Softball Game Notes vs. Texas
3/27/2001 12:00:00 AM | Softball
March 27, 2001
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No. 19 Baylor (27-10, 0-0) at Texas (17-17, 0-2)
Wednesday, March 28 - 6:30 p.m.
Red & Charline McCombs Field
Austin, Texas
Baylor, ranked 19th nationally, will open Big 12 play on Wednesday at Texas. They were to have played their first Big 12 games at Iowa State last weekend but were "frozen" out. The two games will not be rescheduled.
Texas comes into the game at 17-17 overall and 0-2 in the Big 12 after dropping two games at Kansas (2-1, 6-3) last weekend. Baylor, after splitting two doubleheaders last week (at UT-Arlington and at home against UT-San Antonio) is 27-10 on the season.
The Lady Bears are in their first season under the direction of head coach Glenn Moore, who came to Baylor last summer after compiling a 117-25 record in two-plus seasons at Louisiana State. Moore has a career record of 166-52, he posted a 22-17 mark in his first year as a collegiate head coach at William Carey in Mississippi.
HEAD COACH GLENN MOORE
Glenn Moore is in his first season as head coach at Baylor, coming to Waco after a stellar three-year tenure at Louisiana State. Moore, a 1993 graduate of Northwestern State in Natchitoches, La., was selected June 26, 2000 to replace Paula Young, who left coaching to accept an administrative position within the department.
While at LSU, Moore amassed a 117-25 (.820) record in two-plus seasons as the head coach. In that time, he led the Tigers to consecutive Southeastern Conference titles and back-to-back appearances in the NCAA Regionals. He was named head coach at LSU just prior to the 1998 Regionals, giving him three NCAA postseason appearances as a head coach. The Tigers went 56-10 in 1999 en route to the SEC regular season title and the conference tournament championship. Last season, the Tigers finished 59-13, one game shy of the College World Series. LSU finished eighth nationally in team batting average (.310) and ninth in team ERA (1.11).
Moore has a career record of 166-52 (.762), he posted a 22-17 mark in his first year as a collegiate head coach at William Carey in Mississippi.
BAYLOR VS. TEXAS
Texas leads the series with Baylor 6-0 with three road and three home victories. The Longhorns have shut out the Lady Bears in four of the six meetings. The Longhorns are led by sophomore All-American Lindsay Gardner's .388 batting average. Sophomore catcher Marlo Hanks also hits above .300 with a .321 mark. Charla Moore and Natalie King, both right handed pitchers, lead the Longhorns' mound corps with Moore sporting a 9-8 record and 2.38 ERA and King checking in at 8-9 and 2.92 ERA. Longhorn head coach Connie Clark is in her fifth season at Texas. She has a career record of 171-91-1.
BAYLOR IN THE BIG 12 STATISTICAL RANKINGS
As of Monday's release, Baylor ranked quite high in the Big 12 Conference statistical rankings. The Lady Bears ranked fourth in hitting (.289) and fourth in fielding (.961). Baylor ranked third in the conference in home runs (21), third in RBI (132), the Lady Bears are second in the Big 12 in stolen bases with 61.
STUKEL, FITZGERALD AMONG BATTING LEADERS
Junior catcher Ryan Stukel (junior, Cochise, Ariz.) leads the Lady Bears with a .418 batting average (46-for-110), ranking second in the Big 12. She leads the conference in home runs (8), RBI (32), and total bases (82), Stukel ranks tied for first in triples (3), second in slugging percentage (.745), third in runs (26), and is sixth in on base percentage. Senior center fielder Naomi Fitzgerald (senior, College Grove, Tenn.) is tied for second in triples (2), third in hits (44), tied for fifth in doubles (8) and seventh in stolen bases (12).
MILLER AMONG PITCHING LEADERS
Sophomore Joni Miller (Edmond, Okla.) is 18-5 on the season, ranking first in the Big 12 in starts (23) and saves (4), second in appearances (30) and shutouts (5), third in wins and innings (154.0). She also ranks fifth in ERA (1.09), sixth in strike outs (91) and fourth in complete games (13).
OTHER LADY BEARS IN BIG 12 RANKINGS
Stacey Hundley (sophomore, Mesa, Ariz.): stolen bases (fifth, 13). ... Koral King (junior, Yorba Linda, Calif.): doubles (fifth, 8).
