March 28, 2016
SAN DIEGO -
The San Diego State softball team continues a busy stretch of games when it welcomes Nevada for a mid-week series, beginning with a doubleheader at 4 p.m. PT Tuesday. The Aztecs (19-12, 1-2 MW) will also play the Wolf Pack (22-5, 3-0 MW) at noon PT Wednesday. All three games will be broadcast on the Mountain West Network.
The three mid-week games are sandwiched between two weekend road series, where SDSU will play nine games in a span of 11 days. San Diego State lost a series at UNLV, 2-1, last weekend, hosts Nevada for three games over Tuesday and Wednesday, and travels to MW defending champion Fresno State this weekend for a series from Friday-to-Sunday.
The Aztecs, who lost an opening conference series for the first time since 2007, are hitting .298 as a team with 12 home runs, 25 stolen bases and 147 runs in 31 games (4.74 rpg). Sophomore Jenavee Peres (Garden Grove, Calif.) leads SDSU in five offensive categories, despite missing 11 of the team's 31 games with injuries, including batting average (.436), home runs (6), total bases (47), slugging percentage (.855) and on-base percentage (.516). Sophomore Zaria Meshack (Vallejo, Calif.) is hitting .416 with team highs of 20 runs and 10 stolen bases, while senior Samantha  Camello (Temecula, Calif.) is also batting over .300 at .336 with 15 RBIs and 15 runs. Redshirt freshman Katie Byrd (Santee, Calif./West Hills HS) (.292 leads the team with 20 RBIs.
Junior Erica Romero (Corona, Calif.) leads a balanced Aztec pitching staff with a 9-5 record and 3.01 ERA over 88 1/3 innings. Freshman Julie McDonald (Carlsbad, Calif./Carlsbad HS) (2-1, 3.19 ERA, 37.1 IP) and sophomore Alex Formby (Orange, Calif.) (7-5, 3.80 ERA, 55.1 IP, 2 SV) have logged more than 23 innings in the circle. Junior Ashley Ercolano (Poway, Calif./Poway HS) pitched three innings on Saturday at UNLV and is 1-1 with a 2.47 ERA over 22 2/3 innings this year.
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