The University of Mississippi Athletics
Softball Travels to Soutwest Missouri Classic
6/21/1999 | Softball
February 25, 1999
OXFORD, Miss. -- The Ole Miss softball team will travel to Springfield, MO., for the Southwest Missouri State Classic on Feb. 27-28.
The Rebels, 5-2 on the season, will take on Southwest Missouri State and Iowa State in a three team round-robin.
Ole Miss plays Iowa State at 10 a.m. Saturday and at noon on Sunday. The Cyclones are 3-4 on the season and are led by freshman Laura Browning who is hitting .385 with three runs batted in. Iowa State is hitting .275 as a team and has a team ERA of 3.89.
The Rebels will play S.W. Missouri State at noon on Saturday and at 2 p.m. on Sunday. The Bears are 4-2 and split a double-header with No. 11 Oklahoma at the Adidas Invitational. The Bears are hitting .250 as a team and are led by junior Sarah Madden who is hitting .500.
Ole Miss is coming off a two game sweep of Belmont and enters the tournament hitting .350 as a team. Junior Amanda Fine threw a one-hitter against the Bruins and lowered her team-best earned run average to 2.24.
In the Zone
In her last two starts, including a one-hitter against Belmont in the second game of the double-header, P Amanda Fine has not given up a run and has allowed only four hits. Fine's scoreless inning streak as a starter currently stands at 14. Fine captured a 2-0 victory over Texas Tech in her previous start. Fine also pitched two perfect innings in a relief apperance against the Bruins in the first game of the double-header to pick up her second win of the season.
Hot Hitting Rebels
Ole Miss came out of its double-header with Belmont hitting .350 as a team. The Rebels pounded out 24 hits in the two games with the Bruins for a .464 series average.
Runnin' Rebs
So far this season the Rebels have stolen 10 bases in 15 attempts. The Rebels are averaging at least one stolen base per game this season and have swiped nine bases in their five wins.
Timely Hitting
Ole Miss batters are hitting an impressive .372 with runners on base this season. The Rebels are also hitting .431 with two outs and have driven in 17 two-out RBI. Catcher Allison Willrath leads the team with four two-out RBI followed by 1B Korrie Kashuba and SS Mandy Shklar each with three two-out RBI.
Carrying the Load
So far this season Amanda Fine and Kari Ceriani have combined to pitch in 74 percent of the Rebels games. Fine (25.0) and Ceriani (10.0) have appeared in 35 of the 47 total innings by Rebel pitchers. Ceriani (6) and Fine (13) have also accounted for 19 of the Rebels' 21 strikeouts and have a combined ERA of 2.80.
Almost Perfect
Junior pitcher Amanda Fine just missed throwing a perfect game against Texas Tech. Fine, a second team All-SEC player in 1998, gave up a lead-off single in the top of the sixth to break up the perfect game. Fine finished with a three-hit shutout over the Red Raiders and struck out four batters.
Shklar Shines
Junior SS Mandy Shklar opened the 1999 season in grand style hitting .389, driving in three runs and hitting her first career home run at the UT-Arlington Classic. Shklar also scored four runs , doubled and stole four bases.
Coming Through in the Clutch
With one out in the top of the seventh inning and trailing N.E. Louisiana 2-1, freshman LF Jessica Hamilton delivered a two-run single to give the Rebels a 3-2 victory. Hamilton finished the tournament hitting .500, with two doubles and two RBI.
Letts Leads the Way
Candi Letts enters her first year as head coach of the Ole Miss Rebels after coming over from Colorado State. In her sixth year as a collegiate head coach, Letts amassed a 155-105-1 record in five years with the Rams. Letts also lead Colorado State to a 51-win season and a WAC championship in 1997.
1999 Highlights
RF Heather Swinney
Started six games in RF and one game at 1B . . .Went 2-for-3 against Stephen F. Austin with a triple and scored two runs. . .Hit first home run of the season against Oklahoma.
CF Stephanie Vaglica
Started all seven games in CF. . .Second on team with three stolen bases. . .Went 3-for-4 against SFA with two stolen bases. . .Went 2-for-4 with one run scored and a stolen base.
LF Jessica Hamilton
Has started all seven games in left. . .First on team with .533 BA. . .Leads team with three doubles. . .Tied for team lead with six walks . . .Has reached base safely in every game for the Rebels. . .Went 1-for-2 with 1 RBI, one run scored and a double against SFA. . .Scored two runs and doubled against Belmont.
SS Mandy Shklar
Started all seven games at SS. . .Second on team with .462 BA. . .Hit first career home run against Stephen F. Austin. . .Also went 3-for-4 with 3 RBI and three runs scored against SFA. . .Went 5-for-8 with a double and two runs scored in double-header against Belmont.
3B Kaci Coffee
Has started all seven games at 3B. . .Hit first career home run against Oklahoma. . .Also drove in 2 RBI and scored a run against Sooners . . .Second on team with 17 assists.
2B Rachel Davenport
Has started at 2B in every game for Rebels . . .Hitting .375 with runners on base. . .Team high 70 percent success rate for advancing runners . . .Has reached base safely in five of last six games.
1B Korrie Kashuba
Started four games at 1B and one in RF . . .Tied for team lead with 5 RBI. . .Went 2-for-3 with an RBI and scored a run against SFA . . .Drove in only runs in 2-0 win over Texas Tech.
C Allison Willrath
Has started all seven games at C . . .Tied for team lead with 5 RBI. . .Went 3-for-4 with an RBI and two runs scored against NE Louisiana. . .Doubled home game-winning runs in game 1 against Belmont. . .Went 4-for-7 in Belmon series with 4 RBI and two doubles.
1999 Pitching Highlights
Amanda Fine
Has appeard in six games, starting three. . .Has 3-1 record with a save. . .Leads team with 2.24 ERA and 13 strikeouts. . .Has pitched in team-high 25 innings. . .Tied for season high with four strikeouts in a game (vs. Texas Tech). . .Pitched complete game three-hitter against Texas Tech . . .Threw complete game one-hitter against Belmont. . .Has not allowed a run in last 14 innings as a starter.
Kari Ceriani
Started two games. . .Has 1-0 record with 4.20 ERA. . .Second on team with six strikeouts . . .Has only walked two batters in 10 innings of work. . .Tied for season high with four strikeouts in a game (vs. Belmont). . .Pitched five innings allowing three runs in picking up 8-6 win over SFA.
Jennifer Hughes
Started and picked up 4-3 win in only appearance. . .Pitched six innings allowing three runs with one strikeout vs. NE Louisiana. . .Has 3.50 ERA.
SEC Standings
East SEC ALL South Carolina 0-0 7-2Florida 0-0 7-4Georgia 0-0 5-4 Tennessee 0-0 2-3Kentucky 0-0 4-7
WestLSU 0-0 5-0Arkansas 0-0 8-3Ole Miss 0-0 5-2Mississippi State 0-0 8-4Auburn 0-0 6-4Alabama 0-0 4-6
1999 Leaders
Batting Avg. (minimum 10 AB)Jessica Hamilton. . . . .533Mandy Shklar. . . . .462Korrie Kashuba. . . . .417Allison Willrath. . . . .409
Runs Batted InKorrie Kashuba. . . . 5Allison Willrath. . . . 5Heather Swinney. . . . 3Kaci Coffee. . . . 3
Runs ScoredMandy Shklar. . . . 6Kaci Coffee. . . . 4Jessica Hamilton. . . . 4Allison Willrath. . . . 4
HitsMandy Shklar. . . . 12Allison Willrath. . . . 9Jessica Hamilton. . . . 8Heather Swinney. . . . 7
DoublesJessica Hamilton. . . . 3Allison Willrath. . . . 2Mandy Shklar. . . . 2Heather Swinney. . . . 1
Stolen BasesMandy Shklar. . . . 5Stephanie Vaglica. . . 3Kaci Coffee. . . . 1Heather Swinney. . . . 1
Earned Run Avg. (minimum 5 innings)Amanda Fine. . . . 2.24Jennifer Hughes. . . . 3.50Kari Ceriani. . . . 4.20
Opposition BAAmanda Fine. . . . .174Kari Ceriani. . . . .283Jennifer Hughes. . . . .320
StrikeoutsAmanda Fine. . . . 13Kari Ceriani. . . . 6Jennifer Hughes. . . . 1Bobbi Wurth. . . . 1
WalksJennifer Hughes. . . . 1Bobbi Wurth. . . . 1Kari Ceriani. . . . 2Brittany Maxey. . . . 5Amanda Fine. . . . 7
AppearancesAmanda Fine. . . . 6Kari Ceriani. . . . 2Bobbi Wurth. . . . 2Jennifer Hughes. . . . 1Brittany Maxey. . . . 1
