Fresno State Athletics
Championship Notes and Quotes
5/13/2006 12:00:00 AM | Softball
May 13, 2006
2006 WAC Softball Tournament
May 11-13 Fresno, Calif.
Championship Quotes
No. 3 Hawai'i 1, No. 4 Nevada 0 (Game 9)
No. 4 Nevada 4, No. 3 Hawai'i 2 (Game 10)
No. 4 Nevada 7, No. 3 Hawai'i 0 (Game 11)
Hawai'i Head Coach Bob Coolen on today's game:
"The girls played really well today, but we just ran out of steam. We didn't have enough bodies to finish the tournament. Basically, we were juggling through our lineup because we were down four girls. We just couldn't finish it out; one game away. We've been there before, but our girls played well. Today was a big learning experience for us."
Nevada Head Coach Michelle Gardner on Jordan McPherson throwing 523 pitches during the WAC Tournament:
"I think her arm is rubber by now. I bet her arm feels like she's thrown 6000 pitches. The bottom line is that if we didn't win this game today, we're done; our season is done. And Jordan just stepped up and did absolutely everything she needed to do to make sure her team won."
Nevada Head Coach Michelle Gardner on the Wolf Pack's first trip to the NCAA Tournament:
"I came to Nevada four years ago for a reason. I wanted to build this program; not only did I want to build it. I wanted it to become a program like Fresno State. It's absolutely awesome that this is the opportunity that we have in front of us. I'm really excited. I just want us to come out and play well and do the things that we need to do."
Sophomore pitcher Jordan McPherson on pitching 6 straight WAC Tournament games:
"I'm still ready to go. The arm feels a little rubbery, but what are you gonna do? You just have to do what you need to do to make sure your team wins, and I'm ready to do whatever I need to do to make sure that happens."
Championship Notes
No. 3 Hawai'i 1, No. 4 Nevada 0 (Game 9)
No. 4 Nevada 4, No. 3 Hawai'i 2 (Game 10)
No. 4 Nevada 7, No. 3 Hawai'i 0 (Game 11)
- Sophomore pitcher Jordan McPherson pitched her sixth-straight complete game of the WAC Tournament, throwing 523 pitches in 41 innings since Thursday.
- McPherson struck out 17 over the three-game Championship series, bringing her WAC Tournament total to 34.
- McPherson earned the WAC Tournament MVP with a 0.00 ERA, four-walk performance.
- The final 7-0 win by Nevada was the seventh shutout in 11 games at the WAC Tournament.
- The five wins and six games by Nevada is a WAC Tournament Record.
- Hawai'i improves to 6-4 in two appearances in the WAC Tournament. The Rainbow Wahine also appeared in the 1999 tournament.
- In the four WAC Tournaments to date, the tournament MVP has come from four different schools (Kelly Brookhart, Creighton, 1999; Janet Womack, Utah, 1992; Amanda Scott, Fresno State, 1999; Jordan McPherson, Nevada, 2006).
- No. 4 seeded Nevada is the lowest seeded team to ever win the WAC Tournament. All three previous tournament Champions (Utah '91 and '92, Fresno State '99) were number one seeds.
- Nevada earns the WAC's automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament. The bracket for the NCAA Tournament will be announced at 12:30 p.m., PT and can be seen on ESPNews.
2006 WAC Softball All-Tournament Team
Christina Clark, Sr., SS, Fresno State
Brittany Lorenzen, Sr., SS, Nevada
Kymberly Silagyi, Fr., 2B, Nevada
Tyleen Tausaga, Jr., 1B, Hawai'i
Kristi Yoshizawa, Jr., C, Hawai'i
Kaulana Gould, So., OF, Hawai'i
Brandi Peiler, So., OF, Hawai'i
Kristi Randall, Fr., OF, New Mexico State
Jordan McPherson, So., P, Nevada
Kate Robinson, So., DP, Hawai'i
Robin Mackin, Fr., UT, Fresno State
MVP: Jordan McPherson, Nevada
