Friday, April 14
Santa Barbara, Calif.
3:00 p.m.
California State University at Northridge
at
UC Santa Barbara
Photo by: Braden Villanueva
CSUN Travels to UC Santa Barbara for Big West Series
4/13/2017 9:20:00 AM | Softball
Matadors and Gauchos Play Three Games at Campus Diamond
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Game Notes in PDF Format
NORTHRIDGE, Calif. --- The CSUN softball team (24-13, 4-2 Big West) hits the road for a three-game Big West Conference series against the UC Santa Barbara Gauchos this weekend. The teams will play a single game on Friday, April 14 at 3 p.m. followed by a doubleheader beginning at 1 p.m. on Saturday, April 15 at Campus Diamond. All three games will feature live stats available on the softball schedule page of GoMatadors.com and updates will be tweeted on the CSUN Softball account (@CSUNSoftball).
Last week, CSUN recorded its first Big West series sweep of the Hawai'i Rainbow Wahine with several thrilling performances. In a game one comeback victory, Katie Hooper hit a walk-off home run in the bottom of the seventh after Taylor Nate and Savannah Horvath also hit home runs to engineer the victory. In the circle, Rebecca Bell tossed over five innings of relief work to earn the win.Â
In game two, CSUN continued to swing a hot bat as Taylor Glover went 3-for-4 with a two-run home run and two stolen bases. Three other Matadors added an RBI and Hooper added a two-hit performance. In game three, Daphne Pofek recorded her second complete-game win of the day while Glover and Karlie Habitz produced RBIs.Â
This week, CSUN travels to Santa Barbara for three games with the Gauchos. UCSB enters the weekend with a 22-19 overall record and a 3-3 mark in conference play. The Gauchos lost their opening series in league action at Cal Poly before rebounding with two victories over UC Riverside. In the circle, Veronika Gulvin is 16-8 with a 2.78 ERA in 145.1 innings of work.Â
Offensively, Sierra Altmeyer leads the Gauchos in multiple offensive categories. She is hitting .392 with 35 runs, nine doubles, two triples, nine home runs and 27 RBIs on the season. Jessica Johnston and Alyssa Diaz each have 12 doubles on the year and Kristen Clark has 43 hits on the season to give her 274 for her career. As a team, UCSB leads the Big West with 63 doubles.Â
Lights, Camera, Action
Game Notes in PDF Format
NORTHRIDGE, Calif. --- The CSUN softball team (24-13, 4-2 Big West) hits the road for a three-game Big West Conference series against the UC Santa Barbara Gauchos this weekend. The teams will play a single game on Friday, April 14 at 3 p.m. followed by a doubleheader beginning at 1 p.m. on Saturday, April 15 at Campus Diamond. All three games will feature live stats available on the softball schedule page of GoMatadors.com and updates will be tweeted on the CSUN Softball account (@CSUNSoftball).
Last week, CSUN recorded its first Big West series sweep of the Hawai'i Rainbow Wahine with several thrilling performances. In a game one comeback victory, Katie Hooper hit a walk-off home run in the bottom of the seventh after Taylor Nate and Savannah Horvath also hit home runs to engineer the victory. In the circle, Rebecca Bell tossed over five innings of relief work to earn the win.Â
In game two, CSUN continued to swing a hot bat as Taylor Glover went 3-for-4 with a two-run home run and two stolen bases. Three other Matadors added an RBI and Hooper added a two-hit performance. In game three, Daphne Pofek recorded her second complete-game win of the day while Glover and Karlie Habitz produced RBIs.Â
This week, CSUN travels to Santa Barbara for three games with the Gauchos. UCSB enters the weekend with a 22-19 overall record and a 3-3 mark in conference play. The Gauchos lost their opening series in league action at Cal Poly before rebounding with two victories over UC Riverside. In the circle, Veronika Gulvin is 16-8 with a 2.78 ERA in 145.1 innings of work.Â
Offensively, Sierra Altmeyer leads the Gauchos in multiple offensive categories. She is hitting .392 with 35 runs, nine doubles, two triples, nine home runs and 27 RBIs on the season. Jessica Johnston and Alyssa Diaz each have 12 doubles on the year and Kristen Clark has 43 hits on the season to give her 274 for her career. As a team, UCSB leads the Big West with 63 doubles.Â
Lights, Camera, Action
The CSUN softball team's doubleheader at Cal State Fullerton on Saturday, May 6 will be broadcast by the Big West Conference on ESPN3. The Matadors and Titans start the day from Anderson Family Field at 2 p.m. and the game will also feature live stats with links available on the softball schedule page of GoMatadors.com.
Wild Pitches
- Junior Savannah Horvath is batting .318 with 17 runs, eight doubles, two triples, six home runs, 26 RBIs and 10 stolen bases in 2017
- Senior Katie Hooper is batting .371 with 17 runs, nine doubles, seven home runs, 29 RBIs, two triples and a stolen base in 2017
- Senior Taylor Glover is batting .419 with 28 runs, seven doubles, a triple, six home runs, 33 RBIs and 17 stolen bases in 2017
- Senior Daphne Pofek enters the weekend at 11-4 with a 2.25 ERA with 59 Ks and a .216 opponent batting average in 93.1 innings
- Senior Tara Kliebenstein is batting .317 with 26 runs, five doubles, two triples, four home runs, 16 RBIs and three stolen bases
- Senior Karlie Habitz is batting .241 with five runs, two doubles, two home runs, nine RBIs and three sac bunts on the season
- Sophomore Taylor Troost is 9-5 with a 2.36 ERA and 50 Ks in 86 innings with a .209 opponent batting average
- Sophomore Mackenzie Babbitt is batting .253 with 14 runs, three doubles, a triple, seven RBIs and six stolen bases this season
- Senior Rebecca Bell is 4-2 with a 2.81 ERA, 21 strikeouts with a .230 opponent batting average in 42.1 innings
- Senior Taylor Nate is batting .322 with 35 runs, five doubles, a triple, two home runs, 11 stolen bases and seven RBIs
- Freshman Jessica Alexander is batting .321 with 29 runs, five doubles, six home runs, five sac bunts and six stolen bases
- Senior Madison Fleming is batting .245 with 15 runs, three doubles, two triples, four home runs, 21 RBIs and five sac buntsÂ
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