Feb. 24, 2016
SAN DIEGO -
SDSU NOTES - MARY NUTTER COLLEGIATE CLASSIC
SDSU Softball Hits the Road for the Mary Nutter Collegiate Classic
The San Diego State softball team takes a four-game winning streak into the Mary Nutter Collegiate Classic in Cathedral City (Palm Springs), Calif., this weekend.
The MNCC, formerly the Cathedral City Classic, is one of the largest and most competitive Division I softball tournaments outside of the NCAA tournament. This year's tourney features 44 teams, including five of the eight Women's College World Series teams. The entire tournament is held at Big League Dreams park across five fields.
The Aztecs (7-3) will play Oklahoma State at 8:30 p.m. PT Thursday, Bethune-Cookman at 6 p.m. PT Friday, Nebraska (5 p.m. PT) and CSUN (7:30 p.m. PT) on Saturday, and Stanford at 11:30 a.m. PT Sunday. Nebraska is receiving votes in both national polls.
SDSU is coming off a 4-1 weekend at the 26th annual Campbell/Cartier Classic. The 4-1 record tied then No. 18/19 Kentucky for the best record at the six-team tournament. After falling to the Wildcats by a 5-1 score, San Diego State defeated South Dakota, 2-1, Texas Tech, 13-3, in five innings, No. 22/25 California, 2-1, and San Diego, 2-1.
The Aztecs are hitting .380 as a team with 44 runs through 10 games. Sophomore Zaria Meshack (Vallejo, Calif.) leads the team in batting average (.643), runs (7), slugging percentage (.643), on-base percentage (.643) and stolen bases (4), while senior Samantha Camello (Temecula, Calif.) (.333, 5 R, 4 RBI), junior Sam Vlot (Cowchilla, Calif.) (.313, 3 R, 5 RBI) and sophomore Taylor Stewart (Bellflower, Calif.) (.300, 2 R, 2 RBI) are also batting .300 or better.
The SDSU pitching staff has posted a team ERA of 2.05, including under 2.00 marks by freshman Julie McDonald (Carlsbad, Calif./Carlsbad HS) (1-0, 0.95 ERA, 14.2 IP), and juniors Ashley Ercolano (Poway, Calif./Poway HS) (1-1, 1.91 ERA, 11.0 IP) and Erica Romero (Corona, Calif.) (5-0, 1.95 ERA, 28.2 IP). Romero was named the MW Pitcher of the Week on Tuesday.
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