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4 p.m.
Softball
vs Salt Lake Community College
Friday, May 5
Corvallis, Ore.
3:00 PM
University of Utah
at
Oregon State
No. 10 Utah Softball Makes Final Pac-12 Trip to OSU
5/3/2017 11:36 AM | Softball
Utes on road for last conference series with Beavers
| Friday, May 5 | No. 10 Utah at Oregon State | 2Â p.m. PT |
| Saturday, May 6 | No. 10 Utah at Oregon State | 2Â p.m. PT |
| Sunday, May 7 | No. 10 Utah at Oregon State | 12Â p.m. PT |
| LIVE STATS Â | StatBroadcast |
| LOCATION | OSU Softball Complex | Corvallis, Ore. |
| GAME INFORMATION Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â | Game Notes |
ON DECK
Utah makes its final road trip in Pac-12 play with a three-game set at Oregon State. The Utes and Beavers are in action Friday-Sunday
UTAH NOTES
- Utah stayed at No. 10 in the latest NFCA/USA Today national rankings. This is the highest ranking of the season for the Utes.Â
- Utah ranks 13th nationally with a team batting average of .320. It also places 15th in scoring (6.05 runs per game) and 25th in on-base percentage (.392)
- Hannah Flippen has surpassed the 200-hit and 100-RBI plateaus for her career. She recently set a new Utah mark for runs scored during her career, previously held by Sandy Rhea (177, 1995-98).Â
- Last week, Flippen was taken with the No. 17 pick in the NPF Draft by the Scrap Yard Dawgs (Houston).
- Flippen leads the Pac-12 with a .431 batting average and .517 on-base percentage, is second in slugging percentage (.740), third in runs batted in (42), seventh in runs scored (36), doubles (10) and hits (53) and eighth in total bases (91)
- Anissa Urtez recently surpassed 200 hits for her career and is currently sixth in the Pac-12 with a .398 batting average.
- She also ranks 10th in the league in runs batted in (38). With 40 doubles, she is one shy of moving into the top-five all-time at Utah
- Over the last four weeks, Bridget Castro is hitting .394 and slugging .606. She is third in the Pac-12 this year with three triples.
 - With 38 runs batted in, Heather Bowen ranks 10th in the Pac-12. She is second on the team with six home runs this year.
- Utah currently ranks 25th in the nation with a combined team ERA of 1.87.Â
- Hailey Hilburn, used mainly in relief so far during conference play, ranks 25th nationally with a 1.24 ERA. She is also fourth among Pac-12 pitchers in hits allowed per seven innings.
- Katie Donovan has 14 wins to give her 51 for her career. She ranks ninth in the Pac-12 in strikeouts, recently surpassing 300 K's for her career, and has also notched two saves
- Defensively, Utah leads the league and ranks fifth nationally in double plays turned with 23. The Utes were second in the nation last season with 41.
- The Utes are one of seven Pac-12 teams ranked among the top 25 nationally in the RPI, dropping two spots to No. 17 this week
LAST PAC-12 SERIES
The Utes took two of three at No. 23 Arizona State thanks to some gutsy pitching and late-game heroics.Â
After dropping the opener, Utah rallied and then held off a seventh-inning surge by the Sun Devils in game two, 7-6. Bridget Castro provided the heroics in the finale, smoking a solo homer in the final frame to lift the Utes to a series win.
Hannah Flippen batted .556 and led the team with five runs batted in. Alyssa Barrerra batted .444 and paced the squad with three runs scored.Â
BARRERAÂ NFCA FRESHMAN OF THE YEAR FINALIST
Barrera was named one of 25 finalists for the NFCA Freshman of the Year award. She currently ranks second in the Pac-12 and leads the Utes with 41 runs scored. She is also one of the five toughest players to strikeout (6 in 124 AB's) and is ninth with a .380 batting average
The Chino Hills, California native led the team with four runs scored, a .438 batting average and also slugged .563 at the Mary Nutter Classic. For those stats, she was named Pac-12 Freshman of the Week on 2/28.
She reached base safely in her first 13 games and opened her collegiate career with an 11-game hit streak.Â
FLIPPEN NAMED NCAA PLAYER OF THE YEAR FINALIST
Hannah Flippen was selected as a finalist for the 2017 USA Softball Collegiate Player of the Year award
Last season, the National Fastpitch Coaches Association named Flippen an All-American and she was also named the 2016 Pac-12 Player of the Year as well as being tabbed an Academic All-America First Team selection by CoSIDA. Prior to the start of this season, Flippen also earned a spot on the US National Team.
Arizona is the most represented university among the finalists, having five athletes making the list while Oregon has two players represented. UCLA is the only other Pac-12 school to have a member among the finalists. Â
The list will be narrowed to the Top 10 Finalists on May 10. The Top 3 Finalists will be announced May 24, while the winner of the 2017 USA Softball Collegiate Player of the Year award will be revealed on May 30 prior to the start of the NCAA WCWS in Oklahoma City.
FLIPPEN PEGGED AS SENIOR CLASS AWARD FINALIST
Hannah Flippen was named as a finalist for the 2017 Senior CLASS Award in collegiate softball. Ten of the top NCAA softball student-athletes who excel both on and off the field were selected
To be eligible for the award, a student-athlete must be classified as an NCAA Division I senior and have notable achievements in four areas of excellence: community, classroom, character and competition.Â
The finalists were chosen by national media from the list of 30 candidates announced earlier this month. Nationwide fan voting begins immediately to help select the winner, and fans are encouraged to submit votes online at the Senior CLASS Award website through May 9.Â
MARTINEZ NAMED PAC-12 FRESHMAN OF THE WEEK (4/18)
Kelly Martinez was named Pac-12 Freshman of the Week on Apr. 18 for her contributions during Utah's series victory over No. 1 Arizona.
She batted .500 vs. the Wildcats, slugged .625 and had the highest on-base percentage on the team (.556). She drove in the lone run on Thursday vs. Danielle O'Toole and then started the seventh-inning game-winning rally on Saturday with a single of the left-hander
Martinez has excelled behind the plate, throwing out 11 base runners, tops in the Pac-12.Â
VIRAMONTES NAMED PAC-12 PITCHER OF THE WEEK (3/21)
Miranda Viramontes won two of three games as Utah swept No. 10 UCLA on its home field, (2-0, 0.64 ERA). She limited the Bruins to one run on nine hits in 11 innings, striking out six and walking none.Â
She is 13-2 with a 1.45 ERA, fifth-best in the Pac-12, and recently notched the 200th strikeout of her career. She also ranks fourth nationally in walks per seven innings (9 in 87 IP).
Viramontes threw a perfect game vs. CSU Bakersfield and has a propensity for winning big contests, turning in complete game victories this season over No. 13 Tennessee and No. 10 UCLA.
In last year's NCAA Tournament, she set the tone with 6 2/3 scoreless innings against Illinois, striking out six batters then had a career-high nine strikeouts in a complete game vs. No. 9 Kentucky. She also picked up her second save of the season when she closed the door on the ninth-ranked Wildcats
A honorable mention All Pac-12 pick in 2015, she was named to the All-Freshman Team after being named Freshman of the Week once.
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