May 8, 2007
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Aztec Softball Wraps Up Regular Season on the Road This Weekend Against Utah, BYU
The San Diego State softball team wraps up its Mountain West Conference regular season on the road this weekend when it takes on Utah and first-place Brigham Young.
The Aztecs (30-22, 6-10 MWC) will meet the Utes (24-23-1, 4-11 MWC) in a doubleheader Thursday in Salt Lake City, beginning at 2 p.m. MT. SDSU will then play the Cougars (37-17, 13-3 MWC) in a pair of solo games at 6 p.m. MT Friday and 2 p.m. MT Saturday in Provo. Friday's game will be televised live on BYU-TV and will be broadcast on The Mtn. at 5 p.m. PT Saturday. As always, both Aztec games can be followed via gametracker on the Internet at www.goaztecs.com.
SDSU went 1-3 against the two schools at home in the opening weekend of conference play. The Aztecs fell to BYU, 4-0 (8 innings) and 4-2, before splitting with Utah (W, 3-0, and L, 0-1 in 10 innings). The Cougars are first in the league, while SDSU and the Utes sit in fifth and sixth, respectively.
Aztec Quick Hits
- The Aztecs are 4-6 on the year against top-25 teams, with three of their losses coming by one run. See SDSU COMPETES WITH BEST IN NATION on PAGE 2)
- San Diego State has started a remarkable 46 different batting lineups in its 52 games and 36 different fielding lineups. Only junior Tamani Wells has earned a start in every game. See LINEUPS on PAGE 9-10)
- San Diego State currently ranks first in the MWC in team ERA (2.03) and second in team batting average (.301). See TEAM BATTING and PITCHING notes on PAGE 3 and PAGE 6)
- Sophomore Melissa Owens (San Diego/Christian HS) is currently ranked second in the MWC in ERA (1.75), while boasting a .352 batting average, second on the team. See Melissa Owens notes on PAGE 5-6).
- Freshman Brittany Knudsen (San Diego/Escondido HS) is batting a team-best .394 this season, which would be a single-season school record if the season ended today. Her .466 on-base percentage (2nd) and .529 slugging percentage (6th) would also be among single-season bests. She is also among the single-season leaders in runs (T-6th, 35), home runs (T-7th, 4), total bases (T-8th, 82) and hits (T-10th, 61). See Brittany Knudsen notes on PAGE 4 and AZTECS CLIMBING UP THE RECORD BOOKS on PAGE 7-8).
- Freshman Lindsey Marquez (Tustin, Calif.) is hitting .465 (20-for-45) in league games, the second-highest average in the MWC. See Lindsey Marquez notes on PAGE 4).
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