2013 ETBU Softball Championship Guide4All-Americans .................................... 24Taylor Field ....................................... 34ASC Championships ............................ 44National Champions .......................... 54Janae Shirley...................................6-74Guy Shirley, Bill Galloway ............... 84Mug Shots/Roster ............................ 94Player Bios ..................................10-2742012 Infographic ............................. 28

Inside Back Cover ... ‘12 ASC ChampionsBack Cover .......................... Lya SwanerFront Cover ......... 7 ASC Championships

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4 ETBU Alumnus (2005)4 2008 - present4 All-Time ETBU Wins Leaders (203)4 2010 National Championship4 2010 NFCA National Coach of the Year4 4 NCAA Tournament Appearances4 2 ASC Championships4 2 NFCA All-Americans4 3 Academic All-Americans4 1 NCAA Regional Championship4 1 ASC East Divisional Championship4 1 ASC Female Athlete of the Year4 NFCA Top 25 Program4 Ranked 9th in Final 2013 NFCA Poll

J a n a e S h i r l e yHead Coach

6th Yearjshirley@etbu.edu

903.923.2240

Janae Shirley is ETBU softball and has carried on the tradition she played for and now has inherited as a coach. In six years leading the program she has led ETBU to new heights winning the NCAA Division III National Championship in 2010, playing in four NCAA Tournaments, and winning two American South-west Conference championships.

Winning the program’s seventh ASC Championship in 2013, Shirley con-tinues to have one of the best pro-grams in the nation. ETBU claimed the 2013 ASC Championship in style sweeping through the bracket going 4-0 with two wins over then #1 Texas-Tyler. The final victory of the tournament to take the cham-pionship was her 200th career win. ETBU then went 3-2 in the NCAA Division III Tyler Regional tourna-ment falling in the championship game. With a final record of 37-12 ETBU finished ranked ninth in the fi-nal NFCA National Poll as they were ranked for 12 straight weeks. Over-all, ETBU played 16 games against ranked opponents and went 10-6 as nine of those games came against top 10 opponents.

Shirley’s finest season came in 2010 with an unbelievable run through the NCAA Tournament to win ETBU’s first-ever NCAA Division III national championship. Playing out of the loser’s bracket of the regional tour-nament, ETBU went on an eight-game winning streak to take the national championship. ETBU won

four straight in the regional tourna-ment, defeating host Louisiana Col-lege two games straight, and then tore through the championship tour-nament going 4-0. In the 5-4 win over Linfield for the national cham-pionship, they came from behind to pull off what became a Cinderella season with a walk-off single in the bottom of the seventh inning.

In six years, she has won two American Southwest Conference championships in 2011 and 2013. ETBU won the ASC East Division Championship in 2011 and then went 4-1 in the ASC Tournament playing through the loser’s bracket for the championship. After fall-ing to Texas-Tyler, ETBU defeated Mississippi College, 6-1, and then won two straight games over Texas-Tyler, 8-0, and 4-3. The 2013 cham-pionship mimicked a lot of the 2011 championship only ETBU went 4-0 in the tournament. Shelby Parker threw a perfect game for the first win over Howard Payne, 8-0, and then came from behind for a 3-1 win over #20 Texas Lutheran. ETBU then defeated #1 Texas-Tyler, 10-9, and 6-2, for the championship.

Shirley’s teams have made four NCAA Tournament appearances in 2009, 2010, 2011, and 2013. She has posted a 14-7 record in those four appearances winning a re-gional title and a national champion-ship. ETBU hosted the 2009 West Regional Tournament while being the #1 seed. In six years, ETBU has

also been nationally ranked reach-ing #1 in the nation in 2009. They were ranked all of the 2011 season and for 12 straight weeks in 2013.

A part of the ETBU program since 2003, Shirley started out in the program as a player and then be-came an assistant coach. She was a member of the 2003, 2004 and 2005 teams winning two ASC Championshis and playing in two NCAA regional tournaments. She then became an assistant coach for two years in 2006 and 2007 before taking over the program in 2008.

Along with winning, her program has set high academic standards. She has had two players voted CoSIDA Academic All-Americans, three ASC Softball Distinguished Scholar-Athletes, and numerous ASC All-Academic team members. Both Lya Swaner and Ashton Brey have earned the ASC’s nomination for NCAA Female Athlete of the Year in 2012 and 2013.

Six years later, Shirley has the ETBU softball program back where it was in the early 2000s and geared up for more success to come.

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ETBU AWARDS SINCE 2000495 ........All-ASC East Division Players45 ............ ASC East Player of the Year45 ...... ASC East Newcomer of the Year43 .......ASC East Freshmen of the Year43 ............. ASC East Coach of the Year41 ...........ASC East Pitcher of the Year49 ............................. All-ASC Selections41 ....ASC Overall Athlete of the Year427 ......NFCA All-West Region Players48 ...........................NFCA All-Americans

ETBU PROGRAM NUMBERS SINCE 20004461 .....................................................Wins4250 ........................................... ASC Wins46 .....................ASC East Championships414 ..............Straight ASC Tournaments47 .......ASC Tournament Championships47 ..............................NCAA Tournaments41 ..... NCAA West Region Championship41 ........... NCAA National Championship44 .......#1 National Ranking in the Poll48 .................. Top 10 National Rankings

ETBU ACADEMIC AWARDS490 ....... ASC Academic All-Conference selections (since 2002)44 .......CoSIDA Academic All-Americans44 .......Distinguished Scholar-Athletes

UNDER JANAE SHIRLEYAll-Americans4Lacy Liles (2013)4Ayrika Henderson (2010)

Academic All-Americans4Lya Swaner (2013)4Ashton Brey (2011, 2012)

ASC Tournament MVPs4Lya Swaner (2013)4Lauren McCurry (2011)

ASC Female Athlete of the Year4Ayrika Henderson (2010)

ASC Distinguished Scholar-Athlete4Lya Swaner (2013)4Ashton Brey (2011, 2012)4Adrienne Meier (2010)

ASC Nominee for NCAA Female of the Year4Lya Swaner (2013)4Ashton Brey (2012)

UNDER JANAE SHIRLEY4NCAA National Champions - 2010

By the YearsYear Record ASC Place ASC Tournament NCAA Tournament2013 37-12 18-6 2nd (E) Champions (4-0) #5 seed (3-2)2012 25-17 14-10 t2nd (E) 2-2 N/A2011 36-9 17-5 1st (E) Champions (4-1) #1 seed (0-2)2010 40-12 16-8 3rd (E) 2-2 National Champions (9-1)2009 39-9 21-3 1st (E) 2-2 #1 seed (2-2)2008 26-15 14-10 3rd (E) 1-2 N/ATotal 203-74 100-42 15-9 14-7(E) - ASC East Division

NCAA Tournament Date Year Team W/LMay 12 2013 Texas-Tyler L, 7-6 (9)May 12 2013 Redlands W, 5-3May 11 2013 Texas-Tyler L, 4-1May 11 2013 Redlands W, 1-0May 10 2013 Claremont-Mudd-Scripps W, 3-0May 13 2011 Mississippi College L, 5-2May 13 2011 Claremont-Mudd-Scripps L, 6-1May 24 2010 Linfield W, 5-4 $May 23 2010 Linfield W, 6-2 $May 22 2010 Christopher Newport W, 4-2 $May 21 2010 Moravian W, 8-4 $May 17 2010 Louisiana College W, 2-0May 16 2010 Louisiana College W, 3-1May 16 2010 Southwestern W, 3-1May 15 2010 Texas-Tyler W, 4-3May 15 2010 Southwestern L, 3-2May 14 2010 Mississippi College W, 3-1May 9 2009 Linfield L, 2-1May 9 2009 Texas-Tyler L, 1-0May 8 2009 Louisiana College W, 1-0May 7 2009 Claremont-Mudd-Scripps W, 9-0$ - NCAA Championship Tournament (Wisconsin)

4NCAA Tournament - 2009, 2010, 2011, 2013

4ASC Champions - 2011, 2013

4NFCA National Coaching Staff of the Year - 2010

4ETBU All-Time Wins Leader - 2013200th win on April 27th over #1 Texas-Tyler for ETBU’s 7th ASC Tournament Championship

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Bill GallowayAssisstant Coach10th Year

4Indiana Alumnus (1978)4Pitching Coach4NFCA Hall of Fame (2001)4Former Louisiana Tech head coach4Former Texas A&M Head Coach4934 Career Wins as a Head Coach48 NCAA Division I Tournament Appearances45th Place Finish in 1983 World Series411 All-American Players420 Years as a Head Coach4Won 30 or More Games in 16 Seasons

Guy ShirleyAssisstant Coach5th Year

4ETBU Alumnus (2001)4Played baseball at ETBU4Coached since 20084All-District Player at Marshall HS4East Texas All-Star Game Selection4Marshall, Texas native

wgalloway@etbu.edu903.923.2240

etbusoftball@etbu.edu903.923.2240

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No. Name Pos. Ht. Cl.-Exp Hometown (Last School)1 Kayla Garcia OF 5’5” So.-1L Navasota, Texas (Navasota HS)2 Amanda Fiveash P/UTL 5’8” Fr.-HS Carrollton, Texas (Prince of Peace Christian HS)3 Lacy Liles UTL 5’7” Jr.-1L Elysian Fields, Texas (Stephen F. Austin Univ.)4 Sara Clements OF 5’6” So.-1L Pearland, Texas (Pearland HS)6 Maranda Westbrook INF 4’10” So.-1L Rusk, Texas (Rusk HS)7 Lya Swaner C 5’4” Sr.-3L St. Paul, Texas (Wylie HS)8 Jessica Delgado INF 5’8” So.-1L Arlington, Texas (Martin HS)9 Jordan Bullard UTL 5’3” So.-1L Mesquite, Texas (John Horn HS)10 Alyssa Romero OF 5’5” Jr.-2L Humble, Texas (Atascocita HS)11 Stacie Pilkington OF 5’7” Fr.-HS Friendswood, Texas (Pearland HS)12 Logan Gardner INF 5’6” Jr.-Tr. Texarkana, Ark. (Arkansas HS/Texarkana College)13 Christy Dowdy UTL 5’3” So.-1L Conroe, Texas (Conroe HS)14 Mallory Westbrook UTL 5’2” So.-1L Rusk, Texas (Rusk HS)15 Kelsey DeCarolis INF 5’5” Fr.-HS Lake Jackson, Texas (Brazoswood HS)16 Shelby Parker P 5’8” So.-1L Brazoria, Texas (Columbia HS)17 Shelby Phillips P 5’6” So.-Tr. Nederland, Texas (Angelina College)18 Holly Hitzeman INF 5’9” Jr.-Tr. Chino Hills, Calif. (Chino Hills HS/Midland College)20 Tawny Hank INF 5’6” Jr.-Tr. Fort Worth, Texas (W.E. Boswell HS/Grayson CC)21 Bailey Alanis UTL 5’4” Fr.-HS Elgin, Texas (Elgin HS)25 Lauren Fedor P 5’6” So.-1L Canton, Texas (Canton HS)26 Kelly Jo McLendon UTL 6’0” Fr.-HS Livingston, Texas (Livingston HS)Head Coach: Janae Shirly (6th season) Assistants: Bill Calloway, Guy Shirley, Ashton Brey

4Kayla Garcia

Navasota, Tx

#1

4Amanda Fiveash

Carrollton, Tx

#2

4Lacy Liles

Elysian Fields, Tx

#3

4Sara Clements

Pearland, Tx

#4

4Maranda Westbrook

Rusk, Tx

#6

4Lya Swaner

St. Paul, Tx

#7

4Jessica Delgado

Arlington, Tx

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4Jordan Bullard

Mesquite, Tx

#9

4Alyssa Romero

Humble, Tx

#10

4Stacie Pilkington

Friendswood, Tx

#11

4Logan Gardner

Texarkana, AR

#12

4Christy Dowdy

Conroe, Tx

#13

4Mallory Westbrook

Rusk, Tx

#14

4Kelsey DeCarolis

Lake Jackson, Tx

#15

4Shelby Parker

Brazoria, Tx

#16

4Shelby Phillips

Nederland, Tx

#17

4Holly Hitzeman

Chino Hills, CA

#18

4Tawny Hank

Fort Worth, Tx

#20

4Bailey Alanis

Elgin, Tx

#21

4Lauren Fedor

Canton, Tx

#25

4Kelly Jo McLendon

Livingston, Tx

#26

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7LYA SWANERSenior 6 Catcher 6 St. Paul, Texas4CoSIDA Academic All-American (2013)4ASC Tournament MVP (2013)4ASC Softball Distinguished Scholar Winner4ASC Nominee for NCAA Woman of the Year4ASC Medal of Honor Winner4CoSida Academic All-District 1st Team42-time All-ASC East43-time ASC All-Academic4NFCA All-West Region (2011)4ETBU’s Top Tiger Award (2013)4ETBU SAAC President43rd All-Time in Games Played (179)4Honor’s Student (double major)4ETBU Dean’s List4NCAA Tournament (2010, 2011, 2013)4ASC Champions (2011, 2013)4ASC East Divisional Champions (2011)4NCAA National Champions (2010)

2013 (senior)CoSIDA Academic All-American 3rd team...ASC Distinguished Scholar winner for softball..ASC’s Medal of Honor winner...ASC’s nominee for NCAA Woman of the Year...Finished 3rd all-time in games played (179) and fifth in steals (51)...ASC Tourna-ment MVP...All-ASC second-team...CoSIDA Aca-demic All-District first-team...Started and played in 47 games at catcher...Second on the team in steals with 16...Batted .326 with 42 hits scoring 29 times...Produced 17 RBI and six doubles...Sac-rificed her at-bat 20 times – 17 sacrifice hits and three sacrifice flies...Collected two or more hits in seven games...Recorded four hits and five RBI in NCAA Tournament going 2-of-3 vs. Redlands with two RBI in elimination game...Tied career-high of three hits vs. Texas Lutheran in ASC Tournament on April 25th...Went 6-of-12 in ASC Tournament with four runs scored and one RBI...Produced ca-reer-high three RBI vs. Mississippi College (March 16)...Had a nine-game hitting streak from March 2-16...Set career-high of five at-bats vs. Mary Har-din-Baylor on March 2nd...Batted in game-winning run vs. Mississippi College in bottom of 7th inning on April 2nd as ETBU won, 4-3.

2012 (junior)Played in 37 games starting 34 behind the plate...Batted .250 with seven RBI and two doubles...Had

a .300 on-base percentage and .274 slugging per-centage...Scored 16 times and had 12 stolen bas-es...Recorded 129 put outs, 21 assists, and only two errors..Had two or more hits in three games...Set career-high of three hits vs. LeTourneau (April 21) going 3-of-3 with two runs scored...Collected two hits vs. Sul Ross State (March 3) and Ozarks (April 5)...Scored three times vs. Sul Ross State for a career-high...Stole two bases vs. Ozarks (April 5)...Only struck out six times in 84 at-bats picking up 21 hits...Had 12 put outs vs. Centenary (April 1).

2011 (sophomore)Second-team NFCA All-West Region...All-ASC East honorable mention...Member of ASC Tour-nament Championship and NCAA Tournament team...ASC All-Academic Team and Dean’s List...Finished as team’s batting leader with a .407 aver-age...Played in 43 games, with 42 starts in team’s total of 45 games...Had at least two hits in a game 12 times...Hit safely in 30 of 43 games played...Season-high three hits twice...Finished third on the team in hits, with 44...Was also second on the team in stolen bases, with 14...Went 2-of-3 with a double vs. Mary Hardin-Baylor (February 22) and vs. Trinity (February 26)...Was 3-of-3 with a run scored and two stolen bases vs. Chapman (March 26)...Went 2-of-4 with an RBI and two stolen bas-

es in NCAA Regional opener vs. Mississippi Col-lege (May 13)

2010 (freshman)Started and caught every game as a freshman on 2010 NCAA National Championship team...Dean’s List with Honors...Hit .271 with 35 hits and 19 runs scored...Had season-high three hits vs. Texas-Dallas (April 13)...Went 2-of-3 with two runs scored and an RBI vs. Wisconsin-Eau Claire (March 13)...Scored two runs in NCAA National Tournament opener vs. Moravian (May 21)...Had a key hit and scored a run in 5-4 victory over Linfield in national championship game (May 24)

\Wylie High SchoolFour-year letter winner as a utility player...Played for Heather Damron...Four-time All-District selec-tion...Three-time All-District first-team as a sopho-more, junior and senior...All-District second-team as freshman...Four-time Hustle Award winner...All-Academic and Academic All-Distric...Earned Bir-mingham Scholar award...Member of the National Honor Society...Graduated in 2009

PersonalDaughter of Kent and Lynn Swaner...Born on January 30, 1991...Double major in biology and chemistry...President of ETBU SAAC.

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3LACY LILESJunior 6 1B 6 Elysian Fields, Texas

4NFCA All-American 2nd Team (2013)4NCAA All-Region (2013)4NFCA All-Region First Team (2013)4ASC East First Team (2013)42-time ASC East Hitter of the Week (2013)4ETBU Dean’s List4NCAA Tournament (2013)4ASC Champions (2013)

LACY LILES2013 (Junior)NFCA All-American second-team...NCAA All-Regional Tournament team...NFCA All-West Re-giona first-team...All-ASC East first-team...ASC East Hitter of the Week, twice...Led the team in batting average at .417, home runs (8), doubles (15), triples (4), runs scored (47), slugging per-centage (.743), hits (60), and RBI (47)...Had a .491 on-base percentage...In the ASC finished in 10 different categories in the top 10...Started and played in all 49 games with 144 at-bats and 60 hits...Only struck out twice in 144 at-bats...Hit eighth home run of the year in NCAA opening win over Claremont-Mudd-Scripps...Went 4-of-6 in two games vs. the Redlands in NCAA Tournament with two RBI...Had five hits and four RBI in five games in NCAA Tournament...Produced two eight-game hitting streaks...Jacked two home runs for a ca-reer high vs. Ozarks on April 5th...Recorded two or more hits in 17 games...Had three hits in five different games...In eight game hitting streak from February 16-March 8 had two hits in five straight games...In 12 games produced two or more RBI...Brought in four RBI vs. Ozarks (April 5) in 3-of-4 performance with three runs scored...Had three RBI vs. Trinity (G1-February 23)...Stole seven bases on the year...Has been walked 20 times...Scored three times in five games vs. Schreiner (March 1), Ohio Northern (March 9), LeTourneau

(G2-March 19), Ozarks (G1-April 5), and LeTour-neau (G1-April 20)...Only committed two errors on the year at first base.

2012 (sophomore)Started 38 games while playing in 39 games...Fin-ished with a .274 batting average in 113 at-bats with 31 hits...Touched home plate23 times with a .354 slugging percentage...Recorded 21 RBI, four doubles, one triple, and one home run...Was sec-ond on the team in RBI (21) and at-bats (113)...Stole four bases with career-high three vs. Texas-Dallas (March 13)...Had nine two-hit games...Hit only home run of the year vs. LeTourneau (April 21)...Posted career-high five RBI vs. LeTour-neau...Had a triple vs. Texas-Dallas (March 13)...Scored two runs in six games...Recorded 349 put-outs with only six errors...Picked up two sacrifice bunts on the year...Brought in four RBI vs. LeTour-neau (March 22)...Had three RBI vs. Ozarks (April 6) in first game of double header...Went 19 games without an error

2011 (freshman) - Stephen F. Austin UniversityPlayed in and started all 50 games...Batted .179 with seven RBI and two doubles...Posted 24 hits scoring nine times...Had a .933 fielding percent-age...Recorded three sacrifice hits and two dou-bles.

Elysian Fields High SchoolPlayed for coach Shane lettering four years...Two-time All-Harrison/Marion County...District Offen-sive Player of the Year as a junior...Newcomer of the Year...THGCA All-State honoree and named to the All-State Tournament team...In senior season was All-East Texas...Batted .427 as a junior and .379 as a senior...Set school record for hits in a single season...Helped lead team to district title as both a junior and senior...Guided team to the state championship game as a junior...In basket-ball , was a TABC All-State honoree as a senior...All-District and All-Regional in basketball...Set a school record for points in a game with 36 and points in a season with 210...Named to Academic All-District and Academic All-State team in both softball and basketball...Member of National Hon-or Society, Key Club, and Fellowship of Christian Athletes...Also participated in volleyball...Gradu-ated in 2010.

ClubPlayed with the Texas Travelers and Texas Elite...Coached by Daniel Davis

PersonalDaughter of Robin and Cindy Liles...Born on Sep-tember 13, 1992...Majoring in business...Great-Great grandmother attended ETBU.

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20TAWNY HANKJunior 6 DP/Pitcher 6 Fort Worth, Texas4ASC East “Newcomer of the Year” (2013)4All-ASC East First-Team (2013)4ASC East Hitter of the Week 4NCAA Tournament (2013)4ASC Champions (2013)

2013 (Junior)ASC East “Newcomer of the Year” (2013)...All-ASC East first-team (2013)...ASC Hitter of the Week (March 5, 2013)...Batting .356 with 37 RBI, five home runs, and eight doubles...Started and played in 48 games as designated player...Had 53 hits in 146 at-bats with 13 runs scored and three sacrifice hits...In the circle went 9-4 with a 2.68 ERA and 38 strikeouts...Had one shutout and two complete games pitched...Made 15 appear-ances with eight starts...Pitched in 60 innings giv-ing up just 23 earned runs...Recorded three hits in NCAA Tournament with one RBI...In 15 games had two or more hits...Had an eight game hitting streak from February 23-March 9...Only struck out six times in 146 at-bats...Produced three hits vs. Hardin-Simmons (March 2), Schreiner (March 1), and Louisiana College (April 16)...Set career-high of four RBI vs. Ohio Northern (March 9)...Swatted a home run in back-to-back games at ASC First-Pitch tournament vs. Mary Hardin-Baylor (March 2) and Hardin-Simmons...Has hit home runs vs. Texas-Tyler (March 21, April 26) and LeTourneau (April 20)...In 10-9 ASC Tournament win over #1 Texas-Tyler on April 26th, went 2-of-4 with two runs scored and two RBI and a home run...Pro-duced two RBI vs. Howard Payne (April 25) in

ASC Tournament opener...As a pitcher is 9-4 with a 2.68 ERA in 60 innings pitched...Has 38 strike-outs on the year with career-high six strikeouts vs. Howard Payne (March 1) and Hardin-Simmons (March 2)...Started eight games in 15 appear-ances with two complete games and one shutout.

Grayson County College2011, 2012 (freshman, sophomore)Played pitcher, first base, and utility...Coached by Theresa Barnett...Earned All-Conference honors and All Stars award...Team made it to Regionals...Team went 18-16 in sophomore season...Pitched in two games as freshman

W.E. Boswell High SchoolPlayed for Gary Wallum...Four-year All-District...3-time first-team All-District...Earned all-District sec-ond-team once...Two-year Pitcher of the Year...Dallas-Ft. Worth All Stars award...Participated in NJHS...Graduated in 2010.

PersonalDaughter of Jimmy and Lenora Hank...From Oceanside, California...Born on April 20, 1992...Majoring in Nursing.

FavoritesHobbies: SoftballTeam: Texas RangersPerson: DadExperience: College World Series – SoftballVacation: CaliforniaMovie: A League of Their OwnMusic: Rascall FlattsActor: Will FerrelAthlete: Josh Hamilton

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ALYSSA ROMERO

10ALYSSA ROMEROJunior 6 OF 6 Humble, Texas

4NFCA All-Region First Team (2013)4ASC East First Team (2013)42-time ASC All-Academic (2012, 2013)4NCAA All-Region (2011)4NCAA Tournament (2011, 2013)4ASC Champions (2011, 2013)

2013 (junior)NFCA All-Region second-team...All-ASC East first-team...Set or tied eight career highs this year...Second on the team in home runs with sev-en...Hit career high four RBI vs. Mississippi Col-lege (March 16)...Second on the team in RBI with 42...Finished batting .349 with 45 runs scored, seven doubles, and two triples...Started and played in 48 games...Had two seven-game hitting streaks...Recorded three sacrifice at-bats with one hit and two fly outs...Had 13 stolen bases and a .559 slugging percentage...Hit two triples this year with one vs. Texas-Dallas (March 25) and Ozarks (April 5)...Tied career high of three runs scored vs. Texas-Dallas (March 25)...In double header vs. Ozarks on April 5th, had a home run in each game...Last home run came on April 13 vs. Texas-Tyler...Recorded two or more hits in 13 games...Posted three hits vs. Pacific Lutheran (March 10, March 26), Texas-Dallas (March 25)...Home runs hit vs. Mississippi College (March 16), Texas-Tyler (March 21, April 21), Pacific Lutheran (March 26), Ozarks (2) (April 5), and Texas-Dallas (April 9)...Had the game winning hit vs. Louisiana College in game one win, 3-2, on March 29th...Produced only run in 1-0 win over Texas-Dallas on April 9th with home run in first at-bat.

2012 (sophomore)Started 36 games playing in 41...Started last 19 games from April 1 – April 27...Batted .229 with 13 RBI and 16 runs scored...Stole five bases...Had three doubles, one triple, and two home runs...Re-corded 19 hits in 83 at-bats...In four games had two hits...Posted two RBI vs. Centenary (April 1), Texas-Tyler (April 14), Louisiana College (April 18), and LeTourneau (April 21)...Scored twice against Texas-Tyler and LeTourneau...Hit home runs in back-to-back games vs. Texas-Tyler (April 14) and Louisiana College (April 18)...Finished the year with a .361 slugging percentage and .398 on-base percentage...Only had two errors on the field...Sacrificed her at-bats five times with four bunts and one fly out.

2011 (freshman)Member of the ASC Tournament Championship team and NCAA Tournament team...Played in 45 games and started 41...Hit .347 with two home runs and 27 RBI...Had just one error in 40 chances defensively...Posted a .471 slugging percentage which was third-highest on team...Scored 30 runs for third-highest total on team...Tied for second on team in doubles (7) and third in total bases with 57...Finished the season by hitting in seven of the final eight games, including a four-game postsea-son hitting streak...Had a season-high three hits

in a game twice...Went 2-for-3 with a triple and season-high four RBI at Millsaps College (March 12)...Doubled and drove in two RBI in her first collegiate game vs. Hardin-Simmons (February 18)...Went 2-of-3 with three RBI and a double at Millsaps (March 13)...Went 3-of-3 with an RBI at Ozarks (March 19)...Homered and drove in two RBI at Texas-Tyler (April 2)...Went 3-of-3 with two RBI vs. Texas-Tyler in ASC Tournament semifinal (April 30).

Atascocita High SchoolFour-year letterman in softball...Played for Lori Kit-trell...Four-time All-District selection...Three-time All-District first-team...Two-time Most Valuable Player...Helped team to two trips to the playoffs...Fighting Eagle Player of the Year as a freshman...Member of the National Honor Society and Fellow-ship of Christian Athletes...Graduated in 2010

ClubPlayed for the Texas Storm and Louisville Slugger team...Coached by Carla Newsome.

PersonalDaughter of Joel and Aleida Romero...Born on June 12, 1992...Double major in Education and biology.

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9JORDAN BULLARDSophomore 6 OF 6 Mesquite, Texas4ASC All-Academic Team (2012, 2013)4NCAA Tournament (2011, 2013)4ASC Champions (2011, 2013)

2013 (junior)Played in 23 games as a pinch runner and hitter...Recorded three hits on the year with one vs. Austin College (February 16), Mississippi College (March 16), and Texas Lutheran (April 25)...Crossed home plate 10 times...Scored two runs for a career-high vs. Austin College (February 16) going 1-of-1 at the plate...Was a pinch hitter and runner in the NCAA Tournament vs. Texas-Tyler (May 11, 12)...Scored as a pinch runner vs. Trinity (February 23), Pacific Lutheran (March 10), Texas-Tyler (March 21), Texas-Dallas (March 25), Louisiana College (April 16), and LeTourneau (April 20)...Lone RBI of the year came vs. Mississippi College on March 16...Only stolen base of the year came vs. Ozarks (April 6)...Finished batting .300 with one RBI.

2012 (sophomore)Made 14 appearances in the circle with four starts...Finished with a 6.12 ERA and 12 strike-outs...Walked only five batters...Pitched in 32.1 innings with a 2-1 record...Earned one save vs. Ozarks (April 5)...Longest outing was five innings vs. LeTourneau (April 21)...Started games vs. Mary Hardin-Baylor (February 23), Trinity (Febru-ary 25), Sul Ross State (March 3), and Mississippi College (April 10)...Struck out career-high seven batters vs. Sul Ross State...Pitched four or more

innings in four games...In six outings did not give up an earned run...Went to the plate once vs. Texas-Tyler (April 26) and earned first collegiate hit...Picked up wins over Sul Ross State and Le-Tourneau.

2011 (freshman)Pitched in six games and had a 3-0 record with a 1.50 ERA before suffering a season-ending in-jury...Tossed 28 innings with opponents hitting just .225 against her...Received a medical redshirt due to the injury...Tossed a complete-game victory with nine hits allowed, three earned runs and six strike-outs in a 5-3 win over Hardin-Simmons (February 18)...Allowed just two hits and struck out two in 6 2/3 innings of work in a 5-0 win over Trinity (Feb-ruary 26)...Pitched a complete-game three-hitter with three strikeouts in a 1-0 win over Texas Lu-theran (March 4).

Mesquite Horn High SchoolLettered for coach Patty Dyer...Three-time All-District selection...All-District second-team as a sophomore...All-District first-team as a junior...District Pitcher of the Year in 2010...Three-time Academic All-District...Helped team to a district championship...Team was Bi-District, area, area, and semi-finalists...Graduated in 2010.

PersonalDaughter of Jimmy and Debbie Bullard...Born on April 22, 1992...Majoring in kinesiology.

FavoritesHobbies: racquetball and riding four wheelersFood: spaghettiTeam: Texas Rangers and Dallas CowboysVacation: ColoradoTV Show: SportscenterMost Influential Person: her brotherSports Movie: A League of their OwnFamous Person Met: Troy AikmanAthlete: Tony Romo

JORDAN BULLARD

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4SARA CLEMENTSSophomore 6 OF 6 Pearland, Texas

4ASC All-Tournament (2013)4ASC All-Academic (2013)4NCAA Tournament (2013)4ASC Champions (2013)

2013 (Sophomore)ASC All-Tournament...ASC All-Academic...Fin-ished the season batting .342 with 50 hits, 11 doubles, four home runs, two triples, and 36 runs scored...Second on the team in RBI with 42...Started and played in 48 games with a .527 slug-ging percentage...Stole six bases on six tries...Was 4-of-12 in ASC Tournament with five RBI with two doubles and a home run...Had a three-run home run in ASC Championship game pro-pelling ETBU to 6-2 win over #1 Texas-Tyler...Set career-high of four RBI vs. LeTourneau (March 19) in second game...Posted three hits and one RBI in NCAA Tournament...Went seven straight games with a hit from April 13-25...In 16 games has produced two or more hits...Set career-high of three hits vs. Mary Hardin-Baylor (March 2) and LeTourneau (March 19)...Tied career-high of two stolen bases vs. Ohio Northern (March 9) at NFCA Leadoff Classic...Scored three times, twice, for a career-high vs. Ohio Northern and LeTourneau...In back-to-back series vs. Mississippi College (March 16) and LeTourneau (March 19) went 9-of-13 with nine RBI and five runs scored...Sacrificed her at-bats five times...Did not commit any errors in left field...In 11 games had two or more RBI...Brought in three runs vs. Texas-Dallas (March 25), Ozarks (April 5), and Texas-Tyler (April 27)...Re-crorded two triples.

2012 (freshman)Started 18 games playing in 29...Finished batting .262 with 10 RBI and .354 slugging percentage...Recorded 17 hits in 65 at-bats...Scored nine times and had three stolen bases...Did not have any errors in the outfield...First collegiate start came on March 17 vs. Mississippi College going 1-of-3...First collegiate game was on February 25 vs. Trinity (TX) as a pinch runner...Started 11 straight games from April 5-23...Hit first collegiate home run vs. Texas-Tyler on April 14...Collected career-high three RBI vs. Texas-Tyler...Posted two hits vs. LeTourneau (March 22), Centenary (April 1), and Louisiana College (April 18)...Recorded seven put-outs as an outfielder...Played one game as the catcher vs. Centenary...Touched home plate twice vs. Ozarks and LeTourneau (April 21)...Had a .284 on-base percentage...Hit three doubles on the year vs. Mississippi College (April 10), LeTour-neau (April 21), and Hardin-Simmons (April 26).ClubPlayed for the Aces Express Gold...Coached by David McCorkle.

Pearland High SchoolEarned four letters in softball under coach Laneigh Clark...Was a centerfielder...Team won the 2010 Texas 5A State Championship...Won back-to-back district championships in 2009 and 2010...In 2009

team played in the Texas 5A state championship game as a finalist...Team was a Texas 5A State semi-finalist in 2011...Two-time All-District...All-District second team as a senior...All-District hon-orable mention in sophomore year...Named 2011 high school Academic All-American...Team’s de-fensive player of the year as a senior...As a soph-omore and senior earned the Oiler Pride Award...Named team’s most improved player as a sopho-more...Graduated in 2011.

PersonalDaughter of Clint and Becky Clements...Born on September 25, 1992...Majoring in athletic training.

FavoritesHobbies: reading, going shopping, hanging out with friendsFood: her mother’s lasagnaTeam: Houston TexansFavorite Person: Grandma Sara CookSports Experience: winning the Texas 5A State Championship in 2010Prized Possession: her state championship ringSports Movie: Remember the TitansAthlete: JJ Watt

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8JESSICA DELGADOSophomore 6 3B 6 Arlington, Texas4ASC East Honorable Mention (2012)4NCAA Tournament (2013)4ASC Champions (2013)

2013 (medical redshirt)Played in 10 games before an injury ended her season...Batted .286 with five RBI and a double...Started all 10 games with 21 at-bats with six hits...Went 2-of-4 with four RBI in game two vs. Austin College (February 16)...Recorded a RBI vs. Trinity (February 23).

2012 (freshman)ASC East honorable mention...Started 27 games playing in 29 games...Second on the team in bat-ting at .333 and doubles (5)...Recorded 10 RBI and had a .406 slugging percentage...Had 31 putouts and eight errors...Scored nine times and had 28 total bases...First collegiate start came on March 2 vs. Concordia-Texas going 1-of-2 with a double...Set career high of three hits, twice, vs. Texas-Dallas (March 24) and Howard Payne (April 27)...Went 3-of-3 vs. Texas-Dallas and Howard Payne...Brought in career-high four RBI vs. How-ard Payne...Had two RBI vs. LeTourneau (April 21) in game two...Recorded two or more hits in six games...First collegiate RBI came vs. Ozarks on April 6.

ClubPlayed for the Mizuno Impulse...Coached by Alex LaToya.

Arlington Martin High SchoolLettered four years in softball...Played for coach Cathy Rudy...Earned four All-District awards...Three-time All-District as a sophomore, junior and senior...All-District second-team as a fresh-man...Won two Golden Glove awards...Two-time team offensive player of the year...Named All-Star MVP...MVP of the ASA Nationals first-bracket game...Team defensive player of the year...Three-time Academic All-District...Graduated in 2011

PersonalDaughter of Pablo and Elvia Delgado...Born on April 16, 1993...Majoring in criminal justice.

FavoritesHobbies: drawing and going swimmingTeam: Dallas Stars, Dallas Cowboys, Texas Rang-ers, Dallas MavericksVacation: Eagle PassMost Influential Person: her parentsSports Movie: Remember the TitansAthlete: Pudge Rodriguez

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13CHRISTY DOWDYSophomore 6 UTL/P 6 Conroe, Texas

4ASC All-Academic (2013)4NCAA Tournament (2013)4ASC Champions (2013)

2013 (sophomore)Played in nine games – two as a pitcher and seven as a pinch hitter...Made one inning pitching ap-pearances vs. Austin College (February 16) and Schreiner (March 1)...Finished with a 3.50 ERA in two innings of work with one earned run...Didn’t give up a hit in two appearances...Earned a RBI vs. Ozarks (April 6)...Walked and had a stolen base vs. Mississippi College (April 2)...Produced a sacrifice bunt vs. LeTourneau on April 20...Was the winning run scored vs. #10 Central (March 8) in the NFCA Top 25 Tournament...Did not record a batting average and had hone sacrifice hit.

2012 (freshman)Participated in four games with two at-bats...Grounded out and walked in her two at-bats...Was a pinch runner vs. Centenary (April 1) and scored...Played third base one half inning vs. Sul Ross State (March 3) in first collegiate action...On-base percentage is .500

Conroe High SchoolFour-year letter man in softball playing third base, short stop, and pitching...Played for Rachel What-ley...Four-time All-District...Was second-team All-District, team MVP and team captain as a senior in 2011...Second-team All-District in 2009 and 2010...As a freshman named All-District honorable mention (2008)...Also participated in volleyball...Graduated in 2011

ClubPlayed for Hit Away Gold club...Coached by Dee Lindley.

PersonalDaughter of Chris and Vickie Dowdy...Born on Au-gust 5, 1993...Majoring in business marketing.

FavoritesHobbies: listening to music, hanging out with friends, crafts, being outsideFood: steakTeam: Houston TexansBook: The Great GatsbyVacation: ColoradoTV Show: Duck DynastyMost Influential Person: her parentsFamous Person Met: Josh AbbottFavorite Sports Movie: Remember the Titans, Glory RoadMusic: Josh Abbott BandAthlete: JJ Watt

CHRISTY DOWDY

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1KAYLA GARCIASophomore 6 OF 6 Navasota, Texas4NFCA All-Region Third Team (2013)4ASC East Honorable Mention (2013)4ASC East First Team (2012)4NCAA Tournament (2013)4ASC Champions (2013)

2013 (Sophomore)NFCA All-Region third-team...All-ASC East honor-able mention...Started and played all 49 games in the outfield...Batted .366 and led the team with 164 at-bats and tied for hits (60)...Second on the team in batting average, doubles (12), and triples (3)...Was third on the team in stolen bases with 15...Produced a .494 slugging percentage and scored 37 times...Collected a hit in four of the five games in the NCAA Tournametn with one RBI...Had a double in the NCAA Regional Champion-ship game vs. Texas-Tyler (May 12)...Went 7-of-14 in ASC Tournament with two RBI, a double, and a three runs scored...Was 2-of-3 in the ASC Tour-nament Championship game vs. #1 Texas-Tyler with two RBI, a double, and one run scored...In 16 games has had two or more hits...Hit only home run of the year vs. Howard Payne on March 1st...Produced three hits vs. Texas-Dallas (March 25), Mississippi College (April 2), Louisiana College (April 16), and Texas-Tyler (April 26)...Stole career high two bases in three games vs. Mississippi Col-lege (March 16, April 2) and Texas-Dallas (March 25)...Started the season on an eight-game hitting streak...Recorded a 10-game hitting streak from April 6-25...Only has three errors on the year...Finished in four categories in the ASC top 10...Set career high of five at-bats, twice, against Texas-Dallas (March 25) and Texas-Tyler (April 26).

2012 (freshman)Started and played in 41 games with a .361 bat-ting average...Led the team in batting average, RBI (27), hits (43), at-bats (119) and doubles (11)...Earned first collegiate hit in first collegiate start vs. Mary Hardin-Baylor (February 23)...Fin-ished with 10 stolen bases and eight walks...Had four sacrifice bunts...On the field only had three errors...Went to the plate 119 times and had 43 hits scoring 25 times...Had a .521 slugging per-centage and .402 on-base percentage...Had two or more hits in nine games with three hits in four games...Hit in career-high five RBI vs. Centenary (March 6) going 3-of-4 with a double...Ended the season on a five-game hitting streak...Had a three RBI game vs. Sul Ross State (March 3) going 3-of-3 with a double...Swatted two home runs on the year against Texas-Dallas (March 13) and Pacific Lutheran (March 27)...Went 3-of-4 in three games vs. Centenary (March 6, April 1) and Mary Hardin-Baylor (April 27).

Navasota High SchoolFour-year letter winner in softball...Coached by Lisa Marek...Three-time All-District and All-Confer-ence...Two-time Texas All-State...Texas All-State honorable mention in 2011 as a utility player...All-Brazos Valley and All-District first-team as a se-nior...Second-team All-Brazos Valley in 2010 and honorable mention in 2009...All-District first-team in freshmen year...All-Academic as a freshman...Lettered two years in track...Texas State qualifier in track as a freshman...Graduated in 2011.

PersonalDaughter of Sam and Mary Garcia...Born on May 10, 1993...Undecided in major...Sister, Erin, is a senior at ETBU and was a member of the 2010 national championship team.

FavoritesHobbies: playing ping pong

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16SHELBY PARKERSophomore 6 Pitcher 6 Brazoria, Texas

4NFCA All-Region Second Team (2013) 4NCAA All-Region (2011, 2013)4All-ASC East First Team (2013)4ASC All-Tournament (2011, 2013)4NCAA Tournament (2011, 2013)4ASC Champions (2011, 2013)4Perfect Game vs. Howard Payne (April 25, 2013)

2013 (Sophomore)NCAA All-Region...NFCA All-Region second-team...All-ASC East first-team...ASC All-Tourna-ment...Finished with a 1.87 ERA to lead the team while recording 139 strikeouts...Pitched in 146.1 innings starting 25 games and recording a 16-4 re-cord...Shutout nine teams in 27 appearances with 18 complete games...Went 3-1 in NCAA Tourna-ment with two shutouts over #13 Claremont-Mudd-Scripss (3-0; May 10) and #17 Redlands (1-0; May 11)...In 30 innings pitched in NCAA Tournament recorded 19 strkeouts and started tournament with 19 straight shutout innings...In 3-0 win over Claremont-Mudd-Scripps only allowed one hit with tournament high seven strikeouts...Only walked two batters in four appearances in NCAA Tourna-ment...Threw a five-inning perfect game vs. How-ard Payne in opening game of ASC Tournament (April 25)...Pitched complete game vs. #1 Texas-Tyler in ASC Championship game for 13th win of the year giving up just five hits and two earned runs...Set career-high of 12 strikeouts vs. Ozarks (April 5) and Howard Payne (April 25)...Pitched 16 innings in ASC Tournament going 2-0 with 13 strikeouts.

2011 (Freshman)Apart of ASC Tournament Championship Team and NCAA Tournament...ASC All-Tournament

Team...Made 26 appearances in the circle with 22 starts...Finished with a 2.83 ERA and 14-3 re-cord...Recorded five shutouts over Mary Hardin-Baylor (March 5), Millsaps (March 13), Texas-Ty-ler (April 2, April 30), and LeTourneau (Apil 16)...Posted 100 strikeouts in 123.2 innings pitched...Walked only 27 batters...First collegiate win came on March 5 vs. Howard Payne going 5.2 innings winning 12-3...Pitched a one-hit shutout vs. Mary Hardin-Baylor for first collegiate shutout...Struck out career-high 11 batters vs. LeTourneau (April 16)...Earned one save vs. Texas-Tyler (April 2) in game two going 2.2 innings...Led team in strike-outs (100) and wins (14).

Columbia High SchoolPlayed for Shelly Murphy...Earned All-District hon-ors...Named All-District Pitcher of the Year...Par-ticipated in Cross Country...Graduated in 2010.

PersonalDaughter of Scott and Debbie Parker...From Bra-zoria, Texas...Born on July 8, 1992...Majoring in Athletic Training

FavoritesHobbies: Softball and racquetballTeams: Houston Texans and AlabamaPerson: Christy DowdyAthlete: JJ Watt

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17SHELBY PHILLIPSSophomore 6 Pitcher 6 Nederland, Texas4NCAA Tournament (2013)4ASC Champions (2013)

2013 (Sophomore)Started eight games with 15 appearances...Went 4-2 with a 3.50 ERA...Recorded 19 strikeouts in 34 innings pitched...Earned a win over #3 Texas-Tyler (March 21) throwing a complete game giving up three hits in 3-2 win...Earned wins over Texas-Ty-ler, Schreiner (March 1), Pacific Lutheran (March 10), and Mississippi College (April 2)...Has only walked eight batters

Angelina College2012 (freshman)Pitched for coach Chrystal Vega...Recorded 58 strikeouts in 138 innings pitched...Recorded a 3.20 ERA in 24 appearances...Finished with a 12-7 record.

Nederland High SchoolPlayed for Sissy Yeaman...Earned Two-time All-District Pitcher and Beaumont Enterprise Super Gold 2nd Team award...Participated in National Honor Society...Graduated in 2011.

PersonalDaughter of Jeff and Teena Phillips...From Ned-erland, Texas...Born on May 26, 1993...Majoring in Kinesiology.

FavoritesHobbies: reading and softballFood: MexicanBook: “Enders Game”Vacation: going to DisneyTV Show: ChuckMovie: Remember the TitansMusic: ParamoreAthlete: Jennie Finch

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14MALLORY WESTBROOKSophomore 6 UTL/Catcher 6 Rusk, Texas

4ASC All-Academic (2013)4NCAA Tournament (2013)4ASC Champions (2013)

2013 (sophomore)ASC All-Academic...Played in 26 games starting two vs. Louisiana College...Was a pinch runner in 16 games...Set career-high in at-bats with three vs. Louisiana College, twice (March 29, 2013)...Finished batting .231 with three hits and four runs scored...Was walked once...Pinch runner in three games in the NCAA Tournament vs. #17 Red-lands (May 11) and #5 Texas-Tyler (May 11, 12)...Has three hits on the year against Austin College (February 16) and one in each game of the double header vs. Louisiana College...Stolen four bases on the year and scored four times...Finished with a .231 batting average and .286 on-base percent-age...Struck out only once in 13 at-bats.

2012 (freshman)Started one game playing in 19 games...Batted .250 with one hit in four at-bats...Pinch runner in 13 games scoring seven times...First collegiate start came vs. LeTourneau (March 22) as the designat-ed player...Played in first collegiate game on Feb-ruary 23 vs. Mary Hardin-Baylor...First collegiate hit came vs. Ozarks (April 6) going 1-of-1 with one run scored...Recorded three stolen bases...Stole two bases vs. Ozarks (April 5, 6) and vs. Howard Payne (April 27)...Scored her very first time in a game vs. Mary Hardin-Baylor as the pinch runner.

Rusk High SchoolFour-year letter man for coach Ashley McElroy at catcher...Four-time All-District...Two-time All-District first-team as junior and senior...Two-time All-District second-team as a freshman and soph-omore...Four-time Academic All-District...Helped team to the Texas playoffs...Also participated in volleyball...Graduated in 2011.

PersonalDaughter of David and Candace Westbrook...Born on September 7, 1992...Majoring in psychology...Twin sister, Maranda, is a member of the ETBU softball team.

FavoritesHobbies: writing poetryFood: Mexican and ChineseTeam: Dallas Cowboys, Texas RangersBook: Redeeming LovePerson: Jesus ChristSports Experience: playing ETBU softballPrized Possession: her BibleMost Influential Person: her motherFamous Person Met: Andrea DuranTV Show: Law & OrderSports Movie: MiracleAthlete: Josh HamiltonMusic Group: Paramore

MALLORY WESTBROOK

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6MARANDA WESTBROOKSophomore 6 2B/3B 6 Rusk, Texas

4ASC East First Team (2013)4ASC East Honorable Mention (2013)4All-ASC Tournament (2013)4ASC All-Academic (2013)4NCAA Tournament (2013)4ASC Champions (2013)

2013 (Sophomore)ASC All-Tournament team...All-ASC first-team at second baseman...All-ASC honorable mention as a utility player...Started 48 games while playing in all 49 games...Led the team with 20 stolen bas-es...Batted .322 with seven RBI and three doubles in 121 at-bats...Only struck out twice...Scored 29 times and finished with 39 hits anda .347 slug-ging percentage...Recorded 10 sacrifice hits...In the NCAA Tournament had two hits and two runs scored...Recorded nine putouts and 14 assists at third base in NCAA Tournament...Was the winning run vs. Mississippi College on April 2nd...Set three new career-highs in walks (2), at-bats (5), and runs scored (4)...Career-high two walks vs. Mississippi College on April 2...Scored four times vs. Mis-sissippi College on March 16 for a career-high...Went to the plate five times for a career-high vs. #1 Texas-Tyler (April 26) in the ASC Tournament in 10-9 win...Had two more hits in eight games...Collected three hits vs. Austin College (February 16) in season opener and Texas-Tyler in the ASC Tournament...Walked 15 times and has only been caught stealing once...Touched home plate three times vs. Austin College (February 16) in 3-of-3 performance...Two five-game hitting streaks in the season.

2012 (freshman)Started 33 games while playing in 40 games at second base...Batted .233 in 73 at-bats with 17 hits...Recorded five RBI and 17 runs scored...Had career-high two RBI vs. LeTourneau (April 21) going 2-of-2...Collected two hits in five different games...Stole 16 bases on 16 tries which was sec-ond on the team...Had six sacrifice hits...Touched home plate two times vs. Sul Ross State (March 3), LeTourneau (March 22), Ozarks (April 5), Tex-as-Tyler (April 14), and LeTourneau (April 21)...Recorded a .954 fielding percentage with only five errors...Had 53 put-outs from second base...Stole two bases in three games against Sul Ross State, Texas-Tyler, and LeTourneau (April 21)...Received first collegiate start vs. Mary Hardin-Baylor on February 23 with one hit and one scored.

Rusk High SchoolFour-year letter winner for coach Ashley McCle-roy...Played second base...Texas All-State third-team as a freshman in 2008...Two-time All-Dis-trict...Earned All-East Texas honorable mention in freshman season...Team defensive MVP as a se-nior...Named District co-MVP in 2010...All-District first-team in sophomore year...Given first All-Dis-trict award as a freshman on the second-team...Team made the Texas playoffs...Participated in

volleyball and track...Four-time All-Academic...Qualified for the Texas Regional track meet in the 2x800 relay...Graduated in 2011.

PersonalDaughter of David and Candace Westbrook...Born on September 7, 1992...Majoring in kinesiology...Twin sister, Mallory, is a member of the ETBU soft-ball team.

FavoritesHobbies: reading and playing other sportsFood: ItalianTeam: Texas Rangers, Dallas Cowboys, Dallas Mavericks, and Boston Red SoxBook: The BibleSports Experience: playing ETBU softballTV Show: Duck DynastyMovie: A League of their OwnMusic: LaCreaFamous Person Met: Caitlin Lowe

MARANDA WESTBROOK

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15KELSEY DECAROLISFreshman 6 SS/2B 6 Lake Jackson, Texas

4NCAA All-Region (2013)4NCAA Tournament (2013)4ASC Champions (2013)

2013 (Freshman)NCAA All-Region...Started and played in all 49 games at third base, short stop, and second base...Batted .361 with 24 RBI, 24 runs scored, seven doubles, and four home runs...Third on the team in batting and hits (52) and is one of three players to start and play in all 49 games...Finished with a .494 slugging percentage and 15 stolen bases...In the NCAA Tournament had seven hits and one RBI ...Went 2-of-3 vs. #13 Claremont-Mudd-Scrips (May 10) and #17 Redlands (May 11)...Scored a run in the championship game vs. #5 Texas-Tylar (May 12)...Had the game winning bunt in extra innings vs. #10 Central (IA) (March 8) as she ran through the first baseman’s glove...Went 2-of-3 vs. #1 Texas-Tyler in ASC Tournament in winner’s bracket with a double and home run...Produced career-high five RBI vs. #1 Texas-Tyler in a 10-9 win in ASC Tournament...Was 4-of-10 in ASC Tournament in four games with five RBI and five runs scored...Produced career high four hits in ASC First-Pitch Classic vs. Mary Hardin-Baylor (March 2)...In 14 games had two or more hits with three hits vs. Pacific Lutheran in game two (March 26)...Went 3-of-3 vs. Pacific Lutheran with a run scored...In five games produced two or more RBI...First collegiate start came vs. Austin Col-lege (February 16) and went 2-of-3 with two stolen

bases...In last two games of ASC Tournament vs. #1 Texas-Tyler went 3-of-5 with five RBI, four runs scored, a home run and a double...Recorded four sacrifice hits on the year.

Brazoswood High SchoolThree-year letter winner...Played for Laura Olt-man...Earned All-District and All-County honors...Made the playoffs twice...Graduated in 2012.

PersonalDaughter of Tom and Tricia DeCarolis...From Lake Jackson, Texas...Born on May 20, 1994...Majoring in Nursing

FavoritesHobbies: Reading, playing softball, and hanging out with friendsTeams: Houston AstrosSports Experience: First college gamesVacation: Disney WorldMost prized possession: “Ring and cross necklace my dad gave me right before I left for college”Famous Person I’ve Met: Jennie FinchSports Movie: Forever StrongAthlete: Craig Biggio

KELSEY DECAROLIS

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26KELLY JO MCLENDONFreshman 6 Pitcher 6 Livingston, Texas

4ASC East Honorable Mention (2013)4ASC East Pitcher of the Week (2013)4NCAA Tournament (2013)4ASC Champions (2013)

2013 (Freshman)All-ASC East honorable mention...ASC East “Pitcher of the Week” (April 23)...Made 18 appear-ances in the circle with eight starts...Went 8-2 re-cording a 1.99 ERA and had two saves...Third on the team in wins with eight...Recorded 37 strike-outs in 74 innings pitched...Pitched in one game in the NCAA Tournament in a 4-1 loss to #5 Texas-Tyler...Gave up one earned run and six hits with one walk in six innings vs. Texas-Tyler in NCAA Tournament...Second on the team in innings pitched...Had four complete games and two saves while walking just 14 batters...Struck out career high six batters vs. Mississippi College (April 2)...Received the save over #1 Texas-Tyler in winner’s bracket of ASC Tournament in six innings...Pitched the first five innings vs. #1 Texas-Tyler and the re-entered in the seventh to received the save...First collegiate win came vs. Trinity (TX) (Febru-ary 23), 4-2 with five strikeouts...Struck out five or more batters in four games...Part of three shutouts over Austin College (14-0) (February 16), Louisi-ana College (8-0) (April 16), and LeTourneau (8-0) (April 20)...Earned ASC Tournament win over #20 Texas Lutheran in relief going 3.1 innings in 3-1 victory...Had a save vs. Howard Payne (March 1), 4-3, in two innings pitched and vs. #1 Texas-Tyler, 10-9, (April 26)....Made it to the plate 14 times with

three hits...Collected first career RBI vs. Austin College (February 16) in first collegiate game...In first collegiate game as designated player, went 1-of-2 with one RBI...Also had a hit vs. Howard Payne (March 1) and Mississippi College (March 16).

Livingston High SchoolPlayed for Katrina Thornton...Two-time State Champion in Powerlifting...Holds state power lift-ing record of a total of 1250...Participated in pow-erlifting, volleyball, and Lions for Christ.

PersonalDaughter of Mack and Caryn McLendon...From Livingston, Texas...Born on March 3, 1994...Ma-joring in Kinesiology...Sister Kasey attends ETBU.

FavoritesExperience: hitting her first homerunVacation: ColoradoPrized Possession: Softball batTV Show: X-FactorInfluential Person: Jason CollinsMovie: Angels in the OutfieldFamous Person: Cris Tomlin

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25LAUREN FEDORSophomore 6 Pitcher 6 Canton, Texas

2013 (Sophomore)Made two appearances in the circle...Pitched 0.1 innings vs. Schreiner (March 1) and Pacific Lutheran (March 26)...Col-lected a strikeout vs. Schreiner.

2012 (freshman)Made eight appearances starting one game...Struck out first collegiate batter on April 10 vs. Mississippi College...Fin-ished with a 6.75 ERA and 0-1 record...Recorded two strikeouts and three walks giving up 11 earned runs.

Canton High SchoolCoached by Aaron Slider...Four-year letterman as a pitcher...Four-time All-District selection...Twice named All-District first-team...aTeam won the 2011 Bi-District championship...Named to Academic All-State team as a senior in 2011...Earned four Academic All-District honors...Team MVP and All-District first-team in 2010...Second-team All-District pitcher in 2009 and honorable mention in 2008...Team Newcomer of the Year

in 2008 as a freshman...Participated in the “Gifted and Talented” program...Also a part of the Student Council and was Student Council President as a senior...Interact Treasurer and President...Mem-ber of the Spanish Club, Fellowship of Christian Athletes and National Honor Society...Given Health award and AP Bi-ology award...Graduated in 2011

PersonalDaughter of Patrick and Teresa Fedor...Born on April 30, 1993...Majoring in nurs-ing.

FavoritesFood: cheesecakeTeam: USA SoftballBook: Cold MountainVacation: Disney WorldMost Influential Person: her parentsTV Show: RebaAthlete: Jennie FinchMusic: Country

12LOGAN GARDNER

Junior 6 3b/SS 6 Texarkana, Arkansas

2013 (Junior)Batted .216 with 19 hits and 15 RBI...Scored nine times and had four doubles and one home run...Played in 43 games starting 39...Went 3-of-7 in ASC Tourna-ment with a home run, three RBI, and one run scored...In first start vs. Ohio North-ern, went 1-of-2 with three RBI, a double, and two runs scored...Hit first home run of the year in 8-0 win over Howard Payne (April 25) in ASC Tournament opener...

Texarkana College2011, 2012 (freshman, sophomore)Played short stop for Leslie Messina...Earned All-Conference honors...Mem-ber of the Texas Junior College All Star East Team...Team won 2012 Region XV East Conference Champions...Batted .274 in sophomore season in 164 at-bats in 54 games played...Recorded 29 RBI, 11 doubles, two triples, and 45 hits in sophomore season...As a freshman bat-ted .244 in 50 games played with 10 RBI and five doubles.

Arkansas High SchoolFour-year letter winner at short stop...Played for Heidi Cox...Three-time Ar-kansas All-State...Three-year All-Con-ference...Named Defensive Player of the Year as a junior (2009)...Three-time All-Area...Helped softball team to fourt trips to the Arkansas State Tournament...In volleyball was two-time All-State and All-Conference...Volleyball team played in three Arkansas State Tournaments...Volleyball team won the 2008 conference championship...Graduated in 2010.

PersonalDaughter of William Gardner and Wendy Freeman...From Texarkana, Arkansas...Born on August 21, 1992...Majoring in Kinesiology/Education

FavoritesHobbies: Sports, working out, hanging with friendsFood: Shrimp and pizzaTeam: Arkansas Razorbacks Book: “The Hunger Games”

4NCAA Tournament (2013)4ASC Champions (2013)

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18HOLLY HITZEMAN

Junior 6 INF 6 Chino Hills, California

2013 (junior)Played in 10 games with one start at first base, second base, and as a pinch hitter and designated hitter...Recorded only hit of the year vs. Schreiner (March 1)...Was hit by a pitch in first at-bat at ETBU on February 16 vs. Austin College...Recorded seven at-bats in 10 games.

Midland College2010, 2011 (freshman, sophomore)Played first base for Tommy Ramos...In soph-omore season batted .359 with four RBI in 14 games played...Recorded one double and seven runs scored...As a freshman played in 16 games batting .412 with four RBI...Team went 41-17 in 2011 and 45-10 in 2010.

Chino Hills High SchoolPlayed for Coach David Litle and Coach Southworth...Graduated in 2009

PersonalDaughter of David and Greta Hitzeman...From Chino Hills, California...Born on August 14, 1991...Majoring in Nursing.

FavoritesHobbies: horseback riding and going to the beachFoods: Armenian and JapaneseExperience: Hitting in the run that kept her HS team with a perfect seasonVacation: CaliforniaPrized Possession: her horsesInfluential Person: GodMovie: The SandlotAthlete: Leah O’Brian Amico

21BAILEY ALANIS

Freshman 6 UTL 6 Elgin, Texas

2013 (freshman)Played in seven games as a pinch hitter...Played in first collegiate game vs. Trin-ity (February 23)...First collegiate hit came vs. LeTourneau (April 20)...Was walked vs. Ozarks (April 5) in only at-bat.

Elgin High SchoolPlayed for Amanda Wolf...Earned All-District honors, Player of the Year, Silver Slugger, Golden Glove, and 3D award...Participated in Key Club...Graduated in 2012.

PersonalDaughter of Don and Vickie Alanis...From Elgin, Texas...Born on November 9, 1993...Majoring in Athletic Training

FavoritesHobbies: Cooking, drawing, and writingTeams: LonghornsVacation: Pagosa Springs, ColoradoTV Show: Pretty Little LiarsInfluential Person: BrotherMusic Group: Brantley GilbertActor: Channing TatumAthlete: Vince Young

4NCAA Tournament (2013)4ASC Champions (2013)

4NCAA Tournament (2013)4ASC Champions (2013)

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2AMANDA FIVEASHFreshman 6 Pitcher/UTL 6 Carrollton, Texas

2013 (freshman)Played in nine games as a pinch run-ner...Scored vs. Schreiner (March 1), Ohio Northern (March 9), St. Thomas (March 10), and LeTourneau (April 20)...First collegiate game came on March 1 vs. Schreiner as a pinch runner and scored...Only pitching appearance came vs. Texas-Tyler (March 21)...Went two in-nings vs. Texas-Tyler and gave up three hits and one earned run with a walk ERA is 3.50

Prince of Peace ChristianPlayed for her father, Bubba Fiveash...Earned Texas All-State honors...Named All-District and Newcomer of the Year...Team made playoffs all four years...Participated in basketball...Graduated in 2012

PersonalDaughter of Bubba and Sally Fiveash...From Carrollton, Texas...Born on April 24, 1994...Majoring in Accounting

FavoritesHobbies: hanging out with friends and watching moviesFood: ItalianVacation: BeachTV Show: The MentalistInfluential People: ParentsFamous Person: Lee Dewyze

11STACIE PILKINGTON

Freshman 6 OF/UTL 6 Friendswood, Texas

2013 (Freshman)Played in 26 games with four at-bats...Appeared in 20 games as a pinch run-ner...Pincher runner twice in the NCAA Tournament scoring in the regional championship game vs. Texas-Tyler...Scored seven times this season...First collegiate game was on February 16 as a pinch runner vs. Austin College...Took at-bats vs. Austin College (game 2 – Feb-ruary 16), Schreiner (March 1), Texas-Tyler (April 13), and LeTourneau (April 20)...Was one of 10 runs that scored in 10-9 win over #1 Texas-Tyler in winner’s bracket game of ASC Tournament...Had one sacrifice at-bat on the year vs. Mis-sissippi College (April 2).

Pearland High SchoolPlayed for Coach Clark...Earned All-District honors...Helped team to a Texas State Championship in 2010...Graduated in 2012.

PersonalDaughter of Jason and Wendy Hop-pens...From Pearland, Texas...Born on October 15, 1993...Majoring in Nursing

FavoritesFood: MexicanExperience: Winning stateVacation: Garner State ParkInfluential People: her parents

4NCAA Tournament (2013)4ASC Champions (2013)

4NCAA Tournament (2013)4ASC Champions (2013)

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2012 ETBU SoftballGame Results for East Texas Baptist (as of May 12, 2013)

(All games)

Date Opponent Score Inns Overall ASC Pitcher of record Attend Time

02/16/13 AUSTIN COLLEGE-1 W 9-1 5 1-0-0 0-0-0 T.Hank (W 1-0) 1 0 2 1:3502/16/13 AUSTIN COLLEGE-2 W 14-0 5 2-0-0 0-0-0 S.Parker (W 1-0) 1 0 2 1:3002/23/13 TRINITY (TX)-1 W 7-0 7 3-0-0 0-0-0 T.Hank (W 2-0) 1 2 3 1:4702/23/13 TRINITY (TX)-2 W 4-3 (8) 4-0-0 0-0-0 K.McLendon (W 1-0) 1 0 3 2:10

! 03/01/13 vs Howard Payne W 5-4 7 5-0-0 0-0-0 T.Hank (W 3-0) 8 5 1:0503/01/13 vs Schreiner W 14-1 5 6-0-0 0-0-0 S.Phillips (W 1-0) 1 0 5 1:3503/02/13 vs Mary Hardin-Baylor W 9-2 7 7-0-0 0-0-0 S.Parker (W 2-0) 9 0 2:17

! 03/02/13 vs Hardin-Simmons W 9-1 5 8-0-0 0-0-0 T.Hank (W 4-0) 9 9 1:30$ 03/08/13 vs #10 Central (IA) W 3-2 (9) 9-0-0 0-0-0 K.McLendon (W 2-0) 1 0 0 2:25$ 03/08/13 vs Piedmont (GA) W 1-0 7 10-0-0 0-0-0 S.Parker (W 3-0) 1 0 0 2:00$ 03/09/13 vs #17 Ohio Northern W 17-1 5 11-0-0 0-0-0 T.Hank (W 5-0) 5 0 1:30$ 03/09/13 vs ClaremontMuddScripps L 3-4 7 11-1-0 0-0-0 S.Parker (L 3-1) 1 5 8 2hr$ 03/10/13 vs #21 St. Thomas (MN) L 6-7 7 11-2-0 0-0-0 K.McLendon (L 2-1) 4 5 2:00$ 03/10/13 vs #15 Pacific Lutheran W 5-3 7 12-2-0 0-0-0 S.Phillips (W 2-0) 5 5 2:00* 03/16/13 at Mississippi College-1 W 16-2 5 13-2-0 1-0-0 T.Hank (W 6-0) 1 1 3 1:37* 03/16/13 at Mississippi College-2 W 9-1 5 14-2-0 2-0-0 S.Parker (W 4-1) 1 5 0 1:45* 03/19/13 at LeTourneau-1 W 3-0 7 15-2-0 3-0-0 T.Hank (W 7-0) 1 1 3 6:29* 03/19/13 at LeTourneau-2 W 12-0 5 16-2-0 4-0-0 S.Parker (W 5-1) 1 1 2 1:22* 03/21/13 #3 TEXAS-TYLER-1 L 5-11 7 16-3-0 4-1-0 T.Hank (L 7-1) 1 2 1 2:10* 03/21/13 #3 TEXAS-TYLER-2 W 3-2 7 17-3-0 5-1-0 S.Phillips (W 3-0) 1 2 1 1:45* 03/25/13 TEXAS-DALLAS-1 W 11-6 7 18-3-0 6-1-0 T.Hank (W 8-1) 1 0 2 1:58* 03/25/13 TEXAS-DALLAS-2 W 5-0 7 19-3-0 7-1-0 S.Parker (W 6-1) 1 0 2 1:32

03/26/13 PACIFIC LUTHERAN-1 L 5-11 7 19-4-0 7-1-0 T.Hank (L 8-2) 8 9 2:3403/26/13 PACIFIC LUTHERAN-2 L 4-5 7 19-5-0 7-1-0 S.Parker (L 7-1) 7 4 2:03

* 03/29/13 at Louisiana College-1 W 3-2 (8) 20-5-0 8-1-0 S.Parker (W 7-2) 2 6 4 1:48* 03/29/13 at Louisiana College-2 L 2-5 7 20-6-0 8-2-0 T.Hank (L 8-3) 2 6 4 1:32* 04/02/13 MISSISSIPPI COLLEGE-1 W 4-3 7 21-6-0 9-2-0 S.Phillips (W 4-0) 1 0 2 1:47* 04/02/13 MISSISSIPPI COLLEGE-2 W 4-1 7 22-6-0 10-2-0 K.McLendon (W 3-1) 1 0 2 1:40* 04/05/13 at Univ. of the Ozarks-1 W 9-1 7 23-6-0 11-2-0 K.McLendon (W 4-1) 1 0 5 1:45* 04/05/13 at Univ. of the Ozarks-2 W 8-0 7 24-6-0 12-2-0 S.Parker (W 8-2) 1 0 5 2:00* 04/06/13 at Univ. of the Ozarks-1 L 3-5 7 24-7-0 12-3-0 T.Hank (L 8-4) 1 8 5 2:00* 04/06/13 at Univ. of the Ozarks-2 W 9-0 5 25-7-0 13-3-0 S.Parker (W 9-2) 1 7 5 1:20* 04/09/13 at Texas-Dallas-1 W 1-0 7 26-7-0 14-3-0 S.Parker (W 10-2) 1 1 7 1:40* 04/09/13 at Texas-Dallas-2 W 5-2 7 27-7-0 15-3-0 K.McLendon (W 5-1) 1 1 7 1:35* 04/13/13 at #3 Texas-Tyler-1 L 2-4 7 27-8-0 15-4-0 S.Parker (L 10-3) 4 4 4 2:11* 04/13/13 at #3 Texas-Tyler-2 L 2-3 7 27-9-0 15-5-0 S.Phillips (L 4-1) 4 4 4 1:47* 04/16/13 LOUISIANA COLLEGE-1 L 2-4 (8) 27-10-0 15-6-0 S.Phillips (L 4-2) 9 8 2 1:49* 04/16/13 LOUISIANA COLLEGE-2 W 8-0 5 28-10-0 16-6-0 K.McLendon (W 6-1) 3 4 3 1:25* 04/20/13 LETOURNEAU-1 W 8-2 7 29-10-0 17-6-0 S.Parker (W 11-3) 2 4 3 2:09* 04/20/13 LETOURNEAU-2 W 8-0 6 30-10-0 18-6-0 K.McLendon (W 7-1) 2 0 2 1:23# 04/25/13 vs Howard Payne W 8-0 5 31-10-0 18-6-0 S.Parker (W 12-3) 1 5 0 0:59# 04/25/13 vs #20 Texas Lutheran W 3-1 7 32-10-0 18-6-0 K.McLendon (W 8-1) 1 1 5 1:34# 04/26/13 vs #1 Texas-Tyler W 10-9 7 33-10-0 18-6-0 T.Hank (W 9-4) 2 5 0 2:33# 04/27/13 vs #1 Texas-Tyler W 6-2 7 34-10-0 18-6-0 S.Parker (W 13-3) 2 2 5 1:38^ 05/10/13 vs #13 ClaremontMuddScripps W 3-0 7 35-10-0 18-6-0 S.Parker (W 14-3) 4 8 5 1:39^ 05/11/13 vs #17 Redlands W 1-0 7 36-10-0 18-6-0 S.Parker (W 15-3) 4 0 7 1:23^ 05/11/13 at #5 Texas-Tyler L 1-4 7 36-11-0 18-6-0 K.McLendon (L 8-2) 6 5 0 1:25^ 05/12/13 vs #17 Redlands W 5-3 7 37-11-0 18-6-0 S.Parker (W 16-3) 3 3 5 1:26^ 05/12/13 at #5 Texas-Tyler L 6-7 (9) 37-12-0 18-6-0 S.Parker (L 15-4) 8 7 0 2:23

* = ASC East Game! = ASC First Pitch Tournament (Farmers Branch, TX)$ = NFCA Top 25 Tournament (Columbus, GA)# = ASC Championship Tournament (Farmers Branch, TX)^ = NCAA Regional Tournament (Tyler, TX)() extra inning game

2013 Results

1 Tufts (8) 46-3 200 2 Salisbury 42-4 190 3 Texas-Tyler 47-6 180 4 Montclair State 46-5 173 5 Cortland State 35-17 167 6 Luther 33-11 158 7 Central (Iowa) 32-10 136 8 Trine 38-5 135 9 East Texas Baptist 37-12 128 10 St. Thomas (Minnesota) 41-7 127 11 Virginia Wesleyan 41-8 123 12 Rowan 41-9 106 13 Anderson (Indiana) 31-17 86 14 Emory 42-5 8415 Piedmont 34-10 80 Redlands 36-12 80 17 Linfield 36-8 72 18 Claremont-Mudd-Scripps 33-13 58 19 Augustana (Illinois) 32-14 54 20 Christopher Newport 34-13 47 21 Lebanon Valley 36-7-1 41 22 Coe 34-8 39 23 Carthage 33-12 35 24 Susquehanna 40-9 30 25 Babson 34-14 20Italics = teams ETBU played in 2013

2013 Big Game RecapsFirst Day of NFCA Top 25 TournamentCOLUMBUS, Ga. –Finishing the first day at the NFCA Top 25 Tournament with a 2-0 record, #25 East Tex-as Baptist University is now 10-0 on the year. They picked up wins over #10 Central College, 3-2, and Piedmont College, 1-0.

#25 ETBU 3, #10 Central 2Opening up the NFCA Top 25 Tournament with the first game of the day, #25 East Texas Baptist Univer-sity had the first upset with a 3-2 win over #10 Central College (IA) in nine innings.

In the bottom of the ninth inning, playing with the inter-national tie breaker rule, Kelsey DeCarolis put down a bunt and then ran through first baseman’s glove as the ball was dropped to score the winning run. Christy Dowdy was the winning run coming in from second base.

In the fourth inning, ETBU tied the game at two when Tawny Hank doubled to right field that scored Lacy Liles. ETBU scored the first run of the game in third inning for a 1-0 lead when Lya Swaner came in on a rundown when Central tried throwing out Alyssa Romero. Central took the one-run lead in the fourth inning scoring one run on a hit and the other on a walk. In the fifth inning, Kelly Jo McLendon came in with one out which led to a double-play ball to end the inning. McClendon went 4.2 innings for her second win of the year.

#25 ETBU 1, Piedmont 0Alyssa Romero had the biggest hit of the day for East Texas Baptist in the fifth inning with two outs as she drove in the only run of the game. She hit a line drive shot to left field that scored Lya Swaner from third base in the fifth inning. Shelby Parker received the win going the distance with two strikeouts. She worked out of a bases loaded jam in the second in-ning to keep the game scoreless. With the win, she moves to 2-0.

ETBU Advances to Gold Division Play ETBU advanced to the Gold Division pool play with a 3-0 record in their pool play as they moved to 11-0 overall. In their opening game of the top division for the teams at the NFCA Tournament.

#25 ETBU 17, #17 Ohio Northern 1ETBU upset their second top 25 team in less than 24 hours with a 17-1 win over Ohio Northern. ETBU jumped out to a big start scoring all 17 runs in the first two innings. Tawny Hank received the win for ETBU and Shelby Phillips pitched the last two innings of the game.

ETBU Earns 3rd Top 25 Win at NFCA Tournament#25 ETBU 5, #15 Pacific Lutheran 3Lacy Liles brought in the first run vs. Pacific Lutheran and added two more runs on a Hank and Sara Cle-ments hits to take a 3-0 lead in the first inning. PLU then scored three runs in the third inning to tie up the game. In the bottom of the sixth inning, Alyssa Romero lined a shot to left field that brought in two runs to put ETBU up, 5-3. Shelby Phillips received the win for ETBU.

ETBU Splits Opening ASC East Series vs. UT-TylerGame 2#11 ETBU 3, #3 Texas-Tyler 2Shelby Phillips withstood Texas-Tyler’s fire power in game two holding them to two runs with one be-ing earned. She moved to 3-0 on the year with two strikeouts and only giving up three hits for the win. Liles and Logan Gardner each had two hits for ETBU. ETBU gave Texas-Tyler’s ace, Kelsie Batten, her first loss of the year as she moved to 9-1. ETBU only had seven hits in the game with four combined from Gard-ner and Liles.

Romero started off the first inning with a double to center field and then advanced to third on a sacrifice bunt from Lya Swaner. Two batters later, Liles singled up the middle to pick up one of her two RBI on the night for the 1-0 lead. Texas-Tyler tied the game in the top of the third and then took a 2-1 lead in the top of the fourth.

ETBU answered in the bottom of the fourth as Liles tied the game with a deep shot to left field for her third home run of the year. In the bottom of the fifth inning, Romero sacrificed her at-bat with a long fly ball to cen-terfield scoring Jordan Bullard from third base for the go ahead run.

Phillips then pitched out of a tense situation in the sev-enth inning as the tying run was on second base and winning run on first with two outs. She proceeded to get the final out with a pop up to Maranda Westbrook at second base.

NFCA Final Poll

2013 ASC East AwardsLacy Liles 1st team (1B), Hitter of the WeekTawny Hank “Newcomer of the Year” 1st team (DP), Hitter of the WeekMaranda 1st team (2B)Westbrook Honorable Mention (UTL)Alyssa Romero 1st team (OF)Shelby Parker 1st team (P)Lya Swaner 2nd team (C)Kayla Garcia Honorable Mention (OF)Kelly Jo Honorable Mention (P)McLendon Pitcher of the Week

2013 ASC Tournament AwardsLya Swaner MVP, All-TournamentShelby Parker All-TournamentSara Clements All-TournamentMaranada All-TournamentWestbrook

2013 NCAA TournamentShelby Parker All-TournamentKelsey All-TournamentDeCarolis Lacy Liles All-Tournament

NFCA AwardsLacy Liles All-American 2nd Team All-Region 1st TeamShelby Parker All-Region 2nd Team

CoSIDA Academic All-AmericanLya Swaner All-American 3rd Team All-District 1st Team

ASC Distinguished Scholar-AwardLya Swaner Softball Winner

ASC All-AcademicSara ClementsJessica DelgadoChristy DowdyLauren FedorLacy LilesAlyssa RomeroLya SwanerMallory WestbrookMaranda Westbrook

2013 - Preseason1 Pacific Lutheran (8) 45-11 200 2 Montclair State 44-9 185 3 Luther 41-9 179 4 Tufts 41-7 177 5 Linfield 46-7 162 6 Roanoke 35-11 146 7 Illinois Wesleyan 39-8 144 8 Christopher Newport 37-11 127 9 Texas-Tyler 39-9 122 10 Eastern Connecticut State 44-3 119 11 Central (Iowa) 36-10 116 12 Plattsburgh State 35-11 109 13 Trine 40-10 108 14 Rowan 39-9 105 15 Ohio Northern 31-14 92 16 Carthage 37-10 67 17 Moravian 35-11 66 18 St. Thomas (Minnesota) 37-9 58 19 Louisiana College 28-15 56 20 Redlands 32-13 54 21 Ithaca 32-14 34 22 Claremont-Mudd-Scripps 30-15 28 23 Emory 34-5 27 24 Cortland State 41-10 22 25 Amherst 36-6 21

Week 11 Montclair State (5) 0-0 197 2 Luther 0-0 188 3 Tufts 0-0 180 4 Texas-Tyler (3) 4-0 179 5 Roanoke 4-0 166 6 Christopher Newport 2-0 156 7 Illinois Wesleyan 0-0 152 8 Eastern Connecticut State 0-0 128 9 Central (Iowa) 0-0 117 10 Pacific Lutheran 2-2 114 11 Plattsburgh State 0-0 110 12 Linfield 2-2 107 13 Emory 13-0 103 Trine 0-0 103 15 Redlands 7-1 101 16 Rowan 0-0 90 17 Carthage 4-0 85 18 Ohio Northern 0-0 83 19 Moravian 0-0 65 20 St. Thomas (Minnesota) 0-0 56 21 Ithaca 0-0 38 22 Louisiana College 2-1 26 23 Cortland State 0-0 22 24 Salisbury 2-0 14 25 East Texas Baptist 4-0 9 Amherst 0-0 9 Week 21 Montclair State (7) 0-0 199 2 Luther 0-0 188 3 Texas-Tyler 8-0 179 4 Emory (1) 17-0 174 5 Tufts 0-0 158 6 Eastern Connecticut State 0-0 145 7 Christopher Newport 7-1 144 8 Illinois Wesleyan 0-0 135 9 Linfield 2-2 132 10 Central (Iowa) 0-0 130 11 Trine 2-0 116 12 Plattsburgh State 0-0 107 13 Redlands 11-3 83 14 Moravian 2-0 79 15 Pacific Lutheran 5-3 76 16 Roanoke 6-2 74 17 Ohio Northern 0-0 73 18 Carthage 4-0 70 Salisbury 6-0 70 20 Rowan 3-1 61 21 St. Thomas (Minnesota) 2-0 55 22 Ithaca 0-0 35 23 Cortland State 0-0 29 24 Louisiana College 6-1 28 25 East Texas Baptist 8-0 20 Washington (Missouri) 8-0 20

Week 31 Montclair State (7) 4-0 199 2 Emory (1) 25-1 182 3 Texas-Tyler 13-1 181 4 Illinois Wesleyan 4-1 173 5 Trine 11-1 170 6 Eastern Connecticut State 0-0 151 7 Luther 1-1 148 8 Tufts 0-0 139 9 Linfield 2-2 114 Plattsburgh State 0-0 114 11 Redlands 12-4 112 12 Christopher Newport 10-5 107 13 East Texas Baptist 12-2 96 14 Piedmont 12-2 86 15 Carthage 4-0 72 16 St. Thomas (Minnesota) 6-2 63 17 Salisbury 12-2 60 18 Simpson (Iowa) 17-3 56 19 Coe 13-1 55 20 Rowan 4-2 46 21 Moravian 8-2 41 22 Claremont-Mudd-Scripps 11-6 40 23 Roanoke 9-3 38 24 Washington (Missouri) 13-2 32 25 College of New Jersey 4-1 28

Week 41 Montclair State (8) 10-0 200 2 Emory 32-1 191 3 Texas-Tyler 17-1 185 4 Illinois Wesleyan 8-1 175 5 Trine 11-1 169 6 Eastern Connecticut State 0-0 156 7 Luther 1-1 149 8 Linfield 13-4 142 9 Redlands 15-5 126 10 Salisbury 16-2 120 11 East Texas Baptist 14-2 115 12 Piedmont 15-3 108 13 Tufts 3-1 95 14 Carthage 4-0 94 15 Plattsburgh State 4-2 92 16 St. Thomas (Minnesota) 6-2 87 17 Claremont-Mudd-Scripps 15-6 82 18 Simpson (Iowa) 17-3 70 19 Coe 13-1 61 20 Moravian 8-2 42 21 Chapman 17-3 37 22 Haverford 9-3 30 23 Lynchburg 13-4 21 24 Christopher Newport 13-8 14 25 Roanoke 13-4 13

Week 51 Montclair State (8) 12-0 200 2 Emory 34-1 191 3 Illinois Wesleyan 8-1 180 4 Texas-Tyler 20-2 172 5 Trine 13-1 169 6 Luther 3-1 155 7 Tufts 13-1 149 8 East Texas Baptist 17-3 143 9 Linfield 17-5 138 Salisbury 16-2 138 11 Piedmont 21-3 118 12 Claremont-Mudd-Scripps 18-6 101 St. Thomas (Minnesota) 8-2 101 14 Redlands 15-7 86 Simpson (Iowa) 19-3 86 16 Coe 13-1 73 17 Lynchburg 15-4 55 18 Roanoke 13-4 43 19 Wisconsin-Whitewater 6-0 41 20 Carthage 6-2 39 21 Christopher Newport 17-8 38 22 Rowan 13-3 36 23 Eastern Connecticut State 3-3 32 24 Chapman 19-7 31 25 Plattsburgh State 7-5 16

2013 NFCA Polls

Game 1: #12 ETBU 8, Howard Payne 0Shelby Parker pitched a perfect game in the shortened five-inning game to start the American Southwest Conference Championship Tournament with an 8-0 victory over Howard Payne University. Lo-gan Gardner ended the game on a three-run home run in the bot-tom of the fifth inning as ETBU picked up their 31st win of the year and advanced in the winners bracket.

Parker recorded 12 strikeouts and is now 12-3 on the year while posting 10 straight strikeouts in the game. Gardner’s home run was her first of the year as she led the team with three RBI and two hits. Tawny Hank also had two hits for two RBI while both Lacy Liles and Sara Clements posted one RBI. Kayla Garcia, Liles, and Lya Swaner all had two hits, also. ETBU pounded out 14 hits for eight runs and Howard Payne finished with four errors and no hits.

ETBU opened the game with three runs in the first inning Liles had a sacrifice fly to right field that brought in Alyssa Romero for the first run and then Sara Clements followed with a double to left field scor-ing Garcia. The third run came in on a Hank single as Clements touched home plate.

In the third inning, Hank picked up her second RBI of the game with a two-out single through the left side of the infield scoring Liles. The game then ended in the fifth with four runs by ETBU. With two outs, Swaner singled to the third basemen as Liles scored again in the game for the first run of the inning. Kelsey DeCarolis followed with a single and then the game ended on Gardner’s three-run shot over the center field fence for the 8-0 win.

Game 2: #12 ETBU 3, #20 Texas Lutheran 1It took only one inning to change the game for #12 East Texas Baptist University as they came from behind for a 3-1 win in the American Southwest Conference Championship Tournament over #20 Texas Lutheran. ETBU took the lead, 2-1, with two runs in the bottom of the fifth inning and added a security run in the sixth inning for the two-run win.

Kelly Jo McLendon came in as the relief pitcher to finish the final 3.1 innings for her eighth win of the year. She didn’t give up any runs, hits, or walks and struck out two batters. Shelby Parker started the game going 3.2 innings and gave up four hits and one earned run.

Alyssa Romero led the team with two RBI and had one hit. Lya Swaner went 3-of-3 and Lacy Liles 2-of-3 as each scored a run.

After three scoreless innings, Texas Lutheran took the early 1-0 lead in the top of the fourth inning. ETBU struck back in the bottom of the fifth inning with one out when Romero doubled to right center field bringing in both Jordan Bullard and Swaner. Swaner started

ASC Tournament

Week 61 Montclair State (8) 16-0 200 2 Emory 37-1 192 3 Illinois Wesleyan 12-2 182 4 Texas-Tyler 24-2 178 5 Trine 16-2 161 6 Tufts 16-1 154 7 Salisbury 20-2 145 8 Linfield 21-5 143 9 Luther 13-3 135 10 Redlands 23-7 131 11 Piedmont 25-3 130 12 Simpson (Iowa) 21-3 112 13 East Texas Baptist 20-6 92 Wisconsin-Whitewater 12-0 92 15 Coe 18-2 90 16 Roanoke 15-4 81 17 Rowan 17-3 76 18 Lynchburg 16-5 48 19 Claremont-Mudd-Scripps 19-9 41 20 St. Thomas (Minnesota) 8-2 39 21 Central (Iowa) 16-5 35 22 Chapman 19-7 28 23 College of New Jersey 14-4 27 24 Virginia Wesleyan 23-4 26 25 La Verne 19-9 14 Wisconsin-River Falls 15-5 14

Week 71 Montclair State (8) 20-0 200 2 Emory 37-1 192 3 Texas-Tyler 28-2 184 4 Salisbury 24-2 163 Trine 21-3 163 6 Tufts 22-2 157 7 Linfield 28-5 140 Redlands 27-7 140 9 Luther 14-4 132 10 Wisconsin-Whitewater 17-1 131 11 Rowan 23-3 110 12 Roanoke 22-5 103 13 Lynchburg 22-5 102 14 East Texas Baptist 25-7 98 15 Coe 21-3 96 16 St. Thomas (Minnesota) 17-5 83 17 Central (Iowa) 20-5 64 18 Claremont-Mudd-Scripps 22-10 61 19 Piedmont 29-5 57 20 Illinois Wesleyan 16-5 42 21 Chapman 22-8 36 22 Ferrum 30-8 28 23 North Central (Illinois) 21-1 27 24 College of New Jersey 19-5 24 25 Augustana (Illinois) 18-6 21

Week 81 Montclair State (8) 20-0 200 2 Emory 37-1 192 3 Texas-Tyler 28-2 184 4 Salisbury 24-2 163 Trine 21-3 163 6 Tufts 22-2 157 7 Linfield 28-5 140 Redlands 27-7 140 9 Luther 14-4 132 10 Wisconsin-Whitewater 17-1 131 11 Rowan 23-3 110 12 Roanoke 22-5 103 13 Lynchburg 22-5 102 14 East Texas Baptist 25-7 98 15 Coe 21-3 96 16 St. Thomas (Minnesota) 17-5 83 17 Central (Iowa) 20-5 64 18 Claremont-Mudd-Scripps 22-10 61 19 Piedmont 29-5 57 20 Illinois Wesleyan 16-5 42 21 Chapman 22-8 36 22 Ferrum 30-8 28 23 North Central (Illinois) 21-1 27 24 College of New Jersey 19-5 24 25 Augustana (Illinois) 18-6 21

Week 91 Montclair State (5) 33-1 195 Texas-Tyler (3) 38-2 195 3 Salisbury 32-2 183 4 Trine 29-3 174 5 Emory 39-3 169 6 Linfield 36-6 159 7 Tufts 28-3 148 8 Redlands 32-8 144 9 Rowan 32-4 137 10 Coe 28-4 128 11 St. Thomas (Minnesota) 23-5 111 12 East Texas Baptist 30-10 108 13 Wisconsin-Whitewater 22-3 94 14 Central (Iowa) 26-7 91 15 Claremont-Mudd-Scripps 29-11 79 16 Christopher Newport 32-11 76 17 Virginia Wesleyan 34-6 71 18 Illinois Wesleyan 26-7 70 19 Lynchburg 30-9 56 20 Texas Lutheran 32-8 38 21 Carthage 21-7 27 22 Randolph-Macon 33-7 26 23 Wisconsin-Eau Claire 18-3 24 24 Luther 23-7 22 25 North Central (Illinois) 27-3 18

Week 101 Salisbury (8) 35-2 200 2 Trine 33-3 190 3 Montclair State 37-3 178 4 Emory 39-3 171 5 Texas-Tyler 41-4 167 6 Linfield 36-6 162 7 Tufts 35-3 156 8 Rowan 35-5 147 9 St. Thomas (Minnesota) 31-5 130 10 East Texas Baptist 34-10 128 11 Coe 31-5 126 12 Central (Iowa) 28-7 105 13 Claremont-Mudd-Scripps 32-11 103 14 Wisconsin-Whitewater 27-4 102 15 Christopher Newport 32-11 85 16 Virginia Wesleyan 37-6 83 17 Illinois Wesleyan 28-7 69 18 Redlands 34-10 56 19 Carthage 28-8 54 20 Lynchburg 32-11 37 21 Susquehanna 31-6 36 22 Capital 32-8 29 23 Fontbonne 30-10 22 24 Simpson (Iowa) 29-9 13 25 Wisconsin-Eau Claire 23-6 12

Final Regular Season 1 Salisbury (8) 35-2 200 2 Trine 36-3 192 3 Montclair State 41-3 184 4 Emory 39-3 174 5 Texas-Tyler 41-4 170 6 Linfield 36-6 159 7 Tufts 38-3 151 8 St. Thomas (Minnesota) 38-5 145 9 East Texas Baptist 34-10 123 10 Rowan 37-7 118 11 Wisconsin-Whitewater 31-5 112 12 Coe 32-6 105 13 Claremont-Mudd-Scripps 32-11 104 14 Christopher Newport 32-11 98 15 Virginia Wesleyan 38-6 94 16 Central (Iowa) 28-8 91 17 Redlands 34-10 61 18 Luther 28-9 52 19 Lynchburg 32-11 48 20 Susquehanna 37-7 42 21 Illinois Wesleyan 31-9 40 22 Carthage 30-10 34 23 Fontbonne 33-10 28 24 Wisconsin-Eau Claire 26-7 27 25 Augustana (Illinois) 29-12 24

2013 NFCA Polls

Game 3: #12 ETBU 10, #1 Texas-Tyler 9Meeting for the fifth time this year in American Southwest Confer-ence play, #12 East Texas Baptist University held off #1 Texas-Tyler (40-3), 10-9, advancing to the championship game. ETBU had as large as a 7-1 lead in the game before Texas-Tyler scored eight runs in the final four innings of play.

There were 30 combined hits and 19 runs in the game along with eight errors as each team had 15 hits. Kelsey DeCarolis and Tawny Hank each had the big bats for ETBU swatting home runs. DeCar-olis posted three hits, two of them being a home run and a double, for five RBI while had two hits for two RBI. Sara Clements added a double and one RBI. Alyssa Romero and Maranda Westbrook also had a RBI.

Kelly Jo McLendon started the game and finished pitching six in-nings. She left in after the fifth inning and came back in the seventh for the save. Shelby Parker worked just 0.1 innings in the sixth giving up three earned runs as Tawny Hank finished out the sixth. Hank came in and shut down Texas-Tyler allowing just one hit in three batters faced. McLendon then re-entered in the seventh to earn the save.

Starting down 1-0 after the first inning, ETBU scored seven runs in the next two innings. With out in the bottom of the second and down 1-0, DeCarolis smacked a double to left field giving ETBU the lead, 2-1. Both Stacie Pilkington and Sara Clements made their way in for the lead.

With McLendon in the circle, ETBU kept trucking offensively giv-ing her support building up a 7-1 run after three innings. All five runs came in with two outs as Clements started the rally doubling in Kayla Garcia for a 3-1 lead. Hank followed with a single up the middle as Clements trotted in from second base. After a Texas-Tyler error allowed Lya Swaner on base, a pitching change took place as the Patriots brought in Batten in relief. Her first batter she faced was DeCarolis who took a pitch over the right centerfield fence for the 7-1 lead.

Texas-Tyler regrouped over the next three innings scoring seven runs for an 8-7 lead. They cut the lead to five, 7-2, with a run in the fourth and then added three runs in the fifth inning pulling within two, 7-5. Another three runs in the sixth inning put the nation’s number 1 team ahead of ETBU, 8-7.

Down to their last six outs with two innings remaining in the game, ETBU answered with three runs in the sixth inning to jump ahead, 10-8. After a pop out started the bottom of the sixth, Hank hit a solo home run to left field to tie the game at eight. A single and a walk followed as Texas-Tyler made another pitching change putting in Batten to pitch again replacing Abshire.

Jordan Bullard faced Abshire and loaded the bases thanks to a Texas-Tyler fielding error with just one out. Romero then singled to center field giving ETBU the 9-8 lead as Swaner came in putting

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ASC Tournament - continuedETBU ahead for good. Finishing out the scoring was Westbrook as she singled up the middle bringing in DeCarolis for the two-run advantage.

Beginning the top of the seventh, McLendon re-entered after Parker and Hank pitched in the sixth inning. She quickly had the first batter ground out for the first out of the inning. Two singles and a walk followed to load the bases and then Batten was walked to pull Texas-Tyler within one as the bases were still loaded with one out. McLendon finished off the next two batters with a pop out and a ground out facing the meat of Texas-Tyler’s lineup in the fifth and sixth batters in the lineup for the ETBU win.

She picked up the save after the re-enter because Hank was on record when ETBU took the lead in the bottom of the sixth inning. Hank moved to 9-4 on the year and McLendon earned her second save.

ASC Championship Game#12 ETBU 6, #1 UT-Tyler 2Sara Clements knocked a three-run homerun in the bottom of the first inning Saturday to give East Texas Baptist a lead it would not relinquish as the Tigers claimed the American Southwest Conference softball cham-pionship with a 6-2 win over Texas-Tyler. East Texas Baptist’s win was the second in as many days over the na-tion’s No. 1 team as the Tigers won their seventh ASC Tournament cham-pionship, and their first since 2011, when they also defeated UT Tyler. “This is a huge accomplishment. Our girls showed up to play this week-end,” East Texas Baptist head coach Jenae Shirley said after the game. “UT Tyler is a talented team; playing them is always a challenge and to defeat them twice in two days is a huge accomplishment.” With the ASC championship in hand, the No. 12-ranked Tigers (34-10) also earned an automatic bid into the NCAA Division III regional tourna-ment, which will be held at the UT Tyler campus in May. The Tigers last qualified for the regional tournament in 2011, one year after their Division III national championship. Texas-Tyler (41-4) lost to the Tigers for the third time this season after taking three out of four games from East Texas Baptist during ASC East Division play. “Our team had an advantage in that we were one of two teams to have defeated UT Tyler this season,” Shirley said. “We knew we were capable of hitting them and today we got a well-pitched game and good defense.” After prevailing 10-9 over the Patriots in the winners bracket final Friday, ETBU’s Shelby Parker (13-3) silenced the bats of one the nation’s best hitting teams Saturday, scattering five hits to earn the complete game over a lineup that features nine .300-plus hitters. Brittney Batten’s two-run home run in the fourth inning that cut ETBU’s lead to 4-2 was the only blemish on Parker’s line. Clements’ home run to right-centerfield off UT Tyler pitcher Amanda Lopez with two outs in the first inning gave Parker all the support she needed. Maranda Westbrook and Kayla Garcia knocked one-out singles to set the stage for Clements’ big hit.

Lopez (2-1), a sophomore who had yet to appear in the circle for the Patriots in the tournament, gave up four earned runs over 1 2/3 innings. She came out of the game shortly after giving up an RBI single to Alyssa Romero that scored Kelsey DeCarolis in the bottom of the second inning. The Patriots briefly seized momentum in the top of the fourth when Batten knocked her first homerun of the tournament, scoring Carli Wheeler in the process. Batten was ETBU’s toughest out in the tournament; she finished the event with a .643 batting average (9-for-14) over five games. The Tigers, however, were undeterred by the momentary shift in momen-tum. In the bottom half of the inning, ETBU pushed its lead back to four when Kayla Garcia’s two-run double to right field scored Romero and DeCarolis. “What was special about this weekend was that we had different heroes in every game we played,” Shirley said. “Yesterday it was Kelsey (five RBIs on Friday), and today it was Sara and Kayla.” Clements’ performance Saturday vaulted her onto the All-Tournament team, joining teammates Westbrook, Parker and Lya Swaner. Parker opened the tournament with a five-inning perfect game over Howard Payne on Thursday, and Swaner – the lone senior on the ETBU team – was named the tournament MVP after batting .500 and playing flawless defense in the Tigers’ four wins.

Game 1: #9 ETBU 3, #13 CMS 0It took just three innings to wipe off the dust for #9 East Texas Baptist Uni-versity after a two-week layoff as they shutout Claremont-Mudd-Scripps, 3-0, for their 35th win of the year advancing on in the NCAA Division III Tyler Regional. ETBU scored two runs in the fourth inning and Shelby Parker continued her dominance from the circle allowing just one hit.

Parker won her 14th game of the year for the complete game shutout with fanning seven batters. Kelsey DeCarolis led the team with two hits but both Lacy Liles and Lya Swaner had a RBI as Liles swatted her eighth home run of the year in the sixth inning.

“The girls did a great job today of playing a full game and this game right here set us up in a great position in the tournament,” says head coach

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Janae Shirley. “We needed to play just one game today. Shelby started the game off well throwing the ball and the team came through with some clutch hits that helped us scratch our way through.”

After three scoreless innings, where both teams had runners on and chances to score, senior Lya Swaner used her post-season experience hitting a clutch two-out double scoring Sara Clements for the 1-0 lead. DeCarolis followed with a single to left field and a fielding error allowed Swaner to come around third and head home for the second run of the inning.

That is all Parker would need for a lead as she retired the next 12 batters to secure the win. Claremont-Mudd-Scripps only hit came in the second inning on a single to left field. From that point on, the next 17 batters were retired by Parker with several nice defensive plays from ETBU.

Liles collected her eighth home run as the leadoff batter in the sixth inning smashing a shot off the left field foul pole about 30 feet up.

Game 2: #9 ETBU 1, #17 Redlands 0A dynamite defense propelled #9 East Texas Baptist University to their ninth straight win shutting out #17 the University of the Redlands, 1-0, advancing in the championship round of the NCAA Regional Tournament. For the second day in a row Shelby Parker pitched a shutout allowing just four hits as ETBU won their 36th game of the year. ETBU has now recorded 13 shutout wins on the year.

“This win was huge for us. We know we have a tough road ahead of us but it definitely sets up for a good position in the tournament,” says head coach Janae Shirley.

Winning nine straight games, the last five over ranked opponents, ETBU has a 10-4 record in one-run games is 3-0 when winning 1-0. In the nine-game run, ETBU has a one-run win over #1 Texas-Tyler, 10-9, in the American Southwest Conference Tournament.

“The girls are doing a nice job as they continue to carry over stuff from game to game and gotten better each time,” says Shirley on the nine-game winning streak. “They have done a good job of adjusting to the different teams we have been playing. Our goal every game is to play our best ball and continue to get better.”

It was the defense that adjusted against the Redlands allowing just four hits and making big plays as ETBU collected 16 outs on fly balls. With the Redlands threatening to tie the game in the top of the seventh inning, as runners were on the corners, Logan Gardner called everyone off on a pop up in the infield to grab the final out and send ETBU forward in the winner’s bracket.

Freshman Kelsey DeCarolis, who had two hits for ETBU comments, “It’s a really good feeling to get a win in the tournament but it’s not just me it’s the whole team.”

Having no problem hitting Redlands ace Kayla Uphold, who had 24 wins on the year, ETBU ran into a chore of bringing in those runners when they were scoring position. Finishing with seven hits, two of which were doubles, there were eight runners left on base.

The only run ETBU needed came in the first inning on a Lacy Liles double to left center field. Alyssa Romero, who started the game off with a single to left field, scored on the play. Liles is now 3-for-6 in the tournament with a home run and double bringing in two of ETBU’s four runs.

Romero, Maranda Westbrook, and Kayla Garcia each had a hit to give ETBU four hits.

Parker once again shined from the circle giving up just four hits and earn-ing a shutout for the second day in a row. She struck out three batters and retired 11 straight from the second through fifth innings. With the win today, she is now 2-2 in NCAA Tournament appearances after going 0-2 in 2011 in the Tyler Regional.

Staying in the winner’s bracket, ETBU now faces an opponent they have already played six times in 2013 in Texas-Tyler. Both teams have won three games each as Texas-Tyler won the regular season match ups 3-1 in ASC East play and ETBU won two in the ASC Tournament for the championship.

Shirley says, “Both UT Tyler and us are two great programs and it’s al-ways going to be a battle competing against each other. I think you will see a complete and exciting ball game tonight.”

Game 3: #5 UT-Tyler 4, #9 ETBU 1A clash of the Titans took place for the seventh time this year between #5 Texas-Tyler and #9 East Texas Baptist as they squared off against each other in the winner’s bracket of the NCAA Regional Tournament. Texas-Tyler took the upper hand in this round, 4-1, to advance to the championship game as ETBU now will play out of the loser’s bracket on Mother’s Day.

The battle came down to one inning for Texas-Tyler as they scored three unearned runs in the fourth inning to move up to the driver’s seat the rest of the game. The first three innings both ETBU’s Kelly Jo McLendon and Texas-Tyler’s Kelsie Batten were mowing down batters in order. With one out in the fourth, ETBU had a fielding error allowed only the second runner of the game for Texas-Tyler to come in from second base for the first run of the game. Two batters later, another Texas-Tyler run came in with two outs with a single to left field and then the third run crossed when the next batter had a single up the middle. Those three runs is all Texas-Tyler’s Batten needed as she didn’t allow a single hit until the fifth inning.

McLendon continued to pitch well and finished giving up just one earned run on six hits. She walked one batter and four runs came in as she fell to 8-2 on the year.

“Kelly Jo (McLendon) threw a good game but caught some tough breaks.

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She pitched a nice ball game and gave us a chance to win,” says head coach Janae Shirley.

Texas-Tyler’s Joey Cronin had a solo home run in the fifth inning for the 4-0 lead as the other run in the game.

ETBU was held to three hits as two came from Tawny Hank. Hank broke up the perfect game in the fifth inning with a shot off of Batten’s shin and then doubled in the seventh inning. Kayla Garcia posted the other hit.

The only run for ETBU came in on Lya Swaner’s ground out in the seventh as Lacy Liles scored.

The series this year now moves ahead to a 4-3 advantage for Texas-Tyler after meeting seven times. These two teams met four times during the regular season as Texas-Tyler took three of four to finish in first place in the east division. ETBU won the next two meetings in the ASC Tourna-ment to win the championship to even the series at 3-3 before the NCAA regional tournament meeting.

Texas-Tyler ended ETBU’s nine-game winning streak and the Tigers will now play out of the loser’s bracket facing the University of the Redlands at 11:00 a.m. on Sunday. ETBU handed Redlands their first loss in the tournament, 1-0, earlier in the day on Saturday.

ETBU is now one game away from elimination from the tournament. Hank comments about playing from this position, “It’s always one game at a time. You have to look at each day as a new day because in softball it always changes. If one person is struggling on the team, you have another teammate to pick them up.”

Shirley says about playing Redlands for the second time in the tourna-ment, “Our approach doesn’t change because we are playing somebody different but we know we are going to have to show up and play. They had a tough ball game with us yesterday and they had another tough win today. We know we are going to have to show up and play.”

This regional started with five nationally ranked teams and now is down to three as Redlands eliminated Claremont-Mudd-Scripps earlier on Sat-urday. This regional has produced national champions in ETBU, Pacific Lutheran, and Linfield in the past and will have the best represented at the World Series.

“Definitely the regional is the toughest part of this whole bid. A nice thing about this regional is it sets up for a good experience at the World Series,” says Shirley. “We have been there before and we understand what it takes to get to that point. Playing tough teams is what the games are all about because these players want to go out there and compete. This is one of the most competitive groups of players I have ever had and they are a young team and they are excited about every opportunity they get to play. Playing good teams get them excited.”

Game 4: #9 ETBU 5, #17 Redlands 3It was win or go home for #9 East Texas Baptist University in their elimina-tion game of the NCAA Regional Tournament as they held onto a 5-3 win over the University of the Redlands. ETBU opened the game with four runs in the bottom of the first inning and never gave up the lead winning their 37th game of the year.

Lacy Liles, Lya Swaner, and Sara Clements each had two hits as ETBU collected eight on the day. Swaner, playing in her final NCAA Regional Tournament, led the team with two RBI while Liles, Clements, and Tawny Hank each brought in one run.

For the third time in three days Shelby Parker had another strong perfor-mance in the circle. She moves to 3-0 in the tournament with her third complete game in as many days moving to 16-3 on the year. She mowed down five batters and now has 135 strikeouts on the year and did not walk any batter.

ETBU once again dominated Redlands ace Kayla Uphold scoring five runs in the first three innings as all five runs were earned. Liles started the four-run inning with two outs after Maranda Westbrook stole her 20th base of the year. With a 3-2 count, Liles singled down the right field line as Westbrook came around for the first run of the game. After a Clements single, Hank doubled to the left field line as Liles made touched home plate for the 2-0 lead. Swaner made it 4-0 on her sixth double of the year bringing in both Hank and Clements.

The third inning brought another run in for ETBU moving the lead to five. After the first out, Liles and Clements posted back-to-back doubles as Liles came in for the fifth run.

Redlands made the game interesting in the sixth with a two-run home run with one out and then brought in the third run in the top of the seventh with two outs. With runners in scoring position, Grace Rose grounded out to Westbrook at third base to end the game as ETBU kept their season alive.

The ETBU defense once again played a strong game with 10 ground outs and six fly outs. Swaner had four pop foul catches behind home plate.

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Game 5: #5 UT-Tyler 7, #9 ETBU 6 (9 inn)Clashing for the eighth time this year and playing for the NCAA Division III Regional Championship, two of the nation’s best programs battled it out all the way through nine innings when #5 Texas-Tyler found the game winning hit in the top of the ninth inning, 7-6, over #9 East Texas Baptist University. The momentum went both ways with ETBU carrying it early in the game before Texas-Tyler snatched it away in the end.

Texas-Tyler brought in the go ahead run in the top of the ninth inning and then their defense came through in the bottom of the inning. With one runner on base, first baseman Rachel Howell grabbed Tawny Hank’s line drive shot for the final out to end the last battle between two of the best teams in the nation.

“We knew it was going to be a battle and that we needed to finish off the game and play the whole game,” says head coach Janae Shirley. “Six runs proved to not be enough in one inning but it was great for our play-ers to jump on Batten putting her out of the game for the first time in the tournament.”

Kelsey DeCarolis led ETBU with three hits while Alyssa Romero, Lacy Liles, Lya Swaner, and Kayla Garcia all had a RBI. Shelby Parker took the loss as she struck out four batters as she finishes at 15-4 on the year. Liles, DeCarolis, and Parker were all named to the All-Region team for their play in the tournament.

After two scoreless innings, ETBU erupted for six runs in the third inning putting Texas-Tyler’s Kelsie Batten out of the game for the first time in the entire regional tournament. Batten had pitched every inning of every game for the Patriots before ETBU shook her up taking the lead.

Alyssa Romero brought in the first run of the third with a single to the outfield and two batters later Kelsey DeCarolis made it 2-0 with a single through the right side as Maranda Westbrook came in. Lacy Liles sacri-ficed her at-bat putting down a squeeze bunt as Romero came sliding in at home making it 3-0. At that point, Texas-Tyler relieved Batten from her pitching duties putting in Heather Abshire.

Abshire had a hard time getting started with a walk and hit by a pitch to load the bases. Lya Swaner followed with a hard hit single to the pitcher as DeCarolis came in. Abshire then walked Garcia for an easy RBI and a five-run lead. Two pitches later, Abshire had a wild pitch allowing Stacie Pilkington to become the sixth run of the inning. She finally got out of the night mare inning with a ground out as ETBU took the momentum to their side.

Texas-Tyler’s Abshire quickly made up for her performance in the bottom of the third leading of the fourth with a solo shot to left field for the first run of the game. Their second run came in the fifth inning to pull within four of ETBU, 6-2. Abshire then settled down in the circle and retired the side in the fourth and fifth innings. ETBU had a runner on with two outs in the sixth inning but Texas-Tyler held her on as they trailed by four with three

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After the first runner was put on by being hit, Texas-Tyler had two straight outs before their rally started. Four straight hits followed including the last as a double that cleared the bases to tie the game at six. In the bottom of the seventh, ETBU had a chance to take the win with the bases loaded and two outs but couldn’t get the hit to end the game.

Both teams went scoreless in the eighth and then with two outs in the top of the ninth, Vanessa Carrizales put Texas-Tyler ahead with a double off the left field wall as Howell became the go ahead run. The game wasn’t over though as ETBU had a chance to tie the game with one runner on but the Texas-Tyler defense ended the game grabbing Tawny Hank’s line drive shot to first base.

This marked the final game for four-year starter Lya Swaner. She has been a cornerstone in the program the last four years winning all the championships you could win as a player. The double major honor’s stu-dent graduated last week with her degree and now will pursue medical school.

Shirley says, “Lya Swaner gets to walk away with two conference cham-pions, a divisional championship, a regional championship and a national championship. She can definitely go away from this happy with her ca-reer and she helped the team get back to the point to where they know what it takes to get there.”

After four years of playing for ETBU, Swaner reflected on her career at the post-game press conference saying, “It’s been great playing here at ETBU and I wouldn’t pick any other team to play for. This is my team and will always be my team and we are great. I love coming out here and playing in a regional championship game and I love playing against Tyler. We got ours in conference and they got theirs here and that is just how it rolls. Tyler will always be my favorite team to play because they always bring it and it always makes us try harder.”

ETBU loses just Swaner for 2014 and has a very young squad that com-peted for the regional championship and won the 2013 ASC Tournament championship.

Shirley finishes with, “Our future is bright and you haven’t seen the last of ETBU softball.”

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