Texas A&M
Texas A&M Corpus Christi
Aggie Softball Hosts Islanders Tuesday
Mar 09, 2010 | Softball
March 8, 2010
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COLLEGE STATION, Texas - The No. 19 Texas A&M softball team welcomes Texas A&M-Corpus Christi to the Aggie Softball Complex Tuesday for a doubleheader that begins at 5 p.m.
The Aggies (16-5) come off of a 3-2 weekend after hosting the Texas A&M Invitational last weekend. A&M dropped two close contests to BYU and cruised to a pair of wins against Northern Colorado and one against Monmouth.
Junior Macie Morrow is hitting .347 with 25 hits and 21 runs.
Sophomore Rebecca Arbnio (7-3) leads the pitching staff with a 2.64 ERA and two shutouts. Junior Rhi Kliesing posts the most strikeouts with 66 in 50.1 innings pitched. Freshman Melissa Dumezich is 3-0 on the year.
The Islanders (15-6) come into the twin bill after going 2-1 against Central Arkansas over the weekend. This will be the team's third contest against a ranked opponent as it dropped two to No. 10 Stanford in its opening weekend of play.
A&M-Corpus Christi is led by Cassie Redman with a .458 average. Hannah Schwarz (.435) and Caley Jeter (.408) also hit above .400. Schwarz records a team-high 27 hits, 15 runs and 11-of-14 stolen bases, while Jeter lead the squad with four doubles, 16 RBIs and 14 walks. In the circle, Elena Crabtree (9-2) is the go-to pitcher with a 3.08 ERA and 44 K's in 77.1 innings pitched.
The Aggies are 6-0 against the Islanders and last faced them on April 11, 2007 when A&M cruised to a 9-0 victory.
TICKETS
Tickets are available for purchase online at tickets.12thmanfoundation.com or by calling 1-888-99-AGGIE.
PARKING
Parking for softball games is free and is available in the Reed Arena parking lots. Exceptions include days when there is conflict with home baseball games.
FOLLOW THE ACTION
Live stats, free live video and audio will be available for the games on AggieAthletics.com. The contests will also be broadcast live on KNDE-FM's HD3 channel, Play x REPlay (95.1-3 on the FM dial of an HD Radio), making them available worldwide on any iPhone, iPod Touch, Blackberry or PDA free of charge. Log on to radioaggieland.com for more information.
ON DECK
The Aggies continue their 13-game homestand and host the Aggie Invitational March 12-14.
