March 13, 2007
#10 BAYLOR (24-5) AT THE BANK OF HAWAI'I INVITATIONAL
March 14-17, 2007
Rainbow Wahine Softball Stadium
Honolulu, Hawai'i
THE SCHEDULE
Wednesday, March 14, 2007
7:00 pm - Baylor vs. California
9:00 pm - Hawai`i vs. Liberty
11:00 pm - Hawai`i vs. California
Thursday, March 15, 2007
5:00 pm - Nevada vs. Liberty
7:00 pm - California vs. Liberty
9:00 pm - Nevada vs. Baylor
11:00 pm - Hawai`i vs. Baylor
Friday, March 16, 2007
7:00 pm - Baylor vs. Liberty
9:00 pm - California vs. Nevada
11:00 pm - Hawai`i vs. Nevada
Saturday, March 17, 2007
3:00 pm - GAME 1: #2 Seed vs. #3 Seed
5:00 pm - GAME 2: #1 Seed vs. #4 Seed
7:00 pm - GAME 3: THIRD PLACE GAME - Loser Game 1 vs. Loser Game 2
9:00 pm - GAME 4: CHAMPIONSHIP GAME - Winner Game 1 vs. Winner Game 2
ALL TIMES CENTRAL
THE SERIES
Baylor vs. California: Cal leads 5-1
Baylor vs. Hawai'i: Hawai'i leads 2-1
Baylor vs. Liberty: Never met
Baylor vs. Nevada: Never met
LIVE COVERAGE
Radio: None
Live Video: None
Live Audio: www.BaylorBears.com
Live Stats: www.BaylorBears.com
Television: None
The No. 10 Baylor softball team returns to action this week as the Lady Bears open play at the Bank of Hawai'i Invitational on Wednesday. Baylor opens play at the tournament on Wednesday, March 14, at 7:00 p.m. against Cal.
The Lady Bears come into the tournament winners of nine of its last ten after Baylor took two-of-three from defending national champion and No. 2 Arizona to win the Compass Bank Challenge and leap into the top 10 for only the second time in school history.
Baylor is led by Ashley Monceaux, who leads the team and Big 12 Conference with a .494 batting average on the season. So far this year, Monceaux has blasted seven home runs and ranks second in the conference with 33 RBI on the year.
In addition, Alex Colyer and Lisa Ferguson enter the series on hot streaks as Colyer was recently tabbed USA Softball National Player of the Week while Ferguson earned Big 12 Conference Pitcher of the Week honors.
Following the game against Cal, Baylor will face Nevada on Thursday, March 15, at 9:00 p.m. before facing the host Hawai'i in a contest scheduled for 11:00 p.m. The Lady Bears will conclude round-robin play on Saturday, March 16, at 7:00 p.m. against Liberty before tournament play begins on Saturday, March 17.
QUICK NOTES
• Baylor is No. 10 in the latest USA Today/NFCA Top 25 and No. 16 in the ESPN.com/USA Softball Top 25.
• Baylor's appearance in both polls marks the 48th consecutive week the Lady Bears have appeared in the NFCA Top 25 and the 46th consecutive week the team has appeared in the USA Softball Top 25.
• Baylor is 165-9 over the past six seasons when scoring at least four runs.
• Baylor is 138-18 over the past five seasons when collecting at least eight hits.
• Baylor is 194-19 over the past five seasons when out-hitting its opponent.
• Baylor is 88-19 over the past four seasons at Getterman Stadium, including a 17-1 mark at home this season.
• Baylor's Alex Colyer was named USA Softball National Player of the Week for her performance this past week against No. 2 Arizona.
• Lisa Ferguson and Colyer swept Big 12 Conference Player of the Week honors this past week. Ferguson was named Big 12 Pitcher of the Week while Colyer earned Big 12 Player of the Week Honors.
• Baylor's Chelsi Lake and Brette Reagan were named to the ASA Softball National Player of the Year Preseason Watch List. The selection to the watch list marked the second time in school history Baylor players have been named to the preseason list.
• Baylor's Chelsi Lake was selected as a first-team ESPN.com Preseason All-America at the catcher position.
• For the first time in history, live, streaming audio will be available for every Baylor softball game. Sign-up for audio is free and fans can listen to every Baylor softball game by visiting www.baylorbears.com.
HEAD COACH GLENN MOORE REACHES CAREER MILESTONE
With a 7-2 win over Iowa State at the Ragin' Cajuns Invitational, Baylor head coach Glenn Moore reached a career milestone as he recorded his 400th career victory with the win. In 10-plus seasons as a head coach, Moore now has a career record of 415-169.
While at Baylor, Moore has posted a career record of 276-127 as he has posted at least 30 wins in each of his first six seasons with the Lady Bears and has posted at least 35 wins in all but one season.
Moore has led Baylor to three consecutive NCAA Championship appearances, the first appearances in school history, as the Lady Bears captured the 2005 NCAA Auburn Regional title and advanced to the NCAA Super Regional round while reaching the 2006 NCAA Corvallis Regional final a year ago.
Chelsi Lake TIES CAREER HOME RUN MILESTONE
With a home run at the Ragin' Cajuns Invitational, Chelsi Lake moved into a tie with for Baylor star Kelly Osburn (2003-06) for the Baylor career lead in the category. Lake has now hit 38 career home runs as the senior already holds the Baylor single-season home run mark with 18 round-trippers in 2006.
The career milestone is just one of a number of Baylor marks Lake will likely pass during the 2007 campaign as the senior already holds the Lady Bears career record with 161 RBI. In addition, Lake is just 28 total bases shy of surpassing Osburn's career total bases mark of 395.
Ashley Monceaux AND BAYLOR OFFENSE OFF TO HOT START
Perhaps no team in the country had a more successful start at the plate than Baylor to start off the 2007 season. So far this season, Baylor has posted a .349 batting average on the year and currently ranks second in the league in the category. In addition, the Lady Bears have hit 25 home runs on the season to lead the Big 12 Conference and have posted an impressive .529slugging percentage on the year.
Leading the way for Baylor has been senior Ashley Monceaux. Monceaux, who earned Big 12 Conference Player of the Week honors earlier this season, who leads the Lady Bears with a Big 12 Conference leading .494 batting average, seven home runs and 33 RBI. The senior first baseman has posted an almost unbelievable .857 slugging percentage and 72 total bases.
As a team, Baylor currently features eight players batting over .300 on the season, including freshman Kirsten Shortridge (.395), Nicole Wesley (.318), Tiffany Wesley (.319), and Courtney Oberg (.323).
GETTERMAN STADIUM KIND TO LADY BEARS
Since the stadium opened, Getterman Stadium has been kind to the Lady Bears as Baylor owns a 160-53 mark all-time at the stadium since it opened in 1999. So far this season, Baylor is a perfect 17-1 at home as last year Baylor went 21-8 in the friendly confines of Getterman Stadium. Since the stadium opened, no Lady Bears team has lost more than 10 games at home in a single season.
Baylor's best mark at home came during the 2004 campaign when the Lady Bears enjoyed a 26-4 record at home, including a 24-2 mark during the regular season.
In the stadium's six years of existence, attendance has steadily risen as Baylor set a pair of attendance records last season. Last season, Baylor set a single-game attendance record when 1,455 fans attended the BU-Texas game to close out the home portion of the schedule.
BAYLOR SOFTBALL IN THE NATIONAL POLLS
The Baylor softball team is currently ranked No. 10 in the ESPN.com/USA Softball Collegiate Top 25 poll released at the start of the season. In addition, Baylor earned a No. 16 ranking in the latest USA Today/NFCA Top 25.
Baylor is one of four Big 12 Conference school ranked in both polls as Texas A&M (No. 3, No. 4), Oklahoma (No. 6, No. 6) and Texas (No. 8, No. 8) join the Lady Bears in the polls.
Tennessee, after opening the year No. 2 in the national polls, has moved to No. 1 in the rankings in both polls.
Baylor's appearance in both polls marks the 48th consecutive week the Lady Bears have appeared in the NFCA Top 25 and the 46th consecutive week the team has appeared in the USA Softball Top 25. The last time Baylor failed to appear in either poll was March 16, 2004. Within the Big 12 Conference, only Texas A&M and Oklahoma have currently appeared in the national polls for more consecutive weeks.
UP NEXT...
Baylor will return to action on Wednesday, March 14, at 2:00 p.m. when the Lady Bears open up play at the Hawai'i Invitational in Honolulu, Hawai'i, against Liberty before facing Arkansas-Pine Bluff at 6:00 p.m.
