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The University of Utah Athletics
Weekly Softball Notes
4/3/2007 12:00 AM | Softball
April 3, 2007
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On Deck - The University of Utah softball program (19-12-1, 0-0 Mountain West) launches into Mountain West Conference play this weekend when it goes on the road to play UNLV and San Diego State. The Utes will play UNLV in a doubleheader on Thursday, April 5. First pitch for that series is set for 5 p.m. (PDT). The weekend continues with a pair of single games against San Diego State. Utah will play the Aztecs on Friday, April 6, at 6 p.m. (PDT) and Saturday, April 7, at 1 p.m. (PDT).
Quoting Head Coach Angie Jacobs:
On Opening Conference Play: "We are excited that we have finally gotten to the conference portion of our schedule. We've been on the road, playing non-conference games for eight of the last nine weeks. We are looking forward to playing our conference rivals, especially at home in front of our fans and our community."
On Last Weekend: "Offensively, we hit the long ball very well. We set records with six home runs in a game and with two grand slams in a game. For the most part, I think that the team played well. This was another opportunity for us to gain more experience heading in to Mountain West Conference play."
Bagged Me a Homer - The team hit 10 home runs last weekend, six of which came in the 12-4 win over Saint Mary's on March 31. The six home runs in one outing set Utah's single-game home run mark. In setting the new mark, Utah saw two home runs from both Diana Phillips and Staci Hemingway, and solo homers from Tori Medina and Karina Cannon. Cannon's home run was the first of her collegiate career.
Way to Be, Slugger - The Utes finished last weekend with an impressive .657 slugging percentage. That mark is bouyed by the fact that three of their players finished the weekend with a slugging percentage better than 1.000. Leading the way was Kara Foster. She had six hits, three were home runs, and recorded a 1.667 slugging percentage. Tori Medina had a 1.222 (four hits, one double, two homers) slugging percentage while Diana Phillips turned in a 1.143 (two hits, two home runs) effort.
"Foster" Child - Kara Foster recorded an outstanding effort in the four games last weekend at the Nevada Tournament. The freshman first baseman went 6-for-9 at the plate, hit three home runs, plated seven RBI and scored four runs. She also had a 1.667 slugging percentage and a .700 on-base percentage. Among those three home runs was a grand-slam shot against Saint Mary's on Sunday. That was the second grand slam of Foster's young career.
Record Ramblings - Kara Foster didn't fool anyone when she set a single-game record by plating six RBI in the 11-0 win over Saint Mary's on Sunday, April 1. She led the game off with a bases-loaded walk in the first, had a solo home run in the third and a grand-slam home run in the fourth ... Meghan Dyer had 20 K's in 11 innings of work last weekend. She now has 391 career K's, ranking fourth all-time in career strikeouts at Utah. She is the only two-year player to rank in the top five in K's. For the season, Dyer has a league-leading 186 strikeouts and averages 11.7 per game.
Home Run Rants - Utah has hit 37 home runs. Utah's single-season record for home runs is 64 set back in 2004 ... the Utes have homered in 21 games this season, going 16-4-1 in those games ... the Utes have hit four grand slams this season. Kara Foster has hit two of them while Hailey Davenport and Tori Medina have hit one ... the Utes have hit eight lead-off home runs this season. Hailey Davenport is tops in that category with five of them ... 13 of the 37 homers have come with two outs on the board ... the Utes have hit 18 solo, 12 one-run, three two-run and four grand-slam home runs ... Utah has homered eight times in the third inning, more than any other inning thus far. Utah has hit seven bombs in the sixth and five each in the fifth and seventh ... almost half (17-of-37) of the home runs have come in the last three innings.
Balls and Strikes - Utah is 1-6 versus teams mentioned in the national poll. It beat then-No. 17 Texas, 5-4, and lost to then-No. 8 Stanford, 5-2, then-No. 13 Texas A&M, 10-3, and then-No. 12 Washington, 3-1. Oregon, Hawaii and Fullerton were receiving votes in the national rankings and topped Utah, 6-0, 3-1 and 5-2 respectively ... the Utes are 1-1 in extra-inning games. They beat No. 17 Texas in 10 innings, 5-4, and lost to UTEP, 3-2, in eight ... the Utes are 1-3 in one-run games, most recently falling to Ohio State, 1-0 ... opponents have scored five or more runs on Utah only nine times this year. The Utes are 2-6-1 in those outings ... the team hasn't surrendered a triple yet this year ... Karina Cannon's three-game hitting streak is currently the longest on the team ... nearly half (45 percent of the team's RBI have come with two outs (62-of-139) ... Utah's batting average soars to .314 when there are runners on base. It's even higher (.414) when there's a runner on third and less than two outs ... Utah is 11-0 when it has 10 or more hits in a game ... Utah had a season-high 17 hits in the 12-4 win over Saint Mary's (3/31) ... the team has out-scored its opponents, 60-33, in innings six and seven combined ... Utah's biggest run differential is in the third inning where it has outscored its rivals, 28-7 ... the Utes are 18-1-1 when they score three or more runs. But, they are 1-11 when they score two or fewer.
Scouting the Opponents - UNLV had last weekend off and opens conference play with a 24-16 overall mark. It has lost two of its last three and is led by Jaci Hull (.405, 13 doubles, five home runs) at the plate and Christine Robinson (10-4, 1.89 ERA) in the circle. SDSU (23-12) has the best non-conference record in the league and enters action this week having won nine of its last 10. Pacing the Aztecs are utility player Melissa Owens (.388, nine doubles, 18 RBI) and pitcher Christina Ross (15-6, 1.54 ERA).
Last Time Out - Utah split its four games at the Nevada Tournament in Reno, Nev., last weekend. It dropped 6-1 and 5-0 decisions to Nevada while beating Saint Mary's, 12-4 and 11-0.
Kara Foster's solo home run was all Utah had in the 6-1 loss to Nevada. The Wolfpack pounded the Utes for 11 hits and shut down Utah's usually potent offense in the win.
Utah rebounded with a 12-4 winning effort against Saint Mary's. The Utes belted a season-high 17 hits, including a school-record six home runs in the victory. Diana Phillips and Staci Hemmingway hit two homers apiece in the victory.
The visiting Utes mustered only three hits in being shutout, 5-0, in the second meeting in as many days against Nevada. The Pack, on the other hand, tapped the Utes for eight hits and capitalized on two Ute errors.
Two grand slams and Kara Foster's six RBI powered Utah back into the win column as the Utes roared past Saint Mary's, 11-0. Foster hit two homers, a grand slam and a solo shot, and drew a bases loaded walk in plating six runs. Tori Medina also hit a grand slam in the victory.
Air Time - Select Mountain West Conference softball games will be televised on either CSTV or the mtn. this year. Utah's game at BYU (April 27) will air on CSTV while Utah's doubleheader at UNLV on April 5 will be seen on the mtn. Live Internet radio and gametracker will also be available for all home games on Utah's Web site, www.utahutes.com.
At the Helm - Head coach Angie Jacobs is in her first season as Utah's head coach. She brings eight years head coaching experience to the post, having guided the Miami University RedHawks during that time. She owns a 191-257-1 career record. Jacobs has 16 years of coaching experience, having been an assistant coach eight years prior to taking the helm at MU. Among her stops as assistant coach was a turn on the bench at Utah (1996-98). Her assistant coach is Debbie Bilbao.
In the Hole - The home opener is on tap as the Utes host their in-state, conference rival, Brigham Young. They will play two single games on Friday, April 13, and Saturday April 14. First pitch is set for 4 and 1 p.m., respectively.
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