May 14, 2010
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COLLEGE STATION, Texas - The No. 19 Texas A&M softball team travels to the ASA Hall of Fame Stadium in Oklahoma City, Okla., this weekend as the No. 3 seed in the Big 12 Softball Championship. The Aggies' first game of the single elimination tournament is against sixth-seeded Nebraska at 11:30 a.m. Saturday. The winner of the championship receives an automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament.
A&M (41-13, 12-6 Big 12) looks to take home what will be the final Big 12 Tournament title and enters the weekend hot off of two road victories at then-No. 11 Oklahoma State. The Aggies have won their last six games.
Texas received the top seed at this year's championship after going 14-2 in league play and Oklahoma secured the No. 2 seed. Oklahoma State was placed as the No. 4 seed, followed by Missouri (11-7) and Nebraska. Texas Tech earned the No. 7 seed, while Baylor received the No. 8 seed and Iowa State and Kansas accepted the No. 9 and No. 10 seeds, respectively.
Texas A&M is 18-21 all-time in the Big 12 Championship and won its first and only tournament title in 2008.
LIVE STATS
Free live stats will be provided for every game this weekend on AggieAthletics.com and Big12Sports.com.
LIVE AUDIO
Fans can listen to every game this weekend broadcast live on AggieAthletics.com and Sports Radio 1150 The Zone, making them available worldwide on any iPhone, iPod Touch, Blackberry or PDA free of charge. Log on to RadioAggieland.com for more information.
LIVE VIDEO
All games on the main field at the ASA Hall of Fame Stadium the will be streamed live and archived on Big12Sports.com, excluding the championship game, which will be aired on FSN. Additionally, the All-Big 12 Awards Ceremony on Friday evening will be streamed and archived on Big12Sports.com.
TICKETS
Tickets for the Big 12 Softball Championship are available through the Oklahoma City All Sports Association website at OKCALLSports.org.
A LOOK AT THE BRACKET
Should A&M defeat Nebraska, it will face the winner of second-seeded Oklahoma and either 10th-seeded Kansas or seventh-seeded Texas Tech at 5 p.m. Saturday in a semifinal game. Sunday's championship final is televised on FSN at noon.
CHAMPIONSHIP GAME ON THE TUBE SUNDAY
Don't know which channel the Big 12 championship final is on? Please see page 18 of the notes for an FSN Clearance Report of Sunday's live televised game on FSN at noon.
ON DECK
Postseason has begun and the next step for the Aggies is the NCAA Tournament beginning next weekend (May 20-23). A&M awaits word of its berth on the Division I softball selection show Sunday, May 16 at 9 p.m. on ESPNU. ESPNU is available on DirecTV channel 614 and Dish Network channel 141. ESPNews will also televise a brief bracket announcement beginning at 10 p.m. ESPNews is available on DirecTV channel 207 and Dish Network channel 142.
LAST TIME OUT
Texas A&M junior Rhi Kliesing hit two home runs and drove in all of the Aggies' five runs in a doubleheader sweep of Oklahoma State at Cowgirl Stadium on May 8. A&M downed OSU, 3-1 and 2-1. Prior to facing the Aggies, the Cowgirls (19-2 at home) had lost just one home game all season. Freshman pitcher Alex Reynolds tied the game, 4-4, with a solo home run to lead off the seventh, but a bases-loaded bloop single by BU's Meagan Weldon in the bottom half of the inning proved the game-winner and eliminated the Aggies.
RPI
In the most recent NCAA softball RPI that came out on May 11, Texas A&M jumped up three spots to 14th. Alabama, Washington, Michigan, Florida and Georgia Tech round out the top five, while the Big 12 had five schools in the top 20. Texas was ranked eighth, Missouri 10th, Oklahoma 11th, and Oklahoma State 17th. Texas Tech (43) and Nebraska (50) are on the bubble, while Baylor (62), Iowa State (64) and Kansas (87) are ranked further down on the list.
WHO'S HOT?
Kliesing is riding a seven-game hitting streak and has hit .524 with 11 hits, six runs, a double, three home runs and nine RBIs in the stretch. She cushions those numbers with a 1.000 slugging percentage and .583 on base percentage. Freshman Alex Reynolds was named to the first team and senior Bailey Schroeder and sophomore Rebecca Arbino ranks 18th in the nation in shutouts.
MAY WRITING HER NAME ALL OVER THE RECORD BOOK
May has already written her name in the top 10 of many season records, including first in home runs and total bases, RBIs (2nd), walks (3rd), and doubles (6th). She also ranks ninth in career home runs.