SAN DIEGO – The San Diego State softball team will wrap up its 2025 regular season slate this weekend with a three-game series at SDSU Softball Stadium against San Jose State. The teams are scheduled to play at 6 p.m. PT on Thursday and Friday and 12 p.m. PT on Saturday with Thursday and Saturday’s games scheduled to appear on the Mountain West Network.
SDSU (30-16, 13-6) enters the weekend in second place in the Mountain West behind Nevada (15-4). The Aztecs can take the MW regular season title with a sweep of the Spartans if Nevada gets swept by Colorado State. SDSU would clinch the second seed in the conference tournament and a bye with a series win over the Spartans. SJSU has also clinched a spot in the tournament and can be as high as the fourth seed or as low as the sixth seed.
The tournament will be held at SDSU Softball Stadium from May 7-10. As last season’s regular season champion, the Aztecs are hosting the tournament for a record fourth time and no other team in the history of the conference has hosted multiple times.
San Diego State leads 41-23 in the all-time series against the Spartans. The Aztecs have won the last 13 meetings since April 17, 2021, and are 11-0 under Stacey Nuveman Deniz against SJSU. The average margin of victory in those 13 wins is 5.3 runs. Since the Spartans joined the Mountain West for the 2014 season, the Aztecs are 22-10.
Last weekend, SDSU split a pair of 1-0 pitchers’ duels against No. 12/13 Arizona. On Friday night, pitcher Cece Cellura was stellar, keeping the game in a scoreless tie through six innings. Arizona’s pitcher Devyn Netz hit a solo home run down the left field line in the seventh and the Aztecs fell 1-0. In Saturday’s contest, Grace Uribe and Cellura combined for seven shutout innings, holding the Wildcats to just three hits and Mia Rodriguez raced home on an error in the fifth inning as the Aztecs emerged triumphant with a 1-0 win.
Uribe was named the Mountain West Pitcher of the Week after allowing just two singles across six shutout innings and earning the win on Saturday. Cellura, (2.54 ERA, 65 Ks, 5.42 K:BB, 1.09 WHIP, 107.1 IP) Uribe (3.04 ERA, 57 Ks, 89.2 IP) and freshman Ava Schaffel (1.88 ERA, 24 Ks, 37.1 IP) have pitched well this season for the Aztecs. Cali Decker (1.060 OPS, .364 BA, 30 RBI, 21 R, 4 HR, 14 2B, 1 3B), Shannon Cunningham (.864 OPS, 6 HR, 31 RBI, 21 R, 10 2B, 1 3B), Uribe (.881 OPS, 6 HR, 23 RBI, 18 R, 6 2B), Jade Ignacio (.809 OPS, 1 HR, 13 RBI, 17 R, 8 2B, 1 3B), Angie Yellen (.837 OPS, 3 HR, 19 RBI, 23 R, 4 2B, 1 3B), Quinn Waiki (.729 OPS, 4 HR, 20 RBI, 18 R, 1 2B) and Bella Espinoza (.774 OPS, .355 BA, 10 RBI, 35 R, 19 SB, 2 2B) have all been regulars in the SDSU lineup and contributed significantly offensely. Defensively, Waiki has been making flashy plays all season long.