WCWS Notes: Missouri vs. Hawaii
6/3/2010 12:00:00 AM | Softball
June 3, 2010
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• In its first ever Women's College World Series appearance, Hawai'i (50-14) defeated Missouri (51-12) in this year's opening game, 3-2.
• Hawai'i improved to 5-4 all-time against Missouri. Today's game marked the third matchup between the teams in postseason play (Missouri leads 2-1).
• Hawai'i improved to 41-3 when it hits two or more home runs and to 41-4 when it scores first.
• Traci Yoshikawa hit a two-run home run to give Hawai'i a 3-2 lead in the top of the seventh. It marked her 12th home run of the season and the 14th of her career.
• Hawai'i's two home runs brought its season home run total to 156. Entering today's game, the Rainbow Wahine led the NCAA in home runs (2.47 per game), scoring (7.82 runs per game) and slugging percentage (.658), and ranked seventh in batting average (.328).
• Hawai'i's Stephanie Ricketts, the 2010 WAC Pitcher of the Year, threw her 29th complete game of the season. She improved to 30-8 on the season and to 7-2 in the postseason.
• Ricketts moved into second place on the school's single-season wins list. Melissa Coogan holds the all-time record with 32 victories in 2003.
• Hawai'i's Alexandra Aguirre hit her 12th home run of the season in the second inning to give her squad an early 1-0 lead.
• WAC Freshman of the Year Kelly Majam went 2-4 for Hawai'i, marking her 22nd game with at least two hits. Majam has failed to get a hit in just 12 of 64 games this year.
• Missouri fell to 1-9 in the Women's College World Series with today's loss. This is the Tigers' second straight WCWS appearance and fifth overall.
• Missouri's Rhea Taylor hit a solo home run in the bottom of the fifth inning to tie her own school record for runs in a season (64).
• Taylor moved into second place on Missouri's single-season hits list (82) after adding two against Hawai'i. The junior set the record of 88 hits in 2008.
• Missouri's Kristin Nottemann took the loss to fall to 24-8 on the year. She gave up three runs (all earned) on nine hits while striking out five in the complete-game effort.
