Sara Plourde

Class:
Freshman
Height:
5-9
High School:
Bristol Eastern
Hometown:
Bristol, Conn.

As A Junior (2011): Game-by-Game Statistics
Louisville Slugger/NFCA All-American Third Team ... Easton All-American Second Team ... Atlantic 10 Pitcher of the Year ... Atlantic 10 All-Conference First Team ... Atlantic 10 All-Championship Team ... Four-time A-10 Pitcher of the Week (3/15, 4/4, 4/25, 5/9) ... Made 44 pitching appearances, started in 42 ... Went 27-15 with a 1.30 ERA, 13 shutouts, and 498 strikeouts in 295 1/3 innings ... Led the nation in strikeouts in the regular season for the second straight year ... Tossed an eight-inning two-hit, 15-strikeout shutout vs. Quinnipiac (5/8) ... Did not allow an earned run and struck out a combined 27 batters in 14 innings in a sweep at Rhode Island (5/7) ... Threw the 12th perfect game in UMass history, striking out eight in six innings after fanning 18 in a seven-inning two-hitter in game one of a doubleheader vs. La Salle (5/1) ... Struck out 14 and became the third pitcher in UMass history with 1,000 career Ks in a win vs. Boston University (4/27) ... Named ECAC Pitcher of the Week and UMass Athlete of the Week (4/25) ... Threw a one-hit shutout with 12 strikeouts in game one and went all eight innings and struck out 10 in game two in a sweep vs. George Washington (4/24) ... Fanned 15 batters in a game one loss and tossed a two-hit shutout in game two of a split vs. Syracuse (4/22) ... Struck out 12 in a two-hit shutout vs. Fairfield (4/21) ... Allowed just three to reach base in a 13-strikeout shutout at Connecticut (4/20) ... Struck out 17 in a three-hitter at Dayton (4/15) ... Had a 30 1/3 inning no-hit streak at home (3/30-4/10) ... Has not allowed an earned run at home in 31 2/3 innings ... Fanned 15 batters in each game of a doubleheader sweep, throwing a no-hitter in game one, vs. St. Bonaventure (4/10) ... Named NFCA National Player of the Week and UMass Co-Athlete of the Week (4/4) ... Set a school record with 18 2/3 consecutive no-hit innings (3/30-4/6) ... Earned the win in relief, striking out three in 1 2/3 perfect innings vs. Saint Louis (4/3) ... Tossed her second no-hitter in as many starts, fanning 16 vs. Saint Louis (4/3) ... Pitched two no-hit innings to earn her first career save vs. Dartmouth (3/30) ... Threw her first no-hitter of the season, striking out 16 in a 1-0 win vs. Dartmouth (3/30) ... Pitched all eight innings, striking out 12 and allowing four runs on four hits in a win at Saint Joseph's (3/27) ... Fanned 13 batters in six innings of work at Temple (3/26) ... Allowed just two earned runs on nine hits in 20 2/3 innings with 20 strikeouts in a two-game set at Charlotte (3/18-19) ... UMass Athlete of the Week (3/14) ... Fanned a season-high 18 in a four-hit shutout vs. Green Bay (3/12) ... Threw a complete-game one-hit shutout with 15 strikeouts at USF (3/11) ... Struck out a total of 25 batters and allowed just two hits and one earned run in 14 innings pitched in a pair of 1-0 losses vs. Penn State and UAB (3/4) ... Struck out 11 batters in 4 2/3 innings vs. Fresno State (2/27) ... Allowed two earned runs and struck out 10 in six innings vs. #14 Cal (2/25) ... Struck out a dozen batters in win at FAU (2/19) ... Struck out 12, walked none, and allowed two earned runs in loss vs. Michigan (2/19) ... Fanned 15 in a complete game shutout to start the season vs. Penn State (2/18).

As A Sophomore in 2010: Game-by-Game Statistics
Louisville Slugger/NFCA All-American Third Team ... NFCA All-Northeast Region First Team ... ECAC Pitcher of the Year ... ECAC First Team All-Star ... Atlantic 10 Pitcher of the Year ... Atlantic 10 All-Conference First Team ... Atlantic 10 All-Championship Team ... Atlantic 10 Pitcher of the Week five times (2/15, 3/15, 3/22, 4/5, 4/12) ... Appeared in 50 games and started in 48, going 40-8 with a 1.30 ERA and 556 strikeouts in 311.1 innings pitched ... Led the nation in strikeouts with the ninth-highest total in NCAA history ... Struck out 10 in a shutout victory in the A-10 Championship vs. Fordham (5/15) ... Threw a three-hit shutout with 16 strikeouts vs. Saint Joseph's (5/13) ... Fanned 13 in a two-hit shutout and passed the 500-strikeout mark on the season vs. Saint Joseph's (5/9) ... Struck out 10 in a five-inning one hitter vs. Temple (5/8) ... Struck out nine and broke Danielle Henderson's UMass single-season strikeout record (465 in 1999) vs. Boston College (5/5) ... Fanned 14 in a one-hit shutout at Saint Louis (4/23) ... Threw her fifth no-hitter of the season vs. Quinnipiac (4/20) ... Struck out 17 in a three-hitter vs. Charlotte (4/10) ... Threw a no-hitter, striking out 13 and walking one vs. Charlotte (4/9) ... Fanned 15 batters and walked none in a two-hit shutout vs. Boston University (4/7) ... Struck out 20 batters, a school-record for a seven-inning game and did not allow a hit until two outs in the seventh inning at Boston College (4/6) ... Pitched UMass to a doubleheader sweep, striking out the first nine of game one and being perfect through 6 2/3 before allowing a hit in a 18-K win, and fanning 11 in the complete game victory in game two at Fordham (4/3) ... Pitched both ends of a twinbill sweep, striking out 14 in game one and tossing four no-hit innings in game two at La Salle (4/1) ... Was part of two no-hitters, throwing the first four innings and striking out 10 of combined perfect game in game one and allowing just one walk in an eight-strikeout complete-game no-hitter in game two at George Washington (3/28) ... Struck out 11 and allowed just three hits and one run vs. Oregon State (3/20) ... Struck out a UMass record 22 batters and didn't allow a hit until the ninth inning vs. #22 Texas A&M (3/20) ... Fanned 17 and allowed just one run on four hits vs. San Diego (3/19) ... Threw a complete game shutout with 14 strikeouts and no walks vs. Illinois-Chicago (3/19) ... Did not allow an earned run and fanned 15 in a win vs. Kansas (3/18) ... Pitched four innings of relief with six strikeouts to earn the win vs. Robert Morris (3/7) ... Struck out 14 in a complete game victory at USF (3/6) ... Tossed a three-hit complete-game shutout with 10 strikeouts vs. Virginia Tech (3/6) ... Allowed just two hits and one earned run in five innings to get the win vs. Loyola Chicago (3/5) ... Threw a complete-game four-hit shutout, striking out 13 vs. Chattanooga (3/5) ... Named All-Tournament Team at NFCA Leadoff Classic (2/26-28) ... Threw the second no-hitter of her career, while tying Danielle Henderson for for the UMass record for strikeouts in a seven inning game with 18 vs. Illinois State (2/27) ... Threw 5 1/3 innings of one-hit shutout relief with 12 strikeouts vs. NC State (2/26) ... Got the complete game win in nine innings with nine strikeouts vs. Mississippi State (2/26) ... Struck out a then career-high 15, including seven in a row at one point, in a win at FIU (2/14) ... Struck out 12 batters in a complete-game win vs. Illinois-Chicago (2/13) ... Threw a complete-game 10-strikeout shutout in her first start of the season vs. NC State (2/12).

As A Freshman in 2009: Game-by-Game Statistics
Atlantic 10 All-Rookie Team ... Named Atlantic 10 Pitcher of the Week (4/13) ... Twice named A-10 Rookie of the Week (3/23, 4/6) ... Pitched in 11 games, started in seven ... Was 6-1 with 1.83 ERA and 67 strikeouts in 49 2/3 innings pitched ... Threw five complete games with two shutouts ... Tossed a complete-game one-hit shutout with eight strikeouts at Saint Joseph's (4/10) ... Struck out 11 batters in six innings while allowing one earned run on six hits in a win vs. Vermont (4/2) ... Went six innings, allowing one run on four hits with four strikeouts to get the win vs. Saint Louis (4/5) ... Fanned 12 batters in five innings while allowing two runs on three hits and one walk vs. St. Bonaventure (3/28) ... Threw a no-hitter in just the second start of her career, retiring 18 in a row after hitting the first batter of the game with a pitch and striking out nine at Dayton (3/22) ... Pitched 1 2/3 innings of shutout relief with one strikeout vs. Florida Gulf Coast (3/15) ... Got the first win of her career in her first ever start, striking out 13 batter while allowing one run on two hits vs. Jacksonville (3/14) ... Tossed three no-hit shutout innings of relief with three strikeouts vs. Oklahoma (2/22) ... Made her collegiate debut, pitching three innings, allowing two runs on three hits while striking out four vs. Tennessee (2/20).

Before UMass:
Four-year letterwinner for Chris D'Amato at Bristol Eastern (CT) High School ... Four-time All-Conference and three-time first-team All-State ... Named Bristol Female Athlete of the Year and Coca-Cola Player of the Year in 2008 ... In 2008, named Pony National Champions ... Also played volleyball for three years, where she earned All-Conference and All-State honors.

Personal:
Sara Ann Plourde ... Born January 27, 1990 ... Daughter of Robin and Lisa Plourde ... Has two brothers, Patrick (15) and Timothy (12) ... Majoring in Sociology with a minor in Education.

Sara Plourde's Career Statistics at UMass (Pitching)

Year	avg	gp-gs	ab	r	h	2b	hr	rbi	tb	slg%	bb	hbp	so	gdp	ob%	sf	sh	sb-att	po	a	e	fld%
2009....	.000	13-7	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0	0	1	0	.000	0	0	0-0	1	10	1	.917
2010....	.231	5-5	13	0	3	1	0	1	4	.308	0	0	1	1	.231	0	0	0-0	12	26	1	.974
2011....	.179	9-9	28	1	5	1	0	4	6	.214	2	1	8	0	.258	0	1	0-0	5	25	4	.882
2012....	.296	49-47	98	16	29	3	11	32	65	.663	3	3	22	0	.327	3	1	0-0	5	28	0	1.000
TOTAL...	.262	76-68	141	17	37	5	11	37	75	.532	5	4	32	1	.301	3	2	0-0	23	89	6	.949

Year	era	w-l	app	gs	cg	sho	sv	ip	h	r	er	bb	so	2b	3b	hr	bf	bavg	wp	hbp	bk	sfa	sha
2009....	1.83	6-1	11	7	5	2/0	0	49.2	35	20	13	16	67	6	1	1	207	.197	4	7	0	1	5
2010....	1.30	40-8	50	48	36	17/3	0	311.1	169	80	58	103	556	25	5	20	1222	.157	23	22	1	2	17
2011....	1.30	27-15	44	42	38	13/1	1	295.1	142	79	55	107	498	25	1	18	1166	.140	20	22	0	6	14
2012....	1.74	36-11	48	46	44	13/0	0	309.1	114	90	77	212	541	20	1	19	1304	.111	43	52	1	1	12
TOTAL...	1.47	109-35	153	143	123	45/4	1	965.2	460	269	203	438	1662	76	8	58	3899	.139	90	103	2	10	48

SINGLE-GAME HIGHS:
Hits: 3, at Boston College, Apr 18, 2012 ; at La Salle, May 06, 2012
Doubles: 1, 5 times
Home runs: 1, 8 times
Total bases: 7, at La Salle, May 06, 2012
RBI: 3, at St. Bonaventure, Apr 08, 2012 ; at George Washington, Apr 15, 2012
Runs scored: 2, at La Salle, May 06, 2012
Walks: 1, 5 times
Hit by pitch: 1, 4 times
Struck out: 4, at Fordham, May 04, 2012
Sac flies: 1, Rhode Island, Apr 24, 2012 ; Fairfield, Apr 26, 2012 ; vs Northwestern, Mar 20, 2012
Sac bunts: 1, at Fordham, May 04, 2012 ; Dartmouth, Mar 30, 2011
At bats: 6, at Fordham, May 04, 2012
Innings pitched: 17.0, at Fordham, May 04, 2012
Walks allowed: 15, vs Illinois, Mar 17, 2012
Strikeouts: 22, vs Texas A&M, Mar 20, 2010
Batters faced: 62, at Fordham, May 04, 2012
Field chances: 4, George Washington, Apr 24, 2011
Putouts: 1, 22 times
Assists: 4, George Washington, Apr 24, 2011
Runners CS: 2, vs Illinois, Mar 17, 2012