redshirt sophomore Taylor Saxton is hitting .370 this year to date, and is one of five players who has scored 20 or more runs for the Bobcats. She paces the team with 60 hits and 35 stolen bases, leading the MAC in the latter category.
• Sophomore Mikayla Cooper is batting .336 and leads the team in homers (nine), RBI (33), total bases (81) and slugging pct. (.579).
• In the circle, redshirt junior Savannah Jo Dorsey is 20-11 with an ERA of just 1.68. She leads the entire nation with 293 strikeouts, and is seventh in the country in both strikeouts per seven innings (10.0) and fewest hits allowed per seven innings (3.86). Dorsey has allowed opponents to hit just .159 against her, leading the MAC in that as well as many other categories.
• Head coach Jodi Hermanek welcomed back five staters from last year's team. In 2015, Ohio finished 15-32 overall and went 7-11 in MAC play.
THE SERIES
BGSU leads Ohio, 55-46, in the all-time series between the teams, and the Falcons won the most recent meeting. The teams are meeting at Meserve Field for the second-straight season. Last year, the teams split a doubleheader in Northwest Ohio, with the Bobcats taking the opener, 7-3, before BG battled back for a 7-2 victory in the nightcap (April 17, 2015). Amanda Durham's two-run homer broke a scoreless tie in the fourth inning of game two. The teams have split their last 10 meetings. All time, the Falcons are 27-17 at home, 19-23 on the road and 9-6 in neutral-site matchups with Ohio.
THE FALCONS & THE MAC
BGSU has been eliminated from Mid-American Conference Tournament contention after last weekend's losses to league-leading Kent State, along with other results around the league, put BG three games out of the eighth and final spot with three games to play. Even if the BGSU sweeps Ohio this weekend, the Falcons can not rise higher than ninth in the standings. Eight teams will qualify for the double-elimination tournament, which begins Wednesday (April 11) at Firestone Stadium in Akron, Ohio. The complete standings, along with each team's remaining MAC schedule, can be found below...
MAC STANDINGS & REMAINING SCHEDULE
   Team (Overall)       W-L(-T)  Pct.   Remaining MAC Series*
 1.  Kent State (32-18)    14-6    .700   vs. Akron
 2.  Miami (27-21)       12-7    .632   at BuffaloÂ
 3.  Northern Ill. (32-16)   12-8    .600   vs. CMUÂ
 4.  Akron (28-21-1)      10-8-1   .553   at Kent State
 5.  Ohio (30-21)       11-9    .550   at BGSUÂ
 6.  Central Mich. (22-24-1)  9-10-1  .475   at NIUÂ
 7.  Western Michigan (18-26)  9-10   .474   vs. EMUÂ
 8.  Buffalo (15-34)      9-11   .450   vs. MiamiÂ
   Eastern Michigan (19-29)  9-11   .450   at WMUÂ
   Toledo (18-31)       9-11   .450   vs. Ball State
11. Â Ball State (22-29) Â Â Â Â 8-13 Â Â .381 Â Â at ToledoÂ
12. Â Bowling Green (18-33) Â Â 6-14 Â Â .300 Â Â vs. OhioÂ
* each series is three games – a Friday single game & a Saturday DH
FALCON NOTES
• Nine different players have homered this season, tying the school record. Nine BGSU players also hit at least one round-tripper in 1999, 2006 and 2013.
• Senior Marisa Shook has 12 doubles, eight homers and 30 RBI this season. Last year, no Falcon had more than 10 doubles or 28 RBI. In fact, no BGSU player has pounded out more two-base hits since Paige Berger had 17 in 2012. And, no Falcon has surpassed 30 RBI since Katie Yoho had 38 and Chelsea Raker 30 in 2014.
• Senior Braiden Dillow hit .200 through the first month of the season, but is batting .354 (23-for-65) since March 23.
• Raker has reached base 57.1 percent of the time when leading off an inning this season. She has gotten on base 12 times in 21 such situations. Dillow, Shook and sophomore Katee Hinkle also have had success when leading off an inning. Dillow has reached base 10 times in 21 opportunities (47.6%), while Shook is 19-of-42 (45.2%) and Hinkle 13-of-29 (44.8%).
• Senior Molly Holliday is batting .405 (15-for-37) with runners in scoring position, while Shook is hitting .370 (20-of-54).
• The Falcons have been outscored in each of the first four innings this season, but BGSU has scored 106 runs and allowed 67 in innings five through seven. BG has a whopping 56-26 advantage in runs scored in the sixth inning.
• Raker leads the Falcons with 12 multiple-hit games this season to date, while junior Haley Schrock has 11, Shook nine and Dillow, Holliday and sophomore Kayla Gregory seven apiece. Shook has a team-high 10 multiple-RBI games.
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