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Softball | 06.06.2025 3:55 p.m.

Games 22-25
Emporia State Hornets (14-7, 0-0 Miaa)
At #6 Rogers State Hillcats (14-3, 0-0 Miaa)

Friday, March 7 • 2:00 p.m. (ie) • Claremore, Okla. • RCB Bank Sports Complex
Series history: RSU leads 9-3 • Last Meet: RSU 3, ESU 2 (16.03.24 – 8 Inn.)

In Northeastern State Riverhawks (5-9, 0-0 Miaa)
Saturday, March 8 • 12:00 (ie) • Tahlquah, Okla.

Series history: ESU leads 36-26 • Last Meet: ESU 8, NSU 7 (15.03.24)

On the go in the Miaa
Emporia State begins the conference game with an earlier journey of state, while this weekend against State and North Heasters State No. 6.

Last time
The hornets traveled to Shawnee to a four-game slate in the top Gun Midwest Classic, where the Hornets went 3-1 at the weekend. Emporia State opened the trip with a 14:5 win against Maryville, which contained four RBI of Kinsey Perine and three of Haley garnett. The Hornets completed on Saturday with a 5: 4 victory against Minnesota State Gracie RabeWhen she put the binding run in third place in the seventh inning. Rabe returned to Rockhurst on Sunday to achieve a complete game against the Hawks. The victory against Rockhurst extended the winning streak of the Hornets to seven games before Emporia State fell against #5 Augustana in the weekend final.

About the hornets
Emporia State appears with a 14: 7 record at the weekend and has won eight out of ten games in the past two weeks. The Hornets meet in the first 21 games as a team .303, an average that takes fifth place in the Miaa this season. Six hornets with at least 40 bats meet over 0.300, including Taryn Burkhardt Who beats .349 with a team high .494 obp. Burkhardt also pulled 18 walks, which the Miaa and the 13 bases stolen, which is in the top 5. Brooke flew Has a team high home run, five doubles and 21 RBI, while reaching a clip of 0.391. In a circle, the hornets use a trio of seniors in Gracie RabePresent Jordan Harrison And Jayda VanackerenWhile Rabe and Harrison both recorded over 50.0 Innerings this season. Harrison has a team high of 56.2 Innerings with 53 strikeouts and holds a 7-1 record. Rabe has recorded similar numbers with 45 strike outs in 52.1 Innerings and both keep the opponents an average value of 0.234 or less.

Scouting the Hillcats
Rogers State is 14-3 to start the 2025 season and have won 11 in a row since a slow start at the opening weekend. In the recent survey by NFCA coaches, the Hillcats were won in 8th and under head coach Andrea Vaughan in the year and in the last three seasons 45 or more games, including 58 in 2022 when Rogers State won the national championship. This season Rogers State meets as a team, which is headed by the MIAA. Senior Abbey Rogers settled the Hillcat offensive in the early days when she meets three home runs with three home runs, 14 RBI, 17 Runs and an OBP north of 0.600. In the circle, Rogers State's pitching rod revolves around three players, since Jade Sanders, Harley Culie and Torie Sandoval have taken up over 22.0 Innerings this season. Sanders has an ERA of 1.83 in a team high of 38.1 Innerings with 35 strikes.

Scouting the Riverhawks
The Northeastern State is 5: 9 this season and in the second year under head coach Rachel Rhode, who wants to improve the Riverhawks victory of ten in the first year last season. The Riverhawks occupy seventh place in the Miaa on average, fifth place in the home runs and fourth place in the slugging percentage. The offensive is led by Senior Madison Heinle, who leads with three homes, nine RBI and one .441 OBP, the Riverhawks. Maddie Messenger beats .324 and scored 11 Runs at team height while he has scored three own Homeruns. In the circle, Heinle is one of three pitchers with six appearances in the season because she recorded a team of 20 strikeouts. Gracie Turner has achieved a team high 27.0-in and has a 2-1 record.

In the shelter

April Rosales is the Emporia State Softball program in her tenth season. Your record as head coach for the Hornets is 253-229. Since the program was taken over in 2016, Rosales has led the Hornets to a MIAA tournament championship, two Miaa tournament title appearances and a appearance at the NCAA Central Subregional Championship.
Rosales was also a member of the Emporia State Softball during her game days, which included a run for the NCAA Division II championship in 2008, which led to a national second -placed. During the 2008 season she scored 30 RBI .324, while she played almost every game at Shortstop for the Hornets. She was appointed the first team All-Miaa this season.

In the field
Catcher Ally (Sun./olathe, KS) beats in the first 17 games .293 and started 11 games with eight behind the plate and three at Depoted Player. Miller has two doubles, a triple, five RBI and one .361 OBP.
Catcher Leslie Ramos (Jr./grand Island, ne) was with the Hornets in her first season and started 11 games with nine behind the plate. Ramos beats .375 with a Homerun, six RBI and six runs and steals three bases at the same time.
Information Haley garnett (Gr./Olathe, KS) is with the Hornets for the third year and played in 98 games in Emporia State. This season Garnett has eight hits, a double, a Homerun, four RBI and eight walks.
Information Kennedy Topping (So the toping has an average of 0.333 and has reached the base in 11 out of 27 record appearances. It has six RBI, a double, a triple and three stolen bases.
Information Brooke flew (This season Flewelling was a driving force in the criminal offense of the state of Emporia and met five home runs, five doubles and a team high of 23 RBI, which also occupies fourth place in the MIAA this season. Alexis Dial From last season as the only hornets since 2014 with 20 or more RBI in the first 20 games of the season.
Information Sydney Wagner (Fr./Buda, TX) started 20 games in Shortstop for the Hornets in her first season and beats with 21 goals, six stolen bases and an OBP .394 .328. Wagner has achieved three doubles, nine RBI and 11 runs.
Outfield Taryn Burkhardt (Jr./silver Lake, KS) is with the Hornets in her first year and has a strong impact on the top of the Emporia State list. Burkhardt started all 21 games in Centerfield and strikes with a team high-16 runs and 17 walks that lead the MIAA because it reached the base on a clip of 0.494.
Outfield Juliana de Luna (Sun./san Antonio, TX), played 30 games as a newcomer last season and started 20 games in the Outfield positions on the corner this season. De luna strikes .317 and has reached the base on a .391 clip behind 19 goals, three doubles and three walks RBI. She also achieved 12 runs and dangers in the season, one of three hternet with a double -digit RBI this season.
Outfield Kinsey Perine (Fr./Rossville, KS) started all 21 games for the Hornets and joined de Luna in the outfield positions on the corner. Perine beats .308 in the season and has a strong weekend in Shawnee, where she drove eight runs in four games because she is up to 12 RBI in the season. It also takes sixth place in the MIAA with suitable stolen bases this season.

In a circle
senior Gracie Rabe (Sr./Rossville, KS) is in its fourth season with the Hornets and recorded in 381.0 career -innings for Emporia State. Rabe has an ERA of 3.78 ERA in 52.1 Innerings this season. She has achieved 45 strikeouts and only admitted nine walks and an average of 0.234 opponents. Rabe currently occupies fourth place in Miaa in Miaa in Miaa in Innings.
senior Jordan Harrison (Sr./St. Mary's, KS) is in Emporia State in the second year and last season in her 14 appearances this season recorded 56.2 Innerings with an ERA of 3.65 ERA of 3.65 ERA. Harrison has a 7-1 record, including four victories at the Washburn Invitational, and 53 Strikeouts and enables an average value of 0.232 against 0.232 against. Harrison is in the Top Five in the Miaa this season in the victories, strikes and innings.
senior Jayda Vanackeren (Sr./omaha, ne) undertook 64 career in a circle for the Hornets and set several career seasons in the 2024 season. Vanackeren took 28.0 Innerings through her first eight appearances in 2025 and holds a 2-1 record.

Out and run
In eight of the last nine seasons in the top three in the Miaa, the Hornets have led or finished in stolen bases and have a similar start this season. The state of Emporia is 44-48 on the base paths in the first 21 games, with its 44 steals in second place in the association.

Heart stops hornets
The state of Emporia played in nine one-run games this season and went 7-2 in these games, including a few eight-ining victories. In the first nine years under Rosales, the Hornets ended eight times in one-run games.

Hornet history
The state of Emporia ended the NCAA Division II National second in 2006 and 2008. The Hornets have qualified 13 times for the NCAA regional game. The Hornets won the Naia National Championship in 1983 and 1984 and won the AIW National Championship in 1980.
The Hornets were four years in a row from 2005 to 2008 and Miaa tournament champion of Miaa seasonal champions seven years in a row from 2004 to 2000 to 2008. In the 21st century, Emporia State used the eight-time season title of the regular season (2005-08, 2014) and the tournament title nine times (2004-10, 2018).

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