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Softball looks to stay hot at LSC Tournament

Cameron vs. #22 Angelo State on May 1 at 1:30 p.m. | Live Stats | Live Video
Game 2 vs. #3 West Texas A&M on May 1 at 6:30 p.m. | Live Stats | Live Video (if CU advances) 
LSC Championship on May 2 at 2 p.m. | Live Stats | Live Video 
(if CU advances) 
Championship Notes

Leading Off

1.    Cameron is the only team in the nation with three players in the top-7 nationally in home runs (Tara Martini, Lauren Renneker, and Paige Daino).
2.    The Aggies picked up 23 points on the NFCA Coaches Poll and are the first team outside the top-25.  West Texas A&M came in at number-3 and Angelo State is number-22 in the poll.
3.    Cameron pitchers have the second highest strikeout total in the Lone Star Conference with 240.
4.    Across all NCAA Divisions, the Aggies have the eighth most homers (88), RBI (357), and seventh in runs (390).  Martini is 19th highest at all levels in homers, Renneker and Daino are 20th best.
5.    Sonora Zukerman took league pitching honors last week after being 3-0 in the circle while adding three homers, seven RBI, seven hits, and a .412 batting average.

Aggies at the LSC Tournament 
Cameron is making their fifth tournament appearance in a row and ninth in program history. The Aggies have won four times in the LSC Tournament with their most recent win coming last year (14-11 vs. Midwestern State) and in 2008, 2009, and 2011.  In the tournament, CU is 0-4 against Angelo State with their last meeting coming in 2013; this is the first time that the Aggies are the higher seed vs. the Rambelles. 

Nationally Speaking
Cameron holds the third best batting average (.355) and homers per game (1.66), they are fourth best in scoring (7.36) and slugging percentage (.599), sixth in on base percentage (.428), and eighth in fielding percentage (.974).

Regionally Ranked
Cameron softball moved up to fourth in the South Central Region announced on Wednesday in the NCAA's final of three regional polls for the 2015 season. 

In the poll, the Aggies boast a 36-15 Division II and In-Region record and doesn't count the Aggies' two NAIA wins against Baker (Kan.) and Texas Wesleyan.  

West Texas A&M sits atop of the poll followed by St. Mary's (38-9),  Metro State  (37-11), Cameron (36-15), Angelo State (33-14-1), Texas Woman's (27-19-2), Regis (27-17), Tarleton State (25-19) and Texas A&M-Commerce (29-23), and St. Edward's (25-20).

If the season were to end today Cameron, Angelo State, and Tarleton State would travel to West Texas A&M, while Metro State, Regis, and Texas Woman's would visit St. Mary's for the other regional.

Broken Records
- Cameron has hit season program marks with a 17 game win streak, 38 wins to date, 88 home runs,  357 RBI, 166 walks, and 390 runs.
- Tara Martini is CU's all-time leader with 180 RBI.
- Misty Dooley tied a LSC record with five runs against Oklahoma Christian, her mark is highest in a game for an Aggie player.

Chasing Records
- Martini is four doubles away from passing Megan Young (2006-09) who had 55 doubles in her four year career at Cameron
- Martini (19), Lauren Renneker (18) and Paige Daino (18) are chasing Shareena Pulse who set the record season record 19 homers in 2009.  
- Kelsey Watson has nine shutouts this season which is one short of tying Carrie Dilks who had 10 in 2011, Watson has 15 career shutouts which is three short of Dilks' record. 
- Misty Dooley and Martini are chasing each other for second place in as the owner of second all-time in runs Cameron. Martini holds a four run lead over Dooley with 151.

CU Notebook
- The Aggies have two (Macy McKay and Lauren Renneker) who were on squads that reached the College World Series, McKay in 2012 with Central Oklahoma and Renneker in 2014 with Southeastern Oklahoma; both are Lawton natives.
- Cameron has 10 players who came from the same high school (MacArthur, Cache, Denton-Ryan).
- Lauren Renneker's mother Gladys, coached the Aggie softball program from 1997-2005 and is Cameron's winningest coach with 170 wins.
- There are seven players on Cameron's roster than are from Lawton, with six playing at MacArthur High School.
- Head Coach Rodney DeLong and CU catcher Chelsea DeLong are siblings.
- Established in 1977, Cameron has the longest continually operating softball program in the Lone Star Conference. 

Angelo State (33-14-1, 15-12-1 LSC)
- Angelo State holds a 33-7 lead in the overall series against CU, as CU took three out of four in their series in Lawton just this past weekend. The Rambelles and Aggies did meet in the NCAA South Central Regional Semifinal last season with ASU eliminating CU 4-3.
- The Rambelles are entering the tournament on a three game losing streak, after losing in the last three games of the four game series at Cameron.   
- ASU leads the LSC with a 2.79 team ERA, while freshman Brandy Marlett has the lowest individual ERA in the league at 2.01, struck out the most batters (149), and the lowest held batting average (.209). However, the Aggies struck for 10 runs on nine hits against her in game two of their past series against each other. 
- Madison Greenwell leads ASU at the plate with a .367 batting average and 55 hits

West Texas A&M (42-9; 22-6 LSC)
- West Texas A&M hold a 22-6 advantage over the Aggies in their overall series against each other and got a 4-2 second round win over CU in last season's LSC Tournament.  WT took the season series over CU, winning three of the four games they played at McMahon Field. 
- They enter the tournament on a two game losing streak after falling in their last two contests against Texas Woman's. 
- The Lady Buffs are second in the nation and first in the LSC with a .369 team batting average. They have the top four hitting players in the conference with Lacey Taylor leading the way with a .455 clip, and three others also above .400. Renee Erwin is one of those, as she is hitting .438 and leads the nation with 22 homeruns, 70 RBI, and 81 runs scored.  She has a slugging percentage of 1.062.
- Led in the circle by Rita Hokianga, who is 18-5 in 118 innings pitched, with a 3.38 ERA and 122 strikeouts. 

Coming Up
Regardless of CU's result, they will wait until Monday morning for a NCAA selection.
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Players Mentioned

Paige Daino

#18 Paige Daino

DP
5' 10"
Sophomore
R/R
Misty Dooley

#4 Misty Dooley

CF
5' 7"
Senior
L/R
Tara Martini

#1 Tara Martini

LF
5' 11"
Senior
L/R
Macy McKay

#3 Macy McKay

2B
5' 6"
Junior
L/R
Kelsey Watson

#17 Kelsey Watson

P
5' 9"
Senior
R/R
Sonora Zukerman

#7 Sonora Zukerman

1B
5' 7"
Junior
R/R
Lauren Renneker

#23 Lauren Renneker

INF
5' 8"
Senior
R/R
Chelsea DeLong

#9 Chelsea DeLong

C
5' 6"
Junior
R/R

Players Mentioned

Paige Daino

#18 Paige Daino

5' 10"
Sophomore
R/R
DP
Misty Dooley

#4 Misty Dooley

5' 7"
Senior
L/R
CF
Tara Martini

#1 Tara Martini

5' 11"
Senior
L/R
LF
Macy McKay

#3 Macy McKay

5' 6"
Junior
L/R
2B
Kelsey Watson

#17 Kelsey Watson

5' 9"
Senior
R/R
P
Sonora Zukerman

#7 Sonora Zukerman

5' 7"
Junior
R/R
1B
Lauren Renneker

#23 Lauren Renneker

5' 8"
Senior
R/R
INF
Chelsea DeLong

#9 Chelsea DeLong

5' 6"
Junior
R/R
C