Softball Opens Big West Play By Hosting Cal Poly In Saturday Doubleheader

Saturday, April 2

Riverside, CA

12:00 PM

UC Riverside

Cal Poly

Photo by: Gabriel L. Acosta

Softball Opens Big West Play By Hosting Cal Poly In Saturday Doubleheader

3/29/2011 3:23:35 PM | Softball

The UC Riverside softball team opens its slate of Big West games this weekend hosting Cal Poly in a three-game series. Saturday's doubleheader begins at noon with Sunday's finale slated for noon as well. Live stats

Saturday's game features the promotion of UCR Faculty & Staff Appreciation, with 2 for 1 tickets available. On Sunday, it is Youth Jersey Day with a postgame autograph session by the team. View the UCR promotion page for more details.

Highlanders vs. Cal Poly Game Capsule
	UC Riverside	Cal Poly
2010 Stats & Record	22-32	23-24
2011 Stats & Record	7-16	4-22
	Schedule	Schedule
	Roster	Roster
Conference	Big West
Current Streak	L 1	L 1
Last Box Score	L, 9-4 vs. Canisius	L, 3-0 vs. UNLV
Next Opponent	4/9 vs. Cal State Fullerton	4/9 vs. UC Santa Babrara
Top Hitter	Kameryn Hebenton Senior .417 BA	Nora Sobczak Junior .422 BA
Top Pitcher	Jordyn McDonald Junior 4.45 ERA	Trista Thomas Sophomore 4.27 ERA
D1 Record Against	8-21 (View all results)
D1 Current Streak Against	W 1

Projected Highlander Lineup
(By Position)
Pos	#	Name	Yr	B/T	Avg	OBP	SLG	H	RBI
C	6	Alexis Pickett	So.	L/R	.237	.299	.271	14	9
1B	13	Jessica Vasser	RSo.	L/L	.224	.371	.286	11	8
2B	8	Taylor Thomas	Sr.	R/R	.323	.432	.403	20	13
SS	1	Kameryn Hebenton	Sr.	R/R	.417	.527	.467	25	8
3B	9	Brittany Keeney	Jr.	R/R	.278	.350	.472	20	13
LF	7	Ariel Shore	So.	L/L	.291	.304	.291	16	1
CF	4	Kayla White	So.	R/R	.390	.447	.558	30	14
RF	19	Dionne Anderson	Fr.	L/L	.148	.246	.148	8	4
DP	23	Nicole Carter	Sr.	R/R	.176	.333	.176	3	3

GAME NOTES
RAIN OUTS
Mother Nature has not been kind as of late, as seven of the Highlanders last nine have been canceled due to rain.

SPEED DEMONS
The Highlanders set a Division I single-game program record with eight stolen bases against Saint Louis on March 11.

CATCH ME IF YOU CAN
Sophomore Ariel Shore paced the Big West Conference with 22 stolen bases in 2010. That ranks first in the Division I history of the program for the most stolen bases in a single-season, and fourth all-time.

CATCH ME IF YOU CAN II
As a team, the Highlanders led the Big West with 53 stolen bases and 57 attempts in 2010. In fact, UCR became the first team in league history to record 50+ stolen bases while not being caught at least 10 times. So far in 2011, UCR has stolen 37 bases in 41 attempts, well on pace to break that mark this season.

DOUBLE VISION
Brittany Keeney has recorded 10 doubles through the first 23 games of the season. The UCR record for most doubles in a season is 18 all-time and 12 in the Division I era. Keeney is currently ranked seventh in the nation in doubles per game.

NOT SO SWEET 16
UC Riverside pounded out a season-high 16 hits in a 12-9 loss to Idaho State on March 4. The 16 hits tie the Division I record for most hits in a single game.

TODAY'S HIGH
The Highlanders scored a season-high 11 runs in their 13-11 loss to Boise State on February 25. The 11 runs scored are the most since the team plated that many against Harvard on March 14, 2010. It is also the most runs scored in a loss in the Division history of the program.

PLAYER OF THE WEEK
UC Riverside sophomore Kayla White was named Big West Conference Player of the Week on February 14 after hitting .529 and slugging .765 during the Highlanders opening weekend tournament in Las Vegas. White recorded nine hits in 17 at bats, hitting safely in all five games at the UNLV Sportco Kick-Off Classic. She tied her career-high with three hits against UNLV on Friday, and set a career-high with two runs in UCR's 7-6 win against Mississippi State on Saturday.

PITCHER OF THE WEEK
UC Riverside junior Jordyn McDonald was named the Big West Conference's Pitcher of the Week on February 21 after going 1-1 over the weekend with a 1.00 ERA. McDonald picked up her first win of the season in a 6-1 victory over Minnesota on Friday, February 18. She pitched all seven innings scattering four hits while striking out seven. In a 4-0 loss to Loyola Marymount on Sunday, February 20, McDonald gave up just one earned run while striking out four in 7.0 innings of work.

NOT THE RECORD YOU WANT BROKEN
The Highlanders allowed #10 Washington to score 23 runs against them on February 11, breaking the program's Division I record for most runs allowed.

RECORD SETTERS
Last season UC Riverside tied the Division I program record for most conference wins with seven, tying the 2009 team which originally established the mark. The Highlanders also tied the mark for most overall wins with 22.

UCR Top Big West Winning Percentages

W L Pct.

2010 7 14 .333

2009 7 14 .333

DID U C L A LOSE?
The Highlanders upset the No. 5 team in the nation on March 3, 2010 with their 3-2 victory over UCLA. That win marked the first victory over a ranked opponent in the program's Division I history. UCLA went on to win the 2010 NCAA National Championship.

ALL-BIG WEST
The UC Riverside softball team placed two players on the 2010 All-Big West Team. Marissa Alvidrez earned a Second Team nod at the designated player position, while Brittany Keeney nabbed an Honorable Mention accolade at first base.

With this award, Alvidrez earned her sixth-career Big West All-Conference selection. She was previously named Honorable Mention as both a utility and designated player in 2007, Second Team as a designated player and First Team as a utility in 2008, and Honorable Mention as a designated player in 2009.

Brittany Keeney earned her second Big West All-Conference award as she was previously named to the Honorable Mention team as a freshman in the 2009 season.