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Lindsay Jones
Senior
Pitcher
South Milwaukee, WI/South Milwaukee

At Delaware: Will be a key member of the Blue Hen pitching staff • enters season ranked 12th in Delaware history with 94 career strikeouts, 13th with 40 appearances, and 14th with 151.2 innings pitched.

2005: Went 2-2 with a 2.94 earned run average in nine appearances • threw two scoreless innings against Rutgers on April 26 as she and Jenn Joseph combined on a five-inning no-hitter • allowed just two hits and struck out four in four scoreless innings to pick up the win in the Blue Hens’ season-opening 6-0 victory over Norfolk State • other victory came in the 5-4 win over James Madison on May 7, when she allowed two earned runs on four hits in four innings • allowed one run on five hits while striking out two and not walking a batter in a complete game versus Towson on May 1 • gave up one hit in four scoreless innings of relief against Villanova on April 20 • threw two scoreless innings against Pennsylvania on March 16 • also batted four times on the season.

2004: Appeared in nine games and started two in the circle • posted a 3.50 ERA, allowing nine earned runs and 22 hits in 18.0 innings of work • picked up only win of the season in a 4-1 victory over Penn on April 20 by throwing two perfect innings of relief • struck out five and gave up two hits in 2.1 scoreless innings in her first appearance of the season versus George Mason on February 20 • also did not allow a run in three innings against Liberty on February 28 and in two innings vs. Maryland on May 6 • in her only at bat of the season, she worked a bases loaded walk to earn an RBI in the 12-1 win over Norfolk State on February 27.

2003: Went 8-6 as a freshman with a 1.98 ERA • appeared in 18 games, logging 102.2 innings of work • set a UD record for fewest walks per seven innings (0.477) • walked just seven batters all season and had only one appearance in which she walked more than one batter • struck out 68 batters • fired seven complete games on the year, including three shutouts • in her second collegiate game against Canisius, she fired a six-hit shutout and struck out 11, helping her earn CAA Rookie of the Week honors • fired a two-hit shutout against Drexel on April 18 • threw a four-hit shutout against Towson on May 3 and followed that with 2.2 innings of shutout relief the following day to beat the Tigers, helping her earn CAA Pitcher of the Week honors.

High School: Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Female Athlete of the Year, Softball Player of the Year, and all-area and all-state selection as a senior • set records as a senior for strikeouts (242), lowest ERA (0.16) and least walks (four in 479 batters faced) • also played volleyball at South Milwaukee High School • went 20-1 as a senior and led her team to the Southeast Conference title • her lone loss was in a 13-inning 1-0 game. 

Personal: Lindsay Rose Jones • born March 22, 1984 in Milwaukee, WI • daughter of Alan and Vicki Jones • middle of three children • photography major at Delaware • was an extra in the Disney movie Mr. 3000 starring Bernie Mac.

YEAR GP/GS AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB K Avg.
2004 9/2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 .000
2005 4/1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000
Totals 13/3 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 .000

YEAR GP/GS W L IP H R ER CG SHO BB K SV ERA
2003 22/18 8 6 102.2 98 35 29 7 3 7 68 0 1.98
2004 9/2 1 2 18.0 22 9 9 0 0 4 13 0 3.50
2005 9/6 2 2 31.0 30 14 13 1 0 8 13 0 2.94
Totals 40/26 11 10 151.2 150 58 51 8 3 19 94 0 2.35
 
 
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