Quick Hits
Anderson vs. the Griffons
Head Coach Susan Anderson is an even .500 against Missouri Western, 11-11. The Jennies swept a doubleheader from the Griffons in 2013, and are 3-1 in their last four outings.

Wins Over Ranked Opponents
With their sweep of No. 9 Emporia State, UCM is now 3-3 in games with ranked opponents this season. This the first time under Coach Anderson the Jennies have three wins over ranked opponents and the last time they defeated a team ranked in the top-10 was March 25, 2011, when they defeated No. 3 Midwestern State 3-1. 

The Griffons enter ranked #14 in the latest (April 1) NFCA Poll.

Quest for 200
Senior Jakki Prater is just four hits away from becomming the third Jennie to join the exclusive 200 hit club. Standing at 196, Prater would join Braylyn Bivens (210), who collected her 200th a season ago and Beth Savage (222) who did so in 1995. 

Closing in on 1,100
As Prater is nearing 200 hits, the softball program itself is closing in on another milestone. UCM softball stands at 1,094, just six away from 1,100 all time.

Shockley's Favorite Number - 0
Senior Katie Shockley has been overpowering teams of late. She is 6-0 in her last six starts improving her record to 10-5 on the season. In that span she's logged 39 innings and allowed just three earned runs - an ERA of 0.54. She's only allowed an earned run in two of those six starts and has completed all six. With one more victory, Shockley will amass 30 for her career. 

Running into the Record Books
Junior Ali Jo Rogers is quickly ascending the career stolen base leaders. Rogers has 27 this season, two shy of the single-season record and 68 for her career. Her 68 puts her third in UCM history behind Bivens (76) and Heather Whitcomb (81). 

Rogers is also currently on an 11 game hitting streak, longest by a Jen this season. In addition, she's reached base in 20 straight games. Lindsey Dawson had a 21-game on-base streak (last three from 2014, first 18 from 2015) recently come to an end. Since on-base streaks were first kept in 2003, the longest is 22 games from Rachel Adams back in 2006. 

Four is the Magic Number
When the Jennies score at least four runs in a game this season, they are 23-5.

One Run Games
The Jennies have had a penchant all-year for winning close games. In games decided by one run, UCM is 8-2. They are also 5-3 in games decided by two runs. Of their 36 games, exactly half (18) have been decided by two runs or fewer and UCM is 13-5 in those games, a big reason for their 26-10 start. 

.400 Average
Sophomore Lauren Mabe is attempting to do what only six others have done in UCM history. Mabe leads the Jennies with a .413 batting average which if she maintains will be the fourth-best single-season average in team history. Only six times has a Jennie batted at least .400, with the last coming from Courtney Opich in 2010. The single-season record for batting average is .457, set by Rachel Adams in 2007. 

Ali Jo Rogers is also nearing a .400 batting average, she's second on the team hitting at a .391 clip.

Jennies at Home
The Jennies are a 10-2 at home this season after their sweep of No. 9 Emporia State and split with Washburn last weekend. For her career, Coach Anderson is 87-35 (.713) in home games.

Jennies on the Road
The Jennies are a 4-1 in true road games this season, including a win over No. 15 Rollins and a sweep last weekend in a nonconference doubleheader against Southwest Baptist. For her career, coach Anderson 74-71 (.510) away from Warrensburg. 

Preseason Ranking
The Jennies were picked to finish fourth in the MIAA Preseason Poll. In 2014, they finished fifth overall and had eight All-MIAA student-athletes. 

Jennies in the Postseason
UCM went back to the MIAA Championships in 2014 and have been in 20 of the last 21 conference championship tournaments. The Jennies have won seven MIAA Championships in their history, most recently in 2009 and have made 10 NCAA tournament appearances. 

Scouting the Opposition
Missouri Western
Series History: The Jennies have won 52 of 80 all-time meetings with the Griffons. In one of the longest rivalries in UCM softball history, the two teams first met in 1976. The two teams have been remarkably consistant of late as the squads have split the last 22 meetings 11-11, since 2007, Coach Anderson's first year with the Jens.  

Scouting Report: The Griffons recently had a 16-game winning streak snapped, spanning March 7-28. MWSU is 12-4 in the MIAA and just percentage points behind the Jennies for second place in the conference. 

Tiffany Gillaspy leads the Griffons offensive attack. She's batting .405 and has a conference leading .763 slugging percentage. Of Gillaspy's 53 hits, 22 have gone for extra bases including 12 homeruns and nine doubles. Her 12 homeruns are tied for the most in the MIAA and her 39 RBI is third. 

Missouri Western is tied for second in the conference with 44 home runs.

The Griffons have three athletes in their lineup in the top-5 in the MIAA in RBI. In addition to Gillaspy, Kailey Green is fourth with 37 and Paige Shifflett is tied for fifth with 36. Morgan Rathmann also leads the MIAA in runs scored with 43. She also is a perfect 22-22 stealing bases and has seven triples. 

In the circle, Shyanne Saladino leads MWSU with 15 wins and a 3.48 ERA. She's holding opponents to a .234 batting average and is 10-1 in her last 11 starts. The Griffons lead the MIAA with 10 shutouts on the season. Saladino and Janie Smith each have five. 

Last Time Out
WARRENSBURG, Mo. - Senior Katie Shockley threw a complete game shutout in game two as the Jennies split their series with Washburn. The Jens used a six-run second on their way to an 8-0 win in the finale. The split brings UCM's record to 24-10 and 5-2 in the MIAA.
    The Ichabods stormed out of the gates hitting two home runs and scoring five runs in the opening frame. 
    The Jens came back with a five-run inning of their own in the second to tie the game at five runs apiece. Ali Jo Rogers and Lindsey Dawson had the big hits of the inning, each driving in a pair.
    Washburn scored one in the following half inning to regain the lead and the Jennies couldn't recover as the Ichabods scored runs in the fourth, sixth and seventh innings on their way to a 15-7 win.
    Rogers, Carlie Rose and Katie Giacone each had two of the Jennies 10 hits. Rogers, Dawson and Makayla Schoonover all had a pair of RBI. 
    The second game was a much different story as the Jennies took the lead in the first and never trailed as Shockley cruised to her ninth win and second shutout of the season.
    UCM put the game away with a six run second inning. Jakki Prater, Dawson,and Rose all had RBI hits in the frame. Dawson's was the biggest, a two-RBI single to center.
    The Jens tacked on another run in the third on Rogers RBI double and it was all Shockley from there. Shockley threw five complete innings, letting up just two hits and no runs. She also struck out five and walked three. 
    Rogers and Prater each had two of the Jennies eight hits in the game. The top-three in the lineup, Rogers, Dawson and Prater all had two RBI. Rogers also added a stolen-base for her team-leading 26th of the season.
    Behind the right arms of seniors Katie Shockley and Jakki Prater, Cental Missouri swept No. 9 Emporia State 2-1 and 5-2 Saturday afternoon. The wins improve the Jennies to 26-10 overall and 8-2 in the MIAA. It is also their first sweep of ESU since 2003.
    Shockley and Prater set the tone for the Jennies, both throwing complete games to earn their 10th wins of the season. 
    In game one, the Jennies jumped out to a 1-0 lead in the bottom of the first inning. Junior Ali Jo Rogers led off with double to right center and would swipe third base. With one out, Prater brought Rogers home on a sacrifice fly, her 32nd RBI of the season.
    Still leading 1-0, UCM added a second run in the bottom of the fourth. Sophomore Lindsey Dawson and Prater delivered back-to-back singles and the next batter, Alex Leonhart, singled up the middle, plating Dawson to give the Jennies a 2-0 lead.
    In the top of the sixth with two outs, Stephanie Goodwin singled down the left field line and later advanced to second on a single by Jessica Gragg. The next batter, Kaitlyn Caston reached on a fielder's on a groundball to the Rogers at short, who threw it away to third base, allowing the Hornets' first run to come across and make it a 2-1 ballgame. The run snapped a 13 inning scoreless streak for Jennies Shockley.
    Shockley got herself in a bases loaded jam in the top of the seventh, but got Goodwin to swing and miss on a full count to pick up her 10th win of the season.
    Shockley has now earned wins in her last six starts. She pitched seven full innings allowing one run, zero earned on four hits while striking out six and walking three. 
    Dawson knocked two of the Jennies six hits, while Prater and Leonhart picked up the RBI.
    Prater picked up in the circle where Shockley left off. She kept the Hornets off the scoreboard while the Jennies built a 4-0 lead.
    UCM got on the board early as Giacone scored on a Hornet error to put the Jens up 1-0 in the second. The Jens then tacked on three in the third, two coming off of Lauren Mabe's two-run home run, her second of the season. 
    ESU cut the lead in half on a two-shot homer of their own from Brenda Novelo in the fourth, making it a 4-2 ballgame. 
    Katie Giacone put the Jens back up three, 5-2, in the bottom half of the frame, crushing her third home run of the season to left-center.
    That was all the scoring the Jens needed as Prater did the rest, keeping the Hornets scoreless through the final three innings. She went the distance, allowing five hits and two runs while striking out two and walking a pair.
    The Jennies sprinkled seven hits, three coming from Mabe as she was a perfect 3-for-3 with two RBI and two runs scored.