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Ram Softball Weekly Release
CSU to host UNLV and San Diego State this weekend.
April 12, 2001
Complete Release in PDF Format
Conference Match-Ups Last Time up at Bat - Colorado State (3-28, 0-5 MWC) softball lost both games of a double-header April 7, falling to New Mexico (30-15-1, 3-2-1 MWC) 2-1 and 11-0. The Rams were tied with the Lobos 1-1 in the first game until the bottom of the seventh inning, then New Mexico scored on a double to grab the win. Sophomore Brooke Boyer (Huntington Beach, Calif.) led the Rams with one RBI and also had one hit after coming to the plate three times. Kyla Kiester (Sr., Des Moines, Iowa) pitched a complete game for Colorado State and gave up two runs, one earned, off four hits and walked three Lobos after facing 28 batters. Hayley Punter gave up only one run for the Lobos, which was not earned, off three hits and walked no Rams after facing 25 batters. Each team had two errors apiece. In the second game, Colorado State hung close for five innings until the Lobos exploded with an eight run inning. Sophomores Amber Hecht (Plano, Tex.) and Katie Benton (Manhattan, Kan.) led the Rams with one hit each. Erin Murray (Fr., Highlands Ranch, Colo.) pitched the first three innings for the Rams and gave up two runs, both earned, off four hits and walked five Lobos after facing 19 batters. Kiester relieved Murray in the middle of the third inning and gave up nine runs, none earned, off seven hits and walked three players after facing 18 batters. Amy Dumas pitched the complete six-inning game for New Mexico and did not give up any runs, had two hits off her and did not walk a single Ram after facing 19 batters. Colorado State had two errors in the second contest, while New Mexico walked away with none. Head Coach Mary Yori was confident that her team could rebound from the losses. "After losing the first game in such a close fashion," said Yori, "it was really hard to come back for the second. In the end, we just ran out of emotion." The Rams return to action on Friday, April 13 when they will take on UNLV at Ram Field on the campus of Colorado State for a double-header. History of Competition - The Rams won three of the four meetings against UNLV during last year, which was also the first season that these two schools met on the mound. On April 14, Colorado State travelled to Las Vegas to sweep away the competition in a double-header, 2-1 and 3-2. The next time the Rams faced-off against the Rebels in 2000 was on May 7 at Ram Field where the games were split, with Colorado State winning the first contest, 2-1 and UNLV winning the second, 5-2. Colorado State leads the all-time series, 3-1. San Diego State defeated Colorado State in all four meetings during the 2000 season. On April 16, the Aztecs defeated the Rams in both games of the double-header, 3-2 and 8-7. When SDSU travelled to Ft. Collins, again they walked away with a double victory on May 5 with scores of 3-1 and 9-5. The second game went to ten innings, but the Rams could not pull off the defeat. The Rams lead the overall series with the Aztecs, 17-16. Second Place - Colorado State is currently second with a fielding percentage of .957 in the Mountain West in conference games only. UNLV leads with a .966. Scouting the Competition - UNLV is currently 22-18 (3-3 MWC), with an away record of 2-5. Each conference foe that the Rebels have played against, the double-headers have been split with the opposing team. Conference play opened for UNLV at home against San Diego State on March 31 where the Aztecs won the first, 4-2, and the Rebels came back to defeat them in the second game, 6-5. On April 6, the Rebels defeated Brigham Young in the first contest, 4-3, but dropped the second with a score of 9-4. The final conference games for UNLV, prior to travelling to Ft. Collins, was a double-header against Utah in Las Vegas. The Utes walked away with the first game, 5-2, while UNLV defeated Utah, 7-4, in the second. Catcher Samantha Kimura (Jr.) leads the Rebels with a .336 avg, 43 hits and 10 doubles. Junior Geney Orris leads UNLV with a 2.46 ERA and has given up 46 runs, 24 earned, off 82 hits in 87.2 innings. San Diego State is currently 25-15 (2-2 MWC), with an away record of 6-3. The Aztecs opened up their conference season on the road in Las Vegas on March 31. Utah was next for SDSU on April 6, where the Aztecs won the first game 7-1, but lost the other game of the double-header, 6-3 in San Diego, Calif.
Junior infielder, Sarah Hershman, leads the Aztecs with a .368 avg. and
two triples, while Tiffany Goudy (Jr., P/OF) has 27 RBIs to put her on
top for SDSU. Sandra Durazo (Sr.) leads the Aztecs with a 1.51 ERA after
giving up 29 runs, 27 earned, off 109 hits in 125 innings of play.
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