2018 UCR Classic Amy S. Harrison Field Riverside, CA - Mar. 8-11
Schedule
Thursday, Mar. 8	Boise State (DH)	12:00 PM/2:30 PM
Friday, Mar. 9	North Dakota St.	2:00 PM
Saturday, Mar. 10	Columbia	2:00 PM
Sunday, Mar. 11	Colgate	2:00 PM

Riverside, Calif.— This weekend the UC Riverside Softball Team (15-6) will play host to the 2018 UCR Classic, the team's third straight home tournament. The Highlanders will welcome Boise State, North Dakota State, Columbia, and Colgate to Amy S. Harrison Field.

HIGHLANDER CLASSIC
UCR is coming off of an impressive outing in its second home tournament of the season, the Highlander Classic, this past weekend as the team swept away the competition going 4-0. During those four games, the Highlanders outscored their opponents 36-5.

CURTAN'S UP
Senior outfielder Jenna Curtan was awarded Big West Field Player of the Week after an outstanding Highlander Classic. Over the 4-game weekend, Curtan truly stood out as she led the team in batting average (.889), slugging (1.222), OBP (.929), runs scored (7), hits (8), total bases (11), and doubles (3). The Highlander's center fielder went 8-for-9 in the tournament and only recorded one out in her 14 plate appearances. Her last hit of the weekend, an RBI single up the middle to add to UCR's dominant 11-0 win over Saint Mary's, was the senior's 200th career hit, which breaks the all-time UCR record. Curtan is also 4th on the all time list for doubles with 32, and is tied for 2nd in triples with nine.

She has been a strong offensive leader so far in her final season for the Highlanders. Over the team's 21 games this year she ranks 1st on the team in batting average (.500), OPB (.610), hits (32), doubles (9), runs (24), and total bases (44). Curtan has also displayed some heroics, gathering late inning hits and runs in the wins over George Washington and St. John's.

RAMELOT'S HOT
Two of UCR's wins have come by way of walk-off from sophomore Emma Ramelot. The shortstop was truly clutch against George Washington hitting a solo homerun to tie the game and then a walk-off double an inning later to cap off a huge comeback and win the game 9-8. Just three days later, Ramelot would step to the plate against St. John's and win the game with an infield single after her team trailed 1-0 going into the bottom of the 7th.

PARTEN THE INTERRUPTION
Sophomore first baseman Sarah Parten took home the Big West Field Player of the Week honors last week after a very impressive weekend at the Amy S. Harrison Classic, where she had a team best .615 batting average, .677 OBP, and an outstanding slugging percentage of .846. She registered two hits in all four games and was a key part of UCR's comeback win over George Washington, where the team trailed 6-0 in the 3rd inning. The sophomore also smacked a 3-run HR against No. 21 Cal.

TAYLER ON TOP
Senior Pitcher Tayler Misfeldt (10-2) broke the all-time UCR record for wins on February 18th, 2018 as she picked up her 41st W in a shutout vs. Stanford and since then has extended that record to 47. So far this season she has shutout three teams and struck-out 85 batters to earn a 1.90 ERA.

THIS IS R' HOUSE
So far this season, UC Riverside is 9-2 at home after going 4-0 in the Highlander Classic. Since Head Coach Nikki Palmer took the helm in 2017, the Highlanders are a combined 33-13 when playing at Amy S. Harrison Field.

SHUTOUT CITY
Six of the team's wins this season have come by way of shutout. In those five games, the Highlanders have won a pair of 10-0 games, an 11-0 game, and have scored a combined 39 runs.

FRESHMEN ON FIRE
Freshman Seanna Garewal and Hailey Dolcini have already made a positive impact on the team in their first year of play.

Left fielder Garewal ranks 2nd on the team in batting average (.408), runs scored (15), and 3rd in OBP (.516), slugging (.653) and hits (20). She also smacked her first career HR on February 18th against Stanford.

Pitcher Hailey Dolcini (4-2) picked up her first two wins in two straight starts. Opponents have struggled against the freshman batting only .196 and striking out 35 times in her nine appearances. She is second on the Highlanders with just 11 earned runs.

HOT STARTS
The Highlanders have faired well when they get on the score board early as they are a perfect 9-0 when scoring first and are 7-1 when the team scores in the 1st inning. This success has been in part because of UCR's ability to get lead-off batters aboard 46.1% of the time.