Friday, March 16
Fayetteville, Ark.
9:30 AM
Tulsa
vs
Omaha
Photo by: Dave Crenshaw
TU to Compete at Wooo Pig Classic This Weekend
3/15/2018 3:48:00 PM | Softball
Weekly Notes
TULSA, Okla. — After splitting a pair of midweek games, The University of Tulsa softball team will make the short drive east to Fayetteville, Ark., for four games at the Wooo Pig Classic.
The Golden Hurricane (15-10) will face Omaha (12-14) at 9:30 a.m. on Friday before a noon matchup with Iowa State (15-13). TU then will take on the Cyclones again at 9:30 a.m. on Saturday, followed by a 2:30 p.m. contest against Saint Francis (14-12).
TU is 6-3 all-time against its opponents this weekend. The Hurricane is 4-2 against Iowa State, 1-1 against Saint Francis and 1-0 versus Omaha.
Friday, March 16
9:30 a.m. — Tulsa vs. Omaha - Stats
12 p.m. — Tulsa vs. Iowa State - Stats
Saturday, March 17
9:30 a.m. — Tulsa vs. Iowa State - Stats
2:30 p.m. — Tulsa vs. Saint Francis - Stats
Notes
TU to Play Four Games at Wooo Pig Classic this Weekend
• After splitting a pair of midweek games, Tulsa will head east to Fayetteville, Ark., for the Wooo Pig Classic. TU will play twice on Friday and Saturday against Omaha, Iowa State and Saint Francis (Pa.).
• Tulsa is a combined 6-3 all-time against its opponents this weekend. The Hurricane is 4-2 against Iowa State, 1-1 against Saint Francis (Pa.) and 1-0 against Omaha. TU will not face host Arkansas.
Going Streaking
• After starting the season 3-6, Tulsa has won 12 of its last 16 games and is coming off a 6-1 win over Illinois State on Wednesday.
• During the stretch, Tulsa is hitting .320 while the pitching staff owns a collective 2.52 ERA. The offense has outscored its opponents 102-47 with the help of 38 extra-base hits.
• Emily Watson has led the pitching staff with six wins and a 1.59 ERA during the stretch and freshman pitcher Samantha Pochop is 4-0 with a 3.00 ERA. Watson has recorded double-digit strikeouts in four of her eight appearances during the stretch.
More Streaks
• Julia Hollingsworth will enter the weekend on a 16-game hitting streak, which has raised her batting average to a team-leading .440 for the season.
• Hollingsworth is hitting .481 (26-of-54) with a double, two tripes, a homer and seven RBIs during the streak. Eight of those games have been multi-hit outings and she's had at least two hits in each of her last four games.
• Shelby Estocado had a 16-game hitting streak snapped against Illinois State on Wednesday. The senior hit .500 (27-of-54) with five doubles, a triple, three homers and 19 RBIs during her streak.
Watson Named The American Pitcher of the Week
• For the 10th time in her career, senior Emily Watson was named American Athletic Conference Pitcher of the Week on Feb. 26.
• Watson went 3-0, Feb. 23-25, at the FAU "Strike-Out Cancer" Tournament with a pair of shutouts, 30 strikeouts and no runs allowed in 20 innings of work.
• She started the weekend with six scoreless innings against UIC before a season-high 13 strikeouts against Columbia. Watson closed the tournament with a one-hit shutout of FAU on just 84 pitches.
Career Numbers Update
• Emily Watson ranks in the program's all-time top 10 in several categories, including ERA (2nd, 1.80), opposing batting average (2nd, .207), strikeouts (2nd, 684), shutouts (t-2nd, 25), wins (3rd, 58), games started (5th, 85), complete-games (6th, 54), saves (6th, 4), innings pitched (7th, 534.0) and appearances (8th, 102).
• Shelby Estocado ranks fifth in program history with 28 homers, including five round-trippers this season. She also ranks eighth with 110 RBIs and 10th with 280 total bases.
• Julia Hollingsworth currently owns the program-record with a .464 on-base percentage, while her career .372 batting average ranks second. She is tied for sixth with 38 stolen bases and her six triples are tied for eighth. Hollingsworth tied a single-game record with a pair of triples in Tulsa's win over Nicholls State (March 3).
Look Who's Back
• Tulsa returns 13 letterwinners, including six position starters, the designated player and three pitchers, from last year's team which went 41-17 and won its first American Athletic Conference regular-season title with a 15-3 league mark.
• The TU offense will bring back all of its home runs, 79.3-percent of its extra-base hits, 76-percent of its runs scored, 74.3-percent of its RBIs and 71.1-percent of its hits from last year's squad.
• The lineup will see the return of NFCA All-Region picks Julia Hollingsworth (OF) and Haley Meinen (DP), while the pitching staff will see the return of second-team NFCA All-American Emily Watson.
It's Elementary, Watson
• The Golden Hurricane pitching staff is anchored by NFCA All-American Emily Watson. The senior nearly set a program single-season record with 348 strikeouts, while her 14 shutouts set a new program standard and led the nation last season.
• Watson also set single-season records with 30 wins, 36 starts, 29 complete games and 246.2 innings pitched.
• The senior was recently announced as one of 50 players across the nation on the "Watch List" for the USA Softball Collegiate Player of the Year Award and she is one of 30 candidates for the Senior CLASS Award.
• So far in 2018, she has compiled an 8-4 record with a 2.13 ERA and 87 strikeouts in 75.2 innings pitched.
The Schedule
• Tulsa's 2018 schedule will see the team play 10 games against teams that participated in the NCAA Tournament a season ago.
• The schedule also will have the Hurricane matched-up with teams that started the season either ranked or receiving votes. Texas A&M is 7th in the NFCA Coaches Poll, while TU also will face defending national champion No. 5 Oklahoma (April 17) and No. 25 Oklahoma State (March 21, April 4).
• Meanwhile, McNeese State (Feb. 9-10), Texas State (Feb. 24) and St. Francis (Pa.) (March 17) also started the season receiving votes.
Tulsa Picked to Repeat as American Athletic Conference Champs
• Tulsa garnered six first-place votes and the squad was picked to repeat as American Athletic Conference champions by the league's coaches.
• TU earned 48 points in the poll, while Houston picked up a pair of first-place nods and 44 points to rank second.
• The duo was followed by USF, UCF, Wichita State, Memphis, UConn and ECU.
• Last season, TU won both the regular-season and tournament titles, sweeping those championships for the first time since 2014 when the Hurricane accomplished the feat in its final season as a member of Conference USA.
TU Success Under Coach Bargfeldt
• Now in his 13th season at Tulsa, head coach John Bargfeldt is the program's longest-tenured head coach and has the most wins and highest winning percentage in school history.
• Prior to Bargfeldt's arrival, the program had just four winning seasons in 13 years and did not win a conference title or appear in an NCAA Regional.
• Since his hiring prior to the 2006 season, the Golden Hurricane has had a winning record in all 12 campaigns with six regular-season and six conference tournament titles. In addition, TU has advanced to nine NCAA Regionals, including a spot in the postseason for six of the last seven years.
Up Next
• Tulsa will host Oklahoma State at 5 p.m. on March 21st before heading to Orlando, Fla., to open American Athletic Conference play against UCF, March 23-25.
TULSA, Okla. — After splitting a pair of midweek games, The University of Tulsa softball team will make the short drive east to Fayetteville, Ark., for four games at the Wooo Pig Classic.
The Golden Hurricane (15-10) will face Omaha (12-14) at 9:30 a.m. on Friday before a noon matchup with Iowa State (15-13). TU then will take on the Cyclones again at 9:30 a.m. on Saturday, followed by a 2:30 p.m. contest against Saint Francis (14-12).
TU is 6-3 all-time against its opponents this weekend. The Hurricane is 4-2 against Iowa State, 1-1 against Saint Francis and 1-0 versus Omaha.
Friday, March 16
9:30 a.m. — Tulsa vs. Omaha - Stats
12 p.m. — Tulsa vs. Iowa State - Stats
Saturday, March 17
9:30 a.m. — Tulsa vs. Iowa State - Stats
2:30 p.m. — Tulsa vs. Saint Francis - Stats
Notes
TU to Play Four Games at Wooo Pig Classic this Weekend
• After splitting a pair of midweek games, Tulsa will head east to Fayetteville, Ark., for the Wooo Pig Classic. TU will play twice on Friday and Saturday against Omaha, Iowa State and Saint Francis (Pa.).
• Tulsa is a combined 6-3 all-time against its opponents this weekend. The Hurricane is 4-2 against Iowa State, 1-1 against Saint Francis (Pa.) and 1-0 against Omaha. TU will not face host Arkansas.
Going Streaking
• After starting the season 3-6, Tulsa has won 12 of its last 16 games and is coming off a 6-1 win over Illinois State on Wednesday.
• During the stretch, Tulsa is hitting .320 while the pitching staff owns a collective 2.52 ERA. The offense has outscored its opponents 102-47 with the help of 38 extra-base hits.
• Emily Watson has led the pitching staff with six wins and a 1.59 ERA during the stretch and freshman pitcher Samantha Pochop is 4-0 with a 3.00 ERA. Watson has recorded double-digit strikeouts in four of her eight appearances during the stretch.
More Streaks
• Julia Hollingsworth will enter the weekend on a 16-game hitting streak, which has raised her batting average to a team-leading .440 for the season.
• Hollingsworth is hitting .481 (26-of-54) with a double, two tripes, a homer and seven RBIs during the streak. Eight of those games have been multi-hit outings and she's had at least two hits in each of her last four games.
• Shelby Estocado had a 16-game hitting streak snapped against Illinois State on Wednesday. The senior hit .500 (27-of-54) with five doubles, a triple, three homers and 19 RBIs during her streak.
Watson Named The American Pitcher of the Week
• For the 10th time in her career, senior Emily Watson was named American Athletic Conference Pitcher of the Week on Feb. 26.
• Watson went 3-0, Feb. 23-25, at the FAU "Strike-Out Cancer" Tournament with a pair of shutouts, 30 strikeouts and no runs allowed in 20 innings of work.
• She started the weekend with six scoreless innings against UIC before a season-high 13 strikeouts against Columbia. Watson closed the tournament with a one-hit shutout of FAU on just 84 pitches.
Career Numbers Update
• Emily Watson ranks in the program's all-time top 10 in several categories, including ERA (2nd, 1.80), opposing batting average (2nd, .207), strikeouts (2nd, 684), shutouts (t-2nd, 25), wins (3rd, 58), games started (5th, 85), complete-games (6th, 54), saves (6th, 4), innings pitched (7th, 534.0) and appearances (8th, 102).
• Shelby Estocado ranks fifth in program history with 28 homers, including five round-trippers this season. She also ranks eighth with 110 RBIs and 10th with 280 total bases.
• Julia Hollingsworth currently owns the program-record with a .464 on-base percentage, while her career .372 batting average ranks second. She is tied for sixth with 38 stolen bases and her six triples are tied for eighth. Hollingsworth tied a single-game record with a pair of triples in Tulsa's win over Nicholls State (March 3).
Look Who's Back
• Tulsa returns 13 letterwinners, including six position starters, the designated player and three pitchers, from last year's team which went 41-17 and won its first American Athletic Conference regular-season title with a 15-3 league mark.
• The TU offense will bring back all of its home runs, 79.3-percent of its extra-base hits, 76-percent of its runs scored, 74.3-percent of its RBIs and 71.1-percent of its hits from last year's squad.
• The lineup will see the return of NFCA All-Region picks Julia Hollingsworth (OF) and Haley Meinen (DP), while the pitching staff will see the return of second-team NFCA All-American Emily Watson.
It's Elementary, Watson
• The Golden Hurricane pitching staff is anchored by NFCA All-American Emily Watson. The senior nearly set a program single-season record with 348 strikeouts, while her 14 shutouts set a new program standard and led the nation last season.
• Watson also set single-season records with 30 wins, 36 starts, 29 complete games and 246.2 innings pitched.
• The senior was recently announced as one of 50 players across the nation on the "Watch List" for the USA Softball Collegiate Player of the Year Award and she is one of 30 candidates for the Senior CLASS Award.
• So far in 2018, she has compiled an 8-4 record with a 2.13 ERA and 87 strikeouts in 75.2 innings pitched.
The Schedule
• Tulsa's 2018 schedule will see the team play 10 games against teams that participated in the NCAA Tournament a season ago.
• The schedule also will have the Hurricane matched-up with teams that started the season either ranked or receiving votes. Texas A&M is 7th in the NFCA Coaches Poll, while TU also will face defending national champion No. 5 Oklahoma (April 17) and No. 25 Oklahoma State (March 21, April 4).
• Meanwhile, McNeese State (Feb. 9-10), Texas State (Feb. 24) and St. Francis (Pa.) (March 17) also started the season receiving votes.
Tulsa Picked to Repeat as American Athletic Conference Champs
• Tulsa garnered six first-place votes and the squad was picked to repeat as American Athletic Conference champions by the league's coaches.
• TU earned 48 points in the poll, while Houston picked up a pair of first-place nods and 44 points to rank second.
• The duo was followed by USF, UCF, Wichita State, Memphis, UConn and ECU.
• Last season, TU won both the regular-season and tournament titles, sweeping those championships for the first time since 2014 when the Hurricane accomplished the feat in its final season as a member of Conference USA.
TU Success Under Coach Bargfeldt
• Now in his 13th season at Tulsa, head coach John Bargfeldt is the program's longest-tenured head coach and has the most wins and highest winning percentage in school history.
• Prior to Bargfeldt's arrival, the program had just four winning seasons in 13 years and did not win a conference title or appear in an NCAA Regional.
• Since his hiring prior to the 2006 season, the Golden Hurricane has had a winning record in all 12 campaigns with six regular-season and six conference tournament titles. In addition, TU has advanced to nine NCAA Regionals, including a spot in the postseason for six of the last seven years.
Up Next
• Tulsa will host Oklahoma State at 5 p.m. on March 21st before heading to Orlando, Fla., to open American Athletic Conference play against UCF, March 23-25.
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