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No. 17/21 Aztec Softball Travels to Tempe for Arizona State Tourney

No. 17/21 Aztec Softball Travels to Tempe for Arizona State TourneyNo. 17/21 Aztec Softball Travels to Tempe for Arizona State Tourney

March 6, 2008

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No. 17/21 Aztec Softball Travels to Tempe for Arizona State Tourney
The No. 17/21 San Diego State softball team looks to continue its best start in school history when it travels to Tempe, Ariz., this weekend for the Arizona State Tourney.

The Aztecs (17-5), who defeated Loyola-Chicago, 12-1, in five innings on Wednesday night, will play five games over the weekend, including two against Pacific and one against the host Sun Devils, who are ranked No. 1 in both the ESPN.com/USA Softball poll and the USA Today/NFCA poll.

SDSU will play the Tigers (11 a.m.) and the Univ. of San Diego (1 p.m.) on Friday, UC Davis (9 a.m.) and Arizona State (3:30 p.m.) on Saturday, before meeting Pacific once again at 11 a.m. Sunday.

Aztec Quick Hits

  • After a 5-1 weekend, SDSU is now ranked No. 17 in the ESPN.com/USA Softball poll, up from No. 20 the previous week, and No. 21 in the USA Today/NFCA poll. Both are the highest rankings in the program's 32-year history.
  • SDSU is off to a 17-5 start to begin the 2008 campaign, its start to a season in school history. The last time the Aztecs had 15 wins 22 games into the season was 2006, when they finished 34-15 with their best record in school history. San Diego State made it all the way to the NCAA Los Angeles Regional, before falling to host UCLA.
  • The Aztecs' Erin Floros (San Diego, Calif./Mt. Carmel HS) and Christina Ross (Santa Clarita, Calif./Univ. of Kansas) were named the Mountain West Conference Player and Pitcher of the Week on Tuesday. Floros had a team-high 10 RBI over the six games, while Ross was 3-1 with a 0.89 ERA. It was the second straight week SDSU swept the weekly awards and third consecutive accolade for Ross.
  • San Diego State continues to play and do well against the best teams in the nation. SDSU is currently 10-5 against 2007 NCAA tournament teams and 2-1 versus 2007 Women's College World Series squads.
  • Through 22 games, the SDSU pitching staff is 17-5 with a league-low 0.89 team ERA, despite arguably playing the toughest competition of any Mountain West school. The trio of Ross (10-4, 0.64 ERA), and freshmen Brooke Petty (4-0, 1.88 ERA) and Samantha Beasley (3-1, 1.56 ERA) has a combined eight shutouts, including five against 2007 NCAA tournament teams.

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