April 4, 2018
SAN DIEGO -
San Diego State Hits the Road to Take on UNLV in Weekend Series
The San Diego State softball team looks to pick up its first series win of the season this weekend against UNLV at Eller Media Stadium in Las Vegas, Nev. The Aztecs (10-23, 1-5 MW) will meet the Rebels (21-13, 3-6 MW) at 6 p.m. PT Friday, 4 p.m. PT Saturday and noon PT Sunday.
All three games will be webcast live on the Mountain West Network and will have live stats on GoAztecs.com.
SDSU has been a bit streaky this season and is in a funk at the moment. San Diego State opened its season 1-8, then won seven of nine games (7-2) with a pair of victories over nationally ranked teams. Since the 6-2 win over then No. 21/20 Minnesota on March 2, however, the Aztecs have gone 2-13.
Out of San Diego State's 23 losses on the season, five have come in extra innings, four with the international tiebreaker rule in effect, six by one score, five by two runs and four by three scores.
Heading into the weekend, Katie Byrd leads the team in hitting with a .301 average, 12 runs, 31 hits, seven doubles and a .363 on-base percentage. Molly Sturdivant (.268), meanwhile, leads the squad with four home runs, 21 RBIs and a .423 slugging percentage, and Aris Metcalfe has a team-high eight stolen bases in eight attempts.
Marissa Moreno (29) and Alex Formby (27) are 1-2 in the Mountain West in appearances, while Moreno's 25 games started are six more than No. 2 in the league. Formby is 7-9 with a 2.58 ERA over 89 2/3 innings, limiting the opposition to a .214 average, while Moreno is 2-12 with a 3.63 ERA in 96 1/3 innings.