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Softball Plays at FAU "Strike Out Cancer" Tournament
2/23/2012 12:00:00 AM | Softball
Feb. 23, 2012
TULSA, Okla. - The Tulsa softball team plays at the Florida Atlantic "Strike Out Cancer" Tournament Friday through Sunday at the FAU Softball Stadium in Boca Raton, Fla.
The Golden Hurricane (5-2) begins Friday morning with games against Loyola Marymount (7-3) at 8 a.m. CT and Florida International (6-4) at 10 a.m. CT. TU plays Saturday evening against Florida A&M (2-7) at 5 p.m. CT and FAU (1-9) at 7 p.m. CT. The Hurricane closes the weekend against Michigan State (1-7) at noon CT Sunday. Live stats for every game of the weekend can be found by clicking here.
Tulsa is led by junior shortstop Samantha Cobb, who hits .500 with eight RBI, four home runs and 10 runs scored. She has a .517 on-base percentage and a .964 slugging percentage. Junior catcher Cassidy Bowen hit .364 with three runs and two RBI, while senior second baseman Skylar Swanson hits .350 with a home run and five RBI, a .550 slugging percentage and a .480 on-base percentage.
Junior Lacey Middlebrooks leads the Tulsa pitching staff with a 21 record and a 0.7 1ERA in three starts and 19.2 innings pitched. She has allowed 16 his, eight runs, two earned runs, with 17 strikeouts and 15 walks. Sophomore Aimee Creger (1-1) has a 3.68 ERA, allowing 15 hits, 11 runs, 15 walks and 11 strikeouts.
Tulsa is hitting .294 as team (60-for-204) with 42 runs, 35 RBI, six doubles, eight home runs, a .451 slugging percentage and a .391 on-base percentage. The TU pitchers have a 2.62 ERA, allowing 53 hits, 36 runs, 18 earned runs, 34 walks and 31 strikeouts.
Tulsa and Loyola Marymount have played 11 times; LMU leads the series, 10-4. The two schools played four games each year from 2000-02 as members of the WAC. TU went 1-3 in 2000 at LMU, 0-4 in 2001 at home, and 3-1 in the 2002 home-and-home series.
Tulsa and FIU have played three times; TU leads the series, 2-1. Tulsa and FAU have played three times; FAU leads the series, 2-1. All three meetings between the Golden Hurricane and each of the two South Florida schools came in 2005. TU played two road games and a neutral site game against each team.
Tulsa and Michigan State have played twice; the series is tied, 1-1. The schools last met in 2005, a 3-1 MSU win. The Hurricane defeated the Spartans, 10-5 in 2001. Both were played at a neutral site. This will be the first meeting between Tulsa and Florida A&M.
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