April 18, 2005
SAN DIEGO -
The San Diego State vs. Colorado State softball doubleheader, to be held at SDSU Softball, on May 8, will be televised live nationally on CSTV, the Mountain West Conference announced today. This game marks the first national television appearance for any MWC softball team in the league's history.
Game one of the doubleheader is scheduled for a 1 p.m. start, with the second game set to begin at 3:30 p.m. Beth Mowins will handle the play-by-play duties, while Ann Schatz will handle the analyst duties and Stacey Nuveman will be the sideline reporter for the two-game set. The matchup features the previous three Mountain West Conference softball regular-season champions (SDSU in 2002 and 2003, and CSU in 2004).
The Aztecs, winners of two out of the last three regular-season championships (2002 and 2003), are currently 23-21 overall (1-9 in MWC play) this season. SDSU has advanced to the championship game of the MWC Softball Tournament four consecutive seasons and are two-time NCAA Tournament participants (2001 and 2003). Aztec head coach Kathy Van Wyk leads a SDSU squad that features two-time MWC Pitcher of the Year Celena Velasquez and 2004 all-MWC team member Meagan Hartung (junior, infielder).
The Rams (27-16 overall, 6-4 MWC) captured their first-ever MWC regular season crown in 2004, as well as their first 40-win season since 1997 (51 wins). CSU is led by 2004 Mountain West Freshman of the Year Jessica Strickland, and 2004 all-MWC picks Kerry Farrell (senior, catcher) and Stephanie Roberts (senior, second baseman). The Rams captured the MWC Tournament crown and advanced to their first NCAA Tournament appearance as members of the Mountain West in 2003.
CSU took the first two games this season, 2-0 and 6-2, but the Aztecs lead the all-time series 28-25, winning 3-of-4 last season.
CSTV is a multi-media company that consists of the first-ever 24-hour college sports television network, College Sports TV; the leading college sports online network, CSTV.com; and the first 24-hour college sports radio network, SIRIUS College Sports Radio. Through its numerous platforms, CSTV provides more live college sports games, events, news, information, analysis and broadband content, and reaches more college sports fans than any other company. In addition, CSTV and the Mountain West Conference recently announced a fully integrated multi-media partnership beginning in 2006 that incorporates all conference-related media and marketing rights.