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Softball Preps for San Jose State Series
6/21/1999 12:00 AM | Softball
March 23, 1999
Utah vs. San Jose State
March 27 San Jose, Calif. 1:00 p.m. PST (2) March 28 San Jose, Calif. 12:00 p.m. PST (1)UTAH Batting Order:
Pos./No. Player B/T Yr. Hometown (Previous School) LF 3 Lisa Hashimoto L/R Jr. Brigham City, Utah (Box Elder HS) RF 21 Amberly Johnson L/R So. Sandy, Utah (Alta HS) C 32 Sunny Smith R/R Jr. Pleasant Grove, Utah (Pleasant Grove HS) 3B 10 Stacey Farnworth R/R So. Upland, Calif. (Upland HS) CF 4 Jenny Monson R/R Jr. South Jordan, Utah (Bingham HS) DP/P 7 Sarah Farnworth R/R So. Upland, Calif. (Upland HS) 2B 18 Carrie Kosderka R/R So. Roseburg, Ore. (Roseburg HS) SS 23 Michele Larsen R/R Fr. Eugene, Ore. (Chuchill HS) 1B 39 Nicole Wikinson R/R Jr. Sandy, Utah (Louisiana State)Pitching Rotation:
Pos. No. Name B/T Yr. Hometown (Previous School) (1) 7 Sarah Farnworth R/R So. Upland, Calif. (Upland HS) (2) 24 Kristin Arbogast R/R So. Eugene, Ore. (North Eugene HS) (3) 00 Jeanette Herbert R/R Fr. West Valley, Utah (Granger HS)Off the Bench:
Pos. No. Name B/T Yr. Hometown (Previous School) 2B/OF 12 Stacy OFarrell L/R Jr. Sandy, Utah (Ricks JC) UT 13 Molly McLean L/R Fr. Riverton, Utah (Bingham HS) 3B 16 Lyndsey Trevis R/R Fr. Glendora, Calif. (Glendora HS) C/OF 22 Stephanie Johnson R/R Fr. Rockford, Ill. (Guilford HS)
THIS WEEK: Utah (12-16, 0-3 WAC) continues its Western Athletic Conference schedule with a three-game series at San Jose State on Saturday and Sunday. The Utes and Spartans will play a doubleheader on Saturday at 1:00 p.m. PST and a single game on Sunday at 12:00 p.m. PST. All games will be played at San Jose State Field (500) in San Jose, Calif.
UTAH UPDATE: The Utes are 12-16 overall and in eighth place in the Western Athletic Conference with an 0-3 record. Utah has competed in four tournaments. Utah went 2-3, facing four Top 25 teams, at Arizona States Fiesta Bowl Tournament, Feb. 12-14 in Tempe, Ariz. Utah tied for third place, posting a 3-3 record at the New Mexico States Troy Cox Softball Classic, Feb. 26-28. During its Spring Break trip, Utah finished third at San Jose States NIST Tournament, March 12-14. The Utes lost all four games at the Kia Klassic, March 18-20 in Fullerton, Calif. To open the WAC season, the Utes lost all-three games of the series at San Diego State, March 6-7.
Freshman outfielder Molly McLean leads the team in hitting with a .352 average. Junior catcher Sunny Smith and junior outfielder Jenny Monson both have a team-best 10 RBI and two home runs. Pitcher Sarah Farnworth and catcher Stacey Farnworth, both sophomores, also each have two home runs. Junior outfielder Lisa Hashimoto leads the team with 10 stolen bases in 10 attempts. Sarah Farnworth leads the pitching staff with a 1.87 ERA and a 7-7 record.
NEXT WEEK: The Utes play their first games of the season in the state of Utah. The Utes play a doubleheader at Southern Utah on Wednesday (March 31) at 1:30 p.m. Utah opens its home schedule with a three-game series against Western Athletic Conference rival Colorado State on Friday and Saturday (April 2-3). The Utes and Rams will play a single game on Friday at 2:00 p.m. and a doubleheader on Saturday at 1:00 p.m. at Ute Field.
SCOUTING SAN JOSE STATE: The Spartans are 11-28 overall and in fifth place in the Western Athletic Conference with a 2-4 record. Last week, SJSU went 3-4 while playing in Sacramento States Capital Classic. In conference play, the Spartans lost three games at UNLV (Feb. 26-28) and took two of three from Tulsa (March 6-8) at home. Outfielder Nicole Phillips leads the team in hitting with a .325 average and six RBI. Sabrina Quintero is the teams top pitcher with a 8-13 record and a 2.89 ERA. Head coach Connie Miner has a 61-99 record in her third season at San Jose State.
NIST TOURNAMENT REVIEW: Utah placed third at the NIST Tournament, hosted by San Jose State University March 12-14. Sarah Farnworth was named to the all-tournament team.
Utah broke a four-game losing streak by taking its first two games of the tournament. Farnworth pitched a perfect game and struck out eight in a 1-0 win over Northern Illinois. Farnworth also scored the Utes only run of the game in the bottom of the sixth inning. Utah defeated Creighton later in the day on Friday, 5-3. The Utes jumped out to a 4-1 lead against Creighton after a Jenny Monson grand slam home run in the bottom of the third. Stacy OFarrell went 3-for-4 at the plate and scored two runs.
Despite losing to Cal Poly SLO, 5-3, late Friday, the Utes advanced to the tournaments championship bracket on Saturday. Utah defeated sixth-ranked Arizona State, 2-1, in eight innings. Kristin Arbogast gave up just six hits in the complete game effort to get the win. Utah beat Arkansas 6-0 in the second game. The Utes broke the game open with three runs in the bottom of the first. Farnworth hit her second home run of the season to center field in the second. She went 2-for-3 at the plate and got the win on the mound, giving up just three hits and striking out 11 in seven innings. The Utes beat No. 23 Iowa in the quarterfinals, 5-4. Utah scored three runs in the bottom of the fourth and got two more in the fifth, outhitting the Hawkeyes 7-5. Sunny Smith went 2-for-3 with two runs scored and an RBI. Arbogast got her second win of the day.
Utah dropped both of its games on Sunday, falling to No. 16 California, 2-0, and Iowa, 6-3, in the semifinal games. California, which won the tournament championship without a loss, scored a run in both the fourth and sixth innings to beat the Utes. Farnworth, starting on the mound, gave up one earned run off of four hits and struck out three in seven innings. She also went 2-for-3 at the plate. Iowa avenged a 5-4 loss to Utah on Saturday by edging the Utes out for a place in the championship game. Utah outhit the Hawkeyes 9-6 but committed three errors. Michele Larsen went 3-for-3 and Carrie Kosderka went 2-for-3, each scoring a run.
RUTGERS RECAP: Utah swept a softball doubleheader from Rutgers on March 16, winning the first game 5-1 and the second game 1-0. Sarah Farnworth held the Lady Knights to just one run and seven hits, going the distance in the opener. She improved her record to 7-5. Lyndsey Trevis hit her first home run of the season. Lisa Hashimoto had a triple and Sunny Smith belted a double. Kristin Arbogast pitched a seven-hit shutout in game two. Smith hit her second double of the day and her seventh of the season.
KIA KLASSIC SUMMARY: Utah lost all four of its games at Cal State Fullertons Kia Klassic, March 18-20. Sixth-ranked Arizona State scored five runs off of Ute starter Kristin Arbogast to post a 5-0 win over Utah in the opening game on Thursday afternoon.
Arbogast was touched for six hits and gave up two walks in 1-2/3 innings. The Sun Devils outhit the Utes nine to five.
Utah also lost to Cal State Fullerton 12-0 late Thursday night before falling to Liberty 3-2 on Friday afternoon. With the score tied 1-1 against Liberty, Utah scored a run in the bottom of the eighth on an RBI single by Jenny Monson that brought in Jeanette Herbert. Liberty rallied for two runs in the top of the eighth.
UNLV got all the offense it needed by scoring 10 runs in the second inning to defeat Utah 10-6 on Saturday in the first round of bracket play. Sarah Farnworth took the loss to fall to 7-7. She threw seven innings, giving up 10 earned runs off of eight hits and six walks. She also struck out nine. Lisa Hashimoto went 2-for-2 with two walks and scored two of Utahs six runs. Smith and Monson each went 2-for-3 with two RBI.
WAC TEAM STATISTICS (Released March 23) Batting 5th (.251) Pitching 7th (2.54) Fielding 5th (.950)WAC INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS (Released March 23) Hitting Molly McLean 9th (.352) Doubles Sunny Smith 4th (8)
ERA Sarah Farnworth 8th (1.87) Wins Sarah Farnworth 6th (7) Saves Sarah Farnworth 1st (2) Strikeouts Sarah Farnworth 4th (83) Kristin Arbogast 10th (38)
Appearances Sarah Farnworth 2nd (21) Kristin Arbogast 5th (18) Innings Pitched Sarah Farnworth 3rd (104.2) Kristin Arbogast 9th (79.1) Complete Games Sarah Farnworth 6th (10) Kristin Arbogast 10th (7) Hits/7 Innings Sarah Farnworth 9th (6.35) Walks/7 Innings Sarah Farnworth 8th (1.74)
Opponents Batting Avg. Sarah Farnworth 9th (.242)
HEAD COACH MONA STEVENS... is in her third season as Utahs head coach. Stevens owns an 92-55 overall record and a 41-26 mark against Western Athletic Conference teams. In her first season, Stevens led Utah to the NCAA Tournament and a third-place finish in the WAC. Last year, Stevens guided a Utah team that started seven freshmen to a 36-21 overall record and a third-place finish in the WAC at 19-13. Stevens hasnt slowed down during the off-season. Last fall, she was named head coach of the USA Softball Junior National Team that will compete in the 1999 World Games in Taipei, Taiwan, June 17-27.
The former Ute player and assistant coach came home in September of 1996 following a two-year stint at the University of Massachusetts. Stevens was the associate head coach for the Minutewomen during the 1995 and 96 seasons, and was named UMass head coach in June of 96, three months prior to being hired by her alma mater. In each of her two seasons at UMass, Stevens helped the Minutewomen reach the NCAA Tournament and win the Atlantic-10 Conference regular-season and tournament championships.
Stevens began her coaching career as an assistant at Utah from 1981-84. In addition to her collegiate coaching portfolio, Stevens has been a nationally recognized pitching instructor over the past 14 years. She has also worked internationally, and was the owner of Mona Stevens Enterprises from 1989-99.
QUOTING STEVENS: On the Spring Break trip - I thought that the San Jose State tournament was a very positive experience for us. We beat (sixth-ranked) Arizona State and (23rd-ranked) Iowa as well as a very good Arkansas team on Saturday. We jumped on Arkansas so fast that they didnt know what hit them. Arizona State proved how good it is by winning the Kia Klassic against a tough field last weekend. When we played Iowa, that was a very exciting game. A lot of the fans at the tournament came over from where ever they were to watch that game and a lot of people talking about how good our team looked. We showed what we are capable of in those three games.
Then we went to the Kia Klassic and lost all four games, which we had no business doing. I think that we proved two things during our trip. First, we proved that we have the talent and are capable of beating just about anyone. But, we have also proven that if we dont play with focus and determination, we can also be beaten by anyone. That was a defining 10 days for us. I think that we learned that we, as a team, are lacking leadership. Its not a matter of heart. Its just a matter of maturity and discipline. We need to learn to stay calm when we give up a few hits and not get rattled. We need some people to step up and be leaders for us.
On the San Jose State series - I see this weekend as a very important one for us as far as determining what we do the rest of our season. We have the capability to take all three games, but its going to depend on our kids relaxing, staying confident and remembering who we are as a team. We need to play to win, not to play not to lose. We are a very good team when we play aggressive, think positive and work together as one. We cant be a team of individuals. Weve only played three conference games so far. Everything else has been preseason. So, we just have to look at this as the start of our second season. Now we have to play well enough to post a reasonable record and make the conference tournament, and then take it from there.
WAC PRE-SEASON POLL: Utah was picked to finish third in the Western Athletic Conference softball race this season in a poll of the leagues coaches. The Utes received 52 points in the voting. Fresno State, the defending NCAA Champion, was picked first with 64 points and garnered eight of the nine first-place votes. Hawai'i received the remaining first-place vote was placed second with 54 pointsjust two more than Utah. Colorado State was picked to finish fourth with 40 points, followed by UNLV (35), San Diego State (30), San Jose State (21), New Mexico (14) and Tulsa (14).
STANDINGS
(As of March 23) WAC Overall
W-L Pct. W-L-T Pct.
1. Fresno State 6-0 1.00 28-7-0 .800
2. San Diego St. 3-0 1.00 10-14-0 .476
3. Hawaii 6-3 .667 19-10-0 .655
4. UNLV 3-3 .500 12-13-0 .480
5. San Jose St. 2-4 .333 11-28-0 .282
6. Tulsa 1-2 .333 12-18-0 .400
7. New Mexico 0-0 .000 27- 4-0 .871
8. Utah 0-3 .000 12-16 .429
9. Colorado St. 0-6 .000 9-16-0 .360
THIS WEEK
March 23 (Tuesday)
*Hawai'i at New Mexico, 2:00 p.m.
March 24 (Wednesday)
*Hawai'i at New Mexico (2), 1:00 p.m.
Portland St. at Fresno St., 6:00 p.m.
March 25 (Thursday)
So. Colorado State Colorado St. (2), 2:00 p.m.
Missouri at Tulsa (2), 5:00 p.m.
March 26 (Friday)
*Fresno St. at New Mexico, 1:00 p.m.
March 27 (Saturday)
Hawai'i at Long Beach State (2), 11:00 a.m.
*San Diego State at UNLV, Noon
*Tulsa at Colorado St. (2), 1:00 p.m.
*Fresno State at New Mexico (2), 1:00 p.m.
*Utah at San Jose State (2), 1:00 p.m.
March 28 (Sunday)
*Tulsa at Colorado St., 11:00 a.m.
*San Diego State at UNLV (2), Noon
*Utah at San Jose State, Noon
Hawai'i at CS Fullerton (2), 1:00 p.m.
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