Fresno State Bulldogs (26-13, 3-1 WAC)Fresno State junior Kristin Sylvester had a solid weekat the plate this past week for the Bulldogs ... the juniorhelped lead Fresno State to a 4-1 mark with a .563 battingaverage ... in five games she went 9-for-16 with fourhome runs and eight RBI ... Fresno State as a team leads the WACin pitching and fielding. The Bulldogs have a combined 1.76 earnedrun average and have struck out 274 batters in 254 1/3 inningspitched ... defensively the Bulldogs have a .975 fielding percentageand have committed 28 errors in 38 games.2007 WAC Team NotesNevada Wolf Pack (8-24, 1-5 WAC)Nevada picked up its first conference win over the weekendversus Fresno State, who received voted in both ofthe week’s national softball polls … the Pack posted itssecond run-rule win of the season versus Fresno Statewith the other coming against Penn State … Nevada will open atits new softball facility, the Christina Hixson Softball Complex, thisThursday hosting Sacramento State ... as a team in overall games,the Pack is seventh in team batting average (.232), fifth in teamERA (4.19) and fifth in team fielding (.946%) ... individually, BrittanyPuzey is third in doubles with nine.Hawai‘i Rainbow Wahine (33-7, 6-0 WAC)Last week, UH batters hit .411 while their pitching anddefense held opponents ti a .196 average ... the pitchingstaff had an ERA of 1.44 over the six games. Hawai‘icontinues to shatter their school home record, whichnow stands at 52. Robinson leads the team with eightdoubles, 12 home runs, and 40 RBI on the year ... she is also 10-0as a pitcher with an ERA of 1.49 and 10 complete games, eight ofthem shut-outs.New Mexico State (21-15, 3-0 WAC)The Aggies had a current four-game winning streakbroken by New Mexico … junior Stephanie Herreracurrently sports a 18-game hitting streak … in the lastthree games (all conference wins), NMSU has scored20 runs off of 29 hits … NMSU has hit more doubles and triples thanthey did for the entire season a year ago and they have scored 171runs in 34 games where in 2006 they scored 185 runs in 49 totalgames ... the Aggies travel to Ruston, La. to face Louisiana Techfor a three-game series.Louisiana Tech Bulldogs (16-19, 0-3 WAC)Fourth-ranked Alabama (33-3) swept a softball doubleheaderfrom Louisiana Tech (16-19) 12-4 and 15-0Tuesday ... the contests were the fourth and fifth straightroad games in five days against Top 25 teams for Techas the Lady Techsters were swept against Hawai‘i this past weekend... now the Lady Techsters will host New Mexico State on Friday andSaturday with a doubleheader to be played on March 31.San Jose State Spartans (15-16, 0-3 WAC)The Spartans snapped their four-game losing streak ona split with Santa Clara University in a mid-week nonconferencedoubleheader ... San Jose State took thefirst game, 13-3, in six innings ... Santa Clara edgedthe Spartans in the second game, 4-3, following a sixth inning tiebreakingrun ... the spilt brings the Spartans’ record to 15-16 on theseason while the Broncos improve to 6-30.Utah State Aggies (9-17, 0-0 WAC)Utah State is 10-14 all-time vs. Fresno State ... the Bulldogsswept the Aggies last year, winning both gamesof the weather-shortened series at Logan on March31 in USU’s home opener ... Fresno State won 3-2 in 8 innings, ingame one, before winning 10-2 in 5 innings in the nightcap. Priorto last season, the two teams had not met since 2001, when USUwon 4-1 at the Cal State Fullerton Tournament ... USU is 9-17 onthe season, topping last season’s win total (8-38), when the Aggiesupset then No. 15 Oregon State, 2-0, on Saturday, at Corvallis, Ore.,the Beavers’ first shutout loss at home to an unranked team sinceApril 29, 2005.2007 WAC Softball • Page 6
2007 WAC Softball ScoreboardFresno State (26-12/3-0 WAC)Date Opponent Time/ResultF9 !No. 21Texas A&M L, 2-10F9 !No. 4 Northwestern (8) L, 3-4F10 !Northwestern St. W, 3-1F10 !New Mexico W, 8-1F11 !CS Northridge W, 2-1F13 at Santa Clara (12) W, 2-1F16 Louisville W, 3-0F17 Louisville L, 4-6F17 Louisville W, 3-0F23 $No. 1 Tennessee L, 2-5F23 $Ohio State L, 1-2F24 $Virginia (8) L, 9-10F24 $Long Island W, 4-1F25 $Penn State W, 1-0F28 at Pacific PPDM2 %No. 18 California W, 2-1M2 %No. 23 Nebraska W, 3-2M3 %UNLV W, 2-1M3 %Southern Utah (8) L, 0-1M4 %DePaul L, 0-1M6 Connecticut W, 3-1M6 Connecticut (5) W, 8-0M8 ^Brigham Young W, 6-0M9 ^Colorado State W, 11-5M10 ^Toledo (5) W, 9-0M10 ^Purdue W, 7-2M11 ^Penn State (6) W, 11-2M13 Purdue W, 4-1M13 Purdue W, 3-2M15 &No. 17 UL-Lafayette L, 1-3M16 &No. 2 Arizona State W, 6-1M16 &Notre Dame L, 2-4M17 &Cal State Northridge (5) W, 8-0M17 &No. 21 DePaul L, 1-4M21 Ohio State W, 6-0M21 Ohio State (5) W, 12-0M23 *at Nevada (5) W, 10-0M24 *at Nevada (5) L, 1-9M24 *at Nevada W, 7-1M27 Stanford 6:00 p.m.M30 *Utah State 6:00 p.m.M 31 *Utah State (DH) 1:00 p.m.A4 at Saint Mary’s 12:00 p.m.A10 UC Santa Barbara 6:00 p.m.A13 *at NMSU 6:00 p.m.A14 *at NMSU (DH) 1:00 p.m.A20 *at Hawai‘i 6:00 p.m.A21 *at Hawai‘i (DH) 2:00 p.m.A27 *Louisiana Tech 6:00 p.m.A28 *Louisiana Tech (DH) 1:00 p.m.M4 *San Jose State 6:00 p.m.M5 *San Jose State (DH) 1:00 p.m.M10-12 WAC Tournament FresnoM18-20 NCAA Regionals TBAM25-26 NCAA Super Regionals TBAM31-J 6 WCWS Oklahoma City&Judi Garman Classic^Bulldog Classic%UNLV Invitational$Palm Springs Classic!Kajikawa Classic*WAC GameAll times local/subject to changeHawai‘i (33-7/6-0 WAC)Date Opponent Time/ResultF8 !Portland State (5) W, 17-0F8 !No. 15 Nebraska W, 4-3F9 !No. 24 Auburn W, 2-1F9 !DePaul W, 1-0F10 !DePaul L, 0-3F11 !No. 15 Nebraska W, 6-5F16 #CS Fullerton L, 2-3F16 #Colorado State W, 9-5F17 #Mississippi State W, 3-2F18 #CS Northridge W, 7-2F18 #Utah W, 3-1F19 #Southern Utah (5) W, 16-0F21 at LMU W, 1-0F21 at LMU (5) W, 14-1M1 $Oregon L, 1-7M1 $Kent State W, 4-2M2 $Saint Mary’s W, 2-1M2 $Georgia L, 4-7M3 $Kent State W, 2-0M3 $No.21 Georgia L, 6-9M4 $Kent State W, 1-0M6 Boston College W, 5-1M17 No.14 Baylor W, 2-1M7 Liberty W, 6-0M7 Pacific W, 8-6M8 %Boston College W, 5-1M9 %Boston College (8) W, 4-3M9 %No. 14 Oregon State W, 3-0M10 %No. 14 Oregon State W, 4-2M10 %Boston College W, 8-0M14 vs. No. 25 California W, 6-2M14 vs. Liberty L, 3-4M15 vs. No. 14 Baylor L, 1-2M16 vs Nevada (5) W, 16-0M19 *Nevada (6) L, 0-9M20 *Nevada W, 5-4M20 *Nevada W, 6-2M23 *Louisiana Tech W, 5-1M24 *Louisiana Tech (5) W, 9-0M24 *Louisiana Tech W,7-3M31 *at San Jose State (DH) 12:00 p.m.A1 *at San Jose State 12:00 p.m.A3 at Santa Clara (DH) 2:00 p.m.A6 *at NMSU 6:00 p.m.A7 *at NMSU (DH) 1:00 p.m.A 20 *Fresno State 6:00 p.m.A21 *Fresno State (DH) 2:00 p.m.A27 *at Utah State 1:00 p.m.A28 *at Utah State (DH) 1:00 p.m.M10-12 WAC Tournament FresnoM18-20 NCAA Regionals TBAM25-26 NCAA Super Regionals TBAM31-J6 WCWS Oklahoma City^Bank of Hawaii Invitational%Hawaiian Airlines Spring Fling Tournament$PEPSI Malihini Kipa Aloha Tournament#Louisville Slugger Desert Classic!Oceanic Time Warner Cable ParadiseClassic*WAC GameAll times local/subject to changeLouisiana Tech (16-19/0-3 WAC)Date Opponent Time/ResultF10 Alcorn State W, 8-4F10 Alcorn State W, 5-1F11 Alcorn State (5) W, 9-0F13 Stephen F. Austin W, 3-0F13 Stephen F. Austin W, 4-3F14 Northwestern State L, 9-15F16 #McNeese State W, 7-4F17 #McNeese State L, 3-8F17 #Mississippi Valley St. W, 7-4F18 #Mississippi Valley St. L, 2-3F21 UT-Arlington W, 6-5F21 UT-Arlington W, 5-1F23 $No. 8 LSU (5) L, 0-8F23 $Troy L, 4-5F24 $Troy W, 8-6F24 $USM L, 11-24F25 &No. 8 LSU (5) L, 1-10F25 $USM W, 1-028 at Alcorn State W, 5-3F28 at Alcorn State W, 11-8M1 at Mississippi Valley St. (DH) PPDM3 at No. 16 Baylor L, 0-5M3 at No. 16 Baylor (5) L, 0-8M4 at No. 16 Baylor L, 1-4M6 at Centenarys o L, 2-4M13 at SE Louisiana L, 1-2M13 at SE Louisiana (8) W, 7-6M15 at North Texas L, 1-3M15 at North Texas W, 8-4M20 Louisiana-Monroe (8) W, 6-5M23 *at Hawai‘i L, 1-5M24 *at Hawai‘i (5) L, 0-9M24 *at Hawai‘i L, 3-7M27 at No. 2 Alabama (5) L, 4-12M27 at No. 2 Alabama (5) L, 0-15M30 *New Mexico State 6:00 p.m.M31 *New Mexico St. (DH) 1:00 p.m.A4 Centenary 6:00 p.m.A6 *San Jose State 6:00 p.m.A7 *San Jose State (DH) 1:00 p.m.A10 McNeese State (DH) 4:00 p.m.A13 *at Utah State 3:00 p.m.A14 *at Utah State (DH) 1:00 p.m.A17 Louisiana-Monroe 6:00 p.m.A18 at Arkansas (DH) 5:30 p.m.A25 at Northwestern State 6:00 p.m.A27 *at Fresno State 6:00 p.m.A28 *at Fresno State (DH) 1:00 p.m.M4 *Nevada 6:00 p.m.M5 *Nevada (DH) 1:00 p.m.M10-12 WAC Tournament FresnoM18-20 NCAA Regionals TBAM25-26 NCAA Super Regionals TBAM31-J6 WCWS Oklahoma City$LSU Tournament#ULM Mardi Gras Tournament*WAC GameAll times local/subject to changeNevada (8-24/1-5 WAC)Date Opponent Time/ResultF9 !<strong>Western</strong> Michigan L, 1-2F9 !No. 1 Arizona L, 2-6F10 !Texas Tech (5) L, 1-11F10 !Utah L, 6-10F11 !No. 3 UCLA (5) L, 1-9F16 #at Santa Barbara L, 0-4F16 #Northern Colorado W, 3-0F17 #Long Beach State W, 7-5F18 #Northern Colorado W, 1-0F18 #Long Beach State L, 3-4F23 $Illinois-Chicago W, 8-7F23 $Maryland (9) L, 5-6F24 $No. 10 Texas L, 3-7F25 $No. 15 Washington L, 2-5F25 $Penn State (5) W, 12-0M2 %No. 11 Oregon State L, 0-3M2 %Texas Tech L, 2-3M3 %Cal State Fullerton L, 1-4M3 %Cal Poly W, 5-3M4 %San Diego State L, 1-2M15 ^Liberty L, 2-4M16 ^No. 14 Baylor W, 3-2M16 ^No. 23 Hawai‘i (5) L, 0-16M17 ^No. 25 California L, 4-7M17 ^No. 23 Hawai‘i L, 3-8M19 *at No. 23 Hawai‘i (6) L, 0-9M20 *at No. 23 Hawai‘i L, 4-5M20 *at No. 23 Hawai‘i L, 2-6M23 *Fresno State (5) L, 0-10M24 *Fresno State (5) W, 9-1M24 *Fresno State L, 1-7M29 Sac State (DH) 2:00 p.m.M30-A1 Nevada TournamentM30 vs. Utah 2:00 p.m.M31 vs. Saint Mary’s 1:00 p.m.M31 vs. Utah 3:00 p.m.A1 vs. Saint Mary’s 12:20 p.m.A5 at Utah Valley St. (DH) 2:00 p.m.A6 *at Utah State 3:00 p.m.A7 *at Utah State 1:00 p.m.A13 *San Jose State (DH) 2:00 p.m.A14 *San Jose State 2:00 p.m.A18 UC Davis (DH) 2:00 p.m.A20 *New Mexico State (DH) 2:00 p.m.A21 *New Mexico State 2:00 p.m.M4 *at Louisiana Tech 6:00 p.m.M5 *at Louisiana Tech (DH) 1:00 p.m.M10-12 WAC Tournament FresnoM18-20 NCAA Regionals TBAM25-26 NCAA Super Regionals TBAM31-J6 WCWS Oklahoma City^Hawai‘i Tournament%Worth Tournament$Palm Springs Classic#Softball By the Beach Invite!Kajikawa Classic*WAC GameAll times local/subject to changeAll rankings according to Collegiate Softball at the time of the game2007 WAC Softball • Page 7