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TULSA POSTGAME NOTES VS. BAYLOR IN NCAA REGIONAL
5/19/2014 12:00:00 AM | Softball
May 18, 2014
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• Seniors Jill Barrett and Shelby Blanton and junior Erica Sampson each earned their 61st and 62nd starts of the season. They were the only three players to start every game this season.
• Barrett started her 237th and 238th consecutive career games. She started every game in her four-year career.
• Senior Aimee Creger made her 34th appearance and 33rd start of the season in Game 1, and her 109th career start in 134 games.
• Sophomore Caitlin Sill made her 22nd appearance and 17th start of the year in Game 2.
• Junior Bailey Erwin made her 31st appearance, and 20th in relief, in Game 2.
• Sampson hit her 13th home run of the season to give Tulsa the win in Game 1.
• Barrett recorded her 100th hit of the season with an infield single to lead off Game 2. She finished the year with 101 hits.
• Creger recorded nine strikeouts in Game 1 to raise her season total to 354, and her career total to 1,080.
• Creger recorded her 29th victory of the season in Game 1, improving her record to 29-2 this year.
• Barrett recorded a career-high 10 postseason hits. She batted .556 (10-for-18) in the Regional.
• Junior Julie Kernen recorded a career-high five postseason hits in the Regional. She had totaled four hits in five previous NCAA tournament games over 2012 and 2013.
• Blanton recorded a career-high five postseason hits in the Regional. She had totaled six hits in 10 previous NCAA tournament games from 2011-13.
• Creger earned two wins in the circle - her first two career NCAA postseason victories.
• Creger struck out a postseason career-high 24 batters in the Regional. She had previously totaled 24 strikeouts in 24.0 innings over six appearances from 2011-13.
• Tulsa came within one win of advancing to the Super Regionals for the second time in program history. In 2011 the Hurricane also forced the deciding game on Sunday, but fell in the final contest.
• Tulsa's all-time record in the NCAA Tournament is now 9-14.
2014 Season Records
• Aimee Creger set single season school records for: wins (29), strikeouts (354), shutouts (13), lowest opponent batting average (.138), most strikeouts/7 inn. (11.53), innings pitched (215.0), and strikeouts looking (115). She tied for most starts (34).
• Creger's 1.14 ERA ranks fourth on the single season chart.
• Jill Barrett set single season school records for batting average (.461), on-base percentage (.510), hits (101), runs scored (59) and at bats (219).
• Barrett's 127 total bases ranks second, while her four intentional walks ties for second on the single season chart.
• Erica Sampson finished third in runs scored (51), fifth in home runs (13), tied for eighth in RBI (45), ninth in slugging percentage (.590), 10th in on-base percentage (.444), and tied for ninth in total bases (111).
• Sampson set the school record for most time hit by pitch (14).
• Shelby Blanton finished fifth in runs scored (48), tied for second in triples (5), sixth in at bats (202).
• Cierra Hughes tied for second in triples (5) and seventh in walks (32).
• Julie Kernen finished fifth in doubles (17), tied for fourth in sacrifice flies (4), and tied for seventh in most times hit by pitch (7).
• Barrett, Blanton and Sampson all tied for ninth most games started (62). The school season record is 64 games started.
• Before 2014, only one player had scored 50 runs in a season (Caitlin Everett, 55, 2012). Two - Barrett and Sampson - did it this year. Only five players had ever scored 45 runs in a season before 2014. Three - Barrett, Sampson and Blanton - scored 48 runs this season.
• Before 2014, only two players had ever hit five triples in one season (Everett, 6, 2012; Kameron White, 5, 1994). Three players - Barrett, Blanton and Cierra Hughes - hit five triples this season.
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• Tulsa set team single season records for wins (53) and fewest losses (9).
• Tulsa set single season offensive records for: batting average (.325), slugging percentage (.504), on-base percentage (.404), runs scored (368), hits (553), triples (21), home runs (59), RBI (333), total bases (858), walks (206), tied for most intentional walks (6) and most times hit by pitch (29).
• Tulsa set single season pitching records for: most strikeouts (479), lowest opponent batting average (.183), most strikeouts/7 inn. (8.04), fewest hits allowed (271), most strikeouts looking (149).
• Tulsa also finished second in fewest runs allowed (122) and third in fewest earned runs allowed (91), TU tied for second in most shutouts (21) and finished third in most innings pitched (417.0).
• Six TU players hit .300 or better.
• Ten players finished with double digit RBI, including nine with more than 20 RBI, seven with 30 or more RBI, and two with more than 40 RBI.
• Twelve players scored double digit runs, including nine with more than 20 runs scored, four with more than 30 runs, four with more than 40 RBI and two with more than 50 RBI.
• TU pitchers allowed four or fewer hits in 34 of 62 games.
• Tulsa also turned its first triple play in program history in 2014.
• Head Coach John Bargfeldt recorded his 300th and 350th wins in 2014. His career coaching record now stands at 352-169-1 after nine seasons.
