April 17, 2007
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Aztec Softball Plays Host to San Diego; Travels to MWC-Leader UNLV This Week
The San Diego State softball team looks to break out of its recent slump when it plays host to city-rival San Diego on Wednesday before traveling to Las Vegas, Nev., this weekend for a pair of games against Mountain West Conference leader UNLV.
The Aztecs (25-18, 2-6 MWC) meet the Toreros (20-17, 4-4 PCSC) for a single game at 6 p.m. Wednesday. SDSU will then play the Rebels (30-17, 6-1 MWC) at 6 p.m. Saturday and again at 2 p.m. Sunday. All three games can be followed via gametracker on the Internet at www.goaztecs.com.
Earlier this season at USD, the Aztecs left a season-high 15 runners on base, but still came away with a 4-1 victory. Last season, SDSU won its third MWC regular season title in five seasons with a 15-3 league record. UNLV finished fourth at 8-12.
Aztec Quick Hits
- SDSU has won 19 of its last 28 regular season conference contests dating back to last year.
- The Aztecs are 4-6 on the year against top-25 teams, with three of their losses coming by one run.
- San Diego State has started a remarkable 38 different batting lineups in its 43 games and 30 different fielding lineups. Only junior Tamani Wells has earned a start in every game.
- San Diego State currently ranks first in the MWC in both team batting average (.305) and team ERA (2.06).
- Sophomore Melissa Owens (San Diego/Christian HS) is currently ranked first in the MWC in ERA (1.76) and sixth in batting average (.370). Her .574 slugging percentage would be a single-season school record if the season ended today.
- Freshman Brittany Knudsen (San Diego/Escondido HS) is batting a team-best .389, just .005 percentage points (.3889-.3894) behind Kellie Nordhagen's (2000) single-season school record.
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