USF Athletics

Senior (2013): Named third team All-BIG EAST... Won BIG EAST Pitcher of the Week twice (Feb. 18 & March 18) and was named to the BIG EAST Weekly Honor Roll on Feb. 11... Appeared in a career-high 42 games in the circle for the Bulls, starting a career-high 26 of them... Posted a team best and career-best 1.09 ERA, good for third in the country... Also registered career highs in shutouts (5), saves (7), innings pitched (140.2) and strikeouts (208) while holding opposing batters to a .141 batting average... Posted a 1-0 record and an ERA of 0.00 to go along with two saves in five postseason appearances... Finishes career fourth on USF's all-time strikeout list with 563... Finished sixth on USF's all-time single season strikeouts list with 208... Her seven saves were the second most in a single season in school history and her 17 career saves also rank second all-time in USF history.

Junior (2012): Went 9-2 in 32 appearences and 14 starts ... Posted a 1.32 ERA, second on the team ... Pitched two complete games and 85 innings overall ... Struck out 112 and walked just 31 ... Held opponents to a .185 average, second on the team ... 2/11 vs. Long Island - struck out five to earn her first win of the season ... 2/18 vs. Arkansas - pitched 4.2 innings of scoreless ball and struck out six to improve to 2-0 on the season ... 2/19 vs. Georgia Southern - pitched 6.0 scoreless innings with a season-high nine strikeouts to move to 4-0 on the year ... 2/24 vs. Illinois - struck out seven in 5.0 innings of shutout work to go to 5-0 on the season ... 4/15 vs. Connecticut - moved to 8-0 on the year after striking out six in an 11-3 win over the Huskies ... 4/28 vs. Villanova - allowed just two hits in 4.2 innings of scoreless work to improve to 9-0 on the year ... posted a 0.00 ERA in seven appearances and two starts in the NCAA Tournament, allowing just eight hits over 14.1 innings of work while striking out 17.

Sophomore (2011): Named to All-BIG EAST Third Team … Named to BIG EAST Honor Roll on April 11 … Appeared in 30 games while collecting 20 starts … Second on the team in opposing batting average (.250) , wins (10) , saves (1) , innings pitched (103.0) , strikeouts (105) , appearances (30) , and games started (20) … Third on the team in earned run average (2.85) … 2/11 – Recorded first win of season throwing 4.0 innings striking out six … 2/12 vs. North Carolina State - Registered second win of season allowing one run through 4.0 innings … Collected three strikeouts … 2/24 vs. Central Connecticut State – Allowed one hit and no runs through 4.0 innings … Struck out three while earning third win … 3/4 vs. Arkansas – Worked 6.0 innings allowing no runs while striking out six … Registered fourth win of the season … 3/8 vs. Maine – Recorded fifth win throwing 6.1 innings … Struck out four … 3/27 vs. St. John’s – Collected sixth win of season working 4.0 innings … Allowed one hit while striking out four … 4/2 vs. Syracuse – Tallied six strikeouts in 5.0 innings of work … Recorded seventh win … 4/6 vs. Bethune-Cookman – Earned eighth win working 4.0 innings and striking out six … 4/9 vs. Georgetown - Tallied eight strikeouts and ninth win working 6.0 innings … Allowed no runs on three hits … 4/9 vs. Georgetown – Worked 5.0 innings recording five strikeouts … Earned tenth win of the season … 4/15 vs. Seton Hall – Registered season high 10 strikeouts in 6.0 innings of work.

Freshman (2010): 2/13 vs. East Carolina - First career appearance ... Pitched four innings with seven strikeouts and no walks ... 2/14 vs. Canisius - Recorded her first career start and win ... Went all seven innings with 11 strikeouts and no walks ... 2/19 vs. Wright State - Earned her second start and went six innings with nine total strikeouts ... 2/20 vs. North Dakota State - In only 2.2 innings she recorded five strikeouts and no earned runs ...  3/6 vs. Wagner - Went 4.0 innings and did not allow a run ... Struck out five batters with no walks ... 3/13 vs. Fairfield - Went 4.1 innings and recorded eight strikeouts ... 3/20 vs. Florida A&M - In seventh start of the season went 5.0 innings with a total of seven strikeouts and only one walk ... 3/21 vs. Towson - Pitched 4.1 innings with zero walks and five strikeouts ... 3/23 vs. Ohio State - Pitched a complete game of 7.0 innings ... Allowed only three hits and one earned run ... Walked one solo batter and struck out eight ... 3/27 vs. Cornell (Game One) - Went 6.1 innings and allowed three hits, one earned run, and struck out six batters ... 4/2 vs. Seton Hall (Game One) - In collegiate BIG EAST debut, pitched a complete game shutout ... Walked only one batter while striking out four ... 4/3 vs. Seton Hall - Pitched a complete 5.0 inning game ... Walked one batter, struck out six, and allowed four hits ... In a total of 60 pitches, 43 were strikes ... For her work in the circle, including two complete game shutouts, was named BIG EAST Pitcher of the Week ... 4/18 vs. Providence (Game Two) - Pitched 7.0 innings ... Allowed six hits and one earned run ... Struck out five batters ... Earned tenth win of the season ... 4/21 vs. Pittsburgh - Went a long 9.1 innings and threw 123 pitches ... Gave up only one earned run and struck out nine ... 5/1 vs. Louisville - Earned eleventh win of the season ... Put in 7.0 innings of work ... Allowed one earned run and struck out four batters ... 5/8 vs. Georgetown - In another complete game outing, pitched 7.0 innings with a season second-best ten strikeouts ... Allowed one earned run and only walked one batter ... 5/9 vs. Georgetown - Pitched 6.2 innings ... Struck out a total of seven batters ... Allowed zero earned runs ... Gave up only three hits.

High School:  Earned four varsity letters in softball and one in volleyball ... Named first-team all-state three years (2007-09) Earned all-county (2007-09) and all conference (2007-09) honors ... Was team captain two years (2008-09) and MVP three years (2007-09) ... Combined for 20 shutouts her junior and senior years, striking out 578 ... Member of the Honor Roll and graduated Summa Cum Laude ... Played club ball for the Tampa Mustangs.

Personal: Full name is Lindsey Anne Richardson ... Born on Dec. 7, 1990 ... Daughter of Dave and Colleen Richardson ... Has a brother Taylor, 20 ... Majoring in Health Sciences.

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