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Career Notes
Finished her career with a 63-33 record and a 3.01 earned run average...Set the school records for career wins with 63 and career strikeouts with 744.
2022 Redshirt-Senior Season
Named All-Horizon League Second-Team...Went 21-10 with a single-season record 224 strikeouts and a 2.88 earned-run average...Led the Horizon League in strikeouts, ranked second in wins and sixth in earned-run average...Struck out 12 against Colgate to open the season (2/11)...Fanned eight in 6.2 innings and broke the YSU career strikeout record against Penn (2/25)...Fired a five-hit shutout with eight strikeouts in an 8-0 win over UIC (3/20)...Broke the all-time wins record and fired her second career no-hitter with five strikeouts against Purdue Fort Wayne (4/30)...Tied a career high with 13 strikeouts in a 10-inning 3-2 win over Robert Morris.
2021 Senior Season
Named Horizon League Pitcher of the Year and All-Horizon League First-Team...Earned NFCA All-Region Third-Team laurels...Went 20-4 with 212 strikeouts, a 2.16 earned run average, and an opponent batting average of .198...Became the first player in school history to record 20 wins and 200 strikeouts in the same season...Her 20 wins and 212 strikeouts both rank second on the YSU single-season list...Led the Horizon League in wins, strikeouts, opponents' batting average, shutouts, and starts, was second with 19 complete games, and fourth in ERA...Had nine games with at least 10 strikeouts...Set a career high with 13 strikeouts against Akron (3/5)...Fanned 13 against UIC in a 4-0 loss (3/12) and struck out 12 in a 2-1 win against the Flames (3/13)...Fired a complete-game, two-hit shutout with 11 strikeouts against IUPUI (4/2)...Whiffed 12 in an 8-1 win over Cleveland State (4/6)...Struck out 13 against Oakland (4/16) and Robert Morris (4/23).
2020 Junior Season
Made nine appearances and seven starts...Finished with a 4-2 record with 59 strikeouts and a 3.35 earned-run average...Recorded two shutouts and six complete games...Fired a three-hit complete game with seven strikeouts against Canisius (2/7)...Posted 10 strikeouts against Gardner-Webb (2/8)...Fired a no-hitter with eight strikeouts against Norfolk State (2/22)...It was the first no-hitter by a YSU pitcher since 2013...Fanned 10 in a complete-game, three-hit shutout against Sacred Heart (2/23)...Was named the Horizon League Pitcher of the Week on Feb. 24...Struck out a career-high 12 and gave up just four hits in a 4-2 win over Western Carolina (3/7).Â
2019 Sophomore Season
Made 26 appearances with 18 starts and seven complete games...Picked up eight victories and had two shutouts...Struck out a career-high 11 and allowed just five hits against NC State (3/10)...Whiffed 10 in 6.2 innings against Campbell (3/13)...Had eight strikeouts and allowed just three hits in eight innings against Canisius (3/15)...Tossed a three-hit shutout with five strikeouts against Northern Kentucky (4/24)...Allowed just two hits with eight strikeouts in complete-game shutout against Green Bay (5/4).
2018 Freshman Season
Named to the All-Horizon League Second-Team and Horizon League All-Freshman Team...Made 28 appearances and 18 starts...Finished with a record 10-7 and a 3.39 earned-run average...Posted 132 strikeouts, which ranked third in the Horizon League and fifth on the YSU single-season chart...Struck out at least five batters 17 times...Posted a 6-4 record and a 2.41 earned-run average against Struck out eight in 4.1 innings pitched in a 9-3 win over Oakland (4/7)...Had one shutout, a 1-0 eight-inning four-hitter against Wright State (4/25)...Fired 6.2 scoreless innings of relief with six strikeouts against Northern Kentucky (4/10)...Fanned eight in a complete-game, six-hitter in a 2-1 win over Green Bay (4/27)...Struck out a career-high nine against the Phoenix (4/28).
High School
Was a three-year letterwinner at William Mason High School...Named a finalist for the LaRosa Female MVP of the Year...Received the Archie Griffin Award as a senior...Selected first team All-State...Named the Greater Miami Conference Player of the Year in...Was Southwest District first team...Named the Cincinnati Women's Association Softball Player of the Year...Selected the Greater Miami Conference Player of the Year in 2016...Was second team-All-State, and Southwest District first team as a junior...Lead her team to a 2016 Final Four appearance, four league championships, and four straight regional final appearances...Struck out 253 batters...Her 253 strikeouts is a single season record...Had 14 shutouts which was a single season record...Posted a .90 ERA and .61 WHIP...Owns the most careers wins in school history with 60, including the single season record of 23...Has the most career strikeouts with 566...Owns the most career shutouts with 30.
PersonalÂ
Parents are David and Jill Buffenbarger...Has a brother, Seth...Major is education.
