A Seven-Game Week Awaits Csun Softball
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MAR. 12-19, 2018 29 MAR. 14 // CSUN HOSTS OHIO STATE & NDSU // 12 P.M. - MAR. 16-17 // CAL STATE FULLERTON EASTON INVITATIONAL 1-2Games 34 MAR. 19 // OKLAHOMA AT OHIO STATE // 12 P.M. CONTACT: Matt Turk PHONE: 818.677.3243 CELL: 515-240-0483 E-MAIL: [email protected] Web: GoMatadors.com Twitter: @GoMatadors Twitter: @CSUNSoftball A SEVEN-GAME WEEK AWAITS CSUN 2018 SCHEDULE 10-17, 0-0 BIG WEST FEBRUARY SOFTBALL 9 #Oregon L, 15-6 9 #Missouri L, 19-10 10 #Stanford W, 9-8 10 #Seattle U L, 6-4 (8) 11 #Nebraska L, 9-1 LOOKING AHEAD 16 %Nevada W, 8-6 16 %South Dakota W, 11-1 Wed., Mar. 14 • No. 17/18 Ohio State at CSUN • Matador Diamond • Northridge, Calif. • 12 p.m. 17 %FIU L, 7-3 (8) 17 %Idaho State W, 5-2 Live Stats-GoMatadors.com • Stream-The CSUN Sports Network presented by Dignity Health • Twitter @CSUNSoftball 18 %New Mexico L, 5-2 21 Auburn L, 8-0 23 +Arizona L, 8-0 23 +BYU L, 8-0 (8) Wed., Mar. 14 • North Dakota State at CSUN • Matador Diamond • Northridge, Calif. • 2:30 p.m. 24 +California L, 8-0 24 +LIU Brooklyn W, 7-6 Live Stats-GoMatadors.com • Stream-The CSUN Sports Network presented by Dignity Health • Twitter @CSUNSoftball 25 +Fresno State W, 12-2 MARCH 2 ~Boston University L, 9-2 Sat. Mar. 16 • CSUN vs. No. 5/5 Oklahoma • Anderson Family Field • Fullerton, Calif. • 10 a.m. 2 ~at San Diego State W, 2-0 3 ~Colorado State (USD) W, 3-1 Live Stats-GoMatadors.com • Stream-FloSoftball.com • Twitter @CSUNSoftball 3 ~Santa Clara (USD) L, 7-5 4 ~at San Diego L, 3-2 (9) 6 Providence W, 5-0 6 Providence W, 10-0 Sat. Mar. 16 • CSUN vs. RV Nebraska • Anderson Family Field • Fullerton, Calif. • 3 p.m. 9 ^Oregon State L, 8-3 9 ^Texas Tech L, 9-5 Live Stats-GoMatadors.com • Stream-FloSoftball.com • Twitter @CSUNSoftball 11 ^Seattle U L, 4-1 11 ^Texas Tech L, 7-1 14 Ohio State 12 p.m. 14 North Dakota State 2:30 p.m. Sun. Mar. 17 • CSUN vs. DePaul • Anderson Family Field • Fullerton, Calif. • 3:30 p.m. 16 &Oklahoma 10 a.m. 16 &Nebraska 3 p.m. Live Stats-GoMatadors.com • Stream-FloSoftball.com • Twitter @CSUNSoftball 17 &DePaul 3:30 p.m. 17 &Ohio State 6 p.m. 19 Oklahoma 12 p.m. 23 !Pacific 9:30 a.m. Sun. Mar. 17 • CSUN vs. Ohio State • Anderson Family Field • Fullerton, Calif. • 3:30 p.m. 23 !Georgia Tech 2 p.m. 24 !Pacific 8 a.m. Live Stats-GoMatadors.com • Stream-FloSoftball.com • Twitter @CSUNSoftball 30 UC Davis* 3 p.m. 31 UC Davis* 1 p.m. 31 UC Davis* 3:30 p.m. Mon., Mar. 19 • No. 5/6 Oklahoma at CSUN • Matador Diamond • Northridge, Calif. • 12 p.m. APRIL 3 at UCLA 6 p.m. Live Stats-GoMatadors.com • Stream-The CSUN Sports Network presented by Dignity Health • Twitter @CSUNSoftball 7 Cal State Fullerton* 1 p.m. 7 Cal State Fullerton* 3:30 p.m. 8 Cal State Fullerton* 1 p.m. THIS WEEK 14 at UC Riverside* 1 p.m. 14 at UC Riverside* 3:30 p.m. A seven-game week of action awaits CSUN this week. The Matadors host No. 17/18 Ohio State 15 at UC Riverside* 1 p.m. 21 at Cal Poly* 1 p.m. Wednesday at 12 p.m. before welcoming North Dakota State to Matador Diamond at 2:30 21 at Cal Poly* 3:30 p.m. 21 at Cal Poly* 1 p.m. p.m. 28 UC Santa Barbara* 1 p.m. 28 UC Santa Barbara* 3:30 p.m. 29 UC Santa Barbara* 1 p.m. CSUN travels to the Cal State Fullerton Easton Invitational this weekend where the Matadors MAY 4 at Hawai’i* 9 p.m. play No. 5/5 Oklahoma to open the tournament Friday at 10 a.m.. Friday concludes with 5 at Hawai’i* 5 p.m. 5 at Hawai’i* 7:30 p.m. CSUN taking on Nebraska at 3 p.m. Saturday gets underway when CSUN faces DePaul at 11 Long Beach State* 1 p.m. 11 Long Beach State* 3:30 p.m. 3:30 p.m. The tournament concludes when the Matadors matchup against Ohio State for the 12 Long Beach State* 1 p.m. second time at 6 p.m. Home Games in bold/All Times Pacific #Arizona State Kajikawa Classic %UNLV Desert Classic +Mary Nutter Cathedral City Collegiate Classic (Big League Dreams Complex, Play wraps up on Monday when Oklahoma travels up from Fullerton for a 12 p.m. against Cathedral City, CA) ~ - San Diego Classic CSUN. ^ - CSUN Tournament & - Cal State Fullerton Easton Invitational ! - Matador Classic *Big West Conference Game THIS WEEK’S COVERAGE The Cal State Fullerton Easton Invitational will be streamed by Flosoftball.com for a fee. Monday’s game will be streamed by the CSUN Sports Network presented by Dignity Health. Brandon Marcus is scheduled to be on the call. Live stats are scheduled for each of the games this week. All links can be found on GoMata- www.GoMatadors.com @GoMatadors @CSUNSoftball dors.com on the softball page. 2018 CSUN SOFTBALL ABOUT OSU OU has two of the top eight in ERA in D-1 GENERAL INFORMATION The Buckeyes are ranked 17th in the USA on the pitching staff. Paige Lowary is Name CSUN Today/NFCA Top 25 poll and 18th in the fifth at 0.26 while Paige Parker is eighth Mailing Address 18111 Nordhoff Street Northridge, CA 91330-8301 ESPN/USA Softball Top 25 to start the at 0.52. Parker’s 10 wins has her 18th in Founded 1958 week. Ohio State is 14-2 prior to a Tues- Division I this season. Enrollment 41,548 day matchup at Loyola Marymount. President Dr. Dianne F. Harrison Playing for the 14th time, but first since Athletic Director Dr. Brandon E. Martin Lilli Piper is hitting .410 with nine home 2010, Oklahoma leads the all-time series Associate A.D./SWA Lizzie Gomez runs and 24 runs batted, all team highs. 7-6. Faculty Representative Dr. Ed Jackiewicz She has a 1.000 slugging percentage and Nickname Matadors a .438 on-base percentage to begin the ABOUT NEBRASKA Colors Red, White and Black week. This is the second time this season that Conference Big West CSUN are playing Nebraska. The Huskers Home Field (Capacity) Matador Softball Field (1000) Morgan Ray is 9-1 with an 0.83 ERA in 12 defeated the Matadors 9-1 Feb. 11 at the appearances. She has struck out 55 in 59 Kajikawa Classic. innings. Shelby McCombs is 5-1 and has Nebraska is 15-7. The Huskers travel to COACHING STAFF struck out 51 in 50.1 innings. Omaha Tuesday before hosting South Head Coach Tairia Flowers (8th Season) Dakota State Wednesday prior to travel- Alma Mater UCLA, 2005 This is the 17th meeting between CSUN Overall Record 204-207 (as of 3/11/18) and Ohio State with the Matadors lead- ing to Fullerton. Nebraska received votes Record at CSUN Same ing the all-time series 10-6. this week in the USA Today/NFCA Top 25 Big West Record 75-75 poll this week. Office Phone (818) 677-7259 ABOUT NORTH DAKOTA STATE Assistant Coach Mysha Sataraka (1st Season) The Bison are 11-7 after going 2-2 at Kaylan Jablonski leads the team in hit- Assistant Coach Cheridan Hawkins (1st Season) the UC Riverside Classic last weekend. ting (.348) and is tied for the team lead Athletic Trainer Elizabeth Bird (1st Season) Bre Beatty leads the team in hitting in home runs (4) with Tristen Edwards. (.407), home runs (2), and RBI (16). Katie Edwards is hitting .347 and has a team Shoultz tied a 19-year old school record high 16 RBI. with five stolen bases in the 7-1 win over SPORTS INFORMATION Columbia on Sunday. Olivia Ferrell is 6-1 with a 2.53 ERA and SB Contact Matt Turk has two saves. She has appeared in 16 Turk’s Office Phone (818) 677-3243 Jacquelyn Sertic is 8-4 with a 1.68 ERA games, striking out 34 in 55.1 innings. Turk’s Cell Phone (515) 240-0483 and started 12 of the 18 NDSU games. Jablonski has pitched 17 times, starting Turk’s e-mail [email protected] She has struck out 97 in 75 innings. nine. She has posted four saves and a Website www.GoMatadors.com 2.87 ERA during 70.2 innings. NDSU defeated CSUN 3-2 during the 2010 season in the only previous meet- ABOUT DEPAUL DePaul’s Megan Leyva and Pat Moore TEAM INFORMATION ing between the two schools. were named Big West Player and Pitcher 2017 Record 31-22 of the Week respectively Mar. 12. 2017 Big West Record 11-10 (2nd, T) ABOUT OKLAHOMA 2017 NCAA Postseason N/A Oklahoma, the defending NCAA Divi- Leyva posted a team-best .467 batting 2017 Final National Ranking N/A sion I national champions, are 19-2 average in a 2-2 week. She drove in a Letterwinners Returning/Lost 7/6 after posting a 5-0 mark at the their team-best seven runs on seven hits, Starters Returning/Lost 3/6 own OG&E Tournament last week. The including two doubles and two home Newcomers 10 Sooners are ranked fifth in both the USA runs. Leyva slugged for 1.000 and now Today/NFCA and the ESPN/USASoftball carries a .311 batting average while HISTORICAL INFORMATION Top 25 polls.