Tournament Information – Green & Gold Classic at UAB
DATE:                         Friday, Feb. 24 – Sunday, Feb. 26
LOCATION:                Birmingham, Ala. / Mary Bowers Field at UAB
LIVE STATS:                uabsports.com
LIVE VIDEO (Gm 2 & 3):   CUSATV
 
Full Notes

The Butler softball team travels to Birmingham, Ala., for its third tournament of the season at the UAB Green & Gold Classic. The 1-10 Bulldogs are looking to break an eight-game losing streak as they face Louisiana-Monroe, Alabama-Birmingham, and Cleveland State.

Bulldog Bits                                                        

• Monique Hoosen's home run vs. FIU was her second of the season and the 15th of her career, moving her into a tie for eighth on Butler's all-time career list.
• Teagan O'Rilley's home run vs. FIU was her first of the season and the fifth of her career.
• O'Rilley had one or more hits in each of the five games in last weekend's Panther Invite, going 7-for-15 (.467).

SCOUTING THE OPPONENTS
 
LOUISIANA-MONROE (7-5)  Series: ULM leads, 1-0.  Last game: 2/19/16- ULM 5, Butler 2
wins include: UC-Davis, Cal, Western Michigan      
losses include: UC-Davis, Cal, Western Michigan
Batting Leaders
Lourdes Bacon (.385) 15-for-39     
Madelyn Fletcher (.353) 6-for-17                    
Ashlan Ard (.321) 9-for-28
Pitching Leaders
Maddie Nichols (1-0) (1.75 ERA, 4 IP, 3 H, R, ER, BB, 4 K)
Adrianna Chavarria (3-1) (1.98 ERA, 17.2 IP, 19 H, 5 R, 5 ER, 5 BB, 13 K)
Gianni Hulett (1-0) (2.62 ERA, 24 IP, 20 H, 10 R, 9 ER, BB, 14 K)

ALABAMA-BIRMINGHAM (7-4)  Series: (teams have never met)        
wins include: Ball State, Belmont, Samford                 
 losses include: Central Arkansas, McNeese St., Belmont
Batting Leaders (as of Feb. 19)
Olivia Valbak (.389) 14-for-36                          
Lauren Brock (.361) 13-for-36        
Sierra Frazier (.310) 9-for-29         
Pitching Leaders (as of Feb. 19)
Caitlin Russell (2-0) (1.00 ERA, 18 IP, 15 H, 4 R, 2 ER, 4 BB, 9 K)
Sarah Cespedes (2-2) (3.46 ERA, 26 IP, 31 H, 15 R, 10 ER, 4 BB, 25 K)
Olivia Valbak (2-0) (3.46 ERA, 13 IP, 12 H, 6 R, 5 ER, BB, 5 K)

CLEVELAND ST. (1-4)  Series: Cleveland State leads, 28-19   Last game: 2/25/19- Butler 9, CSU 6
wins include: Jacksonville                                
losses include: Penn State, Memphis, North Florida
Batting Leaders
Sophie Spellman (.333) 4-for-12   
Jenna Deang (.313) 5-for-16            
Becky Hurosky (.250) 3-for-12                         
Pitching Leaders
Melissa Holzopfel (1-2) (3.29 ERA, 17 IP, 17 H, 9 R, 8 ER, 12 BB, 16 K)
Torrie Jenkins (0-0) (4.67 ERA, 6 IP, 5 H, 5 R, 4 ER, 7 BB, 2 K)