Friday, May 6
Des Moines, Iowa
12:00 p.m.
Missouri State University
at
Drake
Softball Bears Close Regular Season at Drake
May 04, 2022 | Softball
| Missouri State Bears (24-16, 17-5 MVC) at Drake (18-26, 12-11 MVC) | |
| Dates | Friday, May 6 |Â 12:00 p.m. (Doubleheader) Saturday, May 7 | 12:00 p.m. |
| Location | Buel Field | Des Moines, Iowa |
| Follow | ESPN3 | Live Stats | Twitter Watch Game 1 | Watch Game 2 | Watch Game 3 |
| Missouri State | Game Notes (PDF) | Softball Home Page | Media Guide |
| Drake | Softball Home Page |
| Up Next | MVC Tournament | May 11-14Â Killian Stadium | Springfield, Mo. |
Starting Lineup - Storylines for the Drake Series
- Missouri State will head on the road to close out the 2022 regular season. The Bears will take on Drake in Des Moines for a three-game Missouri Valley Conference series. MSU owns a 52-56-1 record all time against the Bulldogs.
- The Bears enter the weekend ranked 1st in Earned Run Average in MVC play. In 22 conference matchups, the Bears boast a 1.61 ERA. MSU has given up just 37 earned runs in 161.1 IP, while also giving up the fewest home runs (7) in league play.Â
- Dating back to the 2019 season, Missouri State has won 15 of its last 16 multi-game Missouri Valley Conference series, including its last 11 straight series.Â
- MSU is 20-3 this season when allowing 3 runs or less and the Bears have outscored MVC foes 101-49 this season.
- The Bears own the top fielding percentage in the MVC this season at .974, a mark that also ranks 23rd in the nation. MSU has committed just 31 errors in 1176 total chances.Â
- Steffany Dickerson (Sr., Oklahoma, City, Okla.), the reigning MVC Pitcher of the Week, owns a league-leading 0.85 ERA and .188 opposing batting average in Missouri Valley Conference games. In conference play, Dickerson is 13-2 and has struck out 100 batters. Nationally, Dickerson ranks 18th in victories with 19, 28th in shutouts with 6 and 49th in overall ERA at 1.70. She also recorded her 500th career strikeout last weekend against Bradley.Â
- MSU's 2022 schedule features 8 teams that appeared in the 2021 NCAA Tournament (Oklahoma State, Arizona State, Texas A&M, Arkansas, Kennesaw State, Wichita State, UNI and Southern Illinois), four of which were ranked in the USA Softball Preseason Top 25 (#4 Oklahoma State, #9 Arkansas, #21 Arizona State and #25 Wichita State).
- In MSU's last 10 games, Madison Hunsaker (Sr., Peculiar, Mo.) leads the Bears with a .531 batting average and 17 hits, while launching 2 home runs, knocking 5 doubles and collecting 12 RBI. In that span, MSU has an 8-2 record and Hunsaker is slugging .875. She also owns a 1.000 fielding percentage in the last 10 games (30 PO, 2 A, 0 E).Â
- Olivia Krehbiel (Jr., Lee's Summit, Mo.) has nine hits in MSU's last 10 games, with all nine of them going for extra bases. In that span, Krehbiel has 6 home runs, a triple and 2 doubles, while driving in 15 runs and owning a 1.148 slugging percentage.
- Senior Daphne Plummer (Sr., Lee's Summit, Mo.) continues to lead the Bears with a .360 batting average on the season. She owns a team-leading 49 hits and 29 runs scored. Plummer also leads the Valley and ranks 29th nationally with 26 stolen bases.Â
   Missouri State trails the all-time series against Drake, 52-56-1. On the road, the Bears own a 23-24 ledger against the Bulldogs.Â
   Last season, MSU swept the series against Drake in Springfield. The Bears won the three games by scores of 5-4, 4-1 and 14-4 (5).Â
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