Who: Iowa State vs. No. 22 Ole Miss / North Dakota State / Samford
The place: Ole Miss Softball Stadium – Oxford, Miss.
When: March 14 – 1 & 6 pm // March 15 – 10:30 am & 1 pm // March 16 – 1 pm
Main Off
After opening up convention play final weekend, Iowa State will take a quick respite from convention motion to attend its ultimate non-conference event of the season – the Insurgent Invitational. There, ISU will face No. 22 Ole Miss, North Dakota State and Samford. Ole Miss head coach Jamie Trachsel is a former head coach of each NDSU and ISU.
Final weekend, Iowa State opened convention play with a win, downing Houston 10-8 in eight innings, to earn the college’s first conference-opening win since 2006. The Cyclones will look to get again over .500 in Oxford, as they may have two extra probabilities at a win over a ranked program.
The Insurgent Invitational takes place from March 14 to March 16 between 4 faculties. The trio of Ole Miss, North Dakota State and Samford are all coming off of Tuesday midweek contests, whereas ISU final performed on Sunday.
Please Notice: Solely two of this weekend’s contests will probably be streamed (each video games in opposition to Ole Miss). You possibly can observe together with the motion on the stat hyperlinks supplied or by following @CycloneSB on Twitter (X).
From the Notes:
- ISU is in the midst of spending seven straight weekends on the highway to start out the season.
- Meaning their first 29 video games will all happen away from the Cyclone Softball Advanced.
- After having 11 seniors go away, ISU solely has two on this 12 months’s roster. Over half of the group, 14, are underclassmen.
- ISU’s most steadily featured lineup has had 5 newcomers within the fold and only one participant who began greater than 50 p.c of final 12 months’s contests.
- 2025 marks the start of a brand new Massive 12 enlargement, as three new faculties – Arizona, Arizona State and Utah – all enter the fray.
- Freshman pitcher Sami Potvin hurled a five-inning good sport on 3/2 in opposition to Grambling State. It’s believed to be the primary at school historical past (information courting again into the Seventies are incomplete).
- Freshman Abby Huhn tossed a one-hit shutout in her first profession begin, falling two outs shy of an ideal sport in opposition to Portland State.
- Freshman Jessie Clemons had three hits in her collegiate debut over the weekend, making her the primary participant within the Pinkerton period to have not less than three hits of their collegiate debut.
Main the Cyclones
Iowa State’s offense begins actually and statistically with the beginning of the order. Returning All-American Angelina Allen finds herself sandwiched between a pair of standout freshmen, Sereniti Trice and Jessie Clemons, within the batting order. Clemons has a team-high .449 batting common with a team-best 31 hits. Allen leads the group in walks drawn whereas Trice has scored essentially the most runs and has essentially the most stolen bases.
Transfers Reagan Bartholomew and Sydney Malott have additionally been stable on the plate, rounding out the highest of the lineup. Malott is batting .338 and has a team-high 5 residence runs, whereas Bartholomew is tied for the second-most doubles on the group.
Within the circle, 5 Cyclones have seen motion. Lauren Schurman leads the way in which with a team-low ERA of two.96 in 18 appearances. Jaiden Ralston has pitched in 14 video games, totaling 29 innings of motion. Freshmen Sami Potvin and Abby Huhn every have a pair of wins, whereas sophomore Aziza Rodriguez has solely seen 7.0 innings of labor.
General, the Cyclones are hitting .289 and have produced 109 runs on 166 hits. The group has 60 extra-base hits with 97 RBI, whereas drawing 50 walks. ISU holds a collective 4.68 ERA and has allowed 168 hits in 128.2 innings of labor.
Opponent Outlook
No. 22 Ole Miss (21-4) has rolled by way of the early a part of the season, choosing up three ranked wins alongside the way in which. The Rebels 16 of their final 17 contests and have seen their rating rise to its highest since 2019.
North Dakota State (12-13) is in its 50th season of collegiate softball and like Iowa State, is taking part in its ultimate non-conference event of the season. NDSU has performed within the Insurgent Invitational thrice now within the final 5 seasons and is a collective 3-4.
Samford (16-10) coming off a midweek matchup at Jacksonville State the place it fell 5-2. The Bulldogs have one frequent opponent with the Cyclones, Florida, who in addition they misplaced to.
Sequence Historical past
Iowa State has matched up with Ole Miss eight instances previous to this weekend and is 4-4 all-time in opposition to the Rebels having received the final two matchups. ISU and NDSU will meet for the twelfth time this weekend, with ISU holding the all-time benefit, 8-3. The Cyclones and Samford have met simply as soon as previous to this weekend, with the Bulldogs incomes the victory final time they met.
On Deck
After its ultimate non-conference event, Iowa State will dip again into convention play subsequent weekend when it heads to Orlando to tackle UCF. The Cyclones and Knights will meet thrice throughout March 20-22, taking part in one sport a day.
