Softball | 3/2/2017 10:23:00 AM

SAN MARCOS, Texas – Texas State softball, fresh off its 2-1 win at Texas on Wednesday, travels to Auburn, Ala., to compete in the Wilson/DeMarini Classic on Friday and Saturday (March 3-4). Joining the Bobcats at the event are College of Charleston from the Colonial Athletic Association, Liberty of the Big South Conference along with host and second-ranked Auburn of the Southeastern Conference.
 
TEXAS STATE'S WILSON/DEMARINI CLASSIC SCHEDULE
FRIDAY, MARCH 3
12:30 p.m. (CT) – Texas State vs. College of Charleston
      LIVE STATS:  AuburnTigers.com
3:00 p.m. (CT) – Texas State vs. Liberty
      LIVE STATS:  AuburnTigers.com
SATURDAY, MARCH 4
1:00 p.m. (CT) – Texas State vs. Liberty
      LIVE STATS:  AuburnTigers.com
6:0 p.m. (CT) – Texas State at No. 2/3 Auburn
      LIVE STATS:  AuburnTigers.com
      LIVE AUDIO:  AuburnTigers.com • Texas State plays in its final multi-team nonconference event of the season at the Wilson/DeMarini Classic at Auburn on Friday and Saturday, March 3-4. The Bobcats are 9-3 through three multi-team events this season, posting a 4-1 record in their own CenturyLink Classic, a 2-1 record at the DeMarini Desert classic and a 3-1 mark at the UTSA Classic.
  Inside the Series
• Texas State and College of Charleston will play at 12:30 p.m. on Fri., March 3. Texas State leads the all-time series against the Cougars by a 2-0 margin, winning both meetings (15-1 and 9-6) on March 7, 2006 in San Marcos.
• Texas State and Liberty are scheduled to play twice during the event (March 3 - 3 p.m. and March 4 - 1 p.m.). Texas State is 2-0 all-time against the Flames, claiming 8-0 and 2-0 wins on March 13, 2012 at Bobcat Softball Stadium.
• The Bobcats will play host Auburn on March 4 at 6 p.m. The Tigers, which enter the event ranked second in the USA Today/NFCA Coaches Poll and third in the ESPN.com/USA Softball Poll, defeated Texas State 6-2 in the programs' only meeting on Feb. 26, 2015 in Auburn.
  • RHP Randi Rupp has started the 2017 season picking up where she left off in 2016. The junior, who finished last year with 335 strikeouts, started 2017 with an 11-strikeout performance against Abilene Christian.  She finished opening weekend with 24 strikeouts, then added an additional 16 at the DeMarini Desert Classic.
• Rupp threw 10 strikeouts in a 1-0 shutout of New Mexico to open the UTSA Classic on Feb. 24. She followed with a career-high tying 14 strikeouts in an 8-1 over the host-Roadrunners on Feb. 25.
• Through 49.1 inning of work, Rupp owns a 0.99 ERA and has struck out 70 of the 198 batters she has faced. Opponents are hitting .177 off the right hander with only eight extra base knocks.
  • Texas State hitters Jaelyn Young, Ariel Ortiz and Taylor Webb have combined for 14 home runs in the season's first 13 games (TXST hit 32 all of last year (62 games)). Young leads the Bobcats charge with six homers, while Webb and Ortiz each have four.
• The Bobcats 14 home runs are tied with Coastal Carolina for second in the Sun Belt behind Louisiana's 16.
• Individually, Young's six round-trippers are tied for most in the league, tied for seventh in the nation and are double the amount she hit a season ago.
  • Texas State ranks third in the NCAA with a .989 field percentage. The Bobcats have committed just four errors in 263 attempts this season. TXST's fielding acumen has led to only one unearned run being scored through 87.2 innings of play.
  • True freshmen Bailee Carter and Christiana McDowell have started each of the Bobcats' 13 games this season at second base and center field, respectively. Carter, a native of Azle, Texas, is hitting .265 with five runs scored and three RBI. McDowell, who hails from Round Rock, Texas, is hitting .118 with four runs and one RBI.  Both are fielding a perfect 1.000 on the season.
  • Texas State defeated Texas, which is receiving votes in both major polls, 2-1 on Tuesday (March 1) using a combination of a two-run Ariel Ortiz home run, a one-run performance in the circle by Randi Rupp and error-free defense.
• Ortiz sent her fourth homer of the year out to left in the top of the first to give the Bobcats a 2-0 lead. It would be enough as Rupp surrendered only one run (via an illegal pitch in the first inning), while striking out six and holding UT to 1-for-13 with runners on base. The Bobcats' played error-free defense for the ninth time this season. Kimberlin Naivar made the defensive play of the game with a reaching catch in left to end the sixth with a runner on second.
  • For all of the latest news and information on Bobcat softball, visit TXSTATEBOBCATS.com. Fans can also follow the program on its social media outlets at www.Facebook.com/TXStateSoftball along on Twitter (@TXStateSoftball) and Instagram (@TXStateSoftball).
 
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