March 17, 2010
SAN DIEGO -
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No. 25 UMass, No. 22 Texas A&M Highlight San Diego Classic II, Aztec Softball's Final Tourney of the Season
The San Diego State softball team looks to continue its season-long seven-game winning streak this weekend when it co-hosts its final tournament of the season, the San Diego Classic II. The Aztecs (15-8), who are receiving votes in both the USA Today/NFCA national poll and the ESPN.com/USA Softball poll, have outscored the opposition, 36-5, over the seven-game stretch. Two of the victories have come against nationally ranked opponents, while another two were against teams who were receiving votes in one of the two polls.
SDSU, which has already played 13 teams this season who were nationally ranked or receiving votes and 10 schools who made the 2009 NCAA tournament, is slated to play five games over the weekend. Two of the contests are against nationally ranked teams and 2009 tourney schools.
San Diego State kicks things off Thursday against No. 25/rv Massachusetts (7 p.m. PT), before meeting Kansas on Friday at the same time. At 2 p.m. PT Saturday, the Aztecs welcome Harvard. SDSU then plays No. 22/20 Texas A&M at 10 a.m. Sunday before ending the tournament at 6 p.m. Monday with a game against Oregon State.
San Diego State won all four of its games last week by a combined 22-3 margin. The Aztecs downed Northern Illinois, 5-0, and Buffalo, 5-0, at SDSU Softball Stadium, and beat Bradley (7-0) and No. 21/25 Illinois (5-3) in rainy Columbia, Mo.
Justeen Maeva leads a offense that has brought its average up to .296, which is percentage points ahead of the 2007's school record .2958 average. Maeva is batting .400 with three homers and 17 RBIs, while Brittany Knudsen (.328), Tanya Holguin (.315) and Eva Sahatdjian (.311) are also hitting over .300 with enough plate appearances to qualify (2.0 PA/team game). Samantha Beasley continues to rack up the numbers in the circle, owning a 11-5 record with a 0.84 ERA in 91 1/3 innings. She has 138 strikeouts to just 17 walks, while limiting her opponents to a .164 average.
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