Today in Harding Sports, Feb. 18

Today's in Harding Sports Schedule
9 a.m. – Softball vs. Washburn (Hays, Kansas – Bickle-Schmidt Sports Complex) - CANCELED due to high winds
11 a.m. – Softball vs. Neb.-Kearney (Hays, Kansas – Bickle-Schmidt Sports Complex) - CANCELED due to high winds
12 p.m. – Baseball at Northwestern Oklahoma (Alva, Oklahoma – Meyers Field)

Today's Harding Sports Top 10

Harding softball starts off the day Sunday after posting consecutive shutouts over Upper Iowa and Fort Hays State on Saturday.
Harding is 5-1 to open the season and will meet Washburn (8-3) and Nebraska-Kearney (2-6). Harding and Washburn will be meeting for the first time. Harding has split two games with Nebraska-Kearney, winning 15-2 in 2015 and losing 7-4 last season.
Harding has four shutouts in its first six games and the pitching staff has a 1.26 ERA with 33 strikeouts and five walks in 39 innings.
Harding currently has three hitters batting .400 or higher – Peyton Mills (.421), Katie Carney (.412) and Katlyn Gordon (.400).
Freshman Madison Leggett went 0-for-8 in her first three games, but in the last three, she is 5-for-8 (.625) with three home runs and seven RBIs.
Harding baseball will look to win the series against Northwestern Oklahoma. The Bisons and Rangers split Saturday's games with Northwestern winning the opener 6-2 and Harding taking game two 9-1.
Sophomore Miles Humphreys enters the game with a team-best five-game hitting streak. He is 6-for-13 (.461) with three doubles during the streak.
Through nine games, Harding has 27 extra-base hits to only 18 for its opponents. Chris Taylor and Luke Van Dover lead the team with four extra-base hits each.
Harding's pitching staff has a 2.43 strikeout-to-walk ratio with 56 strikeouts and 23 walks. Jackson Ward (13), Tanner Smith (12) and Austin Allen (12) are Harding's strikeout leaders.
With its second nine-run second inning of the season Saturday, Harding has now outscored its opponents 24-3 in the second inning of games this season. Harding is hitting .362 with an 1109 OPS (on-base percentage + slugging percentage) in the second inning.

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Players Mentioned

#40 Katie Carney: C; 5' 5"; Sophomore; R/R

#7 Peyton Mills: OF; 5' 10"; Junior; L/R

#1 Katlyn Gordon: IF; 5' 4"; Freshman; R/R

#24 Madison Leggett: IF; 5' 11"; Freshman; R/R

#18 Austin Allen: P; 6' 2"; Sophomore; R/R

#24 Miles Humphreys: OF/C; 5' 10"; Sophomore; R/R

#11 Chris Taylor: OF; 5' 10"; Senior; R/R

#3 Luke Van Dover: IF; 5' 10"; Sophomore; R/R

#8 Jackson Ward: P; 5' 11"; Senior; L/L

#19 Tanner Smith: P; 6' 3"; Junior; L/L

Players Mentioned

#40 Katie Carney
: 5' 5"; Sophomore; R/R
: C

#7 Peyton Mills
: 5' 10"; Junior; L/R
: OF

#1 Katlyn Gordon
: 5' 4"; Freshman; R/R
: IF

#24 Madison Leggett
: 5' 11"; Freshman; R/R
: IF

#18 Austin Allen
: 6' 2"; Sophomore; R/R
: P

#24 Miles Humphreys
: 5' 10"; Sophomore; R/R
: OF/C

#11 Chris Taylor
: 5' 10"; Senior; R/R
: OF

#3 Luke Van Dover
: 5' 10"; Sophomore; R/R
: IF

#8 Jackson Ward
: 5' 11"; Senior; L/L
: P

#19 Tanner Smith
: 6' 3"; Junior; L/L
: P