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2018 UTAH SOFTBALL GAME NOTES TEXAS A&M TOURNAMENT Softball Contact: Drew Wiseman E-Mail: [email protected] Office: 801.581.3771 www.UtahUtes.com 2018 SCHEDULE/RESULTS TEXAS A&M TOURNAMENT (MARCH 2-4) FEBRUARY Kajikawa Classic - Tempe, Ariz. 9 vs. New Mexico W, 17-0 (5 inn.) vs. No. 25 Georgia L, 5-1 10 vs. Nebraska L, 5-0 vs. No. 11 Tennessee L, 6-5 11 vs. Saint Mary’s (CA) W, 5-2 Texas State Texas A&M Louisiana Tech March 2| 10 a.m. CT March 2| 5:15 p.m. CT March 3| 5:15 p.m. CT Mary Nutter Collegiate Classic - Cathedral City, Calif. March 4| 9 a.m. CT March 3| 3 p.m. CT 17 vs. Syracuse W, 6-0 vs. Arkansas L, 4-2 Last Meeting .......................2/15/09 Last Meeting .........................2/6/15 Last Meeting ...............................NA 18 vs. Cal Poly W, 7-2 Result .........................Utah 10, TSU 8 Result .............Texas A&M 5, Utah 1 vs. Fordham W, 7-2 19 vs. Loyola Marymount L, 4-1 vs. UC Santa Barbara W, 9-0 (6 inn.) ON DECK - The Utes reached the postseason for MARCH This weekend, Utah heads to the Lone a 21st time and qualified for the NCAA A&M Invite - College Station, Texas 2 vs. Texas State 10 a.m. Star State for five games in three days Tournament in a third straight year, a at No. 6 Texas A&M 5:15 p.m. against No. 6 Texas A&M, Texas State and program first. 3 at No. 6 Texas A&M 3 p.m. vs. Louisiana Tech 5:15 p.m. Louisiana Tech 4 vs. Texas State 9 a.m. - Utah also advanced to a second- Maryland Invitational - College Park, Md. UTAH NOTES straight NCAA Super Regional and 8 vs. Miami (Ohio) 2 p.m. at Maryland 4:30 p.m. - Alyssa Barrera was named to the USA hosted a NCAA Regional for the first time 10 at Maryland 12:30 p.m. vs. Yale 5:30 p.m. Softball Player of the Year “Watch List”, 11 vs. Jacksonville 10 a.m. one of nine sophomores on the 50-person - Utah finished last season ranked 18th 16 at Arizona* 7 p.m. list nationally in scoring at 5.9 runs per 17 at Arizona* 7 p.m. 18 at Arizona* 12 p.m. contest and team batting average (.318) 20 at Grand Canyon (DH) 12 p.m. - Katie Donovan is the active Pac-12 24 vs. Stanford* 2 p.m. 25 vs. Stanford* 2 p.m. leader in career wins, strikeouts, saves, - Defensively, Utah led the league and 26 vs. Stanford* 12 p.m. 29 vs. UCLA* 6 p.m. starts, innings and appearances ranked second nationally with 32 double 30 vs. UCLA* 6 p.m. plays turned 31 vs. UCLA* 1 p.m. - Donovan has 475 strikeouts for her APRIL career and needs 17 to pass Generra - The Utes were one of seven Pac- 6 at Washington* 5 p.m. Nielson for fourth place all-time in Utah 12 teams ranked among the top 25 7 at Washington* 12 p.m. 8 at Washington* 1 p.m. history nationally 10 vs. Southern Utah 5 p.m. 11 vs. Weber State 4 p.m. 18 vs. BYU 6 p.m. - Heather Bowen is second on the team - The five players selected to the first and 20 at Cal* 3 p.m. 21 at Cal* 1 p.m. with a .371 batting average and is 14 hits second Pac-12 all-conference teams 22 at Cal* 12 p.m. 27 vs. Arizona State* 5 p.m. shy of 150 for her career in 2017 were the most for Utah since it 28 vs. Arizona State* 2 p.m. joined the Pac-12. 29 vs. Arizona State* 12 p.m. - At the Mary Nutter Classic, head coach MAY Amy Hogue won her 300th game at Utah MARY NUTTER RECAP 4 at Oregon* 7 p.m. and 500th game of her career. Utah won four of six games in Palm 5 at Oregon* 6:30 p.m. 6 at Oregon* 4 p.m. Springs two weeks ago at the Mary Nutter 10 vs. Oregon State* 7 p.m. 11 vs. Oregon State* 7 p.m. - Utah finished 37-16, its best record since Classic. 12 vs. Oregon State* 12 p.m. 1997, and had its best mark in Pac-12 * - Pac-12 game play (13-9) since joining the conference Katie Donovan sparkled in the circle, All times local in 2012. going 3-0 with a 0.68 ERA, striking out 32 WWW.UTAHUTES.COM | @UTAH_SOFTBALL 1 QUICK FACTS No. Name Pos. B/T Cl. Yr. Hometown (Previous School) 4 Chandler Walter INF R/R FR. HS Gilbert Ariz.(Perry HS UNIVERSITY OF UTAH INFORMATION 9 Ryley Ball UTIL R/R SO. 1L Hooper, Utah (Fremont HS) Location .....................................Salt Lake City, Utah 10 Julia Noskin INF/OF L/R FR. HS Calabasas, Calif. (Agoura HS) 11 Camryn Woodall INF R/R FR. HS Keller, Texas (Keller HS) Elevation ..........................................................4,657 ft. 12 BreOnna Castaneda UTIL R/R SO. 1L Rio Rancho, N.M. (Rio Rancho HS) Founded ............................................................... 1850 13 Katie Donovan P R/R SR. 3L Salem, Ore. (South Salem HS) Enrollment............................................................ 31,515 15 Katie Faulk C R/R FR. HS Tucson, Ariz. (Marana HS) Nickname ............................................................... Utes 16 Alyssa Barrera OF L/R SO. 1L Chino Hills, Calif. (Bishop Amat HS) Colors ...............................................Crimson & White 20 Miranda Viramontes P R/R SR. 3L Chino, Calif. (Chino HS) Mascot .............................Swoop (Red-Tailed Hawk) 21 Ally Dickman OF L/L JR. 2L Mission Viejo, Calif. (Capistrano Valley HS) 22 Kelly Martinez C R/R SO. 1L Yucapia, Calif. (Yucaipa HS) Conference ......................................................Pac-12 27 Aubrey Peterson OF R/L JR. 2L Everett, Wash. (Cascade HS) President ............................ David W. Pershing, Ph.D. 30 Hailey Hilburn P/UTIL R/R JR. 2L Orange, Calif. (Canyon HS) Athletics Director .................................Chris Hill, Ph.D. 33 Abby Robertson SS R/R FR. HS Corona, Calif. (Santiago HS) 37 Heather Bowen 3B R/R SR. 3L Las Vegas, Nev. (Centennial HS) SOFTBALL HISTORY 42 Alyssa Palacios UTIL R/R FR. HS La Habra, Calif (La Habra HS) 44 Claire Feldman P R/R FR. RS Lithia, Fla. (Newsome HS) First Year of Softball .............................................. 1976 All-Time Record .............................. 1,237-920-6 (.573) PRONUNCIATION GUIDE All-Time Conference Record ...........383-319-1 (.545) Alyssa Barrera ba-RARE-uh Alyssa Palacios Pa-la-cee-os All-Time Pac-12 Record ........................... 55-86 (.390) BreOnna Castaneda bre-ON-na cast-ta-neh-da Miranda Viramontes veer-UH-mon-tez NCAA Tournament Appearances .........................15 Julia Noskin NAH-skin STADIUM INFORMATION batters. Meanwhile, Miranda Viramontes coach at Texas A&M since 1997, winning Stadium .................................... Utah Softball Stadium Capacity .............................................................. 1,410 earned another win, striking out 16 batters over 1,100 games. Evans was inducted in 15 1/3 innings and walking only one. into the National Fastpitch Coaches’ TEAM INFORMATION 2017 Overall Record (Finish) ...37-16 (NCAA Supers) Association Hall of Fame in 2015. 2017 Pac-12 Record (Finish) ...................... 13-9 (Fifth) Alyssa Barrera clicked into form with a .478 2017 NFCA/USA Today Final Ranking .................#14 batting average and leading the team MIRANDA MAKES MARK ON PAC-12’S TOP STAFF INFORMATION with eight runs scored. Kelly Martinez hit TEAM Head Coach ........................Amy Hogue (Utah, ‘94) .421, while Hailey Hilburn batted .389 and Miranda Viramontes, a two-time All- Utah Record ......................296-245-1 (.548, 10 years) NJCAA Record .................... 197-82 (.706, Five years) each player drove in seven runs for the Pac-12 performer went 14-4 last season Overall Record ..................494-330-1 (.599, 15 years) Utes. with a 1.51 ERA, third best in the Pac-12. Office Phone ...........................................801.581.3093 She also ranked 10th nationally in walks Email .......................... [email protected] JO EVANS NAMED UTAH HALL OF FAMER per seven innings (19 in 115 2/3 IP). Associate Head Coach .................... Maggie Livreri Evans became the seventh Utah Office Phone ...........................................801.587.9211 Email ............................ [email protected] Softball player/coach to be inducted Viramontes threw a perfect game vs. (Oct. 2017), joining Annette Ausseresses CSU Bakersfield and has a propensity for Assistant Coach ................................. Cody Thomson (1998), Charmelle Green (2001), Michele winning big contests, turning in complete Office Phone ...........................................801.587.3093 Email ...................... [email protected] Townsend Graves (2004), Ali Andrus Sagas game victories over No. 13 Tennessee at (2009), Norma Carr (2012) and Melonie last year’s Mary Nutter Classic, two wins Volunteer Assistant Coach .....................Russ Paskins Kent (2015) at No. 10 UCLA and two wins vs. No 1 OUTLOOK Arizona. Letterwinners Returning/Lost ................................10/8 Evans earned All-High Country Athletic Position Starters Returning/Lost ..............................4/5 Pitchers Returning/Lost ............................................3/0 Conference honors and led the Utes DONOVAN DUBBED ALL PAC-12 SECOND Newcomers ................................................................. 8 to the 1982 NCAA College World Series TEAMER MEDIA INFORMATION as a player. She returned to her alma Katie Donovan earned All Pac-12 honors Softball Contact ................................. Drew Wiseman mater as the head coach from 1990-96 for a third-straight season. She had 18 Office Phone ...........................................801.581.3771 and directed Utah to a 222-143 record wins to give her 55 for her career, fifth Email ...................... [email protected] along with a pair of College World Series most in Utah history. Donovan also ranked appearances in 1991 and ‘94. eighth in the Pac-12 in strikeouts, She also notched two saves and led the team in Follow Utah Softball on Twitter! The Utes also won two Western Athletic innings pitched (155.1) @utah_softball Conference titles and Evans’ 1994 team set the school record with 51 wins, placed BARRERA BREAKS THROUGH IN DEBUT Visit the Utah Softball Official Facebook Page fifth in the CWS and was ranked No.