Tournament Information – BIG EAST Championship
DATE: Wednesday, May 8 – Saturday, May 11
LOCATION: Providence R.I. / Glay Field
LIVE STATS: friars.com
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BIG EAST: Championship Central
Full Notes
The Butler softball team will compete this week in its fourth-consecutive postseason BIG EAST Tournament. The Bulldogs qualified as the sixth seed, after taking two of three games from regular-season champion Villanova this past weekend. Butler opens up play vs. Creighton on Wednesday in the double-elimination competition.
Bulldog Bits
(as of 4-5-6-24)
- Ella White is second in the BIG EAST with 42 RBI and with four sacrifice flies (51st nationally). Her .650 slugging % is third and her 10 home runs are fifth.
- Monique Hoosen is second in the BIG EAST with 11 home runs, and her .623 slugging % is fifth.
- Kieli Ryan leads the BIG EAST (15th nationally) with 14 base runners caught stealing.
- Katie Petran is second in the BIG EAST (81st nationally) with 14 wins in the circle.
- Cate Lehner is second in the BIG EAST (35th nationally) with 24 stolen bases and is also second (69th) with .18 sacrifice bunts per game.
- With 42 RBI this season, Ella White is two short of the top spot on Butler's all-time single-season list.
- The current Butler squad ranks in the top ten on several of Butler's single-season lists: 1st- drawn walks (171), T3rd- home runs (36), 5th- RBI (187), T6th-conference wins (11), 8th-hits (363), and T8th- runs (204).
Butler Team Leaders (through regular season)
vs. Villanova (May 3-4)
- Cate Lehner was named BIG EAST Player of the Week after leading Butler with eight hits (8-12, .667) and two stolen bases in the three-game series.
- Katie Petran was named BIG EAST Freshman of the Week after she recorded a complete-game win in game three, allowing one run on four hits, and securing the Bulldogs a spot in the postseason.
- Ella White went 5-for-11 (.455) with 2HR, 4RBI, and 4 runs scored.
- Rylyn Dyer pitched four scoreless innings and earned her first win of the season in game one.
- Butler's 15 hits in game one were the most for the Bulldogs in a BIG EAST game this season.
SCOUTING THE OPPONENTS
| 2024 |
|
Villanova |
Creighton |
UConn |
Seton Hall |
St. John's |
Butler |
| batting ave. |
|
.272 |
.279 |
.267 |
.279 |
.244 |
.273 |
| runs |
|
266 |
229 |
217 |
213 |
192 |
204 |
| hits |
|
361 |
379 |
354 |
363 |
334 |
363 |
| ext.-base hits |
|
136 |
99 |
111 |
109 |
94 |
93 |
| RBI |
|
248 |
209 |
197 |
202 |
175 |
187 |
| walks |
|
218 |
133 |
151 |
176 |
145 |
171 |
| stolen bases |
|
17 |
24 |
77 |
13 |
62 |
60 |
| ERA |
|
3.59 |
3.39 |
2.86 |
4.42 |
2.91 |
5.28 |
| pitching K's |
|
264 |
270 |
373 |
207 |
366 |
159 |
| record vs. tournament field |
|
10-5 (.667) |
8-7 (.533) |
8-7 (.533) |
7-8 (.467) |
7-8 (.467) |
5-10 (.333) |
