THE TEAMS
Santa Clara (9-4, 0-0 WCC) at Saint Mary's (5-9, 0-0 WCC)

SERIES INFO
When: Friday, March 17 at 3 p.m.
Where: Moraga, Calif.
Video: WCC Network
Live Stats: SideArm

When: Saturday, March 18 at 1 p.m.
Where: Moraga, Calif.
Video: WCC Network
Live Stats: SideArm

When: Sunday, March 19 at 1 p.m.
Where: Moraga, Calif.
Video: WCC Network
Live Stats: SideArm

NOTES

• Santa Clara is hitting .261/.410/.439 as a team with 89 runs scored on 23 doubles, two triples, and 16 home runs.
• Efrain Manzo leads the team in batting average (.360), slugging percentage (.720), home runs (4), and doubles. He has added 10 RBIs and 12 runs scored. Dawson Brigman leads the way in runs scored with 13 and has a .492 on-base percentage while hitting .326 with five doubles, a triple, and a home run to go with eight RBIs. Robert Hipwell's .509 OBP leads the team and he has three home runs. Coleman Brigman is hitting .280 with a team-best eight stolen bases and JonJon Berring is hitting .289 with eight runs scored.
• On the mound, Santa Clara has a 3.62 ERA, with 141 strikeouts against 53 walks in 117 innings.
• Cade Pilchard has tossed 8 1/3 innings without allowing an earned run in five games out of the bullpen with 11 strikeouts and a save. Cole Kitchen's 20 2/3 innings lead the team and he has punched out 20 with a team-high three wins while posting a 2.61 ERA. Skylar Hales leads the team in strikeouts with 26 in 13 2/3 innings, good for a 14.34 K/9. Blake Hammond has a 0.87 ERA in 10 1/3 innings with 17 strikeouts and Nick Sando has struck out 20 in 15 innings.
• Santa Clara swept the WCC weekly awards on March 13 with Efrain Manzo being named the Player of the Week and Skylar Hales the Pitcher of the Week.
• Cole Kitchen was named the WCC Pitcher of the Week on March 6.
• Santa Clara knocked off No. 2 Stanford on the road March 7.
• It was the Broncos first win over Stanford since the finale of a four-game series in 2021. Santa Clara's last midweek win over the Cardinal came in 2016 and the last win in Palo Alto came in 2015.
• The Broncos 2022 recruiting class was top-65 according to Perfect Game and tops in the WCC.  Twelve join the team as freshman with five transferring in.
• With Schott Stadium currently under construction for renovations, the home series with Villanova will potentially be played at a local off-campus site. The renovations include a completely new turn playing surface, padded fence around the stadium, a new batter's eye, all new chair back seats inside the stadium, and a remodel of the VIP Suite and press box.

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