MIAMI VS. MAC TOURNAMENT FIELD: For the first time since 2019, the Mid-American Conference will have a conference tournament. Miami, which won the 2019 tournament and represented the MAC in the 2021 NCAA Tournament is 4-5 this year versus the tournament field. 

• vs. Bowling Green: 61-51 all-time (5-2 under Kumar)
• vs. Ohio: 55-65-1 all-time (3-2 under Kumar)
• vs. Central Michigan: 37-70 all-time (5-2 under Kumar)

HAWKS AND KUMAR: Since the arrival of head coach Kirin Kumar, the RedHawks have had unprecedented success. After a 46-10 (36-2 MAC) record in 2021 (Kumar's first year), the RedHawks wrapped up the 2022 campaign with a 36-15-1 record (24-5 MAC). The combined 82-25-1 (.759) overall and 60-7 (.896) MAC record is the best two-year stretch in program history.

WE'RE GOING STREAKING: After beginning the season 3-8, the RedHawks are 33-7-1 in their last 41 contests.

GRADUATING CHAMPIONS: Miami Athletics preaches "Graduating Champions," -- expecting its teams to graduate and win a championship during their time at Miami. The softball program has taken that to a whole new level. The last time a team other than Miami captured a softball championship was back in 2018 and this current RedHawks program finished the fall semester with a 3.45 GPA.

BOMBS AWAY: Miami ranks among the Top 10 in the nation in three offensive team statistical categories.

• Home Runs Per Game (1.98, 4th)
• Total Home Runs (101, 3rd)
• Slugging Percentage (.594, 9th)
• Miami is the first school in conference history to secure at least 100 home runs in a single season.

AMONG THE NATION'S BEST: Both Allie Cummins and Karli Spaid can be found throughout the NCAA Leaders.

Karli Spaid 
• Batting Average (.419, 35th)
• Home Runs (24, 2nd)
• Home Runs Per Game (.47, 4th)
• On-Base Percentage (.493, 50th)
• Runs Batted In (64, 6th)
• Runs Scored Per Game (1.17, 9th)
• Slugging Percentage (.913, 10th)
• Total Bases (149, 2nd)

Allie Cummins 
• Home Runs (15, 34th)
• Home Runs Per Game (.28, 36th)
• Total Bases (108, 41st)
• Walks Per Game (.65, 48th)

RANKING IS JUST A NUMBER: Coach Kumar and the RedHawks played arguably the toughest non-conference schedule in school history this season and hung with some of the biggest programs in the nation. The RedHawks are 6-6-1 this season versus teams ranked in the top-75 in RPI, including wins over No. 8 Kentucky, No. 16 Louisville. Miami also beat Michigan, South Carolina and California (twice).

OFFENSIVE EXPLOSION: Below are just a few offensive notes that are almost hard to imagine.

• Miami ranks 18th in the nation with 6.47 runs per game in 2022.
• The RedHawks are hitting .311 as a team this year and have nine batters hitting over .300, including two with a .400+ batting average.
• Six different hitters have at least 25 RBI and four RedHawks have 10-plus home runs this season (Lily Wilmot has nine).
• Eight different hitters have an on-base percentage north of .400.
• Miami has outscored its opponent 104-50 in the first two innings and 77-33 in the sixth and seventh innings combined.
• Miami has recorded double-digit hits in 20 contests this season and has at least one home run in all but 11 games this year.
• To start each inning, Miami's leadoff batters are hitting .455 on the season and with a runner at third, with less than two outs, Miami is hitting .621. The RedHawks are hitting .316 on the year with a runner in scoring position.
• The RedHawks have scored at least six runs in 32 contests this season and are 27-4-1 in those games.

ACE OF SPAID: Sophomore infielder Karli Spaid, already owns several career school records and is on pace to claim many more. Spaid is already Miami's career home run leader with 41. Miami's all-time batting average leader, Halle Popson finished her career with a .351 batting average. Spaid enters the weekend with a .411 career batting average. She is third all-time with 113 career RBI as well. With two more RBI she moves into sole possession of second in the Miami record books.

PITCHER PERFECT: Its not just about offense with the RedHawks in 2022. Courtney Vierstra enters the MAC Tournament with a career 84-42 record and an ERA of 2.18. Her win total ranks second all-time at Miami and her 1,005 career strikeouts is 16 shy of the 1,021 set by Jessica Simpson.

All-MIAMI TEAM: The Mid-American Conference announced its All-MAC teams on Wednesday afternoon, but maybe it should have been called the All-Miami Teams. Nine different RedHawks earn conference honors: Allie Cummins, Brianna Pratt, Karli Spaid and Courtney Vierstra were named first-team All-MAC, while Holly Blaska, Kate Kobayashi, Murphy and Chloe Parks earned second-team all-conference accolades. Murphy, Parks and Shelby Kunkel were placed on the All-MAC Freshman Team as well.