Northern Colorado Softball Notes 2021 Season

March 26 & 27 | Sacramento, California

Schedule Date Opponent Time/Result Feb. 12 at Metro State Canceled Feb. 12 at Metro State Canceled Feb. 13 vs Adams State1 Canceled Feb. 13 at CSU-Pueblo1 Canceled Feb. 14 vs Adams State1 Canceled Feb. 14 at CSU-Pueblo1 Canceled Feb. 19 at UTEP L, 4-5 Feb. 19 at UTEP W, 3-2 (8) Feb. 20 at UTEP W, 10-7 (4-13, 0-0 Big Sky) (6-15, 0-0 Big Sky) Feb. 20 at UTEP L, 3-4 Head Coach: Ben Garcia Head Coach: Lori Perez Feb. 26 vs Utah State2 L, 3-4 (9) 28-69, 3rd season at UNC 184-168, 8th season at Sac Feb. 26 vs Weber State2 L, 4-9 197-118, 7th season overall Same Overall Feb. 27 vs Utah State2 L, 0-8 Feb. 27 at Dixie State2 L, 14-15 (8) Leading Off Feb. 28 at Dixie State2 L, 4-5 (8) Mar. 5 South Dakota State L, 8-14 • Northern Colorado’s went 2-3 on the weekend in • Freshman Alison Steinker is starting to settle Mar. 5 Colorado State L, 2-7 Omaha, ending it on a high note with back-to-back into college ball. She is tied for the team lead with Mar. 6 vs Oregon State3 L, 0-5 Mar. 7 Oregon State L, 0-15 wins over the host Mavericks. four multi-hit games with Mady Young and Paola Mar. 7 South Dakota State L, 1-10 Villegas. Mar. 13 at Colorado State Postponed • This weekend’s series is the conference opener Mar. 13 at Colorado State Postponed for both teams. • Carson Fischer continues to lead the team in Mar. 19 at Nebraska Omaha4 L, 2-10 Mar. 19 vs South Dakota State4 L, 0-11 runs batted in with 10 on the season. She has a Mar. 20 vs South Dakota State4 L, 2-11 • This weekend’s games can be seen on Pluto TV team-leading three multi-RBI games. Mar. 20 at Nebraska Omaha4 W, 4-1 channel 1052. 4 Mar. 21 at Nebraska Omaha W, 3-2 • Sacramento State enters this weekend at 6-15 Mar. 26 at Sacramento State* 1:00 pm Mar. 26 at Sacramento State* 3:00 pm • UNC will play an 18-game Big Sky schedule with with all six wins coming at home. Mar. 27 at Sacramento State* 1:00 pm an even split of three home series and three road Apr. 2 Portland State* 1:00 pm series. The Bears will host Portland State, Montana • The Hornets have not played a game since Apr. 2 Portland State* 3:00 pm and Southern Utah while traveling to Sacramento March 14. Apr. 3 Portland State* Noon Apr. 9 Montana* 1:00 pm State, Weber State and Idaho State. Apr. 9 Montana* 3:00 pm • Northern Colorado aims to end a five-game Apr. 10 Montana* Noon • Erin Caviness closed the weekend with a pair of losing streak to the Hornets. Sacramento State Apr. 16 at Weber State* 2:00 pm complete game wins. She allowed just three runs leads the all-time series 22-3, with an 8-1 record Apr. 16 at Weber State* 4:00 pm Apr. 17 at Weber State* Noon on 11 hits and one walk in the two games while in Sacramento. Apr. 30 Southern Utah* 1:00 pm striking out seven. Apr. 30 Southern Utah* 3:00 pm May 1 Southern Utah* Noon • Mady Young enjoyed her time in Omaha leaving May 7 at Idaho State* Noon May 7 at Idaho State* 2:00 pm with a four-game hit streak and reached base safely May 8 at Idaho State* Noon all five games. She hit .429 for the weekend with May 13-15 Big Sky Championship three doubles and a home run. 1 - In Pueblo, Co., 2 - In St. George, Utah, 3 - In Fort Collins, Big Sky Standings Co., 4 - in Omaha, Neb. * - Games All times mountain time School Conf. Overall Home Away Neutral Streak Weber State 0-0 8-11 0-0 4-7 4-4 L2 Idaho State 0-0 6-10 3-4 3-6 0-0 L4 Southern Utah 0-0 7-15 0-0 3-6 4-9 W2 Sacramento State 0-0 6-15 6-6 0-9 0-0 L4 Montana 0-0 6-18 1-5 3-5 2-8 L3 Northern Colorado 0-0 4-15 0-4 4-6 0-5 W2 Portland State 0-0 3-14 2-2 1-5 0-7 L2 Head Coach 2021 ROSTER No. Name Pos. B/T Yr. Ht. Hometown/Last School Ben Garcia 1 Katie Simonsgaard OF L/L Jr 5-2 Camarillo, Ca./Oaks Christian HS 2 Mady Young INF R/R Sr 5-3 Lenexa, Ka./Olathe Northwest HS 3 Lauren Strathearn OF L/R So 5-3 Broomfield, Co./Legacy HS 4 Dani Young INF R/R Jr 5-9 Fort Collins, Co./Rocky Mountain HS 5 Maddee Blood-Smyth C R/R Sr 5-5 Thornton, Co./Fort Lewis College 6 Alison Steinker INF R/R Fr 5-6 Rancho Santa Margarita, Ca./Jserrea Catholic HS 7 Paola Villegas INF R/R Jr 5-7 Sylmar, Ca./Cal State Fullerton 9 Natalie Joyner INF R/R Sr 5-4 Edgewood, Wa./Puyallup HS 10 Erin Caviness P R/R So 5-10 Thornton, Co./Holy Family HS 11 Brooke Ballard INF R/R Fr 5-6 Highlands Ranch, Co./Thunder Ridge HS 13 Bridgette Strobl C R/R So 5-10 Highlands Ranch, Co./Thunder Ridge HS 14 Reyna Caudillo UTL L/R So 5-4 Phoenix, Az./Alhambra HS 15 Rachel Forsythe OF R/R Fr 5-6 Peoria, Ar/.Liberty HS 16 Lainey Hanehan P R/R So 5-10 San Ramon, Ca./California HS 17 Kathleen Ingram P R/R Jr 5-6 Centennial, Co./St. John’s River State 18 Carson Fischer INF R/R Jr 5-7 Lincoln, Ne./Nebraska 19 Brooklyn Himmelberg INF R/R Fr 5-10 Fort Collins, Co./Rocky Mountain HS 21 Jayden Mercado OF L/R Fr 5-0 Timnath, Co./Fossil Ridge HS 22 Hunter Huser P R/R R-Jr. 5-11 Thornton, Co./Mountain Ridge HS Career Record - 197-118, 7th season 26 Haley Boxwell OF/C R/R So 5-7 Scottsdale, Ca./Chaparral HS UNC Record - 28-69, 3rd season 27 Alyssa Wenzel OF L/R So 5-7 Murrieta , Ca./Chaparral HS 32 Emma Brockmann C L/L Sr 5-9 Beaverton, Or./Beaverton HS Career Record 33 Anna Martinez OF L/L Fr 5-4 Broomfield, Co./Holy Family HS Year School Record 99 Maggie Thurston P R/R Jr 5-6 Scottsdale, Az./Chaparral HS 2015 Colorado Mesa 33-23 2016 Colorado Mesa 40-13 Coaching Staff 2017 Colorado Mesa 48-8 Head Coach...... Ben Garcia, third season 2018 Colorado Mesa 48-5 Assistant Coach...... Brooke Hodgson 2019 Northern Colorado 14-39 Assistant Coach...... Bob Bledsoe 2020 Northern Colorado 10-15 Assistant Coach...... Harold Simmons 2021 Northern Colorado 4-15 Graduate Assistant...... Randy Click Overall 197-118 Athletic Trainer...... Taylor Karty

Resume Pro-nun-see-a-shuns 2019-pres. Northern Colorado HC Reyna Caulldio -RAY-na CALL-dee-oh 2015-18 Colorado Mesa HC Rachel Forsythe - FOR-sigh-th 2012-14 Otero Junior College HC Alison Stienker -Stein-ker 1991-12 Pueblo East (Co) HS HC Lauren Strathern - St-rath-earn Paola Villegas - PA-oh-la VEE-a-gus Alyssa - The Garcia Files Wenzel When-zz-elle • 3x RMAC Regular Season Champion • 1x RMAC Tournament Champion • 2x RMAC Coach of the Year • 2x Region IX Champion • 1 JUCO All-American • 400 CHSAA wins • 19 CHSAA state tournament appearances • 2012 CHSAA state champion • 4x CHSAA state runner-up Scouting Sacramento State Where They Rank Sacramento State enters the weekend at 6-15 Through 3/24/2021 overall, but all six wins have come at home. Pitcher Stat NCAA Big Sky Value Marissa Bertuccio has been on fire to start the year Batting Average 202 6 .240 winning the Big Sky Pitcher of the Week award Double Plays/Game 60 2 0.37 three times. She is 5-7 with a 3.36 ERA and 40 Doubles/Game 160 4 1.05 ERA 249 3 6.98 strikeouts. Fielding % 67 1 .968 Home Runs/Game 197 6 0.37 The Hornets are hoping the warm weather wakes On Base % 230 5 .302 up their bats that have hit .176 on the year. A pair Scoring 184 5 3.53 Slugging % 205 5 .341 of injuries have hurt them in Shea Graves and Katie Stolen Bases/Game 173 3 0.84 Vretzos. Strikeout/Walk 176 2 1.47 Triples/Game 50 1 0.26 Only third baseman Lewa Day has played in all Stat Player NCAA Big Sky Value 21 games for the team hitting .255 with a team Hit by Pitch/Game P. Villegas 81 2 0.28 leading eight RBI and three home runs. Strikeouts E. Caviness 149 2 43 Toughest to K P. Villegas 80 2 26.0 Big Sky Play Big Sky Player of the Week The Big Sky Conference started sponsoring softball Feb. 17 Lewa Day, Sacramento State in the 2013 season. Since then UNC is 51-77 in Feb. 24 Lauren Hoe, Weber State conference play. The Bears have made a pair of Mar. 3 Isabel Cargill, Idaho State surprise runs in the conference tournament the Mar. 10 Maygen McGrath, Montana past two times it was played in 2018 and 2019. Mar. 17 Josey White, Southern Utah Mar. 24 Emma Bordenkcher, Idaho State Young for the Cycle Mady Young had herself a game against Dixie Big Sky Pitcher of the Week State. The senior hit for the cycle on February 27. Feb. 17 Marissa Bertuccio, Sacramento State She was 4-for-5 on the day with a triple in the first, Feb. 24 Marissa Bertuccio, Sacramento State Mar. 3 Mariah Ramirez, Weber State home run in the third, double in the fifth and single Mar. 10 Marissa Bertuccio, Sacramento State in the seventh. She is leading the team with three Mar. 17 Mailee Newman, Idaho State home runs this season. Mar. 24 Tyler Denhart, Southern Utah

Double-DOuble In the shortened 2020 season, Northern Colorado led the Big Sky in doubles. They are near the top of the conference again. With 1.05 per game they rank fourth in the conference.

Flying Around the Bases Northern Colorado isn’t afraid to be aggressive on the base paths. The Bears rank third in the Big Sky with 0.84 steals per game.

What’s Ahead Northern Colorado returns home for two straight weekends starting on April 2-3 when they wel- come Portland State to Gloria Rodriguez Field for a three-game series.

Follow the Bears To stay up to date on all things UNC softball, visit UNCBears.com and follow the team on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter at @UNC_BearsSB. The Automated ScoreBook Overall Statistics for Northern Colorado (as of Mar 21, 2021) 2021 Overall(All Stats games Sorted by Batting avg) Overall: 4-15 • Conference:Record: 0-0 • Home:4-15 Home: 0-4 0-4• Away: Away: 4-5 4-5 • Neutral:Neutral: 0-6 0-6 Big Sky: 0-0

Player avg gp-gs ab r h 2b 3b hr rbi tb slg% bb hp so gdp ob% sf sh sb-att po a e fld% 7 VILLEGAS, Paola . 3 2 7 18-18 52 9 17 2 1 1 6 24 . 4 6 2 2 5 2 1 . 4 0 0 1 0 0-0 95 1 1 . 9 9 0 6 STEINKER, Alison . 3 2 4 15-12 37 1 12 2 0 0 1 14 . 3 7 8 2 1 5 0 . 3 7 5 0 0 1-1 8 19 2 . 9 3 1 27 WENZEL, Alyssa . 3 1 6 19-17 57 8 18 2 1 0 7 22 . 3 8 6 2 0 7 0 . 3 3 9 0 1 6-8 13 1 0 1.000 4 YOUNG, Dani . 3 0 0 11-8 20 4 6 0 0 1 1 9 . 4 5 0 1 0 6 0 . 3 3 3 0 1 0-0 14 0 1 . 9 3 3 2 YOUNG, Mady . 2 8 6 19-18 56 13 16 5 1 3 8 32 . 5 7 1 5 1 4 0 . 3 4 9 1 2 3-3 30 50 5 . 9 4 1 26 BOXWELL, Haley . 2 7 3 8-2 11 1 3 0 0 0 1 3 . 2 7 3 3 0 1 0 . 4 2 9 0 1 0-0 9 0 0 1.000 3 STRATHEARN, Lauren . 2 6 5 13-11 34 5 9 0 2 0 3 13 . 3 8 2 0 0 7 0 . 2 6 5 0 0 2-3 8 1 0 1.000 5 BLOOD-SMYTH, Maddee . 2 5 0 10-7 20 2 5 2 0 0 2 7 . 3 5 0 0 0 1 0 . 2 5 0 0 0 0-0 13 8 0 1.000 1 SIMONSGAARD, Katie . 2 4 0 16-8 25 4 6 2 0 0 4 8 . 3 2 0 4 0 6 0 . 3 4 5 0 0 1-1 10 1 1 . 9 1 7 18 FISCHER, Carson . 2 2 9 19-18 48 6 11 3 0 1 10 17 . 3 5 4 3 4 7 0 . 3 2 7 0 0 2-2 24 4 1 . 9 6 6 32 BROCKMANN, Emma . 1 4 6 16-13 41 4 6 0 0 1 7 9 . 2 2 0 2 0 10 0 . 1 8 6 0 0 0-0 54 6 0 1.000 21 MERCADO, Jayden . 1 2 5 15-8 24 6 3 1 0 0 0 4 . 1 6 7 4 0 4 0 . 2 5 0 0 0 1-1 4 3 1 . 8 7 5 14 CAUDILLO, Reyna . 1 2 5 8-6 16 1 2 0 0 0 1 2 . 1 2 5 4 0 3 0 . 3 0 0 0 0 0-0 1 3 0 1.000 13 STROBL, Bridgette . 1 2 5 8-6 16 1 2 1 0 0 2 3 . 1 8 8 0 0 6 0 . 1 2 5 0 0 0-0 31 2 0 1.000 33 MARTINEZ, Anna . 1 2 5 17-4 8 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 . 1 2 5 0 0 5 0 . 1 2 5 0 0 0-0 7 0 1 . 8 7 5 9 JOYNER, Natalie . 1 0 7 14-13 28 1 3 0 0 0 2 3 . 1 0 7 2 1 5 0 . 1 9 4 0 1 0-0 34 16 2 . 9 6 2 11 BALLARD, Brooke . 0 0 0 7-2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 . 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 . 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 3 7 0 1.000 19 HIMMELBERG, Brooklyn . 0 0 0 2-1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 . 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 . 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 0 0 0 . 0 0 0 99 THURSTON, Maggie . 0 0 0 1-0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 . 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 . 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 1 9 1 . 9 0 9 15 FORSYTHE, Rachel . 0 0 0 1-0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 . 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 . 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 0 0 0 . 0 0 0 16 HANEHAN, Lainey . 0 0 0 1-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 . 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 . 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 0 5 0 1.000 Totals . 2 4 0 19 501 67 120 20 5 7 55 171 . 3 4 1 34 12 81 1 . 3 0 2 2 6 16-19 361 148 17 . 9 6 8 Opponents . 3 7 3 19 552 145 206 44 7 25 139 339 . 6 1 4 51 9 75 1 . 4 2 9 8 7 16-21 381 160 26 . 9 5 4

LOB - Team (111), Opp (125). DPs turned - Team (7), Opp (4). Picked off - WENZEL, A 3, SIMONSGAARD 1.

(All games Sorted by Earned run avg)

Player era w-l app gs cg sho sv ip h r er bb so 2b 3b hr b/avg wp hp bk sfa sha 10 CAVINESS, Erin 5 . 4 6 2-8 13 11 4 0/0 1 57.2 88 53 45 17 43 20 1 9 . 3 4 9 5 4 0 3 3 99 THURSTON, Maggie 6 . 5 1 1-5 12 4 0 0/0 0 33.1 54 36 31 16 18 11 2 8 . 3 6 5 3 2 0 2 3 16 HANEHAN, Lainey 7 . 2 9 1-1 8 3 1 0/0 0 24.0 41 33 25 11 11 5 2 5 . 3 6 6 0 1 0 3 1 14 CAUDILLO, Reyna 24.23 0-1 3 1 0 0/0 0 4.1 19 19 15 5 2 7 1 2 . 5 7 6 0 2 0 0 0 17 INGRAM, Kathleen 28.00 0-0 2 0 0 0/0 0 1.0 4 4 4 2 1 1 1 1 . 5 7 1 1 0 0 0 0 Totals 6 . 9 8 4-15 19 19 5 0/0 1 120.1 206 145 120 51 75 44 7 25 . 3 7 3 9 9 0 8 7 Opponents 2 . 2 6 14-4 19 19 7 4/2 0 127.0 120 67 41 34 81 20 5 7 . 2 4 0 10 12 0 2 6

PB - Team (0), Opp (3). Pickoffs - Team (0), Opp (2). SBA/ATT - BROCKMANN, E (11-14), CAVINESS, E (8-10), THURSTON, M (5-8), STROBL, B (3-5), CAUDILLO, R (2-2), BLOOD-SMYTH (2-2), HANEHAN, L (1-1).