Posted: Mar 16, 2022
TOURNAMENT
Saturday: Mizuno Classic Hosted by Pacific
Bill Simoni Field | Stockton, California
Sunday: Tournament Hosted by Saint Mary's
Cottrell Field | Moraga, California
THE TEAMS
Pacific (Host)
Saint Mary's (Host)
Santa Clara
TOURNAMENT INFO (Santa Clara Games Only)
GAMEDAY INFORMATION |
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| Opponent | Date/Time | Location | Live Stats | Video |
| Marist | March 19 • 10 a.m. PT |
Bill Simoni Field | Stockton, California Neutral site game |
Live Stats | YouTube |
| Iowa State | March 19 • 12:15 p.m. PT |
Bill Simoni Field | Stockton, California Neutral site game |
Live Stats | YouTube |
| North Dakota | March 20 • Noon PT |
Cottrell Field | Moraga, California Neutral site game |
Live Stats | None |
NOTES
- Santa Clara plays three games this weekend at two neutral sites.
- The Broncos are 3-7 at neutral site games this season.
- In neutral site games, the Broncos are hitting .243 with a 4.56 ERA.
- Pitcher Hannah Edwards has started in six of the 10 neutral site games for Santa Clara.
- SCU is coming off a 1-4 weekend at the Silicon Valley Classic II Tournament that they hosted.
- Emma Bickford currently has a eight-game hitting streak.
- 2022 overall statistics entering the tournament.
- SCU, under third-year head coach Gina Carbonatto, enters the season picked to finish fourth in the West Coast Conference as voted on by the six conference head coaches.
- Santa Clara finished the 2021 campaign with an 8-20 record including 5-10 in WCC play.
- A full schedule is on the docket for the 2022 season. Among the 51 regular season games, 20 will be played at Santa Clara Softball Stadium, 18 true road games and 13 neutral site contests. The Broncos will play seven games against four teams – BYU, Fresno State, Iowa State and Stanford – that competed in the NCAA Tournament last season.
- The Broncos field an experienced squad with 15 returnees including 13 that played in 2021 and two that last played in 2020.
- Six newcomers dot the roster - Lauren Bryson, Abigail Charpentier, Sage Hager, Kelsi Rice, Morgan Salmon and Nina Taylor.
- The top three hitters from 2021 return - Ashley Trierweiler (program record .481 batting average), Emma Bickford (.329) and Allyson Ferreira (.282). Sammy Needham, who hit .394 in 2020 but did not play last season returns in 2022.
- Trierweiler and Bickford were named preseason All-WCC as vote on by the league's six head coaches.
- In the circle, the Broncos return all five pitchers from 2021 plus Hannah Edwards who last pitched in 2020 where she appeared in 11 games, going 3-6 with a 3.31 ERA.
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