OMAHA, Neb. – This weekend's Omaha-South Dakota series has been moved up one day to Friday-Saturday because of an inclement weather forecast for Saturday. The teams will play a doubleheader at 1:30 p.m. and 4:00 p.m. on Friday and a single game at Noon on Saturday. The games will be played at Nygaard Field on the campus of USD and links to live stats will be available at OMavs.com. At the moment, South Dakota currently sits in second place in the Summit League standings, while Omaha is one game back in fourth place.
Leading off for Omaha
- UNO is starting its final road swing of the season by playing eight straight games away from Westside Field at Westbrook.
- The Mavericks are batting .250 as a team this season with a .422 slugging percentage and a .337 on-base percentage.
- Omaha owns a 40-23 advantage in homeruns this season over its opponents.
- This weekend's match-up is between two of the top four teams in the Summit League.
- In conference play, the Mavericks are batting .271 with a .436 slugging percentage and a .370 on-base percentage.
- Omaha's pitching staff owns a 2.71 ERA in Summit League action with 57 strikeouts and only 16 walks.
D.Y.K.? (Did You Know?)
1. Three of Omaha's six hits on Wednesday evening were for extra bases.
2. Megan May hit a three-run home run to right field against Nebraska on Wednesday evening. It was her fifth homerun of the season.
3. Lizzie Noble lined a two-run triple down the left field line to plate two runners in the sixth inning for the Mavs. It was Noble's first triple of the season.
4. Pitcher Jaylee Hinrichs pitched her 11th complete game of the season in Wednesday night's loss to Nebraska.
5. Lia Mancuso hit her fifth double of the season.
6. Nicole Warren has 16 hits on the season, nine of which have gone for extra bases.
About the Mavericks
Omaha is coming off an 8-5 home loss in eight innings against Nebraska on Wednesday evening. UNO is now 20-21 overall and 5-4 in conference play. The Mavericks are in fourth place in the Summit League standings and have games remaining against South Dakota and IUPUI.
Tonya Peterson owns a .311 batting average to lead the Mavericks. The senior leads the team with eight doubles, 28 walks, and owns a team-best .463 on-base percentage. She also has 26 RBIs on the season. Lizzie Noble is second on the team with a .304 batting average with a team-best .587 slugging percentage and 32 RBIs. Noble has hit six home runs and six doubles. Allie Mathewson has a .294 average and leads the team in runs scored (33), hits (40), stolen bases (11), and home runs (9). Junior catcher Campbell Ditto has eight home runs and 20 RBIs to go along with a .495 slugging percentage.
In the circle, freshman Jaylee Hinrichs is 11-9 overall with a 3.28 ERA and 90 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 .251 with 46 doubles, five triples, 40 homeruns and 174 RBIs. Omaha has a .424 slugging percentage and an on-base percentage of .338. UNO is 40-for-46 in stolen base attempts and has drawn a total of 112 walks. The Mavericks' pitching staff has posted a 3.43 ERA, good for the third-lowest mark in the league, in 261.1 innings of work while striking out 188 and allowing 86 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 seventh in the league with nine home runs this season and ranks 17th in RBIs with 24.
- Campbell Ditto is 10th in the league with eight home runs and 23rd with 20 RBIs.
- Tonya Peterson has drawn 28 walks this season to lead the league. Peterson is 13th with 26 RBIs.
- Ditto is in third in the league with 24 walks.
- Allie Mathewson is eighth in the league with 33 runs scored, tenth in stolen bases with 11, and 13th with 39 hits.
- Lizzie Noble has 32 RBIs this season, which ranks seventh in the Summit League.
- Pitcher Kat Barrow has pitched 111.2 innings which ranks fourth in the conference. Barrow has a 2.63 ERA and 78 strikeouts which ranks fourth and fifth in the league. She ranks eighth in games won (7) and fifth in complete games (10).
- Pitcher Jaylee Hinrichs is third in the league with 11 wins. Hinrichs' four shut-outs this season rank third in the league. Hinrichs ranks fourth in the league with 90 strikeouts.
Series Information
Omaha and South Dakota have met 93 times coming into this weekend's contests. The first meeting between the two schools came in 1975 with an Omaha win, 18-0. Last season, the Mavericks won two of three games from the Coyotes.
A Look at the Coyotes
South Dakota enters Friday's contest with a 15-22-1 overall mark and sits in second place in the Summit League standings with a 6-3 mark. USD is coming off an 8-2 loss in Minneapolis, Minn. to 13th-rated Minnesota.
South Dakota's Yvon Minogue was named 2015 Louisville Slugger/NFCA Division I National Player of the Week for the period ending April 12. Minogue leads five USD batters who are hitting over .300 for the season. She has a team-best .467 average with 21 doubles, seven home runs, and 25 RBIs. Matley Jones is next with a .408 average and a team best 13 home runs and 45 RBIs. Allie Daly has 10 home runs and 41 RBIs this season.
In the circle, Madison Frain leads the team with eight wins and a 4.70 ERA with 45 strikeouts and 51 walks. Rachel Cue is 6-12 overall and owns a 5.89 ERA with 65 strikeouts and 87 walks.
Amy Klyse is in her eighth season at the helm of the USD program. During her tenure, the Coyotes have gone 183-206-2.
On Deck
Omaha will play four road games next week. The Mavericks square off against Iowa State on Wednesday, April 22 at 4:00 p.m. in Ames, Iowa. Next weekend, UNO travels to Indianapolis, Ind. for a three game set against IUPUI on Friday and Saturday, April 24-25.
