THE GAMES
No. 21 Tarleton Softball will host a non-conference regional doubleheader against Texas A&M International on Tuesday, April 16 at 1 and 3 p.m. at the Tarleton Softball Complex. The Tuesday doubleheader will be free admission for fans. The TexAnns are 31-11 on the season and in fifth place in the LSC with a 15-9 league mark.
GAME COVERAGE
There will be live stats, radio
SCHUTT SPORTS/NFCA DII PLAYER OF THE YEAR TOP-50 WATCH LIST
The National Fastpitch Coaches Association released its annual Top-50 Watch List for the Schutt Sports/NFCA Division II National Player of the Year earlier this season and Tarleton State University had two players to keep an eye on – Georgia Capell and Tanna Huie. The top 50 list is comprised of returning NFCA All-Americans from last season and a slew of players submitted by head coaches and selected by the NFCA Division II All-America committee. They are the second and third players in Tarleton history to be named to the Top-50 Watch List, joining Katelyn Conlee in 2016.
PRESEASON ALL-AMERICANS
Jordan Withrow and Georgia Capell have been named 2019 Preseason All-Americans by Fastpitch News (FPN). Withrow was named an All-America Second Team pitcher while Capell earned honorable mention honors. Withrow is coming off the best year of her brief Tarleton career as a sophomore in 2018. As a sophomore, Withrow was an honorable mention All-American by FPN and the Lone Star Conference Co-Pitcher of the Year. She also earned all-conference and all-region recognition and was named the LSC Academic Player of the Year. Last spring, she became the first Tarleton pitcher in program history with over 200 strikeouts in a single season (252). Capell made quite the impression as she became the first freshman in program history to be named an All-American. She earned third-team honors from the National Fastpitch Coaches Association (NFCA). In her debut season, Capell was named the South Central Region and Lone Star Conference Freshman of the Year as well as all-conference and all-region.
WITHROW TABBED PRESEASON PITCHER OF THE YEAR
Jordan Withrow was named the LSC Preseason Pitcher of the Year after a sophomore campaign where she was the LSC Pitcher of the Year, an NFCA All-Region Second Team selection and FastpitchNews.com Honorable Mention All-American. Withrow went 26-6 in the circle with 221.1 innings of work and 252 strikeouts, becoming the first player in program history to strikeout 200 in a single season.
AMONG THE NATION’S BEST
Georgia Capell has already established herself as one of the most dangerous hitters in the country in just her second collegiate season. Capell enters the week ranked in the national top 10 of five different statistical categories – including No. 2 in RBI (53), No. 5 in RBI per game (1.33), No. 3 in home runs per game (0.38) and No. 3 in total bases (108). She is also the national leader in home runs with 15. Jordan Withrow is also ranked No. 8 in the nation with seven shutouts.
CHASING THE HOME RUN RECORD
Georgia Capell has already moved into sole possession of second place on the Tarleton home run list with 32 career long balls. She is one of four players in Tarleton history with 30 career long balls and joins Samantha Swanda (31) as the only TexAnns to hit 30 home runs in two seasons. Arianna Rodriguez is the program’s all-time home run leader with 41. With 15 home runs this season, she is also closing in on the single-season home run record (18) set by Rodriguez in 2012.
CHASING THE QUEEN OF Ks
Jordan Withrow has moved into second place in Tarleton history in total strikeouts, becoming the second player in school history to strikeout over 500 batters in a career. She goes into the week with 501 career punchouts and is second in program history. Only Hall of Famer Carla Geeslin (521) has more career strikeouts.
LAST TIME OUT
No. 21 Tarleton took on No. 8 Texas A&M-Commerce and won the first game of the series 10-4 before dropping the final two games of the series.
INSIDE THE SERIES
Tarleton and Texas A&M International are meeting for the 30th and 31st time in the series history with the TexAnns leading 20-9 since the first played in 2008. Tarleton swept the road series in Laredo back in March. The TexAnns are 8-2 all time at home against TAMUI and have won seven straight at home.
UP NEXT FOR TARLETON
Tarleton will travel to Eastern New Mexico for the final road series of the regular season on April 18-19 in Portales, New Mexico. For more information on the Tarleton Softball program, follow @Tarleton_SB on Twitter.
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