Softball Hosts Monmouth & Dartmouth Thursday, Heads To LMU Invitational Fri-Sat

Thursday, March 20

Riverside, CA

3:00 pm

UC Riverside

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Riverside—The UC Riverside Softball Team prepares for six games in three days this week beginning on March 20. The Highlanders host Monmouth and Dartmouth in a doubleheader on Thursday before traveling to the LMU Invitational II on March 21-22 for games against Canisius, Bethune-Cookman, Dartmouth, and the host Lions.

The Highlanders have won three of their last four games after taking a doubleheader against Fairleigh Dickinson on March 12. After opening the season winning just one of its first seven games, UC Riverside has gone 14-6 since.

Senior Dionne Anderson entered the record book last week by stealing her 27th base of the season to set a new Highlanders Division I single-season record for most stolen bases. Ariel Shore set the old record of 26 last season. Anderson is also ranked third in the nation in stolen bases.

Highlanders vs Monmouth & LMU Invitational II Game Capsules
	UC Riverside	Monmouth	Dartmouth	Canisius	Bethune Cookman	Loyola Marymount
2014 Record & Stats	15-12	6-8	6-8	3-13	9-17	13-10
	Roster	Roster	Roster	Roster	Roster	Roster
	Schedule	Schedule	Schedule	Schedule	Schedule	Schedule
Conference	Big West	MAAC	Ivy	MAAC	MEAC	West Coast
Current Streak	W 2	L 1	W 3	L 6	W 1	L 2
Most Recent Box Score	W, 4-2 vs Fairleigh Dickinson	L, 5-1 vs Monmouth	W, 9-2 vs UC Santa Barbara	L, 10-2 at Cal State Fullerton	W, 8-3 vs Marist	L, 7-5 vs. Cal State Northridge
Next Opponent	March 28 vs. Hawai'i	March 18 at San Diego St.	March 19 at San Diego	March 29 at Niagra	March 26 at Stetson	March 25 vs. UMKC
Top Hitter	Dionne Anderson Senior .421 avg.	Shannon Fitzgerald Senior .383 avg.	Kelsey Miller Soph. .449 avg.	Alexis Roman Soph. .372 avg.	Calesha Shelley Junior .349	Meghan Harman Senior .360 avg.
Top Pitcher	Alyssa Razo Junior 2.43 ERA 8-6 Record	Sydney Underhill Freshman 3.12 ERA 4-4 Record	Kristin Rumley Junior 2.51 ERA 4-4 Record	Jen Consaul Senior 3.44 ERA 2-7 Record	Sabrina Anguiano Freshman 4.41 ERA 3-9 Record	Sydney Gouveia Soph. 0.60 ERA 12-1
DI Record vs.		0-0	3-0 View Results	4-3 View Results	2-0 View Results	5-23 View Results
DI Current Streak vs.		First Meeting	W 3	L 1	W 2	L 6

Projected Highlanders Lineup
(By Position)
Pos	#	Name	Yr	B/T	Avg	OBP	SLG	R	RBI	SB-SBA
C	20	Natalie Sanchez	So.	R/R	.373	.456	.458	5	11	0-0
1B	12	Kaylie Atkinson	Jr.	R/R	.167	.304	.167	3	4	0-0
2B	15	Haley Harris	Fr.	R/R	.247	.293	.342	4	16	5-8
3B	44	Shylene Helms	Fr.	R/R	.200	.333	.300	6	3	0-0
SS	10	Kris DeAnda	Jr.	R/R	.250	.400	.296	8	6	4-4
RF	2	Karina Romero	Fr.	L/R	.321	.389	.395	13	10	3-3
CF	19	Dionne Anderson	Sr.	L/R	.421	.560	.592	19	11	27-29
LF	6	Stephanie Tickemyer	Fr.	R/R	.274	.281	.339	17	7	1-1
DP	9	Ashley Ercolano	So.	R/R	.390	.419	.598	9	13	0-0

GAME NOTES
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.

This year, Anderson set the program's Division I mark for most stolen bases in a single-season when she stole her 27th base in just the 27th game of the year on March 12 against Fairleigh Dickinson. The Highlanders now have 45 stolen bases in 27 games, with Anderson's 27 leading the team. Anderson is also ranked third in the nation in that category, while the team is 25th.

TURNAROUND
After opening the season with a 1-6 record, the Highlanders have since gone 14-6.

COMEBACK KIDS
In eight of UC Riverside's 15 wins, the team has rallied back from deficits for the victory.

Date	Opponent	Deficit	Final Score
Feb. 14	Bakersfield	2 runs	5-3
Feb. 15	Southern Utah	2 runs	5-2
Feb. 22	Bakersfield	8 runs	15-10
Feb. 27	Sacred Heart	4 runs	6-5
Mar. 6	Belmont	5 runs	6-5
Mar. 9	Utah State	6 runs	8-6
Mar. 12	Fairleigh Dickinson	1 run	6-2
Mar. 12	Fairleigh Dickinson	2 runs	4-2

26.2
The Highlanders lost a 10-inning, three hour 29 minute marathan on March 3 against Loyola Chicago. It is the most innings played for UCR since an 11-inning affair at Cal State Northridge on May 8, 2011.

GRAND SLAM
Stephanie Tickemyer's blasted a grand slam against Utah State on March 9 for the first home run of her career. It is also the first grand slam for a member of the Highlanders since Kayla White hit one against Long Beach State on March 29, 2013.

NATIONAL RANKINGS
Through March 16, UC Riverside is ranked in the top-100 in the country in five categories: stolen bases (25th), double players per game (52nd), batting average (83rd), doubles per game (96th), and win-loss percentage (99th).

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 has lost four of its 12 games this season by just one run, but have defeated six opponents by that margin. Last year, the Highlanders lost four games by one run, but defeated seven opponents by one run.

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 three shutouts on the year. The program Division I record for most shutouts in a season in seven, set in 2008.

FOURSQUARE
UC Riverside won four games in a row from March 3-7 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.

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.

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). This season, the Highlanders ERA is down to 3.53.

BREAKING RECORDS
UCR finished the 2012 season with a 25-28 overall record, setting a 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 three times.

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.