Bowling Green State University Athletics
Wednesday, April 10
Oxford, OH
3:00 PM
Bowling Green State University
at
Miami
Photo by: Brad Phalin, BGSU Marketing and Communications
Midweek Meeting with Miami Kicks off Four-Game MAC Slate
April 09, 2019 | Softball
Falcons return home to face Buffalo this weekend
THIS WEEK IN BGSU SOFTBALL
Date       Opponent    First Pitch*
Wed., April 10  at Miami      3:00 p.m.
Fri., April 12Â Â BUFFALOÂ Â Â Â Â Â Â 3:00 p.m.
Sat., April 13Â Â BUFFALO (DH)Â Â Â Â 1:00 p.m.
* all times Eastern
SETTING THE SCENE
• The Bowling Green State University softball team reaches the halfway point of the  Mid-American Conference schedule this week. Head coach Sarah Willis and the Falcons venture to Oxford for a Wednesday (April 10) game against Miami University. First pitch is set for 3:00 p.m. at the Miami Softball Field.
• Then, the Falcons will return home to start the second half of the conference schedule. The Brown and Orange will host the University at Buffalo in a three-game weekend series, with the teams scheduled to play a single game on Friday (April 12) and a doubleheader on Saturday (April 13) at Meserve Field.
TOUCH 'EM ALL (FOUR FASCINATING FACTS ABOUT THE FALCONS)
• The Falcons won two games at Ball State last weekend, capturing the three-game series with the preseason MAC favorite. BGSU outhit the Cardinals in each of those three games in Muncie.
• Senior Meredith Miller was dominant in her two appearances vs. BSU, with a complete-game two-hitter on Friday (April 5) and five innings of one-hit shutout relief on Saturday (April 6). Miller went 2-0 with an ERA of just 0.58 and a miniscule opponent batting average of .079 against the Cardinals.
• Senior Alex Sorgi has drawn at least one walk in each of the last eight games, and now has a team-leading 20 walks this season. Sorgi has reached base via hit or walk in 12-straight games.
• Believe it or not, Sorgi's current reached-base streak is not the team's longest. Junior Evelyn Loyola has reached via hit or walk in each of her last 13 contests, and has raised her batting average 158 points in that time. The last time she did not reach base came back on March 13, when she had just one at-bat in the second game vs. Oakland, and still drove in a run on a fielder's choice.
SETTING THE TABLE
• BGSU's leadoff hitter has reached base 41.7 percent of the time this season (98 times in 235 opportunities). The leadoff batter has gotten on base at least three times in 10 of the last 11 games, and in 22 of this season's 35 contests.
SISTER ACT
• Senior Alex Sorgi and her sister, sophomore Nikki Sorgi, have made a habit of getting on base this season. Alex leads the Falcons with a total of 33 hits, while Nikki is right behind with 32 hits this year. Nikki has a team-leading 10 multiple-hit games in 2019, while Alex has nine.
CAREER YEARS
• Junior Taylor Blevins entered the year with a total of nine hits in her first two seasons. This year, Blevins has tripled that number, with 27 hits. She is batting .325 this year to date.
• Sophomore Payton Hamm had four hits, including one extra-base knock, a year ago, but Hamm has totals of 18 hits, including 10 of the extra-base variety, in 2019.
• Soph Nikki Sorgi had nine hits in 2018, and has 32 this season to date. She has 11 extra-base hits in 2019, 10 more than her total for all of last season.
THE 2019 FALCONS: A QUICK OVERVIEW
• The Falcons are 15-20 overall and 3-7 in the MAC heading into Wednesday's Miami matchup, and BG is coming off of a series win at Ball State over the weekend. The Falcons are batting .274 to the opponents' .256 on the year.
• BGSU is 3-3 at home, 8-8 on the road and 4-9 at neutral sites to date.
• Three Falcon starters are hitting at least .325, with four more regulars batting over .260. Junior Madi McCoy leads the way with a .386 average, and she paces the club with seven home runs, 23 RBI and a .714 slugging percentage.
• Sophomore Nikki Sorgi and junior Taylor Blevins and are hitting .340 and .325, respectively.  Sorgi is tied for the team lead with 11 extra-base hits, while Blevins is batting .324 in MAC games to pace the Falcons.
• Senior Alex Sorgi is hitting .287, while junior Evelyn Loyola is batting .283 and senior Kellie Natham and soph Sarah Gonzalez are at .261 apiece. Loyola has reached base in each of her last 13 games, while Gonzalez has 11 extra-base knocks to tie Nikki Sorgi for the BG lead.
• Alex Sorgi has 33 hits to pace the Falcons, and the senior also has BG-best totals of, 20 walks, 25 runs and 18 stolen bases. Natham is second on the club with five dingers, and is one of five Falcons with nine or more extra-base hits.
• In the circle, seniors Meredith Miller and Brooke Parker have combined to start 34 of BG's 35 games. Miller has made 19 starts, and is 11-9 with a 3.17 earned-run average. She has eight complete games, one shutout and 119 strikeouts in 119 1/3 innings, and has allowed opponents to hit just .227 against her.
• Parker is 4-9 with an ERA of 3.89 and one save. She has seven complete games, along with an opponent batting average of .278, and has struck out 65 hitters.
• A total of 20 different Falcons have made at least one start this season. Only Gonzalez and Alex Sorgi have started all 35 games.
RECORD WATCH
• Senior Alex Sorgi has moved into second place in BGSU history in stolen bases, and will likely end her career in that spot. Sorgi now has 61 career thefts, having recently moved past Jenny Ranz (57 steals from 1994-97) on that list. BG Hall-of-Famer Amy Lienhardt (121 steals from 1985-88) has a firm grip on the school record.
• Sorgi is ranked seventh in BGSU history with 108 runs scored, and is tied for ninth on the school list with 61 walks. The senior is 15th in BG annals with a .305 career batting average.
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• Seniors Kali Holcomb (seven, T-fourth) and Kellie Natham (five, T-eighth) are ranked in the top-10 on the BG career chart for sacrifice flies.
• Senior pitchers Meredith Miller and Brooke Parker are ranked on numerous BG lists as well. Miller is third in school history in strikeouts per seven innings (6.07), and has moved into sixth place in total strikeouts (388). She is eighth in wins and innings pitched, tied for eighth in games started and ninth in complete games.
• Parker is 11th in appearances, and she is tied for sixth in career saves. Parker is now 12th in strikeouts, 13th in K's per seven innings and tied for 13th in games started.
• Fellow senior Kiley Sosby is ranked 16th in career strikeouts.
THE OPPONENTS
• Miami is 20-13 overall, and the RedHawks are 5-3 in the MAC after winning four of last week's five games. MU captured two of three games vs. Northern Illinois over the weekend.
• Ashton Slone is hitting a team-high .400, and she also leads the RedHawks in walks (20 - tied for lead), RBI (26), on-base percentage (.505) and slugging pct. (.689).
• In the circle, Courtney Vierstra is 9-6 with a team-low 2.44 ERA and 147 strikeouts in 97 2/3 innings. Brianna Pratt is also 9-6 and has an ERA of 3.42.
• Coach Clarisa Crowell and the RedHawks went 24-25 overall and 11-12 in the MAC a year ago. Miami was picked to finish sixth in the conference in 2019 in the preseason coaches poll.
• Buffalo is 6-23-1 overall and 3-3-1 in the conference, heading into a Wednesday home game vs. Akron. The Bulls were idle over the weekend after splitting a road DH with UA last Tuesday. UB won the latter game by a 16-6 final.
• After going 1-18 to begin the season, the Bulls are 5-5-1 over the last 11 games.
• Anna Aguon is hitting a team-leading .404, and also paces the Bulls with 11 doubles, an on-base percentage of .467 and a .670 slugging pct.
• Ally Power is 3-12 in the circle, with an ERA of 6.08. Lace Smith is 3-10 with a 7.63 ERA this year. That duo has combined to start 29 of UB's 30 games in 2019.Â
• First-year head coach Mike Ruechel inherited 10 players from last season's team. The 2018 Bulls went 16-31 overall and 3-16 in MAC play.
THE SERIES
• The Falcons lead Miami, 55-54, in the all-time series between the teams, but the RedHawks won a pair of games at Meserve Field last Tuesday. Last year, the teams saw a scheduled doubleheader in Oxford washed away due to inclement weather, before the teams split a DH in BG the following week. BGSU is 37-19 at home, 13-30 on the road and 5-5 at neutral sites with the Redskins/RedHawks over the years.
• BGSU leads Buffalo, 27-12, in that series, and the Falcons captured a doubleheader in Western New York last season, winning by scores of 7-3 and 11-1. The third game in that series was cancelled due to inclement weather. Two years ago, in the teams' last meetings at Meserve, the Falcons swept a three-game series. BG is 12-7 at home, 13-5 on the road and 2-0 in neutral-site matchups with UB since the dawn of time.
DOWN THE ROAD...
• Following the Buffalo series, the Falcons will play five-straight games in Michigan. BG will head to the Motor City for a Tuesday (April 16) twinbill vs. Detroit Mercy, with game one beginning at 2:00 p.m.
• Then, the Orange and Brown will travel to Kalamazoo for a three-game weekend set vs. Western Michigan, including a single game on April 19 and a doubleheader the following day (April 20).
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Date       Opponent    First Pitch*
Wed., April 10  at Miami      3:00 p.m.
Fri., April 12Â Â BUFFALOÂ Â Â Â Â Â Â 3:00 p.m.
Sat., April 13Â Â BUFFALO (DH)Â Â Â Â 1:00 p.m.
* all times Eastern
SETTING THE SCENE
• The Bowling Green State University softball team reaches the halfway point of the  Mid-American Conference schedule this week. Head coach Sarah Willis and the Falcons venture to Oxford for a Wednesday (April 10) game against Miami University. First pitch is set for 3:00 p.m. at the Miami Softball Field.
• Then, the Falcons will return home to start the second half of the conference schedule. The Brown and Orange will host the University at Buffalo in a three-game weekend series, with the teams scheduled to play a single game on Friday (April 12) and a doubleheader on Saturday (April 13) at Meserve Field.
TOUCH 'EM ALL (FOUR FASCINATING FACTS ABOUT THE FALCONS)
• The Falcons won two games at Ball State last weekend, capturing the three-game series with the preseason MAC favorite. BGSU outhit the Cardinals in each of those three games in Muncie.
• Senior Meredith Miller was dominant in her two appearances vs. BSU, with a complete-game two-hitter on Friday (April 5) and five innings of one-hit shutout relief on Saturday (April 6). Miller went 2-0 with an ERA of just 0.58 and a miniscule opponent batting average of .079 against the Cardinals.
• Senior Alex Sorgi has drawn at least one walk in each of the last eight games, and now has a team-leading 20 walks this season. Sorgi has reached base via hit or walk in 12-straight games.
• Believe it or not, Sorgi's current reached-base streak is not the team's longest. Junior Evelyn Loyola has reached via hit or walk in each of her last 13 contests, and has raised her batting average 158 points in that time. The last time she did not reach base came back on March 13, when she had just one at-bat in the second game vs. Oakland, and still drove in a run on a fielder's choice.
SETTING THE TABLE
• BGSU's leadoff hitter has reached base 41.7 percent of the time this season (98 times in 235 opportunities). The leadoff batter has gotten on base at least three times in 10 of the last 11 games, and in 22 of this season's 35 contests.
SISTER ACT
• Senior Alex Sorgi and her sister, sophomore Nikki Sorgi, have made a habit of getting on base this season. Alex leads the Falcons with a total of 33 hits, while Nikki is right behind with 32 hits this year. Nikki has a team-leading 10 multiple-hit games in 2019, while Alex has nine.
CAREER YEARS
• Junior Taylor Blevins entered the year with a total of nine hits in her first two seasons. This year, Blevins has tripled that number, with 27 hits. She is batting .325 this year to date.
• Sophomore Payton Hamm had four hits, including one extra-base knock, a year ago, but Hamm has totals of 18 hits, including 10 of the extra-base variety, in 2019.
• Soph Nikki Sorgi had nine hits in 2018, and has 32 this season to date. She has 11 extra-base hits in 2019, 10 more than her total for all of last season.
THE 2019 FALCONS: A QUICK OVERVIEW
• The Falcons are 15-20 overall and 3-7 in the MAC heading into Wednesday's Miami matchup, and BG is coming off of a series win at Ball State over the weekend. The Falcons are batting .274 to the opponents' .256 on the year.
• BGSU is 3-3 at home, 8-8 on the road and 4-9 at neutral sites to date.
• Three Falcon starters are hitting at least .325, with four more regulars batting over .260. Junior Madi McCoy leads the way with a .386 average, and she paces the club with seven home runs, 23 RBI and a .714 slugging percentage.
• Sophomore Nikki Sorgi and junior Taylor Blevins and are hitting .340 and .325, respectively.  Sorgi is tied for the team lead with 11 extra-base hits, while Blevins is batting .324 in MAC games to pace the Falcons.
• Senior Alex Sorgi is hitting .287, while junior Evelyn Loyola is batting .283 and senior Kellie Natham and soph Sarah Gonzalez are at .261 apiece. Loyola has reached base in each of her last 13 games, while Gonzalez has 11 extra-base knocks to tie Nikki Sorgi for the BG lead.
• Alex Sorgi has 33 hits to pace the Falcons, and the senior also has BG-best totals of, 20 walks, 25 runs and 18 stolen bases. Natham is second on the club with five dingers, and is one of five Falcons with nine or more extra-base hits.
• In the circle, seniors Meredith Miller and Brooke Parker have combined to start 34 of BG's 35 games. Miller has made 19 starts, and is 11-9 with a 3.17 earned-run average. She has eight complete games, one shutout and 119 strikeouts in 119 1/3 innings, and has allowed opponents to hit just .227 against her.
• Parker is 4-9 with an ERA of 3.89 and one save. She has seven complete games, along with an opponent batting average of .278, and has struck out 65 hitters.
• A total of 20 different Falcons have made at least one start this season. Only Gonzalez and Alex Sorgi have started all 35 games.
RECORD WATCH
• Senior Alex Sorgi has moved into second place in BGSU history in stolen bases, and will likely end her career in that spot. Sorgi now has 61 career thefts, having recently moved past Jenny Ranz (57 steals from 1994-97) on that list. BG Hall-of-Famer Amy Lienhardt (121 steals from 1985-88) has a firm grip on the school record.
• Sorgi is ranked seventh in BGSU history with 108 runs scored, and is tied for ninth on the school list with 61 walks. The senior is 15th in BG annals with a .305 career batting average.
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• Seniors Kali Holcomb (seven, T-fourth) and Kellie Natham (five, T-eighth) are ranked in the top-10 on the BG career chart for sacrifice flies.
• Senior pitchers Meredith Miller and Brooke Parker are ranked on numerous BG lists as well. Miller is third in school history in strikeouts per seven innings (6.07), and has moved into sixth place in total strikeouts (388). She is eighth in wins and innings pitched, tied for eighth in games started and ninth in complete games.
• Parker is 11th in appearances, and she is tied for sixth in career saves. Parker is now 12th in strikeouts, 13th in K's per seven innings and tied for 13th in games started.
• Fellow senior Kiley Sosby is ranked 16th in career strikeouts.
THE OPPONENTS
• Miami is 20-13 overall, and the RedHawks are 5-3 in the MAC after winning four of last week's five games. MU captured two of three games vs. Northern Illinois over the weekend.
• Ashton Slone is hitting a team-high .400, and she also leads the RedHawks in walks (20 - tied for lead), RBI (26), on-base percentage (.505) and slugging pct. (.689).
• In the circle, Courtney Vierstra is 9-6 with a team-low 2.44 ERA and 147 strikeouts in 97 2/3 innings. Brianna Pratt is also 9-6 and has an ERA of 3.42.
• Coach Clarisa Crowell and the RedHawks went 24-25 overall and 11-12 in the MAC a year ago. Miami was picked to finish sixth in the conference in 2019 in the preseason coaches poll.
• Buffalo is 6-23-1 overall and 3-3-1 in the conference, heading into a Wednesday home game vs. Akron. The Bulls were idle over the weekend after splitting a road DH with UA last Tuesday. UB won the latter game by a 16-6 final.
• After going 1-18 to begin the season, the Bulls are 5-5-1 over the last 11 games.
• Anna Aguon is hitting a team-leading .404, and also paces the Bulls with 11 doubles, an on-base percentage of .467 and a .670 slugging pct.
• Ally Power is 3-12 in the circle, with an ERA of 6.08. Lace Smith is 3-10 with a 7.63 ERA this year. That duo has combined to start 29 of UB's 30 games in 2019.Â
• First-year head coach Mike Ruechel inherited 10 players from last season's team. The 2018 Bulls went 16-31 overall and 3-16 in MAC play.
THE SERIES
• The Falcons lead Miami, 55-54, in the all-time series between the teams, but the RedHawks won a pair of games at Meserve Field last Tuesday. Last year, the teams saw a scheduled doubleheader in Oxford washed away due to inclement weather, before the teams split a DH in BG the following week. BGSU is 37-19 at home, 13-30 on the road and 5-5 at neutral sites with the Redskins/RedHawks over the years.
• BGSU leads Buffalo, 27-12, in that series, and the Falcons captured a doubleheader in Western New York last season, winning by scores of 7-3 and 11-1. The third game in that series was cancelled due to inclement weather. Two years ago, in the teams' last meetings at Meserve, the Falcons swept a three-game series. BG is 12-7 at home, 13-5 on the road and 2-0 in neutral-site matchups with UB since the dawn of time.
DOWN THE ROAD...
• Following the Buffalo series, the Falcons will play five-straight games in Michigan. BG will head to the Motor City for a Tuesday (April 16) twinbill vs. Detroit Mercy, with game one beginning at 2:00 p.m.
• Then, the Orange and Brown will travel to Kalamazoo for a three-game weekend set vs. Western Michigan, including a single game on April 19 and a doubleheader the following day (April 20).
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