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The University of Utah Athletics
Softball in Hawai'i for Spring Fling Tournament
3/4/2015 12:00 AM | Softball
March 4, 2015
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| UTAH (14-4) at Hawai'i Spring Fling Tournament | |
| Thursday | vs. Longwood | 3:30 p.m. HT / 6:30 p.m. MST |
| Friday | vs. Longwood | 1 p.m. HT / 4 p.m. MST vs. East Carolina | 3:30 p.m. HT / 6:30 p.m. MST |
| Saturday | at Hawai'i | 4 p.m. HT / 7 p.m. MST |
| Sunday | at Hawai'i | 12 p.m. HT / 4 p.m. MDT |
| Location | Honolulu, Hawai'i | Rainbow Wahine Softball Stadium |
| Live Stats | www.HawaiiAthletics.com |
| Live Audio | www.HawaiiAthletics.com |
| Game Info | Complete Game Notes | 2015 Utah Softball Media Guide |
ON DECK
The Utah Softball team (14-4) returns to tournament play this Thursday-Sunday, March 5-8, competing in the Hawai'i Spring Fling in Honolulu, Hawai'i.
The Utes will open the tournament with a single game against Longwood (2-8) on Thursday at 3:30 p.m. HT/6:30 p.m. MT. Utah will then face the Lancers on Friday at 1 p.m. HT/4 p.m. MT before ending the day against East Carolina (6-11) at 3:30 p.m. HT/6:30 p.m. MT. The Utes will closeout the tournament with single games against Hawai'i (12-8) on Saturday (4 p.m. HT/7 p.m. MT) and Sunday *(12 p.m. HT/4 p.m. MDT).
* - Hawai'i does not observe daylight savings time
COVERING THE UTES
Live stats will be available for all of Utah's contests in the Hawai'i Spring Fling and can be found at www.UtahUtes.com or www.HawaiiAthletics.com.
Live video will be available as well, which can also be found by logging onto www.HawaiiAthletics.com
LAST TIME OUT
The Utes extended its winning streak to 10-straight games with a pair of midweek wins over College of Charleston in Walnut, Calif., on Tuesday.
In game one, Utah took a quick 2-0 lead in the first inning. Hannah Flippen walked to lead off the game leading to RBI hits from Kate Dickman and Marissa Mendenhall. A solo home run from Charleston cut the Utes lead to 2-1 in the second inning before Mendenhall came back for a two-run homer in the third to boost Utah's lead to 4-1. It was Mendenhall's second home run of the year. She led Utah with a 2-for-3 performance with three RBIs.
On the mound, Katie Donovan went the distance, striking out seven. She allowed one run on four hits. She raises her record to 5-1 on the year.
In game two, solo home runs from Flippen and Dickman was all the scoring the Utes would need en route to a 2-1 victory. It was the third homer of the year for each of them, and both went 2-for-3 with an RBI in the game. The College of Charleston got on the board in the sixth inning with a solo home run for its only scoring of the game.
Miranda Viramontes earned the win on the mound, striking out five over six innings. She allowed one run on six hits with five walks and forced the Cougars into leaving eight runners on base. Viramontes raises her record to 5-3 on the year. Mariah Ramirez pitched the final inning with one strikeout to pick up her first save of the year.
SCOUTING THE SPRING FLING FIELD
- Longwood
The Lancers are 2-8 overall and are on a current seven-game losing streak. Longwood's last win was a 5-0 victory over Oakland back on Feb. 7.
Longwood is batting .213 as a team with Casey Lifsey leading the way at the plate with a .348 batting average. She has tallied a pair of doubles, one home run and has driven in five runs on the season. Elizabeth McCarthy (1-3) leads the Lancers in the circle with a 2.88 earned run average and a team-high 31 strikeouts.
- East Carolina
The Pirates are 6-11 with a current seven-game losing streak with its last win coming back on Feb. 21 against Seton Hall (4-0).
ECU is batting .272 as a team and has a combined 4.65 ERA. Kacie Oshiro is batting .400 with three doubles and Ali Ramirez (.304) has a team-high 16 RBI. Sarah Christian (3-3) has a team-best 2.12 ERA and 25 K's in the circle, while Caroline Umphlett has registered a team-high 28 strikeouts.
- Hawai'i
The Rainbow Wahine are 12-8 overall on the season with a three-game winning streak and having won four of its past five games. Hawai'i is most recently coming off a 6-3 win over San Jose State.
The team is batting .265 and has a combined 3.06 ERA. Kayla Wartner leads the team at the plate with a .400 batting average with 22 hits that have gone for seven doubles and six home runs. Kanani Aina Cabrales (7-5) leads Hawai'i in the circle with a 2.82 ERA and 42 K's on the season.
UTAH RECEIVING VOTES IN NFCA TOP-25 POLL
After receiving votes in last week's ESPN/USA Softball poll, Utah made its first appearance in the NFCA poll this week having received votes in the March 3 poll. It marks the first time that Utah has earned votes in the NFCA poll since 2001.
UTES OFF TO A HOT START
Utah is off to its second-best start over the first 18 games of play in the past 10 seasons with a 14-4 mark in 2015.
With its 14-4 start, the Utes have won 12 games or more in its first 18 games for just the second time in the last 10 years after starting out 15-3 back in 2012.
UTES WIN 10th STRAIGHT
Utah is in the midst of a ten-game winning streak - the team's second-longest win streak under current head coach Amy Hogue. The Utes won 12-straight games under Hogue back in 2012.
The 10-game win streak is tied for the fifth-longest win streak in school history dating back to 1991. Utah's longest win streak was a 13-game streak that ran from April 10-25, 1997.
DICKMAN ON A STREAK
Senior Kate Dickman extended her team-leading hitting streak to 17-straight games with a hit in both games against College of Charleston on Tuesday. The 17-game hitting streak is the longest streak of her career, surpassing her former16-game hitting streak, which she has recorded twice in her career.
Dickman has hit safely in 32 of her previous 33 games dating back to last season and she has tallied at least one hit in 92 of her past 105 games, which dates all the way back to her sophomore campaign, March 14, 2013.
TOUCH `EM ALL
The Utes are a perfect 9-0 on the season when at least one player hits a home run in a game. Comparably, Utah is just 5-4 in contests without a home run.
UP NEXT
The Utes will open-up Pac-12 play next weekend with a three-game series against UCLA in Westwood, Calif. The Utes and Bruins will play single games beginning next Friday, March 13 through Sunday March 15.
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