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The University of Utah Athletics
Utah Hits California for San Diego State Classic
3/12/2008 12:00 AM | Softball
March 12, 2008
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SALT LAKE CITY - Utah continues the tournament portion of the schedule with five games at the San Diego State Classic, March 14-16. Included in the schedule is No. 5 Texas A&M and No. 25 Long Beach State.
Last Time Out
Utah opened the home season with a pair of victories over Southern Utah, winning the first game 8-0 and the second game, 4-0.
Ashley Smuda pitched a no-hitter in game one, striking out seven. She got plenty of support from the Utah offense, led by a 3-for-3 effort from Diana Phillips. Phillips hit her 13th-career triple in the game, which ranks her tied for second all-time at Utah.
Phillips was 3-for-4 at the plate in the second game, while Sharee Fonoti went 2-for-2.
Smuda and Brittany Parker split the pitching duties in game two. Parker had seven strikeouts in her four innings.
Utah has defeated the Thunderbirds a total of 21-0 in three games this year, with just two hits allowed.
Scouting the Competition
The Utes face five teams at the SDSU Classic. Texas A&M (25-4): The Aggies are 25-4 on the season and are ranked No. 5 in the latest National Fastpitch Coaches Association poll. All-American infielder Amanda Scarborough is batting .447 on the season. Macie Morrow leads the team with 34 hits and is batting .370 on the year.
Meagan Gibson's 14-0 record and 0.85 ERA led the Aggies in the circle.
San Diego (9-15): The Toreros are 9-15 overall. The Utes faced San Diego at the Diamond Devil Invitational in Tempe, Ariz., falling 8-4. Kathleen Bonja led the Toreros in the game, going 3-for-4 with four RBI. Danielle Duhart also had a solid day at the plate, going 2-for-4 with two runs scored.
Alyssa Luna led San Diego on the mound, pitching 5.2 innings with three strikeouts.
Cal-State Fullerton (12-10-1): The Titans began the season ranked but have dropped out after a number of losses to solid teams. Kiki Munoz leads the team with a .394 batting average, 26 hits, nine doubles and 12 RBI. Katie Hollhart is also batting over .300.
The Titans have two solid pitchers in Christine Hitner (6-5, 1.78 ERA) and Jessica Doucette (6-4, 2.64).
Long Beach State (15-8): Ranked No. 25 in the USA Softball/ESPN poll, the Leathernecks are led by Brooke LeSage at the plate. She has 23 hits and is batting .359. Jennifer Griffin has a team-best 11 doubles on the year with a .317 batting average.
Brooke Turner has a 10-3 record in the circle and a 0.47 ERA.
New Mexico State (13-15): Stephanie Herrera is having a solid season at the plate, batting .528 with 38 hits. However, the power comes from Kristi Randall, who has 12 doubles and five home runs with a .355 batting average.
Kim Watson has a 10-9 record with a 2.16 ERA.
Stunning Smuda
Sophomore pitcher Ashley Smuda pitched her first career no-hitter against Southern Utah on March 11. She had seven strikeouts in the five-inning 8-0 victory. It was Utah's 20th no-hitter in school hitter and the first since Meghan Dyer against UTEP in 2006.
Smuda has appeared in 19 of the Utes 22 games this season. In addition to the no-hitter, one of her biggest wins was a 5-4 victory over then-No. 22 Texas.
After allowing three hits in the first inning of her first start against Wisconsin, she settled down and only allowed five more the rest of the weekend at the Red Desert Classic.
Phillips Watch
All-West Region and three-time all-Mountain West Conference selection Diana Phillips is nearing several career marks at Utah. She hit her 13th career triple against Southern Utah to tie for third all-time at Utah. The all-time triples record is 19, held by Sandy Rhea (1995-98).
Her current .359 career batting average is second all-time.
In addition, Phillips has averaged over 59 hits a season in her career (204 total hits). If she continues on the same pace in 2008 she will rank among the top five at Utah in hits.
Phillips is batting .410 on the year with a team-best 25 hits on the season.
Over The Boarderline
Junior transfer Angie Boardman has four game-winning hits, driving in what would be the winning run, this season. Her most recent came against Wichita State. With the Utes down 2-1, she hit a double with two runners on base. She also had game-winning hits against Wisconsin (2/8), Southern Utah (2/9) and Texas State.
Boardman is hitting .357 (10-for-28) with runners on base this season. She had Utah's only hit of the game against No. 1 Arizona State (3/7)
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