May 26, 2016 No. 5 Auburn vs. No. 18/22 Arizona
(52-9, 16-7) vs. (39-19, 13-11)
Weekend Schedule
| Sat, May 28 | 5:30 p.m. | ESPN2 |
| Sun, May 29. | 1:00 p.m. | ESPN |
| Sun, May 29 | 4 p.m. | ESPNU |
AUBURN, Ala. - No. 5 Auburn hosts No. 18/22 Arizona for the second-ever Super Regional at Jane B. Moore Field this Saturday and Sunday. The matchup will feature two Hall of Fame coaches and friends - Auburn's Clint Myers and Arizona's Mike Candrea.
Auburn will be making its 12th trip to the NCAA Tournament (13-20 all-time NCAA Regional record and 17-22 all-time in the NCAA Tournament), including its third straight under head coach Clint Myers. This is the third time the Tigers will host a regional (2005, 2015, 2016).
LEADING OFF
» The Tigers moved up three spots to No. 5 in the USA Today/NFCA Coaches poll after winning their second consecutive SEC Tournament title two weekend's ago. Auburn is also No. 5 in the latest official NCAA RPI.
» Auburn ranks No. 2 in the NCAA in runs per game (8.31) and third in OBP (.450)
» In the last regular season series against Texas A&M, Emily Carosone passed Ashely Moore and Morgan Estell (261) to become Auburn's all-time hits leader. Carosone currently has 275 career hits and passed Estell in the Regional championship for the most career runs in Auburn history at 261. She currently has 262 runs.
» Kasey Cooper (75) and Jade Rhodes (65) rank No. 3 and tied for No. 8 in RBI across the country while Cooper is tied for ninth and Rhodes is tied for 27th in home runs (19, 16). Cooper's 19 home runs ties Rhodes' school record, which she set last season. Cooper and Rhodes are the only teammates to rank in the top 10 in the country in RBI.
» The Tigers pitching staff has assembled the 16th-lowest ERA (2.15) in the NCAA with Rachael Walters (1.58) and Makayla Martin (1.76) both sub-2.00.
» The Tigers are batting .329 as a team (13th in NCAA) with a .215 batting average against mark
» The Tigers have posted 19 shutouts, which is tied for second-most in program history and 21 run-rule victories this season.
» Tiffany Howard's next single will break her own record for most hits in a single-season in program history (86)
SERIES HISTORY
Auburn is 1-3 all-time vs. Arizona, including 1-0 under Clint Myers, a 20-2 victory in Fullerton, Calif. in 2015. The Tigers have matched up with Arizona once previously in NCAA Regional play with the No. 25 Tigers falling 4-2 to the No. 1 Wildcats in the 2006 Tucson, Ariz. Regional.