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Ole Miss, UT Martin Set for Midweek Matchup
4/12/2016 | Softball
Ole Miss Game Notes - UT Martin
Game 42
Ole Miss (28-13, 4-8 SEC) vs. UT Martin (22-18, 7-7 Ohio Valley)
Date: April 13, 2016
Location: Oxford, Miss.
Venue: Ole Miss Softball Complex
Capacity: 1,000
Dimensions: L-200, C-220, R-200
TV: SEC Network+
Will Kollmeyer, play-by-play
Brittany McKinney, analyst
Series: Ole Miss leads, 8-3
Last Meeting: March 31, 2015
Ole Miss won, 6-4
Oxford, Miss.
Live stats: OleMissSports.comTwitter Updates: @OleMissSoftball
PROMOTIONS
- $1 Hot Dogs and Popcorn
- FREE Beat UT Martin button
LEADING OFF
- Ole Miss plays its 30th non-conference game Wednesday when it hosts UT Martin for the 12th time in history.
- UT Martin has never beaten the Rebels in Oxford, as Ole Miss holds a 6-0 advantage in the series at home.
- The Rebels are in search of their school record 16th win at home entering Wednesday, which would top the previous home wins record set by the 2010 team.
- Two more wins overall would tie the school record for wins in a season set back in 2015 and 2005.
- Despite a three-game sweep last weekend, the Rebels held at No. 33 in Monday's NCAA RPI release thanks to Florida's No. 1 spot in the RPI.
- Ole Miss tallied record crowds as more than 3,000 fans witnessed the Florida series, setting a new attendance record in the Saturday game at 1,342. Sunday's crowd nearly matched that with an announced mark of 1,267.
- In a season in which Ole Miss set a new school record for consecutive non-conference wins (15), the Rebels are a perfect 14-0 in non-conference games at home this season. In those 14 contests the Rebels have outscored opponents 79-24 with a .325 team batting average and team ERA of 1.49.
- Hailey Lunderman is hitting .533 in home games vs. non-SEC opponents. The Rebels are averaging 4.3 stolen bases/game, and have fielded the ball extremely well with a .980 fielding percentage in those 14 contests.
- Despite not stealing a base in the series vs. No. 2 Florida, Ole Miss still ranks third overall in the country in stolen bases at 106 in 125 attempts (2.59/game).
- Wednesday will feature two of the nation's top stolen base threats as UT Martin is 10th with 96 (2.40/game).
- The Ole Miss bullpen has fared well in relief outings with a combined ERA of 2.49 and 8-3 record. Elisha Jahnke has performed better in relief with a 1.37 ERA in eight appearances, while Kayla Landwehrmier is 2-2 with a 1.68 ERA. Madi Osias is a perfect 5-0 in relief with a 2.10 ERA.
- Landwehrmier pitched 13 of the team's final 14 innings in the Florida series, tossing a complete game in the finale, just a day after going six innings of relief vs. the Gators with just one run allowed.
- Osias, who's 15-3 on the year in the circle, is just two wins from tying the single-season school record set by Amanda Fine in 1997. She's also inched her way to ninth in career strikeouts (255).
SCOUTING REPORT
UT Martin is led by 15-year head coach Donley Canary, the fifth-winningest coach in Ohio Valley Conference history. The Skyhawks won OVC crowns in the 2010 and 2012 seasons, and were picked to finish eighth of 12 teams in the 2016 OVC Preseason Poll.
The Skyhawks enter the Wednesday tilt 22-18 overall and 7-7 in OVC play. UT Martin has played seven contests against three common Ole Miss opponents in Eastern Illinois, Belmont and Tennessee Tech. The Skyhawks fell to EIU in a three-game set to open OVC play, before splitting two games with Belmont. UT Martin is coming off two games with Tennessee Tech last weekend, where they lost 1-0 and took game two 5-3. Ole Miss outscored those opponents, 37-12, in the five matchups against the three teams.
UT Martin boasts a team batting average of .267 led by Carly Gonzalez's .381 clip. Katie Warrick is the OVC leader in home runs with nine, and has driven in 37 runs on the year. Renate Meckl is second on the club with 22 RBI. Like the Rebels, the Skyhawks have dominated on the base paths this season with 96 stolen bases, a mark that ranks 10th overall in the country. Gonzalez also leads the charge in stolen bases with 16, while Savannah Dodson checks in with 15 on the year.
Six UT Martin pitchers have seen action in the circle this season to tally a team ERA of 2.91 and opposing average of .271. Brooke Kennedy has paced all pitchers with an 11-8 record and 2.22 ERA in 139 innings. She's totaled 15 complete games in 21 tries, and struck out 115 with 41 walks allowed. Alyssa Vanlandingham is the team's second-leading pitcher with a 4-4 record and 3.36 ERA in 12 starts. Opposing batters are hitting .306 against the junior who's walked 27 and struck out 25. Taylor Saxon and Rachel Rhode both have 4.00+ ERAs in a combined six starts and 55 innings.
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