Bowling Green State University Athletics
Falcons Host Detroit, Hit Road For Five Games
April 16, 2001 | Softball
April 16, 2001
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The Bowling Green State University softball team, after playing just two games last week, should be quite busy this week. The Falcons (17-14 overall, 7-3 Mid-American Conference) will host the University of Detroit Mercy in non-conference action Monday (April 16). First pitch is scheduled for 3:00 p.m. at the BGSU Softball Field.
Following the UDM doubleheader, the Brown and Orange will return to the road for five consecutive MAC games, beginning with a Tuesday (April 17) double-dip against the University of Akron. That twinbill is scheduled to begin at 2:00 p.m. at UA's Buchtel Field.
BGSU then heads to Buffalo for a three-game weekend series vs. the Bulls. The teams will play a Friday (April 20) single game, beginning at 3:00 p.m., followed by a Saturday (April 21) twinbill at 1:00 p.m. All three games will be played at the UB Softball Stadium.
After this week's five conference road games, the Falcons will play the last nine MAC contests of the regular season at home.
HEAD COACH LEIGH ROSS-SHAW: Leigh Ross-Shaw is in her third season as a collegiate head coach, and has an overall record of 71-59. Ross-Shaw has a Mid-American Conference mark of 35-21 after leading the Falcons to a MAC East Division co-championship last year.
Ross-Shaw assumed the top job after two years as BG's assistant coach. The Ottawa Lake, Mich., native came to the Falcon program in 1996 after serving as a high-school head coach, at Notre Dame Academy in Toledo, for four seasons.
Ross-Shaw, a 1992 graduate of the University of Toledo, still holds numerous UT and MAC records, and remains the all-time conference leader in batting average (.398), at-bats and hits. She hit a MAC-record .447 as a senior en route to All-America Second-Team honors. On February 2, she was inducted into the UT Athletics Hall of Fame.
Amy Kyler is in her third season as Ross-Shaw's assistant. Kyler, quite possibly the top pitcher in Cleveland State history, graduated from CSU in 1997. She played for the Carolina Diamonds of the Women's Pro Softball League for two years, and pitched for the Akron Racers in each of the last two seasons.
THE OPPONENTS: Detroit enters the BGSU twinbill with an overall record of 12-19, and the Titans have a Midwestern Collegiate Conference record of 3-3. Last weekend, UDM split a twinbill at Cleveland State. Earlier in the week, the Titans were swept by Toledo, but swept two games from Northwood. Last season, Detroit was 16-29 overall and 1-11 in the MCC. Head coach Bob Wilkerson has a record of 61-156 in his fifth year as a collegiate head coach, all in Detroit. More information on the team can be accessed at www.detroittitans.com.
Akron has a 15-17 overall mark, and the Zips will bring an 8-5 MAC record into Tuesday's games vs. BGSU. Last weekend, UA won two-of-three games from host Ohio. Akron has played just three games at home this season to date, going 2-1 in a series vs. Miami. Last year, the Zips finished 31-21 overall, and UA was 12-8 in MAC play. Head coach Deanna Parks is 137-106 in her sixth year at the Akron helm. She has a record of 197-139 in her ninth year as a collegiate head coach. UA's athletic web site is www.gozips.com.
Buffalo currently has an overall record of 8-29, and the Bulls are 3-12 in the MAC. UB is scheduled to play a non-conference doubleheader at Canisisus Tuesday (April 17) before hosting the Falcons this weekend. Last week, the Bulls went 3-2, winning a Wednesday (April 11) twinbill vs. St. Bonaventure before taking one of three games from Northern Illinois over the weekend. The 2001 season marks UB's first as a MAC member for softball. Last year, the Bulls went 7-38 in the team's first season of action since 1987. Head coach Marie Curran is 15-67 in her second year with the Bulls. More information on the team can be accessed at www.buffalobulls.com.
THE SERIES: The Falcons hold an 18-5 lead over Detroit in the all-time series, and BGSU has won the last seven meetings. Last year, the visiting Falcons won a pair of two-run games in the Motor City, 5-3 and 8-6 (April 5, 2000). Two years ago, the Brown and Orange won a home twinbill by scores of 3-1 and 8-3 (April 7, 1999).
BGSU leads Akron, 30-16-1, in that series, and the Falcons won three of last year's four meetings. Visiting UA rallied from a 6-0 deficit for a 9-7 win at the BGSU Softball Field last April 14, but the Falcons swept the next day's doubleheader by scores of 7-2 and 5-3. Then, the teams met in the MAC Tournament, and a Jen Domschot homer broke a scoreless tie and propelled the Brown and Orange to a 2-0 win in DeKalb, Ill. (May 13, 2000). In the last meetings in Akron, the Falcons swept a twinbill by scores of 3-1 and 5-3 two years ago (April 24, 1999).
The Falcons have met Buffalo just twice, with both meetings coming during last season's spring trip. BG captured a 9-1, six-inning decision at Disney's Wide World of Sports Complex on March 7, 2000, then won a 4-2 contest three days later.
RECAPPING LAST WEEK: The Falcons played only two games last week, sweeping a MAC doubleheader from visiting Ohio Tuesday (April 10) ... the Brown and Orange won the first game by a 3-2 score, then blanked the Bobcats, 3-0, in the nightcap ... the Falcons' scheduled Wednesday (April 11) doubleheader at #11 Notre Dame was cancelled due to inclement weather ... those games will not be rescheduled.
JEN DOMSCHOT TIES SCHOOL HR RECORD: For the second consecutive week, a Falcon player has tied the school record for homers ... senior Jen Domschot blasted a two-run homerun to right field in the sixth inning of Tuesday's (April 10) second game vs. Ohio ... for Domschot, the homer was the 11th of her career, tying the BGSU mark ... fellow senior Lynsey Ebel had hit her 11th round-tripper just six days earlier (April 4), in a game vs. visiting Michigan ... the two players now share the record with Colleen Bates (1997-2000).
FALCONS BY THE NUMBERS: The Falcons are hitting .239 as a team this year, while the opponents are hitting .273 ... BGSU has a team ERA of 2.31, while the foes have a 3.26 ERA ... when the Falcons' 29-0 loss to nationally-ranked Arizona is taken out of the equation, BGSU is hitting .244 to the opponents' .261, and the team ERA drops to 1.56 ... senior Nikki Rouhana (.337), freshman Jenifer Kernahan (.321) and senior Jen Domschot (.282) are the team's top-three in batting ... Jen Domschot leads the Falcons with 21 runs scored, 14 walks and a slugging percentage of .494, while Rouhana paces the Brown and Orange in hits (29), total bases (40) and on-base pct. (412) ... junior Renee Rosemeier leads BG with seven doubles and 21 runs batted in ... Rosemeier, Jen Domschot and senior Lynsey Ebel have three homers each on the year ... sophomore McKenna Houle paces the pitchers with seven wins, six complete games, two shutouts and an earned-run average of 1.71 ... junior Jessie Milosek has a 1.83 ERA and a 5-5 record, while classmate Andrea Genter is 4-2 with a 2.10 ERA ... Milosek and Houle have 34 strikeouts apiece this year.
HOME COOKIN': With the sweep of Ohio Tuesday (April 10), the Falcons improved to 4-1 in home games this season, including 4-0 vs. MAC opponents ... BGSU has now won 11 consecutive home games vs. league foes ... in Leigh Ross-Shaw's head-coaching tenure, the Falcons have a record of 27-8 at the BGSU Softball Field, including a 23-6 mark against the MAC.
NOTING THE FALCONS: Senior Angie Domschot went 3-for-5 in the Ohio doubleheader Tuesday (April 10) ... she is hitting .533 (8-of-15) in home games this season ... junior Andrea Genter fired a three-hit shutout in the second game vs. Ohio ... Genter had a one-hitter until the seventh inning ... after giving up a two-out single in the first, she held the Bobcats hitless until that final inning ... Genter retired 15 consecutive batters at one point ... she is now 1-1 with an ERA of 0.51 in MAC games ... freshman Jody Johnson picked up her second save of the year in the first game vs. Ohio ... Johnson has two saves, both in MAC play, and has not surrendered a run in eight innings of work vs. league foes ... sophomore McKenna Houle is 4-1 with an ERA of 0.97 in MAC play ... the Falcons have scored a combined 62 runs in the first four innings of games this year, but BGSU has outscored opponents by a 25-18 margin in the fifth inning and a 33-19 count in the sixth ... BGSU has gone 13 consecutive games without allowing more than two earned runs ... the Falcons are 18-5 vs. MAC East Division opponents since the beginning of the 2000 conference season ... BGSU is 10-2 in games decided by five or more runs this year.
ANGIE DOMSCHOT MOVES UP: Senior Angie Domschot is making her presence felt on the BGSU career records lists ... in fact, she is ranked on every school list ... Domschot has moved into sole possession of second place in runs scored, with 95 in her BGSU tenure ... she is the BGSU career leader with 18 triples, and ranks third in doubles, with 33 ... additionally, Domschot is on the BG career lists for walks (48, tied for fourth), hits (164, tied for eighth), RBI (66, eighth), batting average (.291, 10th), at-bats (563, 11th) and homeruns (three, tied for 13th).
CAREER RECORDS WATCH: In addition to Angie Domschot, a number of other Falcons are moving up the school's career lists ... seniors Jen Domschot and Lynsey Ebel, as mentioned, are tied for the school record with 11 homers apiece ... Jen Domschot is second in batting average, with a career percentage of .316 ... Ebel has 60 RBI to tie for 13th on that school list ... senior Nikki Rouhana has 51 walks, the third-most in BG history ... Jen Domschot is tied for 11th on that list, with 44 ... sophomore Libby Voshell has five career homers to tie her for eighth on that list ... sophomore McKenna Houle and junior Jessie Milosek have eight shutouts each, tying them for fifth ... Houle's 18 wins deadlock her for 10th on that list, with Milosek right behind at 17 ... Milosek's career ERA of 2.03 ranks her seventh in school annals.
FEAST OR FAMINE: The Falcons have scored six or more runs in 11 of this year's 31 games, but BG has scored three or fewer in 18 contests, including each of the last six ... BGSU has been shut out five times this year, getting no-hit twice and one-hit on two other occasions ... the Falcons had at least two hits in every one of last season's 51 games, and BG was shut out six times last year.
HOMER HAPPY: Entering the Leigh Ross-Shaw (head-coaching) Era, the BGSU single-season record for homers was eight ... Ross-Shaw's first team obliterated that mark by hitting 19 round-trippers in 1999 ... not to be outdone, the 2000 squad matched that record ... this year, BGSU has a total of 12 homers in 31 games.
