OMAHA, Neb. – The Omaha softball team enters Wednesday's contest winners of three of its last four games.  The Mavericks welcome Nebraska to Westside Field at Westbrook on Wednesday, April 15 at 6:00 p.m.  Live stats will be available at OMavs.com.

Leading off for Omaha

• As a team, the Mavericks are batting .253 on the season, but own a .271 average in Summit League play.
• In conference play, Omaha owns a .436 slugging percentage while holding the opposition to a .397 slugging percentage.
• UNO has outscored its opponents 183-167 and have outscored conference foes by a 44-35 margin.  Among its 20 wins this season, Omaha has recorded five run-rule victories, seven come-from-behind wins and three decisions in its favor in extra innings.
• Omaha has smashed 39 homeruns this season and allowed only 23.
• Omaha has a 3.45 ERA this season with 187 strikeouts and only 82 walks.
• Head coach Jeanne Scarpello now has 652 career victories in 16 seasons at Omaha.
• Last week against North Dakota and Kansas City, the Mavs totaled 12 extra base hits, including seven home runs.

D.Y.K.?  (Did You Know?)

1.      In game one against Kansas City, Campbell Ditto went 2-for-4 with a home run and two runs scored.

2.      Allie Mathewson smashed two home runs in the opening game against North Dakota.  Mathewson went 2-for-3 on the day with three RBIs and scored two runs.

3.      Pitcher Jaylee Hinrichs picked up three wins last week for the Mavs, two as a starter and one in relief.

4.      Lizzie Noble went 2-for-3 against North Dakota in the opener with three RBIs and a pair of runs scored.

5.      Megan May hit a home run against North Dakota and another against Kansas City to give her four for the season.

About the Mavericks

Omaha went 3-1 in four non-conference games last week.  The Mavericks are 20-20 overall and hold 5-4 Summit League record.  UNO currently sits in fourth place in the league standings.  This season Omaha owns a 10-9 record at neutral sites and a 6-3 home mark, but are 1-8 on the road this season.

Tonya Peterson owns a .324 batting average to lead the Mavericks.  The senior leads the team with eight doubles, 28 walks, and owns a team-best .477 on-base percentage.  She also has 26 RBIs on the season.  Lizzie Noble is second on the team with a .307 batting average with a team-best .580 slugging percentage and 30 RBIs.  Noble has hit six home runs and six doubles.  Allie Mathewson has a .295 average and leads the team in runs scored (32), hits (39), stolen bases (11), and home runs (9).  Junior catcher Campbell Ditto has eight home runs and 20 RBIs to go along with a .510 slugging percentage. 

In the circle, freshman Jaylee Hinrichs is 11-8 overall with a 3.26 ERA and 89 strikeouts.  Hinrichs has earned two Summit League Pitcher of the Week honors.  Senior Kat Barrow owns a 7-7 mark with a 2.57 ERA.  The senior has 78 strikeouts this season along with two shut-outs.  Carly Nielsen and Lizzie Noble each have picked up wins this season.  Nielsen also has the teams only save.

Collectively, the Mavericks are hitting .253 with 45 doubles, four triples, 39 homeruns and 159 RBIs.  Omaha has a .425 slugging percentage and an on-base percentage of .340.  UNO is 40-for-46 in stolen base attempts and has drawn a total of 110 walks.  The Mavericks' pitching staff has posted a 3.45 ERA, good for the third-lowest mark in the league, in 253.1 innings of work while striking out 187 and allowing 82 walks.  In the circle, Omaha has six shut-outs and threw back-to-back shutouts against Fort Wayne on March 21-22.

Mastering the Summit

• Allie Mathewson is sixth in the league with nine home runs this season and ranks 17^th in RBIs with 24.
• Campbell Ditto is ninth in the league with eight home runs and 23^rd with 20 RBIs.
• Tonya Peterson has drawn 28 walks this season to lead the league.  Peterson is 10^th with 26 RBIs. 
• Ditto is in second in the league with 23 walks.
• Allie Mathewson is eighth in the league with 32 runs scored, eighth in stolen bases with 11, and 12^th with 38 hits.
• Lizzie Noble has 30 RBIs this season, which ranks eighth in the Summit League.
• Pitcher Kat Barrow has pitched 111.2 innings which ranks third in the conference.  Barrow has a 2.63 ERA and 78 strikeouts which ranks fourth and fifth in the league.  She ranks seventh in games won (7) and fourth in complete games (10).
• Pitcher Jaylee Hinrichs is third in the league with 11 wins.  Hinrichs' four shut-outs this season ranks third in the league.  Hinrichs ranks fourth in the league with 89 strikeouts.

Series Information

Wednesday's match-up between Omaha and Nebraska will be the 32^nd all-time meeting.  The two programs have each won 16 games.  The Cornhuskers defeated the Mavericks in the last meeting, 10-1 (5 inn.).

A Look at Nebraska

Nebraska has a 22-18 overall record this season and are 10-4 in Big Ten play.  UNL has an 11-6 mark at neutral sites, while going 5-4 at home and 6-8 on the road.  Last weekend, the Cornhuskers won two of three games against the Purdue Boilermakers in West Lafayette, Ind.

The Cornhusker offense has nine batters who have a .300 average or better, plus two batters hitting over .400.  Leading the way is MJ Knighten who has a .452 average with seven home runs and 44 RBIs.  Kiki Stokes owns a .415 mark in 40 games with a team high nine home runs and 12 stolen bases.  Stokes owns a .732 slugging percentage and a .535 on-base percentage.

In the circle, Emily Lockman is 12-11 with a 4.78 ERA in 129.0 innings.  Lockman has 71 strikeouts and 55 walks on the season.  Cassie McClure has a team-low 4.51 ERA with a 7-2 record.  McClure has 29 strikeouts and 33 walks on the season.

Head coach Rhonda Revelle is in her 23rd season leading the Cornhusker softball program.  In her 23 years at Nebraska, Revelle has amassed a record of 865-459.  She spent one season as the head coach at Nebraska Wesleyan University in 1987.

On Deck

Omaha hits the road for an eight game road trip starting on Saturday, April 18.  The Mavericks will play a doubleheader against USD on Saturday, April 18 starting at noon.  UNO and USD will wrap up the Summit League series with a single game on Sunday, April 19 at 11:00 a.m.  Links to live stats will be available on OMavs.com.

NCAA Women's Softball RPI Rankings Released

The fourth NCAA RPI Rankings were released on Monday and Summit League leaders North Dakota State (32-7) is ranked 47^th overall.  IUPUI(25-12) moved up from 139^th this week to 133^rd this week. 

Omaha (20-20) dropped one spot to 167^th overall, while Western Illinois (13-15) is currently 169^th overall.   South Dakota (15-21-1) is ranked 182^nd, while South Dakota State (12-18) moves up to 189^th overall.  Rounding out the Summit League is Fort Wayne (3-33, 269^th).

Topping the All-Time Charts

• Senior Allie Mathewson ranks fourth in school history with a .669 slugging percentage.  Tracy Carey (1994-95) holds the school record with a .737 slugging percentage.
• Mathewson ranks 11^th in school history with a .355 batting average.  Deb Baetsie (1993-94) holds the school record with a .450 batting average.
• Mathewson also is sixth in school history with 11 triples.
• Mathewson has hit the third most home runs in school history with 31, while junior Campbell Ditto is ninth with 26 homers.  Amber Lutmer (2011-14) holds the Maverick record with 51 home runs.
• Ditto ranks ninth all-time in walks with 70.  Amber Lutmer owns the school record of 121 walks in a career.  Ditto also ranks seventh all-time in on-base percentage with a .434 average.  Deb Baetsle (1993-94) owns the career mark of .499.
• Senior Tonya Peterson has been hit by a pitch 31 times in her Omaha career and holds the school record.
• Kat Barrow ranks eighth all-time in most strikeouts per seven innings.  She averages 4.73 strikeouts.  Lindsey Slocum (2007-11) owns the career mark at 7.56 strikeouts per seven innings.
• Opponents are battings only .258 against Barrow for her career, which ranks her 10^th in the all-time charts.