Mizuno Invitational Featuring Cal, Loyola Chicago, And Sacred Heart On Tap For Softball

Thursday, February 27

Riverside, CA

11:30 am

UC Riverside

Sacred Heart

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Mizuno Invitational Featuring Cal, Loyola Chicago, And Sacred Heart On Tap For Softball

2/26/2014 9:31:00 AM | Softball

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Riverside—The UC Riverside Softball Team hosts the Mizuno Invitational on February 27-March 2 at Amy S. Harrison Field in Riverside. The four-team tournament consists of the host Highlanders, Loyola Chicago, Sacred Heart, and Cal.

Due to anticipated inclement weather, the original schedule has been altered. The Highlanders will play a doubleheader against Sacred Heart on Thursday at 11:30 am PT instead of as single games on Friday and Saturday.

All other games remain the same and will be reevaluated as weather dictates. Continue to check back with gohighlanders.com for updated schedule information as the weekend nears.

UC Riverside went 3-2 this past weekend at the Amy S. Harrison Classic, defeating Bakersfield twice and Seattle once. After beginning the season with a 1-6 record, the Highlanders have since gone 5-2.

Sacred Heart is 0-0 on the season as they have yet to play in 2014.

Loyola Chicago is 4-9 this year following a 1-3 weekend at the Blues City Classic.

Cal, who is receiving votes in the national polls, boasts a 7-6 record including wins over two ranked opponents in #24 Notre Dame and #25 Texas.

Mizuno Invitational Schedule
Thursday
Sacred Heart vs. UC Riverside DH	11:30 am
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Friday
Loyola-Chicago vs. California	9 am
Sacred Heart vs. California	11:30 am
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Saturday
Loyola-Chicago vs. California	9 am
Loyola-Chicago vs. UC Riverside
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Sunday
Sacred Heart vs. Loyola-Chicago	9 am
California vs UC Riverside	11:30 am
Loyola-Chicago vs. UC Riverside	2 pm

Highlanders vs Mizuno Invitational Game Capsules
	UC Riverside	Cal	Sacred Heart	Loyola Chicago
2014 Record & Stats	6-8	7-6	0-0	4-9
	Roster	Roster	Roster	Roster
	Schedule	Schedule	Schedule	Schedule
Conference	Big West	Pac 12	Northeast	Missouri Valley
Current Streak	W 1	W 1	L 3	L 3
Most Recent Box Score	W, 1-0 vs Bakersfield	W, 5-2 vs Texas	N/A	L, 4-3 vs Morehead State
Next Opponent	March 6 vs. Belmont (DH)	March 5 at Hawai'i	March 4 vs. La Salle	March 4 at Cal State Fullerton
Top Hitter	Dionne Anderson Senior .436 avg.	Danielle Henderson Senior .415 avg.	N/A	Brie Pasquale Sophomore .333 avg.
Top Pitcher	Alyssa Razo Junior 2.59 ERA 3-5 Record	Nisa Ontiveros Sophomore 3.02 ERA 5-2 Record	N/A	Brittany Gardner Senior 5.17 ERA 2-4 Record
DI Record vs.		0-6 View Results	2-0 View Results	3-1 View Results
DI Current Streak vs.		L 6	W 2	W 1

Projected Highlanders Lineup
(By Position)
Pos	#	Name	Yr	B/T	Avg	OBP	SLG	R	RBI	SB-SBA
C	20	Natalie Sanchez	So.	R/R	.357	.379	.464	2	5	0-0
1B	2	Karina Romero	Jr.	R/R	.317	.404	.390	9	5	0-0
2B	15	Haley Harris	Fr.	R/R	.270	.308	.297	3	2	1-3
3B	8	Taylor Wright	Jr.	R/R	.179	.250	.250	4	5	0-0
SS	10	Kris DeAnda	Jr.	R/R	.219	.306	.219	4	3	1-1
RF	16	Sommer Wilson	Fr.	L/R	.308	.400	.385	2	3	1-1
CF	19	Dionne Anderson	Sr.	L/R	.436	.585	.590	11	6	12-14
LF	6	Stephanie Tickemyer	Fr.	R/R	.261	.250	.261	4	3	0-0
DP	9	Ashley Ercolano	So.	R/R	.405	.457	.571	4	7	0-0

GAME NOTES
TURNAROUND
After opening the season with a 1-6 record, the Highlanders have since gone 5-2.

DOUBLE-DIGIT AFFAIRS
UCR scored 15 runs and banged out 12 hits in its 15-10 win over Bakersfield on February 22. It is the most runs scored since a 16-run outburst against Eastern Kentucky on March 7, 2012, and the most hits tallied since putting up 16 against Idaho State on March 4, 2011.

ONE RUN GAMES
UC Riverside lost two of its eight games this season by just one run. Last year, the Highlanders lost four games by one run, but defeated seven opponents by the same margin.

SHUT THE FRONT DOOR
The Highlanders shut out Sacramento State, 1-0, on February 16—the team's first shutout since an 8-0 victory over Cal Poly on April 27, 2013. UCR now has two shutouts on the year.

THREE'S COMPANY
UC Riverside won three games in a row from February 16-21 for the first time since a six-game win streak from March 10-13, 2013. That streak is the longest in the program's Division I history, besting the previous high of five, set on multiple occasions most recently during the 2012 season.

CATCH ME IF YOU CAN
The Highlanders stole 90 bases last season, setting the program Division I record in the process. UCR ended the season ranked 28th in the nation in stolen bases per game, with graduated senior Ariel Shore ranking 58th individually in that category, and Dionne Anderson ranking 77th.

STOP, THIEF!
UCR stole nine bases against Southern Utah on March 11, 2013, setting the program's Division I record for most stolen bases in a single game. Anderson added her name to the UCR record books as she stole four bases that game—the most in a single game in the program's DI history.

WRONG WAY STREAK
UCR's 10-game losing streak from March 17 - April 6 of last season was the longest since a 10-game drought to end the 2010 season.

TERESTRIAL LOCOMOTION
Nine of UC Riverside's 2013 opponents scored 10 or more runs, which is four more than the 2012 total, and the most in the team's Division I history. This season, UCR has given up 10 or more runs three times.

THE END OF AN ERA
UCR's pitching corps had a 5.04 ERA last season, making it the third-highest ERA in program DI history (5.60, 2011; 5.07, 2003).

APOLLO 11
The Highlanders scored 11 runs in a 14-11 loss to Long Beach State on March 29, 2013—the most runs scored in a loss since since a 13-11 defeat by Boise State on February 25, 2011.

DOUBLEMINT GUM
UCR opponents scored 10 or more runs on back-to-back occasions twice last season: Hawai'i scored 16 and 12 runs respectively on April 5 and 6, while Long Beach State scored 14 and 10 runs in a doubleheader on March 29. This marked the first time since February 25 and 27, 2011 when Boise State and UNLV garnered 13 and 10 runs respectively.

NOT SO SWEET SIXTEEN
Hawai'i scored 16 runs against UC Riverside on April 5, 2013—the most allowed since UC Davis plated 17 on April 30, 2011.

WALK THIS WAY
Ashley Ercolano hit a three-run walk-off home run for UCR in its win against Weber State on February 23, 2013. Prior to Ercolano's shot, the last Highlanders player to record a walk-off homer was Kaylie Atkinson, who drilled a shot against Idaho State on Feb. 25, 2012.

ERROR MESSAGE
UC Riverside committed five errors in its loss against Fresno State on Feb. 8, 2013, the most since April 16, 2011 when the Highlanders recorded six errors.

BREAKING RECORDS
UCR finished the 2012 season with a 25-28 overall record, setting a new program Division I mark for most wins in a season and for best winning percentage.

Best Winning Pct. (DI)
.472	2012
.449	2006
.407	2010

Most Wins (DI)
25 x	2012
22	2006
22	2010

SHOWING NO MERCY
UCR won six games in 2012 by the eight-run mercy-rule—the most times in the program's DI history. Last season, they won four games by the mercy rule, but were mercy ruled 10 times by opponents. This season, the Highlanders have been mercy-ruled twice.

ALL-BIG WEST
UC Riverside placed one player on the Big West All-Conference Team last season, with outfielder Kayla White garnering her third-career All-Big West First-Team award. White led the Big West Conference in batting average and triples while ranking second in slugging percentage, hits, and total bases, fourth in stolen bases, fifth in home runs, seventh in runs, and ninth in on base percentage. In league games only, she led the conference in batting average, slugging percentage, on base percentage, hits, total bases, and stolen bases. On the national scale, White ended the season ranked 18th in triples, 38th in triples per game, 88th in slugging percentage, 96th in batting average, and 143rd in home runs.