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Softball Set To Battle Kent State And Buffalo On The Road
April 05, 2012 | Softball
BOWLING GREEN, Ohio. -- The Bowling Green State University softball team fell to Valparaiso Wednesday afternoon in both games of their doubleheader. The Falcons lost to the Crusaders 4-0 in the first game, before falling 5-0 in the second contest. Bowling Green will now take on Kent State in a doubleheader Friday, before taking on Buffalo in a two-game set spanning Saturday and Sunday.
The Falcons went 0-2 against Kent State last season, with the Golden Flashes outscoring Bowling Green 13-3 in the season series. Buffalo also swept their doubleheader last season, outscoring the Falcons 12-1 in two games. Bowling Green is currently 3-1 in the MAC, and is tied with Ohio (3-1) and Kent State (3-1) for first place in the Eastern Conference. The Falcons trail Kent State 43-54-1 in the all-time series, while holding the 16-7 all-time win advantage over Buffalo.
- Bowling Green's 22 home runs rank second in the MAC, trailing only Ball State (31).
- Freshmen pitchers Jamie Kertes and Paris Imholz are tied for first in the MAC with two saves. Both have also pitched five complete games.
- Senior Melissa West leads the Falcons with seven sacrifice hits.
- Junior Hannah Fulk's 27 runs scored leads Bowling Green, and ranks in the top five in the conference. Fulk's 26 walks also rank first in the MAC. Fulk was held without a walk in the doubleheader against Valparaiso, snapping her six-game walk streak.
- Junior Andrea Arney leads the Falcons and the conference with 29 RBI.
- The losses to Valparaiso mark only the second and third time this season Bowling Green has been shutout, and the first back-to-back shutouts of the season. The only other time this season the Falcons have been held scoreless was on March 17, in a 2-0 loss to Albany State.
- The Golden Flashes are 17-17 this season, going 4-2 at home, 3-6 on the road and 3-2 in conference.
- Kent State has scored 146 runs this season, while allowing 143 runs against.
- The Golden Flashes are 4-2 in their last six games, including wins over MAC foes Eastern and Central Michigan.
- Jessica Blanton leads Kent State with a .352 batting average, while Abbey Ledford leads the team in home runs (4) and RBI (23).
- Emma Johnson leads the team in wins (10), ERA (1.81), innings pitched (116.1) and strikeouts (129).
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- The Bulls are 7-17 this season, going 0-4 at home, 2-5 on the road and 0-6 in conference.
- Buffalo has only scored 66 runs this season, ranking last in the MAC.
- The Bulls are riding a six game losing streak, including losses to MAC foes Eastern and Central Michigan, as well as back-to-back losses to Ohio State.
- Alexis Curtis leads Buffalo in batting average (.323), home runs (2), RBI (12) and slugging percentage (.532).
- Tori Speckman leads the Bulls in wins (5), ERA (4.73), complete games (2) and innings pitched (71.0).
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